"Enemy attack!"
As the Autumn Light and Osmanthus Shadows drew near, the mid-level officers of the Holy Crusaders, who had already held a small meeting with Marba and learned of the enemy's presence of air power, immediately prepared for battle.
Upon hearing this order, the soldiers immediately assumed a defensive stance.
Although they had never actually dealt with flying enemies before, they had heard that flying scouts were frequently seen when the Southern Theocracy clashed with the Empire, so they were not surprised by it.
[ Autumn Light and Osmanthus Shadows ], flying at high speed in mid-air, keenly noticed the changes in this group of Holy Crusaders and realized that it had been exposed to the enemy.
But he merely scoffed, mocking their high level of preparedness as being like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.
He is now in full reconnaissance and early warning aircraft mode, without any attack capabilities, not even high-altitude object throwing attacks.
Below, Marba also heard the shouts of the officers ahead. He opened his slightly closed eyes and looked up at the sky. The human color in his eyes quietly faded, and the demonic mixed color flashed with flames in his eyes.
This High Tier demon locked onto the enemy flying at high speed in the air in a mere instant and determined its rank.
Humans, Lower Low Tier being, but almost at the middle level, are in excellent health.
The insect is of Low Tier mid-level rank, but its hollow body makes it seem unlikely to be truly alive.
Duma beneath the human skin, snorted disdainfully. If he wanted, he could rub two fingers together and instantly Ignite the high-frequency vibrations of the Soldier Bee' wings in the distance.
These insects mostly have thin and Fragility wings, so they naturally have no ability to resist their own demonic fire.
But he couldn't. He was now the Grand Knight Commander and Legion Commander Marba. Since he had received the gift, he had to do what a legion commander should do.
Using demon fire is clearly not a skill a leader of the Tree Worship Church Cult should possess.
Thinking of this, he began to mentally review the characteristics of the symbiotic plants under his command. After a few seconds of thought, he turned his head and said seriously:
" Nasen, shoot it down for me."
"Yes, Commander."
A Holy Crusaders officer nodded solemnly, his right arm beneath his robes beginning to twist and writhe.
The [ Autumn Light and Osmanthus Shadows ] in the sky is constantly approaching the Holy Crusaders, trying to gather more information for its report.
But at that moment, he suddenly felt a jolt all over his body, as if all the hairs on his body had stood on end.
He had heard other players describe this feeling; [ Howling Pothos ] recounted experiencing this stiffening sensation when locked on by Antiya Lisi.
Whether explained by Observation Haki or by killing intent, [ Autumn Light and Osmanthus Shadows ] knew that she had been locked onto by the opponent's "fire control radar".
But he didn't care at all. He was just a worthless life, and if he died, he could just quickly return to the city. But the Soldier Bee under him couldn't just die like that.
Players have many different opinions about the exact origins of the Soldier Bee. Although the official announcement provides a general outline, since the incident was actually carried out by Ed and Seraphina, players theoretically wouldn't know the inside story.
Some say Ed managed to recruit soldiers through his personal charisma, while others say these insects were Ed's mercenaries.
Just as the two schools of thought were locked in a stalemate, a third school of thought emerged—
Players rarely consider the target when doing bad things. Since the "ditch literature" has Spread to Antiya Lisi, it is natural that a leader like Ed is not immune to it.
The third group has recently been making all sorts of jokes on the forum, saying that the Soldier Bee were bought by Ed through prostitution, and even using a classic real-world formula, saying that one Soldier Bee larva is created for every trip...
[ Autumn Light and Osmanthus Shadows ] Suddenly, I realized that my thoughts Spread too far, as if the whole world had just turned into a huge ditch.
No, this can't be done. He forced his attention back to the army formation below and lightly tapped the shell of the Soldier Bee to send a message:
"If I die, you must return to base immediately."
"Good."
The Soldier Bee, or rather the Hive Will, do not support advanced commands like "I will live and die with you." Since the humans on their backs have given such orders, they simply obey them.
Having confirmed the next course of action, the Second Holy See's ace pilot, [ Autumn Light and Osmanthus Shadows ], began high-difficulty flight maneuvers to dodge the large number of hardwood arrows fired from below.
He had seen such Directed Alienation in people like Duolin, and knew that it was one of the standard forms of Alienation in the Tree Worship Church.
However, among the priests who were firing arrows, one person's Alienation was quite strange.
Unlike most priests, whose right hand was Alienation into a cylindrical shape to fire wooden arrows without arrowheads or fletchings, he twisted and compressed his fingers, as if waiting for something.
Finally, [ Autumn Light and Osmanthus Shadows ] flew to his diagonal front, and their eyes briefly met.
At this moment, [ Autumn Light and Osmanthus Shadows ] felt the opponent's undisguised killing intent, as if they were absolutely certain that this attack would hit them.
He instinctively looked at the other person's arm, only to find that where the launch tube should have been was now several "springs" poised to fire.
It's over!
His breath hitched as he watched the other person raise his right arm, several springs snapping open and shooting out black objects.
These "bullets" were much faster than the arrows of ordinary priests. [ Autumn Light and Osmanthus Shadows ], who was used to dodging arrows, was powerless to dodge such high-speed bullets and only had time to slightly twist his body.
The next moment, the black spheres rained down on him, shattering his skull, piercing his body, and breaking his limbs...
Even the Soldier Bee beneath him were not spared. Although the ammunition was not enough to penetrate the thick chitinous exoskeleton, it was enough to shatter the Soldier Bee ' wings.
[ Autumn Light and Osmanthus Shadows ] died on the spot, his mangled body swaying and falling to the ground. The Soldier Bee beneath him spun around like out-of-control helicopters and landed in the distance, where they were immediately killed and finished off by a large group of Holy Crusaders.
Marba, who had been observing the entire process, showed no change in expression. Seeing his subordinates easily shoot down the enemy plane, he nodded and asked:
"Is this your Aberration plant?"
"Yes, Commander."
"Can it be temporarily planted on someone else?"
The officer named Senna thought for a moment and said:
"Yes, sir, but the new plant will compete with the existing symbiotic plant, placing a serious burden on the user's body."
"I see."
Marba pondered for a few seconds, feeling that the Low Tier soldiers of the Tree Worship Church were still too weak. How could they call themselves the Tree Worship Church if they couldn't even get along with two kinds of plants?
Back when he led the Demon Allied Army, he once pulled off a ruthless stunt by stuffing multiple forces into a slime's body and then having his subordinates throw it onto the city wall to self-destruct.
He thought for a moment and said:
"Prepare some seeds; I will select a group of suicide soldiers later."