While waiting for instructions under the wall, the sound of a clicking switch came from above. Carl raised his head and looked in the direction of the sound, where he saw countless huge incandescent lights shining on the world beyond the wall.
Noticing their confused expressions, Iger explained, "We have no choice. Since the bug tide chose to come at night, we'll have to turn on the lights to be able to fight."
"But under such circumstances, wouldn't the lights become the focus of the bugs' fire instead?" Rio asked, immediately grasping the point.
Iger pointed to the dozens of tarpaulin-covered junks under the wall and calmly said, "It's troublesome but if the scenario that you're suggesting happens, someone will immediately change the lighting equipment."
"Of course, if our reserves really dry up, we'll have to resort to short-lived solutions like flares. But that's the worst-case scenario. Flares go out faster than incandescent l
"Bugs detected!" The soldier on watch duty triggered the siren, signaling the bugs' arrival.Carl and John stood up on pure instinct, causing Iger to scold them. "Sit back down! This battle is not yours to fight!"The two shivered and sat back down helplessly.While the soldiers gathered in front of the wall crenels at top speed, the four of them did not move an inch from where they were. It was as if what was happening had nothing to do with them.No matter how much they wanted to join the battle, they could not do anything without Iger's explicit permission, especially when Trevor was being so unwelcoming."Relax. The first few rounds are going to be the bugs' favorite bug naval battle techniques. They're going to try to consume all the firepower and energy of the soldiers on the wall. Bill and Trevor will be able to handle such attacks with ease!""Good weapons should be used at the right place. Kids, I
"Raise your shields!" First Lieutenant Trevor shouted, and a large number of soldiers lifted their shields in the direction of the exploding moths at once."Aren't those shields used for stopping venomous barbed serpents? Are they useful against exploding moths?" Carl asked uneasily, frowning.He turned to look at Rio, hoping to get a certain answer out of him. Unfortunately, Rio was frowning with a worried expression as well."Is… there a problem?" Carl thought. A chill ran down his spine as he looked at the nearby wall worriedly.The exploding moths continued to dive down and crash into the shields without caring about their thickness!"Boom!" The first exploding moth that hit the shield immediately blew up, producing a strong force as well as splashing copious amounts of red liquid everywhere."What a strong force... I can't believe they're causing such terrible explosions with their little bodies!" Joh
With his eyes fixed on the sky, Carl began describing the appearance of the strange objects."They're a bunch of red, oval, fleshy creatures with many thin tentacles underneath. They're very slow. I can't tell their attacking method!""I knew it! They're king worms! But why would they appear in the sky near the Fortress? And during the bug tide, too…" Rio muttered to himself in contemplation."Hey! What are king worms? How do they attack? Should we inform Bill and the others? They look like they haven't discovered those bugs!" John shouted worriedly."There's no point. King worms fly at such a high altitude that anti-aircraft weapons on the ground typically can't reach them.""What? Doesn't that mean they're undefeatable?"Rio shook his head, smiling. "You're overthinking it. If the Empire sends its airmen or other aerial troops, those bugs will become living targets.""What do you mean by liv
"Look! What's Instructor Iger doing?" John shouted in amazement.Meanwhile, Rio was opening his book to record Iger's War Spirit power and skills.He stared at Iger, who was curling his hands into his palms. There was a strange white light shining in his hands. His eyes were focused on the exploding cockroaches falling from the sky.When one of them was about to land on the top of the wall, Iger smiled and raised his palms to the same height. A white light immediately appeared underneath the exploding cockroach.The next thing everyone knew, the cockroach that should have exploded on the wall appeared above the bug swarm outside the wall!Boom! There was a burst of dazzling green light, indicating that the cockroach had exploded on top of its comrades and caused major casualties.The explosion even left a wide hole in the dense swarm of bugs."What an amazing War Spirit power! I can't believe
"You're kidding me…" Carl found it hard to accept this outcome. Even though he had only known Bill's team for two days, friendships established on the battlefield were always strong and deep.Even though Bill would show them a stinky face every time, they knew he treated them well.Unlike Trevor's intense resistance toward War Spirit warriors, Bill's strictness was laced with protectiveness. This much was apparent to Carl."Oh, all right. Some things are not up to us to decide. Do you want to rest somewhere? The battle nearly knocked me out just now." Iger moved his muscles weakly, looking exhausted."Instructor Iger, when will we be joining the defensive mission again?" Rio asked, staring at Iger."We can sit out two rounds. It's our turn to participate after two more rotation teams but since Bill's team has been disbanded, I'll have to check which team we're joining."Thud. Thud.The four of
"That's some incredible marksmanship! Are you Drizzt from Trevor's team? Wait a minute. I could feel the fluctuation of War Spirit power earlier. When did we get a War Spirit warrior that specializes in shooting in the Fortress?" the leader of the War Spirit warriors asked, looking at Carl and the others in amazement."Yo! Is that you, Wade? Weren't you guys supposed to be at the west defense zone? Why are you fighting bugs in this place?" Iger walked up to them with a grin.The War Spirit warrior named Wade snorted and said disdainfully, "Here comes the drunkard Iger. I can't believe Faye called you too…""As you can see, a large number of bugs poured into the Fortress as soon as the west defense zone was breached. Even though the War Spirit warriors nearby have stopped them as quickly as possible, there are still a lot of bugs that got in.""So you're doing an internal suppression mission now…" Iger nodded. He immediately underst
The Zerg attack was still ongoing as countless bugs poured into the Fortress via the gap in the defense. The bugs that were scattered around the periphery of the Fortress were also subconsciously gathering at the rift."Hey, this isn't working! There are only so many of us but the bugs are endless!" Iger shouted worriedly, all while splicing two bugs with his Spatial Shift.Clark snorted and his hard-as-steel tail whipped a bug that was attacking him from behind. He waited until he was done with the enemy before responding."Relax! Someone has already reported the situation here to the commander! Since the pressure on other zones has relaxed, the freed-up troops will definitely be transferred here!""Really? I thought they're going to leave this whole zone to us! I nearly peed my pants!" Iger's worried expression finally disappeared, leaving only a smug face behind. It was such an eyesore that Clark wished he could smack his head w
"It's not just Bill! Look at the people around him! Aren't those his subordinates? "Carl pointed to the people behind Bill. Having fought beside them in the last two days, he could recognize their faces well."Is the old man digging his own grave?" Iger had abandoned his usual composure. He was about to run up to Bill and his subordinates and pull them back. Carl and his friends wanted to go with him too."Stop!" Clark let out a tiger's roar, stopping the four of them in their tracks."This isn't the time for you to move freely! All War Spirit warriors must retreat and gather at the second line! Leave this place to the ordinary troops!"Suddenly, a breeze swept their faces as Faye appeared once again.Clark immediately turned around and asked, "Faye, are there new orders?"Faye nodded and swiftly said, "Shadow Blade has given his orders: all War Spirit warriors are to gather at the command center. There ar