Chapter 109: Critical Moment

The soldiers reacted at this moment, and in a situation where they couldn't turn the other machine gun in time, they directly took down the revolving rifles from their backs and opened fire—

The longsword stuck in the monster's body became the best marker. Within a distance of ten steps, the revolving rifle almost couldn't miss. The officers and soldiers, including Brian, fired all their bullets in one breath, and the dense barrage swept over Edith's head. She could even hear the hissing sound of the bullets piercing the air.

Turning back, the distorted air became solidified, and a monster appeared from the void. It approached six feet when standing, half a head taller than an adult. In addition to having a pair of sickle-like sharp forelimbs, it also had seven pairs of supplementary feet on its abdomen, covered in grayish-brown carapace, which looked terrifying. Fortunately, that armor couldn't resist the close-range shooting of the guns—its slender head, like that of a locust, was blasted with a fist-sized opening, and after twitching twice, it fell to the ground bleeding all over.

"Get out of the way!" A loud roar suddenly came from behind Edith.

A heavy sword arrived in response, and the force was so great that it made a deep humming sound. The sword body slammed directly in front of the first machine gun squad's position, knocking the other two monsters away, and the invisible ripples also dissipated.

Then several God's Punishment Witches crossed her side, wielding their swords horizontally, cutting the monsters that had not yet had time to climb up in half.

"Reinforcements have arrived," Edith thought, feeling a little relieved.

The number of enemies was not large, and without the advantage of invisibility, they were quickly cut to pieces by the charging Extraordinary Warriors.

Moreover, she noticed that when the monsters approached the God's Punishment Witches, they would show a strange form—as if half were hiding in nothingness, and half were forced to reveal their original shape, as if their ability to hide their tracks had failed.

"Are you alright?" Maggie helped Edith up, "We saw these enemies in the rock wall, but it's a pity it was still a step too late."

"Using colorful magic stones?"

"That's right," Another tall man walked up to her, "Leave this place to us, mortal weapons are not good at dealing with this situation. Go and notify the people above, and bring some more God's Punishment Witches down."

Edith remembered that her name seemed to be Betty, "Can you disrupt their disguise?"

"A technique similar to the God's Punishment Stone," The man shrugged, "For the time being, it can only make the enemy's invisibility fail for a short time."

"But they also carry God's Punishment Stones, why can't they see the enemy..." Brian asked, gnashing his teeth, looking at the three soldiers' corpses on the ground.

"That's not strange," Betty replied calmly, "Light, distance and attention will all affect the observation results. The influence range of ordinary quality divine stones is only about one or two steps. The time the enemy is exposed is only in the blink of an eye, and in such a dim environment, it is normal not to see it."

Edith couldn't help but sighed. Indeed, most of the time she noticed the sickle monster revealing half of its body was when the two sides were competing for strength, plus the length of the enemy's forelimbs and the advantage of a sneak attack. By the time ordinary people realized something was wrong, it was basically too late. Unless divine stones were buried in advance, the First Army really had no way to deal with this kind of enemy.

"Damn it!" Brian punched hard, "I should have sent the iron wire down first!"

"Go back quickly, I always feel like something has happened in the cave," Betty urged again, "The strange cry just now was like alarming the entire snow mountain."

"You heard it too?" Edith asked in surprise.

"We have lost most of our sense of touch, so our vision and hearing have become particularly acute..." The other party sized her up a few times before speaking, "I didn't expect mortals to be able to do this."

Sure enough, it wasn't just my illusion before... Edith nodded, took off the God's Punishment Stone and threw it next to the machine gun, and led Brian and others to surround Maggie. They sank into the ground with the Magic Ark, and then climbed along the stone wall. Although the rifle battalion commander was quite reluctant to hand over the front line battlefield to the Taquila Witches, he ultimately followed the overall situation. After all, once the God's Punishment Witches and the enemy were entangled together, they could not arbitrarily open fire on their allies.

The people stationed in the Black Stone Tower obviously didn't know about the battle at the bottom of the cave, and were still constantly using ropes to lower tents, divine stones, gun ammunition and other combat readiness supplies. Brian stopped everyone and did not transfer to the steam lift back to the cave entrance, but instead let Maggie continue forward.

Just as everyone was about to reach the Worm Tunnel, a dense burst of gunfire suddenly sounded overhead, its intensity like a storm! This meant that the First Army at the checkpoint had no reservations, and had directly entered a state of full firepower!

The faces of the group couldn't help but change, and the witches even flushed their cheeks, making the ascent speed even faster.

After the Magic Ark rushed out of the ground, Edith couldn't help but widen her eyes.

She saw that there were constantly falling limbs and internal organs from the cave, like a rain of corpses. Three machine gun squads were lined up in a row, shooting at the dark cave ceiling under Sylvie's command; while the revolving rifles and precision shooting teams were specifically dealing with the dead corners overhead, without needing to aim at the enemy, they only needed to raise their gun barrels and fire along the cave walls.

"What is the enemy?" Brian grabbed a soldier and asked.

"They are Evil Beasts, sir!" The soldier reported while busy loading ammunition, "A group of Evil Beasts are pouring down from the top of the snow mountain!"

"Damn it! Why would they suddenly come to join in the fun at this time!"

A thought flashed through Edith's mind.

Could that muffled buzzing sound be used to summon its kind?

She had read in a book written by His Majesty that there was a special kind of sound in this world that was difficult for human ears to hear, but it was particularly clear to certain creatures. Even some species could use this sound to communicate with their kind in a unique way. Could it be that what they were encountering now was this kind of situation?

However, the unexpected news was not just one. While Brian was observing the battle, another soldier ran into the cave, "Sir, Miss Maisie has discovered abnormal activity of Evil Beasts east of the Hidden Forest—they seem to be approaching the snow mountain, instead of attacking Neverwinter City as previously expected!"

"What? This—" The rifle battalion commander was stunned in place for a moment.

"Sir?" The soldier asked eagerly, "What should we do?"

"How could this happen... How could this happen..." Brian's face was livid, and he kept repeating a sentence in his mouth, with fine sweat already appearing on his forehead.

This guy still lacks experience, Edith frowned. As a commander, he must not show his inner confusion and helplessness at any time, especially in front of his subordinates.

She coughed twice, "The matter is not complicated. First of all, we must gather the First Army stationed outside the snow mountain and concentrate them at the cave entrance for defense. This can greatly reduce the length of the line of defense, and only a few machine guns can contain the impact of the Evil Beasts."

Brian looked at her, and after a long while, he came back to his senses, "That's... that's right."

"Secondly, let Miss Maisie immediately contact His Majesty Roland and ask him to send reinforcements in case of emergency—after all, our ammunition and food need to be supplied by the Redwater River. Once we abandon the camp and hold the passage, we will definitely not be able to fight for a long time." Edith said quickly and methodically, "In addition, the Evil Beasts have no ability to swim. Don't abandon the cement boats outside. Leaving ten or so people can both contain the Evil Beasts and guide the direction for subsequent personnel."

"Miss Sylvie is responsible for guiding the firepower to block the Evil Beasts at the top of the cave, so there is no big problem; as for the distributed divine stones, you can temporarily not wear them on your body, but bury them around the sentry post to prevent sneak attacks. Finally, don't forget to send Taquila Witches to the bottom of the cave. Betty is still waiting for our reinforcements. Only when there are enough of them can they advance to the southern end of the river and find Agatha and others." Her voice was calm and steady, making the people around her gradually calm down, "This step is as fast as possible—if I'm not mistaken, the place where the strange sound came from is the key to solving the problem."

Brian took a deep breath, "I understand, do as you say."