Second World-Novel

Chapter 1636 1636. Ass-whooping

While the Themisphere players and their guild armies engaged the Liguritudum army and the zombie army, the mobile fortress followed from behind. As it approached, explosions after explosions happened within the enemy ranks.

These explosions were caused by the mana cannons installed around the mobile fortress' battlements. These mana cannons were not the ones Themisphere produced. Themisphere had only finished the research and only started the production when Jack departed.

These mana cannons were from Palgrost. After the country leader meeting, John asked Thelgrun to lend Themisphere their mana cannons. After returning to Palgrost, Thelgrun instructed his people to transport their remaining mana cannons, ten of them, to Themisphere. When Jack completed the mobile fortress using his ruling powers, these mana cannons already arrived. John installed them into the mobile fortress then.

The mana cannons had an exceptionally long range. These allowed them to hit the crowd of zombies far away and provided a wide range area support for their allies.

For mid-range, the mobile fortress had trebuchets and catapults placed in the courtyard between the keep and the fortress' walls. For short-range, ballistae were placed next to the mana cannons on the battlements. Ranged players also filled up the battlements, shooting at enemies who dared to come near the fortress.

The towers around the walls were not just for show. They occasionally shot energy attacks that dealt AOE magical damage at nearby enemies. These attacks took a long time to recharge, though. They were the natural artilleries that came with the mobile fortress.

Its four mechanical arms were also not for show. With one swipe, it could send the enemy's army around it flying away. If there were allies in the crowd, it could perform precise maneuvers using its pincers to strike at a single target. Each arm was controlled by a player, while the fortress' movement was controlled by another player. A total of five players were needed to fully operate this mobile fortress.

The mobile fortress bravely charged into the enemy's midst. With its elevated height, the melee players had trouble hitting the fortress. They could only strike the legs, but these legs had high defense. They also had their own HP. If this HP was depleted, the legs were destroyed.

The legs didn't just stay still and let the enemies hack at them. Every time the leg stepped onto the ground, it created a small shockwave that dealt AOE damage. Hence, the attackers had to be prepared to suffer if they wanted to hit those legs.

It was also not easy to approach those legs with all the ranged players shooting from above. These players had high-ground advantages over the enemies trying to hit the fortress' legs.

Those with the ability to fly tried attacking the fortress from the air. When they saw John and the others on the keep's roof, they headed over. If they could destroy the war table and the guild army control platforms, it would give their side a huge advantage. Their advance was, however, stopped by an invisible forcefield.

"Hahaha, fools! Do you think I will stay out here in the open if it is so easy to approach?" John laughed at the enemy's attempt.

This forcefield not only stopped the enemies from physically approaching the mobile fortress from the air, but it also blocked all attacks. The forcefield had the same HP as the fortress' walls. As long as the walls still stand, so too was the forcefield.

The wall itself was covered by a rune diagram that enhanced its defense and provided it with recovery ability. It was not as powerful as the ones protecting a settlement, but it was enough since the mobile fortress was not like a normal wall that stayed still. It was more difficult hitting a moving target.

The mobile fortress and the Themisphere players gave the zombie army a proper ass-whooping despite their overwhelming number. This in turn gave the Sangrod army the ability to go toe-to-toe with the Liguritudum army.

Linda watched the projection with a creased brow.

How the heck did the Themisphere get that mobile fortress? That thing rendered their massive zombie army completely useless. None of the zombies could pierce through the defense while they kept getting bombarded with AOE attacks. The siege ladders were also not usable since the bloody thing kept moving around. The ladders won't latch onto it.

If they had siege weapons with them, Linda might still have been able to do something about that mobile fortress, but they didn't.

She looked into the distance. The only one who could make a difference was their country guardian, Suzaki. Currently, she was still battling Broidrireg together with Uddroth. Despite the two working together, there was no clear winner. Uddroth's HP was getting reduced bits by bits. Since it was a zombie from the Necronomicon, it couldn't be healed.

When Uddroth fell, their situation would turn from bad to worse. Considering the urgency, she sent a message to Master.

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Broidrireg's spells covered the sky with wind and water, but Suzaki kept on evading. Uddroth came charging at him again. He preferred to focus on Suzaki and not harm Uddroth any more than he needed to but the dead dragon didn't give him the luxury for that.

Broidrireg dodged Uddroth's flaming claws and used his long body to coil around Uddroth, incapacitating him the same way he incapacitated the divine earth titan in the earlier battle. Uddroth was strong but he was not in his demon form. He was only slightly stronger than the divine earth titan, so he was unable to overpower Broidrireg's hold.

Uddroth's body suddenly burst into flame. His flame suit ability was off cooldown.

Broidrireg's water curtain spell was also off cooldown and he had already cast it earlier to protect himself. But even with this water curtain protecting his body, he still felt the heat from Uddroth's flame suit. He received fire damage for as long as he was touching Uddroth's body.

Broidrireg had no choice but to let go. He whirled around while Uddroth tried to catch him after being free. Suzaki sent her flaming dart attacks to harass Broidrireg.

Suzaki received a message from Master then.

"Are you sure?" She asked via her mind link with Master. She looked at the armies that were fighting. The situation was indeed not looking good.

After a brief conversation, she said, "Okay then. He is yours, anyway."

She turned to Uddroth whose HP was less than one-third left. She muttered in a low voice, "Sorry, kid. It seems like I have to kill you for the second time."