However, just as their claws climbed the ramparts, a large sword dragging a gust of wind swept towards them, cutting the ratman at the forefront in half, creating a storm of blood and gore that sprayed backwards.
The "person" was none other than Bond.
Awakened by Undead Magic, he had come back to life as a zombie, and he now possessed strength far surpassing that of his living days!
"Damn! Where did this NPC spawn from?!" Gou Shi exclaimed as he stared at the zombie standing above him, his non-existent eyes wide with shock.
This guy is kind of handsome!
He stole all the spotlight!
"Seems like it's the previous pile of mincemeat."
"What the fuck?!"
"Aaaah!!!"
Squeezed beside him, Xiao Wan, not fully satiated, hugged a mining pick, burying her skeleton head and screeching as she pushed forward.
It was clear she was terrified.
But having heard that losing would shut down the server, wasting a whole day of mining coal, she still exerted all her effort.
As the skeleton wall was about to hold back no more, a player named [One Gulp the Septic Tank] suddenly stood out.
His body was strapped with about a dozen sticks of dynamite, presumably for mining, and he ignited the fuse with a torch, screaming as he climbed onto the sea of skeletons.
"Brothers! I'm going ahead! See you on the forums!"
Seeing the sparks flying from the fireworks, the players being trampled below were almost scared enough to turn and run, only stabilizing their footing when they remembered they were in a game.
No magnificent sprint.
Suddenly, the NPC named Bond, having a burst of intelligence, grabbed him by the arms and threw him out.
One Gulp flew through the air in an arc, crashing harshly into the crowd of ratmen, and waited a long time without hearing any explosion.
"Damn it, I'm super frustrated!" Gou Shi couldn't help but curse.
It was a dud!
All that tragic atmosphere for nothing! He actually felt moved for a whole two seconds!
The battle once again reached a deadlock.
The ratmen couldn't advance a bit, and the players, morphed into a sea of skeletons, were hardly troubling their opponents.
Standing atop the sea of skeletons, Bond swung his great sword, slashing every advancing ratman one by one; however, even the tireless zombie began to show signs of fatigue in the face of the relentless attacks.
The reason was simple: the number of monsters was simply too vast, showing no signs of stopping!
On the players' side, although the dead skeletons could come back to life quickly, they were ultimately at a numerical disadvantage.
Especially since summoning skeletons was not without cost.
Summoning temporary creatures using Mana could not serve as a vessel for souls, and the monsters summoned by the core of Demon King Territory needed faith points to sustain.
Watching his faith points rapidly decline, Luo Yan felt a pang in his heart.
It was then that a skeleton soldier suddenly ran up to him and knelt on one knee.
"Lord Demon King! The mine passage ahead, 100 meters from you, is right above the first floor of the underground maze!"
This man was none other than Yiye Zhiqu.
Hearing his report, Luo Yan quickly regained his senses and understood his meaning.
If they could somehow collapse the mine passage and fully connect it to the first floor of the underground maze, they could use the natural enemies of these ratmen to combat them!
This was not difficult for a steel-class Mage, especially since the mine passage was already on the edge of the maze itself!
The only issue was, connecting it to the maze might bring new troubles...
Seeing the defense line almost breaking, Luo Yan knew he had no time to hesitate.
He could only gamble that the group of Earth Cave Spiders and these ratmen would perish together!
Luo Yan waved his magic wand, chanting spells, using the little remaining Magic Power to cast one last steel-class spell.
"Earth Fall!"
As his words ended, the earth began to tremble, just like an earthquake.
Before anyone could react, the not-so-spacious mine suddenly collapsed!
"Squeak—!"
The increasingly compressed crowd of ratmen finally found a release, pouring into the first floor's grand hall along with the rolling debris.
The overwhelming scene resembled the flood release of a dam!
Falling from a height of several meters, the first ratmen to land spit out fresh blood, and the ones that followed were so disoriented they couldn't find their bearings.
When they finally snapped out of their daze, they faced pairs of crimson eyes.
Chilling fear spread all over the ratmen, as they knew all too well what those creatures were and what those glints in their eyes meant—
Watching the little mice fall into Silk Cave, the famished Earth Cave Spiders in the darkness readied themselves eagerly.
Dinner time had arrived!