yasinovel Chapter 281 The Crowned Archer, the Undead Reaper!
Chapter 281 The Crowned Archer, the Undead Reaper!
Chapter 281 The Crowned Archer, the Undead Reaper!
Each house can accommodate a limited number of hiders.
As the lesser demons drew closer, the warriors hiding in the shadows were gradually forced into a corner.
With no other choice, they could only grip their weapons tightly and roar as they fought to the death.
Although they were able to quickly eliminate the intruders, their resistance proved so fragile against the overwhelming numbers of kobolds and goblins.
Soon, these brave souls fell one after another into pools of blood.
When heart-wrenching screams emanated from the third house, the soldiers who had been lying in ambush in the other houses could no longer endure it. They rushed out from their hiding places, brandishing their weapons and launching a fierce counterattack against the enemy in the street.
In an instant, swords flashed and shadows danced in the air, blood and sweat mingled together.
These cannon fodder troops, composed of kobolds and goblins, had little fighting spirit to begin with.
When faced with the sudden attack, they quickly descended into chaos.
Although a few brave goblins tried to fight back, most chose to run away, attempting to avoid the deadly swords.
The lesser demons tried to reorganize their defenses, letting out sharp cries, but their efforts seemed so futile at this moment.
Soon, these lesser demons were overwhelmed by the frantically fleeing kobolds and disappeared without a trace.
The Flame Demon leader witnessed all of this but showed no anger. Instead, he let out a pleasant laugh from deep in his throat.
Its slender body slowly rose from the hill, extended a finger, pointed to the ruins of the shelter below, and announced in a deep, powerful voice: "The time has come, kill them!"
As if summoned, the demon army behind the hill suddenly erupted with a deafening roar.
Like a torrent of red and black, they surged down the hill with unstoppable force, rushing towards the refuge.
A new massacre is about to unfold.
The demonic chapter made no attempt to conceal its attack, nor did it need to. In addition to over a hundred lesser demons, ten horned demons and several hound demons also participated in the attack.
Faced with such a powerful demonic warband, humanity's shelters appear so fragile and vulnerable.
If the defenses are adequate, perhaps these demons can be kept out by high walls and fences.
However, all of these have now been reduced to ruins.
Not to mention, human resistance is inherently scattered and weak.
At this moment, they were preoccupied with the melee between kobolds and goblins and were unable to form an effective defensive line to resist the demons' charge.
"The outcome is already decided!"
The Flame Demon leader said proudly to the Flame Demons around him.
The rare demons who wielded fire bowed to their leader, praising his great wisdom.
The story unfolds as the Ark observes the events unfold in the dense forest behind the hills, a story told from the sidelines.
Only at this moment did he regain his mobility, and the simulated battlefield system's prompts came to his ears.
"The quest has been triggered on the Ark."
Under the siege of the Abyss Demon Legion, protect the refugees in the shelter as much as possible; if you can hold out for a certain period of time, you can clear the level.
The killing has begun!
Fangzhou immediately took out the Necromancer's Orb and began casting spells continuously.
This scene is indeed much more difficult than the previous two.
With no room for maneuver, he had no choice but to unleash his full power and engage the demonic warband in a head-on confrontation.
The scattered soldiers in the shelter at the foot of the hill would certainly not be able to withstand the full-force charge of this demonic warband.
The hope of victory or defeat rests entirely on this surprise weapon.
Fang Zhou remained unusually calm.
He first activated the Heavenly Curtain Magic Bottle, summoning a large cloud of gray smoke to conceal his movements.
Immediately afterwards, Ark continuously cast summoning spells, each spell accompanied by a powerful surge of undead energy.
He summoned a total of one hundred skeleton warriors, who, under his command, were arranged in neat rows, like a silent undead army.
He then used the Bone Blade skill to fully arm this loyal army of skeletons, so that each skeleton held a bone sword and shield that gleamed with cold light, transforming them into an invincible army.
To ensure the smooth progress of the upcoming battles, Fangzhou tilted his head back and drank a bottle of precious mental energy recovery potion to replenish his depleted mental energy.
As his mental strength gradually recovered, he used the Calm and Composed skill to enter a more focused state.
At the same time, he also activated the Transcendent enchantment affix on the Seed 1 badge.
Once his mental energy had returned to its peak, Ark cast the summoning spell again.
This time, he summoned an additional fifty skeleton warriors to join the army, and did the same thing to ensure that each new skeleton was fully equipped.
Then, he held the fully charged reel in one hand and the necromancer orb emitting a dark glow in the other.
He led an army of 150 skeleton warriors, which surged out of the jungle like a mountain of corpses and a sea of bones, and launched a proactive attack on the demon warband on the hill.
The footsteps of the skeleton army clattered, their path completely obscured by the undead veil emanating from the Sky Curtain Bottle.
The elite demon only became aware of them when they had already approached the hill and were almost within reach of the Flame Demon leader.
It suddenly turned its head, its blood-red eyes revealing an expression of disbelief!
In the dense forest on one side of the hill, many blurry figures were moving about.
Occasionally, the reflections of skeletons flickered in the darkness, suggesting there were at least a hundred creatures.
The Flame Demon leader shook his head, finding it hard to believe what he was seeing.
"Human reinforcements?"
It was filled with doubt, but the figures did not disappear because of its doubt. On the contrary, as the distance shortened, their outlines gradually became clear, clearly a large army of skeletons.
Moreover, in the eyes of the Flame Demon leader, a group of skeleton archers were drawing their bows and aiming at this direction, at an estimated distance of 150 paces, which made the Flame Demon leader's face show a mocking sneer.
Based on its experience, it was impossible for a skeleton archer to shoot arrows that far while still maintaining sufficient lethality.
The Flame Demon leader's gaze slowly swept over the silent warriors, a contemptuous smile appearing on his lips.
However, at that very moment, a chilling coldness suddenly rose up from my spine.
The skeleton archers seemed to receive some kind of invisible command; their movements were perfectly synchronized, and almost simultaneously they drew their longbows to their fullest extent, the sound of the taut bowstrings being exceptionally clear in the silence.
Immediately afterwards, with a slight twang of the bowstring, countless silver arrows, like shooting stars streaking across the night sky, flew straight toward the Flame Demon Leader with dazzling light and unstoppable force!
The Flame Demon leader sensed the approaching aura of death. Instinctively, it quickly ducked to avoid the sudden attack. Nevertheless, a gleaming arrow still grazed its head with astonishing speed, almost scratching its scalp.
The arrow, its momentum undiminished, continued forward, piercing the heart of another Flame Demon standing behind the leader and pinning it to the ground, eliciting a piercing scream.
Only then did the Flame Demon leader hear the sharp whistling sound of the arrow piercing the air and realize that the arrow's speed had exceeded the speed of sound!
Such precise shooting and terrifying power even moved the seasoned Flame Demon leader, sending chills down his spine.
Normally, even an ordinary Flame Demon can throw a blazing fireball a hundred paces away.
As an even more powerful being, the Flame Demon Leader can unleash explosive fireballs that can strike targets within a range of over a hundred paces.
For ordinary human archers, their range is mostly limited to between eighty and one hundred paces, making it impossible for them to reach enemies so far away. In the end, they can only perish tragically in the sea of fire of the Flame Demon.
Therefore, the Flame Demon has always been the preferred unit for Abyssal Demons to counter archers.
However, today, in the face of those terrifying skeleton archers, the Flame Demon leader experienced the fear of brushing shoulders with death.
All this change was naturally due to the Ark, hidden within the skeleton army, using [Coronation of Death] on a few skeleton archers.
skill.
With the blessing of the Death's Crown skill, the strength of these elite skeleton archers has been greatly increased, including their most crucial range.
The Flame Demon leader trembled violently, for it clearly saw dozens more skeletons dressed in the same manner emerge from behind the skeleton archers.
Each of them held a fearsome longbow, ready to launch another deadly attack.
The Flame Demons were caught off guard and hadn't recovered in time. Their massive bodies swayed from the impact, and their fiery skin looked even hotter in the night.
Anger and shock intertwined, transforming into a deafening roar that echoed throughout the entire valley.
These destroyers from the abyss moved swiftly, flames gathering in their palms and gradually forming burning fireballs.
These fireballs gleamed with an evil light, ready to burst forth at any moment and incinerate any creature that dared to invade their territory.
However, before they could launch a counterattack, a chilling sound came from the dense forest ahead.
The skeletons at the front, whose already empty eye sockets gleamed with a cold green light, now shone even brighter.
Almost simultaneously, they drew back their longbows, the arrows trembling slightly on the strings, like venomous snakes poised to strike.
Immediately afterwards, streaks of silver light shot out like shooting stars streaking across the night sky, carrying the aura of death.
The two leading Flame Demons became easy targets in an instant, as the arrows pierced their hearts with unstoppable force.
As the arrow penetrated deeper, the fireball in his hand went out of control, bursting into a blinding light, followed by a violent explosion. These two fireballs not only destroyed the Flame Demon's body, but also left two charred marks on the hard hill.
The Flame Demons behind them finally snapped out of their shock.
Faced with a ranged attack launched from 150 paces away, the fireballs in the hands of these demons were no match.
Left with no other choice, they had to abandon their fire elementals and quickly lay down on the ground, searching for any possible cover.
Fortunately, the hills are rugged, and the various rocks and vegetation provide them with natural barriers.
But those skeleton archers clearly wouldn't give up.
They seemed to hesitate for a moment, then some of the archers re-locked onto new targets—the demons charging toward the ruins of the sanctuary.
Another salvo.
This time, the silver arrows, like merciless death gods, darted among the demons, taking away countless lives.
The lesser demons appeared exceptionally vulnerable under such attacks.
Some were even pierced by two or three arrows in succession, their bodies disintegrating under the impact of the arrows, a truly horrific scene.
The demon army, which had been like a red and black torrent, stopped in its tracks at this moment, and the air was filled with fear and chaos.
Immediately afterwards, a deafening roar broke the brief silence; it was the furious shout of one of the horned demon overseers in the ranks.
An arrow was stuck in its strong body, and the blood mixed with flames made it look even more ferocious and terrifying.
It glared angrily in the direction of the hill and roared, "Flame Demons, what are you doing?"
"How dare they let the enemy archers get so close!"
The Flame Demon leader, hiding behind a huge rock, snorted and replied without looking up, "Use your eyes to see how far those arrows came from."
The opponent is far outside the range of the fireball, what am I supposed to do?
"Damn it!"
No sooner had the words left his mouth than another sharp whistling sound pierced the night sky.
A powerful silver light pierced through the giant rock that the Flame Demon leader had used to cover its body at an incredible speed, embedding itself deeply in the ground and falling almost past its feet.
The Flame Demon leader cursed under his breath, quickly shrinking his body and cautiously moving a few steps to the side, his eyes fixed on that direction, preparing to face the next unknown attack.
Rows of skeletons wielding long spears began to appear in the dense forest in the distance.
The soldiers moved in perfect unison, as if controlled by an unseen commander.
The sight of everyone stepping to the same beat sent chills down the spines of the demons.
They slowly emerged from the dense forest, began adjusting the distance between each other, and quickly formed a stable square formation, row by row and column by column.
Each spear gleamed coldly in the sunlight, standing silently like a dense steel forest.
The Flame Demon leader, hiding on a high hill, witnessed all of this, its eyes shifting from initial surprise to deep worry.
"Such synchronized steps—how could a mindless skeleton possibly march like that?"