#31 - Chapter 31 Accident
The eve of the demons breaching the tunnel defenses.
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“Demons, it’s demons!”
“Those damned demons are swarming again!”
“My dwarven brethren, follow me, kill all these damned monsters!”
A dwarven warrior at the end of the tunnel shouted, and his companions immediately rushed from all directions to support the dwarf who first discovered the demon traces.
The reason Wu Ang called this dwarf a warrior was because the dwarf's actions could indeed be described as heroic.
In this terrible tunnel battle, this dwarf had survived for more than six hours.
Moreover, in these long six hours, this dwarf had personally led his companions to repel the demons' attacks a full three times!
Although he was already scarred and his weapons and armor were tattered, he still stubbornly stood on the front line against the demon army, inspiring all the surrounding dwarven warriors.
Even someone as picky as Wu Ang couldn't help but admire the dwarf's heroic actions in the war.
But...
This still couldn't change his and his teammates' fate, especially the tragic fate he was about to face.
[Caroline, use a imp toss at a thirty-seven-degree angle towards the area I marked, then wait 1.2 seconds and use imp chains at that location.]
After receiving the Abyss Lord's instructions, Imp Matriarch Caroline executed them without hesitation.
“Awoo, awoo, awoo!”
Caroline swung her arms, thicker than a car, and swiftly threw a cage containing berserk imps next to the dwarven warrior.
Once this completely berserked imp entered the group of dwarves, it would inevitably cause great chaos in the foreseeable future.
But the dwarves did not panic.
On the contrary, the dwarves, who were already familiar with this skill, were prepared before the cage containing the imp even landed.
Several dwarves, without any protective gear, directly chopped down on the cage that was still flying in the air.
In the blink of an eye, the poor imp died under the attacks of many dwarves.
“Phew, luckily we reacted quick enough...”
Before the dwarf could finish speaking, a chain with an incredibly tricky angle emerged from an unexpected direction, tightly wrapping around the ankle of the previously "heroic" dwarf.
No dwarf saw how this chain came to be.
Because their attention was all drawn to the imp in the cage.
Imp Chains were a new skill that Imp Matriarch Caroline gained after successfully leveling up to Tier 2.
This skill allowed the Imp Matriarch to throw a chain to entangle the imps and enemies that Caroline wanted to capture.
Moreover, this skill had an attribute check.
This attribute check would cause all enemies with less strength than the Imp Matriarch to be entangled by this chain, unable to move for a period of time.
Secondly, if the strength of the hit enemy was half that of the Imp Matriarch, it would cause the enemy to be dragged alive towards the Imp Matriarch.
These dwarves might be much smarter than the Imp Matriarch, but when it came to strength...
These dwarves were really just "children" compared to the Imp Matriarch.
“How is this possible?” “Why!” “Save him!”
Although a large number of dwarven warriors rushed to the rescue at the first moment, the heroic dwarf whose ankle was trapped by the chain still disappeared into the darkness in front of them with a scream.
However, these screams soon ended.
Because under the illumination of the nearby torches, the dwarves saw a scene they would never forget in their lives.
“Meat...”
“Delicious!”
The plump Imp Matriarch was eating the heroic dwarf alive while grinning as she walked forward.
And beside her, countless of her "children" were frantically snatching the meat scraps that fell from the Imp Matriarch's mouth.
But this was not the most terrifying thing. The dwarves had already understood the cruelty and tyranny of the demons in the past few hours.
What really chilled them to the bone was that the Imp Matriarch started eating the dwarf from the feet.
That is to say...
“Save...me..., no...”
The upper body of the “heroic dwarf” twisted like a worm, weakly reaching out to his companions who were less than ten meters away from him.
“Kill...me!”
Crack!
With the Imp Matriarch's heavy bite, the dwarf's chest collapsed completely, just like...
A broken doll.
“God!” “These monsters among monsters!” “I...I...”
Finally, the originally high morale began to plummet.
Because even the most powerful warriors have reason and fear.
Under the extreme pressure of the demons, the entire battlefield was developing towards hell.
Misery, pain, blasphemy, depravity....
One negative word after another was imprinted on the nerves of these dwarven warriors like snow, engraved in their souls.
It was already a miracle that these dwarves were able to hold on until now without a priest to purify their minds.
Therefore, the first deserter appeared as a matter of course.
Although he was quickly executed, the second deserter also appeared in other directions.
The defense at the end of the entire tunnel began to become chaotic.
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“Your Majesty!”
On the other side, in the area where the Dwarf Kingdom was located.
“The Bronze Hammer Guard guarding the kingdom's passage can't hold on anymore, they...they need to rest!”
Dwarven General Mace Bronzehammer wanted to say that his subordinates had mentally collapsed, but considering the future of his subordinates, as their leader, he could only quickly change his words and say that they needed to rest.
The little lads had already done a good enough job after six hours of fierce fighting.
If the Royal Guards guarding the king were there, perhaps this battle could have lasted longer.
But for an ordinary dwarven army, six hours was the limit.
The limit of fighting demons.
Or rather, the limit of fighting against the Abyss Lord.
“Waste!”
The Dwarf King glared at Mace Bronzehammer, his face ashen.
Not having personally been on the front line, he could not understand why these people who were loyal to the generals and warriors were so easily exhausted.
In his impression, dwarven warriors, known for their strength and tenacity, could easily fight on the battlefield for a day and a night.
Especially since most of them had Dou Qi abilities.
“No matter what the cost, we must hold the entrance to the Kingdom Passage!”
The Dwarf King's trembling beard showed that he was very angry.
Originally, Mace Bronzehammer had reached the point of despair after hearing these words.
As expected of a king who doesn't understand military affairs...
But the king's next sentence rekindled his hope.
“The Kingdom Passage must not be lost, it is the key node for our capital to reach various trade towns, so you will receive the help of the Earth Dragons.”
“Earth Dragons?”
Hearing this word, Mace Bronzehammer couldn't help but brighten his eyes.
Because he knew that those demons who desecrated living beings were about to meet their end!
Not long after the king gave the order, the demons felt vibrations coming from the other end of the passage.
Accompanying the vibrations were horrifying and terrifying strange howls.
For some reason, the sound seemed like...
The sound of a dragon?
