Two days later, capital's outer city, 500 meters from the inner city wall.
Groups of soldiers were retreating. Although they still managed to maintain basic combat phalanxes, facing the undiminished number of insects, most warriors' will to fight had vanished.
The only thing keeping them going was the desire to survive.
Warriors on the city walls continuously fired arrows downward.
Locusts!
Everywhere were locusts, dense and countless.
Over the past two days, the legion commanders no longer knew how many locusts their soldiers had killed.
The cumulative corpses likely exceeded 300,000.
The number of other insects was also vast. Large groups of zerglings mixed with the locusts, and creatures like hydralisks that had climbed the outer walls launched long-range sneak attacks—fighting dirty without any sense of honor.
Most absurd was a type of insect with lava pits on its back. They hid in deep craters—blind spots for the warriors' attacks—and launched parabolic fireball shells into the sky.
“Careful! The enemy might destroy our magical defense devices here, just like they did to the outer walls. We must not let them break in!”
The 1st Legion commander, who had already retreated to this position, shouted to his adjutant.
Compared to the outer city, the inner city's magical devices were actually much weaker.
However, in actual combat, the Zerg found the inner city harder to breach.
This was due to two reasons. First was the terrain. The outer city was designed as a flat platform; standing on the walls, one could see everything below clearly, making the Zerg inside like targets.
For instance, the first batch of 30 ultralisks. Although they were all Tier 8 behemoths, they couldn't withstand the concentrated fire from all directions.
They were like moving targets. After a grueling half-day of battle, they were eventually picked off one by one by the Kingdom.
As for the nydus worms, after transporting the first wave of troops and coordinating with the main force to capture parts of the outer city, they were either destroyed by concentrated fire or took the opportunity to slip away.
This was also a consequence of the terrain.
The second reason was the most lethal.
The inner city area was small, but the surviving officers and soldiers, along with the court mages and the Imperial Guard within, were the Kingdom's top-tier military units.
Especially half a day ago, when they entered the fray, the Swarm's losses directly increased several times over.
Forced by circumstances, the primal brain bug sent even more locusts to the front to soak up the fire.
This offensive wasn't just targeting the northern wall. On the southern side, near the massive river, the Zerg were also attempting to attack. However, the terrain there had a greater drop and the number of insects was smaller, so their role was mainly to pin down a portion of the human warriors.
Just as the 1st Legion commander watched the scene below with a grim expression, pondering how to kill more of these suicidal insects, a man wearing a magic robe ran over in a panic.
“Where is the commander of the 3rd Legion?”
“What?” The 1st Legion commander froze for a moment, then frowned. “Gagner is missing?”
“Yes. Nearly half the soldiers have retreated up here, but the 3rd Legion commander hasn't come up.”
The mage looked down from the wall with concern.
Among the people crowded densely in front of the wall below, there was clearly no one at Tier 9.
There were a few Tier 8 experts. Facing the Zerg swarms that surged up continuously from all directions, these soldiers took turns forming phalanxes to move forward, withstanding wave after wave of impact, only to see their comrades fall one after another.
At that moment, the mage suddenly spotted something in the distance.
On a street controlled by the Zerg several kilometers away, a petite and cute girl was slowly walking, dragging the corpse of a warrior.
He cast Eagle Eye and looked intently, seeing the warrior's face.
“It's Gagner!”
“What?” The 1st Legion commander realized the problem and quickly followed his gaze.
“The 7th District.”
Hearing this, the legion commander picked up his monocular and took a look. Then, he was stunned.
“How... is that possible?”
A Tier 9 powerhouse was being dragged along like that by a girl who looked to be in her teens.
Clearly, the 3rd Legion commander had been completely slaughtered there.
Next, as the two watched with expressions of disbelief, the girl's hands transformed into eerie flesh, slowly devouring and absorbing him.
Well, she left behind the intestines and other unclean parts.
“Give those to the drones,” Xia Jin muttered.
Originally, everything would be converted directly into energy, and whatever couldn't be absorbed would be excreted by the Zerg, but she found it quite disgusting.
How could the dignified Queen absorb just anything? Even if this energy would eventually be transmitted to the Hive through the Swarm network.
After the girl finished all this, she turned around and began walking slowly toward the city wall.
“Damn it.”
The 1st Legion commander seemed to understand something.
Over the past two days, Tier 8 experts would occasionally go missing during the battles. It turned out they were being killed by that girl.
“That girl can actually kill a Tier 9 legion commander? What kind of monsters are the Zerg?” The mage clenched his fists.
As the girl gradually approached the front line of the battle, some officers on the wall sensed the problem.
After all, such a sight was far too oppressive.
Anyone who saw it would not think that girl was weak.
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