Lord of Cinder in American Comics

On Brokeland Island, Roland held a revolver in each hand, carefully guarding against the monster's attack.

Once Roland spotted the monster, he was met with a barrage of shots.

In Middle-earth, bullets are a scarce resource, and Roland had never fought a battle with such abundance, which brought a smile of joy to his face.

In the courtyard behind the defensive line, Stark, wielding a dagger he'd somehow acquired, was acting as a coroner, dissecting the monsters' corpses.

Stark took off his plastic gloves and threw them into the burning campfire, looking somewhat troubled.

"Although some of the monsters' appearances may reveal human skin or physical characteristics, their bodies are entirely composed of other tissues."

Stark pointed to an organ that had been removed and said, "This organ doesn't exist in a human body, but it's a nutrient tissue attached to the omentum inside this monster. It's responsible for providing nutrients to the monsters."

But what's even more amazing is that I couldn't even find any digestive organs inside these monsters.

They don't need to eat, they don't need to do anything extra; it's as if they exist solely as cannon fodder for war.

Ash looked at Stark, who was covered in blood clots, shook his head, and said, "This is war now. No matter what they were before, they are enemies now."

At that moment, Roland, who was on the front lines, shouted in this direction.

“Someone come and take a look. It’s foggy here, and it’s getting thicker.”

Gunslinger's shout drew everyone's attention, and they saw white mist spreading from the woods, covering the monsters that were running around everywhere.

Just moments ago, one could still vaguely discern the fleeing figures of the monsters, but now all that remains is a thick white mist.

The fog covered the entire forest and then stopped, continuing to rise until it gradually obscured the sky.

Everyone watched the scene before them with heavy hearts, cautiously on guard to prevent anything from emerging from the fog.

Suddenly, a dark figure flew in from the left. The soldiers raised their guns and fired at the figure, the bullets shattering it into pieces. However, when the figure landed, it was just a piece of rotten wood.

Such surprise attacks became more frequent. Although they were all caused by rotten wood, the commanders and soldiers dared not gamble on the odds and could only shoot down all the shadowy figures.

'You really think I'm helpless, huh?'

Ash, who had been tricked, raised the Holy Bell again. At that moment, a huge sphere of light appeared in the courtyard square. As Ash raised her hand holding the Holy Bell, the sphere of light also rose and eventually hovered in the air above the courtyard.

[Radiant Light: A lost magic of the ancient golden magic kingdom of Ulasilu. It emits light that illuminates its surroundings. This radiance is a pure form of magic, the very essence of golden magic. Conversely, the Dragon Academy cannot reach this level.]

The enormous sphere of light cast a golden glow, gradually dissolving the thick fog in the forest, eventually exposing the monsters hiding within to everyone.

The monsters were still wondering why the thick fog had disappeared, and some of them, who were holding rotten logs and were about to throw them away, were now standing there in a daze.

"Free firing."

Not letting this opportunity slip by, General Hammer seized the moment and immediately gave the order, and the bullets that received the order went to their respective targets.

The group held their ground in the courtyard, firing at anything moving they could see. The cannon fodder among the monsters suffered fatal blows.

However, their good fortune was short-lived, and the soldiers on the front lines soon encountered their first major problem.

A monster that looked like a crocodile and a pangolin approached the group step by step, carrying bullets from a MAG 338 machine gun.

.338 Magnum bullets only bounced off the monster, leaving a small white dot. Although the bullet's kinetic energy made the monster stagger, it still walked towards the front line.

The soldiers at the machine gun emplacement were firing bullets at the monster, but all they could see were the sparks that flew out when the bullets hit it.

As the monster swung its enormous arm to attack the soldiers at the machine gun position, a straight sword with a diamond-shaped hilt swept across the monster's arm and then aimed at its head.

Wherever the sword passed, all obstacles crumbled and the monster was chopped into three pieces and died on the battlefield.

'If I don't intervene, they'll really think I'm some kind of clergyman.'

Ashe, holding the Lothric Knight's Sword, gently poked the monster's corpse on the ground with the sword, flicked a piece off, and threw it into the courtyard to keep it safe. The mad scientist Stark would definitely be very interested in this.

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At an army base in New Jersey, Sheffield was assembling soldiers for pre-battle mobilization. Meanwhile, Ross's airlift force was already parked on the base's runway.

The C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft was prepared for the dozens of combat soldiers involved in this operation. To ensure stronger land fire support, an M1 main battle tank was already loaded inside.

In addition, to provide synchronized air support, an AC-130 gunship had already taken off and was circling over the base. Six Super Hornets, with ammunition prepared in advance, were providing air cover for this operation.

After giving the pre-battle mobilization speech, Sheffield, who was leading the soldiers onto the transport plane, was stopped by his adjutant, who handed him a military tablet and a telephone.

The call was from Ross: "Old man, you need to take a look at the satellite images here. The entire sea is frozen, and fog has rolled in around that tower, obscuring satellite observation. And according to the intelligence Davelin sent, our enemy may not be human."

Looking at the satellite images on the tablet, Sheffield became even more determined and said, "This is perfect. We'll send more people over the sea. As long as the first batch of airdrops can support Ash and hold out until the follow-up troops arrive, we definitely won't lose. As for those monsters, as long as bullets can cause damage, we can drown them with bullets."

Ross understood what he meant. Not losing meant that once the location of friendly forces was confirmed, they would implement a flatland strategy and simply bomb down all areas above sea level.

After hanging up the phone, Ross ordered his adjutant: "Immediately deploy combat personnel according to the maximum carrying capacity of the vehicles currently in the base."

After the first batch of airborne troops departed, the army aviation regiment was immediately mobilized to follow behind, locate all enemy forces, and eliminate them to create an opening.

After the adjutant saluted Sheffield, he went to carry out Sheffield's orders.

Sheffield took a half-smoked cigar from his coat pocket, lit it again, and started smoking. He had smoked this cigar two years ago at the Imperial Cemetery.

Since the failure at the Imperial Cemetery, Sheffield had not touched it again, but this operation has rekindled Sheffield's old impulses and passions.

Sheffield lit a cigar, took a puff, slowly exhaled the smoke, then stubbed it out with his fingers and shouted to the soldiers, "Everyone, get moving! Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

## Chapter Sixty-Six: Beach Battle

Just then, the corpse that Ashe had thrown landed right next to Stark, and the impact of the falling body parts splattered blood all over Stark.

"Ash! *******"

Stark made a friendly gesture to Ash, then pulled out his dagger and continued dissecting the new species of corpse before him, trying to find some useful information.

However, given Stark's small stature, even with all his might, he could only leave a shallow white mark on the surface of the corpse with his dagger, which disappeared with a swipe of his hand.

Stark, having accomplished nothing, stood up in anger and kicked the corpse twice to vent his frustration.

However, everyone on the front lines witnessed Ash's spectacular move...

Gripping the Lothric Knight's Sword, Ash charged headlong into the woods.

Wielding his knight's sword, he ran around the trees, hacking down any stragglers that managed to escape.

Some of the intimidated monsters have already begun to flee towards the beach outside the woods.

Ash, who had been chasing and hacking at the monsters, let go of the fleeing ones and instead began to focus on being a lumberjack.

He chopped down tree after tree, casually tossing the wood to both sides of the position, thus rebuilding another artificial barrier for the position.

Anderson stood at the entrance to the position, holding a Remington 870, guiding Ash to change the direction of the position.

As the last tree on the beach was felled, the entire position was rebuilt in a completely different way.

A row of trees formed a circular outer wall around the position, with the entire wall arranged in an arc shape. Some soldiers had already begun redeploying their positions on the wall.

Moreover, with the trees along the beach cleared, the new firing arc of the positions has changed, and the machine gunners, with no obstructions to their view, can now fire directly at any location they want.

Furthermore, the presence of tree stumps after the trees were felled created a greater obstacle to the monsters' attacks.

At that moment, Ross and Sheffield's reinforcements arrived.

Everyone on the position could now hear the enormous roar of the transport planes, and some soldiers with good eyesight had already spotted the entire formation flying in from below the clouds.

Anderson quickly switched to a flare gun from the supply station and fired the flare as fast as he could.

The pilots on the plane also saw the signal flare launched from the ground.

The pilot then ordered the plane to begin circling the beach, after which an M1 Abrams was ejected from the back of the transport plane.

As the tank's massive parachute opened, more smaller parachutes followed and descended.

Each of those umbrellas, utilizing their high mobility, landed on the clearing that Ash had already cleared.

Almost simultaneously, the paratroopers restarted Abrams and drove it in front of Ash.

The soldier at the machine gun position asked Ash with a witty remark, "Sir, is this road to Berlin?"

“Alan, be serious.”

A man wearing noise-canceling headphones, red goggles, and a ski mask emerged from the following squad behind the tank and warned Allen, who was in the machine gun position.

It's worth mentioning that this person's ski mask also has a skull painted on it.

"Sir, it's a pleasure to meet you."

"Me too, Simon, it's nice to meet you." Ash went up to the person in front of her and gave him a hug.

Simon, or Ghost, is the field deputy commander of Special Forces 141. Apart from the old smoker Price, he is the most convincing and reliable person in the entire team.

Taking advantage of the opening created by Ash's attacks, Ghost directed the newly arrived Task Force 141 to redeploy the battlefield.

They parked the Abrams tanks directly in front of the gate, so that anyone attempting to storm the gate would have to get past its 120mm 44-caliber smoothbore gun first.

Just as the tank came to a stop, Ash suddenly conjured a lightning spear and shot it towards a spot not far in front of the tank.

The lightning spear had just flown to the edge of the beach when it exploded under Ash's control, spreading yellow lightning across the beach.

A pale gray figure gradually emerged under the stimulation of lightning.

Ghost reacted the fastest, following Ash's actions. As soon as the gray figure appeared, Ghost shouted, "The enemy can become invisible. Tanks, activate infrared vision. Everyone else, watch out for heat sources."

While shouting, Ghost didn't stop firing, using his usual ACR rifle to precisely fire at Gray Shadow.

The death of the invisible gray shadow set off a signal, and more and more monsters charged from the frozen sea toward the beach.

The coaxial machine gun on the tank was the first to roar, followed by the general-purpose machine guns from various machine gun positions. The remaining soldiers began to fire precise bursts with their rifles.

Just like in a bullet hell shooter, your own bullets inflict tons of damage on the enemy.

Among the monsters, there were some that looked like pangolins from before, their tall figures standing out like cranes among chickens in the monster horde.

Ash warned Ghost, "Watch out for those big guys; regular ammunition won't do any damage."

Ghost gestured to Ash with an understanding look, then gave the tank orders through the headset.

It can stop .338 Magnum ammunition, but it can't stop Ash's Knight's Sword, nor can it stop 120mm high-explosive rounds.

The shells accurately found each individual target and exploded at their feet, leaving craters on the beach with each loud bang.

Some clever guys took cover in the shell craters to avoid being hit by incoming bullets, and since the tanks needed to clear out the big guys, they didn't waste any more shells on them.

Just as the monsters in the crater were gloating, a series of dull sounds, like the corks of a newly opened wine bottle, came from inside.

Then a grenade landed precisely in the craters, the explosion stirring up the loose sand that landed on the orcs inside, quickly and accurately building them a grave.

After the AC-130 in the sky confirmed the location of the ground firepower, the various weapons on the side of the cockpit began to perform.