I don't want to be an elf!

Hearing that this was the reason, everyone felt somewhat helpless.

The destruction of the Tiger Ear Grass ship cannot be strictly attributed to anyone's fault.

However, as the officer in charge of the Tiger Ear Grass, that first-class military officer could not escape being questioned and punished no matter what.

However, if one can excavate something from the ruins within this limited time, such as a new Holy Sword, then the penalty for losing an airship will be greatly reduced.

"boom----!"

Just then, a loud bang came from the ruins.

Everyone looked confused, glancing towards the entrance of the ruins, unsure of what was happening.

Yatogami Tohka's inner vigilance suddenly rose.

It happened just as expected.

In the original story, the first-class military officer in charge of the area dispatched too many scavenging teams to the ruins for salvage, which caused all the beasts sleeping nearby to be awakened.

As a result, in order to cover the people's evacuation, Chtholly, who was deeply affected by the corruption of her past life, had her personality completely devoured while covering the retreat of the airship. Even William had to drag his broken body to fight again, making his physical condition even worse.

However, due to the appearance of Yatogami Tohka, Chtholly does not show any symptoms of being corrupted by her past life. William has not even come; he is still in the Fourth Fairy Warehouse taking care of the other underage Gold Fairies.

However, the one thing Yatogami Tohka couldn't stop was the beast riot.

After all, she couldn't tell anyone that she knew what the future held.

Moreover, given her public image, it's not appropriate for her to say anything about planning ahead.

That would seem too clever.

But even if we can't stop it, it doesn't matter.

Yatogami Tohka gripped the Executioner tightly in her hand.

All we need to do is kill off the rioting beasts.

"Rumble————!"

As the loud roar echoed from the ruins, it was as if the earth had been torn apart by something.

Beneath the land buried by yellow sand lie dark passageways.

Like a honeycomb, the passages in each rock layer lead to the beast's lair.

As the earth cracked open, the roars of beasts echoed through the air.

The deafening roars of the beasts echoed across the yellow sands, causing the orc warriors, who had just recovered from the beast tide, to panic once again.

"Retreat! Everyone retreat!"

Seeing the beast emerge from the ground, the orc officers roared with ferocious expressions: "Everyone drop your belongings! Do not attempt to fight the beast! Retreat to the Plantain immediately!"

The sudden and shocking change threw all the orcs into disarray.

All the boxes of relics that had just been dragged back from the ruins, the personal belongings in the tents, and the excavation equipment were left behind. Everyone ran like madmen to the only ship that could still take off, the Plantain.

Although they belonged to the Winged Army, most of them were investigators from the scavenging teams and had no power to fight back against the beasts.

The only thing we can do now is to run away.

"I don't want to die, I don't want to die here!"

Looking at the beast's open mouth, one of the captured scavengers was filled with fear.

However, just before his life was about to end, a pure white greatsword severed the beast's head.

"Thank you, thank you."

"Get up quickly and escape to Cheqiancao."

Still shaken, the scavenger thanked Yatogami Tohka and immediately fled towards the airship.

Looking at the beasts crawling out of the ground, Tohka Yatogami's tone became serious as she addressed the golden fairies around her.

"You go and cover the others' retreat."

Yatogami Tohka infused her spiritual power into the sword, causing it to emit a faint purple light.

"Leave this to me!"

Chapter Fifty-Three: The Battle

Looking around, one sees herds of animals everywhere.

Above the yellow sand, countless seventh beasts of the Rock Devourer and eighth beasts of the Iron Hammer awaken from their slumber, hunting down the orcs who have disturbed their rest.

Above the sky, the eggs of the sixth beast belonging to the deep-sea floated, some rooted on the ground, others on the airships about to take off.

Many of the scavenging orcs still in the ruins were unable to escape and became food for the beasts.

The surviving orcs were gradually overtaken by the beasts in this sudden beast tide and lost their lives in despair.

This is already the best possible outcome.

The five golden fairies used all their strength to escort the orcs who were constantly approaching the Plantain to a safe area, and to wipe out the beasts that were chasing after them.

In the distance, where the area was almost completely filled with the beast horde, Tohka Yatogami continued to wield her sword alone.

"Ora ora ora ora ora ora ora————!"

It was like the only unbreakable barrier in the flood, with no threat able to get close.

Each swing of the sword takes the life of at least one beast.

Each time he unleashed his sword energy, he could wipe out a wave of beasts like harvesting wheat.

In just three minutes, the number of beasts that died at her hands had exceeded one hundred.

"Fortunately, not every beast is like the Sixth Beast, which requires hundreds of attempts to kill before it can be truly defeated."

Looking at the chunks of flesh scattered on the ground and the blood flowing freely, staining the yellow sand in various colors, Yatogami Tohka thought to herself with relief.

But even though not all the beasts that climbed onto the ground were the Sixth Beast, the number of Sixth Beasts was still quite large.

This time, without the assistance of orc warriors, the pressure was even greater than in the Battle of the Fifteenth Floating Island.

Beasts were attacking her from all directions.

Although most attacks were ineffective against her due to the excellent performance of the Divine Armor, they undoubtedly slowed down her attack speed.

"Get out of my way!"

Almost buried by the beast tide, Yatogami Tohka roared and slammed the slayer into the ground.

A powerful surge of spiritual energy exploded out instantly, and sword energy pierced through the ground, blocking all the beasts that kept crawling out from inside and turning them into ashes before they even saw the sunlight.

The underground tunnel also collapsed.

As if the ground had sunk, the beasts around Yatogami Tohka were swept up in it, trapped in quicksand-like terrain with no way to save themselves.

Before sinking in like the other beasts, Yatogami Tohka lightly touched the ground with her toes and flew up.

Looking at the various beasts trapped beneath her feet, she mercilessly poured her spiritual power into the Slaughtering Duke.

A sharp sword aura slashed out, wiping out all the beasts in the crater.

But it's not enough.

Compared to the numerous beast tides, the dozens of beasts killed in this attack had no real impact.

Tohka Yatogami looked in the direction of the Chemist Grass.

Orc warriors are generally very strong physically, and those who can join the army are the best among the orcs.

Even if they couldn't fight the beasts, their retreat speed was extremely fast.

In less than five minutes, all the orcs who had not survived had entered the Plantain Horn.

Even though all the survivors had been evacuated, the Cheqiancao (a type of steed) still hadn't started its engine.

Five golden fairies, flapping their fairy wings and wielding their holy swords, fought against the approaching beasts.

Even so, it was still impossible to kill all the beasts that approached the machine.

Some of the stragglers even managed to breach the outer walls of the airship and infiltrate its interior.

Although she wanted to help them, her own forces were already piled up like mountains, leaving her no chance to defend herself.

If she chooses to go back now, all the beasts she has held back will rush towards the Cartridge Grass.

The situation will only get worse then.

We need to find a way to stall for time...

Looking at the beast she had tricked and killed in the crater, Tohka Yatogami's mind raced, and an idea popped into her head.

After a moment's hesitation, she gritted her teeth and finally decided to use the plan.

With this thought in mind, she abandoned her interception point and rushed into the entrance of the ruins.

Although she lost her interception, the beasts she had entangled would surge toward the Plantain, increasing the pressure on the Golden Fairies.

But in order to stop these damned beasts once and for all, she had no choice but to take the gamble.

Rushing into the entrance of the underground ruins, slaying all the beasts blocking her way, Yatogami Tohka went upstream and entered the belly of the ruins.

Two minutes later, without Tohka Yatogami fighting bravely at the front, the Gold Fairies at the rear gradually began to feel the strain.

"Huh, where's Tohka?" Asya couldn't help but look towards where Yatogami Tohka should be, but she couldn't find her anywhere.

"Could it be that she has already..." Nafde's voice trembled slightly.

“Impossible. Tohka is stronger than any of us. She couldn’t possibly lose to a beast in such a short time.” Nephren’s tone left no room for doubt. “She must have come up with some more effective way to delay the beast’s attack.”

"Now we can only trust Tohka," Chtholly said breathlessly. "Tohka definitely believes we can protect Plantain, and we must hold it until she comes back!"

"Easier said than done!"

Asya dodged the Sixth Beast's attack and, with Naf's help, took away its last life.

Landoruko and Nephren stood back to back, struggling to hold on in the area with the highest density of beasts.

Chtholly swept away the remaining invaders from the plantain, flying swiftly close to the airship and saving the lives of the orcs one by one.

At this moment, none of the five held back, and they all cooperated with the abilities of their holy swords to keep the beast tide away from the Plantain at the highest efficiency.