Chapter 286 286: Roar-Level Beasts
Chapter 286 286: Roar-Level Beasts
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Just like that, the second and third waves of the beast's tide passed. The second, third, and fourth-line defense couldn't hold off the sheer number of demon beasts. First of all, from a thousand earlier from the first wave... The second wave had three thousand while the third wave had four thousand. The first line of defense and the second line of defense, which were at the front line, were on the verge of breaking down from exhaustion.
The third line and the fourth line were still in a good state as they'd just started fighting. However, even then, there are a lot of beasts that managed to bypass them. Even some of the students nearby had to fight.
Fortunately, the demon beasts that bypassed the first four lines of defense had been weakened and injured. Enough for the students to take care of.
Zhou, who was in the fourth line of defense, stared at the corpse of the half-cheetah, half-dog with dread. "Damn it! How are we supposed to do this? There are still the last four waves and the fifth wave of Beast Tide. Don't tell me, the numbers would double again!?"
Xin was near Zhou. As he heard Zhou's complain, he couldn't help but look at the small gash the iron bull inflicted on his thigh. "These demon beasts aren't terrifying individually. But it's there are numbers that make them really dangerous... Fortunately, the fourth wave and the fifth wave haven't appeared yet..."
Just as Xin said this. Professor Zhuge and Commander Zenith made their way into the middle. Their clothes were in a mess. Filled with holes of various sizes. Incredibly, there was no smudge of blood on them.
"Attention... The surveillance just gave us data. The 4th wave and 5th wave would be coming in two hours." Zenith looked at everyone. The heavy blood lust on his entire being hasn't dissipated yet due to too much killing of demon beasts. "It's enough time for us to rest and recuperate. A precious breathing time. Now, since I need the soldiers' 3rd and 4th line of defense to exchange positions with the 1st and 2nd line..."
After Zenith's words. The soldiers in the 3rd and 4th line made their way to exchange positions with their fellow soldiers from the 1st line and 2nd line without complaining. They are soldiers. The orders of the above or people of higher rank than them always precede. Following orders had been ingrained in their very bones through all of their training.
'How disciplined...'
Caleb watched as the soldiers also began to sort out the corpses of demon beasts and dead soldiers. Stumps of flesh and body parts, like eyes balls, or severed arms, were scattered on the battlefield. Everyone felt the heavy loss in the air as the bodies of soldiers piled up on top of each other and formed a small hill.
"This is too much..." Fatty slumped on the ground with a ghastly expression as he saw the number of deaths. It was the first time he saw the cruelty and fragility of life.
Not only he, Shawn, Kevin, and the other students were all overwhelmed. Even Zhou, who was usually arrogant, was silent. Professor Zhuge and the Zenith looked at the students with pity.
'Maybe I need to finally make a move in the incoming last two waves. Well, let me test the combat abilities of my three shadow assistants then.'
Caleb thought.
...
The soldiers rested for an hour. Eating foods, and drinking water from their supplies. Combat medic tends to their injuries. Well, mostly, they let them drink blue and green potions. The blue potion speeds up the recovery of genetic energy while the green potion helps recover stamina and physical injuries.
Then, for another hour, the soldiers went back to their positions. As for strategy discussion or whatnot. That is useless in their situation. All they had to do was to stop the advancement of the Beast Tide.
Actually, a Nuclear Bomb would do the job of wiping the Beast Tide. After all, the Nuclear Bomb is still effective against Sprout, Roar, and Goliath...
The only problem with Nuclear Weapons was it's harmful to the environment and the Philippines couldn't really afford the cost to use such things just for one city.
Just like that, the soldiers, Caleb, and his classmates immediately stood up as they heard the familiar beeping sound. The ground trembled continuously and the unsettling sounds of thousands of footsteps echoed like a thunderclap.
"We are absolutely fucked..."
Fatty unconsciously swallowed as he saw a horde of demon beasts. At this time, the 4th wave appeared to be two times bigger than the last one.
"People! You need to hold on! The surveillance reported that there are six thousand Sprout demon beasts this time and two Roar-level demon beasts!" Commander Zenith announced. Then he looked at Zhuge beside him. "We take care of the two Roar-level. This time. He won't be able to help reduce the burden. This is getting bad."
The expressions of the soldiers behind the two were ugly. They would surely die at this time. After all, the 1st to 3rd wave was already hard even with two extraordinary realms reducing most of their numbers. Yet, lots of their comrades died. Now, what should they do without the help of the two!?
Mei, who was on the eighth line, took a deep breath. "Adam, don't die on me. Since commander and professor Zhuge would be preoccupied with the two-roar level. The monsters would surely reach us this time."
Caleb nodded. With his enhanced eyesight, he could already see the appearance of the two-roar-level beasts. They were nothing special. They just look like Apokalips in the world of Destiny, though they look more ferocious: "You don't have to worry about me. I've got my back."
Mei nodded and then looked at Fatty. "You too..."
"You actually care about me, also? What a surprise." Fatty said mockingly, which Mei just ignored.
Unbeknownst to the two of them, Caleb was excited rather than scared. On this battlefield, Roar-threat level or extraordinary genetic warriors aren't qualified to fight him. Well, they are qualified to fight his three shadow assistants.
Even Zhuge and Commander Zenith would be no match to his three shadow assistants if they fused into one and obtained 150% of his strength. What is 150% of his strength? An intermediate stage of Transcendent Realm!