Chapter 1366 - Under the Eternal Night (1/2)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The loud explosions rang in her ears.
Erin opened her eyes, gazed blankly at the ceiling, and shook her head. Shortly after, her unfocused vision regained its clarity. She stood up and walked to the window. In the distance, the continuous artillery fire didn’t seem to be stopping anytime. She watched as the brilliance that shone through the sky interlaced to form a dense net.
“Beautiful… But so cruel…”
Erin whispered to herself while closing her eyes as if she didn’t want to look at the never-ending battle in front of her. Like Rhode, Erin also felt the terrifying power that pounced on her when Chaos went all out.
Eren though she was prepared for it, she still felt a considerable amount of pressure, which was a heavier and more overwhelming burden than before, and she could barely breathe. Although with the Dark Dragon’s power, Erin didn’t require much effort to deal with Chaos, she would eventually tire out if Chaos continued to harass them infinitely.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
At that moment, she heard some pounding on the door. Before she responded, the bedroom door was pushed open roughly and two petite figures scurried in.
“Big Sister Erin! Wake up! It’s time to move out. Give those Chaos bast*rds a taste of our power!”
“That’s right, Big Sister Erin! Come on, come on! Why are you still dazing by the window!”
It was precisely the two Mini Bubble Gums who burst through the door without the slightest hint of politeness. After some careful consideration, Rhode decided that the real Canary should follow Lydia, while the two Mini Bubble Gums were sent along with Canary’s projection to take charge of the defense of the Country of Darkness.
Of course, it wasn’t without reason for his decision. He realized that the projected Canary was a stronger deterrent to the two Mini Bubble Gums compared to the real Canary. Perhaps this was because back then, the part of Canary in his memories which could control Mini Bubble Gum had been strengthened when he projected her. As a result, the projected Canary had an easier time handling the two troublemakers. For that reason, Rhode arranged for the two Mini Bubble Gums and Canary to help the front at the Country of Darkness.
Rhode had to admit that the two troublemakers worked well together. Besides, their tyrannical and desperate style of offense restrained Chaos successfully. Moreover, with Eleanor who was in charge of guarding the beacon tower around, the projected Canary to assist them, and together with Erin and her undead army, they were still able to stop Chaos from attacking.
As a matter of fact, the undead army of the Country of Darkness didn’t have any significant advantage against Chaos. One edge they had was having the same trait as Chaos creatures: they didn’t know what ‘exhaustion’ was and could continue fighting without resting. But in other aspects, the undead army was no different from a human army.
The undead army’s specialty was converting death to undead, but Chaos creatures didn’t understand the concept of ‘life and death’. All Chaos creatures knew was the difference between destroying and being destroyed, so even necromancers and lichs couldn’t recover any corpses to turn them into undead creatures. In fact, the undead creatures were quite wary of getting entangled with Chaos after Ion’s lesson. And if they were accidentally influenced by Chaos like Ion, they would be in huge trouble.
Hence, in this regard, undead creatures were instead more vulnerable than ordinary life forms, as their undead nature itself made them more susceptible to Chaos’s exploitation. Fortunately, after Erin asked Rhode for help, she was able to solve the problem.
“Where’s Miss Canary?”
Upon hearing the screams of the two Mini Bubble Gums, the fatigued look on Erin’s face was swept away instantly. She turned around to look at them with a soft smile. It wasn’t that she pulled herself together for their sake. But rather, although they were noisy, they succeeded in lifting her spirit back onto the battlefield.
After all, on the battlefield of the Country of Darkness, the undead creatures were lifeless and lacked any enthusiasm. For that reason, the strong, positive energy and atmosphere of the two Mini Bubble Gums made Erin feel more comfortable. The sense of accomplishment of spurting over a mouthful of dragon’s breath as the two little ones cheered her on was far greater than a group of silent undead creatures.
“Hurry up, Big Sister Canary is waiting for us outside, Big Sister Erin. That bunch of Chaos is asking for it. Miss Marybelle gave them a good beating before and they’ve forgotten all about that. But we can’t always let her have the limelight all the time. It’s about time for us to show Chaos what we’re made of!”
“Alright, I’ll be right there.”
Sometimes, Erin felt a little envious of Mini Bubble Gum’s spirit. Honestly, even she couldn’t figure out why they were always so high-spirited. One had to know that Chaos’s aggression was so strong that even Erin felt overwhelmed. And with the strength of the two Mini Bubble Gums, there was no way they couldn’t see that Chaos was infinite.
But even so, the two of them didn’t display any worry, deep thoughts, or frustration at all. On the contrary, they lived happily everyday without a care in the world… Erin was concerned that it was due to the fact that the two of them suffered trauma in the past, which was why they had a nervous breakdown. But now, it seemed like that wasn’t the case.
But anyway, it was indeed more relaxing to have two carefree little ones with her while she was under such heavy pressure.
With that in mind, Erin collected her thoughts, turned around, and walked out of her room, following the two Mini Bubble Gums to the outside.
The roaring became incomparably clear the moment they stepped out of the building. At a glance, tens of thousands of magical cannons constructed on the city walls fired unceasing and dazzling brilliance splashed over the land, repelling the advancing Chaos creatures entirely.
Unlike Lydia’s side, which relied entirely on individual force, on the side of the Country of Darkness, the undead army, which relied on the human wave attack to win, uncharacteristically adopted mechanized warfare. Rhode made a great deal of effort to distribute most of the Illusion Crystals, handing them over to players who specialized in manufacturing to create a huge number of magical cannons on the city walls.
With the Illusion Crystals providing energy for firepower, the magical cannons wouldn’t run out of power and become worthless steel. They could be fired indefinitely, and the undead creatures also wouldn’t feel exhausted. Hence, by having a being at the level of a death knight control the magical cannons, they could be guaranteed to be able to bombard the Chaos creatures continuously for 24 hours. Meanwhile, the rest of the job was left to the players and liches. When the Chaos Lords appeared, it would be the home turf for Mini Bubble Gum, Canary, and Erin. With the assistance of Alice and Marybelle, the battlefield of the Country of Darkness was doing fine for now.
Of course, the main reason is…
At that thought, Erin couldn’t help but look at the pitch-black statue erected not far behind the city walls. It was a statue of a half-naked young lady with her head hanging low. Her long skirt slid down her legs, while her entire body exuded a mysterious and seductive aura as if she were seeking the affection of some man. But most importantly, the young lady’s entire body also emanated a dim glow. Under the artillery fire, one could easily feel a dark barrier connecting as if it were a bowl upside down, merging together from the sky to earth.
This was exactly the secret structure that Rhode summoned using the system after listening to Erin’s request—Fallen Banshee. It was the complete opposite of the Holy Maiden Statue. The Holy Maiden Statue relied on pure holy power to shut out undead creatures and Chaos, while the Fallen Banshee relied on negative energy to erase all existences. If it weren’t for the fact that this world was transformed by Rhode and his younger sister into a very ‘systematic’ one, and that Mini Bubble Gum and Canary were immune to ‘friendly-fire’, perhaps they would be drowned in a world full of negative energy right now.
They would be committing suicide if the friendly-fire mode was off.