#21 - Chapter 21 The Only Chance
A dozen minutes ago...
“Advance!”
Wu Wei, sitting upon the Abyssal Throne, issued the order to all demons.
Instantly, near the western walls of Boulderstone Town, nearly a thousand demons surged towards the sole entrance.
At this moment, a considerable number of merchants and civilians were waiting to enter and exit the town gate at the western entrance.
As a town that emphasized both commerce and manufacturing, Boulderstone Town was usually very busy.
Coincidentally, today was a large market day, and idlers from all nearby villages had come to the town to trade.
Among them, small traders and peddlers eager to earn a bit more would often choose to pay a copper coin to the town guards as an entry fee to trade inside the town.
Those with less capital would set up stalls near the town gate, attracting potential customers in various ways.
They did this because there were generally large crowds gathered near each entrance and exit of Boulderstone Town, so they didn't have to worry about sales.
And Wu Wei, far away in the Abyss, had also noticed this.
He himself was ready to take advantage of this!
————————————
Upon hearing the demons' roars, most of the residents gathered near the town gate were startled.
Initially, before the demons were visible, they only thought it was the call of some unknown wild beast.
But when the demons began to appear in droves before their eyes, everything changed.
“Gods, it's demons!”
Although these natives did not know what so-called demons were, the terrifying images of these demons and imps alone were enough to terrify them.
That ugliness and madness needed no further explanation.
“How can there be so many?”
“Gods, run!”
Upon seeing these demons, countless small traders, peddlers, and passersby made their own choices.
The lucky ones with quick wits rushed into the safety of the town before others and the town guards could react.
And some made the wrong decisions in the chaos.
They began to run towards another direction, towards the gates of other districts.
However, the majority, the ordinary people, chose to desperately squeeze towards the only entrance not far away.
But the problem was that, because the only entrance to Boulderstone Town was not large, the only outcome of so many people trying to squeeze in during the chaos was that the gate would be firmly blocked, and no one could enter.
However, the town guards, as professional full-time soldiers, had enough military sense.
“Close the gate, never mind them!”
The captain stationed at the west gate of Boulderstone Town regained a trace of reason in the panic and decisively issued his order.
He stood on the town wall, saw the scale of the demons attacking the town, and understood everything.
Although the soldiers around him were looking at him with surprised, panicked, and uncomprehending eyes, he still insisted on his decision.
“Close the gate!”
“If we don't close the gate, then we will never be able to close this gate!”
“If so many demons break through the gate and enter the town, then we will all die.”
“Think of your parents in the town, think of your lovers and children!”
The captain roared.
His roar successfully brought the other dwarf town guards back to their senses, casting aside useless sentimentality.
With their concerted efforts and the tragic cries outside the wall, the west gate of Boulderstone Town was finally tightly closed.
“....”
But the situation that occurred was beyond the expectations of this town guard captain.
Under his gaze, these demons with sharp teeth and claws did not massacre the residents he had blocked outside the city.
On the contrary, these demons, in a state of extreme hunger and violence, were actually driving these residents away!
They formed a chaotic but effective encirclement, driving all the residents rejected by the town guard captain towards other directions.
Moreover, these demons did not all leave.
About two hundred demons, under Wu Wei's command, kept circling the west gate, making gestures of attacking, hindering all the town guard soldiers who wanted to leave the city.
On the other side, countless crying and desperate residents, unwilling to die like this, fled in the direction the demons drove them.
“What exactly... is going on?”
The town guard captain's eyes were filled with doubts and incomprehension.
In his impression, demons were mindless monsters.
If they could encounter such a situation, it was impossible for them to give up the food in their mouths.
So, this was very unusual!
“These demons didn't attack them, even though they are so hungry... Wait!”
Suddenly, the town guard captain suddenly understood.
Although his military literacy was not enough, his years of experience made him belatedly discover Wu Wei's true plan!
An evil, cold, but extremely efficient siege plan!
——————————
Dang dang dang dang dang!
Boulderstone Town, which was lax in defense, finally began to ring the warning bell.
At this moment, except for the north gate, all other gates had been “attacked” by demons.
But only the people and town guards at the north gate were confused.
Although Boulderstone Town was not large, the problem was that it was not small either.
A few minutes was not enough for the news of the attack on other city gates to be accurately transmitted to the ears of the north gate town guards and the people.
And when they realized the seriousness of the problem, it was already after the bell was rung.
Moreover, what the soldiers at the north gate saw at the first moment was not the demons with their teeth and claws.
With emotions and souls, what they saw at first sight were countless people from other directions, driven by demons, begging them for help!
They had sworn to protect these people.
The captain of the town guards at the north gate thought so...
They were his relatives, the merchant who sold him apples, the old friend who drank with him, and...
The number of these people was so large...
So many that the captain of the town guards standing on the north gate wall lost his only chance!
The moment he did not close the gate in time because he feared that his conscience would be tortured.
A pair of huge hands blocked the gate from closing.
The Imp Matron stood in front of all the dwarf warriors.
The gate.
Fell!
The demon in the Abyss finally revealed a hideous smile!
