Chapter 104: Sky-High Flames

Just as the Priest Apprentice was walking toward the pile of wooden crates, the Krieg engineers happened to dig through; after confirming they had reached the designated location, they had several teammates come up, preparing to destroy these Rune Bullets.

But a Krieg engineer suddenly sensed something abnormal, stopped their movements, gripped their Entrenching Tool tightly, and listened vigilantly to the approaching footsteps; the other Krieg engineers simultaneously prepared for battle, gripping their Lucius Pattern 98 Lasguns.

After moving a bit further away, this Priest Apprentice muttered under their breath, "Isn't it just that Lord Mailun values you, plus you have a tiny bit of talent? You haven't even become a Priest yet, have you? And you're already putting on airs."

But since this was a task entrusted by Waho, it still had to be done; as they approached the vicinity of the Rune Bullet pile, a Two-legged Sheep holding a shovel suddenly lunged out and slashed at them.

Before they could react, they saw their own headless body fall to the ground, while their perspective followed the rotation of their head as it fell to the ground.

The Priest Apprentices who had been gathered together chatting were clearly stunned for a moment after seeing a Two-legged Sheep chop off their colleague's head.

Where did this Two-legged Sheep pop out from?

But now was not the time to think about such things, Waho shouted.

"There's a Two-legged Sheep invasion! Quick! Their target is our Rune Bullets!"

These Priest Apprentices reacted, picked up their Xuedu Guaizhang, and began to move toward the Rune Bullet pile.

But, behind the tents not far from where the Rune Bullets were stored, Two-legged Sheep wearing masks and holding weapons appeared and opened fire on them.

Several Priest Apprentices didn't react in time and were shot dead, wisps of smoke rising from their bodies.

"Be careful! Their weapons are very strange!" Waho saw those few corpses lying on the ground and shouted loudly to the other apprentices.

A Priest Apprentice pointed their Xuedu Guaizhang, and a beast claw appeared behind that Krieg engineer, grabbing the Krieg engineer in its hand; the nearby Krieg engineers tried to use their Entrenching Tools to hack at the beast claw, but the beast claw quickly crushed the Krieg engineer in its hand and vanished, the hacking Entrenching Tool hitting nothing but air.

"Hahaha, they're nothing much! It's just that their weapons are a bit strange!"

This Priest Apprentice laughed heartily and said to the colleague beside them.

After witnessing the abilities of these Orcs, the Krieg engineers opened fire on those Priest Apprentices again.

But these Priest Apprentices did not rush over head-on like before; instead, they wove through the tents and attacked the Krieg engineers with various strange abilities.

"These Two-legged Sheep are somewhat interesting; wait until I catch a couple later to make into Puppets for fun!" Waho watched those few Krieg engineers not retreating as expected, a hint of interest rising in their heart, a cruel smile appearing on the corners of their mouth.

But they couldn't laugh for long, because high-temperature flames rapidly ignited at the Rune Bullet pile, followed immediately by a series of explosions; a chain of explosions engulfed the entire camp, fire splashing everywhere, even spreading to the surrounding camps.

All the Priest Apprentices and Krieg engineers within the entire camp were buried in the sea of fire, and a foul, charred smell permeated the air.

"How dare these Two-legged Sheep directly detonate these Rune Bullets! Are they lunatics? They won't survive this either! How is this any different from those Two-legged Sheep seen on the front lines before!"

Before being melted by the high temperature, Waho kept wondering in their mind: why? Why were there always some among these Two-legged Sheep who didn't fear death? It was like this on the front lines, and after entering the Outer City, there were even crazier ones!

But this was no longer important; the sky-high flames accompanied by billowing thick smoke drifted into the sky, and the sound of explosions resounded across the entire battlefield.

Mailun, who was supervising the battle, felt a sense of foreboding in their heart after hearing a series of explosions coming from their rear.

Immediately after, a wave of heat hit their back; they looked back and saw a flash of red light reflecting on their naturally green face.

The sky-high flames and thick smoke behind them were exactly where the camp storing the Rune Bullets was.

"Damn it! What did that trash Waho do! How could they let the Two-legged Sheep destroy those Rune Bullets!"

Mailun was so angry that their entire facial features were distorted; the soldiers in the Inner City were defending desperately, the harassment troops in the Outer City kept shelling their positions, a group of masked Two-legged Sheep that popped out from nowhere were causing trouble in the camp, and now even their own ammunition storage camp had been destroyed!

The combat methods of these Two-legged Sheep were becoming more and more annoying; most importantly, they couldn't figure out some of their methods at all, such as the nearly 200 Two-legged Sheep that suddenly appeared in the camp.

The Orcs attacking the Inner City saw the sky-high flames behind them and didn't know whether they should continue the attack; their own home had been hit, should they still attack the city?

"Attack! Take the Inner City for me today!"

Mailun furiously had their guards convey this message, and just as they ordered the message to be conveyed.

The Two-legged Sheep troops that had been shelling the Orcs stopped firing.

"It seems Duolaigai has already found those Two-legged Sheep troops; well done!"

Mailun was overjoyed in their heart after noticing the artillery fire had stopped.

With so many annoying things, at least one good thing had finally happened!

On Yingzhou's side, upon discovering that nearly 1,500 Orcs were approaching their location, they immediately packed up the Krieg Artillery and relocated.

Who is going to waste time with you here? Wouldn't it be better if I just changed locations and continued shelling you?

Yingzhou also saw those sky-high flames; it must be that the Krieg engineers found the place where the Orcs stored the Rune Bullets.

Now, the Orcs' heavy firepower was effectively depleted; there would be no problem just wearing them down from here on out.

After dodging the search of that batch of Orcs, Yingzhou found the tunnel previously dug by the Krieg engineers and appeared once again in that Orc tent.

Of the 170 Krieg soldiers they had summoned earlier, only about 30 were still outside fighting the Orcs.

After confirming there were no Orcs in the vicinity, Yingzhou summoned the Krieg Artillery again, had them adjust the muzzles, and continued shelling the Orc army that was attacking the city.

They also summoned 146 Krieg soldiers to clear out the 100-meter radius around the Krieg Artillery, ensuring there were no Orcs.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

As the sound of artillery fire continued to ring out, Mailun, who had just set their heart at ease, felt their heart tighten again.

Wait, no? How did the sound of artillery end up back in the rear camp again?

And how did another 100-plus masked Two-legged Sheep pop out!

Upon hearing the sound of artillery fire coming from the camp, the Orc leader left behind in the camp—Oulong—led their subordinates and began to move toward the place where the artillery sound originated.

They had already killed the 7th Two-legged Sheep wearing a gas mask; these Two-legged Sheep were truly strong, and their combat proficiency was not low either; mainly, the shovels in their hands were actually able to block the attacks of their Rune Battle Axe.

However, they had activated the Rune ornament bestowed upon them by Lord Mailun, and their physical fitness had instantly doubled, which was how they managed to kill these Two-legged Sheep they encountered.