Cthulhu Gonfalons

Chapter 9

It was late at night, and gradually getting colder.

During this cold night, a desperate battle ensued.

One side of the battle was an army of skeletons that seemed to be the embodiment of the endless evil of the black forest; the other side was a group of villagers living in the black forest, who were, and make every effort to protect their homeland and their lives.

The battle process was rather boring and monotonous. The skulls moved forward constantly in an attempt to damage the wooden fence surrounding the village, while the villagers swung burning wood out through the fences, hitting and burning the approaching skeletons. They dissolved the magic in their bodies with fire, so they temporarily became harmless bones.

Seen from Sui Xiong's side, black waves constantly surged towards the village surrounded by wooden fences, and then were stopped by the red flames. The tide is constantly fluctuating. With each fluctuation, there would be one or several skeletons reduced to bones, then scattered on the ground to form a small gap. The other skulls immediately followed up to fill the gap and continued their attacks.

It is a simple and repetitive process. At first glance, the defense of the villagers seemed perfect. No matter how many skeletons came, they could only be stopped outside the wooden fence and rolled back underground after sunrise. However, Sui Xiong knew that the balance of victory had been completely skewed, and the failure of the villagers would come.

The reason is simple; they are tired.

They needed to push back the skeletons that had rushed in front of the fence with each round of attack, and this was the only way they could prevent a skeleton attack on their defense. However, the strength of the skeleton could not be underestimated. Every time they were pushed back, a lot of effort was made. Villagers may have pushed their troops back hundreds of times since skeletal troops came to their fences.

More than a hundred times did not seem to be much, but in reality, pushing back many times was more than enough to exhaust an ordinary muscular man and make his body ache. Before space travel, Sui Xiong had been doing physical exercise, and he could do fourteen to fifteen barbells for each set. But he only did four sets per day and no more than sixty reps, and that was almost his limit. However, this villager definitely has a higher “exercise” intensity than him. Given the sheer number of repetitions and no rest, their stamina was quite awesome for Sui Xiong because, until now, no one had fainted from exhaustion. However, these villagers were not people with strange powers, and now they were sweating. They are now just protracted.

But looking up at the sky, Sui found that even though the moon was in the west, it was still a long way before sunrise.

“It looks like it's almost time I present myself?” Sui Xiong announced to himself. When he planned to suddenly appear and make an impressive debut, things changed again. The atmosphere that Sui Xiong hated and shrouded the village every night had become strong. Without warning, it rushed to the skeletal army like a wave from the sea.

A crackling sound came together, and all the skeletons near the fence instantly shattered, and turned into spilled pale-colored bones. At the same time, Sui Xiong heard a prayer. Many prayers join together in a strange rhythm to promote atmospheric growth.

He was startled, and only recovered after a short while; this world was not earth, so he possessed a skeleton-like magical power. In the face of the attacks of these forces, of course, it is supernatural forces that must be used to defend.

Maybe this is the real village defense, right?

The fact proved that Sui Xiong was wrong again.

Just as he was shocked, four young girls dressed in black robes walked out of the stone house, each carrying a wooden cage covered with black cloth. They each walked to one side of the village, leaving the wooden stables to the four large men who had been there for a while. They carefully took out the cage, and forcefully threw it into the fence and into the skeletal troops.

A while later, a screeches roar sounded in the skeletal army. Four monsters, of unknown origin, suddenly appeared in the skeletal army, furiously rampaging.

These monsters had chicken heads and wings, but had human-like torque. Their sturdy limbs showed that they had incredible strength, and their chicken-like hands and feet were extremely sharp. When they touched the skeleton, it fell and shattered as if they were weak! Those monsters were also extremely tall, with the shortest being the height of the three strong men combined and the highest even being the combined height of five people.

“While! Where did these monsters come from? ”Sui Xiong was stunned when he saw what happened. He could swear at Marx. When he observed this village for the past few times, he never found any trace of these four monsters. He must be blind to miss something so big! So, where did these four big men come from?

No, this is not the point. The crux of the matter was that with the four large men guarding the gate, the skeletal troops seemed to be incapable of doing anything to this village.

Sui Xiong did not have much fighting experience, and could not accurately evaluate how powerful the four monsters were. But because they looked invincible among the skeletons, and the monsters seemed to have won in battle. Although the skeletons had sufficient support in terms of them being endless, an infinite number of skeletons could not win against four powerful monsters that could defeat a large number of skeletons just by waving their hands.

Sui Xiong could only sigh. After all, he had underestimated these villagers who could live in the black forest! But within a short period of time, he found that his previous estimate was correct; this village was actually not that strong.

No, in fact, the situation is even better now. Due to the struggle of the four monsters, the number of skeletons had been widely cut. The waves were no longer as dense as before. Although reinforcements from the underground still appeared, it would take some time to return them to the previous number. Instead, the villagers, after this period of rest, had recovered much of their physical strength. Even if they were unable to hold the skeletons, at least the entire defensive line would not suddenly collapse, so Sui Xiong could confidently save everyone when he made his debut.

It was good, and it was nothing more than scaring the villagers. But either way, there will be no danger.

Sui Xiong was confident that as long as he jumped into the village and surrounded the fence, he could destroy over eighty percent of the skeletal troops. He could leave two or three to attack in the future.

No problem, everything went according to plan.

The destruction of the four monsters seemed to be something the villagers were hoping for. They only sighed in disappointment, and continued to devote themselves to defending their homeland.

The situation is no different than before. The skulls rushed to the fence, and the villagers beat them back by burning wood. They burned again and again until the skeleton collapsed.

But before long, Sui Xiong saw the matter. The strength of the villagers was now much worse! After all, they had exhausted themselves and failed to recover much despite resting for more than thirty minutes.

After all, they had exhausted themselves and failed to recover much despite resting for more than thirty minutes. However, this is a small matter at the moment. When faced with a moment of life or death, even a pig would exert its final strength and fight to the end, let alone someone. Although these villagers were out of breath, Sui Xiong bet that they could at least insist on fighting another hour or so!

In contrast to their resolve, another crisis was imminent. The wooden fence could not hold the skeleton for longer! The wooden fence around the village was sturdy, but it was only wood. On this night, they were constantly attacked by skeletons, and they were burned many times by burning wooden sticks. They almost exceeded their limits. If this world were a strategy game, perhaps the durability bars of the wooden fence would turn from yellow to red, and they would collapse completely if the attack did not subside. Once the fence is destroyed, the village's defensive line will disappear.

It was then that the village gate, which had been closed, was opened. As if someone in the darkness was controlling him in the distance, the skeletal troops, who were crazily attacking the fence, stopped and rushed towards the open gate.

Sui Xiong was stunned. He could not understand this frame of mind way. The skeletons had been fighting all night, and would destroy the entire wooden fence and to occupy the village, how could they drop the wooden fence and rush to the gate when it opened? What logic is this !?

Sui Xiong reckoned that only in those old games at the level of enlightenment would there be a level of artificial intelligence, and that would be considered a level of mental disability.

Oh this skeleton has been dead for a long time. And they're not artificial, let alone intelligent.

As he quietly complained, the skeletons, originally surrounding the entire village, gathered at the gate and rushed forward. Those responsible for fighting against them were some powerful men who recovered earlier.

They wore armor made from the skin of ferocious beasts and used heavy weapons such as axes and hammers, and they smashed the skeletons moving forward. Their powerful bodies, thanks to years of felling, possessed incredible strength unmatched by those black skeletons, many of which shattered apart.

However, such a fierce battle meant tremendous physical consumption for the powerful men. After about ten minutes, those strong people, who had logged in for years, began to pant.

The bald janitor waved his hands, directing them to retreat, while he himself continued to block the entry of the skeleton by leading two or three strong men into the terrain. He was clearly much stronger than the lumberjack. When he waved his axe, several skeletons shattered, as if he was mowing a tall grass.

Sui Xiong could not help but secretly feel shocked; this bald man did not seem to be stronger than the lumberjacks, but his combat effectiveness clearly exceeded theirs, it is as if they are not the same species. What exactly did he eat to become so strong?

He thought that after he had a good relationship with the people in this village, he should communicate with him properly. If he could learn from the strength of the janitor, he could become extremely strong by improving his physical abilities!

However, the supposedly arrogant resilience of the janitor seems problematic. Right after fighting about twice during the average man, he started to gasp and retreat, being replaced by another tree lumberjack so he could rest. Of course, during this short period of time, he knocked down at least two or three hundred skeletons. That's a brilliant record.

This guy is so strong!