Most of the puppets with the ability to fly are mobile reconnaissance types. Even if about 10% of the manpower is lost, the impact on the defense strength of the entire position will be minimal.
And with the members of the initial defense team led by the former "Emperor of Three Thousand Worlds" Ashura Owen, and the members of the blood collection team led by "Girl with the Silver Gun" Felix Kingsford, the physical strength of the two groups and
The magic power gradually recovered, manpower became more abundant, and the defensive position became stable.
However, the recovery speed and upper limit of magic power are determined by the fatigue level of the body. Each shift, the upper limit of magic power of the puppet masters will be slightly lower.
After several hours of fierce fighting, the magic value of most students had dropped to less than half of its original value, and the rotation of fighting Kabane became more and more frequent.
In contrast, the number of Kabane did not decrease much. At least 90% of the Kabane reconnected their nearby limbs after being crushed and continued to attack the defense line.
As far as the eye can see, there are strange Kabane everywhere - the ones with three heads, the ones with five legs, the ones with palms on their chests, the ones with birds on their foreheads... as weird as you want them to be,
As curious as you want, it's just a pile of human Lego bricks put together haphazardly...
The only good thing is that among these tens of thousands of Kabane, there is no large fusion group like the second "Black Smoke".
"The students can hardly hold on any longer! Felix, has the person responsible for liaising with the college returned? When will the ship to pick us up arrive?"
After fighting for several hours, the "Emperor of Three Thousand Worlds" Ashura Owen no longer had any so-called image and demeanor.
The surface of the armor-type doll "Indra" worn on the body like an exoskeleton armor is covered with blood stains from Kabane. Under the baking of the electric current, it turns into patches of burnt black mottled stains, paired with the totem-like figure.
The appearance is like an unearthed cultural relic that has just been excavated from some ancient ruins.
Felix Kingsford, the "Girl with the Silver Gun" who is in charge of the communications team and reserve team, looks worse than Asura. The originally handsome blond nobleman has completely turned into a dusty coal mine worker, and his throat is also filled with dust.
The smoke of gunfire made him a little hoarse, and he pulled his neck and shouted: "I have sent people to urge us three times in a row! But the military said that their transportation pressure is very high, and they cannot move ships to meet us for the time being! We need to
Let’s find a way to hold on for a few more hours!”
"What kind of transportation pressure? With just a few people like us, any medium-sized passenger ship can take us away... I'm afraid the last sentence is the key!"
"King of the Dead" Dorothy McGuffin held a black umbrella with lace and lightly patted the dust and soil particles falling on her dress.
Because the method of combat is to summon undead creatures, this pseudo-loli in mourning clothes can still barely keep her makeup neat, but the fatigue caused by the frequent use of magic is still difficult to conceal.
Felix patted the falling dust on his head and said with a helpless smile: "Because they know very well that once we retreat, these Kabane who have lost their target will go straight to the port area with the most densely populated population in London.
.....The few hours we have gained so far may not be enough for them to transport the royal family members and noble dignitaries."
Akabane Lei Zhen frowned and said: "The military is not planning to abandon us people and let us stick to the last one, right?"
"This is impossible." Luo Jie shook his head.
Although he could infinitely recover his physical and mental strength through "Death Recasting", he couldn't show it too obviously in public, so he only extended his rotation time by about three times.
After all, there are secret techniques in this world like the "Red Wing Formation" that can greatly increase the total amount of magic power. As long as he does not fully demonstrate the unscientific nature of the "perpetual motion machine", with his second place ranking and strength in the night party, Others will always come up with suitable reasons to explain this abnormal phenomenon.
"Although there was no news of Kabane in the Ouzhou continent on the other side before the Kabane tide broke out in London, this does not mean that there will be a pure land...and whether it is for your own safety, Whether it is to defend its rights and conquer lost territory, the top leaders of Country E need sufficient high-end force. It is absolutely impossible for the puppet masters who have invested a lot of financial and material resources to be used as cannon fodder."
"But the question is, where is the receiving ship?"
Akabane Lei seems a little impatient. The Thames River is their only escape route, but now no ship has arrived, and the magic power in his body has reached the safety warning line. This feeling of no guarantee is quite bad.
"Probably on the way here... Starting from the Port of London, passing through the Strait of Dovre to Country F, the whole journey is about 100 kilometers. At the average speed of a steamship of 12-15 knots, it takes the fastest It takes 7 hours to make a round trip. This time coincides with the time the military wants us to continue to hold on. I think this is not a coincidence."
Luo Jie had done systematic information collection on the entire Ouzhou and even half of the world's shipping routes before this, and all the data could be said to be readily available without any flaws.
Hearing what Luo Jie said, everyone felt a little more at ease. Although with Kabane's current offensive and magic power, holding on for another three or four hours would definitely squeeze their own limits, but no matter how slow the rescue was, it was always better than no rescue.
The brief meeting ended, and everyone returned to their respective combat positions again.
"Fiery Red Cactus", which was supposed to be taking a break to recover its magic power, followed Luo Jie.
"Do you really believe there will be rescue?"
Luo Jie stopped and turned around, narrowing his eyes: "Why do you ask? Didn't I make it very clear?"
"I don't know why, but it just feels like it won't go so smoothly... Just like the "Black Smoke" that suddenly appeared before, the "Death" suffix in this illusion always seems to like to suddenly appear just when the player thinks he has control of the situation. Make a little move."
"Is this the so-called woman's intuition?" Luo Jie said in surprise.
"It's a girl's intuition." This loli's words seemed to reveal something. Of course, this was the reason for her to emphasize it again.
"Well, congratulations on seeing through the essence of the "Death" suffix."
"You don't seem worried." "Fiery Red Cactus" looked around, as if he noticed something, "That mentally retarded and vicious girl with the dog and that little bitch-looking little follower, are these two your back-ups?"
Luo Jie was a little surprised. He didn't expect that in such a chaotic battlefield, this loli could actually notice that two insignificant people like "Fulei" and "Succulent" were missing.
"Well, I only agree with your last sentence."
"You mean the backup plan?"
"No, it's the one about looking a bit mean."
"..."
All joking aside, the words of "Fiery Red Cactus" reminded Luo Jie that it was time to contact "Succulent" and "Fule".
I just don’t know if these two people got the boat.
Luo Jie summoned a "ghost tube fox", rolled the temporary note into a paper tube, and held it in the mouth of this slender little guy like a black ferret.
"Go! Find the succulent and give this letter to him."
The "Ghost Pipe Fox" circled in Luo Jie's hand, dragging its long foggy tail like billowing black smoke and gradually disappeared from the end of the field of vision.
Luo Jie was not worried that it would get lost. These nine "ghost tube foxes" all had a subtle connection with each other. No matter how far apart they were, they could clearly sense each other's positions.
...
As the sun turns westward, the fiery red sunset dyes ancient London with a bright and bloody color.
On the defensive position filled with smoke, dust and blood, the students of Walpurgis Academy were operating their puppets with numb expressions.
They have lost count of how many times they have repelled Kabane's attacks. Fear and anger have long become meaningless emotional symbols under the deep exhaustion of both physical strength and magic power.
Suddenly, a small black spot swayed on the sparkling Thames River, and the melodious whistle echoed in the eastern sky.
"It's the military that responded to our ship! Our rescue has arrived!"
The numb eyes of the Walpurgis people finally brightened up, and cheers erupted over the position that had been silent for a long time.
They have been here for eight hours, which is also the most painful eight hours in their lives.
Now they can finally rest.
boom--!
Just when everyone was about to blow up the roof of the building to seal the gap in the position, a huge hole suddenly collapsed under a tall building on the side, and then countless Kabane swarmed out of it like a swarm of rioting insects.
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"How could it be from the ground... Oh no! It's the basement! They actually dug through the basement!"