"Don't be so anxious, it hasn't come yet." Roland sighed as he looked at the eager lightning.
God knows she would be so interested in challenging evil beasts, she is obviously not the type suitable for fighting, but she does not have the fear that ordinary people should have when facing evil beasts. "According to the previous method of dealing with the first one, don't be stubborn, you are just seducing the evil beast and focusing its attention on you. Be careful to keep your height! Although it can't fly, it is quite threatening when it jumps up!"
"I know, I know," Lightning said confidently, "I figured out its details when the first one came over. Don't worry, it can't even touch the corner of my clothes."
While speaking, the mixed-species demonic beast had approached the city wall, crossed an obstacle zone, leaped violently towards the unguarded section, and climbed over the wall. This time, however, the militia members did not pay attention, and they remained in their defensive section, waiting for the next stab order from the Orion observers.
"Then, let's start the special operations against the hybrid demon beasts now!" Roland said solemnly.
The lightning that had already flown stopped again and looked back at Roland.
"What's wrong?"
"What you said..." Lightning thought for a while, then shook his head, "It's a bit strange. Forget it, I'm off."
Looking at the figure of the little girl leaving quickly, Roland smiled awkwardly and asked Anna and Nightingale behind him, "Do you think it's strange too?"
"Yeah." The two nodded in unison.
Well... It seems that even if the lines of Zhong Er are put into another world, they are still Zhong Er, "Then you all go too, pay attention to safety."
"Your Highness, you too," Nightingale bowed, then took Anna's hand and entered the mist.
Roland put his hands behind his back and stood against the wind, trying his best to look like a big OSS. He knew that many people would secretly look back at him during the respite of the battle, so although his feet were numb, he still stood on the highest point of the city wall, so that everyone could see—the prince was with them at all times. Since he can't go into battle himself, he can at least inspire people in this way.
This evil beast attack has surpassed the intensity of any previous attack. According to Iron Axe, only one or two mixed-species would appear in the entire Demon Moon in previous years, but counting only now, this year Frontier Town has encountered four mixed-species demonic beasts. The duration was also extraordinarily long, and the evil beasts kept appearing from the hidden forest, rushing towards the city wall in groups of dozens of them.
Fortunately, the production of flintlock guns has increased significantly in the past month, and now the 100-person musket team has been armed, otherwise such an efficient killing speed cannot be guaranteed. If it is a bow and crossbow, I am afraid that it will be difficult to wind it now. In a protracted battle, the advantage of a musket on a relatively small physical exertion will become more and more obvious. Of course, the sharp increase in the consumption of gunpowder was enough to give Roland a headache. He was already thinking about dismantling all the more than 20 packs of explosives in the warehouse and retrieving the gunpowder for the musket team.
On the other side, the lightning had already flown over the head of the hybrid demon beast. She took a stone out of her pocket and threw it at the evil beast. The stone accurately landed on the opponent's head, and the sudden blow made it jump back, only to find that the attack came from the air.
Lightning provocatively lowered the height, passed in front of it, and flew close to the center of the town. Although the mixed-species demonic beast has a certain ability to think, the little girl in front of him is obviously judged to be not a threat. It immediately swooped up, spread its wings, and gliding out nearly 100 meters in a few jumps. Lightning immediately pulled himself up, turned around in the air, bypassed a few bungalows, and turned into another street.
In this way, she lured the enemy to the central square of the town, which was also the attack point agreed upon by her and Nightingale. Since the lion-headed and double-winged hybrid species has a very sensitive sense of smell, even a Nightingale in the fog will be found, so before Nightingale and Anna launch an attack, he must try to attract the attention of the evil beast as much as possible.
And Lightning has done it perfectly, the hybrid is now obviously furious, and the increasingly manic animal nature conceals its little rationality. It opened its mouth and jumped into the air several times, but the lightning without any weight on its body is far better than lightning. The evil beast is flexible, she teased each other up and down, making every time it jump up and down without success.
Nightingale had also arrived at the square from another direction—different from Lightning, after entering the fog, she completely ignored the houses and fences on the road and proceeded in a straight line. Anna's flame is only ten steps (5 meters) away, and she must approach from behind her tail to reduce the possibility of being discovered by evil beasts.
There were still a lot of mistakes when dealing with the first hybrid, but at this moment Nightingale was completely familiar with Anna's attack method. When she was still thirty steps away from the evil beast, she pushed her speed to the limit. It shortened by a normal amount, and almost took a step to cross the remaining distance. When Anna came back to her senses, the monster's tail was almost touching her face.
"It's now!" cried Nightingale.
The black and white world around Anna faded like a tide, and in the blink of an eye, she returned to the familiar town square. The green fire appeared quietly at the fingertips, and then expanded into a huge flame cage, covering the evil beast in it.
Nightingale quickly backed away, and the surging heat wave had already made her feel the pain.
In the high temperature that can melt steel, before the evil beast could even struggle, it turned into a ball of fire and crashed to the ground.
"It looks like they have already solved it," Wendy, who served as the temporary guard in place of Nightingale, saw the green flames rising in the distance, and pouted, "It seems that I have no role..."
"If you can, I hope you don't have to go to the battlefield," Roland said with a relaxed posture, still standing with his hands behind his back. Having said that, he knew in his heart that if there were no witches to join the defense line to assist in the battle, the militia team would inevitably be in chaos in the face of mixed-species demonic beasts that could leap over the city wall.
Even Nana had come under the city wall, and under the protection of Baron Tigu, quickly healed those soldiers who were accidentally injured. This was the first time Roland had revealed the witch's power in front of all the militia members, and he was very pleased with the result. Nana, known as the angel of healing in the team, had obviously boosted the reputation of the witch community to a new level. After Anna and Nightingale joined forces to kill the first hybrid on the city wall, cheers erupted from the crowd for a while.
Of course, he knows that it is impossible for everyone to not mind this, and such a situation is very rare. After the militia has a preliminary consensus, his next plan will be much easier to implement.
Suddenly, the sound of gunfire on the city wall faded, and Roland noticed that the evil beasts began to withdraw from the city wall one after another. Did they retreat? He couldn't believe his eyes a little. At this moment, a ray of light in the sky passed through the thick clouds and fell on the ground, followed by the second, the third... Soon, the gray sky was penetrated by thousands of rays of light. The light merges with each other and becomes dazzling and incomprehensible. The earth suddenly brightened.
"The day the sun rises again will be the end of the evil moon."
There was a brief lull on the walls, and then a wave of cheers swept the border defenses. Gradually, the townspeople also walked out of the house one after another and started shouting. For this long-lost sunshine, for themselves to spend the winter safely, for their prince, rejoice. All the voices finally converged into a torrent that resounded throughout the border town!
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Song of the Evil Moon