My Dungeon Life – Chapter 1481-1483

Chapter 1481

As the battle raged on, it became increasingly chaotic. The birdkin flew in and the fairies had no choice but to scatter. I hadn’t been sure just how much the birdkin were able to fly, but it seemed that with Celeste controlling the wind, they were able to keep up with the fairies and keep them from casting spells.

“End it,” I ordered Celeste.

The fairies flew away, and then Celeste threw her hand down. The wind that had been accommodating moments before became a torrent that caused all of the birdkin to drop from the sky. A few ended up in freefall to a bad landing, but the majority were able to land peacefully. Celeste’s ability to control the wind couldn’t be matched, but anything she did to help the fairies ended up helping the birdkin. I didn’t want to worry about the sky any more than I had to, so I thought it best if we just shut down that option.

My hopes that the birdkin were useless on the ground were quickly dashed. They were every bit as skilled fighters as the rest. Well, dinosaurs were said to be related to birds, and some birds could be quite the avid predators, even on the ground, so it made sense they were able to fight.

I gave the wave, and our forces finally met with theirs. The towers had archers and pelted the enemy with arrows while supporting our soldiers. Some of the fairies had landed on the towers after the air gave out too, and they threw down spells to cause significant damage. We were holding out pretty well, but I was running out of people to throw at them.

As I was trying to figure out what to do, I heard more bad news from Shao. “Bearkin and Beastkin, incoming!”

Much larger forms began to spill out of the forest. They appeared bigger as life entities in the Sense Life, and most of them were two to three times the size of the wolfkin. Some were even bigger than Osterians. Their speed varied as much as their forms did, but as soon as they slammed into my forces, they began to wreak havoc. The bowman tried to focus on them, but they seemed to throw off the arrow strikes like they were nothing. Even magic didn’t seem to slow them down by much.

A massive beast with tusks that I was guess was an elephantkin charged one of the towers. He slammed into it with a boom. It started cracking, and then fell over. These towers were hastily built in a day. They couldn’t be that strong after all. It was still a shame they were able to be knocked down in a single hit. The fairies flew away, grabbing the bowman as they left. The elephantkin then began charging the next tower.

As he was about to hit it, a form slammed into his side. It was known other than golem Terra. Size-wide, the pair were actually about the same size. They began to slam into each other, the elephant trying to push down Terra, while she pushed back. However, while this guy was the biggest elephantkin, there were others too. They began ramming the towers too. They weren’t able to take them out in a single hit, but after 2-3, the outcome was obvious.

“Send in the Osterians!” I declared.

The Osterians were the only ones who could deal with the beastkin head-on. As they charged the field, taking pressure off of the soldiers, I began to hear the tapping of hooves. The hoovedkin were making their move.

Chapter 1482

“Master, the casualties are climbing quickly!” Miki warned.

“Terra!”  I gave out a one-word order.

Terra pushed the elephantkin aside and then slammed the ground. There was a low rumble, and then dozens of deep dwarves darted out from under the earth. They used wire lines, attempting to catch the feet of the racing Hoovedkin. Many slipped and fell, breaking their charge, which might have overwhelmed our forces right there.

“We’re losing the line!” Xin cursed.

“Back off and support Terra in keeping those towers up.”

As long as we were able to keep the towers, we could keep the line. Xin was all I had left to send. Bernice was already on the front line with Terra. Miki was currently resurrecting people. Celeste was still trying to keep anyone from entering the sky. She was successful, but that didn’t stop innumerable magicians still hiding in the forest from sending spells her way. She didn’t just dodge them, but she kept them from fall on our people too. That was enough that it consumed all of her time. I had utilized everything we had. At the moment, we were fighting roughly even. It was about 6000 troops against another 6000 troops.

Of course, King Roth, let alone his army of Catkin, hadn’t made an appearance yet. The battle was absolutely brutal. Our men were fighting and dying, but so were theirs. A crockin danced around, snapping his jaws. He bit into a Deep Dwarf and threw him into the air before catching him in his mouth. Somewhere else, Terra desperately fought against three rhinokin.

The bearkin were particularly hard. Although they were slow, they were extremely difficult to put down. Their strength was unparalleled, and even the Osterians had to fight them two to one to even have a chance. Another tower collapsed, and all I could do is helplessly watch as your troops were pushed back and more and more fell.

“I should be adding support,” I muttered.

I didn’t have any army-level buffs. Perhaps there was some General job that gave you such things, but I had never heard of it. I felt like I was doing nothing during this fight. Others were battling and dying, but I just stood and occasionally gave an order. I could shield, heal, refresh, and resurrect. That was ultimately what I was best at. However, there were far too many soldiers. How could I figure out who to help and who to abandon?

“Master, you’re doing great.” Alysia tried to reassure me.

“Master! Chalm is under attack!” I received alarming news from Elaya.

“What? Who?” I asked.

“The apekin! They sent them around to counterattack. They’re trying to get into the dungeon. Some are going after the palace. They want out god spring.”

“Elaya, do I need to send reinforcements?” I asked.

“No… I got this…. Ah crap!”

“What?”

“I don’t got this! Master, they have explosives! They’re going to blow a hole into the dungeon.”

I made a fist and punched the wall. In the end, the enemy just had too many of them. We weren’t able to keep up this fight. They were too powerful as an army. In a straightforward battle, there was no way we could win.

“Girls to me. We’re going for option B.”

Chapter 1483

“Xin, pull back slowly.” I came down from the tower, greeting Terra, Shao, Celeste, and Miki, who had all given up their posts and returned to my side.

“Will this work?” Miki asked hesitantly.

“We have no choice.” I shook my head. “According to Elaya, the apekin are using strange devices. They live on the Jespain side of Dioshin. It stands to reason they’ve gotten their hands on a lot of tools that give them an edge over the other animalkin. They’re trying to tear their way into the dungeon. If we don’t do something soon, we’ll lose the battle on both fronts.”

“I’m with Master!” Shao declared.

“That was obvious.” Terra nodded.

“Let’s go!” Celeste declared.

“Celeste, keep your eyes on the sky and watch our backs. Terra, Shao, I’m going to depend on you to carve a path. Miki, you might be the most important. You need to take the pressure off of everyone else.”

I was back in my formation, and I immediately began casting support spells to bolster defenses and boost status for everyone. After each girl nodded, we began to move out. We headed straight for the front line where the fighting was hottest, but as we approached it, our speed only increase the pace. Our side split aside to let us pass. Running at full tilt, Terra slammed into those unlucky enough to try to slip into the temporary hole.

As Terra continued to run forward, throwing her arms out to knock animalkin to the side, Shao disappeared, flickering from shadow to shadow. Occasionally, all you’d see is the flash of steel, a scream, and then death. Celeste fluttered overhead. The birdkin had started to take to the air again without her suppressing them, but that was for Xin to figure out. Immediately around us, Celeste created a cushion of safety.

Miki’s job was perhaps the most important and the most abstract. She mentally attacked anyone in range, instilling them with a desire to flee. Although it was just the five of us, their army didn’t swarm us. Those directly in the way were quickly dispatched, but the others either felt a great deal of fear or flat out ignored our presence. Once we shoved through the lair of attacking soldiers, there was much less resistance and we began to speed up once again.

We covered the distance of a now war-torn field. Innumerable pocks and holes made it a bit more difficult to cross than it initially had been. There was no plant life remaining that hadn’t been reduced to ash. We pushed forward, moving as quickly as possible. Time was of the essence, after all.

“They’re about to breakthrough!” Elaya warned.

We ended up in the forest, progressing forward quickly. I spread out my Life Sense while keeping the map open, looking for a large group still hiding in the forest. I let out a breath of relief when I finally saw them. No sooner did they appear than a dozen surrounded us. Dozens of acrobatic forms landed all around us. I held up my hand, keeping my girls from attacking.

A familiar person landed directly in front of me. They immediately met me with a familiar confident swagger.

“Well, Well, Deek Deekson. We meet again.” The lioness queen purred. “Are you so suicidal? There are quicker ways to die…”

“I’d like to speak to King Roth.” I declared. “In person.”