Chapter 89: Dire Bats

Seeing that everyone was standing in their respective positions, Lilo clapped his hands to attract the attention of the Seventh Team and then gave a few more instructions:

"Let me say a few more words to everyone."

"The earth-vein creatures we are about to face are Dire Bats, mainly 0-Circle, and some powerful Dire Bats will reach the 1st Circle level."

"We only need to ensure that no 0-Circle Dire Bats cross the section of the city wall we are defending and enter the city, and the mission is considered complete."

"If 1st Circle Dire Bats appear, everyone doesn't need to worry; high-circle magic users will naturally take action."

"The intensity of this earth-vein creature attack on the city is not high for Bremen City. It's mainly because the number of these Dire Bats is too large, and most of the magic users in the city have been sent out to protect surrounding villages and towns, so there is a shortage of manpower, which is why we need to summon everyone to participate in the defense."

"Try to ensure there are no casualties!"

At most, 1st Circle Dire Bats really couldn't pose much danger to Bremen City.

It was just that for ordinary people, earth-vein creatures were still extremely powerful.

Especially the towns and villages around Bremen City, which basically didn't have defensive measures capable of effectively blocking Dire Bats.

Nearby villages and towns could still transfer residents to Bremen City.

For villages and towns further away, only the Bremen City officials could send high-circle magic users to protect them.

And Bremen City, as a large city, had an extremely large number of affiliated villages and towns, so a large part of the official magic users in the city were sent out, which led to the summoning of non-official magic users in the city to participate in the defense.

"Additionally, although Dire Bats are called bats, they are actually completely different from the bats we usually see."

"This is a large earth-vein creature, with a body as large as a horse, and a wingspan of over ten feet, covered in fur. The common attack methods are swooping down from mid-air, flapping wings, and biting with teeth."

"They haven't mastered any supernatural power, so everyone just needs to be careful, and generally nothing will happen."

"But be careful, Dire Bats carry deadly diseases. Do not get scratched by them, otherwise, it will definitely be your nightmare!"

"Also, everyone is an apprentice magic user, mana is limited, and the spells mastered are even more limited, so everyone should cast spells conservatively; defense is still mainly based on city guards."

"Our mission is mainly to fill the gaps and perform point-killing on Dire Bats that have broken through the city guards' defensive line and are approaching the city wall."

"Don't waste your mana; try to ensure every spell is used on the cutting edge!"

"Does everyone understand?" Lilo asked loudly.

"Understand!" Everyone nodded one after another.

After all, this was just a city defense battle with not much threat from low-level earth-vein creatures.

And this kind of low-level city defense battle was still mainly based on ordinary city guards, with magic users as auxiliary.

It was cost-effective and conformed to reality—trained archers could at least shoot dozens of arrows in one go, but how many spells could an apprentice magic user cast?

Similarly, 0-Circle earth-vein creatures couldn't ignore the damage of cold weapons.

So this attack of Dire Bats, besides the extremely large number being a bit of a headache, actually had nothing else worth noting.

"They're coming!" After everyone on the city wall waited intently for another ten minutes or so, Lilo reminded them loudly.

He didn't need to remind them at all.

Everyone saw it. At the end of the line of sight, on that line where the forest and the sky met, it was as if points of ink had been sprinkled at this moment.

The ink quickly rendered and scattered, turning into groups of black mist.

Thousands of black mists poured out from the depths of the forest, accompanied by piercing screams, like black clouds covering the sky and sun, rushing toward Bremen City, a city located by the side of Shenliu Lake.

That was one giant bat after another, so numerous that they couldn't be counted.

With the appearance of the bat swarm, everyone quickly entered a combat state.

The Dire Bat swarm got closer and closer, their sharp screams echoing, making one's hair stand on end.

The archers had already lined up neatly behind the defensive works, nocking arrows and pulling bows.

When the bat swarm finally approached the city wall and entered the archers' shooting range, the archers immediately launched an attack.

Arrows poured out like raindrops.

Xiu xiu xiu! The sound of arrows leaving the strings and the sound of cutting through the air echoed continuously.

Those Dire Bats, each the size of a horse, faced the arrows shooting like raindrops without the slightest fear.

They flapped their fur-covered wings, just like two shields, sweeping the arrows away.

But such dense arrow rain was absolutely impossible for the Dire Bats to block completely.

Therefore, there would always be arrows that accurately pierced the bodies of these bats. But even so, it didn't cause too much impact on the bats' actions.

"These beasts don't have much meat on their bodies at all; single arrows cause negligible damage to them, and it can only be accumulated, or hit the vital points." Lilo saw this scene and wasn't surprised.

Wave after wave of arrow rain poured out continuously.

Accompanied by the sound of miserable wails, some Dire Bats finally couldn't withstand this offensive and fell from the sky to below the city wall.

Just like some kind of signal, following the fall of the first Dire Bat, one after another Dire Bat fell like rain.

But the death of their companions didn't make these earth-vein creatures afraid, but rather seemed to stimulate their wild nature.

They rushed toward the city wall even more crazily in a suicidal manner.

Under such crazy charging, even if the arrows were like rain, there were still fish that slipped through the net, and under the cover of their companions, they luckily broke through the arrow rain and approached the city wall.

This was the time for magic users to take action.

"Attack!" Lilo gave a loud shout.

The apprentice magic users of the Seventh Team, who had long been prepared, immediately displayed their magical powers, each aiming at a target and casting their signature spells.

Accompanied by the fluctuation of magic, acid, transparent blades, and flames, different spell effects appeared, attacking the Dire Bats.

These Dire Bats that slipped through the net were few in number, and because they still carried injuries left when breaking through the heavy encirclement of the arrow rain—most of them were pierced by dozens of arrows—their quality was also not high.

Often, just a single spell was enough to completely crush them.

This was where apprentice magic users surpassed city guards on a scale.

Ten city guards couldn't quickly kill a Dire Bat in one or two seconds, but apprentice magic users could.

Gao De, who was mixed in the crowd, also immediately triggered his spell model.

As the mana in his body surged, a dazzling red light erupted from his hand.

【Fire Arrow+】! Under his mental control, the mana fluctuation turned into a beam of scorching flame, forming a fatal fire arrow, heading straight for a Dire Bat that was still pierced by more than a dozen arrows.

The fire arrow drew a perfect arc in the air and accurately hit the bat.

Boom! The explosive firelight instantly swallowed it.

The already injured Dire Bat let out a sharp wail and fell from the sky, turning into a corpse.

It was just that simple! In the suicidal city-attacking battle of the Dire Bats, they almost didn't make any dodging movements; they just relied on their numbers and charged hard.

Gold coin +1.

Dire Bat origin +1/7!

In Gao De's eyes, what was falling wasn't bats, but clearly money and experience! It was just that the number of Dire Bats approaching the section of the city wall defended by the Seventh Team was only seven or eight.

Some people in the Seventh Team didn't even have a chance to take action, or hadn't even reacted, and this batch of Dire Bats had already been cleared.

Gao De being able to grab a "monster" was already considered fast in reaction.

"Can only wait for the next batch." Gao De, who had no "monsters" to hit, thought secretly, while concentrating his attention, ready to "grab monsters."

His current mana was enough for him to cast seven cantrips in one go.

If he could ensure that every spell cast could kill a Dire Bat, he would just happen to be able to collect the origin of the Dire Bats.

However, there was no room for error.

So Gao De had to concentrate his attention and choose those with heavier injuries among the Dire Bats approaching the city wall to ensure a 100% kill rate.

Competition still existed.

After all, for others, although killing Dire Bats couldn't obtain origin like him, the extra reward of 1 gold coin was also real.

They definitely also wanted to kill as many Dire Bats as possible with a limited amount of spells.

It was a competition of quick eyes and fast hands.

Fortunately, 【Fire Arrow】, as a cantrip of the evocation school, besides having outstanding destructive power, its casting range was also among the most outstanding in cantrips.

A casting range of 120 feet was enough to stand out from the crowd among cantrips.

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