Chapter 356: Chapter 330: Stirring Up a Hornet’s Nest (Part 1)

“We can’t get Backhill Village, neither can they!”

Clasping his teeth, Leopold suddenly shouted at Nelson, “Tell me, where are the most demons!”

Guild President… sir…”

Startled by Leopold’s shout, Nelson immediately shivered and then unconsciously pointed in a direction.

“Order the fleet to advance, bombard at the sight of demons, draw all the demons out for me!”

Guild President, Guild President… please wait, please wait!”

Hearing Leopold’s order, Nelson rushed to his side, “Guild President, Guild President! If you do this, the Sky Alliance will…”

“Will what?”

Turning around and glaring at Nelson with widened eyes, Leopold sneered, “Will what? Is it my fault that demons attacked Backhill Village?”

Having said that, he ignored Nelson and walked straight toward the bow…

Afterward, under his command, the entire fleet dispersed in all directions, and before long, sporadic cannon fire rang out!

Following Leopold’s instructions, the scattered warships, upon sighting demons, would bombard them with the Magic Cannon, not firing all weapons at once, but using a single Magic Cannon to harass them. They didn’t aim to kill the demons but merely to disturb them.

You must understand that the demons on the land are endless. Normally, they might not seem omnipresent, but that’s only because demons have their own congregations, typically staying within their lairs or territories. However, once disturbed, they come out en masse like wasps from a poked nest.

What Leopold was doing now was poking at a wasps’ nest!

Driven away rudely by Glan and not daring to provoke the Sky Alliance, but also unable to swallow the insult, he decided on a mutual destruction; if his Chamber of Commerce couldn’t have Backhill Village, then neither Rocky nor the Sky Alliance would get it. He intended to let the demons destroy the village!

Thus, under his command, the dispersed fleet continuously bombarded the ground, and before long, they had alarmed a vast number of demons. Once demons are agitated, calming them down again becomes difficult, and these creatures inevitably seek targets to vent their rage. Since they couldn’t reach the warships in the sky, the demons naturally shifted their focus.

Under these circumstances, after roaring at the sky for a while, the agitated demons quickly turned their focus toward Backhill Village, not too far from Skybreaker Peak because, near the Peak, Backhill Village was the only place not under demonic dominion.

Soon, dozens of demons charged toward Backhill Village like mad dogs. However, Leopold knew this was not sufficient. He was aware of how robust the village walls were; dozens of demons couldn’t breach them, and they would be completely annihilated before even touching a corner of the wall. Thus, he needed to attract even more demons.

With this in mind, he directed the fleet to expand the area of operation and continue to harass more demons.

“There are demons over there! Bombard them! Hurry, bombard!”

To fulfill Leopold’s order, an Escort Ship lowered its height significantly, and while flying over a barren forest, it spotted a few demons wandering there. Hence, the Captain immediately ordered to open fire.

Under the captain’s orders, the warship’s two magic cannons fired simultaneously, blasting magic cannon shells onto the ground below. Not only did the explosion throw a demon into the air, but it also struck a bare, withered tree.

That spelled trouble. Moments after the explosion, a series of shrill roars erupted from the withered woodland. Demons surged from every direction towards the blast site like a tidal wave.

“My God…”

Standing by the ship’s railing, the crew of the escort ship had not anticipated drawing out so many demons. They felt a tingling sensation on their scalps even though they knew they were high up in the sky and beyond the demons’ reach. Yet, seeing the swarm of demons, black as locusts, before their eyes, they couldn’t help but feel their legs go weak.

“Ascend… let’s ascend a bit higher…”

Like the crew, upon seeing at least a hundred demons emerge below, the captain of the escort ship immediately had the warship ascend further up to feel secure.

However, just as the escort ship had ascended a few meters into the sky, from the deepest part of the desolate forest came a piercing scream!

This scream was unbearably shrill, as if sound itself were a blade, making this shriek the sharpest edge among all sounds, sharp enough to physically cut those who heard it. This was not a metaphor, but a fact!

Because upon hearing this unbearable scream, all the sailors on the warship simultaneously clutched their ears in agony, but to no avail. The sound unstoppablely pierced their ears and ruptured their eardrums in an instant, causing everyone’s ears to bleed!

Simultaneously, not only did the crew of the escort ship suffer from the sound, but the hundreds of demons in the forest could not withstand the scream either. The moment the sound erupted, all the demons collapsed to the ground, trembling incessantly!

This horrendous sound lasted for about ten seconds, but even though it was brief, to those who experienced it, it felt longer than an hour.

Eventually, when the dreadful sound finally ceased, the entire withered forest became silent. It wasn’t just the crew on the warship; even the hundreds of demons in the forest were utterly quiet, creating an extremely eerie atmosphere…

“What happened… just now… what was that…?”

“Where did that sound come from?”

“Stop talking, it’s too frightening…”

When the sound completely disappeared, the crew members exchanged looks of confusion and helplessness, uncertain of what had just occurred.

“Look there!”

Just when everyone was confused, a crew member suddenly pointed towards the depths of the forest, and everyone, including the captain, looked in that direction.

In everyone’s view, something seemed amiss at the deepest part of the forest. Several bare trees fell without warning, and before anyone could react, more and more withered trees began to fall, giving the impression that something was rampaging through the forest, charging towards the direction of the warship!

“Quick… ascend quickly! It’s a high-level demon! Ascend!”

Realizing that the fallen trees were forming a straight line heading their way, the captain was the first to react, screaming as if possessed!

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