This Giant Dragon is So Powerful!

Chapter 197 - 31: Lucerne Campaign (Part 2)

"My power is rising."

"I smell a wonderful scent."

Amidst the eerie laughter of the Sha Hua fishman nobles, the water level on the plains rose higher and higher, from a few centimeters to tens of centimeters, and it continued to rise, soon turning the surrounding tens of miles into a flooded land.

"My people, my servants, charge forward and tear apart all the humans for me!"

Duke Babakar let out a terrifying, maniacal laugh.

In response to the Duke’s roaring laughter, nearly a hundred thousand Sha Hua fishmen swiftly advanced through the flooded lowlands, rapidly approaching within attack range of the Wall of Lucerne.

And facing these vicious and hideous Sha Hua fishmen, the Kingdom’s side showed no hesitation. Countless prepared giant bed crossbow arrows streaked across the sky, piercing the air, and slew the ugly green-skinned Sha Hua fishmen one by one.

Blood began to stain this waterlogged land.

And catching the scent of blood, the eyes of the green-skinned Sha Hua fishmen turned blood-red and their speed increased. — This is the racially inherent trait of the Sha Hua fishmen, entering a state of frenzied bloodlust upon smelling blood.

If it were the noble-blooded four-armed Sha Hua fishmen, they possessed even more terrifying abilities — high-level bloodlust rage, capable of actively entering a selfless rage, significantly boosting their combat power.

The first wave of Sha Hua fishman vanguard troops died by the thousands under various long-range weapons from the Kingdom, before the stronger Sha Hua fishmen started climbing the Wall of Lucerne.

"Activate the spell matrix!"

The human casters reacted promptly.

Amidst flickering magic power, the majestic Wall of Lucerne began to manifest layers of magic matrices. Paralysis Technique, Slippery Skill, Freezing Skill, at least twenty different types of offensive spells were activated, each covering a range of several tens to hundreds of meters.

Those Sha Hua fishmen climbing the Wall of Lucerne either slipped and fell from heights due to the Slippery Skill, got paralyzed and fell because of the Paralysis Technique, or had their hands and feet frozen by the Freezing Skill, only to be shot in the head by human warriors wielding bows and crossbows, their bodies falling heavily back down.

Sometimes they would even crush a few unlucky weak Sha Hua fishmen below.

The first wave of warfare fell into a stalemate.

Judging by the casualties, Sha Hua fishmen were constantly dying while not a single person on the Kingdom’s side was even injured.

It seemed the Kingdom held an absolute advantage, but the officers of Lucerne felt increasingly heavy-hearted.

There were just too many Sha Hua fishmen.

And the activation of the wall’s spell matrix required elemental crystals, spending money literally every second.

"Heh heh, I wonder how long you can last."

In the midst of the Sha Hua fishman army, Babakar grinned sinisterly.

The first wave of Sha Hua fishman vanguard troops retreated after an hour of attack, and before the humans could catch their breath, another wave of a hundred thousand troops pressed in.

Wave after wave.

A pure war of attrition, one of the most adept tactics of the Sha Hua fishmen. It only takes a year for a Sha Hua fishman to grow from fish egg to a combat-capable Sha Hua fishman, and six years to grow into a qualified Sha Hua fishman warrior.

And with the fishmen having vast seas and rivers for reproduction, it’s often not population they worry about, but food.

Food is one of the main reasons restricting their continued expansion.

The war persisted for a day and a night, the torrential rain and underground dark rivers gushed for a day and a night as well.

The plains in front of the Wall of Lucerne turned into a shallow lake.

"Summon the sea beast servants!" Fishman Duke Babakar ordered as he watched the frantically rising water levels.

The scrawny blue-skinned fishman Tide Mages received the Duke’s command and began the summoning with the wave of their Coral Magic Staffs.

Meter-long sea serpents, small-sized sharks, giant-clawed lobsters, and water arrow turtles — thousands of small sea beasts were summoned by the Tide Mages from distant seas and rivers.

The summoned small sea beasts were thrown into the frontline wall battles, wearing down and damaging the spell matrices.

Before the sea beasts were summoned, one half of the spell matrices engraved on the Wall of Lucerne had been destroyed by the ceaseless waves of the Sha Hua fishman army over a day and a night’s assault.

The joining small demon sea beasts further accelerated this process.

"Prepare to cast the large spell." The second chair of the Kingdom court, Duckman, witnessing this scene, knew it was time to show some trump cards and ordered in a deep voice.

Over a hundred human casters funneled magic power into a white bead the size of a head in front of Duckman, which began to shine with a blinding spiritual light.

Simultaneously, Duckman’s Sixth Ring·Returning to Truth Level·Thunderstorm Technique was also ready.

In the skies above the Sha Hua fishman vanguard army, already heavy with clouds, even more dark clouds gathered, crackling with countless electric sparks.

"Upgrade Ring!" Duckman’s eyes were bloodshot, heart roaring silently, as the white bead filled with the magic power of over a hundred casters shot a beam of magic light skyward into the thunderclouds, causing the originally range-restricted Thunderstorm Technique to quickly expand.

Seventh Ring!

Eighth Ring!

Super Large Thunderstorm Skill!!

Over the heads of a hundred thousand Sha Hua fishmen and thousands of small demon sea beasts, they were nearly all shrouded by countless lightning-dark clouds.

The next moment, the pitch-black night sky was turned into daylight by the lightning.

It was as if endless thunderstorms descended in front of the Wall of Lucerne.

Every moment, scores of Sha Hua fishmen and sea beasts were struck by lightning, turning into charred corpses, while those not hit directly were paralyzed by the current-carrying water, foaming at the mouth, or even passing out to await death.

In the rear of the Sha Hua fishman army, the remaining seventy thousand plus Sha Hua fishmen gazed in terror at the distant daytime world ahead.

In the center of the army, Fishman Duke Babakar couldn’t help but praise,

"Truly a beautiful spell."

Completely indifferent to the nearly hundred thousand Sha Hua fishmen and thousands of sea beasts lost.

After all, in Babakar’s eyes, these vanguard Sha Hua fishmen were all low-grade fishmen, the majority ’one-year ripe’ trash.

Once one batch dies, the hatcheries would soon give birth to a second batch.

The truly elite Sha Hua fishmen had barely suffered any losses so far.

The upgraded to Eighth Ring super large Thunderstorm Skill lasted a full half hour.

In the areas covered by the Thunderstorm Skill, barely one in a hundred survived.

"Continue summoning sea beast servants." Babakar coldly ordered, ignoring the numerous fishman corpses floating in the water beneath the Wall of Lucerne.

The fishman Tide Mages tirelessly continued summoning the small sea beasts they bred and the clan nurtured from the homeland.

Once the paralysis of the lingering super large Thunderstorm Skill’s lightning in the waters gradually dissipated, nearly another hundred thousand Sha Hua fishmen cannon fodder, alongside thousands of demon sea beasts, surged toward the Wall of Lucerne, continuing to erode and destroy the spell matrices on the wall.

At this intensity, the spell matrices on the Wall of Lucerne could no longer withstand such a number of Sha Hua fishmen.

A large number of Sha Hua fishmen climbed this more than two hundred meter tall colossal wall.

Yet barely as they surmounted the wall, human warriors swiftly severed their heads and arms with swords, sending the bodies or wounded tumbling down into the progressively rising waters below.

However, some strong Sha Hua fishmen adeptly dodged the incoming attacks, and with their tridents, brutally pierced through human warriors.

Close combat ensued.

Humans began to suffer casualties.

Another day and night passed.

The death toll for human warriors exceeded several thousand, with over ten thousand wounded or too weary to continue in battle.

Marshal Kross stood coldly atop the wall observing the distance, and when a Sha Hua fishman would climb the wall, his bodyguards easily dispatched the attackers without him needing to act.

And around Marshal Kross, at least a hundred Sha Hua fishman corpses had piled up, including some strong middle-level Sha Hua fishmen.