Doomsday Pillars

Chapter 248 - Secret Weapon

Their first objective was successfully completed. Now, this battle was entering its climax stage. In Alex's previous life, almost no troops could survive when these 500 Uruks charged in. If Alex brought over 500 of his troops, then of course this line of black-armored soldiers wouldn't even be able to have a step of theirs enter this fort. However, at this moment, Alex only had 165 fighters, of which more than 20 of them were heavily injured and almost all of them were already tired after killing over 500 orcs.

As these 500 troops drew near, the remaining 200 orcs seemed to be paving the way for them. These Uruks were walking in a very tidy formation, and their every step felt capable of shaking the battlefield.

The black orc war chief eagerly stood in the front line. He obviously couldn't wait to crush them all to pieces.

However, in this condition, all the gates that were previously open were closed again, and thick black smoke covered the entire fort as if it was on fire.

Seeing this, the Uruks weren't worried that what Alex had prepared wouldn't make them tremble or retreat.. None of the Uruks in the horde believed that whatever Alex had prepared would pose a threat to them. Meanwhile, Alex's entire army was surrounded and there was no way out of this smoke, but they didn't seem bothered at all.

Once again, the Uruks shouted loudly and sped up their steps. The remaining 200 orcs followed them from behind.

GRAAHHH!! GRAAHHH!!

In just a few minutes, the four gates were successfully destroyed. From behind the broken gates, they found only thick white smoke. They returned to their formation and began to slowly enter the smoke.

GRAAHHH!! GRAAHHH!!

After walking several tens of steps into the smoke, they finally found the shadow of the opponent in front of them. They immediately attacked.

Clank!! Clank!! 

GWAAHHH!!!

The Uruk and orc troops soon realized that they were attacking Uruk troops who had entered from another gate. And this caused them to start wondering, because at this time, the entire fortress was filled with troops of Uruks and orcs, but they didn't find any humans.

When they were still in confusion, all of a sudden, the orc army that was following them started screaming, and some of them fell to the ground.

GWAAHHH!! GWAAHHH!!

[High-level poison has been found in the air.]

[The Uruk warriors have been poisoned.]

[The orc warriors have been poisoned.]

[The Uruk warriors have been weakened.]

[The orc warriors have been greatly weakened.]

On the other hand, they found a hole that was big enough for people to go through covered by woods. It seemed that Alex and the Star Army had fled through this hole.

GRAAHHH!! GRAAHHH!!

Outside the fort, the orc shaman realized that something had happened, but it seemed that he was too late. The shaman turned around and felt a strong wind approach him. He suddenly felt something sharp touch his neck, and immediately, everything went dark. The orc shaman's head fell to the ground.

[The mission objective "Kill Drok'Thal" has been completed.]

Near the body of the orc shaman who had died, the figure of a beautiful girl appeared out of thin air. Aria had just used her skill and succeeded in assassinating the orc shaman. The white orc war chief standing nearby could only be annoyed to see the orc shaman die just like that.

With angry screams, dozens of berserker Uruks who were still with him rushed at Aria together.

However...

Swoosh! Swoosh!

[Flame Infusion] [Metal Hardening] 

Arrows instantly pierced the heads of some of the berserkers, causing them to stop advancing. Not long after, Alex and more than 100 troops rushed forward from the forest.

"Attack!! Finish them all!!" Alex shouted, commanding the present troops of the Star Army. With Alex's shout not lacking any energy, the Star Army's spirits were lit up, and they charged toward the enemies brimming with the spirit to fight. 

[Windwalk] [Energize] [Stone Skin]

The entire elemental army used their skills and charged toward the berserkers. Alex, Cindy, Darius, and Raufgar joined the battle in the front lines.

[Entangle]

This was one of the plant skills that Raufgar mastered, which was able to bind dozens of these berserkers at once.

With her [Flame Infusion] skill, Cindy turned the Tier 1 whip in her hand into circling a whip of fire and broke apart and put the enemy formation into disarray. Alex and Darius swiftly slashed at the berserkers one by one.

Aria faced off one-on-one with the white orc war chief. Physically, this war chief's ability could rival that of a peak stage Earth Realm spirit enhancer's. However, among all the people present, the worst opponent it could get was Aria. Fighting one-on-one with an enemy that you couldn't see could only lead to defeat.

In less than 10 minutes, the battle outside was won. Dozens of berserkers and also wolf riders who were ambushed were killed immediately. Among them, of course, the major successes were the death of the orc shaman Drok'Thal and the white orc war chief.

The fighters cheered for their victory.

Alex and his troops not only spent the first 4 days strengthening the fortress, but they also spent their time making an underground tunnel from inside the fort to an area 200 meters outside.

But the main part of this strategy was the secret weapon that Alex had prepared beforehand. A special object that he burned to turn it into the white smoke in the fortress.

This poison was the secret to Alex's confidence to divide his army into 3 groups and win this battle.

[Mutated Redback Spider Chelicerae]

An item that looked akin to a black charcoal wood. This was one of the main reasons Alex came to Australia. The redback spider was one of the most dangerous mutated animals in the Australian wilderness. Its poison was certainly enough to kill a normal person without any difficulty.

Last month, after the majority of the fighters of the Star Army had reached the peak stage of the Earth Realm, Alex brought his best troops into a cave, which was this spider's "nest". In order to get these spider fangs, some of the troops that Alex brought even had to lose their lives. This item was the secret to their team's present victory.

Now, before the Star Army, stood 500 Uruks who had come out of the fortress. Seeing the death of the orc shaman and the white orc war chief, these Uruks began to falter. Added up with their weakened physical condition, their strength, which could be seen a few minutes ago, had completely disappeared.

None of the 200 orcs that previously came in with the Uruks was seen coming out. According to Alex's prediction, this poison was very effective to paralyze orcs that were only in the middle stage of the Earth Realm, whereas for the Uruks, this poison only weakened their bodies.

Alex readied his line of fighters for their final attack. He wouldn't waste this opportunity. The poison was indeed very strong, but its spread was very unstable and the time for its effects to stay was not long. He needed to finish off all the remaining orcs and Uruks right away.

"Okay! This is it, boys! I'll remind you again, don't be afraid. If you die in this battle, we'll meet again soon, but don't be jealous when you see the rewards that those who survived got... Got it?" He loudly said to the Star Army with a big smile on his face.

With great joy, Alex encouraged them not to be afraid of death, but also reminded them not to die at the same time. All the fatigue they previously felt immediately disappeared when they heard Alex's words. His words dispelled their worry for those who had it and encouraged them.

"Attack!!!" Alex commanded with a very loud shout.

The last battle of 500 weakened Uruks against 150 fighters of the Star Army. It was a very fierce battle. Even though the Uruks were weakened by the poison and had quite a bit of their morale down due to the orc shaman and the white orc war chief's death, these Uruks continued to fight wildly. Alex and his troops had to make repeated charge attacks to break through their defensive lines. After Alex managed to kill the last orc war chief, the uruks very soon began to lose their cohesiveness. In the end, the entire field outside the fortress was filled with corpses, and although more than half of them were seriously injured, it seemed that none of Alex's men had become a casualty.

Alex and those who were still strong entered the fort and started cleaning up the orcs that were already limp with ease. The fight was over at the end of the fifth day. And along with that, Alex and all the participants of the challenge finally won the battle with perfect scores.

[Congratulations on completing the second challenge with a perfect score.]