Chapter 45 Both sides suffer!
The combat effectiveness of the lizardman army exceeded Adlai's expectations.
As a former centurion of the levy corps and now the Sheriff of Silverpine Town, although he did not dare to brag about having experienced hundreds of battles, he had only beaten a few lizardmen.
Although this gang looks fierce, their organization is extremely poor. Together they are worse than the villains in the underground streets of Thunder City.
In his impression, a battle line solely supported by lizardmen would often be defeated before the fifth round of volleys, and then either be chased by Archduke Campbell's knights, or blasted into the sky by the brothers of the artillery regiment...
However, he never expected that this group of guys who had never won a foreign war would be so difficult to deal with in the maze!
It was not just the human commander Adlai who was confused. Morlag, who was standing in the lizardman army, was even more confused than the former.
In Morlag's impression, although human muskets are terrifying, they are far from deadly.
Considering the reloading speed and excess penetrating power, this thing may not be much more powerful than their bows and arrows.
In comparison, what they are more afraid of is Archduke Campbell's Knights and Magic Orders...but it is obvious that these two things are not here.
The only people standing here are more than 800 farmers holding fire sticks!
As for the extraordinary power, the only one who can cast spells is an old man wearing a cloak, who probably only has the strength of peak bronze level.
In addition, there are a few adventurer-looking guys who master black iron-level spells or combat skills over and over again... These juggling tricks are not worth mentioning in front of his power of dragon language!
As for the five priests in white robes, they were obviously at the Black Iron level, but perhaps they were protected by Saint Sith, and the range of their spellcasting was significantly increased.
Supposedly, this little fighting power is not enough to stop his army, but for some reason, the young men from the Earth Dragon Tribe couldn’t rush through despite all their strength!
The battle situation has reached a stalemate, and the casualties on both sides are rising sharply!
Both sides felt a little regretful, but no one dared to say stop.
In such a narrow maze, whoever gives in will die. There is no retreat at all!
Morrag once again tried to use dragon language magic and threw a dragon breath bomb at the crowd in front.
However, the divine light once again enveloped the human soldiers, like a white barrier like a wall. It not only swallowed up his dragon breath bombs, but also injected divine strength and courage into the human soldiers standing in the front row!
Morrag was completely anxious. Seeing the young men from the Earth Dragon Tribe continuing to suffer casualties, he stopped holding back and took out the magic power originally intended to be used to deal with the Demon King.
"You are asking for your own death!"
Reciting a spell in dragon language, his eyes glowed with golden light, and his closed mouth also faintly revealed a golden light.
Seeing that scene, Chel, the president of the Silverpine Town Adventurer's Guild, suddenly changed his face and screamed in surprise.
"Dragon roar! Quick! Use the sacred barrier!"
"Do you think my magic power is unlimited?!" Matt, the priest of Silverpine Town Church, cursed with a pale face, and a trace of fatigue appeared on his originally calm face.
It’s not just him.
The four priests who jointly cast spells with him all looked out of breath, and a blush appeared on their old faces.
Especially one of the elderly priests vomited blood and sat on the ground holding on to the wall.
The extraordinary power possessed by the other party is obviously superior to theirs!
They were able to barely block the dragon's breath bomb with the help of the sacred artifacts enshrined in Silverpine Town Church, but they didn't expect that the opponent still had the energy to continue casting spells!
Saint Sis is above...
He shouldn’t have waded into this muddy water!
If it hadn’t been for that damn Sheriff’s smooth talk, telling him that as long as he followed along, he would be able to achieve great results easily, and then be transferred to the church in the bustling neighborhood of Thunder City...he wouldn’t have wandered into some kind of maze!
While Father Matt was cursing a certain stupid Sheriff, a certain stupid Sheriff wanted to give himself two slaps.
There is no doubt about it.
Things are messed up!
Adlai even scratched his scalp and couldn't figure out why the Demon King's army was so powerful in combat. Why didn't the lizard people who were about to collapse at the first moment not run away when they got here? !
Although the militia group currently has the advantage, the opponent still caused a lot of casualties to them by relying on brute force and sorcery.
More than a hundred corpses were already lying on the ground, and there were countless injured people!
Even if he can win this war in the end, it will be a tragic victory!
Transferred for meritorious service?
It would be nice if the Sheriff’s hat is not pulled down!
"Sir! We can't wait any longer!" The leader of the fighting team in the front row turned around and shouted loudly, "Light the fire! Brothers can't hold it anymore!"
Adlai gritted his teeth, guessing that it was time, and finally waved the order and used his final trump card.
Since its power was difficult to control, he originally planned to save it for when he had to run away.
"Light the fire!"
The fuse was lit.
A weak spark quickly followed the lizard man's feet and rushed toward the wooden boxes scattered in the maze corridor.
At the moment when the battle was intense, no one paid attention to the abnormality under their feet.
At almost the moment Morrag used "Dragon Roar", hundreds of kilograms of explosives detonated immediately, and the hot fire instantly tore apart the surrounding lizard soldiers!
The power displayed at that moment has far surpassed steel-level magic!
Even reached the silver level!
Morlag's dragon roar was completely vulnerable to the terrifying power, and was easily drowned in the aftermath of the explosion!
More than that——
The boiling shock wave was like erupting magma. After sweeping through the Lizardmen's position, it quickly rushed towards the position of the Silver Pine Town Militia Regiment without distinguishing between friend and foe!
Everyone had no time to escape, and they were hit by the hot shock wave, falling backward in pieces like wheat weighed down by a storm.
It’s not just Adlai.
Everyone present, even the gunners who had served in the artillery regiment, all underestimated the power of hundreds of kilograms of explosives exploding in a confined space!
But there is nothing we can do about it.
Compulsory education only existed briefly in the history of the Kingdom of Lane. The enlightenment movement and the liberation of ideas were suppressed by theocratic rule and "supernatural divine right" in all aspects.
Even if the world already has such a thing as a steam engine, or even improves it, most people just use it as an "alternative supernatural power".
Including the explosives given to them by Isaac IV.
Impact dynamics?
What is force?
The terrifying explosion quickly swept through several maze corridors, not only engulfing both warring parties, but even a few players who were hiding in the distance to watch the excitement were involved!
Fortunately, they were standing far away and were only slightly injured.
The people and lizards at the center of the explosion were in misfortune. Either they were buried by the collapsed tunnel, or they were so bombed that even a complete body could not be found.
In the dust. Adlai, holding the scabbard of his sword, stood up unsteadily and glanced around blankly, feeling deep despair.
There were countless casualties.
Father Matt was lying dying in the corner, and President Chel was also unconscious with his eyes closed tightly.
And his subordinates... Including the guy who urged him to light the fire quickly, most of them were missing.
His Adam's apple moved, and his legs were limp and he knelt on the ground.
This place...
It is simply hell!
"Roar——!"
An angry roar suddenly came from a distance, interrupting the sadness and panic in his heart.
Adlai quickly drew his sword and stood up, only to see a murderous lizard man walking from the shadows in front of him, holding a scimitar and staring at him intently.
The amber pupils flashed with a fierce light, and the ferocious expression seemed to want to eat him alive.
Adlai swallowed, although his knees were shaking, he still had the courage to fight.
Come on!
Either way, it means death.
Perhaps——
For him who has lost everything, death will be an easy choice...
… …
On the other side, Luo Yan, who was in the Demon King's territory, was still looking at himself in the mirror.
Or to be more precise, he was thinking about his faith value that was jumping up and down.
This thing hasn't been right since morning. It was growing well at first, but then it started to grow and fall off.
Why is this thing jumping up and down like a stock...
He was wondering a lot.
Although the daily growth value is still hovering around 2,000, the net worth will not fall below 1,000 if the expenditure remains unchanged.
But this thing doesn't have a setting like a limit, and he can't make up his mind whether it will rise from where it started and then fall back to where it was in the blink of an eye.
What about faith?
What about loyalty?
Why don’t you fall in love as soon as you fall in love?
Luo Yan was puzzled.
In these short few hours, he didn’t seem to have done anything inappropriate—
Hand on!
Could it be that it dropped because I didn’t do it? !
Luo Yan suddenly realized.
Just as he was thinking about who to persecute today, Youyou's voice had been shouting one after another for a while.
"Lord Demon King! Arakto is here with your servants!"
"Are they all labeled with green names? Please give them a name!"
"Ahhh!! Lord Demon King, something is going wrong! Put aside the naming thing for now, the lizard people are calling!"
"Wait, the players said they seemed to be fighting with humans?!"
"Earthquake! There was an earthquake in the labyrinth?!"
"It's so noisy, can you just say one thing at a time?" Luo Yan replied impatiently , suddenly got excited and stood up from the ground, "Wait, lizard people? Are they fighting with humans?!"
He expected that the lizard people would fight. He had already been prepared in the main hall at the entrance of the maze, waiting for them to come and deliver their heads.
But what the hell are humans? !
Are you an adventurer?
But...that's not right.
In his impression, adventurers would not conflict with hordes of monsters. Those guys were all bullies like Chris.
Although he had plans to use the help of surface humans to deal with the lizard people, he never thought that a direct conflict would break out between the two.
"Hmm! I heard from the players that it seems that the human army has entered the maze..."
When saying this, Youyou paused for a while and whispered in an awkward tone.
"Well... things happened a bit suddenly, it seems that the fight was over just now."
As the "Land God" of the Demon King Territory, Youyou can only move around the Demon King Territory and Luo Yan, and cannot go to the front line to see what's going on in person.
The news it conveyed to Luo Yan was basically second-hand information from the official website, and there was no way around the delay.
Furthermore, sometimes players may exaggerate, which is also possible.
Although Luo Yan didn't take the group of four-legged snakes seriously, he had to pay more attention to the humans on the surface.
Thinking of this, he immediately stood up from the ground and stuffed the mirror he had been looking at for a long time back into his pocket.
"Issue a mission to the players in the Demon King's Territory and ask them to gather at the entrance of the maze!"
"Also, let Arakdo wait for me down below!"
"Received!" Yoyo immediately followed the order after receiving the order.
Luo Yan poured the potion he had just prepared into the flask, and then walked out of his workshop.
Fight in the territory of this demon king!
If he doesn't collect a toll, then he, the devil, is too human!
(End of this chapter)