The dwarf musketeer leaned out, constantly loading, aiming, and firing.
The white smoke from the gunpowder explosion had already enveloped the entire northern city wall.
The iron bullets were like a tickle, doing nothing to stop the advance of the cockroach army.
Upon seeing this, Hendrik was terrified, feeling as if his blood had frozen instantly, rendering him unable to move.
"This, this is impossible!"
"My dwarven musketeers are of excellent quality, and most of them are level 8."
"Even a level 10 beast can be easily killed by bullets fired from a long-barreled musket."
"But these insects that look like small cars are really abnormal. How can their defenses be so strong?"
"No! It's so big, stronger than a black bear, it can't be called an insect at all."
Damn it!
"Why are the mutated insectoids of this Dragon Kingdom lord so powerful?"
"The dwarven musketeers are almost useless, what should we do?"
Hendrik stood on the city wall, watching the endless swarm of cockroaches advance, a hint of panic in his eyes.
I thought I was just picking on the weak, but who would have thought I'd encounter such a monstrous Zerg?
This is completely illogical.
Does this mean that all the official statistics from the past were wrong?
How could the Zerg Overlord possess such a powerful army?
Didn't they say that even getting through the beginner phase is difficult for them?
Hendrik refused to believe what was happening before his eyes.
But the ever-approaching swarm of insects forced him to believe that this was indeed the case!
"Judging from the speed at which these insects are moving, they will enter the elemental defense tower's attack range in thirty seconds!"
"God help us! I hope these elemental defense towers enchanted with diamonds can kill all the insects outside the city!"
"Otherwise, my territory would truly be in danger!"
A short while later.
Dozens of cockroaches in the front row entered the attack range of the elemental defense tower.
"Beep! Beep! Beep!"
A piercing alarm sounded.
The diamond stone atop the elemental defense tower emitted a dazzling yellow light.
A series of dark yellow elemental arrows condensed, gleaming with a chilling light.
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
The twenty elemental defense towers on the north city wall condensed hundreds of elemental arrows, which flew straight out of the city at high speed.
The elemental arrows are extremely sharp, with a hardness comparable to diamond.
Almost every five arrows can pierce the cockroach's heavy carapace.
The dwarven musketeers seized the opportunity to concentrate their fire and launch a volley, killing the cockroaches that had lost their heavy shell protection.
Su Bai stood at the rear, keeping a close eye on the battlefield situation.
He immediately gave the order, and the swarm sped up and broke through the stone city wall defenses.
"My lord, there's no need to worry. While the elemental defense towers can damage cockroaches, their killing efficiency is low!"
"The enemy won't last long. At most twenty minutes, the swarm of insects will be able to flatten this land!"
Abathur gazed at the battlefield ahead, a faint excitement flickering in his compound eyes.
"I just hope that the swarm's casualties are as small as possible!" Su Bai glanced at Abathur, then kept his gaze on the battlefield.
Braving elemental arrows and attacks from dwarven musketeers, the cockroaches advanced step by step toward the city wall.
Hendrik's expression twitched, and he placed his right hand on the city wall, his panic intensifying.
Damn it!
"These cockroaches are incredibly resilient!"
"Although elemental defense towers can get kills, their efficiency is too low!"
"These aren't insects, they're clearly steel tanks!"
"At this rate, the city walls will fall sooner or later!"
Looking at the swarming insects, Hendrik's heart clenched, and he felt as if he were being pulled down by a stone.
Just then.
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
Five hundred hydralisks arrived at their attack position, their bodies raised high, and their sharp bone needles shot out, whistling through the sky with a sharp piercing sound.
The dwarven musketeers on the city wall were caught off guard, their bodies pierced by bone needles, turning them into blood-red hedgehogs.
Under the relentless barrage of attacks from the Hydralisks, the dwarven musketeers screamed in agony, and the death toll instantly surpassed one hundred.
A dense network of bone needles has already been deployed.
The dwarven musketeers are suffering casualties every moment.
They were terrified and trembling, and dared not show their heads to attack.
"Everyone stand up! Fire! Shoot!"
Enraged, Hendrik turned his double-barreled musket upside down and slammed the butt of it against the crouching dwarf.
The next second.
"Whoosh!"
A bone needle flew past Hendrik's face.
A trickle of blood seeped out.
A faint bloodstain appeared on his face.
"That was so dangerous, I almost died!"
Hendrik's heart raced, and he quickly left the city wall, panting heavily.
He looked up, about to urge the dwarven musketeers to attack.
Just then, I saw a series of ferocious-looking flying creatures dropping clumps of green insects from the sky.
Like spinning tops, these green insects rolled forward, scattering across the city wall, and exploding upon impact with their targets.
A massive shockwave and heat energy erupted instantly.
The dwarven musketeer at the center of the explosion was instantly melted before he could react.
The nearly viscous green acid splashed everywhere, and without exception, the skin of any dwarf that was touched festered and emitted plumes of black smoke.
"Exploding bugs, dropped from the sky—are they bombers and high-explosive bombs?"
Hendrik's eyes widened, his face showing utter horror.
A short while later, the alien dragon returned and hurled more exploding insects at the city wall.
The round, bulging insect rolled forward, searching for its target.
Explosions rang out one after another, deafeningly loud.
The dwarven musketeers suffered heavy casualties, their screams and piercing howls echoing through the sky.
The three elemental defense towers collapsed under the impact of the exploding bugs, raising a cloud of dust.
"hateful!"
"how so?"
"What kind of insect is this? Its power is so immense!"
"Why is this Dragon Kingdom lord's insectoid race different from everyone else's?"
"Even if it mutated, it couldn't possibly be this strong!"
"In the fifty years since the Land of Redemption came into existence, there has been absolutely no official record of these insects."
Hendrik clenched his fists, his face turning extremely pale, as if coated with a layer of paste.
He simply couldn't understand how such a terrifying insectoid race could exist!
Seeing that the dwarven musketeers on the north city wall had suffered heavy casualties and their morale had collapsed, Hendrik didn't have time to think much and immediately mobilized soldiers from the east, west, and south city walls to support the main battlefield.
The leaping insects responsible for the feint attack were constantly exhaling scorching breaths from their mouths due to their prolonged and intense running.
Hendrik noticed this detail.
"Except for the north city wall, the other three sides are all feint attacks."
"As long as the dwarves can withstand this wave of attacks, the final victory will surely belong to me."
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