Having a powerful lord as a father figure, what's wrong with just wanting to draw cards?

The roar of siege beasts echoed from afar, and the wheels of large machines kicked up clouds of dust.

The Xisha people, who could transform themselves into the living dead, naturally had the ability to transform other giant beasts into equal beings. A colossal beast, as large as a prehistoric mammoth and resembling a scorpion, charged madly towards the palace walls.

"Mage, begin chanting! Archers, fire freely, prioritize attacking the behemoth!"

On the long corridor directly opposite the main gate, Justin began to direct the group of adventurers.

When the nest is overturned, no egg remains unbroken. They also wanted to survive, so they used all their strength to launch an attack.

But their attacks were like scraping the giant scorpion's black carapace, causing absolutely no damage, if you don't count the polishing.

It's not that the adventurers are bad; if they were above the intermediate mage level, they wouldn't be able to get through this gate.

Upon seeing this, Justin immediately ordered someone to fetch Domi.

"That giant beast is yours."

"You've assigned me so much work all at once..." Domi said, grinning.

This left Justin a bit confused: "It's just one, right? It shouldn't take that much effort, should it?"

"No, no, no, there are at least six more on their way from afar."

"So many?!" Justin suddenly felt overwhelmed. One head was already enough to make him need to find outside help, six heads would be a nightmare. Even splitting the outside help in half wouldn't be enough.

But Domi didn't seem too flustered: "Fine, leave them all to me. I won't let them get close."

As he spoke, Domi summoned Susanoo.

Next, he's going to try a completely new way of playing, specifically for hunting these giant beasts.

He used ice magic to form a huge bow, then covered it with soil to reinforce it. He used lightning as the string, attached it with spirit-devouring energy as the main body, and covered it with shadow magic that was both real and illusory. Finally, he used the hands of Susanoo to pull it into a full moon.

Seeing such a bizarre scene, everyone present nearly had their eyes pop out of their sockets.

"I call it—the Elemental Greatbow."

Boom!

The instant the lightning bowstring was released, a blinding flash of white lightning nearly blinded everyone, followed by a deafening roar like thunder.

The massive arrows, usually used only when hunting dragons, glowed with a faint blue light, streaking across the night sky like comets. When they were halfway through their range, they would simply disappear into the darkness and vanish from sight.

When it reappeared, it was already right in front of the giant scorpion's head.

Already having lost most of its reason, it had even less time to dodge.

There was a pop.

The arrow pierced directly into the scorpion's head, and under the corrosive influence of the spirit-devouring energy, its already rotting brain matter was disappearing completely at an extremely rapid pace.

The brain suffered severe damage, causing electrical disturbances that disrupted the body's electrical systems, resulting in convulsions.

If it were just a person having a twitch, it would be fine, but if such a giant scorpion twitched, even just once, it would be a catastrophic disaster for the Xisha soldiers who were fighting on the ground with their infantry and tanks, who were as insignificant as ants.

With just one flick of the wrist, they crushed a large number of soldiers.

After they fall to the ground and die, they can crush another batch.

Seeing this, Justin even thought that the scorpion was an enemy spy, how could it help them so openly?

If the commander of the Xisha soldiers had any sense, he certainly wouldn't have allowed his soldiers to gather around the giant beast. Unfortunately, not only had the commander lost his mind, but the soldiers had too. They couldn't recognize any information other than the intruders and the attack, and that's how this tragedy happened.

Seeing the scorpion fall to the ground with a deafening roar, the adventurers in the palace were immediately filled with renewed vigor and turned their attacks on the vast and numerous soldiers of Xisha.

Even with their attacks, it would have been enough to tear this group of undead apart on the spot.

At this moment, the battle was fierce not only on the front side of the gate, but also in all directions.

The palace stood like an isolated island in the sea, requiring defense from every direction.

The dazzling magical attacks rained down on the ground like machine gun fire, and the archers, like numb workers in a sweatshop, kept firing arrows into the sky without stopping.

As time went on, the battle became increasingly intense.

The six giant scorpions in the distance are now approaching, and above their heads appears a mage wearing a strangely styled robe.

They brandished their bone staffs, and waves of light emanating a terrifying aura of destruction were brewing.

Arrows and magic aimed at them were all blocked by the scorpions' tails, leaving the mages behind them completely unharmed.

Domi sensed something was wrong and immediately warned everyone to be careful and avoid the danger, while simultaneously using Susanoo to take down as many enemies as possible.

Boom!

Boom!

The elemental bow fired two shots in quick succession, effectively killing two of them, along with the mages standing on top of them. However, there were still four that couldn't be dealt with, and the magic of those four mages had already been fully formed.

Four dark purple beams shot directly onto the second floor, destroying most of the central secret room with destructive power comparable to a low-yield missile.

Fortunately, the dome was supported by arches; otherwise, if the entire dome had collapsed, they would have been stuck in the main hall on the first floor, waiting to die.

Thanks to the advance warning, there were not many casualties.

Everyone continued to attack, and Domi killed two more.

The last two beams of light were supposed to be dodged as before, but this time they actually destroyed several arches on the same side.

Without the support at the bottom, the dome above began to collapse...

Bricks and stones rained down on the ground where everyone was standing, and the enormous dome overhead drew ever closer, as if it were the end of the world.

Then it crashed to one side, and countless bricks rained down on the ground. Most of the dome fell down, while a small portion of the debris remained on the second floor.

The surge of adrenaline from fear made the cold of the night seem insignificant.

The whole world seemed to fall silent for a few seconds.

Chapter 141-140 Breakthrough!

After a fierce battle, the giant scorpion was finally wiped out by Domi on his own, but large machines such as catapults and battering rams, which were continuously rushing to its aid, had also entered the fray.

The sound of exploding machinery erupted from all directions, and in an instant, countless 'meteorites' crashed into the palace, which had long since lost its dome.

Boom boom boom!

About four or five huge rocks crashed onto the second floor of the palace, killing many people.

Their flesh and blood were crushed to pieces under the boulder, and they were no longer recognizable as human. They couldn't even let out a scream.

Domi was also shaken by what he saw and felt a chill run down his spine.

He may be strong, but this was the first time he had personally experienced such a large-scale siege and defense.

Every minute, every second, countless lives are lost. The sense of tragedy is something that cannot be truly felt unless one experiences it firsthand, and this applies to both sides in the war.

Even Justin suffered a blow to his forehead from flying debris, his face half-covered in bright red blood, which even stained the whites of his eyes, making him look even more ferocious and terrifying.

All that could be heard was his roar:

"Concentrate your firepower on the catapults! We absolutely cannot allow them to fire another volley!"

The mages continuously unleashed fireballs at the distant catapults, the most powerful destructive magic available at the moment, capable of inflicting greater damage on machines like catapults that consist of numerous wooden parts.

Domi wasn't idle either, controlling Susanoo to continue drawing the elemental bow to its fullest extent. Each thunderclap represented the complete destruction of a catapult.

Meanwhile, things weren't going well in the main hall on the first floor either.

Since the ranged attacks from the second floor are now focused solely on destroying the catapults, the battering ram has had the opportunity to get closer to the palace.

Two rows of burly Xisha soldiers, together supporting the sharp iron pillar mounted on a wheeled chassis, gathered their strength and rammed straight into the tightly closed gate.

boom!

boom!

The adventurers, who only knew melee combat, were now using their bodies to block the gate, their faces contorted in rage.

Each ramming of the battering ram would crack the door open slightly, and the stench from the mummified corpses and the oppressive atmosphere from the outside world made them dizzy and stressed.

Just when they thought the gate was about to be breached, a roar suddenly came from behind. A forest elf druid named Harun transformed into a brown bear over three meters tall and strode over. With each step, the entire palace seemed to tremble.

When his bear paw, bigger than a person, landed on the door, everyone felt a long-lost sense of relief.

As expected of the strongest five... oh no, now it's four.

As expected of one of the four strongest, although he usually seems taciturn and withdrawn, he is incredibly fierce when he gets going. As long as he takes action, all problems can be solved.

Justin also noticed the battering ram. He gave a look to the priest waiting behind him, who immediately understood and ran to the top of the gate, where holy light magic surged...

Countless golden holy swords gathered in mid-air, and as the priest waved his hand down, the holy swords pierced through the soldiers of Xisha.

These attacks imbued with divine attributes are extremely effective against these undead. Just as vampires are burned when they come into contact with mithril, soldiers of Xisha are burned when they come into contact with the holy sword, and the burn spreads throughout their bodies until they turn to ashes.

Domi couldn't help but glance at him.

I never expected that the priest, that squinty-eyed fellow, could actually come in handy. That's amazing!

Just when everyone thought that the final night of this third cycle would come to a perfect end with everyone's help, a whooshing sound shattered their illusions.

boom! !

A giant arrow, even larger than a dragon-hunting crossbow bolt, shot from an extremely distant place, distorting the air in front of it into a spiral shape. With overwhelming force, it pierced a large hole in the wall of the first floor of the palace.

Countless bricks and stones fell and shattered, and the chill of the night seeped in through the hole, making the people inside shiver.

No matter how much you try to plug such a large hole, it will never be able to be plugged.

Seeing the Xisha soldiers and cavalry pouring into the palace, everyone felt a chill in their hearts.

"It's over..."

"What are you still struggling for? Just throw it in already."

"What are the people up there doing?!"

Domi gazed into the distance in the direction from which the arrows had come, and saw a giant four stories high, devoid of flesh and blood, made entirely of skeletons, draped in a yellowish rag, holding a proportionally sized longbow, and with a quiver on his back filled with oversized crossbow bolts of this type.

The range of the giant archer can no longer be described as "long"; even Domi couldn't shoot the arrows of the elemental greatbow that far.

It's like there's half a desert between them!

Justin quickly came over: