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"Lord Kelly is back!"
"Osson, I'm so glad you're alright."
Upon seeing the people outside, Hugh, Henry, and the others all beamed with delight.
Although there were many bee monsters outside the protective magic circle, their levels were generally not high. Orson and Kelly were not afraid of these bee monsters that had not reached the demigod level. Instead of entering the magic circle, they cooperated with the inscription mages inside to attack the bee monsters from mid-air.
The corpses of the bee monsters fell down in droves, and the remaining bee monsters of this swarm fled in panic with the help of the group.
Seeing that the departing swarm of bees wouldn't be able to return anytime soon, Olsen and Kelly entered the magic circle.
"So there are still support personnel here?" As soon as Olsen came down, he used his mental power to scan the front line of the fight against the beast tide to determine the casualties. "What exactly happened to Hugh? Why are you here too?"
Upon hearing Olsen's words, Hugh and Henry immediately stepped forward and explained to Olsen what had just happened.
Olsen and Kelly looked extremely grim after hearing this, but now was not the time to question Alice.
"The beast tide that occurs once every five hundred years is known as a disaster capable of destroying humanity, and it's not as simple as it is now." Although Kelly had not personally come to the front lines, his elder brother had told him about the extreme danger of the beast tide after returning from it, a danger that could kill even demigods and divine children.
Kelly ordered his men to keep the defensive magic array active, then instructed Hugh and Henry to immediately return and pressure the other two empires to send reinforcements as quickly as possible.
"Tell their two popes, do you think that others don't know the power of the beast tide? They've lived for thousands of years, don't they know its might?"
Kellis's voice was cold and ruthless, and his eyes were filled with disdain for the Harvest Church and the Steel Church. Kellis knew very well that those two churches hoped to weaken the Ocean Church and the Osenia Empire so that he could gain stronger control over the continent.
After hearing this, Hugh and Henry took their leave, determined to make sure the two churches arrived the next day no matter what.
After finishing these matters, Olsen suddenly saw Sorea treating the wounded: "Ms. Jane, why are you still here! Didn't I tell you to take you away immediately?"
“The healers aren’t on the front lines and can’t treat the seriously wounded in time. You should get these support staff, who are completely incapacitated, to retreat first.” Sorea continued treating the people without looking up.
Kelly was still instructing his knight commanders not to let the defensive magic circle break down, and to be careful whenever they repelled a monster horde, as the time, location, and types of monsters that the beast tide would arrive were all random.
While Sorea was treating the stingers from the bee monsters, she heard several of the stingers she had previously treated suddenly let out miserable cries, as if they were enduring immense pain.
She charged toward the bounty hunter who had screamed the loudest; Sorea remembered that he was the one who had been stung the most severely.
Before Soraya even reached the hunter, his face rapidly paled, and he lost his life when Soraya was just a step away from him.
When Sorea saw the lifeless person in front of her, her mind went completely blank.
Soon, the bounty hunter's teammate rushed to him and stumbled to check his breathing with his hand.
"Aaaaaah!" Upon discovering that the hunter had lost his life, the teammate screamed in despair, tears streaming down his face.
Then, the distraught teammate suddenly stood up in front of Sorea and grabbed her collar:
"Tell me! Didn't you heal him? Why did he still die! He was so young! Aren't you a demigod?!"
The others quickly reacted, pulling their teammates away. Seeing Soraya's stunned expression, Olsen went over to comfort her:
"Now we need to know why he died. I see you have healed his wounds."
Solaya was awakened by Olsen's words. She touched the tears left on her clothes by the person who had grabbed her, and felt like crying herself.
But she understood that Olsen was right. She couldn't cry at this moment. She needed to know the cause of death and prevent more people from dying.
Everyone witnessed the bounty hunter's sacrifice, and everyone felt deeply saddened. He was the first person to die after the monster tide arrived. Some people remembered the dead hunter; he was the one who jumped out into the snake swarm and killed the most snakes, and he also faced the most bee monsters in the magic circle.
He was a hero of humanity; he shouldn't have been stung to death by a tiny bee.
Veldrian also came up behind Solaya and gently patted her back. Solaya pushed him away and walked towards the dead bounty hunter.
Sorea crouched down to carefully examine the cause of death, her ears filled with the cries of pain from those who had been stung earlier.
She forced herself to forget the scene of the hero dying in front of her, ignored the voices around her, and channeled her power into his body.
Then she abruptly looked up at the knight who was closest to her, writhing on the ground in pain:
"Were you bitten by the basilisk before and didn't tell me?!"
As soon as she finished speaking, a person who had been stung but was not in much pain spoke up: "Yes, I was only grazed by the basilisk, so I didn't come to you for treatment. The opportunity for treatment should be given to the seriously injured."
Upon hearing this person's words, Sorea continued to ask others, and the answers she received were similar to those of this person.
Sorea immediately went to Kelly and Olsen: "They have been poisoned by a combination of snake venom and bee venom. I overlooked the snake venom in their bodies. The snake venom was not active at first, but after I cleared the bee venom, the snake venom took effect, causing them to look like this now."
Is there a way to treat this?
“If I know the cause, it’s easy to treat. I just need to remove the snake venom from them.”
After speaking, Sorea began to remove the snake venom from the wounded soldiers who were in pain.
Just then, an even louder buzzing sound came from the distant sky.
More and bigger bee monsters came.
The last bee monster that came was the size of a normal bee, but this time it was the size of an adult's fist.
Faced with such a huge bee monster, many people's legs would go weak, let alone fight.
The humans were thrown into chaos by the size of the giants, but the bee swarm remained orderly, with rows of bee monsters aiming their tails at the defensive magic circle on the ground and launching their stingers.
After the first bee monster finishes shooting its needles, it's the bee monsters behind it that take over.
These bees are monsters. Unlike ordinary bees that die after shooting out their stingers, they will grow new stingers and launch a new attack after a period of time.
The relentless attacks were incredibly exhausting. Although the knights and bounty hunters were used to the giant bee monsters, the constant barrage of attacks left them utterly weary.
"They're here."
Kelly, who had not yet made a move, looked at a certain spot in the sky and spoke.
He and Olsen then rushed to that place, and upon arriving at their destination, they saw a giant bee monster that was two meters long, the ruler of the bee swarm—the queen bee.
The queen bee was surrounded by a dozen or so demigod-level bee monsters, slightly smaller than her, who were her most loyal servants.
Olsen and Kelly exchanged a bitter glance, gripping their weapons tighter. They both knew this was going to be a very tough and arduous battle.
They had no choice but to press on, because there were only the two of them, demigods, on the battlefield. If they retreated, everyone behind them would face these powerful monsters head-on.
The bee monsters that Sorea and her companions were facing seemed to be under command, rushing into the magic circle as the inscription mages changed positions.
After several changes of the mage, many fist-sized bee monsters appeared in the magic circle.
More and more people are being stung by the bee monsters. Even if Solia tries her best, she can't heal so many people at the same time. Her strength is not enough to recover before she can heal the next person.
Sorea's healing range was shrinking, and her face grew paler and paler.
Sorea lost her balance and nearly fell over when she stood up once.
Veldrian, who had been watching Solaya intently, quickly stepped forward and hugged her: "You can't use your strength anymore, your body won't be able to take it."
Sorea was also aware that her body had suffered some hidden injuries after continuously exerting its power for a long time.
But she couldn't bear to watch the soldiers in front of her fall one by one while she rested on the sidelines.
Even though she was unsteady on her feet, Sorea resolutely pushed Verdrian aside and walked toward the next wounded player.
After continuing to treat several wounded, Soraya unsurprisingly began to fall into a brief coma.
Veldrian held Soraya in his arms, his cold gaze driving away anyone who tried to approach them.
Veldrian knew that he could quickly resolve the beast tide if he intervened, but he couldn't and could only watch helplessly as Soraya fell into a coma.
This place was extremely dangerous for Him, who was unable to take action. Upon learning of the approaching beast tide, Veldrian immediately sent Tarasi back to the temple.
Upon realizing that his mother was unconscious, Tarasi wept bitterly in the temple.
Verdryen could only soothe the child while looking after Solaya.
Suddenly, the front of the defensive array was attacked fiercely, and the ground inside the array that was not defended began to tremble. However, everyone was busy dealing with the bee monsters above and did not pay any attention to the danger around them.
Just as the Inscription Mage was about to lose almost all his strength after fifteen minutes, several giant serpent monsters emerged from the ground and bit several mages.
In an instant, ten ninth-level inscription mages perished.
At that very moment, the entire defensive array began to collapse, and the bee monster's dense barrage of stingers struck the almost unsuspecting knight and bounty hunter.
From the distant forest emerged bear monsters, goblins, and other monsters.
The front line against the monster tide turned a deep crimson.
Orson and Kelly were frantic with worry upon hearing the cries of agony from the front lines, but after killing the Queen Bee's servants, they were met with the Queen Bee's counterattack, and other types of demigod-level monsters also blocked their way back.
Sorea, nestled in Veldrian's arms, heard wailing cries and struggled to open her eyes, only to see the people she had so painstakingly returned to dying one by one before her eyes.
"Why, why? I just saved them," Sorea kept repeating.
She tried desperately to use her strength, but the harder she tried, the less strength she could muster.
Soraya could only watch helplessly as her wounded warriors charged at the monster again, using their own flesh and blood to block its advance.
"Who can save them!" Soraya disregarded the possibility of her identity being exposed and took out the whip given to her by the God of Fate. Although she could not use her power, Soraya managed to save a few people with the divine power on the whip.
Sorea continued to desperately try to mobilize her power, and Veldrian tried to stop her, but she wouldn't listen at all.
Veldrian couldn't bear to see Soleria hurting herself like this, so he sighed helplessly. His expression grew colder and colder as he slowly reached out his hand.
After Veldrian reached out, countless vines and branches in the forest began to grow wildly, dragging all the monsters that had attacked the front lines back into the forest.
The pressure on the front lines eased instantly, and the screams of monsters echoed from the depths of the forest.
As the forest underwent a dramatic transformation, Veldrian's body crumbled inch by inch, and when Solya collapsed upon him, she could only touch some remaining ashes.
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