I Became the Progenitor Vampire Chapter 325

Chapter 325: Chapter 327: Battle of Gray Stone Fortress (Part 2) Chapter 325: Chapter 327: Battle of Gray Stone Fortress (Part 2) Level 15… The Ghost-faced Spiders with their heart-chilling aura were now the most bloodthirsty hunters, and the Gray Stone Fortress was their hunted prey.

Of course, the position of prey is never fixed.

After the war at the Gray Stone Fortress broke out, it entered an incredibly tense and heated state.

The sheer number of Cave Spiders, occupying half of the plane, was overwhelming.

Especially after being enraged by the Spider Queen's eggs, the Cave Spiders launched attacks at all costs, allowing Lide to realize for the first time the power of the human sea tactic.

Especially with the inclusion of High-level Ghost-faced Spiders into the battlefield, the state of the war suddenly became even more brutal.

The endless number of Cave Spiders swarmed like locusts, dense and without end in the dim light, giving everyone a great psychological shock and pressure.

By then, all the firepower of the Gray Stone Fortress was activated once the High-level Cave Spiders joined the battle.

The Crossbows on the towers fired arrow after arrow, like relentless deities. The Fine Gold Crossbow Arrows, with their fatal aura, were the most terrifying blades of death on the battlefield.

Each Crossbow Arrow, as thick as a baby's wrist, could cause enormous damage to the Cave Spiders in a straight line. Even Level 10 Ghost-faced Spiders hit by a Crossbow Arrow would lose most of their combat power if not killed, and then be annihilated by other firepower in the ensuing battle.

The goblin trebuchets behind the city walls started drawing their bows more frequently, and the horrifying Alchemy Bombs would clear a large area with each explosion.

Meanwhile, the high towers within the fortress, where Mages were stationed, played a huge role.

Once too many Cave Spiders climbed up the walls, Spellcasters would immediately bolster the front line of Beastman Warriors. Terrible magic was the most powerful weapon; each attack brought about miraculous effects.

The presence of Spellcasters greatly relieved the pressure on the defense line.

But war, after all, is war, and never that simple.

While the frontlines were at a fever pitch, a Level 18 Ghost-faced Spider, 4 blades tall and 8 blades long, avoided the main battlefield.

In the dim light, it led 10 Level 15 Ghost-faced Spiders to the farthest right of 10 U-shaped fortresses.

And behind this team of ludicrously leveled Ghost-faced Spiders trailed a full 200 Level 10 Ghost-faced Spiders.

The elite of the elite.

The leading Level 18 Ghost-faced Spider had a ferocious head and a twisted face of death that sent chills down one's spine.

Its green eyes were like those of a demon, and its mouth, with a sharp tone, let out an extremely piercing shriek, attacking the fortress without any attempt at concealment.

The height of this subsidiary fortress's wall was 30 blades, its overall structure much smaller than that of the main fortress, and it lacked the dense firepower points of the main fortress.

Therefore, when this group of High-level Ghost-faced Spiders, led by the Level 18's combat power, attacked, the limited firepower arrangements couldn't hold the situation.

Moreover, ordinary Alchemy Bombs or Crossbow Arrows couldn't harm the Ghost-faced Spiders above Level 15. In less than a minute,
Level 10 and 15 Ghost-faced Spiders, along with one Level 18 Ghost-faced Spider, had directly charged to the base of the fortress walls.

Bang, bang~
The human soldiers inside the tower changed complexion as they saw the Ghost-faced Spiders below, obviously larger than the surrounding Cave Spiders.

The previously spaced-out Crossbow Arrows began targeting these distinctly more terrifying spiders, pulling the trigger as a relentless stream of Crossbow Arrows shot from the firing holes atop the tower.

The Crossbow could fire twenty arrows in rapid succession, so there was no need to worry about changing arrows in the short term.

Inside the subsidiary fortress, 300 Crossbows instantly formed an exaggerated rain of arrows.

The baby-arm-thick Crossbow Arrows shot forth like spears thrown by warriors, their arrowheads with four-sided blood grooves reflecting a deadly, cold light.

Thwack–a Crossbow Arrow directly pierced through a Level 10 Ghost-faced Spider, its twisted face of death burst open.

Yet the dense and terrifying hail of arrows couldn't harm the Level 18 Ghost-faced Spider.

Crack–a single arrow struck the head of a Level 18 Ghost-faced Spider, igniting a spark, but that was all, merely leaving a white mark on its armor.

The bone armor, reflecting a dark luster, seemed to be cast from the hardest steel, impervious even to Fine Gold-crafted arrowheads.

Yet, the provoked Level 18 Ghost-faced Spider flew into a rage.

It let out a shrill screech, and behind it, Level 10 Ghost-faced Spiders along with nearby normal Cave Spiders surged forward with great speed as if given a command.

In a moment, within this section of the city wall, hundreds of giant spiders had gathered, and these spiders did not climb the wall coated in the solidified Oily Skill but began stacking upon one another like building blocks.

What terrified the warriors on the wall was that, despite being under intense fire, these Cave Spiders seemed invincible to death, completely unaffected.

Even their dead bodies could fall at the base of the wall, contributing to the growing pile of blocks.

In less than a minute, these giant spiders had stacked into a pile over twenty blades high.

Upon seeing this, the Level 18 Ghost-faced Spider could no longer contain its restless desire for slaughter. With crossbow bolts raining down, it climbed atop the spider pile, its eight articulated legs slowly bending into the shape of a bow.

Thump–
Its body's power erupted, and the Ghost-faced Spider leaped up, jumping from the sky onto the top of the wall in a terrifying posture.

The bloodiest encounter began.

The dense throng of Beastman Warriors seemed so insignificant beneath the might of the Level 18 Ghost-faced Spider.

But those Beastman Warriors in solid armor showed not the slightest hint of fear.

Their eyes slowly turned a deep red as they, wielding their sharp long blades, launched themselves toward the Ghost-faced Spider without a moment's hesitation.

Beastmen never retreat.

Seeing these “ants” not only fail to shrink back but swarm towards it instead completely infuriated the Level 18 Ghost-faced Spider. Its eight limbs swung like lances in a knight's charge, unstoppable.

Gore–
A Beastman Warrior clad in thick armor was directly pierced through by a limb, and his solid armor did nothing to spare him a second longer.

All eight sharp limbs were the most powerful weapons of slaughter.

The dense Beastman Warriors surrounding it were dealt a devastating blow by the mad onslaught of the Ghost-faced Spider.

But the Beastman Warriors fought on valiantly, undeterred by casualties, aiming to deliver one full-strength slash at the Ghost-faced Spider's limbs even if they were to die.

Their fighting spirit was strong enough to shake one's core.

The Level 18 Ghost-faced Spider was not plunged into the one-sided massacre it had imagined but instead bogged down as if in a quagmire.

The Beastman Warriors were clad in Dwarf-crafted heavy armor, specifically refined. Although it couldn't block the piercing limbs, it significantly hindered the Ghost-faced Spider's killing rhythm.

Piercing normal armor was like piercing tofu, but piercing the Beastman's armor was like a spear thrusting through a thick wooden board–it could still penetrate, but it required a significant amount of strength.

Spellcasters on the high platform behind also began offering magical support.

Regrettably, the Level 18 Ghost-faced Spider's Magic resistance was too high, and the team of spellcasters, without any Level 10 professionals among them, couldn't inflict any real damage.

Boom–
While the Beastman Warriors were fiercely battling the Ghost-faced Spider, the pile of spiders below grew a few blades taller, and the ten Level 15 Ghost-faced Spiders that had been waiting impatiently also appeared on top of the wall in the same manner.

In the presence of those enormous figures, even the Beastmen, averaging two blades in height, still seemed so diminutive.

With the addition of ten Level 15 Ghost-faced Spiders, the seemingly stable battlefield became perilously unstable in an instant.

The advantage of higher-level combat strength over lower-level troops is not something that can be easily compensated for.

Unfortunately, only three Extraordinary Crossbows, designed to hunt Cave Spiders above Level 15, had been made, and all were placed in the main fortress–secondary fortresses lacked such formidable weapons.

Just as the situation on the battlefield became increasingly dire, nearly leading to a collapse, a series of urgent and rhythmic horn blasts suddenly emanated from the fortress.

The sound waves took only a few seconds to spread across the entire battlefield.

Less than twenty seconds later, a massive roar came from the distance.

That was… the voice of a giant dragon!

At that moment, a Bone Dragon with a wingspan of eighteen blades, whose skull blazed with the blue soul fire, approached, exuding a powerful oppressive force.

Along with the arrival of the Bone Dragon were Castro, reverted to his steel behemoth form, and the Level 15 Crimson Hunter Frey, Level 17 Grot, and Level 18 Beastman King Kapp.

The Hunter Squad, this was the team that Lide assembled with all of his high-end force, and its sole purpose was to hunt down Cave Spider combatants above Level 15.

This plan was also a strategic goal in this war–to inflict as much harm as possible on the Cave Spiders' high-level combatants.

“Gah gah gah gah gah gah~
Such filthy, foul-smelling, and disgusting spiders, your odor is nauseating.

Allow the great Lord Withered Bones, the Tusk of Dawn City–the Dragon of Destruction–to purify your souls.

I swear to the Death God, to be cleansed by the Dragon Breath will be an honor for you, weak spiders. Are you ready to welcome the arrival of the great Dragon of Destruction…”

Lord Withered Bones's cackling laughter, when it appeared above the Level 18 Ghost-faced Spider, caused a commotion among the surrounding Cave Spiders.

Dragon Power, the Dragon Power that permeated their souls, made these subterranean monsters unconsciously start to back away.

But the Level 18 Ghost-faced Spider was enraged.

Both Level 18, why do you get to be so domineering?

With a fierce roar, the huge mouth opened skyward towards Withered Bones.

The piercing sound caused a dozen Beastman Warriors' eardrums to rupture, bleeding profusely, knocking them to the ground in a daze.

Whoosh whoosh~
At that moment, Kapp, who was riding on Withered Bones, narrowed his eyes slightly. The eyes of the lion showed the sharpness of blade edges. After a brief pause, he timed it perfectly, leaping into the air.

His hand wielding the long Extraordinary Battle Blade, he aimed a horizontal slash directly at the Level 18 Ghost-faced Spider.

Jump Cut.

Warrior Skill.

Enhanced by the steep altitude of a hundred blades, this ordinary Warrior Skill's power increased by more than tenfold.

When the Level 18 Ghost-faced Spider saw this, its huge belly arched up, and its posterior spinnerets violently burst open, spurting out a poisonous web like a bird trap, aimed directly at Kapp in the air.

Clash~
The long blade was like a dragon, flashing a cold light, and the web, oozing with blue slime, was cut through by Kapp's slash.

But by this time, the Ghost-faced Spider had already reacted, violently moving to the side and avoiding Kapp's landing spot.

Clang~
Kapp's long blade struck the wall of the fortress with extreme violence.

The solid wall instantly cracked, spanning several blades' distance, with rubble flying.

Meanwhile, as the Ghost-faced Spider evacuated to the side, several Beastman Warriors who couldn't dodge in time were crushed to death. However, Kapp's arrival greatly boosted the morale of the Beastmen.

This was their king!

More and more Beastman Warriors roared furiously and surged forward, using their lives to severely restrict the Ghost-faced Spider's movements.

The Level 18 Ghost-faced Spider immediately entered a state of rage, its eight limbs slashing and tearing apart the surrounding Beastman Warriors like a meat grinder gone wild.

Castro's huge eyes revealed an uncontrollable and chilling murderous intent.

Those were his people!!

He pulled his long knife from the ground, straightened up, and his muscles tightened explosively like a compressed spring, reaching an ultimate point of tension before bursting forth.

Charge!!

Thump~ Thump~ Thump~
With such immense power contained within his body, this Lion-man Warrior who resembled a small giant left footprints that cracked the stone with every step he took on the city wall.

The restrained Level 18 Ghost-faced Spider, far from being cowardly, lashed out with fangs sharper than razors, snapping at Castro like scissors.

Clang~
Charging forward, Castro didn't dodge in the slightest, his long knife clashing directly with those two sharp tusks.

Sparks flew in all directions.

Castro, with all his furious might, suddenly came to a halt, feeling an irresistible force transmitted through his long knife.

Then the Lion-man warrior was hurled back at an even faster speed, crashing into the city wall and scattering the Beastman Warriors, skidding ten or more feet back, dragging up sparks on the ground.

The extraordinary armor protected his body, but the ground was scraped up, sending up a trail of sparks.

This strike of the Beastman King's represented a complete defeat.

The force unleashed by the Ghost-faced Spider was clearly far more powerful than one would expect from its smaller stature compared to Castro.

At that moment, the Ghost-faced Spider forcefully broke free, cutting through the circle of Beastmen around it, and lunged straight for Castro who had yet to get up from the ground.

The Ghost-faced Spider could sense the power within Castro, which was stronger than that of an erupting volcano; it had to kill this enemy that posed the greatest threat to it.

But at the same time, reinforcements had arrived. The Withered Bone flying with its wings swept down from the sky, with pale Dragon Breath gathering in its throat.

As it streaked over the city wall, the creature lowered its head, and with a hiss, the Bone Dragon unleashed its breath filled with the essence of death directly at the Ghost-faced Spider.

Yet, the extremely vigilant Ghost-faced Spider didn't take the direct hit from Withered Bones' breath, agilely turning to dodge the range of the Dragon Breath.

A suffocating presence of undead death instantly enveloped the entire stretch of the city wall, turning several heavily wounded Beastmen into piles of white bones before they could react.

Castro flipped to his feet, and the intense pain coursing through his body sent the Level 18 Beastman King into a state of uncontrollable rage.

To be thrown around by a Ghost-faced Spider was a disgrace!

With the battle blade held horizontally in his right hand, his eyes turned blood red.

Beastman race talent–Berserk.

Castro's power surged in an instant, his aura as oppressive as a mountain, his murderous intent almost materialized beside him.

His legs pushed off the ground, and like a fully drawn bow releasing, he struck at the Ghost-faced Spider.

Shame could only be washed away with blood.

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PS: I wanted to add more to the story today, but I've hit writer's block, which feels terrible. I have many stories in my mind, but I can't seem to write them down, endlessly writing and deleting.

That feeling is like needing to urinate without rest, restless, always wanting to resolve it, but without a bathroom in sight, I can only hold it in…

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