Outside the city gates.
Akira, transformed into the Beast Titan, wields terrifying destructive power!
This monster is a living, breathing siege engine!
A single throw of his axe can bring down vast sections of the city wall.
The aftermath of his punches sweeps across the city walls, sending the defending militia tumbling like a typhoon, spitting blood.
A single stomp of his foot triggers a localized earthquake, wreaking havoc on the city walls!
In his frenzy, with a roar, the militia within a hundred steps tremble in fear, their morale shattered!
Akira's very presence is a terrifying specter to ordinary people, like a natural disaster, and the morale of the defenders is profoundly dampened!
He must be lured away from the main battlefield to minimize any casualties and intimidation of the weaker ranks.
Adam and George had both atavized their ancestral forms, transforming into tall, powerful bearmen and boarmen, teaming up to fight Akira.
While the two couldn't defeat Akira, they could easily contain the monster. Fighting and retreating, they lured Akira toward an open area away from the city gates.
Inside and outside the city gates, the battle had reached a fever pitch.
On the city's defenses, the militia and Silvermoon Security Force barely held off the orcish offensive.
Casualties soared on both sides.
War, like a giant meat grinder, constantly devoured lives.
Allen's task now was to add another weight to the stalemate, tipping the balance on the battlefield.
"Kelly, it's time to act," Allen texted his sister.
A mere seconds later, a communication orb appeared in the sky, a small character flashing.
"Got it!" My sister's reply was crisp and clear, just like her personality.
To the right of the city gate, in the forest, a sudden burst of roars echoed.
Nine dire wolves, as strong as brown bears, burst out of the dense forest and, like sharp knives, stabbed the orc army's flank.
The orcs hurriedly threw their javelins to stop the dire wolves' charge.
The javelins pierced their bodies, seemingly mortally wounded, but the fungus beasts continued their charge with undiminished momentum!
They looked like wild beasts, but they were actually mushrooms.
A pack of giant mushrooms that ran like flying and bit!
They felt no pain, no fear, and no bleeding. With no vital wounds, they were closer to undead creatures.
Such a group of fungus beasts were perfect for serving as a death squad.
The battle had continued until now, and the effects of their "beastly burst" had faded.
The orcs, weakened by fear and pain, were immediately thrown into chaos by the sudden attack.
Soon after, over fifty leopards and mountain cats of various species, covered by the front row of fungus beasts, also charged forward.
The big cats weren't as strong as the fungus beasts, but they were more agile. Like assassins, they unleashed a killing spree amidst the chaos!
Chaos spread like a plague through the orc camp.
Until they had eliminated the fungus beasts and the big cats, they had no time to attack the city.
If Akira had remained at the front, commanding, they might have had a chance to hold their ground.
However, he had been lured away by Adam and George, becoming a relentless opponent, leaving him no time to direct his troops.
Leaderless, the chaos deepened!
Alan ascended the city walls and personally sounded the horn for the counterattack.
The Silvermoon Security Force led the charge out of the city gates, followed closely by the militia.
They launched a powerful counterattack against the disorganized orc army!
At this point, the tide of battle had completely turned.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that without a change of direction, the orc army would be defeated!
The battle had raged all afternoon.
The setting sun shone like blood in the dusk sky.
Several dragons circled in the air.
Occasionally, they let out feeble howls.
Unless Akira gave the order himself, they refused to fight.
What was the point of diving down and being pelted with arrows?
With only seven dragons left, no matter how strong they were, they couldn't reverse the tide of battle.
However, one dragon disagreed.
The volatile blue demon swooped down directly from the city walls.
Boom!
The command platform where Alan stood was smashed to pieces by the dragon.
Stones and wood chips flew everywhere.
The militia's exclamations startled Sora and Ella.
He quickly activated his Atavism form and flew to the scene.
Among the ruins.
The leopard-headed giant stood up, a bloody wound opening on its shoulder.
It was the blue devil's sharp claw, a souvenir left for Alan.
Even "iron bones" couldn't withstand the claws of the mutant dragon.
Sora flew to him and hurriedly cast "Healing."
A soft magical glow soothed the wound, quickly stopping the bleeding.
"Big Brother, are you okay?" Ella asked anxiously.
"I'm fine."
Alan stretched his shoulders and calmly addressed the mother and daughter:
"I want to kill the Blue Demon, but I can't fly."
"So, please, Master and Junior Sister, help me lure that monster away. Don't let it fly too high or too far."
"Alan, don't be so stubborn!"
Sora quickly dissuaded him.
"The Blue Demon's strength is almost equivalent to that of a late-stage third-tier warlock!"
"Ella and I will just try to hold it back."
"You're the commander. Safety comes first. Don't act rashly!"
"Master Sora, don't argue. Just listen to me."
Alan's words carried an irresistible tone.
"Oh! You're so stubborn..."
"Okay, Mom!" Ella grabbed her mother's hand. "Big Brother isn't impulsive. Let's just do what he says. It won't hurt!"
Sora glanced helplessly at her daughter. The little girl had become a fervent fan of Alan's, obedient to his every word.
Mother and daughter flapped their wings and took to the air, facing the Blue Demon from a distance.
Sora, the high-level sting spirit, and Ella, the cat-eared bee girl, were both of ordinary size.
They looked incredibly small against the ten-meter-long, twelve-meter-wingspan mutant dragon.
The Blue Demon's roar echoed endlessly in the air.
Even in a head-on fight, mother and daughter combined were no match for it. Fortunately, they were both skilled at long-range containment.
Sora, wielding a vine-wrapped hunting bow, continuously fired "acid arrows."
The arrows couldn't penetrate the dragon's scales, but the acid sprayed out could still cause corrosive damage to the Blue Demon.
Ella cast "Battle Qi into Silk," slinging out a transparent thread that entangled one of the dragon's claws.
The Dou Qi thread was like an extension of Ella's limbs.
All martial arts and magic that were transmitted through physical contact could also be transmitted through the Dou Qi thread.
Ella silently summoned her magic power, and violent thunder was transmitted through the thread.
Boom!
A sudden, sky-shattering roar echoed from above the city walls!
The arrogant Blue Demon finally suffered a bitter defeat, one of its dragon claws shattered.
The shattered dragon scales, mixed with blood, dripped down the city walls.
The dragon's screams echoed endlessly.
Above the city walls, Allen held a large stone in his hand. He looked up at Ella, a hint of admiration in his eyes.
Junior Sister, you're truly brilliant!
After receiving his indoctrination during the meditation session, she successfully awakened "Thunder Blast Wave" in less than a month.
Even more commendable, she'd even independently figured out the uncanny skill of channeling "Thunder Blast Wave" through Dou Qi threads!
At that moment, a vast, blazing light suddenly erupted from the sky.
Sora cast her Level 2 magic, "Flash Dust," to stop the Blue Demon from pursuing her daughter.
Spurred by the intense light, the dragon instinctively closed its eyes.
Great opportunity!!
Alan swung his arm with all his might, hurling the large rock at the dragon.
The Blue Demon's sight was temporarily lost, but his hearing remained sharp.
Hearing the whistling sound of breaking wind beneath him, he reached out his uninjured claw without hesitation and firmly grasped the stone thrown by Alan.
The claw exerted force!
With a snap, the stone shattered!
Alan had been waiting for this moment!
"Yanta!"
Muttering a spell, he shifted positions with a small piece of gravel beside the dragon!
In a flash, Alan was teleported next to the blue demon.
Swish!
Alan swung out his bone whip with his left hand, wrapping it around the dragon's neck. With all his might, he pulled it toward him, then flipped over and leaped onto its back.
Back in the Meditation World, he had used a similar tactic against green dragons.
Now, with a slight modification, he used it against the wyvern with unparalleled ease and skill!
Steadily straddling the dragon's back, Allen thrust his right hand like a knife.
Bone-piercing explosion!
Puff!
No matter how tough the Blue Demon's scales were, they couldn't compare to the scales of Crosier, the "King of the Mountains."
Alan aimed his sword at the dragon's spine and stabbed it three times in a row, piercing through the scales and armor, carving a massive bloody hole!
Bleeding like a fountain, the wound revealed its bones and internal organs.
The excruciating pain in its back caused the dragon to wail in agony, tumbling and thrashing in the air, trying to shake Allen off.
Alan clamped his legs together, gripping the dragon's back. With the bone whip tightening around the dragon's neck, he rode on its back, steady as a rock! Compared to the green dragon, Crosier, the Blue Demon possessed a more flexible weapon. It twisted its tail, thrusting its spiraling, spear-like stinger, and stabbed Allen's back fiercely!
Allen couldn't relinquish control of the dragon. His "iron bones" couldn't block the stinger, so all he could do was tense his muscles and grit his teeth.
He used the strongest trapezius muscle on his back as a shield, withstanding the stinger!
Puff!
The spiral sting pierced into the sturdy muscle, instantly clamping down!
In Allen's ancestral state, every muscle fiber was harder than steel and more flexible than rubber.
The Blue Demon's stinger was lodged in the tense muscles, unable to penetrate or pull out, turning to attack Allen's more vulnerable parts.
He was trapped, unable to move forward or backward.
Meanwhile, Allen's hand knife continued to pierce the dragon's back.
Fingertips packed with explosive force had already touched the tender innards.
Feeling the threat of death, the Blue Demon could only compress its tail venom glands.
He desperately injected toxins into Allen's body, hoping to quickly kill this terrifying man!
Alan remained expressionless.
The Blue Demon's last hope of poison, injected into him, served as a tonic.
The poison resistance bar, which had remained stagnant for a long time, surged significantly from its level 6!
"Thank you! Blue Demon, you're so kind!"
With his words of thanks still lingering in the wind, Allen suddenly closed his fingers and ripped out the dragon's innards!
A mass of bloody intestines squirmed in his hands...
The Blue Demon gave a final, violent twitch.
Its wings drooped limply, and it plummeted to the ground.
Allen shook his shoulders, relaxing his muscles and flinging the poisonous stinger from his back.
He retracted his bone whip before the dragon fell, leaping off its back.
Just then, a transparent thread swung over and entangled his arm.
Alen grasped the Dou Qi thread, and with his junior sister's help, his fall slowed somewhat.
However, his weight was too great, and even though Ella flapped her wings desperately, he was still dragged down.
Ms. Sora quickly flew over to help share her daughter's burden.
Alen glanced up at the mother and daughter, then canceled his atavism and returned to human form.
As his size shifted, his weight dropped dramatically, and with the combined strength of mother and daughter, he finally landed safely.
…
Outside the city gates, the orcs were routed.
Akira watched from afar as his own troops were crushed, even the Blue Demons were shot down. Knowing the situation was hopeless, there was no way to turn things around.
He suppressed his resentment, fought to force Adam and George back, and roared to the heavens!
The remaining orcs, upon hearing the signal from the Great Chieftain, retreated hastily as if granted amnesty.
In a moment, all the orcs, including Akira, fled the battlefield.
Outside the city gate, where the smoke still lingered, the corpses of orcs and wargs lay scattered everywhere.
Few moans could be heard from the pile of corpses.
The wounded orcs who hadn't had time to flee were executed by the militia.
After the battle, the defenders suffered fewer than 200 casualties.
The orc bandits suffered over 500 casualties!
After this battle, the orc forces in Undergate were severely weakened.
At least in the short term, they no longer had the strength to stage a comeback.
Alan walked through the city gates, receiving cheers from the townspeople.
Exhausted, yet also feeling a touch of relief.
Fleeing thousands of miles, feeling as terrified as a stray dog...
Living under someone else's roof, trying to survive in the cracks...
All the hardships he'd endured in the past were now paying off.
After a bitter battle, the settlers of New Gwentland had finally triumphed!
With this victory, the people had secured their new home.
They had truly established themselves on Silvermoon Island, finding a place to settle down!
Alan had reason to believe.
Established less than six months ago, the immigrant town had withstood the test of war and would become even more united and prosperous.
Alan, his sister, and Sora and her daughter waved in response to the cheers.
After this battle, they had become heroes in the eyes of the townspeople, great contributors to the defense of their homeland.
Kelly held her brother's arm, a smile playing on her lips.
Her current mood could be described as elated.
Compared to the townspeople's gratitude and admiration, she cared more about her own transformation.
Kelly could now proudly declare that she was no longer a burden to her brother.
On the contrary, she was now able to help him with his problems.
For Kelly, this was a realization of her own worth.
Sora and Ella's eyes welled with tears of excitement.
"Mom! The best thing I've ever done in my life was leave the Case family and come to New Gwent!"
Ella said to her mother.
"If I had stayed with the Case family, a caged canary, I would never have received so much respect and love!"
"Only here do I feel the value of life!"
Sora shook her daughter's hand, her eyes filled with love.
Watching her daughter grow up healthily is a mother's greatest joy.
Thirteen years of separation, the void of family affection, were perfectly filled in this moment.
Sora was content staying by Eren and Ella's side.
Everyone was satisfied, except Eren.
Because he was hungry.
"Excuse me, I have to excuse myself for a moment," Eren said to the women around him.
"Where are you going?" Kairi asked her brother.
"I'm hungry from fighting. I'm going to get something delicious!"
Eren quickly ran out of the city gate, found the body of the "Blue Devil," cut open his abdomen, and removed his heart.
The huge heart was still beating.
He ate it while it was still warm!
Ding Ding—
"Consume special ingredient: Mutated dragon heart!"
"Potential +2!"
"Agility +1!"
Current Attributes: Constitution 28, Agility 24, Spirit 32
Potential Reserve: 9 points