Chapter 88: Relentless

A swarm of tentacle monsters assaulted the fort—a full-blown army.

Living trees lumbered forward, hurling massive rocks like catapults. Dogs with flowers blooming atop their heads acted as archers. Orcs wielded wooden shields and spears as infantry, while horses bristling with tentacle spikes thundered forward as cavalry.

Hiro was stunned by the mobility and adaptability of parasitic tentacles. They could turn anything into a weapon.

“Are we really going to charge through that?” Rebecca frowned.

Hiro snapped his tentacle and smacked the top of her head in protest. Charging straight in would be suicide. Rebecca had the lowest strength among them, and even Cecile—by far the strongest—wouldn’t escape unscathed against a horde like that.

“Erm… the best course of action is to flank them,” Captain Bohn said. “We hit them from the rear and take out the artillery first. Those moving trees are doing serious damage to the walls—we can’t ignore them.”

“I understand,” Rebecca