The aide looked utterly baffled.
Tang Yu stepped forward to the edge of the hill, "I'm not joking, what tactics could there be against the Demon Tide? If we rely on fortifications, attract some of the Demonized Beasts, and gradually whittle them down, the Sanctuary at Lingshan won't last that long."
"So the best tactic... is to clear out the Demonized Beasts completely."
"But," the aide opened his mouth to protest.
Tang Yu knew what the other was thinking and waved his hand, "Do I look like someone who acts on impulse? The main force against the Demonized Beasts is us; I certainly won't be joking with my own life."
"Lorraine, you stay on top of the hill and are responsible for sniping the troublesome Demonized Beasts in the surge, um... prioritize those with stealth abilities or long-range attack capabilities."
Lorraine replied, dragging out her words, sounding listless.
Tang Yu raised an eyebrow, "Louder, and don't forget you still owe me a hefty loan."
Lorraine, carrying a large case on her back and standing at attention, saluted in a proper manner.
However, within a second, her facial expression collapsed, and she snuck a glance at Tang Yu. Seeing no particular expression on his face, she quickly ran to the edge of their position and found a suitable spot.
She crouched down and took out the portable automatic assembly sniper rifle from the case, a cylindrical piece transformed several times, turning into a sniper rifle over 1.5 meters long.
The cold barrel of the gun aimed at the Demon Tide below.
The aide took a good while to identify the model of the sniper rifle... No, that wasn't right, he had never seen a sniper rifle that could transform automatically; there was no way to determine the model.
It must be a new model of rune weapon from Green Shadow, a firearms weapon.
The firearm rune weapons sold by Green Shadow were extremely rare; even in the adventurer guild's exchange list, there was no sniper rifle.
As the aide to Lu Jianjun, and recently dispatched to Green Shadow, he had a lot of information on this Sanctuary.
The aide had originally thought the production of firearms rune weapons was difficult; now it seemed, Green Shadow Sanctuary simply limited the outflow of these weapons.
He glanced at Tang Yu a couple more times.
Over here, Lorraine settled into her sniping position, and with her range, she could cover the entire Sanctuary of Lingshan. Tang Yu walked over, took out two spheres, and placed them next to her, "These are two high-end Fighter Puppets, Shield Fighter model, already set for automatic activation."
"For me?" Lorraine's voice grew noticeably brighter.
"No, they're on loan to you."
Her head drooped down again.
Tang Yu, Eileen, and Kong descended the hill.
A wind carrying a stench blew against their faces.
Free from the range of the Devil Vine's sap scent, and closer, they quickly attracted the attention of the Demonized Beasts.
The Demonized Beasts in the rear of the Demon Tide, unable to push forward, slowly turned and stared at Tang Yu and his companions, scraping the ground with their claws, howling, their teeth and nails chillingly sharp.
At the same time, at least dozens of Demonized Beasts lunged towards the trio.
On top of the hill, the aide watched as the small figures prepared to meet the black surge with a serious expression, "Fire, support Director Tang and the others!"
Accompanied by dull thuds, two Demonized Beasts, mid-pounce with their bodies, had half of their heads blown apart including the skulls. The remaining halves rolled away with momentum, colorful blood mixed with unrecognizable pieces of organs splattered everywhere.
The heavy machine guns on the position also opened fire.
Equipped with armor-piercing bullets specially made by the science academy, the thermal weapons could cause major damage to the Demonized Beasts, far superior to the rag-tag forces at the Lingshan Defense Line, which couldn't even have uniform models of firearms.
The heavy machine guns mowed them down, and snipers paid special attention to targets with thicker fur and skin.
Soon, the majority of the first wave of Demonized Beasts, numbering in the dozens, were eliminated. The few still alive were left with maimed limbs, yet the formidable vitality of the Demonized Beasts still had them struggling forward, dragging and growling towards Tang Yu and his two companions. Then, they were dispatched by several Ice Crystals from Eileen.
The aide-de-camp remained serious, showing no signs of joy. He calmly issued an order, "Change the ammunition belts, and prepare to engage the next wave of Demonized Beasts."
A sharp cry tore through the air.
The wind swept across the field, the green grass clippings fluttered about, and leaves rustled. Branches bent under the force.
The aide-de-camp suddenly looked up, his gaze fixed on the dark figure that obscured the sun, "People-faced bird monster! Be careful!"
The bird monster swooped down, the wind it churned up sharp as knives. The battle-hardened Ancestor Dragon warriors quickly dodged, the ground scarred with uneven cuts.
Some warriors had torn clothes, stained red with blood; some machine guns were cut apart, reduced to pieces on the ground.
An Ancestor Dragon warrior roared, his arm muscles bulging as he cradled a functional heavy machine gun to his chest, aiming at the bird monster in midair and pressing down on the trigger, bullets pouring out like rain.
The machine gun thundered, its fierce recoil firmly suppressed by the curled arms of the Ancestor Dragon warrior. Deep footprints were left on the ground as he manipulated the gun, the muzzle tracking the bird monster's movements.
The aide-de-camp's eyes widened.
Sparks danced on the wings of the people-faced bird monster, and some severed feathers fell from the sky, embedding into the ground like solid objects, but the heavy machine gun, loaded with Armor-Piercing Bullets, could not truly injure the people-faced bird monster.
"Use anti-air missiles!"
Two Ancestor Dragon warriors each shouldered a portable anti-air missile launcher, aiming at the bird monster in the sky and pulling the trigger. Missiles trailed flames as they flew out.
The bird monster cried out, sensing danger. It flapped its wings, easily avoiding one of the missiles, and then with another flap, it swung an arc-shaped Wind Blade, cutting another approaching missile clean in half.
Fireworks exploded midair.
"It's no good; anti-air missiles without precise guidance systems are too difficult to hit flying class Demonized Beasts!"
He could only pin his hopes on the snipers.
However, the people-faced bird monster, instinctively sensing danger, climbed higher, moving swiftly in the air. From time to time, it would fan its wings, stirring up slicing winds. The snipers on the ground had fired several shots, none hitting their target.
Whether sniper bullets could inflict fatal damage on the people-faced bird monster was also an unknown!
The aide-de-camp was anxious, his mind spinning rapidly as he searched for a solution.
The aide-de-camp's keen ears picked up the difference.
This gunshot, compared to the previous sniper shots, was more subtle, easily overlooked amid the surrounding chaos.
He turned his head to look towards one side of the position, where a girl with tea-colored hair was lowering her raised sniper rifle.
The aide-de-camp looked up sharply.
His pupils abruptly narrowed. Near the neck on the chest of the people-faced bird monster, there was a hole the size of a bowl, clearly visible.
The black bird monster could not even struggle; it plummeted askew and crashed into the wasteland not far from the hill.
The roar of guns, the explosions, the commotion from the combat attracted countless Demonized Beasts, their bodies turning to fixate on the humans behind them.
From the hill, looking down, a small part of the black tide separated, some heading towards Tang Yu and his two friends, others attacking the position on the hill.
A swarming, dense mass, the estimated number was over a thousand.
The aide-de-camp's look of solemnity deepened; without a word, he picked up a sniper rifle, walked to the edge of the position, and aimed steadily at the Demonized Beasts below.