Chapter 1494: Chapter 1492: Storm Bird Group
There’s no need for guessing; it’s clear that the Abnormal Giant Ape would be more challenging to deal with than the Abnormal Shell Elephant. The mass-produced Magic Wizards like Goring would struggle to inflict effective damage; only a true High-level Wizard could manage that.
This kind of enemy, coupled with the terrifying numbers of the New Strange Creature Army, confronting the Grey Parrot Reinforcement Group with only three hundred left, really leaves no sight of Hope, not even the thought of resistance arises.
Because this is not a confrontation of the same power level at all.
It’s like trying to stop a tsunami with a wall, the only outcome is to be crushed and submerged, leaving nothing behind.
The Square-faced Officer fell silent, sat on the ground, and whispered, "Captain, you’re right, the Grey Parrot Reinforcement Group is truly dead, dead to the core..."
By this time, more and more people noticed the New Strange Creature Army in the distant wilderness, all revealing looks of despair.
Only the young communications soldier huddled in a corner, continuously operating the communication box, oblivious to the situation outside.
A few seconds later, the communications soldier picked up the headset, trying once again to contact the higher-ups, suddenly his eyes widened, his whole body trembled, and he excitedly shouted, looking for Goring: "Captain, Captain!"
"Captain! Captain!" The communications soldier rushed to Goring, shouting.
"What is it?" Goring glanced indifferently at the communications soldier, and asked.
"Reinforcements! It’s reinforcements!" The communications soldier panted heavily, "They finally agreed, they agreed to give us reinforcements! And large-scale reinforcements at that!"
"Really, well, that’s quite something, but don’t you think it’s a bit late?" replied Goring.
"What?" The communications soldier was puzzled, his hand holding the headset froze in mid-air, clearly not yet understanding the current situation, "Captain, aren’t you going to take the call?"
Goring pursed his lips, pondered, and then took the headset, looking at the New Strange Creature Army in the far wilderness, he spoke deeply, "Bird Nest, Bird Nest, this is Grey Parrot, coordinates (1637.12, 1247.57). I request the maximum long-range fire support to attack coordinates (1637.12, 1247.57) starting five minutes from now. Repeat, five minutes later, maximum long-range firepower support to attack coordinates (1637.12, 1247.57)."
"Grey Parrot, are you sure?" a raspy voice filled with doubt came from the headset, "The coordinates you’re requesting to attack seem to match your location."
"Yes, I am sure. Due to heavy losses in the prolonged battles prior, I’ve lost most of my resistance capability, and a much larger enemy force is assembling, preparing to attack. Soon, my location will be overrun, and I will face total annihilation. The attack on my location five minutes later will deal maximal damage to the enemy," Goring said.
"By the way..." Goring paused and then continued, "There’s something I’ve wanted to say for a long time, and that is...you people in the firepower dispatch unit are all pigs, definitely pigs! Otherwise, why only provide support now? Do you know my men are almost all dead! Do you know that!"
In the end, Goring was almost roaring, venting all his anger and resentment.
"..." There was a moment of silence from the other end of the headset, then it seemed like someone else took over the communication, a dignified and magnetic voice said, "This is the Minister of the Firepower Dispatch Unit speaking. I want to express my condolences for your great sacrifice, but I also want to tell you a truth: It is your great sacrifice that allowed Shalin to clearly understand the enemy’s real attack route and details, enabling Shalin to launch the correct comprehensive counterattack on your position.
Extra-large scale long-range firepower support is already on its way, and will arrive within two minutes, with follow-up support rapidly approaching as well. So from now on, no matter what dangers you face, I hope you can hold on and stay alive, because each of you who survives will be a hero of Shalin..."
"Hero?" Goring hung up the call, watching the Abnormal Creatures assembling in the wilderness already rushing forward, his expression turned slightly mocking, murmuring, "We might just be heroes for a few minutes, then we’ll be corpses."
He had seen the spectacle of firepower support. Although it was grand, it couldn’t completely wipe out such large numbers of Abnormal Creatures. Without new ground forces joining, with only long-range fire support, if even a tenth of the Abnormal Creatures survive, it’s enough to annihilate them.
So, their fate wouldn’t change.
"Hiss~ Roar~"
The New Strange Creature Army kept closing the distance, getting closer and closer, their hissing clearly audible.
At this moment, Goring also heard a sound from the sky behind him. Unexpectedly, it was the promised long-range firepower support arriving. Sure enough, the next moment hundreds of arrow-shaped, meter-long Magic Missiles fell from the sky, landing amidst the formation of the New Strange Creature Army.
"Boom Boom Boom!"
The Magic Missiles burst into pillars of fire within the New Strange Creature Army, connecting with each other, almost forming a sea of flames.
The New Strange Creature Army suffered heavy casualties in an instant, the central area was directly cleared, but there were always lucky ones, thousands of slightly injured or uninjured edge Abnormal Creatures quickly rushed out of the sea of flames, charging furiously towards Goring and his team.
It ends here...
Goring couldn’t help but think, reaching for the Magic Rune Saber beside him, preparing for the final desperate struggle.
But just then, over a thousand Magic Rune Gliding Bombs with long wings suddenly flew over his head, falling densely on the paths of the Abnormal Creatures rushing out of the fire sea, then exploded in unison.
The freshly escaped Abnormal Creatures were immediately blown over and killed one after another.
And that wasn’t the end.
Following this, several waves of a thousand Magic Rune Gliding Bombs each slid down from the sky, repeatedly bombing the lucky Abnormal Creatures escaping the fire sea, ensuring not a single one was left alive.
Goring couldn’t help being a little stunned.
As far as he knew, Magic Rune Gliding Bombs weren’t something the Firepower Dispatch Unit could provide support with, because these bombs needed to be launched from special airborne vehicles, and such special airborne vehicles were only available in...
Suddenly, he heard the dense sound of rotors.
He turned sharply, then saw countless large airships appearing in the sky behind him.
Each airship was over two hundred meters long, with a large cabin hanging below, moving fast, because the airships had large rotors both front and back, the cabin shell glinting with bright magic runes, providing double propulsion.
This is one of Shalin’s direct attack forces, codenamed Storm Airship Corps, also known as the Storm Bird Group.
The appeared airships numbered over two hundred, almost filling the view, truly an all-out expedition.
These airships were strictly divided into high, middle, and low levels, approaching.
Among them, the high and middle-level airships were the fastest, continuously releasing Magic Rune Gliding Bombs from the cabins, bombarding the New Strange Creature Army frenziedly.
The lower-level airships were slightly slower, when approaching near Goring and his group, numerous ropes dangled from the cabins, followed by one after another, Magic Knight clad in full Black Battle Armor descended via the ropes, it was Shalin’s long-famed Black Knight.
It’s said that the combat power of a Black Knight is inferior to a Magic Wizard’s, but they outnumber them greatly and are fearless.
In just a moment, a thousand five hundred Black Knights—fifteen Black Knight Formations—had landed around Goring.
The Black Knight leader nodded slightly towards Goring in acknowledgment, then led the troops straight into the still-burning sea of flames, beginning the slaughter of the numerous Abnormal Creatures within, demonstrating true Shalin Speed.
