Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
"Hold the high ground!" the commanding officer shouted. "We absolutely cannot let them enter!"
At his command, 20,000 soldiers positioned on the city walls opened fire on the massive waves of demons. According to surveillance drones, the demonic horde numbered over 100,000, meaning they were outnumbered by 1 to 5.
Bullets flew towards the oncoming wave, piercing thousands of monsters and killing hundreds instantly. Many demons were injured and subsequently trampled by those behind them.
But these slain demons were just a drop in the ocean. Almost instantly, they were replaced by countless more, advancing relentlessly.
Booommmm!!!
Then the demons clashed against the wall.
The impact was immense, causing the wall and the city to tremble as if struck by an earthquake. Thousands of demons crashing against the city's defenses simultaneously created a shocking force. Fortunately, the walls, constructed of tough materials, were tough enough, and the gates made of tungsten alloy resisted the onslaught.
It remained firm even when many monsters tried to knock it down, but the commanding officer knew that it was only a matter of time before the situation grew more dire.
"Soldiers, keep firing and be ready to fight the monsters that climb the wall with your bayonets!"
"""OORAH!""" the soldiers roared in unison.
Almost immediately, some of the monsters began scaling the walls. Monkeys, ferrets, rats, and lizard-like demons clambered up and attacked the soldiers defending the fortifications. The battle intensified as soldiers engaged the climbing demons with their bayonets, fighting desperately to hold the line.
At the same time, the demons unable to climb the walls continued their assault, searching for weak spots to destroy the wall and enter the city.
The officer brought out his LMG and laid down suppressive fire on the attacking demons. He fought bravely in front of the soldiers, boosting the morale of the defenders and inspiring them to fight harder.
However, inwardly, he was worried.
He could see that most of the air support was entangled in a battle with other dangerous monsters elsewhere on the battlefield. In other words, there was no hope of air support assisting them soon.
Even more concerning were the few dangerous presences he sensed within the demon wave, entities as deadly as tanks, lurking and waiting to strike.
The defense line remained firm. Even with some demons climbing the walls and killing some soldiers, the defenders managed to repel them. Occasionally, there would appear holes in the defenses, but they would be quickly dealt with by other soldiers on the second layer wall or by the battalion that was stationed in the field within the perimeter.
However, the number of casualties was large. In the first ten minutes of battle alone, at least five hundred soldiers had fallen. And that was without counting the casualties caused by the demons that somehow bypassed the defenses and attacked the civilians.
'Damn it!' the officer cursed in his mind. This was almost the worst situation possible.
And soon, the situation worsened even more when an earth-shattering roar erupted.
"ROOOOOOOAAAAAARRRRR!!!"
A massive gorilla-like demon let out a deafening roar, silencing the other demons as they opened a path for it to pass.
The gorilla demon was almost the size of the Statue of Liberty, with red, armor-like fur covering its entire body. It emitted powerful waves of mana, showing its strength that measured at 50,000 magicules.
The beast growled as it walked forward, and when it was just a thousand meters from the wall, it scanned the people on the walls before fixing its gaze on the gate. Slamming its fist on its chest, it leaned down and narrowed its eyes. In the next instant, it kicked the ground strongly and shot itself toward the gates with immense speed.
"Damn it! Fire the 1000kg bomb!" the officer shouted, his expression turning grim. He hurriedly called out to the soldier manning a truck that carried a single large tube.
"On it!" a female soldier responded, nodding. She quickly adjusted the tube's angle, and a large missile containing the 1000kg bomb shot out toward the demon.
"ROARRR!" The gorilla's eyes burned red with rage. It showed no signs of stopping, even as the massive missile was flying toward it.
BOOOMMM!!
With a terrifying explosion, the missile engulfed the monster. The super-high temperatures consumed everything in the flames' path, incinerating many demons within hundreds of meters and creating a massive mushroom cloud that rose high into the sky.
Such power could reduce a ship to ruins.
But soon—
"ROOOOOAAAAARRRR!!!"
With a powerful roar, the demon charged out from the cloud of dust. Its fur had turned black, and parts of its skin were charred, but beyond that, the monster appeared completely uninjured.
"Shit! The missile was ineffective!" the female soldier panicked.
Boom!
In the next instant, the giant demon gorilla burst through the wall and sent soldiers falling from their positions.
"Damn it, damn it!" the officer cursed loudly as he yelled into the comms, "I need mechanized support! The northern wall has been breached! I repeat, the northern wall has been breached!"
Fortunately, a Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) known as the FV-15 "Monarch" was stationed nearby, accompanied by a platoon of soldiers. Adding to the officer's hope, a Utility Helicopter, or the UH-28 Golden Eagle arrived in the area.
"Fire! Fire at that thing!" the officer ordered.
Immediately, a combined force of 30 soldiers, the LAV, and the Gatling gun from a door gunner on the chopper began firing their rounds at the gorilla-like demon. The beast raised its arm, blocking bullets and explosive shells, but this only angered it further. The demon charged at the soldiers with deadly pace.
Despite their attempts to retreat, the gorilla demon reached them swiftly and slammed its fist into the ground. The impact caused the earth to tremble and launched soldiers and the LAV into the air. The gorilla then grabbed the LAV effortlessly midair and tossed it at the helicopter, sending both vehicles crashing to the ground before erupting in a massive explosion.
"ROAARRRR!"
At that moment, five TZ-99 tanks arrived at the scene and immediately fired their shells at the demon, hitting it directly in the chest. The impact injured the demon, enraging it further. The beast roared in fury, only to be silenced when the tanks fired again. This time, the shells hit deeper, reaching the demon's heart and causing it to collapse as blood spurted from its mouth.
Seizing the opportunity, the platoon of soldiers rushed forward, surrounding the fallen demon and emptying their rounds into it from all sides. The relentless stream of bullets slowly drained the life from the gorilla demon.
As they were subduing the beast, an urgent call came from the soldiers on the walls.
"All of you down below! Another horde of these bastards is approaching the breach the giant monkey made! We need more fire support!"
Without wasting time, the soldiers moved to the breach, aiming their guns and ready to fire at anything that stepped through.
But what they didn't know was what they were about to face.
"Woooo~!"
With a howl, a horde of wolves with dark red fur stormed through the breach in the first wall.
Reacting quickly, the platoon all moved in formation, shouting orders and trying to shoot the creatures down. Armed with firearms and protective gear, they began firing at the wolf pack in an attempt to halt its advance.
"Argh!"
"Ugh!"
However, none of the demonic wolves were even bothered by the bullets. Soon, they overwhelmed the soldiers quickly, slaughtering them with brutal ferocity. Even with support from the five tanks, they struggled to hold back their rampage and save many of their comrades in the field.
"Die, you sons of bitches!" one of the remaining soldiers roared as he emptied all of the rounds from his rifle into one of the wolves, but it seemed unaffected.
With a bloodthirsty look, the demonic wolf rushed toward the soldier, intent on tearing him apart. Just as the wolf was about to reach him, a golden fireball suddenly appeared out of nowhere and slammed into the wolf, exploding on impact and killing it instantly.
Before any of them could understand what just happened, Melian had appeared as she dashed forward and sliced the second demonic wolf that she came across. She uttered a few spells towards herself and made her movements even more quick and decisive. With these buffs and decisiveness, she moved with a lethal grace, swiftly destroying every demon that came her way.
The rest of the surviving platoon members were stunned to see a silhouette pass by, and the next thing they saw was a woman in strange clothing standing against the monstrous wolves alone.
"Oi oi... does anyone go after her?!" shouted one of the soldiers, intending to rescue her from the beast, only for his expression to shift to one of astonishment after he witnessed how she was fighting.
Melian moved with incredible speed as her enchanted blade cut through the demonic wolves with ease. Her movements were a dance of death, each strike precise and deadly. The soldiers could only watch in awe as she single-handedly held the line, buying them precious time to regroup and mount a counterattack.
Melian faced a pack of over thirty dark red wolves known as Bloodhounds. Each of these Level 6 monsters, with their steel-like fur, could take out a small squad of soldiers. As a pack of over thirty, they posed a threat capable of taking down an armored vehicle, or possibly even a tank.
However, Melian had no trouble dealing with them as she blocked the claw of one of the Bloodhounds and used the recoil to escape their encirclement, she didn't land on the ground but on top of another Bloodhound on the back. An almost invisible golden drill appeared on the sole of her foot that pierced the monster's spine and crushed it.
As she landed, she spun, her blade moving in storm-like arcs. It was cool yet deadly as limps flew and blood splattered, dyeing the ground red.
She moved unfettered, dispatching Bloodhounds here and there as if they were mere small animals.
To the human soldiers, she looked like someone dancing under the moonlight night sky and her movements were both deadly and, most of all, graceful. Her elegance and beauty, combined with her lethal efficiency, made her appear almost otherworldly. If Westerners were here, they would have thought that she was the reincarnation of Joan Of Arc.
In less than a minute, Melian had eliminated all the Bloodhounds.
Glancing at the commanding officer on the wall on top, she gave out a nod which he returned. Channeling mana into her legs once again, she sprinted across the field at astonishing speed. The soldiers on the walls watched in awe and felt unable to believe their eyes.
"Who the hell is she?" This thought echoed in the minds of the commanding officer and all the soldiers on the northern wall as they watched her extraordinary display of power.