Chapter 232 The Fall of Brenda
Chapter 232 The Fall of Brenda
After wiping out the benthic daemon race, Agred's monster army crossed the underground river to the other side of the Underdark. After crossing the river, the army marched straight in and occupied most of the drow's territory. However, everything went so smoothly because the drow had basically abandoned their territories outside of Brenda and withdrew almost all of their troops and supplies back to the capital.
It was obvious that these drow elves knew they would be defeated on the front lines, so they simply adopted a scorched-earth policy, preparing to use their invincible cities to wage a war of attrition against Agred.
To be honest, this decision wasn't wrong. With their current supplies and arrangements, they could easily stay in Brenda and Agreed for a few years. But unfortunately, all of this depended on the 'absolute defense' magic circle being able to stop Agreed's advance.
Two days later, on the outskirts of Brenda, the capital of the Drow elves.
At this moment, Agred's army finally arrived two kilometers away from Brenda. Out of respect, Agred took the lead and became the vanguard. The drow priestesses on the city wall unleashed all their skills, firing various spells and light projectiles at Agred as if their lives depended on it.
But Agreed simply released a magical shield that blocked all the attacks. Under Agreed's protection, the monster army followed her safely to the foot of Brenda's city walls. The drow priestesses were both angry and annoyed at the sight, because without Agreed's protection, the monster army would have had to pay the price of at least one-fifth of their warriors to reach the city walls. But now, the enemy had not only not suffered any casualties, but had also exhausted them, depleting their magic power.
Then, Agreed's act of placing his hand on the city wall instantly triggered Brenda's Absolute Defense Array. With a thought, the Absolute Defense Array collapsed like a dilapidated building with its main beam removed. In an instant, the strongest defensive array that had protected Brenda for thousands of years disappeared before the eyes of the drow elves.
The priestesses watched in disbelief, their faith and hope crumbling. But before they could despair, the wyverns had already reached the city walls and tore the drow elves to shreds. The hydra charged forward and smashed through the city gates. Tauren and trolls followed in its footsteps and filed into Brenda, beginning their wanton slaughter.
Following them, the grey dwarves, male drow elves, and abyssal hydras entered the city and began their rampage.
In order to protect the city and conserve food, the ordinary people had long been abandoned by the high-ranking drow elves in the outer territories to die. However, it is worth mentioning that those people have now been incorporated into Agred's army, so all the drow elves in the city are strong warriors and nobles, and therefore there is nothing to worry about. Before the attack, Agred repeatedly issued his strategic instructions, which was to kill all the enemies in the city!
As the battle within the city intensified, Tarog, Roland, Warwick, Minotaur, Pugin, and Otto led their respective forces in a general assault on the Spider Queen Temple in the center. At the same time, drow elf dragon riders descended from the sky, their dragons spewing foul-smelling acidic breath that corroded the troops on the ground into piles of bones.
Seeing this, Otto immediately ordered all his air units to take to the skies, shouting to his teammates, "Leave these beasts to me, you guys go deal with the guys in the temple." With that, Otto flew toward a dragon knight and tore her and her dragon beast to shreds.
The monster leaders were not worried about Otto at all, after all, his strength was undeniable, and those drow elves, even riding dragons, had no ability to harm him. So Warwick Wolf let out a howl and led his troops to charge towards the temple in the central area.
But just then, Edith, the leader of the drow elves, finally emerged from the temple with her twelve matriarchs. The thirteen psionicists combined their power to send Warwick and the others flying. However, one person was unaffected by this psionic power: Tarog. As the strongest warlock of the lizardmen, even the thirteen drow elves showing off their psionic abilities in front of him was somewhat like showing off their skills before an expert.
Tarog scoffed disdainfully, and then the psionic energy of the thirteen matriarchs was directly shattered by him. Immediately afterwards, a blue psionic energy that completely overwhelmed them in terms of quality, and could even be seen, suddenly appeared behind Tarog and gathered into a large hand that slammed down on the thirteen matriarchs.
Seeing this, Edith flung her long whip in terror. Surprisingly, the whip didn't strike Tarog but instead pierced through the bodies of the other twelve matriarchs. The whip then instantly drained their flesh and merged their energy into Edith's body. In an instant, Edith's aura surged wildly, breaking through the legendary realm and reaching the level of a demigod. At the same time, Tarog's giant energy hand was also instantly shattered by the whip that Edith manifested with her spiritual energy.
Tarog frowned at Edith, then said disdainfully, "How much of the power you plunder from others can you actually digest? And how much of it can you truly utilize effectively? I've seen plenty of fools like you who want to take shortcuts. If you had any chemistry with those girls, I might have had to put in some effort, but now your power has gone from thirteen to more than one but less than thirteen. This is the first time I've ever seen someone courting death."
Having said that, Tarog unleashed his full psionic power. The terrifying psionic energy enveloped his body, transforming him into a massive blue energy body. Then, the energy body stretched out its hands, and a devastating beam of psionic energy appeared, hurtling towards Edith. Edith frantically used her whip to block it, and a giant spirit snake appeared and collided with Tarog's psionic beam. In an instant, the world lost its color. Then, Tarog floated in the sky like a god descending to earth, looking down upon all living beings, while Edith, holding her destroyed whip, knelt on the ground, unable to even stand up.
Just as Tarog was about to deliver the final blow to Edith, Edith shouted into the air, "Great Spider Queen, please save your followers once more! I am willing to sacrifice my people as your reward, just please save us once more!"
Edith, a fanatical believer, instantly received a response from the Spider Queen. Before Tarog's attack could even reach Edith, it was suddenly corrupted by an evil force. Tarog decisively severed his connection with the energy attack and withdrew all his psionic energy.
At this moment, a stunningly beautiful yet sinister dark elf suddenly appeared. The Spider Queen Rose had once again traveled billions of light-years to this place. As soon as she landed, she began to look the city up and down, then glanced at Edith with disgust and cursed, "Useless trash, defeated like a stray dog again? It seems you really have no value."
Upon hearing this, Edith immediately knelt down in fear and trembling, begging for forgiveness. But before she could even plead for mercy, Rose unleashed a dark divine power, and Edith began to scream in pain. Within minutes, she was transformed into a spider-like drow who only knew how to kill, and Rose even thoughtfully elevated her strength to the level of a divine abomination.
Rose then pointed at Tarog and said, "Go, use your remaining strength, kill all the enemies, and if you succeed, I will let you enter my divine kingdom to enjoy immortality."
Edith roared and charged toward Tarog, who was surprised to find that his psionic powers could not affect Edith, forcing him to frantically flee in his vehicle.
At this moment, Warwick, Minotaur, and Putin, who had been watching from the sidelines, rushed forward and attacked Edith. Roland, on the other hand, could only stand at a distance and watch, since he was not strong enough to participate in a battle of this level.
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