A vein bulged on the forehead of the battle fortress's master; despite his forced suppression, a look of anger still appeared on his face.
What happened?
What are those guys guarding the warehouse doing?
He was about to reprimand the group of privates when he suddenly heard a somewhat hollow voice.
He was very familiar with the characteristics of that sound; it was a sound that had been processed by his battle fortress's sound transmission system.
What's going on?
The fortress's master revealed the mysterious expression that appears on the faces of all commanders who engage in their first battle against the Second Holy See's Soul Returner.
That delicious expression was born from a mixture of confusion, astonishment, and anxiety in equal proportions. Each time, a professional Soul Returner would record it, and later drag it out to be whipped or turned into an emoji.
The members of the Corridor Guard were equally puzzled, but after hearing two coughs, they habitually fell silent.
"Hello, can you hear me?"
A cheeky young voice rang out, and the familiar players instantly recognized it as [ Aluode's ] voice. Although the other party hadn't said anything of value yet, just two "cough coughs" and "hey hey" were enough to make them smile.
"Hello, members of the Corridor Guard."
"I am the Soul Returner [ Aluode ], and in my hometown there is a saying: 'The strongest fortress is often breached from within.' Now I would like to share this saying with you all."
"Next, please enjoy our performance!"
Four floors below, [ Aluode ] looked at the bright red, eye-catching lever in front of him and chuckled Whisper:
"Visual Design Lesson One: Important Things Must Look Important!"
"Click!"
He yanked the lever down, anticipating what would happen next...
Due to its size, the sound transmission system used by the battle fortress is not enhanced by any Psionic Energy; it is simply a sound transmission system made of metal tubes.
Sensing the characteristics of the sound, many guards realized that it was coming from the control panel.
A commotion erupted among the soldiers; many couldn't believe that savages had actually infiltrated their fortress.
How exactly did they do it?
Even the sewage outlets that discharge excrement are equipped with one-way devices, how on earth are these people...?
Before the group could reach a conclusion, the dozen or so harpoon-firing machines at the very front of the fortress began to operate on their own.
The winch began to tighten the ropes automatically, and the ropes at the ends of the harpoons that had been fired at the upper deck of the Antasia quickly became taut and were making a creaking sound that was taut beyond their limit.
"Whoosh whoosh!"
Several harpoons were pulled from the deck by tremendous force and automatically returned to the launching device by ropes.
As for the other harpoons, they couldn't be pulled out immediately because they were driven too deep. After reaching their limit, the pre-cut notch at the end of the harpoon snapped instantly, and the rope returned to the launcher on the battle fortress.
As for the Antasia, it thus separated from the battle fortress at the rear, and Oreo became "O--Leo".
On the battle fortress, the group stared helplessly at the launcher that was automatically folding and retracting into the ground, when they heard the fortress's master, their commander, Whisper angrily:
"It's 'Emergency Defense Mode'!"
As soon as the words were spoken, following the deployment of more than a dozen harpoon guns, the top-level railing behind the soldiers began to slowly sink into the wall.
Emergency Defense Mode is a mode available on all Battle Fortresses.
Once this mode is activated, all fixed combat weapons, railings, and other devices on the fortress surface will be retracted into the ground and walls, leaving the Blood Corpse with only a bare fortress shell covered in spikes, like a hedgehog with its belly tightly clenched.
This is their most common tactic when the battle fortress charges into the Corpse Tide and wreaks havoc.
This not only inflicts significant damage on the Blood Corpse in a short period of time, but also perfectly avoids the problem of Blood Corpse crawling everywhere.
However, at this moment, that trouble Descent them—
Without any guardrails, they stood on a platform more than 20 meters high, and the platform was moving rapidly.
This is unbelievable!
The top deck of the battle fortress already had a slightly raised curve, and now that the railings were gone, many soldiers crowded towards the center, fearing that any jolt the fortress might throw them off.
That's too dangerous!
We were just following orders to stop a candidate; it would be bad if someone got killed.
Fortunately, just a dozen seconds before entering emergency defense mode, they had repelled the last wave of savage reinforcements.
Otherwise, at this moment...
What is that?
One person pointed in astonishment, speechless, but the words he wanted to say had already reached the hearts of everyone present.
At the very front of the fortress, a blood-covered man climbed up once more. He expertly pulled a steel knife from his mouth, pointed it at the crowd, and asked:
"Who was it that just smashed me down with a hammer?"
Behind him, one after another, the ragged Soul Returner reappeared like a persistent infection. Most of their clothes were tattered, but there were obvious signs of healing on their flesh beneath the holes.
Behind them, dozens of sturdy vine ropes had reconnected the battle fortress.
Who said the battle is over? It's only just begun!
As their numbers increased, they approached the Corridor Guard guards with wicked grins.
The second battle between the two sides was about to break out, but at that moment, a tremendous force suddenly came from beneath everyone's feet.
The entire large fortress suddenly veered sharply to the left. Two commands were simultaneously input into the fortress's agile, modular tracks, and soon the two groups of people on the uppermost deck noticed—
The fortress isn't turning; the fortress is turning!
After making a sharp, thunderous turn, the fortress's front and rear tracks seemed to have found their comfort zone and began spinning wildly in place. Meanwhile, the vines left behind by the players acted as traction ropes, making the fortress spin like a top, continuing to move forward while spinning.
After just a few laps, everyone on the top level, whether Soul Returner or Corridor Guard, was completely disoriented. The surrounding scenery kept changing, and the raised ground under their feet became increasingly slippery. At this moment, everyone lost their fighting spirit and only hoped that they would not be left behind.
Ten meters below them, [ Gill's Cuisine ], ignoring the pain, grabbed a scorching pipe to steady himself, then began to loudly berate [ Aluode ]:
"Can't you check what function it is before you operate it?"
On the other side, [ Aluode ], who had been thrown against the wall along with the chair, loudly retorted:
"How am I supposed to know what function it is if I don't pull it out?!"