Chapter 453

Chapter 453: Resistance

Seeing that countless arrows and magic attacks couldn’t harm the Devouring Demon Mountain, not only did the soldiers start to stir, but even the adventurers who had taken on the task of fighting the Devouring Demon Mountain, feeling somewhat confident in their abilities, began to murmur among themselves.

“…Is this kind of monster really something the human race can fight against?”

The adventurer known as the “Shadow Blade” swallowed hard and looked up at the huge mountain of flesh ahead, his eyes filled with unhidden fear.

“If that monster charges at us, we will be crushed…”

Another adventurer, who was close to the “Shadow Blade,” also looked worried.

“Hmph, are you already thinking about losing before the battle has even started? Why are you here?”

At that moment, a rough voice came from the side, sounding dissatisfied and scornful.

Hearing the disdain in the stranger’s words, the two turned to face him, feeling angry, but when they saw his face, their frowns turned into smiles.

“Oh, it’s Sir Walkery, the ‘Great Blade.’ With just the two of us, we wouldn’t stand a chance against that monster, but with you here, defeating it doesn’t seem impossible.”

“Hmph.”

The man known as the “Great Blade” snorted again.

“You recognize me, but you don’t know those four girls over there? Among the adventurers who came this time, I am not the only S-class adventurer.”

Even though Walkery said that, the two of them still looked confused.

“I see, you are adventurers from the Duchy of Donelas or the Principality of Reba, so you didn’t know—”

Before Walkery could finish speaking, the massive mountain of flesh, which had been attacked by the army twice, stopped moving. It folded its legs and sat down heavily.

When the mountain of flesh landed, a wave of bloody-smelling wind rose, and even the adventurers at the back of the army could feel it.

“What is this monster planning to do?”

Not just the adventurers, including Walkery, but also the army commander at the front was somewhat puzzled.

The mountain of flesh soon gave an answer.

After it landed, countless wriggling spots appeared on its surface. The next moment, numerous tentacles broke through the surface, lunging towards the soldiers at the front of the army with their gaping mouths.

In addition, countless humanoid monsters jumped out from the writhing place, their arms transforming into sharp bone blades as they roared and charged forward.

The soldiers of the human race possessed skills such as “Sword Talent” and “Archery Talent.” Most of them were in Class D, and their levels mostly ranged from LV.1 to LV.5, which were considered low levels.

Naturally, these low-level Class D soldiers from the human race were no match for the tentacles, which had at least Class B strength, or the humanoid monsters, which had at least Class A strength.

When the flesh-and-blood monsters rushed into the human race army, it was like wolves entering a sheep herd, causing screams to erupt and blood to fly.

“Hold the formation! Fight in groups of ten!”

Seeing this horrifying scene, the commander in golden armor quickly reacted and shouted to the front lines.

With the archers’ arrows and the mages’ magic attacks working together, many tentacles were pushed back and injured, but that was all. The tentacles merely howled a few times before leaping forward again, biting and devouring the soldiers.

The mountain of flesh did not cause all the flesh-and-blood monsters to charge at once; instead, it let the humanoid monsters take the lead in killing, allowing the tentacles trailing behind to consume the fallen human soldiers.

Realizing that the soldiers were no match for these flesh-and-blood monsters and couldn’t even hold them back, the commander had no choice but to order a retreat.

Since Tarkawano City was one of the three major cities in the Duchy of Donelas, its walls surely had a Magic Shield created by Defense Magic Crystals for protection.

However, the Magic Shield would gradually weaken under the attacks of monsters, and retreating into the city was just waiting to be defeated.

But there was nothing that could be done about it. Although there had been stories of how powerful the monster called Devouring Demon Mountain was, they had not seen it themselves, and it was possible that the Empire had exaggerated the tales. That was why Tarkawano City was sending out a large army to fight.

For now, could they only hope for those adventurers?

…

“Hahaha, it looks like the next task is ours.”

Although over ten thousand troops were instantly defeated by the flesh monsters created from the meat mountain, Walkery laughed a few times and took out a thick, long sword from his Magic Backpack that radiated a fiery aura.

“Those who have guts can join me to slay these monsters and chop that meat mountain into bits! Those who lack courage can just hide in their shells and scurry away!”

After cursing a few times, the big man laughed wildly again.

“Damn it, if I run away without even fighting the monster, I will lose my face!”

“Hmph, if I go back like this, those jerks in the guild will laugh at me. No way, just thinking about it makes me feel frustrated!”

“Let’s go together! We have so many Class A adventurers, are we really afraid of it?”

It seemed that Walkery’s words inspired the adventurers, who were hesitating, to decide to stay and fight.

However, even so, nearly one-third of the adventurers chose to abandon the mission after seeing the terrifying power of the monster.

Soldiers kept fleeing towards the city gates, while over three hundred adventurers led by Walkery charged into the crowd against the humanoid monsters and tentacles.

Among these adventurers, aside from Walkery, who was an S-class adventurer, the rest were all Class A adventurers, many of whom were powerful members of the human race at high levels.

Adventurers below Class A could not appear here because the difficulty level of the mission “Defeating the Devouring Demon Mountain” was S, allowing only adventurers at Class A and above to take it.

The adventurers rushed towards the humanoid monsters and tentacles, while four women of different ages but remarkable beauty stood still in place.

“I said, Little Jilly, that mountain monster looks really hard to deal with. If we run away now, we can still escape. The city gate isn’t closed yet.”

Among the four girls, one with striking green long hair laughed and reached out to ruffle the hair of the brown-haired girl beside her.

“I won’t run away, Captain.”

In response to the green-haired girl, the brown-haired girl replied simply, her cool voice carrying a sense of determination.

After more than six years, although she had not yet taken her revenge, the once young girl had grown into a strong-willed young woman.