"Yuck, what kind of magic power is this?!" Mr Derpy said as he munched on the magical barrier. "But beggars can"t be choosers…" he thought to himself as he could feel that his whinings would be purposefully ignored.
At the very least, Mr Derpy finally had an enormous amount of energy to consume. He had been starved for quite a few days since the System needed resources to work on the invasion. Not to mention, he could not complain since he had been given a healthy amount when he was not doing anything at all.
"But that does not mean I have to suffer from eating such a bad quality of energy. It"s too stale…" Mr Derpy complained once more as he made a loud click sound which vibrated the magical barrier and eventually broke it into pieces. Without a doubt, a number of mages had a bout of intense magical feedback, killing them in the process.
A new batch of mages who were on standby quickly took over and attempted to cover the city with a fresh layer of magical energy. At the same time, the Demon Rat Command a.s.sumed that the gigantic whale would be a threat of enormous value if it enters the Undercity airs.p.a.ce so they had begun to sortie the air units once more.
And with Air Force Demon Rat General Gnawbones redeeming himself a little the day before, he was quickly reinstated by Cinderclaw, the inc.u.mbent overall in command to settle with the mess up in the skies. Gnawbones was overly elated that he got control of the Air Force once again even though Cinderclaw did it as a minor payback for a grudge long forgotten by the former.
But with the Air Force completely in his hands and no more holding back now that the allied monsters emerged on the battlefield, Gnawbones finally would be able to unleash the full might on his natural enemies.
Meanwhile, when the magical barrier had finished forming, Mr Derpy took a hefty bite on it and finally started to enjoy his meal. He could only a.s.sume that the magical s.h.i.+eld quality had been degraded from the consistent bombing by the Royal Zodiac Snakes and the Pandarens. To him, it initially felt like he was munching on burnt meat but right now the "meat"s" taste was acceptable and began to seep energy from it.
There was without a doubt the Demon Rat mages were trying their best to maintain the barrier but Mr Derpy"s rate of consumption exceeded their regeneration of the barrier causing holes to appear on it.
And with the System prompting the crew on Nerodia on the latest development of the s.h.i.+eld via the Pandamonium App, the Royal Zodiac Snakes had decided to sortie their planes as well…until they realised that something was coming out of their radar.
"And also Sir! There is an enormous fleet of boogies detected in the north!" One of the standby crew reported from the command bridge.
"What?" Chen Lai, who had brought out his laptop to do some administrative work, was stunned by the latest development. "And here I thought I could finally complete some menial task while waiting for the war to end…" Chen Lai said to himself as he was appraised by his crew members on the current development.
"Clearly we do not have enough planes to have a decent dogfight with them." Chen Lai said as he had decided to send the information to the Inner Town Camp where his General was commanding the rest of the Royal Zodiac Snakes that were available.
"Yea, it"s pretty obvious from my side that a giant a.s.s whale is floating at the top of the magical barrier and eating it up. It"s no wonder that the Demon Rats would be riled up by it." Hou Fei said. "I see what I can do from my side. I should have a few anti air flak cannons in my inventory."
Once the communication between the Nerodia was done, Hou Fei still gave Chen Lai, the current commanding officer of the battles.h.i.+p, to sail slightly closer to the sh.o.r.e to provide some support. At the same time, it was given a new objective to find out where the planes were coming from. With these many planes which amount close to fifty over, there would definitely be a base where they were flying from.
In the meantime, Hou Fei consulted the System since it should have a rather detailed map of the Northern Region but the System stated that the base was not a concern at the moment since it was going to sortie Mr Derpy to the area soon enough.
"But what can one big a.s.s whale do? Gobble the base up?" Hou Fei asked through the System Channel and Mr Derpy who was in the vicinity heard the insult and sent out a whaling howl which deafened the Pandarens as well as the soldiers at the Inner Town Camp.
"Okay, okay. We see how this battle whale works against a fleet of planes." Hou Fei surrendered and Mr Derpy gave a slight smirk.
The Demon Rats Fighter planes came in no time and with the direction they were heading, it was apparent that Mr Derpy was their target. The Inner Town Camp already had the Pandarens at the ready with anti air weapons but with the limited equipment that they have, they could only do so much. Not to mention, if the fighter planes were to come close to Mr Derpy, friendly fire would be expected so they could only do so much.
However, what they did not expect was that the giant a.s.s whale suddenly started to move forward and at a speed that they were not expecting. Even the fighter planes who had decided to send a volley of rockets towards the whale and split their formation afterwards were shocked by the intense charge by the giant amphibian.
"Holy s.h.i.+t, is the whale going to swallow the fighter planes up?" One of the Pandarens said as they saw the entire fight unfold right above their eyes.
True enough, Mr Derpy opened its mouth and dashed through the fighter planes" formation, eating up almost three quarters of their fighting force in one swoop (or bite). Everyone was flabbergasted by the development and even Hou Fei was at a loss for words until he tuned into the local team channel that was in contact with Nerodia"s crew.
"Deploy all the Chryso fighter planes. The remaining Demon Rat planes would be more than enough target practice for those rascals…" Hou Fei said and chuckled at the absurdity of the current situation.