587 Elemental Body (2/2)

Battle Wolf used the high ground on the church tower and rained death onto the attacking Zergs. Wang Tong wagered that threatening the queen probably wouldn't work again, since the queen should know by now that these reinforcements were her only salvation.

However, as long as the queen was still in the city, the Zergs had to be very careful while attacking, particularly the giant Zergs. So far, none of the giant Zergs had made it too close to the queen, fearing that friendly fire might harm the queen further beyond help.

Unable to unleash their full power and disturbed by the queen's shrieks, the Zergs had lost their will to fight and were pushed back by the human defenders.

The human soldiers had taught the Zergs a hard truth: humans were more merciless than Zergs.

Despite the terrain advantage, the battle was not easy by any stretch of imagination. Thanks to the tall buildings, the casters were able to cast spells from a safe distance, and the shelters helped with the METAL warriors' defense.

Lun Duo led the third brigade and was assigned to protect the mastery casters. They killed the Zergs with an incredible efficiency, and the thrill of the battle had made them even forget about their exhaustion. Each day, they encouraged themselves to be more aggressive until they had turned themselves into Zerg killing machines.

However, Castro got carried over by the elation of killing Zergs and unwittingly wandered too far from the defensive line. Seizing the opportunity, the Zergs swarmed at him.

Zing!

A bone spear found an opening in Castro's defense; it was too late to dodge.

Zing!

Castro didn't feel any pain; however, he saw a body block the attack. The spear pierced through the METAL suit and into the flesh. It was Lun Duo.

Lun Duo wrenched the bone spear out of his body and hurled it back like throwing a javelin. ”Follow me! Move!” The soldiers followed Lun Duo closely back toward the formation.

”Captain, are you alright?” Castro asked anxiously.

”How many times have I told you to watch the formation! Are you a deaf or dimwit?” Lun Duo rebutted in a scathing tone. Although Castro was his good friend, they were in a war, and people's lives were at stake.

”I am sorry, Captain! Why don't you take a break and let me make it up for you? I will not let a single Zerg pass our line, I swear!”

”Buzz off!” Lun Duo waved his hand annoyingly. Ye Zi had already started the healing spell. She released the pauldron from the METAL suit and patched up the wound deftly.

”Don't move for the next five minutes.” Ye Zi said and then went to the next wounded. On the battlefield, field medic's words were the bible. In five minutes, the wound would close up and stop bleeding, but complete recovery would require a much longer time.

The battle quickly turned into a stalemate. The warriors had to fight in shifts due to exhaustion. When the queen was about to die, Wang Tong cast a healing spell to revive her back to her hell. Immediately after that, Tan Bu stabbed the queen, making her scream once again. The scream worked magically in scaring the Zergs, some of whom even turned around and ran away in fear. Therefore, it was almost impossible for the Zergs to form a cohesive line of attack.

The warriors worked from morning till dusk and the mastery spells didn't stop until nightfall. Exhausted and overspent, Guan Dongyang and Xiao Yuyu leaned against a wall and breathed heavily. However, joy was written all over their faces.

They had won again!

This was the fourth city that they had conquered, and no one had thought that they could achieve so much when they first left Maersa.

”Hang in there guys. We will leave as soon as the captains finish their headcounts.” Wang Tong announced to the soldiers. Only a few soldiers were still standing straight; consumed by exhaustion, most of them were leaning against anything they could find and dozing off.

A few minutes later, the human soldiers finally left the city, which fell apart amidst a series of explosions behind them.

After a while, they finally joined forces with Yin Tianzong and Vorenus, who had been fighting at Lantian. Everyone hugged each other for their victory and surviving another day. That night, Wang Tong's camp was extremely quiet as everyone had quickly fallen asleep.