Chapter 1153 The Real Monster

The next day, Tower No. 9 site.

The joint front officers and decision-makers who had been busy in Neverwinter for more than a week finally returned to the frontline command post.

But now this place can no longer be regarded as a real front line.

Agatha noticed that on the map marked with a defensive circle, the railway front line had almost approached within fifteen kilometers of the Taqila ruins, and that the five-kilometer radius was divided into green "safety areas." However, the area nearly three kilometers in front of the ruins turned bright red. This was obviously the most vivid change in a week.

"You are finally back," he gave a standard military salute to everyone.

Everyone else in the army and staff also stood up and saluted with joy. Probably seeing the return of the backbone, everyone had a look of relief in their eyes.

This relief also made Agatha relax a little, and her colleagues could still laugh, which at least meant that the suddenly added "dangerous area" did not threaten the entire Torch Project.

"Good job, it seems that everyone has been busy these days." Tie Ax nodded with satisfaction, then walked to the map and tapped it, "Felin, please report the situation. Has the devil received reinforcements? ?”

"No, sir." Dawn Dawn replied, "That's a trench dug by the enemy."

"ditch?"

"Miss Sylvie was the first to notice the other party's movements. Some devils crawled out of the Corrupted Land of Red Mist and started excavation work six days ago. Later, Miss Lightning confirmed this situation and noticed that there were devils active in the ditch. , so it was marked as a dangerous area.”

Iron Ax, Edith, and Agatha looked at each other, "Trench?"

"We also think so, because according to Lightning's hand-drawn drawings, although it looks extremely simple at first glance, its general layout is very similar to the trenches in front of the First Army position. The front and rear transverse trenches range from ten to dozens of meters apart. There are multiple vertical ditches connecting them." Film stall spread out a rather scrawled drawing in front of everyone, "The biggest difference from us is that the Devil has more vertical ditches for gradual retreat, and basically all of them are On a line, the deviation is no more than two meters, making the whole look more regular.”

"They are learning from humans." Agatha couldn't help but whisper.

If the rumors before the First War of Divine Will are taken as fact, it means that after nearly a thousand years, the devil has once again imitated humans.

"It's interesting," Edith said after pondering the sketch, "Those vertical trenches may not be used for retreat, but for attack."

"Well," Iron Ax agreed, "Hiding in ditches can indeed reduce the chance of being hit by shrapnel, but they do not have weapons that can compete with fortress cannons, and only a few ditches cannot change the situation. The only way is to attack the first Only with an army in position can we hope to win.”

"Is that why they built the trenches so close together?" Feilin also quickly reacted, "If they are all next to each other, it can indeed shorten a lot of travel time."

"Then how should we deal with it?" Agatha asked.

"No need to change anything." Northland Pearl sneered twice, "Just wait until they dig into the range of the artillery and let the Heihe open fire. Although it is a bit wasteful, His Majesty has prepared sufficient ammunition for this decisive battle... I would like to see it Let’s see if they can dig the trench in front of us despite the artillery fire.”

Iron Ax looked at Feilin, "Is the recent railway construction going smoothly?"

"The enemy's counterattack has become much more intensive, but the damage caused is not great." The latter reported, "It is almost impossible for the mad demons to approach the position, so they rarely send out ground troops, and their attacks are mainly based on The main ones are Terror Beasts. However, judging from the number of ten to fifteen that are dispatched at one time, there are probably not many Terror Beasts that can still fly in Taqilari. If it were not for the cover of high-level devils, we could have left more So many terrifying beasts.”

"The Demon Slayer is out again?" Agatha frowned.

"More than once." Felin nodded, "And every time it attracted the firepower of the anti-aircraft machine gun team, and the Terror Beast followed closely behind to attack." Speaking of this, he looked a little solemn, "Only every time I see it Only then did I feel... that I was fighting a real monster."

"How do you say that?" Edith asked curiously.

"It is often inserted into the sky from the position with the weakest defense. After landing, it can instantly make those who look at it lose consciousness for several seconds. This is when the soldiers are wearing the Stone of Retaliation." Felin said slowly, "If not Divine Stone Protection - For example, workers who hide in bunkers but cannot control their curiosity will fall into extreme panic. The closer people are to it, the more seriously affected they will be, while those waiting in the clouds The Terror Beast will take advantage of this gap to launch a surprise attack. Although Sylvie will inform the front line in advance every battle, it is still not easy to intercept the target swooping down from overhead, not to mention that one or two hits will not be enough. Inflicting fatal damage to it. Our best result so far was to break one of the enemy's arms after it landed on the ground."

"It seems that the other party is not so lucky sometimes," Beidi Pearl smiled.

"The problem is, when it reappears a few days later, the broken arm has returned to its original state, as if it had never been hit at all." Felin's smile was slightly bitter, "If that's all, that's it. , we have Miss Nana, they may also have some kind of special treatment method, but..."

"Just what?" Tie Ax asked in a deep voice.

"Soldiers from several squads reported to the staff that they felt that the Demon Slayer's movements were becoming increasingly difficult to capture, as if they were gradually adapting to this level of combat. In the past, a machine gun could block its route of action. Forcing it to change direction, but now it requires the cooperation of two or three teams to do it. If it weren't for the weapons and the Stone of Retaliation invented by His Majesty, I guess... it might be able to kill all of us on its own. .”

"In the Federation era, they did do this." Agatha gritted her teeth, "And as long as they don't die, they will be able to be used in the next battle."

"As long as... you don't die?"

"High-level devils evolve from constant fighting. The more seriously injured they are, the stronger they will be when they come back - both in terms of magic power and combat skills. Many extraordinary people died because of them. Not only did they fail to cross that hurdle with their hands, but they made them go further." The ice witch closed her eyes, "But not every devil can survive after being seriously injured. It is only possible to recover in such a short period of time. It’s its own ability!”

"You mean...a high-level devil with both curse and self-healing abilities?" Iron Ax's expression became serious.

"It's very possible." When Agatha reopened her eyes, only determination remained in her ice-like pupils, "Felin is right, this is a real monster. If it is allowed to evacuate safely, I'm afraid it will be destroyed in the future. It will bring us unimaginable trouble. It must be completely destroyed here - in the place where the holy city fell!"