Final Lord

Chapter 253 Black Forest Riot

The messenger's fingernails dug into his palms, but he dared not speak out in anger.

After reprimanding the human soldiers, Sutton continued to advance, guided by the spirit of Lincoln.

Twenty minutes later, the guidance of Lincoln's spirit finally stopped in front of a hollow tree that was more than ten meters tall.

The monster was using its roots to curl up the fallen black umbrella mushroom and feast on it.

"This is it. Kate Gru's territory should be around here. Let's take care of this thing first."

Sutton didn't even glance at the hollow tree, nor did he notice that a flock of crows had led it to this spot not long ago.

He casually tapped his scepter. Ten heavy cavalrymen lowered their lances and charged towards the hollow tree!
As the cavalry passed the archers' positions, the archers took out oil potions from their pockets and threw them into the air.

The spear pierced the kerosene, and a raging fire instantly erupted!
"Roar!"

The hollow tree let out a deafening roar, and the crack in the center of its trunk suddenly opened, revealing spiral-shaped sharp teeth, as if it wanted to swallow the cavalrymen who charged towards it.

But its attempt to devour the cavalry failed; the moment the burning spears touched the bark, flames shot down the slope and into the hollow tree. All the heavy cavalrymen skillfully maneuvered their horses, dodging and quickly running away from the hollow tree.

Five seconds later.

Hoo hoo hoo!

A series of loud explosions followed, and fireballs erupted from within, blasting the giant tree into countless burning fragments.

“Boring monster.” Sutton’s taunt was cut short as he froze.

The broken, hollow tree fell to the ground, its bark covered with human skin, and let out a heart-wrenching roar.

what! ! ! !

The piercing scream of the dying hollow tree echoed through the mushroom forest, creating an eerie resonance. The ground began to tremble, and in the distance came the crisp sound of mushroom caps tearing apart!
The Black Forest has been alerted!

"All personnel on alert!" The human commander had barely uttered the command when the outermost shield guards heard a chilling rustling sound—the sound of countless arthropods crawling across the fungal cap.

A dark mass of poisonous crabs emerged from the depths of the mushroom forest. Purple mucus seeped from the umbrella-shaped venom sacs protruding from their shells, corroding the humus and sending up wisps of blue smoke.

At the same time, the giant mushroom trees in the outer region suddenly trembled collectively, and thousands of [Spore Flying Insects] rose into the air like a black cloud. Their transparent wing membranes shimmered in the sunlight, but could not conceal the ferocious and terrifying sharp mouthparts.

"Archers, prepare—" The messenger's order was cut short as soon as it was uttered.

Dozens of mounds suddenly rose from the ground, and sticky slime emerged. These translucent, gelatinous creatures wriggled and multiplied, each new individual spraying out slime that precisely targeted the human soldiers' faces.

Boom! Boom!
A series of loud bangs rang out as the scattered hollow trees in the middle of the forest drew ever closer.

These ten-meter-tall monsters moved with earth-shaking steps, the crack in the center of their trunks opening and closing constantly, emitting a clicking sound like a knife being sharpened. The hollow tree roared, and the once unstoppable army of suppressing the rebellion was suddenly surrounded by the monsters.

"Maintain formation! It's nothing." Sutton remained calm, his hooves pounding the ground, the bronze shepherd's bells ringing shrilly. His extensive combat experience allowed him to handle the situation with ease. Under his command, the counter-insurgency forces immediately regained their footing and began to counterattack.

But the monster's attack was not to be underestimated.

Tiny, thumb-sized slugs shot down from the folds of the mushroom tree canopy, their slimy bodies specifically designed to burrow into the gaps in the shield guards' armor; while the towering mushroom beasts advanced in neat square formations, using their hard rock bodies to shield the monsters in the back row from arrows.

Although these low- to mid-level monsters could not break through the rebel army's iron defenses, they did hinder the rebel army's advance.

Every time the soldiers cleared an area, new monsters would immediately arrive from other places.

Even more terrifying, the hollow trees killed by the counter-insurgency army would emit a piercing scream before they died, attracting more monsters from the Black Forest!
The archers' quivers were running low, and the heavy cavalry's horses began to pant.

At that moment, amidst the hollow tree's continuous shrieks, the ground deep within the Black Forest suddenly trembled violently, the humus churned like boiling mud, and hundreds of exceptionally large black umbrella trees rose from the ground, sprouting fleshy legs.

The powerful monster deep within the Black Forest, the Extraordinary Tier 3 [Great Black Umbrella Guardian], has finally awakened and broken through the earth!

These three-meter-tall monsters resemble twisted umbrella-shaped fungi, with scarlet gills densely covering their caps, and they exhale spores with every breath.

Their root-like fleshy limbs are deeply embedded in the soil, and wrinkles resembling human facial features appear on the stipe, emitting a low and eerie resonance.

Suddenly, the humus churned like boiling water, and tens of thousands of mycelia burst forth from the ground. The entire black forest seemed to be suddenly infused with life, and every mushroom tree began to twist its trunk unnaturally!
The wrath of the Black Forest is about to descend!

Just when the counter-insurgency front was at its most critical, the ground suddenly began to tremble rhythmically.

In the distance, rows of mushroom trees, thirty meters tall, fell down as the [Great Black Umbrella Guardians] arrived on the battlefield from the inner layer! The scarlet gills beneath their caps pulsed like breathing, leaving deep footprints on the ground with every step.

"Form ranks!" The human commander had barely uttered the command when the front-line shield guards were already caught in the first wave of attacks.

The cap of the large black umbrella suddenly flipped 180 degrees, revealing gills covered with sharp spines inside. No! Those weren't gills at all, but thousands of wriggling tentacles!
clap clap clap!
The tentacles lashed at the shield array like whips, instantly corroding the iron-clad oak shields with honeycomb-like holes, and a whole row of shield guards, known for their defensive prowess, were whipped to death on the spot.

They had barely met when the rebel army lost hundreds of front-line soldiers.

"Fire!" The heavy crossbowmen in the rear pulled the triggers, but the arrows had no effect on the Black Umbrella Guardian. The metal arrowheads stuck to the slime the moment they touched the fungal body. Even if an arrow managed to hit the Black Umbrella Guardian's body, it wouldn't penetrate and would bounce off.

Sutton's sheep-like eyes suddenly narrowed. He realized that these seemingly insignificant monsters were actually not so simple.

Spore-like flying insects block out the sky, slime molds disrupt formations, hollow trees attract fire... These seemingly suicidal actions by monsters are all intended to delay them here, allowing the slow-moving elite monsters to reach the battlefield.

Faced with hundreds of extraordinary Tier 3 monsters, the ordinary human soldiers were rendered useless; their attacks could not penetrate their defenses, and they could only serve as cannon fodder.

Even in the semi-chaotic zone, there's a difference; the mushrooms in the Black Forest are far superior to the monsters in the Blue Shield Desert!
P.S.: It's almost the end of the month, everyone hurry up and vote with your monthly tickets! There will be an extra chapter later, I'm writing it now. Love you all, Hamster.

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