The explosion's shockwave instantly destroyed half of the battlement, and in front of that surging torrent of magic power, the hard granite crenellations were like paper mâché!

The mercenaries standing on the walls had no chance to react, and even if they did, it would be meaningless; in minutes, they were blown away by that rampaging magic power along with their cover, hurling down below the walls.

The square inside the castle's main gatehouse was in chaos, strewn with flying rocks and mingled with severed limbs and broken bodies.

The din of the explosion drowned out the screams of agony.

And before the mercenaries lying on the ground could catch their breath, the second salvo of demon crystal cannons followed closely, overwhelming them!

"We're under attack!!"

Alarm bells rang out in a flash across the castle, the mercenaries swiftly shaken from their lethargy, frantically rushing to their battle stations.

But what filled them with dread was the sight of only a battered, blown-apart wall and the flashing green lights in the air.

They couldn't see the enemy at all; they could only witness the rampaging magic power raining down from the sky, bombarding their positions with wild abandon!

At this moment, Sano finally understood the source of his fear.

And at the exact same time, a drop of hot sweat ran down his forehead, shaken to the ground by the trembling fortress.

The enemy didn't want to capture this place at all!

They intended to reduce them and the entire castle to rubble!

Not until they surrendered!

But he didn't understand—

For a city-level spell, it had to be at least a diamond-level demon behind it, or perhaps a chanting group of a thousand or even several thousand!

Yet the highest-ranked opponent they faced was merely a silver-ranked Undead Mage; the rest were just a bunch of goblins!

How were they accomplishing this?!

...

It wasn't just Sano who was confounded, but also the audience far away in the Demon City arena.

Those who were originally watching and ready to leave after dinner didn't expect the Demon King's army, which had been inactive all day, to suddenly spring into action, sweeping away their swallowed saliva.

The twelve cannons entrenched in the ditch roared like furious dragons, unleashing ferocious artillery upon the fortress three kilometers away!

Those goblins, excitedly squeaking and squawking,

in a boiling cloud of dust, stuffed bag after bag of demon crystal into the cannon's breech, energizing the roaring "dragons" like stokers feeding coal into a steam train.

"Fire!!!"

On the edge of the trench, Oke shouted excitedly, the leg bone club in his hand serving as a conductor's baton.

His command wasn't even necessary.

All the goblins put their backs into loading, wishing they could hurl the demon crystals, worth millions of Kela, onto the castle before them!

As the ceaseless barrage continued, the audience stands in the Demon City arena erupted into an uproar, with many pairs of astonished eyes bulging wide.

Many couldn't help but stand up, just to get a closer look at the hovering screens, to see more clearly the harbinger of death raining down—

What kind of monster was this, that made granite-fortified fortresses seem as fragile as paper in its presence!

"What is that thing?!"

"A goblin mage chorus?!"

"No—! That looks like a cannon!?"

"A cannon?! A siege weapon of human invention?!"

A demon couldn't help but exclaim. Not far from him, a Fear Demon, with arms crossed, sneered,

"Impossible! I just came back from the front lines! I've never seen a cannon that could fire magic!"

This was the truth.

Machinery seemed to exist as a category of its own in human society; he had never seen any human contraption that could shoot magic out of a cannon!

Unlike the buzzing audience, Kamu Dragon from the VIP box of the entire Demon City stood up in shock and anger, roaring, "This is cheating!!! A shameful contraption!!!"

Watching his fortress bathed in demonic light, he could no longer contain his unbridled rage, to the point where his usually hidden horns and tail popped out.

Forgetting the decorum expected of a high-level demon, he didn't say another word but pushed open the door to the VIP box and stormed into the arena manager's office. He grabbed the dumbfounded demon manager by the collar, spraying spit as he ranted.

"Are you blind?! Didn't you see the red-side contestant cheating?! That group of goblins he showed in the arena didn't possess a trace of extraordinary power, but what is that?! Tell me what the hell that is on the screen?!"

Looking at the Fear Demon grabbing his collar, the airborne demon manager was almost scared witless as he stammered,

"Please, please calm down, Mr. Kamu Dragon—"

"Calm down?! Tell me how to calm down!" No longer displaying his easygoing demeanor, Kamu spoke with a murderous tone, deliberately punctuating each word, "Tell me... just how much did the Padric family bribe you?!"

The demon manager swallowed hard, his voice trembling as he swore,

"I can swear to the Demon God, we have not received a single penny in bribes from anyone! As for that thing on the screen... I can't understand it either, maybe it's Magi-tech? No matter what it is, I can assure you, the player has not broken any rules."

Every item currently appearing on the Demon King's turf had indeed been transported there by those thousand goblins through the teleportation circle; there was absolutely no external aid!

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