Chapter 112

Chapter 112

#112. Monster Wave (1)

Amidst the howling snowstorm in the far north tundra, the Northern Great Wall stood tall as humanity’s last stronghold.

Stretching for tens of kilometers, this massive defensive wall marked the boundary and battlefield between humans and monsters.

“Strengthen… Strengthen…”

“The eyes will go blind and steps will slow…”

The witches’ incantations echoed across the wall.

Their magical lights flowing along the wall reinforced the already existing defense spells and barriers.

“Hohoho! Yeah, we should have some fun with defense once in a while!”

“Everyone, check your enchantments on shoulders!”

Knights tightened their northern cold iron armors and gripped their weapons.

“Hundred-man squad! Ready?”

“Ack!”

“Ready to feed them northern cold iron arrows and spears?”

“Aack!”

“Lenslet! Rune Lenslet!”

“Good! We’ve got more than enough cold iron weapons! Use them without hesitation! Kill as many as you can!”

Under the captain’s command, soldiers nocked their arrows and kept watch on the enemy’s movements.

Gurrrr

“Wha- What is that!”

Kuuuoooooo

A massive earthquake and indescribable roar swept through the wall.

Right in front of the wall, something huge broke through the white land.

“It’s the white snake…”

“The legendary white snake! Jormungandr!”

The massive figure emerged from the snowstorm – a white snake about 300 meters long, the legendary monster Jormungandr.

!

The black eyes of the white snake flashed with dark light.

“EEEEEEK!!”

D-d-d-d

The roar froze the entire snowy field and drained the strength from the soldiers’ legs.

GOOOOOO-

Finally, the appearance of the legendary monster and its roar and breath.

Faint-hearted ones would faint right away, and even the strong would be terrified or lose strength in their legs.

“That white snake brat!”

“So what if you show off? What are you gonna do!?”

But this was the north.

The land of Lensretians who fight against the harsh cold and barbarians from birth to death.

“Nobody wet their pants yet?”

“Sisara might have wet hers a little? I smell it!”

“I didn’t!”

“Hohohoho!”

The initial shock from Jormungandr’s roar and breath only lasted for a moment.

“Proud of you, Lensretians!”

“Lenslet! Rune Lenslet!”

Without needing any knight’s encouragement,

Elite Lenslet soldiers quickly regained their senses and boosted their morale even higher.

“All ready!”

From hundred-man squads to ten-man squads, all unit commanders on the wall gave battle cries.

“Lenslet! Rune Lenslet!”

Desperate shouts and battle cries echoed like reverberations across the wall and High City.

KUUNG-

Chuk, chuk, chuk, chuk

Similarly, the Northern Orc Army appeared around Jormungandr.

They didn’t rush chaotically like regular monsters.

As if proving they were a race with some intelligence, they marched in formation.

UUUUUUU!!

CHUIIIIIIICK!!

The orcs’ war cries mixed with the howling wind to create a terrifying harmony.

“Halut! Halut!”

“Pass! Pass!”

Among them, Barbarian Druids also appeared.

They transformed from human forms to giant bears or fierce wolves in the blink of an eye, confusing the soldiers aiming with bows and flails.

UUUUUUUU-

KUUUUUUUU-

But the scary part about druids wasn’t just shape-shifting.

They freely controlled the surrounding beasts, and even monsters.

“KWAAAAAAAAAAAK!”

Millennium Snow Ogres,

“KURRRRRRR!”

Ice Sea Drakes,

“KIEEEEEEEEK!”

Tundra Basilisks,

“KRROOOOOOAAAK!”

Frost Trolls served as siege weapons for the monster army.

“Uh… How are they controlling high-level monsters? As far as I know, even druids couldn’t do this before, right?”

A young magician muttered upon seeing this.

“Jormungandr is controlling the barbarians, orcs, and monsters. Druids are just fine-tuning the white snake’s control.”

An old magician replied from beside.

Not as old as Isabel, nor reaching high ranks due to talent limits, but his experience and knowledge from living nearly a hundred years in this land dealing with demon dens and barbarians proved valuable.

“Black magicians… Those crazy bastards. They actually managed to restore and awaken the white snake.”

The old magician focused his murky eyes on Jormungandr’s white scales.

“In fact, are these the last remaining black magicians on this continent?”

On the white snake’s back hung the few remaining black magicians.

GOOOOOOO

“…”

“…”

A brief standoff formed between the wall and the northern tundra.

The snowstorm continued swirling between the two camps without pause.

PUUUUUUUUUU-

Soon after, a great horn sounded and the battle began.

“SWISHHHH!”

From atop the wall, maces, bows, and spears were fired first.

“Just shoot! The mages will take care of the rest with spirits!”

Though quite a distance to hit accurately with human strength alone, there was no need to worry about power and accuracy.

PLOOM! PLOOM! PLOOM! PLOOM! PLOOM!

Rushing barbarians and orcs were killed or incapacitated by arrows and spears that persistently followed them.

But it wasn’t over yet.

“Magic battalion, prepare!”

For this expedition, a special unit was prepared.

Soldiers who could sense mana ever so slightly were specially selected and trained. They appeared at the center of the wall.

CHEEK, CHEEK, CHEEK

Each held arrows and spears embedded with low-grade magic stones.

That’s right. These were the very weapons Arad used for protection during his golden carriage business in the Magic Realm.

“LENSLET RUNE LENSLET!”

The magic battalion soldiers aimed their weapons with confident faces.

“Our magicians’ weapons, taste them!”

PAWAWAWAWAWAT

Various enchanted magic stone projectiles were launched.

KEKEKEKEKEHAHAHAHAHA

Just like before, the wind spirits controlled by magicians persistently guided the magic stone projectiles to the enemies’ vital points.

BOOOOOM!

A massive fire explosion occurred.

KWAJEEJIT!

In the freezing cold, ice explosions more terrifying than fire erupted everywhere.

“Block, block!”

“Stop the spirits!”

The black magicians clinging to Jormungandr and the orc shamans, druids on the ground struggled to counter-recall the spirits at the very least.

“Our Lenslet Order shall move now!”

“LENSLET! RUNE LENSLET!”

The Lenslet Order priests who had desperately trained in divine power revealed their prepared holy power.

UUUUUUUUUNG

Holy light blossomed across various parts of the Great Wall.

“GHRAAAAAAAH…”

The divine power especially suppressed the activities of the black magicians.

Thus, the full-scale battle began.

* * *

As the monster wave arrived,

And the wall unleashed its pent-up attacks freely.

“Ready?”

“Of course.”

“Let’s go!”

Ssuug and Isabel, along with Valkyrie, stared at somewhere from the peak of the battlefield.

[Long time, huh.]

[Is it really?]

Similarly, the white snake Jormungandr and Isaac also gazed at these three.

PAAT-!

Without time to respond, their battle began.

The three northern superhumans versus the legendary northern monster and the lich fused with it clashed right in front of the wall.

PAAT PAAT

Sshhhkk-

The Sword Master Valkyrie known as the Frost Blade Ghost flickered her cold and sharp sword targeting the spaces between Jormungandr’s scales.

Her winter wind-like nimble movements freely traversed land and air.

“Here! HAAAAP!”

On the opposite side, Sun, the northern ice wall knight wielding a giant shield made entirely of northern cold iron provoked the white snake.

SHIII-IIIIIIICK-

KUUNG!

Even though Jormungandr’s powerful tail attack flew towards the shield,

The ice wall held firm, raising the shield to block it.

KUUNG!

KUUNG!

KUNG!!

With each impact of the house-sized tail, the protective enchantments and various defense magics embedded in the shield absorbed or deflected the damage.

Thanks to this, his defense resembled a massive iceberg.

“When the snowstorm turns into white flowers!”

Lastly, the spring sorceress floated in the air casting colorful magic.

The white flower petals emanating from her fingertips flew towards Jormungandr, obstructing its vision,

“Earth spirits, dig deep holes!”

She cast a spell tickling the ground to hinder the snake’s movement.

KIAAAAAAAAAAK!!

Enraged, Jormungandr activated its fourth heart and spewed black magic.

SSHHHHK SSHHHK

Dark spheres flew towards the three people.

“Where to!”

The northern ice wall, Sun’s shield blocked them.

“HAAAT!”

Behind the ice wall, the Frost Blade Ghost slashed the snake’s body with lightning speed, leaving wounds,

“Softening!”

The spring sorceress summoned life spirits again to weaken Jormungandr’s strength.

The battle was intense.

PAAT PAAT PAANG!

Around the giant white snake, there were solid ice walls, sharp frost blades, and persistent spirits creating chaos.

KUNG KUNG KUNG KUNG KUNG KUNG KUNG KUNG

Although Jormungandr’s four hearts beat in different rhythms providing continuous power, it started to be overwhelmed by the perfect teamwork of the three superhumans.

The frost blade ghost’s blade approached the hearts threateningly, and the spring sorceress’s spells weakened the influence of the black mage, continuing the precarious battle without allowing even a single mistake.

KIRRRRRRRROID!!

Eventually, the white snake couldn’t withstand the trio’s attacks and retreated.

The first clash seemed to end in victory for humans.

After briefly catching their breath, Valkyrie and Sun landed on the watchtowers of the wall respectively,

While Isabel hovered in the air on her broom.

The white snake, having received the impact, pulled its massive body far back.

KUOOOOOO!

However, the reason for Jormungandr pulling its massive body back wasn’t simply to avoid the attack.

It was a kind of preparation to gain propulsion.

“?! Block it!!”

Valkyrie shouted realizing Jormungandr’s intention too late.

Despite the shout, Jormungandr lifted its head and charged towards the wall like a ram.

Surprisingly agile and fast for such a huge body.

Sshhhkk-

KWAANG!

PAAT

Valkyrie, Sun, and Isabel urgently tried to stop it,

But

GOOOOO!!

The white snake didn’t stop. It didn’t matter if its body took serious wounds.

BUUUUUUUU

The pressure wave created by the giant body’s movement covered many nearby monsters and orcs like a millennium snow avalanche.

However, this couldn’t compare to the impact the wall would receive.

KWAAAAAAAAAAA!!

When the snake’s body collided with the wall, an indescribable tremendous shockwave engulfed the wall.

“AAAAAAHHH!”

“Catch it! Catch it!”

Many soldiers fell to their deaths below the wall.

PAANG

At the same time, a sound similar to shattering glass loudly resonated from the wall.

URURURURUR

The white snake’s body ramming was extremely effective matching its massive size.

If there hadn’t been a defense barrier, the wall probably would have turned to powder without a trace.

“The wall’s defense barrier is gone!”

This meant that the defense barrier and wards protecting the wall no longer existed.

“GGGHHHH! Re-cast the wards! Hurry!”

With Isabel’s scream-like shout, magicians hurriedly began reciting spells.

Due to this, the elemental magic guided by magicians momentarily ceased.

“TUIIIIEK! (Now!)”

“TUIIK! CHINGCHING!! (Counterattack! Counterattack!)”

Orcs launched huge ice chunks using massive trebuchets.

KWAANG!

The ice chunks precisely hit the wall where the defense barrier disappeared.

PAAT! PAAT!

The ice chunks exploded upon impact, freezing everything around.

These weren’t ordinary ice but ice imbued with magic.

The spreading ice formations created staircases.

“Those bastards are making ice staircases! Stop them!”

“Break the ice!”

Soldiers quickly took out hammers to smash the ice.

Knights infused mana into their swords to split the ice staircases that were beginning to form steps.

PEEEEEEEEEEEK

The battle that officially began wasn’t limited to the ground.

“Druids!”

“Protect the magicians!”

The druids transformed into giant monstrous birds flying around, covering the airspace above the wall.

“KYAAAK!”

Magicians riding brooms hastily descended to the ground.

“SHOOT!”

Soldiers shot arrows into the sky, but hitting the rapidly moving monstrous birds without elemental guidance was difficult.

Luckily, a few monstrous birds hit their wings with arrows and fell, but soon transformed into other forms and continued attacking from the ground.

PAAT KWAANG! KWAANG!

PEEEEEEEEEEEK

The ice bombardment and druids’ aerial attacks continued without pause.

Eventually, some gaps filled with ice staircases.

KUOOOOOO!

KRAKRAKRAK!

Among the monster army, the most agile druids took the lead.

They transformed into werewolves and climbed up the ice staircases on all fours.

“Melee combat!”

“Draw your swords!”

“Raise your axes!”

Finally, enemies began climbing onto the wall one by one.

Knights and soldiers faced appropriate opponents based on their positions and levels.

‘There’s His Royal Highness!’

‘His Royal Highness is watching our battle!’

‘We must protect His Royal Highness!’

‘LENSLET! RUNE LENSLET!’

The reason they could fight so fiercely was only one:

Because of Prince Lenslet standing steadfast at the center of the wall.

KUUNG! KUUNG!

Lenslet’s three superhumans concentrated all their efforts on stopping the rampaging white snake.

To prevent it from charging into the wall again.

Valkyrie scratched the white scales with her frost blade, Sun redirected its movements with his large shield.

Isabel dealt with the black magicians clinging to Jormungandr’s back.

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