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Chapter 156: #156 - ·war

On the cruel and bloody battlefield, countless monsters, like a tidal wave, incessantly overwhelmed the soldiers in front of them. If one were to observe the entire battlefield from above, one would see that every second, thousands, even tens of thousands, of soldiers were pounced on by countless monsters, then torn apart and devoured completely.

At the forefront of the battle between the Gluttony Monsters and the soldiers of the Western nations, whenever a soldier fell, the ground beneath them would begin to activate. The original soil transformed into writhing flesh, and blood-flesh veins drilled out from the depths of the earth. Subsequently, a large number of newborn Gluttony Monsters emerged from the ground, joining the war.

In such a war, so-called tactics and strategies had completely lost their effect. The two sides were engaged in the most primitive and cruelest battlefield. In this war, both sides only had a fight to the death, with absolutely no possibility of reconciliation.

Driven by endless hunger, the Gluttony Monsters wanted to devour all nutrients. Furthermore, with the impetus of their master, Lu Minghao, lurking in the shadows, the Gluttony Monster army had no possibility of stopping before it ruled the entire Western nations. On the other hand, the Western nations wanted to protect their homeland, killing all the monsters in front of them.

Therefore, this war could only end when one side was completely destroyed.

"Hey! You new guys over there! Stop daydreaming!"

On the towering city walls, a middle-aged man wearing dark red armor shouted at the many adventurers who had just been teleported here and were still in a daze.

"Lord Dilok, long time no see!"

Hearing the voice from afar, Sophie Li, who was originally looking at the battlefield ahead, suddenly turned her head. When she saw the middle-aged man in dark red armor, the corners of Sophie Li's mouth clearly turned up in a smile, and she walked out directly to greet him.

"So it's you, Sophie Li, you little girl. Are these the members of your Scarlet Rose squad?"

When Dilok saw Sophie Li in front of him, a trace of doting smile appeared on his originally iron-blooded and cold face. Then, he looked at the Scarlet Rose squad members behind Sophie Li.

Even without using the [Mana Perception] skill, Dilok could easily see the approximate strength of the entire Scarlet Rose squad with his eyesight.

Except for the girl in a black dress with a beautiful face, but giving people a sense of deathly silence, each of the other members had the strength of an intermediate adventurer.

It can be said that this Scarlet Rose squad is already considered an elite squad on the battlefield. In addition, adventurers have more flexible means and rich experience in dealing with various emergencies than ordinary soldiers.

It is entirely possible to entrust some special tasks to the Scarlet Rose squad, such as infiltrating the monster strongholds, tasks within the Kingdom of Edras.

"Yes, Lord Dilok, they are all my most trusted teammates, and each of them has powerful strength."

At this time, Sophie Li had not yet noticed the strange gaze of Dilok opposite her when looking at her teammates and herself. She was just like a child introducing her achievements to her elders, like a child hoping to be rewarded.

"Sophie Li, you take your teammates over there first. I will have a special mission for your team later."

Looking at Sophie Li in front of him, who was full of pride and arrogance, Dilok smiled slightly at her and pointed to a room not far away, saying to Sophie Li.

When Sophie Li heard the special mission, a pair of eyes on her rough face lit up slightly, and she directly led her teammates to the room Dilok mentioned.

In fact, Sophie Li had already known one thing through her own information channels, that is, the hero from other top kingdoms planned to directly send elite squads deep into the territory of those monsters.

It would be best to find the real cause of the birth of those monsters and the specific location of those Demon King-level demons behind the scenes.

Once the adventurer squad that goes deep into the monster's territory investigates these clearly, then the hero squad will directly teleport using the adventurer squad as coordinates, directly ending this war.

After Sophie Li left with the Scarlet Rose squad, Rocks gathered all the adventurers who were teleported to the front line this time.

And directly opened [Mana Perception], as long as the strength of the adventurer squad met the standard, they all received invitations for special missions.

The remaining adventurers were also assigned to various tasks according to their own abilities and wishes, which can be said to maximize the usefulness of each adventurer.

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On the other side, at the forefront of the battlefield, life seemed to become extremely fragile here. Every moment, monsters or humans died, and at the same time, a large number of Gluttony Monsters also died.

Both sides were like weeds that can be seen everywhere, dying in patches.

And it is these ordinary weed-like dead human soldiers and monster soldiers who, like the legendary heroes, watched their warriors, their strength, and used their flesh and blood to block several times their number of enemies.

Even though the defense lines of the Western nations were retreating little by little, the ordinary earth was distorted and activated under the unique power of those monsters.

However, these soldiers did indeed block the attack of the Gluttony army, guarding their homeland behind them.

In such a war, even many human soldiers and demon monster soldiers, who were originally hostile to each other, gradually accepted each other in battle after battle, becoming comrades who could entrust their lives and backs to each other.

"Great, new people are here again."

On the viscous writhing earth, a one-armed soldier was sitting on the ground without any image, with a trace of smile on his pale face as he looked to the rear.

There, many adventurers, based on their squads, were gradually replacing the soldiers on the front line who had become exhausted in battle after battle, under the leadership of many veterans who had already rested well, allowing them to return to the rear to rest.

"I hope they can last a few more days and adapt to this place as soon as possible… …"

At this time, a man dressed as an adventurer next to the one-armed soldier looked at the many adventurers in the distance with a complex expression and said.

After he finished speaking, all the soldiers nearby who heard his voice fell into silence, but their eyes were filled with endless pain and anger.

Because most of them were like the adventurers who had just arrived, with some teammates who had been together day and night.

But now, their teammates had already died, and compared to the adventurer squads who had only one or two people left, even more had completely disappeared.

On the front line, there were also some similar rumors that the earth that turned into flesh and blood wherever those monsters went was actually cast by the corpses of the lives they killed.

"This is war, the real war, there is only a fight to the death, and there is nothing else."

At this time, an adventurer with a cold expression suddenly raised his head and said to everyone in front of him, then stood up and dragged himself back to rest.

The remaining soldiers and adventurers looked at each other, cracked their knuckles, and followed, preparing to rest well before stepping onto the battlefield again.