My Players Are So Fierce

The initial target of the “Gaia’s Rage” operation was a surprise attack of “flowering in the center,” thus the tunnel excavated by Cardman and his team was aimed at the core area of the Jackal People’s Base, even encompassing Huggesen’s Military Governor camp within the explosion range.

Although the Divine General was not present at the time, this did not affect the spectacular outcome of the explosion.

This area included the warehouses where the Jackal People stored their weapons and food, the gathering places of their Priests, and the temporary Shrine of the Master of Hunting. According to the Blood Scar Clan’s requirements, all Jackal People soldiers without assigned combat missions had to pray to the Master of Hunting under the Shrine every day.

Therefore, when the explosion occurred, the number of Jackal People sent to the sky far exceeded expectations, including many Blood Scar Priests who were proclaiming the power of the Master of Hunting.

This was not the only destruction caused by the big explosion. In fact, the tremors and fragmentation of the ground lasted a full three minutes before finally subsiding, far exceeding the expected destructive power of this underground explosion, leaving NPCs and players responsible for setting the explosives staring at each other in confusion.

They couldn’t understand which step went wrong to cause such an increase in the explosion’s power. Let me see what I did wrong, then remember it, and do it again next time!

But now was not the time to think about these things.

“Charge with me!”

As the tremors from the explosion slightly subsided, Maxim charged out with his warhammer swinging.

The Cadman People’s Army vigorously followed their leader, charging towards the surface, followed by their human Escorts and the restless players, like a furious torrent bursting from underground, eager to consume everything on the surface.

They accelerated up the sloped tunnel, the exit protected by Spiritual Energy deformed but did not collapse, but outside the original exit leading to the underground space was nothing but a landscape of torn earth fissures and towering dust and smoke.

Like a level ten sandstorm had swept through, even Maxim, a Silver Strong warrior, had trouble precisely capturing the environmental details for a moment.

It wasn’t that Maxim’s Silver Power was diluted, but rather an unusual force not yet dissipated was interfering with his senses. Maxim was not a mechanic or a demolitionist, but he was certain this residual force was not caused by the explosion.

In reality, the Vampire General had sensed similar power at Blackflame Mountain Pass.

He stood on the shattered ground after rushing out of the tunnel, glancing at the Broken Shrine buried in rubble beneath his feet, and muttered:

“Gaia? Has the wrath of the gods also been unleashed by mortal hands?”

“Holy cow! Is this the result of our explosion? This is insane!”

The Medieval Gospel Warrior followed the NPCs out of the tunnel, clutching the Blood Vulture Claw in both hands, but couldn’t help shouting when he saw the devastating explosion scene before him. One couldn’t blame him for his intense reaction; the surrounding scene was just too disastrous.

An entire circular area of the ground had been ripped open and sunk like a gorge, with remaining tear marks completely cutting through several crucial Jackal People structures.

Among the rubble were many incomplete bodies; these were the fortunate ones, for they had died the moment the explosion occurred. Those even more unfortunate were howling for death, but for them, death would not come easily.

The damage caused by this explosion ended up being about three times larger than the demolitionists had planned.

In other words, they destroyed one-fifth of the Jackal People camp with a single explosion…

“This is simply impossible! It doesn’t make sense!”

Nuclear Bomb Brother scratched his head and shouted in bewilderment:

“To achieve such destructive effects, we would need at least six times the amount of explosives! Even if the explosive contained enough Burning Gold, given how the ground spreads and absorbs energy, it shouldn’t have become this powerful!”

“It’s Gaia!”

The Nord Commander Ivan Koff crouched down, grabbed a handful of dirt, and brought it to his nose to sniff, saying in a low voice:

“Mother Earth added Her wrath to our explosion. This may be Gaia’s response and vent of anger towards the Blackflame Mountain Pass disaster; the explosion was just a trigger, the following destruction was completed by Mother Gaia Herself.

Soldiers!

Tonight’s battle has a Divine Spirit walking with us!

Victory is ours!”

The rough man leapt up, shouting in Nord language to his soldiers, further exciting the Nords. They charged forward like a group of frenzied giant bears, following Ivan Koff according to plan.

Mother Gaia was clearly an adept Divine Spirit.

Taking advantage of the explosion caused by mortals, she imposed the wrath of the earth on the Jackal People, never actually manifesting herself for revenge, perfectly avoiding suspicion of being a “petty” god. After the explosion, she stirred up dust to cover the entire camp, seemingly confusing the battlefield, but this effectively weakened the Jackal People.

These barbarians naturally possessed dark vision, so simple darkness couldn’t block their sight and perception. However, this dust storm-like tempest plunged the Jackal People into the predicament of being “blind with open eyes,” whereas Maxim and the player-formed assault battalion gained an advantage.