The New Civilization of Witches

Chapter 49: Mixed Species

Roland rubbed his eyes in disbelief, what the hell is this?

Is this still within the scope of the biological variability of demonic beasts?

What he saw was hard to explain in words, even the monsters in the horror movies were not this absurd.

From afar, it looked like a giant turtle with two heads, but from up close, it was actually two wolf heads.

Roland thought, is this a test piece from Dr. A frankenstein?

It was nearly as tall as the city walls, 7 yards long, and had a total of six legs that were stocky and shaped like rhino legs. However, one leg is the size of at least one adult torso.

Head ... Unlike the two-headed monsters in various monster movies, they don't yell at each other, bite, or try to show who the boss is.

Instead, they just hang, and their eyes have a layer of wood. It was like a brainless zombie moving forward.

However, the most striking feature of the demonic beast was the shell on its back.

The surface of the shell is dark brown and covered in algae, and has a special hardness. It was like a turtle shell, covering the turtle from front to back.

If this monster could also shrink back into its shell like a turtle, it would be very difficult to get rid of it.

However, Roland was not worried, a demon beast of this size should be slow, so it was destined to become a target.

Even if a firearm cannot penetrate its shell, it is still possible to shoot a sticking head.

If it was meant to hide in its shell, then they would have to reverse it with explosives.

“Your Majesty, this is a hybrid species,” Iron Axe nervously bowed and explained,

“Now I can understand why demonic beasts of different species work together. They seem to be under the control of a hybrid demonic beast.”

So like a lion ruling a sheep?

Roland nodded. "So this is a completely different beast than the one you met last time?"

“This is also my first time seeing this kind of hybrid species.

Although it looks strange, you should not be careless. As long as it is a mixed species, it will always be difficult to deal with it.”

“It will soon enter the range of our archer, so try to kill him first with a bow and bow.” Roland's orders.

At this time, because the snow was still thin and strong winds were blowing from the North, the weather was not suitable for archery.

However, the two hunters from the Iron Axe personal army were still convinced that they could kill the beast.

They climbed the watchtower, tested the wind and then shot their arrows into the air.

The two arrows seemed to have grown eyes. They rise to the highest point and then, under the influence of wind and gravity, fall at an almost vertical angle to their target.

As imagined, the arrow bounced off its shell. In Roland's brain it even sounded like it was bouncing.

Seeing this, the hunters hurriedly inserted the next arrow into their rope, and unleashed a second wave. Finally this volley paid off.

This time, the impact area was at the front of the monster, so one arrow went right into the wolf head while the other arrow went into the neck of the other head.

However, the demonic beast did not roar in anger or hasten its attack, it only paused for a moment, stuffing its head into its shell and then continuing to slowly move forward.

This change left everyone dumbfounded. With this, the demonic beast only looked like a tank, its body as low as possible above the ground so even better shooters would not be able to land the arrows.

"Take your weapon," Roland ordered.

Now, the target was only fifty feet away from the wall. Even if the weapon wasn't carved flintlocks, he wasn't worried it would miss.

Carter and Iron Axe immediately approached the edge of the wall, putting the barrel of their weapon in the horizontal frame of the wall, aiming, and shooting.

While a burst of white smoke drifted away from the rifle, Roland could clearly see the bullet hitting the shell and splitting some debris, even opening a small hole inside the shell.

However, mixed species do not seem to be affected, as it continues to maintain its original speed.

It seems that this layer of armor falls into the category of strength of biological carbon intensity, Roland thought.

So, those four rifles alone to destroy the mixed species armor were quite unrealistic, so the only option left was to use explosives.

The Iron Axe agreed with the Prince's assessment, he immediately ordered his deputy to get the explosives as quickly as possible, as the demon beast had already reached the wall. They did not feel the earth tremble like the moment the demonic beast stepped on the wall..

Instead, he suddenly started smashing his shell against the wall again and again, like a high-frequency rotary hammer.

Suddenly, stone fragments began to fly everywhere and a number of cracks spread along the cement bound at high speed.

Rough walls are very resistant to compression, but the performance of tensile and shear resistance of walls is very poor.

That means the wall's ability to withstand vibration shocks is almost zero. The people standing on the wall could feel a strong vibration, and immediately, a shrill scraping sound was conveyed to the ears of everyone standing on the wall.

With this, the wall began to surrender under the attack of mixed species. However, the impact has not stopped.

Instead, he started moving again, and soon the entire front of the beast's body was embedded in the wall.

The militia standing at the part of the wall with cracks had already escaped, and the invisible Nightingale grabbed Roland's waist and jumped with him from the top of the wall –

if at this moment someone was staring at the prince, he would see the prince's feet hanging on the floor, like a ghost.

When Van'er arrived carefully carrying the explosive package, he was surprised to see that there was already a nine-foot-wide hole inside the wall,

and the demonic beast had stepped through the wall but still maintained its previous speed slowly moving forward.

"Rurry!" Iron Axe shouted,

“turn it on and put it at the foot of that demonic beast!”

Although Van'er's hands were trembling, his mind suddenly became clear and every detail of his training with explosives appeared in his mind.

It was a different version of explosives than the one used during training.

To reduce costs, the explosives are now placed inside a wooden box containing debris from the mine.

At the same time, the ignition design is also optimized, using flint-type ignition and copper wire.

If this fails, the kit also contains a normal ignition cable. He rushed to tear the oil cloth and opened the bag, where he then saw a copper rope.

When he exhausted all his body strength to pull the strings, he could hear hissing sounds coming out of the box and white smoke started to rise –

this is a sign of a successful ignition. To slow down the burning time, the lead wire is soaked in salt, it only takes 10 breaths to explode.

When Van'er saw white smoke billowing from the box, his world became silent around him.

He had witnessed the power of this thing, if it exploded in his hand, he was afraid that not even a part of his body would be left.

Nine breaths. Van'er could hear his own heartbeat, as if to give him a countdown.

Step by step, he went in front of the demonic beast, placing explosives under the beast.

Five breaths. Now that it had generated so much pressure, nothing could stop the explosion now.

Three breaths. Van'er turned and ran. Two breaths.One breath – he can only hear muffled sounds.

Van'er felt the shockwave and the world became noisy again. He turned around and could see a lot of white exploding from under the shell of –

it was snow that shot into the air from explosives, at first glance looking like a misty flower spreading out.

The demonic beast finally stopped, but before it fell, it fell to the ground, as if it was no longer able to hold its heavy carapace.

Then, black blood came out from under the carapace, soaking the surrounding soil.

"Oh oh oh!" Seeing this, the crowd suddenly cheered.

Van'er fell to the ground, only now discovering that his clothes were soaked in sweat. It's finally over.

When everyone thought of this, the sound of a horn echoed throughout the Border Town again. Once again, hordes of demonic beasts marched towards Border Town, trying to destroy it.