Terra Nova Online: Rise of The Strongest Player - Chapter 465: Demon War (1)

Chapter 465: Demon War (1)

( The next day, Terra Nova Online )

Early the next day, the demon army returned to the base of the hill where they had been repelled a month ago, this time with a fresh formation seemingly devised to bypass the funneling walls.

Instead of weak fodder soldiers leading the charge, the demon army was now spearheaded by mounted high demons, each astride a demonic beast capable of leaping over the walls.

Before launching their assault, they gathered in a seemingly peaceful manner at the base of the hill, waiting for their entire force to assemble before initiating the charge.

“It looks like the mounted high demons are planning to bypass the archer and mage towers and engage us directly on the front lines. I suppose our tanks will finally see some action today,” Cervantez remarked, assuming that the demons intended to storm the hill in one swift movement, as they lacked the long-range capabilities to take down a fortified archer tower.

However, Luke’s expression was filled with fear.

“No, I don’t think that’s their plan… Those mounted high demons are all level 190+. I doubt they’ll bypass the towers—they’ll most likely target them directly,” Luke speculated, the worry lines on his forehead deepening.

“Don’t worry, we’ll deal with them no matter what,” Cervantez reassured, and Luke nodded in reluctant agreement.

Regardless of the enemy’s intentions, the DarkSky guild was prepared to hold its ground, however, unfortunately for them, they had gravely underestimated the enemy’s strength this time around, as unlike the last failed raid, the enemy had a surprise leader this time around.

*SCREECH*

Suddenly, a loud screech could be heard over the entire Stonebridge Hill, and as Luke looked towards the sky, he saw a Demon Count riding over a wyvern mount.

[ Fireball Barrage ]

*Thud*

*Thud*

*Thud*

From the sky, the Demon Count unleashed a barrage of large fireball projectiles, as he single handedly destroyed a majority of the guilds funneling walls with ease.

His fireballs were the size of a large tree and caused some serious devastation upon impact, which just went to show how powerful of a warrior he really was.

“A Demon Count? Where did this guy come from all of a sudden? He wasn’t with them up-till yesterday?” Luke commented, as he was surprised to see a Demon Count join the fray, when he was not with the rest of the Demon Army up-till yesterday.

*Loud War Cry*

As soon as the demon count unleashed his Fireball Barrage and destroyed the funneling zone walls, the demon army began their charge with the high demons and their mounts all letting out a gluttoral war cry.

The entire hill trembled, as tens of thousands of demons started to run at once, as the war had officially begun once more.

“Looks like those guys were not waiting for their full army to get in shape, they were just waiting for their commander to show up” Cervantez said, gritting his teeth, as even he understood that the war had gotten infinitely more complicated with a Demon Count suddenly showing up.

“ARCHERS NO MERCY!”

“MAGES, BLAST THEM SOME BITCHES OFF TO OBLIVION–” Luke shouted, giving directions to his troops, as a chaotic battle began at the base of the hill.

The rapidly charging demon army was met with a barrage of AOE spells and a rain of arrows, as thousands fell under the relentless assault, but thousands made it past the attack zone too, as without funneling walls to restrict their movement, they were able to move freely.

*Boom*

*Boom*

*Boom*

*Boom*

Unfortunately for the demon army, though they succeeded in bypassing the funneling zone, they found themselves in a deadly trap. Every inch of the land beyond the funneling zone was laced with landmines, which detonated violently as they attempted to advance, killing and injuring both the high demons and their mounts.

“Tanks at the ready!” Shouted Cervantez, as just like he had anticipated, the front lines seemed to be making a bee-line straight for the top of the hill, as despite the large loss in life they were suffering, they seemed to keep charging for the top.

*Boom*

*Boom*

*Boom*

*Boom*

“Agghhhh”

“Noo! My hand! My hand! The explosion blew my hand off– ”

“Aghhh! It hurts! My ribs feel broken”

On the peak adjacent to where the Dark-Sky guild was holding their ground, were the forces of the young Duke Marcus, and unfortunately for them, they were currently being targeted by the Demon Count, who was raining down fury upon them from the skies.

Right as the first of the demons made it to the top of the hill, the last thing that the DarkSky guild tanks heard before heading into a fight were the screams of their human comrades who had either lost their hands, or were severely injured in battle.

It was at this moment that the excitement of the battle wore off and the real hardship of a battle kicked in as they braced for impact.

“WALL HOLD STRONG–” Said their captain, as the front lines all squeezed their glutes and put their shoulders behind their shields for maximum strength.

*BAM*

The impact felt like a truck ramming into them, as the entire front line felt the effect of the demon beasts ramming into them at full speed, with some feeling the impact more than the others.

Thankfully, the interlocked wall held the lines and did not let the beasts advance, making them sitting ducks for the spearmen standing behind the wall who thrust their spears through the gaps in the wall for easy kills.

“PUSHH! GIVE NO GROUND TO THE DEMONS” commanded the captain of the tanks, as the tanks pushed back and walked over the corpses of the dead taking back the slight ground they had lost during first impact.

“WALL HOLD STRONG, ENEMY WAVE INCOMING–” He said once again, as the tanks all dug in once more, bracing for impact as the second wave of demons made their way to the top.