Overlord: Rise of the Zerg

The night was fading, and the moon was disappearing among the clouds. The stars in the sky were bright, but they did not bring much light to the ground. Except for the firelight emanating from the head of Heli City, the land was completely dark.

Without any warning, birds swarmed in the dark forest, and the sound of insects running wildly became loud.

The next moment, the sentry on the plain sounded a shrill alarm, and a specially made sounding arrow shot into the sky, making a huge noise.

The lizardmen on the top of the city were immediately alert, but in the next second, the shrill screams were already echoing in the wilderness. That was the last sound made by the lizardmen soldiers acting as sentinels, who were knocked down by the swarm of insects. After falling to the ground, the warrior's sharp legs pierced his brain, taking away his life in an instant.

"Enemy attack!!" An angry voice sounded above the city. The next moment, a series of rockets carried the oilcloth and shot into the distance, not for killing, but for illumination.

Then, they saw something terrifying approaching quickly in the shadows cast by the fire, like a black tide, which soon drowned the rockets they fired.

However, within this short period of time, some sharp-eyed lizard soldiers had already seen what it was.

"Bug...that's the kind of bug!!"

"During this period...the bugs mentioned in the rumors!!"

"They really exist!!"

A vibrating voice sounded above the city, causing an uproar. The next second, under the scolding of the junior officers, more rockets were fired into the distance.

But this time, the fire basically illuminated the entire enemy in mid-air.

Really bugs, endless bugs!

Under the weak light of the fire, they were all swarms of insects rushing forward, seemingly endless. And in the darkness in the distance, there are even more shadows, and I don’t know how many are hidden in it!

The lizard soldiers in the city had already entered a fighting state at the first moment. After the alarm sounded, more soldiers were coming from the military camp in the city.

Although they are frightened, they still have to face it. As warriors, they are born to fight enemies, even if they have never heard of such enemies!

In the fortress below the city, the lizardman soldiers who stayed behind looked at the swarm of insects that were rapidly approaching from far away through the faint light, and their originally panicked expressions gradually calmed down.

All the soldiers in the fortress knew very well that no matter how the war progressed, they would never have a chance to survive in the face of such a large swarm of insects.

No matter how strong these earth and stone fortresses are, they cannot guarantee their safety because there are too many bugs!

After experiencing intense mental struggle and fear in a very short period of time, as the elites of the empire, they quickly calmed down. At this moment, they had only one thought in their hearts, to kill the enemy!

The swarm of insects quickly approached. After entering the range of the crossbow, the first wave of arrow rain from the top of the city fell, taking away the lives of each insect, and more insects quickly passed over the corpses of their companions. A slight pause.

Although the arrow rain was dense, it did not cause many casualties to the insect swarm. Although the Zerg's body structure is not small, most of it consists of the legs that support the body. If it is not directly shot in the head or chest and abdomen by arrows, it will basically not cause fatal injuries.

And as long as it's not fatal, they will continue to fight, even crazier!

Looking at the advancing swarm of insects under the city wall, the dense arrows did not even stop them in the slightest, everyone couldn't help but began to rejoice in Toril's wisdom, which allowed them to make a lot of preparations in the previous winter.

The next moment, the feet of the insect swarm at the front suddenly sank into a trap!

Immediately afterwards, a rocket flew down from the top of the city and fell into it. The next second, fire shot into the sky, illuminating the entire outside of the city extremely brightly for an instant.

Inflammable materials are prepared in the pit!

At this time, the farthest fortress began to attack the insect swarm. The lizardman soldiers hiding in it used crossbows to wildly fire arrows at the insect swarm through the reserved shooting ports.

At such a close distance, even if the force of the crossbow arrows fired by the crossbow machine cannot be compared with that of a hard crossbow, it is still enough to cause damage to the insect swarm.

Under this almost crazy rain of arrows, the units of the insect swarm approaching the fortress fell in pieces in a short period of time.

Previous volleys from the top of the city failed to cause such damage. Under the light of the pit fire, the outermost fortress played a huge role. This kind of trap buried underground escaped the sight of the explorers, allowing the insect swarm to escape here. I suffered a big loss for a moment.

Blocked by the trap, the fortress standing outside the city frantically rained down arrows on the insect swarm, and the attacks from the top of the city did not stop for a moment.

Bugs are dying every minute, but they won't just sit there and wait to die!

Unable to overcome the many traps of monstrous flames for the time being, the insect swarm immediately aimed at the fortress in front of them. Although this earth-and-stone structure was solid, gaps would soon appear due to the insect swarm's frenzied demolition of it as if they were inserting pins and needles into every crack.

Even a solid stone door cannot withstand the crazy impact of the insect swarm, let alone those reserved shooting holes. No matter how the lizard warriors inside roared and fired arrow boxes one after another, it could not change the fact that the entire fortress was being demolished rapidly.

Soon, after several screams, the first fortress was breached by the insect swarm, followed closely by the second one.

During this period, the insect swarm was slow to advance due to the restraint and soaring fire. Although they demolished several outermost fortresses, they also suffered hundreds of losses due to the dense rain of arrows from the city walls and the crossbows from nearby fortresses. count.

But the fire couldn't burn forever, and the swarms of insects kept coming. Soon, the first bug jumped directly over the fire with the help of its companion's body and continued to rush forward.

Although it died quickly under the lizard man's arrows, this was undoubtedly a good start. More swarms of insects crossed the fire and rushed towards the city wall. Although they were blocked again and again along the way, their companions at the rear were clearing traps and fortresses along the way for them as quickly as possible.

The Lizardmen's preparations outside the city were rapidly reducing the damage done to the Zerg, and the main force of the Zerg swarm was also constantly approaching the city wall.

In the process, hundreds of insect swarms fell in the rain of arrows, or failed to escape and fell into traps and were burned to death by the flames, but these casualties could not stop the insect swarm from advancing at all.

The swarm of insects will not be afraid of the death of their companions, nor will they shrink from the dense rain of arrows. They continue to move forward, pouring out of the jungle like a tide, as if there is no end.

The lizardmen were also well prepared. When the first batch of Zerg who had escaped the rain of arrows and traps rushed under the city wall and entered the blind spot for crossbow shooting, kerosene immediately poured down from the top of the city as if it were free of charge, and what followed was A huge fire broke out.

The opponent had obviously designed it carefully. Although there was no moat, the fire oil under the city wall did not spread outward to the lizardmen in the nearby fortress, but it caused a lot of damage to the dense insect swarm.

Toril had obviously made a careful design to target the insect swarm's weakness of being afraid of fire. He mobilized an unknown amount of flammable materials in Heli City. Under the blazing flames, the insect swarm was unable to get close to the city wall for a while.