Volume 1, Chapter 45

Facing the terrifying pressure of the Abyssal Demon assault, and at this life-or-death moment, everyone in Fort Garros unleashed their most violent attacks upon the swarm of Abyssal Demons to survive.

Under Krimde’s command, dozens of sixth and fifth tier mages from Fort Garros applied strengthening magic before collectively casting the High Tier Anti-Army Spell- Heavenly Fire City Incineration. A sky-covering barrage of flaming meteors exploded into countless crimson blossoms amidst the black tide of Abyssal Demons!

It effectively acted as a deterrent against the charging Abyssal Demon army, causing many of them to instinctively let out wails of pain.

But at the same time, the fireballs and pink energy shells raining down like a torrential storm also brought an utterly desperate impact to the knights of the Ashurmos Church! Already facing the pursuit of the Abyssal Demons behind them, they were now forced to concentrate on intercepting the incoming fireballs from the front.

It was undoubtedly adding insult to injury.

After relentless bombardments, although Mengxi and the others had already crossed most of the plain, the Ashurmos Church knight squad, which originally numbered nineteen, now had only nine remaining. Most of the slaves they had previously rescued had either perished in the sea of fire alongside the knights or been swallowed by the tide of Abyssal Demons.

Before being completely consumed by the terrifying aura of the Abyssal Demons, emotions of rage, despair, and helplessness had already swallowed the hearts of the knights.

Seeing the claws of an Abyssal Demon about to reach him, and with his red-hoofed warhorse’s speed greatly reduced due to injury, a yellow-haired Ashurmos knight gritted his teeth and, without hesitation, pushed the two slaves he was responsible for off his horse!!

In the next instant, before the two slave children could even react, they were abruptly devoured by the blood-red maws of the Abyssal Demons amidst incomparable despair!

With a loud ‘Splat!’, flesh and blood splattered everywhere.

Two children who were alive just seconds ago were turned into a pulp and swallowed into the bellies of the Abyssal Demons! The exploding gore even sprayed onto the male knight’s cloak and cheeks! But at this moment, the knight could no longer care about so-called chivalry!

He had only one thought in his mind: to escape with his life!

With the load lightened, he actually began to pull away from the Abyssal Demons. Once he was temporarily clear of the threat, the joy of a survivor filled his brain.

“I… I… I survived!”

However, before his joy could last, his accelerating warhorse slammed head-on into a fireball falling from the sky, sending man and horse flipping through the air in an explosion…

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The Ashurmos knight squad’s numbers were reduced once again.

Disgraceful fellow…

Watching her comrade die beneath a fireball not far away, a hint of disgust inevitably surfaced in Mengxi’s pale violet eyes. Although she knew the male knight had done it for survival, and that without doing so, all three of them would have died under the demons’ claws, Mengxi still couldn’t help but despise his actions.

Even as she cast that disdainful look, Mengxi’s pale violet eyes suddenly constricted. With a light leap to the front right, she dodged another blast from a pink energy cannon!

The magical bombardment from Fort Garros had indeed slowed the charge of the Abyssal Demon swarm.

Though Mengxi had lost her horse, her superb and agile movement allowed her to better evade the fireball magic! After going all out, she even managed to further widen the distance between herself and the demons.

Leaping fiercely to dodge a fireball, Mengxi’s peripheral vision caught the pink-haired girl in her arms.

At this moment, the girl’s eyes were filled with worry. Recalling what happened just now, the pink-haired girl had likely witnessed the male knight’s actions…

After a moment of silence, Mengxi spoke softly in the most reliable tone she could muster.

“Don’t worry. I promised to protect you, and I won’t abandon you.”

Hearing this, the pink-haired girl widened her sapphire-like eyes. After staring at Mengxi’s mask for several seconds, she nodded slightly and revealed a smile of relief, seemingly trusting Mengxi’s words. This caused the silver-haired girl to heave a secret sigh of relief.

She then gave the girl in her arms an encouraging look.

“You’ll be fine.”

Hearing the encouragement, the pink-haired girl’s face turned slightly red, and she slowly curled into Mengxi’s embrace.

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The smile of relief was, without a doubt, faked by Miss Yumo.

However, the slight blush on her face was a genuine reaction.

After all, as a grown man, being carried in a princess-hug by the female lead was embarrassing enough. Now, being comforted like a child by such a young girl in all seriousness, Yumo felt her self-esteem was taking a bit of a hit.

Even though she knew it was all an act.

Seriously, she’s actually coaxing me like a child…

However…

She smells so good…

Being held so close to Mengxi, Yumo could clearly smell the faint scent of jasmine on her. It didn’t seem to be a processed product like perfume, but rather the pure body fragrance of a young girl.

Strictly speaking, Miss Yumo’s blush at this moment was inextricably linked to this scent…

Of course, aside from the blush, the worried expression on Yumo’s face was also genuine.

However, her worry was not what Mengxi imagined.

Yumo naturally wasn’t worried about being caught by the Abyssal Demons. After all, even if she fell into the middle of the swarm, what could those little guys do to her? They’d have to treat her like a god! Uh, wait.

Strictly speaking, she was their ancestor…

Regardless, the Abyssal Demons could never hurt her.

What Yumo was actually worried about was Mengxi’s physical condition.

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Although Mengxi seemed to be handling things with ease, Yumo could clearly feel the power within the girl rapidly declining. While the multiple acceleration magics granted her extreme speed, they also consumed a massive amount of Mengxi’s holy magic.

And now, as the swarm of Abyssal Demons rapidly approached, the hysterical bombardment from Fort Garros grew even more violent. The pressure the female lead faced skyrocketed!

If this continued, something might happen to her…

Dammit! How could this be allowed?!

If my female lead gets blown up by you people, what the hell am I supposed to play! You defenders are freaking reckless!! Who just bombs everything indiscriminately like this!

Are you looking for death?!

Yumo couldn’t help but curse the Fort Garros defenders in her mind! As she looked toward the mages on the walls of Fort Garros, her gaze imperceptibly turned colder and colder.

No matter how you look at it, the Abyssal Demons are the world’s greatest threat. It wouldn’t be logical for them to just take a beating passively, right??

Heh~

With a cold smile, Yumo cast a subtle glance back at the pitch-black, rampaging tsunami of Abyssal Demons behind her.

Feeling Yumo’s icy gaze, the dozens of Abyssal Demons closest to Mengxi suddenly trembled! They looked toward their leader with innocent, pathetic eyes.

They had clearly followed Big Sister’s orders and kept their distance from the silver-haired girl!!

Why was she glaring at them like that??

Wooo~ what did they do wrong? qwq

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Confused, the pack of Abyssal Demons could only follow their instincts. After letting out faint whimpers, they slowed their speed even further…

In this way, with the threat of the demons at her back diminished, Mengxi could focus more of her energy on dodging the fireballs.

At the same time, Yumo’s gaze successfully locked onto several sixth tier peak Abyssal Demons at the rear of the swarm, beginning an encrypted mental conversation.

Yumo: Hey, you guys.

Demons ABCDE: What is it, Big Sister!

Yumo: See those targets glowing red on the wall up ahead?

Demons ABCDE: We see them!

Yumo: Blast them!!

Demons ABCDE: Yes, Big Sister!!

In the next moment, having received Yumo’s order, the five sixth tier demons, who had long been frustrated by the bombardment, raised their hideous, massive heads. Surges of Shadow Essence, filled with the power of death, began to gather continuously in their maws.

Long-range attacks?

Of course Abyssal Demons could use them.

One must know that the Annihilation Cannon, created by compressing Shadow Essence in the mouth and suddenly releasing it, was a basic skill that every Abyssal Demon possessed~

It was only because of Yumo’s instructions that they hadn’t dared to use them. After all, if they had used long-range attacks from the start, everyone including the female lead and the Ashurmos knights would have likely been wiped out long ago…