Chapter Sixteen: The Defense and Offense of Modo City! [Request for Monthly Ticket]
2016-12-06
Author: Floating Tower (诸生浮屠)
Time quickly approached December.
The arrival of winter had not made Modo City cold; so far, only a light snowfall had occurred. Under the influence of the barrier enveloping the entire Modo City, the climate and environment had been modified to be more suitable for living.
Soren had been on guard against possible attacks on the Southern Coast.
However, what he never expected was that Orcus’s target for the attack was not the Southern Coast, but the faraway Modo City in the Overseas Islands.
Inside the Arcane Tower.
As night gradually fell, a sudden sharp alarm sounded:
“Alarm! Alarm!”
“Anomaly detected! Unusual spatial fluctuations detected twenty kilometers south of the Arcane Tower!…”
“Alarm! Alarm!”
“Unknown spatial rifts appearing!… The Arcane Tower is entering Combat Readiness Status Level One!”
………………
The Tower Spirit’s sharp alarm rang out.
The next moment, Soren, Gloria, the Fallen Witch, Alice, and Vivian were directly teleported to the top of the Arcane Tower, where there was a dedicated teleportation marker set up for emergency situations.
“What’s going on?” Alice seemed to have just gone to bed, still wearing her pajamas, with her figure slightly visible.
Gloria shook her head and said, “A sudden alarm!”
“It seems an unknown spatial rift has been discovered.”
After she spoke, she reached out to touch the huge crystal ball, and a projection appeared, revealing a scene from the distance.
A dark red spatial gate opened.
It was as if the entire sky had been torn open, and then countless demons, corpse demons, vengeful spirits, and liches rushed out from within. They landed close to the southern sixth town, Black Soil Town. In just a short while, demons charged into the town, followed by piercing screams and alarm bells. The town’s defenders only managed to resist for less than three minutes before being breached by a powerful Six-armed Serpent Demon, leading to a bloody massacre. These undead and demons showed no mercy; in the blink of an eye, hundreds of people fell to their blades. Countless demons and undead passed through the spatial gate, instantly bringing nearly ten thousand enemies to the ground, and only then did the alarm sound in Modo City, followed by the rapid gathering of troops. This response speed was quick, but still slower than the speed at which the undead appeared.
“It’s Orcus’s army!”
Soren’s face turned pale, never expecting that Orcus would dare to attack Modo City. This was akin to repeatedly slapping him in the face.
Directly attacking the deity’s territory was the most serious provocation; Orcus’s actions had almost pushed Soren to the limit of a no-retreat confrontation. Most of the area within Modo City was made up of Soren’s devotees and was the core of his foundations. Even if Soren won, the price would undoubtedly be steep.
“Immediately enter full combat status!”
Soren took over the highest authority of the Arcane Tower, glanced at the others, and said, “Corinna, go activate the Elemental Furnace and the Mystic Energy Core!”
“Gloria, activate the levitation device, prepare to lift the Arcane Tower into the air!”
“Tower Spirit, immediately activate the Maze!”
“Activate the energy protection barrier and include Modo City in its coverage.”
“Alice.”
“You go activate all Golem Legions! Remember! All Golem Legions!”
Soren solemnly repeated himself, and Alice nodded with a serious expression, teleporting towards the lower part of the Arcane Tower.
“Emergency Combat Readiness Status!”
“Emergency Combat Readiness Status!”
The cold mechanical voice echoed throughout Modo City, continuing, “Modo City is experiencing a sudden attack from demons! All combat personnel immediately take their positions! Ordinary civilians return to their residences immediately!”
“The Modo Harbor garrison is entering combat mode! Everyone assemble at the military camp immediately!”
“Emergency Combat Readiness Status!”
“Emergency Combat Readiness Status!”
“Modo City’s first to seventh defensive forces immediately assemble outside the military camp!… The third to fifth priest groups assemble outside the temple!… All wizards above profession level 5 enter combat summon status!… Please gather near the Grand Library within five minutes!…”
“The Dragon Knights Order prepare to take to the skies to support the defensive forces of the southern towns!”
“The Third Fleet and the Sixth Fleet sail toward the inner river!”
………………
Rumbling.
Accompanied by the slight sounds of combat on the ground, the Arcane Tower activated the levitation device, rising to about fifty meters in the air, while orderly red lights appeared on the ground. As mechanical activation sounds rang out, dark doors to basements gradually emerged, revealing wide stairways.
Buzz!
The charged amethyst was instantly activated to its limit, and then in the first large basement, numerous neatly arranged Golem Puppets opened their eyes simultaneously.
“The First Golem Legion enters combat status!”
“The Second Golem Legion enters combat status!”
“The Stone Golem Auxiliary Legion enters combat status!”
“The Clay Golem Auxiliary Legion enters combat status!”
“The Third Iron Golem Legion enters combat status!”
“Activate the Diamond Golem squad!”
“Energy transfer!”
Boom boom boom.
Heavy footsteps echoed wildly, and under the full operation of the Mystic Energy Core, a row of five, comprising a total of three hundred from the First Golem Legion, swiftly emerged from the basement.
Following them were the Second Golem Legion, the Stone Golem Auxiliary Legion, and the Clay Golem Auxiliary Legion. Within just ten minutes, over six thousand Golem Puppets had gathered and quickly moved outside Modo City. Since the establishment of Modo City, Soren had been stockpiling Golem Puppets, and the current reserves had reached over ten thousand, with all activated being combat golems already loaded with the ‘Guardian against Attack’ specialty.
“The Witch Legion, open the portal!”
Soren’s cold command sounded: “Activate space marker number 23! Connection locked! High Priest, prepare for the Bishop group’s teleportation!”
“Activate the emergency response device for Diamond Golem.”
“Begin teleporting the first Diamond Golem team!…”
Buzz.
A door opened near the laboratory, and soon twelve high-level witches arrived rapidly, with Saruman’s figure appearing shortly after. A teleportation portal opened, connecting to the nearest ley line portal for the demon legion. Soren had set up all the teleportation markers throughout Modo City during the second round of its transformation to prepare for unexpected attacks.
Ten activated Diamond Golems swiftly appeared, then stepped into the portal.
“Vivian, Lilian, you go support the front line.” Soren nodded, then pointed toward the sea.
In front of Modo Harbor.
The surrounding seawater suddenly parted left and right, followed by dark masts breaking the waves, as the Ghost Ship, The Requiem, surged from the seabed. Accompanied by a glow of magical energy, The Requiem floated into the air, and all the Earthbound Spirits began to busily adjust the cannon mouths, swiftly heading toward the landing position of the demon legion.
“Activate the Arcane Tower!”
Soren’s figure became a golden phantom, then said, “The magical energy superconducting pulse cannon starts charging! Coordinate 23.14!…”
The perception of a deity unfolded.
In an instant, Soren locked onto a group of liches and high-level demons among the enemies, coldly stating, “Begin charging! Lock onto target!… The magical energy superconducting pulse cannon ready to fire!…”
Boom!
The silver-white cannon barrel quickly adjusted, and then, at a speed never seen before, it charged up rapidly, firing an energy shot that cut through the air and hit a point twenty kilometers away in an instant.
Rumbling!
A severe tremor shook the ground.
Within the suddenly appearing demon army, an area of about fifty meters was directly vaporized by the cannon fire. A glass-like crystalline substance appeared on the ground, and aside from a few liches who managed to teleport away by accident, everyone else was completely evaporated.
“The First Defensive Army has assembled!”
“The Second Defensive Army has assembled!”
“The Third Defensive Army has assembled!”
“Advance!”
The Drow officer issued orders expressionlessly, then quickly gathered the army to rush toward the combat location.
In Modo Harbor.
All naval fleets were in position, and under the officer’s command, they rapidly moved toward the inland river.
At this moment.
Soren’s figure appeared in the temple, then communicated, “Gloria, you take over command of the Arcane Tower.”
——”Divine Form!”
Countless divine powers gathered around Soren’s body, and then a gigantic golden figure towering over a hundred feet appeared above the temple. As Soren stepped forward, he found himself over twenty kilometers away, and then he struck the ground with a powerful punch.
——”Area Divine Power Shockwave *3!”
A surging wave of divine energy swept across a radius of three hundred meters.
Soren’s domain sealed all teleport spells, and then a large number of undead collapsed to the ground in batches, as if being mowed down, even the powerful liches could only withstand the third wave of the area divine power shockwave before their entire bodies turned to ash like scattered bones.
The three area divine power shockwaves directly consumed a large amount of Soren’s divine power value.
However, it instantaneously suppressed the enemy’s assault, and Soren’s figure transformed back into a Saint Form, then activated his divinity ability to directly enter the state of [Descent of the Celestial God].
The Arcane Tower’s silhouette appeared in the distance.
Bipedal Wyverns quickly arrived near the battlefield, blocking parts of the flying demon’s attacks while also covering the retreat of residents in the town. Within just ten minutes, three nearby towns had already been attacked, with over five thousand civilians dead at the hands of the demons and undead.
The vast undead army continued to teleport into the range of Modo Island.
Within this moment, over thirty thousand undead had gathered in the core area occupied by the enemy.
Even Soren did not dare to close the spatial gate here with divine power, for a strong Demon Lord’s aura enveloped this area.
——”Orcus!”
Once one of the three abyssal giants, the King of the Undead, Orcus, had personally descended upon Modo City.
……………… (To Be Continued ~^~)
