A sea of Evil Beasts surrounded Stone Forest Town.
The monster army stretched out as far as the eyes could see.
Meanwhile, Heavenâs Burialâs members, hiding in Stone Forest Town, secretly live-streamed the siege. This allowed the players throughout Star-Moon Kingdom to watch the battle in real-time.
âThere are so many monsters! This is the first time Iâve seen so many in one place! Can Zero Wing really face these monsters with so few people?â
âBy the looks of it, Zero Wing should be giving up on Stone Forest Town. After all, these monsters are simply too strong. Guild towns have no way to fend of such a horde at this stage of the game. The players who bought houses in the town and applied for membership to the Battle Arena are out of luck.â
âZero Wing is just going to sacrifice such a large town? Theyâre not even going to try to defend it? If thatâs the case, who would be dumb enough to invest in their towns in the future?â
âYou have a point. In any case, I wonât be buying a house in Zero Wingâs towns in the future. The Guild is too unreliable!â
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The spectacular sight of the monster army shocked the players watching the live-stream. At the same, they voiced their discontent about Zero Wingâs decision to give up on Stone Forest Town. Despite being Star-Moon Kingdomâs number one Guild, Zero Wing wasnât even brave enough to face the monster army.
The players who had wanted to join Zero Wing began to hesitate.
Some Zero Wing members even began to withdraw from the Guild.
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âDid you think you can reduce your losses just by giving up Stone Forest Town?â Singular Burial sneered as he read the recent forum posts. âI want to see just how long you all can endure.â
Zero Wingâs determination had put a wrench in his plans. However, if he uploaded the live-stream of the siege battle to the forums, he could force Zero Wing into making a decision.
Either Zero Wing chose to conserve its strength and give up Stone Forest Town, or it would try to defend the town with all its might at the cost of reducing the Guildâs overall strength.
While the former option was a good choice, it would also damage the Guildâs carefully built reputation. Most likely, the results would halt the Guildâs development for some time.
If Zero Wing wanted to continue developing, its only choice was to protect Stone Forest Town with everything it had.
He did not hope that Zero Wing would mobilize all of its members to protect the town. It would be enough if the Guild moved a portion of its members in White River City. At that time, Zero Wing would lose both Stone Forest Town and its Stable.
If that happened, Heavenâs Burial would take Zero Wingâs place as the number one Guild of Star-Moon Kingdom.
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Just as the players discussed the live-stream on the forums, the Evil Beast army began its assault.
The earth trembled as the monsters swarmed towards Stone Forest Town.
The players watching were stunned.
They finally understood what zerg-tactics truly were.
With so many monsters, even Stone Forest Townâs Defense Turrets and Magic Towers were utterly inadequate defensesâŠ
It was no wonder why Zero Wing had given up Stone Forest Town. The Guild mightâve expected this outcome.
âHuh? What are Zero Wingâs members bringing out?â
âArenât those Miniature Ballistas?â
âIt seems that the Guild did prepare.â
âSo what if they are prepared? The Defense Turrets and Magic Towers canât even slow down the monster army. What could a few Miniature Ballistas do?â
When the monster army was less than 3,000 yards away from Stone Forest Town, some of the spectators noticed quite a few Miniature Ballistas emerge atop the ramparts, and they couldnât help but laugh.
Although the Miniature Ballistas were easy to move, their power was subpar at best. Moreover, their AOE wasnât as large as the Defense Turrets. The Miniature Ballistas might be useful against players, but against so many high-HP monsters, they were simply a joke.
However, before these people could finish their words, something else occurred on the ramparts that stunned the watching players.
There were nearly 20 Miniature Ballistas on each wall. With all four walls, Zero Wing had almost 80 Miniature Ballistas protecting Stone Forest TownâŠ
âHow is this possible?! Those are Miniature Ballistas weâre talking about!â
The large number of Miniature Ballistas stupefied the spectators. The various large Guilds watching the live-stream were particularly shocked.
Ordinary players might not understand how precious war weapons like the Miniature Ballistas were, but the major powers understood their importance well. Although the Miniature Ballista could not rival the Gnome Cannonâs firepower, it wasnât easy to obtain.
Not even Super Guilds could collect nearly 80 Miniature Ballistas, yet Zero Wing had.
Before everyone could recover from their shock, Zero Wingâs members began to load the ballistas with two-meter-long arrows. Crimson runes danced across these arrowsâ shafts. It was obvious that these werenât arrows you could purchase from NPC merchants.
Following which, explosions filled the air around Stone Forest Town. In the next moment, flaming arrows flew from the townâs ramparts, raining down on the approaching Evil Beast army.
Boom⊠Boom⊠BoomâŠ
Rings of fire erupted among the monster troops as the arrows struck, each covering a 15-yard radius. The Miniature Ballistasâ attacks were no less devastating than the Defense Turrets.
The explosions forced back the Evil Beasts on the front line as they received heavy injuries. The Elite ranked Evil Beasts had lost over one-third of their HPs.
After the first volley of arrows, the Defense Turrets and Magic Towers launched their attacks as well. When the Magic Towers attacked, the seven-colored beams they fired struck the heart of the monster army. The attack, which could rival Tier 4 large-scale destruction Spells, instantly killed all of the monsters below Lord rank.
As three seven-colored beams cut through the Evil Beast army, over 8,000 Evil Beasts died instantly, tearing large holes in the enemy formation.
Due to the Miniature Ballistasâ short Cooldown, another volley of Exploding Arrows rained down on the Evil Beasts as soon as the Defense Turrets and Magic Towers finished their attacks.
Before the army had even reached 2,500 yards of Stone Forest Town, over 30,000 Evil Beasts had died. Stone Forest Townâs frightening defenses stupefied the spectating players.
âThis is insane! These are Stone Forest Townâs defenses?â
âZero Wing is amazing! They have so many Miniature Ballistas! If not for these monstersâ numbers and strength, the Guild might annihilate the monsters before they even reach the walls!â
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âHow is this possible!? Why does Zero Wing have so many Miniature Ballistas?!â Singular Burial balled his fists as he glared at the live-stream. However, although he was very surprised and confused, he quickly recovered as he sneered and said, âAlthough I didnât expect such a trump card, so what? This army isnât like the last one you faced.â
While the Miniature Ballistas had claimed many of the Evil Beasts below Lord rank, this war would be as good as over once the monsters reached the ballistas.
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âInteresting! And here I thought you had given up! Letâs see how you deal with this!â
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Abandoned Wave, who stood at the very rear of the Evil Beast army like a coward, sneered. He then waved his hand, and immediately, another large wave charged forward. This time, however, there were far fewer Evil Beasts in the charge. However, these were higher-quality monsters, with the majority being Chieftain rank and above. Even the Grand Lords had joined in the charge.
These monsters were too large to have taken part in the initial charge, but now that less of their companions occupied the field, the Grand Lords could easily dodge the attacks from the townâs static defenses.
As these Chieftain rank and above Evil Beasts inched closer to Stone Forest TownâŠ
Before anyone had realized it, two Mana Pulse Cannons had appeared above one of Stone Forest Townâs Magic Towers. Larger than the Basic Mana Pulse Cannon, these two weapons were none other than the Intermediate Mana Pulse Cannons Shi Feng had obtained from the Fallen Ark.
âTarget the densest areas of the monster army! Fire!â