Chapter 19

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

A huge black shadow swept across the sky of the forest, startling countless birds into flying.

The agile Monster Ape fluttered among the vines and flew into the distance. Without even looking at the colorful fruits, the hanging ropes of the vines kept shaking, and green leaves fell down.

The swift Black Panther shuttled through the forest at high speed, creating gusts of wind and waves. The scattered leaves hit the frightened hare, and watched as the black afterimages swept up the thick rotten matter in the forest.

The huge grizzly bear, which was an overlord in the forest nobody dared to provoke, ran at very high speed, crashing through many big trees. It was unknown how many small animals were accidentally injured and killed by the bear.

The entire forest fell into chaos.

It was as if the end of the world had arrived. All the wild beasts became headless flies, scurrying in all directions.

A large group of wild beasts even directly rushed to the castle gate, and were quickly destroyed by the demons.

“Could it be that the Beast Tide is coming?”

Joey was very confused.

“That doesn’t seem to be the case…”

Before he could finish his sentence, he immediately knew the reason for the incident.

An extremely huge bird of prey, which looked like an eagle, descended from the sky like it was catching a chick and killed a big bear with its sharp claws on the spot.

A very obvious wound appeared on the body of the big bear, which had rough and thick skin. It was so deep that one could almost see its bones.

[ Level 8 wild beast, an existence above the elite level, a commander-level giant eagle! ]

“A Level 8 commander-level wild beast actually appeared here!”

Joey was very surprised. Could it be that the prelude to the Beast Tide had arrived?

“Can you guys deal with this giant eagle now?”

Joey was asking the leader of his army, Little Smart. Her level was now the same as Liang’s, at level 7.

Little Smart quickly answered.

“My master, according to my observations, this giant eagle is very fast.”

“It can pierce through our defense from high up in the sky. Little Tall and the others will be killed instantly. Even if they are not killed instantly, their strength is not enough to suppress it.”

“We also don’t have any method to get the giant eagle to fight on the ground.”

After listening to Little Smart’s description, Joey sighed.

Little Smart then spoke again.

“Actually, it’s not impossible to destroy it. This requires a careful plan.”

“Plan?”

Joey was a little curious.

Little Smart smiled slightly.

“This is all because of the glory of Master, the Supreme Demon Lord, which bestowed me with the wisdom of the abyss.”

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After a few hours, armed to the teeth, Little Strong and Little Tall stood on open grassland, rubbing their fists and preparing to face the giant eagle.

Their bodies were tightly wrapped in steel armor.

Little Smart and Joey hid on a big tree in the distance, watching the “Battlefield” that was scheduled.

“Thanks to the help of Master’s good friend, the ‘king of the mountains’, Lord Liz, we have obtained sturdy armor. This will at least allow Little Strong and Little Tall to live for a few more minutes.”

“…”

The two of them continued to look towards the forest.

The giant eagle completely treated this forest as its territory. After eating the Big Bear, it treated the forest as a soft mattress and fell into a deep sleep.

The fastest demon in the army, Little Skinny, was responsible for provoking the giant eagle and luring it here.

Things went smoothly. Soon, Little Skinny and the sharp whistle ran to the empty space at the same time.

Just as the Giant Eagle’s claw was about to pierce through Little Skinny’s back, the Little Strong and Little Tall resolutely stood up and absorbed the claw attack from the Giant Eagle.

The Giant Eagle’s claw hit the plate armor that had just been cast, making an ear-piercing sound of friction. Cracks appeared on the smooth metal surface.

The Giant Eagle’s attack was so terrifying!

This was already the heavy armor with the highest defense in the beginner blacksmith shop. It could only withstand a dozen attacks at most before the giant eagle broke through its defense.

The Giant Eagle failed in its first attack. It flapped its wings and wanted to fly up, but the two tin cans with demons within pounced on it and grabbed its claws.

With another sharp whistle, slim could barely stand.

The sudden pause of the giant eagle gave little strong and little high a chance to adjust their positions and props.

[ Succubus’ illusion ]!

Although Liang was also level 7, when she used his full power, she could only affect the giant eagle for a short moment.

After receiving a boost from Little Smart, Liang used the chain to trap the giant eagle’s claws.

The Giant Eagle woke up and tried to fly into the sky. It lifted the chain that was buried deep in the ground.

“The soil here is harder. This chain can trap the giant eagle for a while!”

Although it was said to have temporarily trapped the giant eagle and prevented it from flying away, the wings and tough feathers of the eagle were still very threatening.

A few demon soldiers were holding weapons and attacking the wings of the giant eagle, trying to weaken its strength first and slow down the process of it flying into the sky.

The leader of the demons, Little Smart and Liang, were accumulating power and preparing to cast a final spell.

The stalemate lasted for more than ten minutes and paid the price of several demon soldiers being killed or injured.

Liang and Little Smart worked together to cast the spell, and the sky shone with bright red light. Red fluorescent threads shot out from the light ball and pierced into the body of the giant eagle, which was covered in wounds.

[ Demon spell: Life Drain ]

The giant eagle kept trembling and twitching. Blood kept gushing out, and it fell to the ground.

Dust flew everywhere, and the broken plate armor reflected the giant eagle’s unwilling eyes.

Unexpectedly, the Overlord in the sky had no choice but to die on the ground.

[ Successfully killed: Level-eight giant eagle ]

They had finally killed this level-eight commander-level giant eagle!

“Fortunately, the giant eagle is not so tough…”

“Fortunately, my demons are not afraid of death…”

“Fortunately, I have the forging tools that Liz quickly provided…”

“It was too dangerous…”

Joey was still a little scared. If more soldiers had died, he might not be able to withstand the subsequent beast tide.

Fortunately, the demon blood pool could re-summon the demon soldiers that died in battle and it did not take much time before they came back.

He still had to see what spoils of war he had obtained.

[ Disintegrate the giant eagle! ]

Joey gave the order, and a white light wrapped around the giant eagle’s corpse.

Not long after, he received a surprise.

As expected, there was no loss in the effort used to kill the eagle at all.

[ Obtained energy stone 10]

[ Obtained Level 8 meat 30]

[ Obtained Eagle Feathers 50]

[ Obtained Design Blueprint 1]

[ Obtained Demon Crystal 3]

[ Energy value increased by 3,000]

“Demon Crystals!”

It was a crucial item needed for upgrading the barracks!

Up until now, Joey had not seen any of the hundreds of millions of Lords selling demon crystals. It could be seen how precious they were.

As for the blueprints, they were even rarer. There was still a large amount of empty land in his high-level castle. Now, he could finally have a new building!

Little Smart and Liang might have gained a lot of experience points due to the large number of demon soldiers dying in battle. They were about to level up to 8.

The remaining survivors, Little Shorty and Little Skinny were also at level-6.

Although the number of players had decreased, their strength could not be compared to that of Joey’s!

Joey could not wait to see Liang and Little Smart in their Level-8 state!