Chapter 40: Sudden Attack! The Devil's Gate (Part 1)

  The dwarves' situation wasn't as dire as Eriol had said. In fact, by the time Peacock Dance led his troops to arrive, they had already begun cleaning up the battlefield.

  The busy little dwarf and several giant stone element puppets on the battlefield are in stark contrast.

  In the dwarves' council chamber, Peacock Dance saw that human female 4th-level magician.

  "Oh, you mean that little girl? She must be one of my students." Kris said with a nod while biting on her chocolate bar, then she turned to Granna who was standing beside her, "What's her name again?"

  Granada ignored Moller and Kujaku's petrified expressions, saying with a "I'm used to it" look: "Her name is Eriol Haris. Chris-sensei, since I've been accompanying you for so long, can I ask you one question?"

  "Really? You said?"

  "What's my name?"

  "Don't you think today's weather is quite nice?"

  Moluo and Kongque danced together, scattering petals all over the ground.

  After figuring out the bad teacher's character, Moller coughed twice and said seriously: "So, is Eriol planning to unite with the underground races to fight against the demons and destroy the transmission gate? Can she succeed?"

  "Not even she herself held out any hope." Peacock said, preening the ruffled feathers on her wings from when she had fallen to the ground earlier due to Kris and Grana's banter. "But she advised me to do something while I still can, so as not to regret it later when it's too late. So that's why I came to find you dwarves."

  Moller nodded in agreement, "Indeed it is. And if we were to split up, we would definitely be eliminated by the demons one by one. It's a good proposal to unite together. I agree."

  The peacock turned to look at the two humans beside him: "So what's your answer?"

  "Need you ask? I'm here to catch that annoying little troublemaker, of course I'll go with you!"

  Can I think you're being arrogant because you never want to directly express your concern for your students?

  I am the proud dividing line

  Mishelle and the evil eye stared at each other for a while, then looked up at the mercury lamp and said in a strange tone: "He said that there is a group of dwarves and a group of centaurs gathering near the valley where the Harpy lives. Is there something fun going on there?"

  Yes, you didn't see it wrong, it's looking up.

  Can you imagine a gigantic Martian one-eyed tentacle monster with a Gothic Lolita, less than one meter tall, sitting on its head, with her arms around it, looking cold and stern, with a pair of black wings spread out behind her, exuding an aura of queenliness...?

  "No, Misheru. They just went out for a soy sauce."

  Farewell, the cold and proud Queen; farewell, the poisonous-tongued President. Wishing you a smooth journey on the sauce-stained road of shameless daily life...

  Li Hua's voice suddenly pulled Ilya, who was at a loss, and said with tears in his eyes: "I now wish more than ever that Little Ai Li is by my side."

  The mercury lamp didn't care about Li Hua's tone, which was similar to a complaint. She stepped on the evil eye king under her feet and said: "Go and call your people, we'll also go to that mountain valley. Those underground races are all old and don't get along with each other. Such a big action must have someone playing a bridging role in between. The only ones who can do this are humans who are neutral to all of them. No need to guess, it's obvious who it is."

  The Evil Eye King obediently moved his body and summoned his subordinates to prepare for the move - Hey! You're at least a king of one tribe, right? Is it okay to be trampled on by a giant doll like this?! Haven't you seen that your tribesmen are all shocked with their eyes wide open, taking up their whole face?!

  ……

  It always feels strange when no one complains.

  This small team, which had no one to lead the charge, was now leading a group of tentacle monsters towards the Allied Forces' gathering point. With this, the several powerful races in the vicinity completed their assembly and formally possessed the strength to counter the demons.

  I am a lonely divider with no one to complain to.

  "Little Aili——!!"

  "Get out of my sight!!"

  Under the gaze of countless soldiers, Li Hua's sound was like a woman in love rushing towards her long-separated lover, and Eriol swept away with a lightning-fast arrow, her face revealing disgust as if she had seen a cockroach while dining.

  "Ahh~~~~ This is the whip of love that Little Aili gave me~~~~" The perverted yuri girl shouted as she rolled around on the ground, sparks and blue smoke emanating from her body in full view of everyone.

  Alicia: "Author, I have a proposal here, would you like to take a look?"

  As long as Li Hua doesn't take it seriously, everything is easy to say...

  Eri: "Can you replace that guy's voice actor with Atsuko Nei?"

  ...then change your voice actor to Satou Rina, right? Rejected!

  Unlike that lily girl who was having a seizure on the ground, Michelle came to Eri's side with a calm tone: "Eri sister, it's really good that you're okay."

  Alicia smiled slightly: "I still want to graduate with everyone, I won't be eating boxed meals so early."

  On the other side, Kris walked up with a chocolate bar in her mouth and rubbed the little loli's head fiercely, saying: "Even if you hand in a blank paper, I will let you pass. You, this annoying little loli, disappear from my students as soon as possible!"

  "Does that mean I don't have to study for my mid-term exams in June?"

  The hand that was stroking Xiao Loli's head suddenly turned into a fist.

  The mercury lamp looked at the person hugging their head and squatting on the ground, looking up at Chris with big eyes full of tears, deceiving the naturally stupid but kind-hearted Eriol who was beside her to gently rub the big bump on her head. "You're being too fake," Eriol said coldly.

  Ilya nearby was calmly standing among the petrified onlookers.

  "Shouldn't we discuss our battle plan first? Are you guys really here to unite with the underground residents to fight against the demons, or are you just going to put on a silly and absurd comedy show?"

  Eriol stood up and wiped away the tears that had squeezed out, saying: "Grenna, your sarcastic skills have improved a lot in just this short time without seeing you."

  "Anyone who stays with you for a long time will become sharp-tongued too, right!?"

  "Alright, let's stop joking around." Elisha said calmly, "Master Kris, Mercury Lamp, Uncle Moller, Uncle Alhan, and Dance Sister, all of you come here. And that tentacle monster next to you, don't look at me, you can't even speak, how are we supposed to negotiate with you?"

  Then little loli saw evil eye king use tentacle to hold up a wooden board: "I will write in common language."

  Mishelle beside him had a pleased expression on her face as if she were a teacher seeing her student achieve good results.

  "Do you know or not that your expression is completely unsuitable for intentionally acting cute like others!!"

  Finally, this three-clawed touch-hand monster also joined the participants and everyone entered a natural cave that served as a temporary meeting place.

  The cave was spacious, with many torches lit as lighting. Several roughly polished stone benches were randomly placed on the ground, without even a table, let alone other decorations. On the wall hung a chicken feather duster made from the longest feather of the wing of each deceased leader of the Harpy clan, which they believed would bring good luck when sweeping the venue for important gatherings.

  Then everyone's gaze focused on a loli sitting on a stone bench, wearing a black Gothic dress with long black hair and licking a lollipop.

  "Who is this girl?" The peacock dance that had never seen her before pointed at the little girl and asked Eliyah inexplicably.

  "It's that greedy black dragon that Dance Sister mentioned."

  A crisp sound, and the impression of several people who had been neighbors with Xiao Hei Long for decades about his ferocity, fear, bloodthirstiness, cruelty, and insatiability was shattered by this beautiful, lovely, gentle, elegant, and gluttonous loli image.

  Alyssa clearly saw that Peacock's dance had blown his soul out of his mouth.

  Then the loli dragon quickly gobbled up the popsicle and licked her hand, saying: "Everyone's here? Alright then, let's decide how to fight quickly. I still want to finish this early and go play games."

  "This line is more suitable for those hot-blooded men with robust muscles, not you, a petite and slender little loli! Even if you're a loli dragon, it's still not okay!"

  Everyone was silent, all of them were sweating and speechless. Even the evil-eyed Wang on the side weakly raised his wooden board: "(sweat)"

  Eriol put a lollipop back into Kusakabe's mouth and turned around, clapping her hands: "Alright, everyone sit down. Oh, Uncle Alhan, that seat wasn't designed for you. I have a proposal here, take a look."

  When they heard that something was going on, everyone suppressed the eerie feeling in their hearts and carefully chose a seat as far away from Cui Ye as possible to sit down and wait for Xiao Loli to speak.

  "Everyone should have seen that winding and narrow terrain when entering the valley, right? The steep cliffs on both sides of this mountain path are an ideal place for ambushes. I plan to annihilate the demons' cannon fodder here to consume our strength."

  "First, Uncle Alhan, I hope you can lead a team of fast troops to provoke the inferior demons that have already noticed our actions and then lure them all into this small path. Second, Master Kris, I really didn't expect you to come down, thank you in advance. If you weren't here, it would be quite difficult for me to carry out this plan. So, Master, after the demons enter the path, please use your stone wall magic to block their escape routes at both ends, so they become meat on our chopping board and everyone can cut them up as they like."

  The upper body was a robust male physique, while the lower body was an elegant horse's body with four hooves. Alhan perfectly embodied the beauty of strength and speed. He grasped his long spear, nodded, and stood up: "Alright, I'll go prepare now."

  "Wait!" Chris called out to him, then turned to Eriol and said, "My stone wall magic isn't invincible, it can only hold back low-level monsters for a short while. If they take some time, they can break through the stone wall and come out. We won't be able to wipe them out in a short amount of time, unless there are dozens of 3rd level or higher mages here! (Looking at Loli Dragon) Or are you planning on bringing out your trump card from the start?"

  "Of course, the finale is reserved for tonight. Mentor, your thinking has been restricted by fixed patterns." Little loli raised her index finger and shook it, "Does large-scale killing of enemies necessarily require the use of magic?"

  I am the dividing line of war

  Alhanmai galloped with four hooves, running ahead like lightning. Behind him were dozens of loyal and brave warriors, closely following him step by step.

  Beyond that lies an endless sea of low-ranking magical creatures.

  Several major ethnic groups gathered in the same place, and the demons must have discovered it. Originally intended to separate and destroy them, but as a result, they became the current situation, which made the demons' teeth itch. Under helplessness, the demons could only concentrate their scattered troops and plan to rush into the valley to wipe out the resistance forces at one time.

  The demon commander who led the army of nearly 10,000 monsters was a level 5 warrior. His predecessor had been killed by someone not long ago while pursuing a messenger squad consisting of dwarves and humans under Lord Losa's orders. He took office after that. In his view, those cowards inside were no match even if they gathered together, so when Alhan led the troops to slip away from under his nose, he was furious and launched an attack with his army.

  This was also his last time leading the demons in an attack.

  "We're almost at the small path, Alhan turned his head and shouted to his guards: "Everyone, add some strength, we'll be there soon! After Eri's plan succeeds later, we'll turn back and give them a good show!"

  "Oh!!"

  After entering the small path, the road became noticeably rugged, but for the centaurs, this was not a big problem. Alhan led the monsters in, as if they were a flood of seawater, into this narrow terrain, until they were stretched out into a long snake-like shape.

  As Alhan was running with his head down, a huge noise suddenly came from behind him. He turned around to see that a massive thick stone slab had blocked the monsters like a city wall. The ground was shaking violently, and even the roars of the monsters on the other side of the wall were covered up. After the stone wall calmed down for a while, the sound of them gnawing and scratching at the stone wall came through.

  "That magician named Chris was right, the stone wall won't be able to hold them back for much longer. So, how is that little girl Eriol going to cope with this?" Alhan muttered to himself as he gazed upwards at the precipice.

  At this time, the cliff was crowded with people.

  Hui Ling carried Cress back - of course, in a princess carry, don't think crookedly or go face the wall - and after putting her down, she panted heavily. Carrying someone while flying quickly was really tiring, now she didn't even have the strength to speak.

  "Kurisu saved her from the predicament and said to Eriol who was waiting on one side, 'I've also sealed off the rear route, it's up to you now.'"

  Alicia nodded and turned to Misha on one side: "Let's start."

  Luminous Bullet Technique - a spell that is specifically effective against undead creatures but ineffective against living beings. Its secondary effect is quite dazzling, which is illumination... In this dark world, firing off a luminous bullet technique that can almost blind the eyes of dogs naturally serves as a signal flare.

  Innumerable harpy women lifted the prepared thick leather bags and flew into the air, pouring the contents inside onto the monsters below.

  That's something every dwarf clan has, used in conjunction with a smelter to produce high temperatures - dwarven fire oil.

  The dwarves nearby threw down bundles of flammable tips of the spore plants that had been cut; the evil eyes watched from one side to see if any monsters tried to climb up the rock face, then came a burst of photic energy.

  The peacock dance flew back in no time: "It's all right, anytime!" Her voice was extremely excited, and even her wings fluttered a bit wildly. After all, there were nearly 10,000 demons below!

  "Alright, who lit it?" Little Lori turned around and asked.

  Apart from a certain loli dragon who was crunching on a lollipop and a certain natural airhead who didn't know the truth, everyone else was just watching.

  You're the mastermind, who else would light the fire if you don't?

  Alicia took out a silver coin and flipped it into the air.

  A dazzling blue lightning bolt suddenly appeared from the cliff and pierced into the cluster of demons below.

  The flames of the sky suddenly rose to the heavens. The scorching flames and air waves were like a hungry hellfire demon, frantically devouring the terrified and chaotic monsters. They pushed and trampled each other, trying to escape this purgatory-like place. Alas, unable to move forward or backward, even climbing the rocky walls became an impossible task under the gaze of the giant tentacled monster's big eyes. They could only scurry about in the fierce flames, their heads scorched and charred, until they finally fell dead in despair - if they still had such emotions.

  That 5th-level demon commander was crazily yet foolishly trying to jump up the cliff to find those people who looked like leaders and fight them desperately, but he was soon knocked down by Moller's "Dang" with a hammer and continued to be roasted.

  Eriol had clearly smelled the scent of roasted meat as he approached...

  At this moment, a raging fire was burning in the winding path, and the wails and screams of the monsters were sent up to the cliff by the rolling heat waves, making Granna come back to her senses with a start, and she couldn't help but shiver. Ahead, Eriol was looking down at the scene below where countless lives had perished, her beautiful face stained with an eerie red glow from the bright flames. In Granna's eyes, the little loli at this moment seemed like a poisonous deep-sea rose - beautiful, alluring, enchanting, mysterious, and deadly.

  It's just that this deadliness is directed at demons. Especially when Little Lori soon changed back to her original fake cute and abdominal black expression, the huge contrast couldn't help but make Granada's mouth twitch.

  Alhan ultimately failed to fulfill his promise to give the monsters a show, as none of them were able to escape.

  Ten thousand low-level demonic creatures were instantly reduced to ashes by Eliya's flames. If the various tribes had initially united only because they regarded Eliya as a mediator, now she was undoubtedly recognized as the leader of all tribes.

  I am a divider line

  After leaving the valley, not far away on the plain, the coalition forces formed a large square formation. Eriol was carried by Quicksilver to a high stone pillar so that she could be seen by more than just the first row of soldiers. The somewhat embarrassed little loli coughed twice with a thick face and then loudly said:

  "To all you brave warriors, just a moment ago, we expressed our will to the demons with fierce flames! As long as they attempt to conquer Zhurliwen, our resistance will never cease! They are powerful, but not invincible! They are cruel, but we won't yield! They are ruthless, but can't crush our conviction! They are ferocious, but absolutely no match for the unity among us!"

  "We cannot tolerate the beautiful land under our feet being trampled by devils! We also cannot tolerate our brothers and sisters being ravaged by devils! We even more cannot tolerate our children becoming the mouthful of devils! Therefore, for the good things that we all cherish together, for the tomorrow full of hope, for victory——warriors, stake our honor, charge forward! Fight!! Win!!!"

  "Full military strike! Target - The Devil's Gate!"

  The little girl was met with a thunderous roar of anger.

  ...and countless writing desks...

  After a period of time had passed since the army's departure, Mercury flew before Eriol: "Why are you still standing there without moving? Are you planning on staying behind for dinner?"

  The little loli's eyes were filled with tears as she rushed to Chairman and opened her arms: "Hug me down."

  "How about I kick you down?"