Pale Emblem

Chapter 206 Almost Crushed

The legionary soldiers formed a shield wall, successfully encircling the rebels. The commanders of the Second, Fourth, and Fifth Legions then gathered together to observe the battlefield situation.
Commander Jabil of the Fourth Battle Group was fairly satisfied with his men's performance. He raised his short-handled halberd and pointed ahead, saying, "Keep this level of coordination, and I bet my men can wipe out this bunch of traitors without losing a single one."

The commander of the Fifth Battle Group whispered, "The enemy's demon archers have already killed seven or eight people."

The commander of the Second Battle Group echoed, "Traitors colluding with demons... I have a feeling they won't be eliminated so easily."

Jabil was speechless for a moment. He believed his two colleagues weren't lying; they had indeed encountered demons on the city walls. However, Jabil himself hadn't seen the legendary demons and wasn't as nervous as his colleagues.

Of course, the "demon archer" on the city wall is a troublesome problem. He can fire arrows silently from a great distance, unaffected by the fog, and has already caused the deaths and injuries of more than a dozen soldiers.

However, the "Demon Archer" is only one person, and can be dealt with easily once the battle group reaches the city wall.

Jaber looked up at the direction of the city gate and suddenly noticed something amiss.

"Look, what is that?"

The other commanders and deputy commanders looked in the direction he was pointing.

Atop the city wall, a sliver of eerie blue light pierced through layers of mist. They squinted, sensing a sharp, piercing edge in the blue light that stung their eyes.

Suddenly, a streak of blue light shot down, leaving a dazzling trail of flame in the mist. Immediately afterward, a hissing sound of air exploding came from ahead, accompanied by the screams of several legion soldiers.

The powerful gust of air carrying the stench of blood caused the commanders' expressions to change drastically. Even though they couldn't see clearly from behind, they knew that a shield wall erected by the Shield Guards had been destroyed in a single blow.

Ordinary archers could not possibly achieve this level of skill; it must be the extraordinary power of the "Demon Archer."

Since he possesses this ability, he can do it again.

As expected, a chilling blue light appeared again on the city wall. Jabil felt a chill run down his spine and could only watch helplessly as the blue light fell, shattering yet another shield wall.

The shield bearers fighting on the front lines will only collapse further. The sturdy tower shields and the shoulders of their comrades can no longer guarantee their safety, and instead bring even greater casualties.

The power of the void wind element was beyond the comprehension of the half-elf soldiers. The shield guards, who were at the forefront of the attack, immediately fell into great panic. If the attack continued, they would surely collapse. They had to scatter to reduce casualties.

Victor fired four arrows, destroying four shield walls, and then stopped firing.

The Azure Blade, imbued with the power of Void Wind, possesses immense strength, combining effects of speed, piercing, cutting, lightning, armor penetration, and explosion. The sturdy shield wall formed by the five Shield Guardians is as fragile as paper when faced with the Void Wind's attacks.

However, the Wolf's Blade consumes a lot of energy, requiring Victor to continuously condense wind element for 5-12 seconds before converting it into void wind element. He can fire 16 shots consecutively with his own stamina, but on the ever-changing battlefield, he must conserve sufficient energy and stamina.

Next, the task of defeating the enemy can be left to the alchemical progenitors.

The venomous Herman, the burning Delena, the gigantic Mokley, the foul-smelling Lifdel, and the howling Vincent have removed their cloaks and plummeted straight down from the city walls, activating their demonic skins in mid-air and transforming into their parademonic forms.

The enormous Mokley took the lead, his superpower being metamorphosis, granting him extreme physical enhancement, including breakthrough growth in size, strength, speed, perception, defense, resilience, resistance, and self-healing.

The Clark Legion soldiers heard the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, and the next second, some of them witnessed an unusually tall figure emerge from the thick fog and appear before them.

It is nearly three meters tall, its entire body is covered with a solid, jet-black carapace with eerie purple patterns and clusters of ferocious bone spikes. It has a pair of long horns on its head and a thick tail trailing behind it, with swirling mist shooting out from side to side.

The half-elf soldiers could sense the demon's powerful and tyrannical strength simply by looking at it.

Without the slightest hesitation, the massive Mokley crashed straight into the nearest shield wall.

The shield wall, composed of five tower shields and short spears, shattered instantly. The shield guards supporting the shield wall at the rear were sent flying into the air. They screamed as they flew over the heads of the soldiers and crashed more than 20 meters away.

The massive Mokri followed suit, using sheer brute force and its resilient body to destroy the shield wall one after another. Half-elf soldiers blocking its path were crushed, and even the shield guards supporting the shield wall were sent flying.

He advanced with unstoppable momentum. The other alchemical demons were not idle either, each using their abilities to break up the enemy's formation and harvest soul fire and life energy in the process.

Herman, now 2.3 meters tall, transformed into a demonic form, wielding a poisoned spear in each hand. With exquisite skill, he wounded the half-elf soldiers, poisoning them.

The poison is extremely potent; any wound inflicted on a half-elf soldier will result in death within seconds.

In other words, they were all fatal weaknesses in Herman's eyes. Once Herman ignited the fire of his soul, eliminating the enemy became extremely easy, and dismantling the shield wall was also effortless.

In fact, the demonic form of the alchemical demons is equivalent to a mid-level fourth-tier demon, with a qualitative leap in the four major attributes. In addition, with the fire of their souls ignited, they can crush the half-elf soldiers with just ordinary offensive and defensive means.

Powerful superpowers amplify this advantage; Dalena's Hellfire, Livedel's Corrosive Foul, and Vincent's Sonic Hammer were all irresistible to the Legion's soldiers.

After a brief exchange of blows, the legion's shield formation had been largely breached by these few alchemical demons.

It was also due to the fog that the soldiers' formation collapsed.

Despite the fact that the alchemists have caused hundreds of deaths and injuries, a regular army of 700 will not be so easily defeated.

Whistles and bugle calls rang out on the battlefield, their unique rhythms commanding the professionals at the front to retreat immediately, and also ordering the spearmen awakened ones at the rear to advance.

Herman and his men were immediately surrounded and attacked by spearmen and javelin throwers.

Awakened beings possess physical abilities superior to ordinary people, but inferior to professionals. However, equipped with sharp spears and heavy javelins, their destructive power remains formidable.

However, since the professional soldiers in front had already suffered heavy casualties from the alchemical demons, these awakened spearmen were there to take their place so that the professional soldiers could retreat, catch their breath, and reorganize.

However, the reality is not entirely like that.

Victor was the first to notice; he had hit the same Awakened spearman with three arrows in quick succession, yet the man did not fall instantly. He continued to thrust and stab with his spear, his movements incredibly swift, as if he were unharmed. Ranger Ruth then shot a spear-thrower in the head with a single arrow and said to Victor, "Master, those warband soldiers have taken the Dragonblood Fortitude Elixir; a fierce battle is about to begin!"

Dragon Blood Fortification Elixir is a combat-type elixir made primarily from Dragon Blood Grass. Its main function is to greatly enhance a soldier's fortification for a short period of time.

A prime example of resilience is the talent of barbarian warriors.

If a barbarian warrior's heart is pierced? He will certainly die, but not immediately; he will bleed, but not bleed heavily; his fighting ability will be weakened, but he will remain basically intact.

Barbarian warriors can even unleash even greater fighting power.

The Dragon Blood Strengthening Elixir does not directly enhance the user's combat power, but it can stop bleeding, relieve pain, maintain stamina, and mitigate a range of negative effects.

“In half a quarter of an hour, they’ll all be spineless. Now, we have to shoot them in the head.” Jessica said as she fired an arrow at the enemy below, but missed.

With the fog so thick at night, how easy is it to hit an enemy in the head?

The Ranger Sisters, relying on their animal companion, the falcon, to lock onto targets, still find it difficult to hit enemies in the head. Victor's reliance on hearing for shooting only makes it more challenging.

Alchemist demons who engaged in close combat with their enemies found that their powers weren't as effective as they used to be. For example, Livedel's Corrosive Stench power became at least 50% less effective against enemies, while Burning Dalina and Howling Vincent also noticed that the approaching horde of enemies were more tolerant of the damage from their powers.

Herman, who was extremely poisonous, readjusted his toxins so that the poison's effects were almost unaffected, but it was still extremely deadly. However, he and the giant Mokley were surrounded and killed by the enemy!

Especially Mokley, who was a whole size larger than his companions and whose attack methods were simple and direct, making him the most conspicuous target on the battlefield.

Whenever there was an opportunity to shoot, the spearmen would almost always aim their attacks at him first.

Fortunately, Mokley's carapace defense is incredibly strong, and most spears are ineffective against him, but there are exceptions.

A heavy javelin, forged entirely of refined iron, whistled through the air and pierced Mokley's abdomen. For Mokley, who had implanted alchemical serpent tentacles, this was barely a minor injury. He casually pulled out the javelin and threw it back, and the wound healed instantly without a drop of blood flowing out.

However, it was indeed an effective attack.

Each standard Disa Alliance warband must have three level 5 Venerables as its commander and deputy commander: an archer, a swordsman, and a shield bearer. Each Venerable is also accompanied by four dragon riders, together forming an elite force.

Mokley was wounded by a dragoon archer from the elite squad.

The enemies in the square come from three warbands, meaning they should have nine Level 9 Venerables and 36 Dragon Riders. Wait until the enemy professionals retreat to the rear, take their potions, regroup, and then return to attack.

The alchemical demons and Christine's minions probably won't last even half a quarter of an hour.

Just as Victor was feeling troubled, the sound of retreat horns rang out again on the battlefield.

In the night fog, the shadowy enemy retreated like a receding tide. They took the wounded, but left behind a field of corpses.

Victor asked, puzzled, "What's going on?"

Just now, the enemy collectively took a secret drug, planning a full-scale attack, putting Victor and his team at a significant disadvantage. However, the enemy suddenly retreated.

Frankly, Victor knew that his small force was no match for a fully armed regular army.

They were just trying to buy time, not to defeat the other side.

Unexpectedly, the enemy sent three battle regiments, totaling more than 700 soldiers, to attack the East Gate.

Victor had actually been considering retreating. Due to the fog, the barbarians and orcs did not take over the East Gate as planned, but the fog also provided cover for their escape.

Once Harvey and his men have led the survivors into the tunnels, Victor can order a retreat without waiting for the orc army to enter the east gate.

Perhaps the orc army will return empty-handed this time; perhaps, once Clark recovers, he will send troops to hunt them down.

Those are things that can't be helped.

Victor's rescue plan was already very low-marginalization and had a low chance of success.

Whether it will ultimately succeed depends on luck.

“Master, they have indeed retreated, heading towards the West Gate.” Ruth used her animal companion, the Falcon, to detect the enemy’s movements and reported to Victor.

"What happened over there?"

“There were no signs of anything abrupt.”

Victor stopped pressing for the specific reasons for the enemy's withdrawal and nodded, saying, "The messengers Christine planted may have played a role; in any case, this is good news for us."

The Dragon Blood Strengthening Elixir causes a two-hour period of weakness after ingestion, and is ineffective if used again within one day.

Clark already has three battle groups in the cooldown period of the secret medicine. It remains to be seen whether he has the courage to send another 700 soldiers to take the medicine and attack the East Gate.

Christine's succubus form is dormant in the control room of the city tower, but her will is active in the servants and minions she controls.

These puppet guards are being infused with Christine's soulfire, and their bodies are beginning to undergo demonic mutations, growing tentacles and tails.

They used their tentacles and tails to pierce the corpses of fallen soldiers, extracting as much blood as possible to turn the bodies into mummies, thereby accelerating their own mutation process.