With the distance greatly reduced, the ballista crews' accuracy improved dramatically. More than half of the dozens of bolts struck the sea monsters.
Amid a series of explosions, green wildfire engulfed them in an instant. Although the sea monsters' resistance to wildfire had increased considerably, the sheer amount of wildfire and the damage inflicted by the ballista bolts still gradually snuffed out their lives.
By then, Himolos had swallowed most of the enormous sea monster's head. To keep the wildfire raging nearby from catching on her body, she dragged its carcass away, scrambling and rolling as she went.
But in that brief interval, the remaining six sea monsters had all reached the docks. Their raised tentacles towered well above Oldtown's walls, making the soldiers atop them tremble.
Even Rouge, who had seen his share of terrifying battles, could not help swallowing several times.
We can do this. We can do this!
Rouge silently reassured himself over and over.
We've already wiped out most of those twenty-odd sea monsters. The six left are nothing to worry about.
"Brothers! Strap as much wildfire onto the ballista bolts as you can. These are the last few. Let's send them all back to their Drowned God!"
"Yes!"
Having already shot down so many sea monsters, the ballista crews were nowhere near as frightened as they had been at first. They quickly adjusted their weapons and loaded the wildfire, then aimed at the six monsters charging furiously toward them, their eyes bloodshot.
"Fire!"
Just as the sea monsters' tentacles swept toward the walls, dozens of ballista bolts laden with wildfire shot out together.
Boom, boom, boom!
Smack! Smack! Smack!
Kraa, kraa, kraa!
The instant the bolts struck the sea monsters and the wildfire erupted, several of the creatures' tentacles lashed mercilessly against the walls around