But anyway, just as she had calculated, the distant elves did not have the ability to assist the Eden people in stopping the demon invasion.
They could only watch as the Eden people had to face these demons that had evolved specifically to deal with them.
But no matter what, the morale of the Eden people was high, and they were waiting for the demon's attack with a new attitude - this was a scene that Elena could not understand.
It is said that hope can give human beings great power.
However, several Hippogriff Knights were unable to kill even a few demon hatchlings. They could only fly far away in the sky... Could this really be considered "hope"
Elena couldn't understand.
All she can do is stand silently in front of the magic puppets. Because she is the most powerful force in Eden now, she must protect her "parents" and the last seed.
Just because she is the King of Eden.
…
At the same time, Heilongnia once again had to do another hard job for her motherland.
She transformed into a black dragon and flew to the continent with a group of Bayerzas elite soldiers armed with strange weapons on her back, while holding four sophisticated machine gun golems tightly in her claws as she ascended.
If there is any heavier burden, it is that in addition to taking advantage of her advantage in the air, she also has to stand in front when the enemy demons cast magic and use the black dragon's anti-magic ability to create an advantage for her side.
"But ah?! This isn't a reason for the twenty or so of you to go and die, right?!"
The black dragon roared as he looked at the soldiers below who were also being teleported by the archmage and preparing to log in.
“This is true even if we count the two thousand soldiers below. Although you claim to be experts in fighting demons, with so few people you are really… F*ck?! Are those guys demons?! There look to be nearly ten thousand demons. What are you going to do?!”
Although Nia knew that the Bayerzas Empire had been fighting the demons underground for a thousand years, but as expected, you plan to rely on more than 2,000 people -
Half of them are elves, facing what looks like 10,000 demons in the distance? There's no way to deal with this number difference, right?! Are you crazy?!
And then again, in the distance is clearly a plain of ruined city ruins... Although it's not a place without restrictions on entry and exit, it's still a plain after all, right
Two thousand people fighting against ten thousand people on a plain?! And the enemy is a demon from thousands of years ago?! Do you think they are fighting the Romans?!
Nia's roar caused the Bayerjans hunters on her back to shrug their shoulders:
"Miss Black Dragon, you don't know, so you may not understand - if there are no cities and the elderly, the weak, women and children behind you that need to be protected, then most of the demon armies will be considered successful as long as they deal with those "high-level demons".
Not to mention, not only do we not need to protect the elderly, the weak, women and children behind us, but the ones coming up are all elites with heavy firepower and precision killing capabilities—
Don't underestimate the big guy in your claws. Once it starts to attack, demon units below the high-level demons will have no chance of resisting it... Not to mention that there will be a steady stream of soldiers teleporting over later."
"But after all, you are only about 3,000 people at most?!"
"We are professionals, and you will understand clearly in a moment."
The hunters of Bayerjans laughed loudly, but they knew in their hearts that an attack of three thousand men from the flank of an army of ten thousand demons was not doomed to fail.
Especially now that the United Nations has acquired new weapons, new tactics, and more importantly, abundant energy and equipment supplies—
If the main hunters and golems can deal with the "high-level demons" in the demon army, then the remaining young demons will not be a big deal.
The only problem is that they don't know what the demons on this continent are like. Intelligence is the key to whether this surprise attack will succeed.
They watched from afar as the demons concentrated their forces to attack the only entrance to the remaining buildings in the ruins of the city.
And at the moment when Black Dragonia put them and the golems on the ground, the Hippogriff Knights in the sky also flew down.
"Those demons seem different from the ones underground—their skin looks a little tender." The Hippogriff Knights shared their latest intelligence.
"It seems that they can be easily stabbed with ordinary swords, but their skin can prevent us from detecting them with magic. It seems that they are a subspecies of demons that have evolved specifically to fight against spellcasters?"
"Do demons have subspecies?"
Facing the black dragon's confusion, the old hunter walking in front holding an alien axe just nodded seriously:
"When facing enemies with strong physical attacks for a long time, demons can evolve "armor" that can resist slashing and smashing if they have enough food.
In the same way, when facing a country that is good at using magic, they can also evolve skin that is resistant to magic—but according to the records, the evolution of demons seems to require sacrificing another part to achieve it…”
"To put it simply, it's like robbing Peter to pay Paul. But at that time, we were all starving to death, whether we were humans or demons, and the demons couldn't evolve even if they wanted to..."
"But is there really enough food here for them to evolve?"
The hunters' explanations were mixed with the confusion of one hunter. But soon, the hunter gave up his confusion.
After all, it looks like this place is about to be conquered. It is very normal for the demons to get enough food by eating humans.
Now instead of worrying about "how they get enough to eat", we should think about "how to defeat them".
Under the helpless gaze of the black dragon, the hunters moved towards the battlefield with Golem. They soon arrived at an abandoned wall close enough to observe the entire battlefield.
From the top of the wall, they could clearly see people fighting demons in the buildings they were besieging.
Those individuals who looked more like enlarged dolls than "people" were fighting against the demons with weapons that emitted various beams of light.
The light emitted by the weapons seems to be related to magical elements - but the demons do seem to have evolved resistance to magic as a result.
The scorching rays that seemed powerful enough to burn a human to charcoal when they hit the demons, at most burning a few scorch marks on their skin.
But on the other hand, a sharp stone the size of a pebble that accidentally fell from a high altitude could actually cut the skin of a high-level demon... This was something that the Bayerjans people at that time could not even imagine.
"It seems that the evolution of demons is not as simple as just "food". They need to pay a lot of things." A hunter nodded solemnly, "That petrified demon will not petrify the surrounding larvae even with its eyes open... Do their special abilities fail here?"
"I noticed that they all seemed to have a strange organ growing on their bodies. Is it because of those organs?"
"Giving up one's special abilities in order to evolve an organ of unknown meaning? Is this really evolution?"
The hunters were talking among themselves, while Nia changed back into human form and looked at the shape of the demon in the distance stealthily.
This was the first time she had seen a living demon - although it was not particularly disgusting, some of the tall creatures in the demon group still made the black dragon's heart spasm.
According to the description of the Byzantines, those tall demons are collectively referred to as "high-level demons."
They seem to have innate special abilities and can evolve different resistances according to the environment - which is not good news for Ishugard right now.
"Those high-level demons... look really big." She couldn't help but murmur.
(The industry we are developing now in Ishgard can only produce ammunition that causes physical damage, and the future development path is also related to physics - after all, our place is not suitable for a continent rich in magic!
Under the circumstance that demons may evolve defenses specifically to resist damage, if the demonic disaster that may occur again in the future descends around Ishugard, wouldn’t it mean...
Judging from our industry and lack of magic power, will those demons pose a threat of completely crushing us
Not good... This is really not good.)
Countless drops of cold sweat dripped down Black Dragon's face. This is not good... This is really not good...
It's like when you take an exam and you do very well in Chinese, so you deduct all the points and difficulty in math and then focus on the Chinese test paper.
By continuously accumulating difficulty, one day the demon's defense will exceed the upper limit of the damage that Ishgard can cause...
By that time, Ishugard, which is short of magic power, will lose the ability to fight against the demons, or at least their situation will get worse and worse...
Once things start to go wrong, it will only be a matter of time before Ishgard is destroyed by the future disaster.
In other words, in order to avoid the destruction of Isgard, either they need to store enough magic power, or simply pull the United Nations into the alliance... No, that won't work either. After all, the physical distance between the United Nations and Isgard is too far.
Do I need to confirm the information with Margarita and consider the possibility of "mass migration"
(If all the Romans are driven away, then the Elucia continent can indeed accommodate the living needs of the Isugad people... But will the barbarians of the Khutot Khanate agree? No... Will the United Nations agree
Maybe we should at least get the permission of the United Nations on this matter... Even if we may not do so in the future, at least we should be prepared.)
Black Dragonia immediately confirmed the next diplomatic policy—and at this moment, she sensed the fluctuations of magical power behind her.
Looking back, two thousand elite soldiers from the United Nations arrived at the battlefield with some howitzer golems. Not only were they regular infantry, but they also seemed to have something they had seen before...
Some removable, fixed weapons with multiple barrels. And there are ten of them...
Nia muttered. At the same time, after the old hunters completed the long-distance observation, they also jumped off the city wall one step ahead according to the new organization and teaching materials, and entered the ruins of this unknown city.
They confirmed that in this demon army composed of a large number of demon larvae and a very small number of high-level demons, there were only about 40 high-level demons that needed to be eliminated.
Among them, there are fourteen high-level demons that are 20 meters tall, and the rest are mostly petrified lizards that move more slowly and some demons that seem to be specially evolved and are only 5 meters tall, with horns all over their bodies and are good at "collision".
The horns of the charging demons are covered with special patterns. Their special abilities are unknown, but it is certain that they are more flexible than their taller counterparts...
"Leave the big guys to the machine gun golems and the elves." The leading hunter said, "Leave the fish that slipped through the net to Miss Black Dragon—but if possible, let us take care of it. After all, she is not a professional."
"I heard that black dragons seem to be almost immune to magic?"
"But the demons' abilities are even weirder. There might be special magic that can ignore your immunity... But speaking of which, do all the people here look so weird?"
The hunter took a look at the city ruins he passed by. There was a corpse there, but it didn't quite look like a corpse.
Although it has a human form, the inside of its shattered body is full of mechanical parts.
There didn't seem to be a drop of blood on them, but there was some sticky grease in the fault surface of the structure that looked like a water pipe.
Rather than being flesh-and-blood humans, they are more like golems—but rather than being golems, they have too many structures similar to humans.
What on earth is this? The hunters pondered, and soon rushed to the rear of the demon army with their weapons.
The demons were unaware of the possibility of humans behind them. They seemed to be very confident in their rear, and even did not leave behind scouts who were specifically responsible for "stalking". All the demons were attacking the main entrance of the tall building.
"They are the 'reinforcements' to ensure that no enemy forces appear in other areas. In other words, is that the last hiding place for the 'human survivors' on this continent?"
The leading hunter looked back at the elite troops slowly approaching from a distance, then grinned at his old friend beside him:
"Then Williams, follow our instructions... Don't waste your energy on the small demons. Let's kill the big ones first, and the guys behind us will help us deal with the small ones. With a clear division of labor, we can get twice the result with half the effort."
"I agree. But Lawrence, we have to lure away those high-level demons - after all, bullets don't have eyes."
"We may need to see if the survivors who are defending inside are willing to cooperate... Do you think they can see us?"
Williams pointed to the firing point on the building that was constantly firing magic lasers. There were quite a few survivors there, but they were all busy fighting the demons, dodging the acid or physical bone spurs or even rocks thrown from the ground that the demons sprayed, and for a while they didn't seem to pay attention to what he meant.
It seems that we can only rely on ourselves? The hunters looked at each other and began to approach the demon's rear based on their own experience.
While the hunters were taking action, the elite United Nations troops in the rear also built a defensive position with the machine gun Gorem and the Gappa 1405 heavy machine gun as the core on a commanding height formed by the collapsed ruins of a building.
This position blocked the only possible route for the demons to retreat and attack on a large scale. Even the elite troops themselves were vulnerable to flank attacks by the demons, but now that the archmage had begun chanting teleportation magic to summon the next batch of troops, perhaps the threat from the rear was insignificant.
On the other side, the main entrance of the library defended by the Eden people was stabilized with the help of Elena.
The few shieldbreaker demons that rushed into the main gate were directly eliminated by Elena and the magic puppets with maximum firepower. Although they broke through the barrier, their bodies became obstacles for the subsequent demons to advance.
Many little demons squeezed out of the passage behind the corpses and poured into the hall, but if they were just small demons, the Eden people would have no problem dealing with them.
But even so, the Eden people were still sliding downhill.
"Warning. The magic power reserve of the magic network has dropped to a dangerous level."
Elena stated, piercing the head of a demon hatchling that crawled in with the magic spear in her hand.
After discovering that the spear blade made of magic power did not cause a fatal blow to the demon, she raised her leg and kicked the tail of the spear hard, crashing the spear body directly into the demon's body. She frowned as she watched more demons crawling in from behind the demon's body.
There were simply too many of them. And with the large, high-level demons destroying the library's superstructure, the Edenites' defeat was inevitable.
It seems that this war is destined to end with the defeat of the Kingdom of Eden
Elena didn't know what this meant to her "parents".
But she knew that she was "very unwilling". If she had any feelings, she would definitely be like this now.
The synthetic puppet tried again to use the magic network to download a short sword that was more suitable for close combat with the devil.
But this time, the magic power of the collapsed magic net could only bring her a dagger emitting faint magical light.
It's the end.
The puppet was prepared to fail.
And outside the door—
The United Nations are also ready to attack the demons' rear.
Chapter 3: The girl's temporary victory, the devil's evolution 8K
At first, there were continuous strange noises.
It was a sound different from the sound of magic being released or a crossbow being fired—it was sharp and full of mechanical power, and at the same time it made people feel vaguely uneasy.
Before Elena could analyze the chaotic sound patterns to determine what kind of weapon it was, she heard the magic puppets exclaiming in the communication:
"When are they coming... There are at least a thousand of them?! When are they coming?!"
Is it an elf? Elena frowned, cut the throat of the demon larva with a dagger, then smashed the throat of another demon with her fist, and finally kicked the third demon larva in half with a whip kick. She found that the strength of the demon's attack was much weaker all of a sudden.
What was going on? After Elena assisted the magic puppets in killing all the remaining demon larvae that entered the main hall, she jumped onto the upper floor to see what was going on. As a result, as soon as she got there, she was immediately attracted by the movements of the high-level demons.
Fourteen tall high-level demons all had wounds to varying degrees. As rumbling sounds came from afar, the demons roared and tried to evade, but they were unable to react quickly because the enemy's attack came from behind.