A different world game? A different world game!

The icy night wind, carrying the stench of sulfur and rotting flesh, swept across the shattered hills that had long since turned to scorched earth.

This is "Shattered Ridge Valley," the bloody front line after the demon legion tore through the barrier of the material world.

The thick darkness was not a pure celestial phenomenon, but rather a mixture of blasphemous negative energy attempting to devour the remaining starlight.

This is not an abyss, but demons still rushed out.

This is a corner of the world.

Logically, after the Night's Watch drove out all the evil gods, there should no longer be any Abyss that could invade their world.

However, the reality was quite different. As the Void opened its gates to invasion, all of the world's attention, energy, and defensive capabilities were focused on dealing with the Void.

In this case, more void rifts will be opened, and the Abyss will naturally take advantage of the situation.

This invasion brought absolutely no benefit to the Abyss, but the reason for opening the invasion gate was...

The reason for sending the demon was simply to vent their anger.

It may sound strange, but it is true. The Night's Watch erected a fortress on the battlefield of Blood Pit, and the existence of Blood Pit Fortress put the demons in that battlefield at a disadvantage.

Moreover, Kana was quite arrogant in the Abyss, and the will of the Abyss was dissatisfied, so naturally some evil gods came to take his place.

It should be noted that the Blood God has not left; he remains high above the world, watching the battle unfold.

The Void has not yet launched a large-scale invasion; currently, only tentacles have pierced into the world, which does not prevent the Blood God from continuing to watch the war.

Although he did not continue to intervene in opening the Abyss Gate, he served as a coordinate here.

Not to mention, the Night's Watch also invaded the Abyss.

In this unrewarded, purely cathartic release, the abyss opened its gates of invasion during this period.

Unfortunately, the Night Watch had anticipated this, and Cana had secretly adjusted the spatial data long ago.

The opened gate to the abyss appeared directly in this remote and uninhabited place.

This is also the continent of Taliel, but it's a small island to the north of Taliel.

That place is almost the edge of the world, and no one lives there.

This place was specifically used to lure people into opening the gates of the abyss.

Sure enough, the door opened here.

According to specific rules.

Before the power of the abyss spreads, a single abyss gate is already the limit.

So there's only one place like this.

The abyss has been tricked again.

But since the door is now open, the Abyss will naturally stop interfering, and more demons will rush in to slaughter.

In this northern part of the world, during this period, darkness almost fills the entire day.

In this despairing darkness, a few steady and sharp points of light pierced through the filth—it was the Seventh Legion of the Night's Watch, the Guardians of Light.
The insignia of the "Dawnbreaker Hammer" reflected a dim light on the armor.

Deal with these demons.

One army corps is enough.

At this moment, a five-man combat team is building a temporary defensive line using a destroyed low stone wall as cover.

Their weapons were no longer ordinary steel and gunpowder creations, but new magically powered armaments fully equipped by the legion, emitting a deep, magical hum.

That's right.

The Night's Watch also used this place as a testing ground for weapons of war.

Perhaps it was because the Night's Watch, under Cana's guidance, became more and more active in their thinking and more and more daring.

While Kana merely used this place as a gateway for the Abyss to invade, the alchemists and war forces made the most of it.

"Left wing, a swarm of bone-eating bats, height twenty, number thirty!"

Team leader Ryan's calm voice cut through the noise of the communication crystal, his voice masked by the steady butt of the "Demon Hunter-II" magic-powered assault rifle he was holding against his shoulder.

This is a specialized weapon, specifically designed to target demons.

A few steps to his right, another assault soldier, Lina, also set up her slender "Demon Hunter-II." The smooth magic energy patterns on the gun body were drawing energy from the magic core at the handguard, emitting a faint blue light.

Almost the instant Raine finished speaking, a swarm of bats, composed of twisted wing membranes and pale bones, swooped down from the pitch-black night sky, emitting a teeth-grinding shriek, their claws and fangs aimed at the vulnerable neck.

"Fire!"

There was no deafening explosion, only a series of dense, crisp "clanging" sounds, like hailstones striking metal.

The fingers of the two assault operatives tapped on the triggers with an astonishing rhythm.

Twice per second, without the slightest deviation.

Two energy storms composed of pure magic instantly erupted from the muzzle of the gun.

The Magic Rifle's rate of fire advantage was on full display at this moment.

Two shots per second mean that in just a few seconds, dozens of pure, attribute-less energy projectiles are woven into a deadly net of fire.

These energy projectiles, a brilliant white, trailing brief streaks of light, precisely met the swooping Bone-Eating Bats.

They don't explode like fireballs, nor freeze like iceballs; they are simply the purest energy impacts.

The demons in the sky tried to hide.

But it makes no sense.

A closer look reveals the eyes of the two assault soldiers; a tiny magic circle appears in the pupil of one of their eyes.

This is a special kind of magic.

Moreover, it has been constructed as a passive profession.

It can connect with the firearm in hand; simply put, by expending a tiny amount of magic, it can give the fired magic bullets guidance capabilities.
It can turn corners.

A bone-eating bat was hit in the head by the first beam, and its skull, which was covered in negative energy, shattered instantly like a cheap pottery jar being smashed by a heavy hammer.

Its other wing was pierced, and it spun and fell.

More often, they were directly pierced through by a dense hail of bullets, turning into burning, foul-smelling remains that fell to the ground.

Not a single magic bullet missed its target.

The attribute-less magic bullets ignored the Bone-Eating Bat's partial resistance to elemental damage, causing destruction in the most direct way.

The assault troops' firepower was like two invisible lightsabers, sweeping back and forth across the night sky and forcefully halting the bat swarm's momentum.

Just as the bat swarm was being torn apart by the assault troops' firepower, a muffled rumble came from the center of the group.

That was "Rock" Thors.

His strong body knelt on the ground, steadily supporting the rugged, metallic-gleaming "City Crusher-III" magic-powered energy cannon on his shoulder.

The cannon was not aimed directly at the remaining swarm of bats in the sky, but at the ground—about a hundred meters in front of the stone wall, at a swarm of writhing infantry composed of low-ranking demons and zombies.

These monsters, roaring as they charged forward, stepping over the remains of their kind and led by several burly ghouls wielding bone shields.

The magic core on the "City Shatterer" cannon was spinning violently, emitting a deep roar, and a restless, orange-red ball of light radiating extremely high heat was rapidly condensing at the muzzle.

"Fire! Saturate coverage! Coordinates...!" Raine gave a concise order.

Thors' thick fingers spun sharply on the attribute switching rune disk on the side of the cannon, locking onto the burning flame symbol.

He took a deep breath, his shoulder and back muscles tensed, and he pulled the trigger sharply.

"boom--!!!"

A deafening roar, far more muffled than that of an assault rifle, yet brimming with destructive power, exploded.

His body sank.

His whole body was almost like a gun carriage, but his strong physique had fully fulfilled the duties of a gun carriage.

A blazing fireball, the size of a washbasin and the core of a furnace, shot out from the cannon muzzle, tearing through the air with a whistling sound, tracing a scorching parabola before precisely striking the core of the dense horde of demon infantry.

A violent explosion.

Orange-red flames, mixed with black smoke, shot into the sky, instantly engulfing an area of ​​more than ten meters around the explosion point.

The violent shockwave, like an invisible giant hammer, tore the lesser demons and zombies into burning fragments, and the scattered limbs and remains fell like raindrops.

The vanguard ghouls were the first to be hit, their bone shields shattering and carbonizing instantly in the face of the pure explosive shockwave and the demonic flames at thousands of degrees Celsius.

Their tough bodies, along with the flames, were violently blasted away and set ablaze, turning into several howling torches. A charred crater was blasted into the ground, where flames continued to burn, forming a temporary barrier of fire that blocked the path of subsequent enemy advances.

"Wow! That felt so good!"

This scene is almost every Magic Gunner's favorite.

That feeling of pleasure almost shot straight to the top of your head.

One shot hit the area where the enemy was most concentrated, and then the area was wiped out.

There is no scene more exciting than this.

However, the demons' onslaught did not cease.

Behind the barrier of flames, more enemies surged in, among which several "gargoyle degenerates" clad in heavy bone armor and wielding enormous stone hammers stood out.

They growled, ignoring the scorching flames, and strode forward with heavy steps, attempting to forcefully break through the makeshift defenses with their sturdy bodies.

Meanwhile, from the shadows on the flanks, several swift and ghostly "Shadow Claw Beasts" skimmed along the ground, silently flanking the stone wall.

"Precise kill! Gargoyle! Shadowclaw Beast approaching!" Renn's gaze swept quickly across the battlefield.

"Roger that!" came the reply from two shield-guard crossbowmen.

Carl, positioned to the left of Renne, and Erica, positioned to the right of Lina, moved almost simultaneously.

The "Heartpiercer-IV" precision assault crossbow in their hands, shaped like a sophisticated mechanical creation with its arms shimmering with eerie blue runes, was already firmly mounted in the firing groove reserved on the upper edge of the heavy alloy shields mounted on their left arms.

A standard powered combat squad does not all use magic-powered weapons.

While this weapon is advanced, it becomes inadequate when facing many specific targets.

At this time, crossbows or bows and arrows, which are cold weapons, can actually produce unexpected results.

Therefore, a squad is equipped with these two roles.

When encountering special targets, use the crossbow for precise shots. When the team is in danger, the shield can be used for protection and restraint.

Of course, this type of squad is not yet fully fixed and requires more training and combat data to draw better conclusions.

This is also why the island was used as a testing ground; rashly deploying such a force to a real battlefield might cause too many casualties.

Unnecessary casualties are absolutely unacceptable to the Night's Watch.

Everyone should die in the place and in the place they deserve.

A senseless death is a desecration of the future.

This is an implicit philosophy of the Night's Watch, shaped by Cana's consistent actions.

Karl tilted his shield slightly forward, locking onto a gargoyle that had just stepped out of the flames and whose bone armor was still smoking.

He held his breath and gently pulled the trigger with his right index finger.

"Whoosh—Pfft!"

A slender but dazzling blue beam of light shot out from the bow, moving so fast that it was almost just a blur.

This light arrow is not an energy projectile, but a physical crossbow bolt formed from highly compressed magic, containing powerful penetrating kinetic energy.

It struck the gargoyle's eye socket precisely—the only weak point on its head covered in thick bone armor.

There was no violent explosion, only a dull cracking sound.

The crossbow bolt pierced deep into the skull, and the magic within erupted and churned within the skull in an instant.

The enormous creature shuddered violently, its forward momentum abruptly halted, the soul fire in its eyes instantly extinguished, and it crashed to the ground, its heavy body kicking up a cloud of dust.

Erica quickly turned her crossbows around, aiming them at the Shadowclaw Beasts that were trying to flank them.

These creatures are extremely fast, but lack robust defenses.

And there are some means to evade energy.

Her eyes were sharp as an eagle's, requiring no deliberate aiming at vital points.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!" Three blue beams of light, like the Grim Reaper calling out names, accurately struck the torso of the three-headed Shadowclaw Beast as it moved at high speed.

The light arrows easily pierced their relatively fragile carapaces and exploded inside their bodies.

Before the three-headed Shadowclaw Beast could even let out a scream, it convulsed and collapsed to the ground, wisps of black smoke emanating from its wounds.

Just as Erica dealt with the flanking enemy, a massive "vomit monster" covered in corrosive slime broke through the assault team's firepower and rushed to the stone wall.

Its enormous mouth opened, spewing out a foul-smelling acid, aimed directly at Tors, who was being loaded.

A close call!
"Shield!" Renn shouted.

Erica, who was closest to the vomit monster, reacted with lightning speed.

She instantly abandoned her shooting stance, took a sharp step forward with her left foot, lowered her center of gravity, and the massive alloy shield on her left arm, engraved with complex defensive runes—the "Barrier" type—was slammed into the ground!

The runes on the shield's surface instantly lit up with a blinding white light!

“Buzz—boom!!!”

A visible, semi-transparent, fan-shaped pure energy shockwave, like a solid wall, suddenly burst forward and spread from the shield's center.

This energy surge was not a physical impact, but a powerful repulsion of pure magic.

The acid spheres that were spewed out were hit first, and were smashed and evaporated by the violent energy wave when they were less than three meters away from the shield.

The enormous vomiting monster was like a car crashing head-on into a charging armored rhinoceros. Its massive body was blasted backward by the immense force, crashing heavily into several lesser demons surging up behind it, causing chaos and wails.

Even its tough skin developed fine cracks under the impact of pure magic.

"Well done, Erica!"

Lina's voice carried a hint of lingering fear and admiration as her assault rifle roared once more, pinning the enemies who had been knocked down by the vomit monster and were struggling to get up back to the ground.

Taking advantage of this precious respite, Tors had already finished loading the "City Crusher".

Seeing the enemy horde in front of him briefly thrown into chaos by the vomiting monster being knocked back, and the assault troops suppressing the enemies that were surging forward, a glint flashed in his eyes, and his fingers once again spun rapidly on the attribute rune disk.

"Ice! Area suppression! Target...!"

He roared, and this time, a ball of eerie blue light, radiating a chilling aura and resembling the core of a glacier, condensed at the muzzle of the cannon.

"boom--!"

Another roar, but this time the sound had a strange quality, as if large areas of glass were shattering.

The azure frost magic ball accurately struck the area where the vomit monster had fallen and the lesser demons were in disarray.

explosion!

However, it is not the high-temperature expansion of flames, but the instantaneous release of extremely cold energy.

A ring of deep blue ice, accompanied by countless sharp ice crystal fragments, spread rapidly in all directions with a muffled booming sound.

Several lesser demons at the core of the explosion were instantly frozen into ice sculptures of various shapes, and then pulverized by the shockwave that followed.

The vomiting monster, which had been knocked away and had its skin cracked, was instantly invaded by the extreme cold. Its viscous bodily fluids froze, its movements became extremely stiff and slow, and its surface was covered with a thick layer of white frost.

The other demons within the ice ring's coverage area, whether low-ranking undead or the stronger horned demons, suffered severe frostbite, and their movements became visibly sluggish and clumsy.

"Suppress them! Lina, Carl, clear out the slowed targets! Erica, guard the flanks!"

Raine's orders were clear and decisive.

The assault troops immediately turned their fire on the demons that were severely slowed by the frost, their precise bursts of fire as efficient as harvesting wheat.

Karl also set up his assault crossbow again, firing at the elite targets whose defenses were greatly reduced after being frozen.

Thors breathed heavily, feeling the powerful recoil from his shoulder and the heat emanating from the "City Shatterer's" core as it rapidly charged.

He glanced at the energy readings on the cannon and confirmed that the core was in good condition.

The cannon began to gather energy again, this time with a gentle and pure light, like the rising sun.

The knuckles of "Rock" pressed on the rune disk, finally settling on the sun symbol that radiated a warm glow.

Light attribute – bringing purification and healing power to the scorching battlefront.

He steadily aimed at the area ahead, where fierce fighting was still raging and enemy and friendly forces were mixed, waiting for the best moment to unleash his power.

The cold night wind still howled, but around the barrier of light and magic energy built by the five-person team, the filthy darkness and bloodthirsty roars were being torn apart, purified, and repelled inch by inch.

The unique effectiveness of the magic-powered weapon, combined with their skillful teamwork, is transforming into a weapon that even the abyss trembles with fear. (End of Chapter)