Chapter 227 Sunshine brings life
Arrows fell among those "monsters" one after another.

Some monsters raised their abnormally swollen, huge arms. Under the sunlight, these arms, which had already been twisted and deformed to the extreme, continued to stretch, forming large umbrellas made of flesh and blood, covering the sky above the "monsters".

The arrows pierced into these large umbrellas, but it didn't seem to cause any harm to the "monsters". They didn't even utter a groan of pain.

"Switch to explosive arrows!"

The commander issued new orders. It was obvious that ordinary arrows had no effect on these "monsters".

Although the explosive arrows were not cheap and their number was only enough to support two volleys, the commander originally wanted to save them for use when the heretics' clergy appeared later. But now, it seemed that these prepared resources had to be used early.

"How is the preparation of the trebuchet?"

The catapult's firing frequency was not high, and those "monsters" seized the opportunity when the catapult was loading and launched the attack.

Clearly, this was a planned counterattack, not a rampage by a bunch of reckless monsters.

"We still have half a minute to be ready for launch."

The trebuchet needs to be reloaded with iron balls, and the runes on the iron balls must be confirmed by the mage to be correct. Only then can the trebuchet counterweight be reset and the aiming be adjusted. Finally, a volley can be fired under command.

"Let them fire directly after reloading without waiting for the order to fire a salvo."

The adjutant hesitated.

"However, the distance between the two sides now... there will be a lot of accidental injuries."

"Only in this way can we reduce the overall number of casualties."

The adjutant didn't say anything else. He had already fulfilled his duty to remind the commander. Since the commander insisted on his decision, he could only follow his orders.

"put."

The commanders of the front-line troops gave the order to fire in unison, and arrows once again flew towards the "monsters" not far away.

This time, the "explosion" spell rune attached to the arrow was triggered when the arrow pierced the giant umbrellas of flesh and blood. Small explosions sounded on those giant umbrellas, and flesh and blood fell like rain. The "monsters" that held up the giant umbrellas finally let out painful howls, but the scorching sun quickly healed the wounds of those "monsters". Soon, bunches of granulation tissue sprang out from the wounds, quickly weaving into tumors, blocking the gaps on the giant umbrellas.

There was some minor unrest among the soldiers, but under the scolding of the officers at the front, the soldiers' defense line quickly stabilized again.

The most important thing for humans to survive on this continent is discipline. A human army without discipline will be no more difficult to deal with than ordinary prey in the eyes of the alien monsters surrounding them.

"Hold your position and prepare for impact."

Archers and crossbowmen had retreated from the first two rows, and soldiers holding shields and halberds took their places. They squatted down, fixed their shields and halberds on the ground, pointing at the "monsters" rushing forward. Rows of super-long spears stretched out from behind them and were placed on their shoulders.

"boom!"

The torrent of flesh and blood from the "monsters" crashed into the soldiers' tough defense line.

The super-long spears first pierced the bodies of those "monsters", but they did not slow down and continued to charge forward, not caring about the wounds on their bodies at all.

Anyway, the scorching sun would always heal these wounds, and new flesh and blood would grow in the sun to fill all the holes in the flesh. The nerves had long been squeezed and assimilated by the wanton growth of flesh and blood, and these "monsters" could no longer feel the pain. They continued to move forward and then collided with the halberd.

The tip of the halberd is much more complex than that of the super spear, and will cause more open wounds. Even giant monsters, such as giants, dare not rush into the halberd array like this.

But these monsters had no concerns at all. They allowed the blades to cut their flesh, pierce their internal organs, and penetrate their heads.

Anyway, under the caress of the sun, new flesh and blood will heal these wounds.

"Just like sunlight will eventually seep into every dark corner."

In the distance, the heretic high priest was watching the battle in the distance.

“Sunlight is His gift. Sunlight brings life.”

There were also many believers gathered around the chief priest, and as the chief priest prayed, the scorching sun fell on them.

"Really, it doesn't hurt anymore."

The wound of a believer caused by the explosion of the iron ball was filled with messy flesh and blood, but he was not frightened by the changes in himself.

The pain from the wound was disappearing, and he now felt full of strength and vitality. He felt that he had never felt so good. However, to outsiders, the flesh and blood in his abdomen continued to grow after filling the wound, and the twisted flesh and blood soon covered his entire body. In the end, only the head of this believer was left outside.

“The light will shine on everything, and He has given us the mission to spread it.”

The believers followed the high priest in prayer. Those believers who had turned into twisted "monsters" also stood up while praying, and together with other "monsters", rushed towards the defense line formed by the Principality's troops.

Those "monsters" tore through the Principality Army's defense line almost in an instant.

Steel could not stop these "monsters" from advancing. Even though they were simply advancing without taking out any so-called weapons to attack, they had already caused considerable casualties to the Principality's troops just by relying on mass collision and trampling.

But just as they were about to tear open the Principality's defense line, a series of explosions sounded. The catapults had finally completed all their preparations. The iron balls finally landed on the "monsters", and the violent explosions and flying metal fragments completely turned the "monsters" into piles of minced meat, and then the flames from the explosions burned the minced meat.

Finally, after a series of explosions, those "monsters" finally stopped.

However, the explosion did not spare the Duchy’s troops. A large number of Duchy’s soldiers were also knocked to the ground by the fragments produced by the explosion.

"Retreat with the wounded to the next line of defense, let the catapults continue bombarding, and block those 'monsters' as much as possible."

The Principality's troops took advantage of the time when the "monster" temporarily stopped and began to evacuate.

The catapults' firepower would soon stop, and they would need to reload again. If those "monsters" attacked immediately during the interval between firepower, Gonggu Gong's troops would not be able to maintain the current defense line.

They need to know what these "monsters" on the opposite side are.

"Please call the deacon over here, we need some help."

(End of this chapter)