Published: February 13, 2025
A massive shadow appeared atop the city wall, not from the beastmen's side, but from Cloud Summit.
It was a gigantic pendulum. After it manifested on the wall, a hole appeared in the pendulum's weight, revealing the tail of a grim green spear still lodged inside.
On the other side of the spear, it pierced Garan's right shoulder.
Though it seemed like it had only gone in a little, the immense energy shock caused her entire right shoulder to explode, with her arm falling to the side.
The enormous pendulum did not lose its effect due to the hole above; instead, it began to swing on the city wall. With the first swing, it emitted a booming sound, sending a visible sound wave spreading toward the ground. The beastmen warriors rushing to the city wall immediately slowed their movements.
However, the most affected were not the warriors, but their mounts.
As the sound wave swept over the mounts, many became startled, their eyes filled with fear. Many irritable beasts halted, swaying their bodies left and right, even showing slight resistance to the commands of their riders.
Many beastmen warriors had never seen their battle beasts react this way; at that moment, they even forgot they were attacking the city, lowering their heads and trying various methods to soothe their mounts.
At this moment, the pendulum on the city wall swung for the second time.
The visible sound wave this time was even more intense, and after passing over the city wall, the beastmen warriors transitioned from sluggishness to pain.
They felt their heads and bodies swelling, as if they were about to explode.
The battle beasts were even less able to bear it, transforming from restlessness into a panic, fleeing in all directions.
The Cloud Summit warriors would not miss such an opportunity; the defensive firepower surged at this moment. The siege units that had charged to the base of the wall, and even climbed to high positions through various means, were suddenly driven back some distance, leaving a layer of severed limbs at the foot of the wall.
For those witnessing this scene for the first time, it might seem bloody and brutal, but after seeing it repeatedly, everyone became numb.
It was like a dozen days ago when many warriors first caught a whiff of such a pungent, fishy smell and retched, but now they had grown so accustomed to it that they would lose sleep if the smell was absent.
Suddenly, some incomprehensible voices rang in the ears of the Cloud Summit warriors, and even if they were just slightly affected, they felt their state of mind become much calmer.
When they looked down, they found the beastmen who had been in chaos moments ago had quieted down. Then, another beam of green light shot out, accurately hitting the pendulum, directly scattering the enormous phantom shadow.
A small ancient clock fell to the ground, shattering into pieces.
Mina recognized what it was.
It was a Confusion Pendulum, a blue-level item, though not very high in rank, but with very clear effects: it emitted sound wave attacks that could confuse the minds of living beings. This sound wave could be unleashed a total of four times, with each successive wave doubling the power of the previous one. Unfortunately, today it had only been activated twice before being destroyed.
Moreover, this item could also serve as a defensive piece of equipment, boasting high defensive power.
Originally, it took two people a bottle of eight-star potion to exchange for it from Southeast Asia, and now it had truly played a role.
If it weren't for this Confusion Pendulum, Garan would not just be without her arm at this very moment; she would be dead.
Mina did not even glance at her good friend being taken down by medics; she understood that right now, she needed to hold her position. Otherwise, her good friend would have taken that fatal blow for nothing.
As for how to help her friend recover, that would be dealt with later.
The situation was still fairly decent; thanks to the Confusion Pendulum, the beastmen's attack was temporarily repelled, leaving nearly ten thousand corpses behind. If this had been in the past, it would have been considered a very good outcome. To kill the same number of beastmen, their side would have to suffer casualties in the thousands. However, today, it seemed like they had just crossed over a thousand in casualties.