"If this monster had a spiked club, it might pose an even greater threat to the castle."
"The wooden club in its hands is no less threatening..."
"I wonder where its first blow will land... It's really unsettling."
"I'm about to suffocate."
Several young wizards stood at the edge of the broken city wall, each holding a spellbook. As they warily watched the Kotos Giant forcing open the breach below, they whispered among themselves.
In the sky, the two suns grew ever more dazzling.
The air was thick with a scorching tension. No one knew whether it came from the dry environment of the Black Prison or the emotional resonance stirred by human hearts. Across the battlefield, whether wizards or demons, most attention was fixed on the giant standing at a Key Node of the battlefield.
Destroying it would split the four Great Demon Ships that had pushed into Black Prison Castle from the bulk of the Demon Allied Army behind them. More obviously, it would disrupt the demons' planned offensive.
Allowing it to remain there would not only inflict continuing damage on the outer castle's defensive system, but also pose an immense threat to the flanks and rear of the Nine Archwizards already fighting outside the castle, as well as a considerable number of hunting teams.
It was like someone pressing a dagger against their vital organs.
Among the Nine Archwizards defending the outer castle, several had already turned their attention back, considering whether to first eliminate this threat at their heart. Within the main castle, among the four academies confronting that expanse of mist, several vice principals were cautiously approaching the giant while communicating with the Divination Group about how to drive away or destroy the monster while causing the least possible damage to the defensive system.
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