I became a vampire princess and then a dragon girl?

§ 10 The Wave is Coming [Part 3]

After entering the town, the first thing they did was the same old routine: they opened a room and checked if there were any problems. Then they set up a magic circle for warning and defense and placed a positioning stone. Then Eve and her group went to the town to wander around and kill time.

Since most of the people here are adventurers, the market here is somewhat bloody - many people choose to spread a piece of cloth on the street and start selling their freshly obtained materials. The whole street is covered with bloodstains, and those who don't know will think they have accidentally walked into a crime scene.

As a vampire, Eve was fine. Not only did she not feel any aversion to the strong smell of blood, she was even very accustomed to it. But Istina was in big trouble. In the end, Eve cast a magic circle on her to isolate the smell, and she finally returned to normal.

Moreover, there is no ordinary food in the town of Philro. From the street shops to the roadside stalls, all the food is various blood products. This is not surprising. After all, Eve has not seen a non-vampire so far. Without demand, there will naturally be no output.

"Hmm... I don't think there's anything interesting here, and there don't seem to be many people around."

The town was not big, and Eve and her friends quickly walked through the entire street. This was also the only lively place in the entire town.

"After all, this place is adjacent to the abyss, and accidents can happen at any time, so naturally not many people will choose to settle here."

Eve was not surprised by Istina's question. After all, apart from the devil's believers, few people would dare to live with a time bomb.

"Yes, there are weapon shops and armor shops along the street, and even the shops sell supplies."

"It can't be helped. After all, these are all highly mobile adventurers. Okay, let's go back to the inn and take a look."

After walking around, Eve found that she had overestimated the size of this place. She estimated that it would not take too long for the inspection team to find the place by following the fluctuations of the positioning stone, so she decided to return now.

When they returned to the inn, a young girl was standing in front of their door waiting for something.

When the girl saw Eve and her group walking towards here, she was a little alert at first, but after seeing Arcana and Ilvia behind Eve, she relaxed a lot, lowered her head, and saluted Eve slightly.

The group tacitly agreed not to communicate in the corridor. After opening the door, the girl naturally followed and closed the door at the end. Then...

"Your Highness!"

The girl in front of her seemed quite excited when she saw Eve, and her appearance made Eve feel somewhat familiar.

"Hmm... I remember you were part of the team in the dangerous situation earlier?"

After a moment's thought, she remembered where she had seen this girl before.

"Yes! I'm Charlotte from the patrol team! It was thanks to His Highness that I was rescued!"

"Ah, it's okay. After all, I'm also the leader of the inspection team. I'm glad you're all okay."

Eve seemed quite casual about this. After all, she didn't want to get involved in political affairs, so naturally she could only contribute. However, Charlotte obviously didn't think so.

"Ah no, Your Highness, as a vampire princess, condescended to come and rescue us personally. Thank you so much! Um... I..."

Seeing Charlotte was so nervous that she didn't know what to say, she clapped her hands helplessly and interrupted her.

"Okay, let's not talk about that anymore. Let's talk about what happened this time. What are those demon followers up to now?"

After hearing Eve's words, the blush on Charlotte's face quickly faded and she looked serious.

"Yes! We recently discovered some traces of Demon God followers near the Abyss. We then tracked them down to their base near the town of Firro, deep within the Pierre Mountains. To avoid being discovered, we didn't pursue them further. Your Highness needs to investigate personally."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work. Let's go now."

After hearing Charlotte's investigation results, Eve did not hesitate and prepared to set off for the Pierre Mountains. However, just as the group left the inn, the big bell in the center of the town suddenly rang.

Dang, Dang, Dang

The huge bell sound continued to echo over the town for a long time, and after hearing the bell, the people in the town immediately took action. Some ran directly towards the teleportation array, while others immediately took out their weapons and ran towards the town entrance. Even Charlotte's expression changed slightly.

In the entire town, only Eve and a few others seemed to be indifferent to the incident.

"Charlotte? What's going on?"

"Dianke, this is a warning signal of the Abyssal Tide erupting. Those people just now were going to help defend the stronghold. What should we do now?"

"Anyway, let's go to the stronghold and check the situation. If we can hold it, I'll track down the Demon God's followers. If it's more serious, I'll prioritize eliminating the Abyss Wave."

"Yes."

In this way, a group of five people mixed in with the crowd heading towards the stronghold and arrived outside the stronghold against the abyss.

After arriving at the stronghold, the sky above the stronghold was filled with magic. Dazzling magic circles of various colors were constantly shining, releasing various magic spells to bombard the abyss waves in front like a black flood. The violent explosions could be heard clearly from a long distance away.

Although the impact of the abyssal wave was extremely fierce, the response of the stronghold was not at all chaotic. The magicians and swordsmen were taking turns to rest in an orderly manner to ensure that there would not be any gaps in the firepower covering the abyssal wave. The adventurers who came to support were also being organized into them in an orderly manner to be responsible for sweeping from the side and eliminating the few enemies that were missed.

This is just one of the many strongholds to fight against the abyss waves. There are similar strongholds in other places not far away. These strongholds are arranged in a staggered manner to firmly seal the abyss waves inside.

There are also patrol teams in the gaps between the strongholds, responsible for eliminating some scattered monsters to ensure that none are missed.

"Hmm...it looks like everything is fine."

Eve said after observing for a while.

"How about this, we split up. Tina, you and Arcana stay here to deal with the Abyss Wave, and Charlotte will take Via and me to track down the Demon God followers."

"Well, leave it to me."

A rainbow-colored rapier appeared in Istina's right hand, and the aura of magic began to emerge from her body. She had completely entered the combat state.

"Okay, let's go and see who can finish first. Then I'll leave the lead to you."

Eve said as she looked at Charlotte beside her.

"Yes! Please follow me."

Then Charlotte released the invisibility and flew towards the Pierre Mountains, and Eve smiled at Istina and followed her into the air.

"call…"

After patting their cheeks gently to cheer themselves up, Istina and Arcana also joined the ranks in fighting against the abyss waves.

The battle on different lines has officially begun!

§ 11 Defensive Battle

After watching Eve leave, Istina and Arcana showed their identity certificates as adventurers to the personnel stationed at the base and successfully joined the defense against the abyss wave.

Since this was their first time participating in the defense against the abyss wave, the base specially assigned a team leader to do some preliminary research for her. This was also the team that Istina and the others would temporarily belong to.

"Remember, your top priority during battle is to protect yourself! Second is to rescue others, and finally, to kill the Abyssal Tide!"

The captain continued, casting a spell towards the distant abyss waves.

"If you feel you're in danger, don't act recklessly. Call for help immediately. The rest will be handled on your own. The stronghold will provide you with some buffs to reduce magic power consumption and increase the power of your attacks. Our team will be responsible for dealing with the large force in front, and you two will be responsible for cleaning up any missed areas. Remember that!"

“Remember!”

"very good!"

After listening to Istina and Arcana's responses, the captain nodded with satisfaction.

"Remember this and start taking action!"

Having said that, the captain returned to commanding his team members.

"Okay, let's do our best then."

Looking at the energetic Istina in front of him, Arcana also summoned an empty blade in his hand.

"Well, I think the two of us have too much fighting power."

As he spoke, Akana pointed the empty blade in his hand forward, and several light bullets accurately hit the remaining abyss creatures under the fire coverage, blasting them into pieces.

"Eh? Why?"

After asking the question and sending out a lightning strike to test the creatures of the abyss, Istina understood what Arcana meant.

Weak, too weak. As an individual, she poses no threat to these abyss creatures now, and the support from the stronghold is also considerable. Originally, the strength of the people in the stronghold was not much different from that of a single abyss creature, but thanks to the attribute support of the stronghold and the heavy firepower deployed in the stronghold, the side with fewer people suppressed the other side.

There are some abyss creatures that can use magic, but these guys will immediately be strangled by concentrated fire and will be completely useless, allowing the stronghold side to continue to unilaterally pour out firepower.

"Anyway, Tina, save some strength for now. This wave is not that simple. The highlight has not yet appeared."

As he spoke, Akana narrowed his eyes and looked into the distance where abyss creatures continued to emerge.

"Ah."

After a while, the ground suddenly began to tremble regularly, causing many items placed aside in the stronghold to fall to the ground. Then, dozens of abyss creatures as huge as hills crawled out of the abyss, and then strode slowly towards each stronghold from a distance.

Although their pace was very slow, the distance each step took was quite terrifying, so they were rapidly approaching the stronghold. Above them and behind them, countless abyss creatures were advancing under the cover of their huge bodies.

"Quick! Focus your fire!!! It's the Meat Mountain Monster! Where's the Magic Cannon? Focus your fire on the Meat Mountain Monster!"

boom! boom! boom!

Following several roars, the magic cannon that had been charging for a long time started its first attack, and the torrent of magic power directly hit the giant body of the Meat Mountain Monster.

"Roar----!!!"

At the same time, various magic spells continued to erupt on the body of the Meat Mountain, causing it to roar, but then countless tentacles stretched out from the scars on its body and grabbed the abyss creatures around it, severely inflicting a heavy blow to my teammates.

Some of these abyss creatures were directly stuffed into its wounds to be absorbed and restored, while others were directly thrown into the air like cannonballs by it to fly towards its magic.

Some of them were thrown by it towards the magic cannon on the stronghold against the magic rain. Although most of them were intercepted, there were still a few that escaped and caused a little chaos, but they were quickly dealt with by the swordsmen.

"Arkana, is this the highlight you mentioned?"

Amidst the roar of magic, Istina asked Arcana.

"Not yet! But it's part of the foreplay before the finale. Tina can get serious now!"

"it is good!"

After hearing what Arcana said, Istina heaved a sigh of relief, and then a red lightning was released from between her fingers, directly turning most of the body of the Meat Mountain Monster approaching the stronghold into nothingness, and then the remaining body was also turned into debris under the bombardment of magic.

"Black Prison Lightning"

"Oh!!!"

Seeing that the Meat Mountain attacking from afar was completely defeated, cheers suddenly broke out in the stronghold, but then they once again threw themselves into the battle against the abyss waves.

However, the captain leading Istina and Arcana was a bit uneasy. Others might think that the red lightning was some new secret weapon, but if she was not mistaken, it seemed to be coming from this newcomer? And it was the highest level of magic? And he could unleash it alone without even breathing hard?

The highest-level spells at their base are all cast in turns by the magician group with the base's bonus. Where did this big shot come from, pretending to be a newbie?!

But she reacted the next moment and quickly shouted to the team members who were resting.

"Quick! Take her to the base commander and have her join the special team!"

Hearing the captain's order, a team member quickly stood up and led Istina to run towards the head of the stronghold. However, Akana's figure had quietly disappeared. No one noticed this except Istina.

"So you were the one who defeated the Meat Mountain just now? You can probably defeat a few more to ensure your own safety, right?"

"We can defeat them all. If we don't leave our base, we're infallible."

"That's great. Take her to the short-distance teleportation array to support other strongholds!"

Special matters must be handled specially. The head of the base immediately made a decision after asking about Istina's situation.

But at this moment...

boom! ! ! ! ! !

Accompanied by a loud noise loud enough to temporarily deafen a person, a violent explosion suddenly occurred above the battlefield. Just then, a black energy column collided with a golden energy column, causing a huge explosion and leading to all this.

The base where Istina was located also collapsed in the aftermath of the explosion. Although there were no casualties, the key problem was that the blessing provided by the base to them disappeared.

Without those blessings, it would be absolutely impossible to solve the abyss waves that are surging like a tide just by relying on these people.

What's worse is that all the strongholds were more or less affected by the explosion. Some of the more serious ones were paralyzed like theirs, while the less serious ones were temporarily silent. The abyss wave took the opportunity to advance a long way.

In a blink of an eye, the situation, which had just been relatively stable, took a sharp turn for the worse.

§ 12 Rescue (From Istina's Side View) [Fifth Update]

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Amidst the dust raised by the collapsed stronghold, the stronghold leader stood up while coughing and pushing away the cabinet that was pressing on him.

Compared to her embarrassment, Istina beside her managed to escape death. She successfully opened the defense wall to block the falling building debris at the moment the abnormality occurred. After all, her reaction training with Dier was not to be underestimated.