Chapter 927 - Exploding Stone Giants (1/2)

The morale of Angel Corps and the Century Financial Group hit at an all time low. After fighting for over a week, their army of 3,500,000 troops was reduced to only 520,000. Be it in terms of troops, war machines, or flying mounts, Asskickers United now had more of everything. They were doomed.

A hopeless atmosphere spread among their ranks. They were on the verge of giving up, when Soaring Angel spoke up in voice chat.「We haven’t lost yet, guys! Asskickers United only has a little more troops than we do. Come on, raise your spirits!」

Soaring Angel’s words didn’t affect the mood at all. He would have to do much more to lift their hopes.

Aware speaking any further would be meaningless, Soaring Angel opened a private voice chat and said in a grim tone,「Monarch, Stone Splitter, send out our troops for the final battle.」

「Understood!」Evil Monarch and Stone Splitter replied in unison.

When the armies were several millions in size, some things wouldn’t be of great use. However, now that both sides had been shaved down to only half-a-million or so troops, they could make full use of all their cards.

The several hundred Shamans in Angel Corps’ camp were subdivided into groups of eight. Each group gathered together in a small open space and started chanting long incantations. The magic energy in the atmosphere fractionated intensely.

What were they doing? The surrounding players all backed away, bewildered. The way these Shamans were positioned looked like magic formations. There stood a Druid in the middle of most formations. They wore the most ordinary civilian clothing, raising their heads to the sky as if praying to something.

Rays of light pierced through the clouds and fell over these Druids.

BADUM! BADUM! BADUM!

One muffled explosion rang out after another. The Druids let out ferocious roars. Their bodies rapidly grew in size until they transformed into large apes with ash white hair. They stood over six meters tall.

There were more than 30 apes, each of them looking extremely powerful.

The players in the vicinity all retreated, frightened by these enormous beasts.

What a frightening transformation skill!

They knew Druids had transformation magic, but only for turning into normal animals like wolves, bears, and so on. This was their first time seeing them transform into Kong-sized apes.

Everyone started imagining just how powerful these enormous apes would be in battle! They could probably even take a direct hit from a catapult and walk it off!

Even more Shamans were chanting incantations. In their hands were scrolls filled with mysterious runes. As they finished their chants, a thousand stone giants appeared within the crowd. They were smaller than the apes, with many things hanging from their bodies. Taking a closer look, everyone sucked in a cold breath of air. They were pouches of black gunpowder!

Only now did the players from Angel Corps and the Century Financial Group realize that the scrolls the Shamans were holding were Monster Sealing Scrolls. They allowed players to seal monsters they encountered in the wilderness to summon them at a later date. These stone giants were equipped with a large amount of black gunpowder, which could be detonated from a distance. They were basically suicide bombers, much like the Kamikaze Drakes.

Every stone giant carried two kilograms of black gunpowder. Even though their destructive power couldn’t be compared to the Kamikaze Drakes, there were a large number of them, and producing more was easy and simple. Angel Corps had about 2,000 of them in total. Those summoned were only a portion of them.

The players from Angel Corps and the Century Financial Group realized Soaring Angel still had this trick up his sleeve. Perhaps they stood a chance at victory after all! Their morale quickly recovered.

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Nie Yan hopped onto the back of his Shadow Demon Wolf and gazed toward the army of Angel Corps and the Century Financial Group. He quickly spotted the giant apes and stone giants being summoned. His lips curved into a faint smile. This is the final showdown. I’d like to see what you guys have in store for me!

「Catapults advance! Ground troops, surround the enemy!」Nie Yan ordered.

Asskickers United’s catapults started rolling forward, intermittently stopping to fire.

A dense hail of shells rained down from the skies.

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「Kill! Have the stone giants tear through their ranks!」Soaring Angel roared after seeing Asskickers United’s army start advancing forward. A thousand stone giants charged up to greet them.

The stone giants were spread out pretty far apart from each other. As the catapult shells rained down, several were struck. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! As the gunpowder they carried detonated, the fallen stone giants transformed into giant plumes of flames.

However, only a small fraction of the stone giants was taken out.

「Everyone, be careful! Those stone giants are walking bombs!」