Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons-Chapter 493 - 453 Like the Sun

Dusk has fallen.

After a day of assault on the bridge, both sides’ soldiers have slowed down their pace of attack.

Whether it’s the attackers like Horn and his team, or the defenders at the fort, these soldiers are exhausted. After a day of intense fighting, they are at their limits.

Everyone tacitly chose this time to take a short rest.

Only the shield above the fort remains standing, even after a day of attacks without showing any sign of wavering.

It continues to emit a graceful glow, as if eternally invincible.

This scene makes the attacking soldiers feel a sense of despair.

For these soldiers, apart from losing many comrades today, they haven’t achieved even the slightest bit of success.

This inevitably dampens their morale.

Meanwhile, the defending soldiers, though equally fatigued, clearly have high spirits from their expressions.

Watching the enemy’s mad attacks only to fall midway, spending so much manpower with no results at all.

While their own defensive structures remain unshaken.

How could this not boost their morale?

They can even hear mocking laughter coming from the walls.

"Captain, let’s retreat and wait for another day to attack. Continuing like this, the fort won’t fall, but our soldiers will be completely lost."

In the command tent at the camp, a leader spoke loudly to Captain Horn.

A day’s attack showed that with their current strength, capturing the fort is pure fantasy.

Only a handful of the earliest leaders beside Captain Horn know about Kane and their actions; most other leaders are completely unaware.

After all, Kane and the others never act with them, and they’re not familiar with each other.

Even if Kane and the others haven’t come along to attack the fort, they don’t find it strange.

Sitting at the head, Captain Horn waved his hand and said, "Don’t rush, let the soldiers rest for a while, always ready to follow orders and continue our attack."

Hearing Horn’s words, the leader sighed helplessly, bowed his head, and left the tent dejectedly.

At dusk.

Kane and the others still haven’t acted; they’re waiting in the woods for Lilu’s return.

If Lilu doesn’t deal with that magic shield, their attack will be very laborious now, with a high chance of failure.

From a distance, Kane sensed something and stood up, saying, "Lilu is back, let’s hope she brings good news."

As soon as the words fell, a flashing light appeared on Kane’s shoulder, and Lilu was already sitting there.

"Lilu succeeded; she’s identified the weakness of the magic shield. We just need to attack in that direction, and when the energy exceeds a certain limit, we can shatter the magic shield completely."

Lilu’s voice reached everyone’s ears, and Kane immediately began walking outside.

The others followed suit.

They emerged from their hideout in the woods, readying formation and headed toward the fort.

Along the way, Kane kept chatting with Lilu about the details.

The last piece of the puzzle was set; now it’s time to conquer that fort in one fell swoop.

Just as Kane and the others rushed toward the fort, in the camp across the bridge, Captain Horn had already donned his armor, and all soldiers had gathered behind him.

But they were waiting rather than attacking.

Besides a few leaders, no one knew what Horn was waiting for.

But no one asked at this moment, each following him silently, with only their arms tightly gripping the weapons at their waist.

Suddenly, a rainbow-colored light rose from the ground across the river, shooting high into the sky.

Seeing this light, Horn smiled and shouted loudly.

"Attack!"

Then he took the lead, charging directly toward the fort across the river.

The leaders and soldiers behind him also yelled loudly and followed Horn out.

And the camp on the opposite side recognized their offensive, loudly calling the resting soldiers to prepare for the attack, readying for comprehensive defense. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Seeing Horn and his troops’ posture, it’s clear they’re planning a full-scale assault to seize the fort.

All soldiers inside the fort were dispatched to this side of the bridge, countless arrows shot downward as the walls were filled with soldiers.

At the gate below, numerous armored soldiers waited for Horn and his forces to break through. Once the gate was breached, ready swords awaited.

Skyward stones and crossbow arrows also attacked their fort, but were all blocked by the unwavering magic shield.

With siege weapons failing, relying solely on flesh to climb the walls increased the difficulty exponentially.

On the other side, Kane and his team, who had signalled, were about to reach the front of the fort.

Yes, the side near the bridge is actually the fort’s rear; this bridge was built to protect the safety of the bridge behind.

Now it’s used to prevent enemies across from passing through directly.

"Lilu, mark the weakness of the magic shield." Seeing they’re about to reach the fort, Kane spoke to Lilu on his shoulder.

Lilu nodded, then waved her magic wand, sending a rainbow-colored glow, which landed on the magic shield covering the fort.

Kane nodded at Lilu’s marked target.

He rode Cotton Candy to fly into the air.

Kreya began using her light wheel and various enhancements to strengthen all soldiers behind.

"Attack!"

Inside the walls.

"Front, soldiers are attacking from the front!"

The soldier observing the surrounding situation from the watchtower shouted loudly towards the bottom.

Inside the entire fortress, there are three generals guarding it.

Upon hearing the information from the soldier.

"So, this is the strategy they’re playing?"

"I truly admire them for transporting so many soldiers across the river."

"None of this matters; they can’t break the Magic Shield. No matter how many soldiers there are, they’re just pigs and sheep waiting to be slaughtered," said a general dressed as a mage.

He finally counted some soldiers and hurried to the front of the fortress to meet Kane’s offensive.

Meanwhile, below, amidst the attacking forces, Longbei was far ahead of the main troops, nearing beneath the city wall.

Countless crossbow arrows and magic balls struck towards him.

The Gray Stone Giant’s size became the best target, and Longbei raised his shield, unfolding the Iron Arm Shield Defense to constantly block the attacks, while continuously advancing forward.

Soldiers not far behind were also rapidly approaching under Kreya’s leadership.

Meanwhile, in mid-air, Kane was half-squatting on Cotton Candy’s back, his shoulder and hands wielding an exaggeratedly-sized weapon.

A massive launcher, intricately constructed with powerful magic runes covering it.

The gun’s length was two meters, and the barrel stretched forward five meters with a black hole-like muzzle indicating the caliber of the shot.

Such a caliber is more accurately described as a projectile rather than a bullet.

A huge amount of magic power was gathered within, Kane’s internal magic power being rapidly consumed, his head sprouting horns and his neck covered in fine dragon scales.

Golden light began to emerge from his surface, a circle of golden light wheels appeared at his back.

He unhesitatingly used a magic tear.

Vast energy gathered within the gun body, and the entire gun began to emit strong light inevitably.

Death Gaze, long unused, was employed once more.

The general attacking Longbei noticed a sudden strong magic reaction occurring mid-air.

"Stop, stop, halt your attack, quickly reinforce the magic shield!"

He shouted, raising the magic staff high, his internal magic power flowing towards the magic shield in the air, strengthening it.

The other magic soldiers stopped their attack, pouring their magic power into the magic shield.

The reason the general acted so was because he detected Kane gathering magic power mid-air and saw the rainbow-colored mark on the magic shield.

He knew clearly that was the weak point of the magic shield.

But even at the weak point, breaking the shield required a massive amount of magic power.

Never had he worried until he felt the magic Kane gathered.

He realized that such magic-powered attacks would definitely break the magic shield; hence his fear-filled shout.

Attempting futilely to provide slight strengthening to the magic shield.

Mid-air, Kane finally gathered all the magic power, slowly pulling the trigger.

"Boom!"

A deep sound emitted from the gun, and a projectile radiating intense light shot out.

In an instant, it reached the marked location set by Lily.

"Bang!"

The massive explosive sound brought forth extremely exaggerated brilliance, akin to the sun falling from the sky.

Longbei, who raised the shield, was pushed back by the enormous force.

Most soldiers on the city wall were blown away.

The strong light completely illuminated the entire area.

The sun rose in the night.

All soldiers in the area had to desperately cover their eyes.

Especially the soldiers on the city wall, most of whom were nearly blinded by the momentary intense light.

Soldiers defending on the front wall no longer needed Kane’s group to act as they were entirely blown off the wall by the explosion’s force.

Close-quartered soldiers bled from seven orifices, falling to the ground, turning into dust.

The massive shockwave blew away the black clouds in the sky, revealing a star-filled sky.

The crack in the sky seemed to shake down fragments with such a tremor.

"Crack!"

A crisp breaking sound was heard.

The strong light vanished, and the magic shield obstructing attack turned into floating pieces.

"Attack!"

Across the bridge, Captain Horn opened his eyes, seeing the scene, shouted loudly, and quickly dashed forward.

The previously low morale surged like a torch in that instant.

All soldiers shouted loudly, following Captain Horn launching an attack.

Frontally, Longbei had already toppled the wall before him.

Without the city wall soldiers’ obstruction, all the soldiers behind easily entered the fortress.

Heading towards the soldiers attacking Captain Horn’s group on the wall.