Chapter 1306 - Shattered Defenses (2/2)

But it was a pity that what was done couldn’t be undone. Rhode also didn’t find a way to travel back in time. So now, he could only rely upon his own strength.

“Little Icy, come with me. Canary, Bubble, you two are in charge of gathering up the survivors here and keeping an eye on Chaos’s movements. No one knows if those bast*rds will get hot-headed and run headlong into us. To be on the safe side, put yourself on alert for now, and let me know immediately if anything happens.”

Shortly after, Rhode gave his order, before metamorphosing into two streaks of light with Icy Snow and vanishing into the sky.

Meanwhile, in the border areas of the Country of Light, war was spreading wildly.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Brilliances erupted from the magical cannons lined along the edge of the magic warships. The massive skeletal dragons ahead howled and crashed onto the ground amidst the artillery fire. However, facing this scene before her, Lydia’s expression wasn’t relaxed in the slightest. Instead, she frowned and stared anxiously at the smoke in front of her. Sure enough, after a few moments, the thick smoke dispersed all of a sudden and gigantic skeletal dragons surfaced again. Although their bodies of white bones were scorched black from the bombardment of the magical cannons, at least from the looks of it, they were neither cracked nor shattered. Looking at this scene, Lydia knitted her brows even tighter.

“Your Highness, we’re backing down now.”

Standing quietly by Lydia’s side, Gaya spoke with a slightly heavy expression. Her face was equally as pale and even had a hint of a sickly red hue. Facing the attack of the skeletal dragons earlier, she had expended most of her strength. Not only that, but the magic warships that the Munn Kingdom was proud of were also at the end of their ropes now. Although the flagship was still intact and the skeletal dragons weren’t able to do any catastrophic damage to the magic warships due to them being contained by the battle angels, it couldn’t hide the fact that the battle angels were also retreating at a steady pace. And without the support of air defenses, the situation for the ground defenses was slowly turning chaotic. Lydia also witnessed that many of the Country of Light’s soldiers were scared out of their wits in the face of the Chaos creatures. They turned around and fled right away. Looking at this scene, Lydia could only sigh helplessly. What else could she say? The elite troops of the Country of Light had already been sacrificed in the battles between the Country of Darkness and Void Territory. And most of those that remained were ordinary soldiers and new recruits. For them to be able to hold on for so long before fleeing when the defensive line was about to collapse was already very competent of them. However…

“Ahhhh!”

Looking at the Chaos creatures swarming in like locusts from below the city wall, one of the soldiers screamed in fright. The extreme fear was unbearable for him. He yelled like a madman, tossed his sword at the Chaos creatures, and scrambled down the stairs behind the city wall.

“Goddammit! This bunch of worthless trash can’t be trusted at all!”

Watching the soldier flee for his life, a mage player shook his head, grumbled, and waved his hand abruptly. Shortly after, a layer of frost spread along the city wall. In the envelopment of cold air, the tumultuous Chaos creatures stopped their actions instantly. Their pace slowed down and they gradually turned into hundreds of ice sculptures.

“You know, this is the Country of Light. How can you even expect them to fight bravely? Haven’t we been screwed hard enough by them before?”

In response to his comrade’s complaints, the other archer player was clearly unconcerned. Well, it wasn’t too surprising, since Rhode originally recruited the core player base of Starlight from the Munn Kingdom, who had been screwed with by the Country of Light countless times. That was why most players simply didn’t regard these soldiers of the Country of Light highly. Perhaps it was a little disappointing for Lydia to not witness these soldiers fighting to the death for their country, but it wasn’t any astonishing for these players to see these soldiers fleeing from the battlefield. If the soldiers were to shout “let’s fight in the bloodbath until our death!” instead, perhaps the players would suspect whether these soldiers were truly people of the Country of Light…

And now, well…

“How long do you think we’ll be able to hold on?”

Gazing at the Chaos creatures freezing into ice sculptures before his eyes, the archer asked and didn’t stop his hand motions. He held up his pitch-black crossbow that was flickering in the brilliance of runes, aiming at the sea of Chaos creatures. Then, he released several glowing arrows from his crossbow and blasted the enemies. In a string of explosions, the densely packed and frozen Chaos creatures were blown to pieces and swept away. But shortly after, those in the back pounced once again, filling up the gaps ahead.

“Who knows? We shall see. With Her Highness Lydia commanding this time, she probably won’t retreat at the first sign of trouble… But there’s no telling, ’cause those dragons are really too annoying.”

As the mage groaned, he stared in displeasure at the skeletal dragons hovering overhead and battling the magic warships. In fact, with their strength, it wouldn’t be a big problem for them to deal with the skeletal dragons with the magic warships. But now, the problem was that the defensive line couldn’t handle the pressure any longer. Those useless soldiers that were only experts in fleeing made the players exert their full power to keep the defensive line from collapsing to Chaos. In that case, the players didn’t have the time to deal with the skeletal dragons and could only watch helplessly. No wonder these players criticized those soldiers so badly for fleeing for their lives.

“What a bother, it seems like we’re going to have to retreat as well… Hmm… Huh?”

The mage grumbled, but was bewildered by the scene before him all of a sudden. He stared in shock because at that moment, he witnessed a dazzling blade ray emanating from the back and piercing the skeletal dragon in front of him. The instant the shining blade ray came in contact with the skeletal dragon, it split into five, surrounded the skeletal dragon from five directions, and stabbed violently. The next thing the mage saw was the skeletal dragon shattering, falling, and crumbling into pieces.

“That’s… Leader, right?”

[1] A costumed superhero with the power to move at superhuman speeds.