Ascension Of The Sylvan Cosmos (2)

Chapter 240. Indiscriminate Slaughter.

The sky felt as if it was falling with countless explosive seeds constantly falling down. When they walked around, they had to be careful not to trip over the corpses of their comrades. Inside them, adrenaline was pumping crazily while blood flowed around them and pushed them more and more out of their rational mind, leaving behind a shell of a rational being that was moving just to survive.

The sensations that every single soldier was feeling when the bombardment started were not far from there, and when they were already feeling like trapped beasts, the voice of their commander reached them.

"WE ARE BEING AMBUSHED, SPREAD AROUND AND DEFEND! AETHER USERS CONTINUE THE DEFENSIVE SPELLS AND TRY TO BOMBARD BACK!"

The soldiers scrambled around as they could, some falling while tripping on limbs strewn across the battlefield, while others felt their limbs numb and moved by pure instinct as their minds had shut down due to the shock of seeing their close people basically explode in front of them.

When the soldiers moved outward, they finally saw their enemies, and their hearts almost stopped right then and there. The ridiculous view of thousands of giant ants approaching in menacing silence was far more fear-inducing than seeing another army charging toward them while hollering their battle cries.

The army of ants that approached was one of the worst things that soldiers could encounter in the wild. Reports had described the encounters, and reading them was always bone-chilling. Now, it seemed that their army was about to be added to the countless tales of armies being swallowed by the wave of creatures that felt endless.

Their commander shouted, moving toward one of the fronts as they were being attacked from all directions. "HOLD THE LINE! ONCE WE DEAL WITH THESE BUGS, WE'LL GO AND AVENGE OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS!"

Some soldiers roared in response, creating a reverberating loud cry that could be taken as both the battle cry of the valiant and the defiant cry of the cowardly.

The mass of red ants opened their mandibles at once, revealing the horrifying mouths hidden behind them, and then, the sight of the soldiers became red.

WHOOOSH!

A terrifying wave of flames burst forward from all the ants, coordinating with such perfection that not one ant was injured by allies in the crossfire.

"AHHHH!!"

The shrill screams of the soldiers who were ignited mixed with the previous defiant cries in a morbid wail. Pushing the flames aside, the soldiers finally saw the ants in front of them and stepped forward to fight.

BANG!

CLANG!

BOOM!

Countless echoes of war filled the now-burning area of the forest as both armies fought with everything they had. Elowen was a Level 29, so these ants weren't much of a threat individually. However, when the numbers were as high as these, the constant instances of damage were depleting her Phoer Cores at a rapid pace.

Still, the woman was like a grim reaper as she cleaved through the sea of ants. 'This is dangerous, but at least the World Tree won't attack us now.' Thinking so, she ordered. "Those defending the sky, join the rest in battle!"

The sky defense weakened, naturally not leaving themselves wide open, but nothing in comparison with the defensive dome they had created before.

However, as Elowen saw the sky defense disappear, she couldn't help but gaze skyward. A clean sky greeted her gaze, but somehow, there was a strange distortion in the air that Elowen didn't like at all.