Release that Witch - Chapter 1450

Chapter 1450: 1450




Days later .

South of the Fertile Plains, Tower Station No . 10 .

Balshan lay prone outside the turret, looking at the silhouette of the ancient city a distance away . She had once read a report in the weekly newspaper about the Northern Expedition . She knew it was once the famous witch city in history, Taquila . In order to conquer it, demons went to great lengths, but were ultimately sent retreating by the First Army .

And now, they were here to defeat new enemies, so as to recapture Taquila .

One minute… Thirty seconds… Ten seconds…

As she counted silently in her head, she covered her ears .

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! The cannon's booming sounded behind her . The continuous reverberations transmitted to the vehicles through the ground as she felt her arms turn slightly numb . They were the 152mm Longsong Cannon of the Artillery Squad which were raining metal on the target . Compared to the short-barrel cannon on the tank, they were on two completely different levels .

"Team Leader, haven't you gotten used to the cannon booms?" The driver, Bay, turned his head and quipped . He sat cross-legged in the front area of the vehicle, and even in a battlefield strewn with corpses and the stench of rotting demonic beasts wafting through it, he continued consuming his meal . "That won't do . You need to learn how to let your ears filter out the unimportant noises . Only then can you constantly maintain your focus . "

"To me, you just have a poor sense of hearing . " Balshan cast her sight away emotionlessly . Although the driver and the cannoneer were veteran soldiers with rich experience, according to the rules, the Vehicle Commander was the leader of the team . Besides, in terms of age, it was even possible that she was older than the both of them . "The only thing I need to listen out for is any abnormal sounds from the Sigil of Screaming, not the sound of cannons or your nonsense, get it?"

"Team Leader… What you said is a little harsh . " Bay smacked his lips . "I thought a witch would be sweet and adorable, just like Angel Nana…"



"Five years ago, witches were the devil's minions, the embodiment of evil . "

"Uh— No one will like you if you act this way . "

"What nonsense . I think Team Leader's pretty good," Cannoneer Shure interjected . "She's straightforward and capable . She has never had any military experience, but she's able to adapt to the battlefield in such a short amount of time . She's the best choice of being Vehicle Commander . "

Both of them looked at Shure .

The latter was stunned . "Why? Did I say something wrong?"

"No . " Balshan shrugged . "Although you missed nine out of ten shots during training, you don't seem completely inept . "

The cannoneer revealed a look of pleasure .

"Enough, enough . Let's not talk about this any further . " Bay hurriedly switched topics . "By the way, Team Leader, back at Tower Station No . 9, who was the person waiting outside the camp for you? He seemed to be wearing a First Army uniform as well . Is he your friend?"


"Why are you asking about this?"



Bay said, a little embarrassed, "I saw a medal hanging off his chest and wish to get to know him . Being awarded a medal isn't an easy task . He must be someone impressive . "

"I do know him, but he's not that impressive . Without me, he would probably have been food for the demonic beasts . " Balshan feigned indifference, but her tone slowed down significantly .

"Wow, your standards are way too high…"

Before he finished his sentence, she covered her ears again .

It was another deafening salvo .

Bay, who wasn't prepared at all, curled his lips from the rumbling boom .

And after these booms, three green flares flew into the sky—a signal for attacking .

"It doesn't seem like your focus is that focused either . " Balshan patted the steel plate by the side of the turret . "Convoy 12, set off immediately!"

Bay didn't provide a rejoinder . Instead, he threw the canister in his hand away and rushed from the driver's seat to the back of the vehicle . Shure also went into the cramped turret and prepared for battle . Regardless of how it was typically, none of them showed any sense of carelessness at critical moments .

Balshan raised her telescope and saw that under the assault of the artillery, many demonic beasts were fleeing from the ruins and heading north . And turning to look back, the First Army had split into dozens of tiny teams and were advancing steadily behind the tracks of tanks .

Such a formation clearly wasn't used to deal with hybrids .

The deeper they were into the plains, the more blade beasts they would encounter . It went from one every two to three days to several in a day . Due to the difficulty in detecting them with the naked eye, they were harder to deal with compared to the typical demonic beast . Without a doubt, the strategy provided by the upper echelons of the military was effective . Sigil of Screaming and Sigil of Resonance would discover the targets beyond the range of short-barreled cannons and then annihilate them . However, the enemy appeared to be nothing as simple as pure wild beasts .

They knew how to conceal themselves and launch a surprise assault on the troops . Cannon fire was able to frighten away the demonic beasts, but it was unable to frighten away the blade beasts . As such, recapturing the railway's strongholds took quite a lot of work for everyone . After paying a certain price, the First Army rapidly established a battle strategy with armor troops at its core . Originally, the flintlock troops would treat tanks as scouts, but now, they learned how to rely on them to clear out the enemy .

And the Taquila Ruins in front of them was, to date, the most complicated battlefield that wasn't in the wild .

Half an hour later, as one of the vanguards, Convoy 12 drove into Taquila . To Balshan's side were Convoys 9 and 17 . According to the plan, they were responsible for clearing the main street that led to the western square and reacquire the two fortresses that were established there .

After studying her surroundings, Balshan could not help but feel her scalp tingle . Many stone buildings made the situation in the city extremely complex . Even the Sigil of Screaming's detection range was greatly reduced . She now had to rely on listening to various magic power sources, but was ultimately unable to determine the target's exact location .

"How did you guys take down this place previously?"

"Simple . As long as you get rid of the Red Mist towers and those skeletons, the demons would naturally retreat," Shure replied . "Have you found the enemy?"

"Not yet . But I am certain that there are many monsters hiding in this city . " After saying that, Balshan gestured to the soldiers behind her, requesting that they stayed closer to the tank . This also resulted in them opening a gap with the other two convoys .

Shortly after, a gray cement fortress appeared at the end of the street . Although the First Army was forced to abandon it, the solid construction was not damaged by the enemy .

At this moment, the sound of the Sigil of Screaming intensified clearly .

Balshan frowned . That wasn't the sound a blade beast should have .

She looked towards the Vehicle Commander of Convoy 9, Amy . The latter shook her head, indicating that she was confounded as well .

And when they drove past the fortress, the sigil's hums were so loud that even Bay could hear it .

For precautionary reasons, she made the two vehicle convoys stop temporarily . She planned on heading to the square alone and bring along the Sigil of Resonance which had been activated . Even if the target wasn't a blade beast, she wanted to see where the source of magic power pointed .

Soon, a glow appeared out of thin air, pointing to the middle of the nearby square—but there was nothing there .

Could it be that she had encountered a new type of invisible enemy?

That's not right . Balshan quickly discovered that the bricks on the surface of the square seemed to have been pried away . There were signs of black corrosion in the vicinity .

That thing was hiding underground!

The moment she had that thought, the soil underneath the bricks suddenly rose . A monster formed of ribs and flesh and blood crawled out from underground, spewing out a pile of "transparent bodies!" If not for the sticky mucus that remained on those things, Balshan wouldn't have been able to detect them .

Almost at the same time, the Sigil of Screaming released a loud warning . She suddenly came to the realization that all those things were blade beasts!