Just as the frontline defenses were on the verge of collapse,
the supply convoy led by Caelan finally arrived at the battlefield.
Alyssa charged forward without hesitation, swinging her knight's spear as she plunged straight into the ranks of the grotesque flesh abominations.
Golden, sacred energy clung to her spear, and every strike dealt holy-attribute damage.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Faced with Alyssa's spear, the flesh abominations had absolutely no ability to resist.
Holy damage, in particular, seemed to have a devastating bonus effect against them.
After several consecutive clashes, the flesh abominations actually began to show signs of fear toward Alyssa.
Meanwhile, Alyssa only grew more ferocious.
Every thrust of her spear harvested the lives of multiple flesh abominations.
The defending soldiers, finally given a moment to breathe, recognized Alyssa's identity and couldn't help but shout in excitement.
"Praise the God of Light—Alyssa is our salvation!"
"Paladin Alyssa is destined to become the most brilliant existence of the future!"
Alyssa paid no attention to the praise.
At this moment, she had only one thought—
to completely resolve the crisis at the defensive line.
She suddenly halted her assault.
Golden energy began to gather rapidly behind her back.
In just a few breaths, a pair of golden wings unfurled behind her.
Formed entirely of condensed sacred energy, the wings looked incomparably holy.
"Accept the judgment of the divine."
Alyssa's voice became solemn and distant, inspiring instinctive reverence in all who heard it.
In the next instant, she gripped her spear with both hands and slashed forward, drawing a perfect cross in the air.
Sacred power erupted, releasing a scorching radiance.
The spear-light advanced slowly—almost unnaturally so.
In theory, anyone with enough space could easily dodge it.
But the flesh abominations were packed densely outside the defensive line.
They could dodge—
But there was nowhere to escape.
When the cross-shaped spear light descended like divine judgment, every flesh abomination in its path was mercilessly sliced into multiple pieces.
At this moment, Paladin Alyssa revealed her true strength before everyone for the first time.
The other members of the supply convoy also joined the fight.
In an instant, the tide of battle was completely reversed!
"It's reinforcements! Our reinforcements are here!"
"That's great! I knew the city wouldn't abandon us—we're saved!"
The surviving awakeners were filled with excitement.
Under the relentless, high-intensity assaults of the flesh abominations, their defensive line had already been on the brink of collapse.
If Alyssa and the others hadn't arrived in time, the fall of the position would have been inevitable.
But their arrival changed everything.
Even so, the flesh abominations did not retreat.
After a brief regrouping, they surged forward once more in overwhelming numbers!
This time, however, the defenders—revived by hope—stood firm and even launched counterattacks of their own.
Blood, gore, and shattered corpses littered the battlefield.
As a member of the supply convoy, Caelan gripped his longsword and entered the fray immediately.
Originally, he had planned to sweep through using skills.
But because defenders and flesh abominations were intermingled, making it difficult to distinguish friend from foe, he abandoned that idea.
Even so, his efficiency in killing flesh abominations far exceeded everyone else's!
Massive amounts of experience flowed into him like a torrent.
[You killed a flesh abomination. Gained EXP: 45,291]
[You killed a flesh abomination. Gained EXP: 36,872]
[You killed a flesh abomination. Gained EXP: 54,169]
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[Congratulations! You have reached Level 69. You gained 10 attribute points!]
[Congratulations! Your level…]
One man. One sword.
Caelan's movements flowed like water, as if he had entered a special state.
He wasn't expending much energy—only coating his blade with a thin layer of power—
Yet his killing efficiency was terrifying.
With everyone working together, it took a full thirty minutes of brutal combat to finally clear out all nearby flesh abominations.
The reception officer immediately entered the camp and voiced his doubts.
"What exactly happened here?"
"Why had the flesh abominations already pushed into the camp?"
"Where were the elite defenders stationed here? Why didn't they participate in the fight?"
Hearing these questions, the person in charge of the position gave a bitter smile.
"All of our elites were already deployed."
"They're currently fighting the lord-level boss Orn at the very front."
"The flesh abominations attacking this position were meant to draw pressure—forcing those elites to retreat and reinforce the defense."
The reception officer nodded thoughtfully and was about to speak—
When suddenly, the surrounding blood mist thickened severalfold in an instant!
At the same time, blood began to pour uncontrollably from the wounds of the injured.
Some soldiers who had already lost too much blood were drained dry by the blood mist and died within moments.
"Damn it! I knew this thing wouldn't be easy to deal with!"
Anger filled the defenders' faces.
But more than that, they were puzzled.
Why had the blood mist suddenly intensified?
And why only around C4 position?
Could it be—
Was there something among the flesh abominations that could control the blood mist?
A heavy silence fell over everyone.
If the blood mist could be controlled by monsters, the coming battles would become far more difficult.
Just then, the blood mist suddenly dispersed—
Only to rapidly condense around the severely wounded.
"Damn it! Something must be controlling this blood mist!"
"We have to deal with it—otherwise we're in serious trouble!"
The battlefield plunged back into tension.
At that moment, another massive group of flesh abominations charged in from the distance.
This time, Caelan didn't immediately join the fight.
Instead, he carefully inspected their status panels.
[Flesh Abomination]
[Level: 149]
[HP: 12,388]
[Attack: 21,538]
...
[Description: A product formed by countless corpses stitched together after being affected by an unknown force. Possesses terrifying vitality.]
These flesh abominations were clearly not easy to deal with.
At that moment, Caelan noticed something—
Most of the flesh abominations were converging toward Alyssa's position.
"Alyssa—watch out!"