Chapter 94: Rescue

"Holy crap?!!!" PD was scared out of his wits, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.

In less than two short seconds!

"Bang! Bang!"

Two dull thuds followed. Cu Chulainn and Georgios didn't even have time to scream before they dissolved into golden light under the corrosion of the black mud, dying instantly!

Without the Defenders' obstruction, the massive demonic beasts in the rear stepped over the lethal black mud and charged toward the base's blue gate as if entering an uninhabited territory.

Buzz—!

The screen instantly fell into a deathly silent black and white.

[Mission Failed]

Silence.

PD's livestream room, after the extreme excitement of watching the animation earlier, felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over their heads, completely freezing the atmosphere.

After a full half-minute, the bullet comments finally flooded the screen like a volcanic eruption:

"Crap, crap, crap!!! What the hell is that black mud on the ground?!"

"An instakill?! A max-level Georgios was poisoned to death in two seconds just by stepping on it?!"

"How are we supposed to play this?! You can't stand on the ground, and the monsters rush so fast. How are we supposed to defend the blue gate?!"

PD slumped back in his gaming chair, staring blankly at the pitch-black settlement screen, feeling a chill run straight to his brain.

He finally understood what kind of despair-inducing "gift" Oriole had prepared for them in the Seventh Singularity.

"The ground is contaminated; as long as you stand on it, you'll melt instantly..."

PD muttered to himself, then suddenly looked up at the [High Ground Grids] on the tactical sand table that weren't covered by the black mud.

"Since the ground is unusable, I have to use an all-high-ground lineup!"

PD frantically calculated the underlying logic of tower defense in his mind.

Without hesitation, he kicked out all the melee Servants who were originally the core of the team and replaced them with a pure lineup of [Archer] and [Caster] units.

"No need for Defenders to block the gate! Since that crappy mud kills on contact, I'll just abandon the ground entirely!"

"I'll bring full high-ground firepower to sweep the field. As long as the output is high enough, I'll just blast them all to dust before these demonic beasts can cross the black mud!"

Not just PD, but many "backseat players" in the livestream who understood tower defense mechanics also chimed in with bullet comments, believing this was definitely the only way to break the deadlock.

However, when PD entered the battlefield again with this self-proclaimed ultimate all-high-ground lineup, the cold, hard reality gave him a harsh lesson.

[Battle Start!]

Initial Mana (Cost): 10 points.

Accompanied by a dull roar, the first massive demonic beast spawned from the entry point, stepping on the black mud and sprinting toward the base's blue gate at a terrifying speed three or four times faster than the Fuyuki City Skeleton Soldiers.

"Good timing! Take an arrow from me!"

PD stared intently at the screen and placed a low-cost 3-star Archer onto the high ground.

Whoosh! An arrow flew out, and the demonic beast's health bar dropped significantly. After two more arrows, the beast dissolved into ashes with a scream.

"Hahaha! See that, brothers?! The firepower is definitely enough! As long as the high-ground units are spread out, this damage will easily melt them!"

PD laughed triumphantly.

But before he could celebrate for even two seconds, the enemy spawn point glowed with a bright red light.

The second wave of the assault arrived. This time, it was five massive demonic beasts charging side by side!

Their hideous claws even made an ear-piercing sound of breaking the wind as they stepped on the black mud.

"Holy crap, so many? Gil, get down there and clear the screen!"

PD habitually reached for [Gilgamesh] in his card slot, preparing to use the Gate of Babylon's AOE damage to sweep the field.

However, the system issued a cold, harsh alarm:

[Insufficient Mana (Cost)! Current Mana: 6 points.]

"Where's my cost?! Where's my cost?!" PD's voice cracked in desperation.

A bullet comment drifted lazily across the livestream:

"P-Zong, are you so panicked you've gone stupid... You kicked all the Lancers out!"

This single comment was like a bolt from the blue, instantly waking PD up.

"7... 8... 9..."

PD watched helplessly as the mana bar crawled like a snail, while the five sprinting demonic beasts had already crossed half the battlefield.

His only low-star Archer on the high ground could deal some damage with every attack, but the single-target fire rate was simply too slow to handle a group of fast enemies.

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