ebookslot Chapter 618: KILL!!!
Chapter 618: KILL!!!
"Although, now I believe we would learn a lot more about something entirely different than we would about him."
Aurelia spoke as she looked at the sky, at the odd battle between an army made of a ragtag group with different skillsets, versus an army of well-coordinated monsters who... it seemed, felt no pain.
Was it truly Corruption?
Honestly, she did not know. It felt like Corruption, that was for sure, but the Corruption they knew was different, it was... defined.
They would need Verdant Omen to confirm it.
But for now—
Without certainty—
She couldn’t move.
Korvath, who was watching her face from afar, clenched his fists, a part of him wanted to rush to her and demand answers, to know what she was thinking and for a moment, he did think of doing it, but just then—
BOOOOOOM
A bomb fell.
One enemy rider used the terrified state of the Alliance riders and moved past their already weakly organised formation and bombed the area behind the wall, all while dodging the nets that were thrown at him.
Fortunately, the explosion hit one of the empty storage roofs near the inner side, the wood shattered, snow burst into the air, a few people screamed, some tribesmen who were moving around the battlefield doing odd jobs were hurt.
"Report damage! Quick!"
Korvath demanded.
The people were already moving.
"KEEP THEM HIGH!!"
Korvath screamed.
"DO NOT FREEZE OR THE NEXT BOMB MIGHT TARGET YOUR FAMILIES!!"
He screamed.
The translators screamed behind him, translating his words in their respective languages. The Flying Unit above came out of their reverie as well. A group of three moved, chasing after the one that moved past their formation, others tightened their formation, even the troops below who were throwing nets now looked more determined.
It seemed like the sky would stabilise.
But...
The instant the focus shifted to the bomb that exploded behind the Wall, the enemy outside the Wall used it as an advantage.
A group of fast beasts broke from the main line and rushed towards the Wall in small groups of five, ten, seven and three, all coming from different angles.
It was clear they were testing their range.
"Left archers! Hold!"
Korvath ordered.
Since they wanted to know their range, Korvath would give them a false answer.
The left archers paused, the beasts that came from the left came closer, a little too close. Some of the tribe soldiers who weren’t used to this sight shifted nervously but—
"HOLD!"
Korvath ordered.
After the bombing, he was being extra careful. He couldn’t allow mistakes, not anymore.
The beasts crossed the first safe-looking lane, then the snow under them broke, the first two fell into a pit, the others tried to jump over them.
"NOW!"
Korvath ordered.
Archers, who were waiting, reacted instantly, arrows rained down from the left.
Whoosh Whoosh Whoosh
Beasts that tried to leap were struck mid-air, one crashed into the ground, rolling into a spike trench.
"RRRROOOOAAAAAAAARRR!!"
It roared in pain.
"RRROOOOOAAAAAARRR!!"
Another beast kept running even with three arrows piercing its skin, it slammed into the base of the Wall and began clawing the stone.
"Oil!"
Korvath commanded.
The soldiers moved, a pot tipped, hot oil fell on the beast and—
"RRROOOOOAAAARRRRRRR!!!"
The beast thrashed, but even while its skin burned, it tried to climb.
"Spears!"
Korvath gave the second command.
Long spears stabbed downwards, piercing through the beast’s skin again and again and again—
And only after about 10 attacks did it finally stop moving and fall.
"What the hell is wrong with these things!?"
One of the Velmourn soldiers couldn’t help but curse. The beast was stabbed ten times.
Ten!
Any normal beast should have screamed and run away after its skin burned with searing hot oil, let alone forced itself through ten stabs.
"They are too hard to kill!"
Another complained.
"KEEP YOUR HEAD ON THE BATTLE!"
Korvath screamed again.
On the right side, another group of enemy beasts rushed towards a false open lane. Korvath looked, he waited until they entered fully then—
"Drop!"
He commanded and the rock shelf above the lane broke loose.
BOOOM
A wave of large rocks and ice crashed down, three beasts vanished under it, only one survived, half of its back crushed, its rear legs barely moving, the bones probably broken.
Still...
"Grrrr..."
It crawled forward with its front claws, pulling itself through the snow while its rider, with a broken, blood-smeared body, grinned.
Even his teeth were covered in red, he looked up at the Wall and raised his axe.
"Come down!"
He screamed in his tribal language that almost no one understood.
But that didn’t stop him.
"Come down! Come down! Come down!"
He continued, pointing his axe at the soldiers above and smiling.
That was when a sling stone twice the size of his head struck his face at a terrifying speed, his head snapped back, he fell.
But even in death, even when his face was crushed by a heavy rock, that crazy smile on his face never disappeared.
That wasn’t even the worst part.
Its beast continued to crawl towards the Wall, not caring about its own or its rider’s well-being.
"W-What are these things...?"
The soldiers above stuttered.
And Korvath, leading his side...
He felt it.
The fear, the confusion, the disgust... it was spreading.
"EYES FORWARD!!!"
He screamed.
And the soldiers followed his words.
But...
Korvath could see it.
His soldiers were slowing down, their eyes constantly returned to the beast with broken rear legs, a beast that was of no threat.
It was the worst possible situation.
Fear could still be dealt with, sometimes, fear even brought out a man’s strongest version, but confusion...?
It was difficult to fight something one did not understand.
And that was exactly what was happening.
The soldiers...
They had no idea what it was they were facing and it was making the battle far more difficult.
"SOLDIERS!!!"
That was when Korvath raised his voice even further.
"I SAID EYES FORWARD!"
He repeated his words.
"THE MONSTERS YOU SEE AHEAD OF YOU HAVE FLESH! THEY BLEED WHEN YOU HIT! THEY FALL WHEN YOU BREAK THEM!
AND AS LONG AS THEY FALL—
MAKE THEM FALL!
ATTACK AND ATTACK FIERCELY!!!
KILL!!!"