Chapter 1013 - 1014: Well, brother, let's go take a look around
Chapter 1013 - 1014: Well, brother, let's go take a look around
"It seems like we've arrived on time, and the wave of beasts hasn't reached the city yet."Idan, Ned, Mira, and Crowey stood on the roof of one of the tallest buildings and surveyed the city from a height. The sounds of loudspeakers and sirens could be heard everywhere.
"Mira," Idan said to Milena's doppelganger, who nodded, spread her four wings, and using her concealment ability, disappeared.
Then Idan turned to Crowey, the guy with the raven mask on his face.
"You know what to do."
Crowey was silent for a while, but then he nodded and, leaving one of his crows, turned into a multitude of black birds that scattered in different directions of the city.
During their time working together to evacuate cities, Crowey had learned to understand Idan without words.
He used to cooperate with him because of Darkia's coercion, but now he was doing it as a sign of gratitude for Idan helping him free himself from this entity.
Despite his freedom, Crowey was in no hurry to leave Idan, fearing that Darkia would catch him again. In the end, he decided to stay by Idan's side for now.
Besides, as he noticed, there were many beautiful women in the Kingdom who would be worth watching.
"Well, brother, let's go take a look around," Idan stepped off the roof of the building, falling down.
Ned happily responded to Idan's address as a brother and followed him.
Thanks to Darkia's portals, all four groups reached the first cities on the path of the waves ahead of time.
They were united by one goal — to protect the cities.
"It seems that the Dark Sphere only attracts beasts of Gold rank and above, huh?" said Idan, reading the chat messages of {Talisman Whisper}.
"And those who are lower remained in Anomalies."
Instead of causing concern, it brought some relief not only to Idan, but to everyone else. This indicated that the waves of beasts would not be too big.
For Idan and the others, the Golden-ranked beasts weren't much of a threat. Even if Platinum-ranked beasts appeared among the waves, they were confident that they could handle them.
Their main task was to protect the cities, not to kill all the beasts. If they could scare the beasts and let the wave bypass the city, that would be the best solution.
However, the problem was that the waves of beasts did not come as one large cluster, but in small groups. This meant that it would take time for them to beat back all the waves. By the time the last wave leaves or is destroyed, those animals that bypassed the city first can reach the next one.
Soon, Idan received information from Crowey and, together with Ned, hurried to the city, which was being attacked by the first wave of beasts.
Meanwhile, the defense of the cities was in a state of panic and chaos.
There was too little time to prepare, evacuate, and even call for reinforcements.
The mood of the defenders of the city was deteriorating, not only because of the absence of the Awakened Ones who had not yet returned from the Anomalies, but also because the wave of beasts that was advancing on the cities consisted mainly of Gold-ranked beasts that had awakened their elements.
For ordinary people, it was a disaster, an imminent death.
Landing unnoticed on the roof of one of the buildings on the border, Idan and Ned witnessed the amazing bravery of the locals.
Despite the almost hopeless situation, they prepared for the inevitable clash with the wave of beasts, gathering all available means to fight. Everyone was aware that ordinary small arms could not withstand the Gold-ranked beasts, so the emphasis was on larger and heavier weapons.
And in the midst of all this, Idan and Ned, of course, noticed several defenders who, knowing that their efforts were futile, quietly left their positions.
Soon, everyone saw a flash of fire in the distance, from which a small group of large feline beasts with the element of fire appeared.
"Fire!"
As soon as the animals were in range of long-range shells, the defenders of the city brought down a hail of artillery on them.
The ground shook from the explosions, and huge clouds of dust and smoke appeared in the air.
"Although it seems effective, the projectiles are not endless and not always accurate," Idan noted.
"If the Federation doesn't find a way to enhance modern weapons with mana or something else, they will soon become useless and they will only have nuclear weapons," he thought.
"I wonder which rank can withstand and not be affected by a nuclear strike?"
While Idan was thinking, only a few of the beasts fell to the defenders' attack. The explosions were effective, but most of the beasts managed to dodge. Only dense explosions caught up with some of them.
Idan, seeing that the beasts were almost there, was about to finally engage when Ned stepped forward.
"Big brother, let me take care of this. I can handle this wave on my own, and you just watch," he said.
Without waiting for Idan's response, Ned transformed into an Alpha of Fire, spread his flaming wings and rushed towards the wave of beasts, no longer hiding or restraining his powers.
Idan watched Ned with a smile, pleased with how quickly his sworn brother was developing and even taking the initiative without waiting for his commands.
The sudden explosion of power coming from the direction of the city startled everyone.
Looking back, they saw a creature with huge fiery wings flying swiftly towards the terrified beasts.
The sky lit up with flames, and everyone felt the suffocating pressure coming from the Platinum-ranked creature.
Ned didn't try to suppress anyone, but his presence caused everyone to almost fall to the ground, losing strength and breaking out in sweat.
Like a fiery meteorite, leaving behind a long plume of fire, Ned fell at great speed among the frozen beasts. His fall caused a huge explosion, like the explosion of a small nuclear bomb, sending a huge shell of dust into the air. Following that, the place of his fall was engulfed by a sea of flames, which engulfed all the beasts in its inexorable embrace.
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