Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 318: A decisive battle in front of the base camp
The base camp of the remaining forces in Meteor Street is located in the center of the block. It is surrounded by temporary stone walls and three lines of defense.

However, the first and second lines of defense have been breached.

The Chimera Ant army broke into the block and engaged in a fierce street battle with the Meteor Street combat troops near the third line of defense.

It is said to be tragic, but in fact it is more like the one-sided tragedy of the Meteor Street combat troops. They often have to sacrifice many lives before they can temporarily stop the cannibal demon.

The heavy rain stopped quietly at this time, but the smell of killing became stronger in the night, and the potholes on the ground were filled with blood.

Once the army of chimera ants forms a system, it is too terrifying. Their attack becomes a bloody hunt. When they are hungry and thirsty, the ground is covered with "supplies".

The Meteor Street combat troops now have a reason to fight to the death. Once the third line of defense is broken, the only thing left is the final base camp.

In the base camp and the air-raid shelter below the base camp, except for a few combat members, the vast majority of people were the elderly, the weak, women and children who were unable to fight.

If their human barrier also falls, everything will be over, and the fate of the Meteor Street people in the base camp can be imagined.

This battle had already turned into the final decisive battle. The critical situation caused one of the only two remaining elders of Meteor Street to go to the front line to supervise the battle in person.

In addition, the new leader of the Phantom Troupe, the Knight, also appeared at the forefront of the battle and was undoubtedly the main force, with the warriors all centered around him.

The fact that the Meteor Street forces have been able to maintain a stalemate with the Zai Yi Luo forces until now is inseparable from the advice and strategies of the knight. Without him, this decisive battle would probably have taken place a month earlier.

The combat troops' trust in the knight is unquestionable, but no matter how strong their spirit is, it cannot save the current actual combat power gap.

It’s not that the knight didn’t try to adopt the beheading strategy.

To this end, he also found a lot of information about the Chimera Ant Crusade that took place in the Republic of East Goto and conducted detailed research.

He once planned to seek feasible solutions from the action patterns of people like German, Netero, and Mo Laowu, but in the end he ended up imitating others poorly in the implementation stage.

At that time, a decapitation team led by an elder, a knight, Machi, and Paknota managed to sneak into the ant nest, but was blocked by the "direct guards".

The appearance of "Ant King" Zailo and "Ant Queen" Zazan at the team's most tired moment pushed this elite force into the abyss.

Afterwards, most of the team members, including the elder, died. Only thanks to their sacrifice did Xiake, Machi and Paknotta escape.

Otherwise, the three of them would either be dead now or forced to reincarnate as demons, living a life worse than death.

However, surviving is not necessarily a good thing, because they need to inherit the will of the victims and face this extremely cruel reality.

The bad news is that they cannot imitate German and others to complete the assassination of "Ant King" Zai Luo and "Ant Queen" Zazan.

Because there is neither Germain nor Netero in their team.

What they lack is not plans and strategies, but a sharp sword.

The good news is that they killed two "direct guards" and tested the Nen ability possessed by the "Ant King" Zailo.

However, even with this information, they did not have the right opportunity to use it.

The defenses of the ant nest became increasingly strict, and they were unable to win in a head-on battle. They had already lost what might have been their last chance to face off against the "Ant King" Zailo.

The sphere of influence of Meteor Street was constantly being compressed. On the surface, they still occupied a quarter of Meteor Street, but in fact, the knight knew very well that it was Zai Yiluo's trick.

Zai Yiluo might be a man even more cunning than him.

He seemed to have figured out the thoughts of the people of Meteor Street, and deliberately left a quarter of the land unoccupied and voluntarily handed it over to the people of Meteor Street.

Adhering to the philosophy of "We don't refuse anything, but don't try to take anything away from us", the Meteor Street forces decided to protect the last territory.

However, the knight was keenly aware that this was a conspiracy to deliberately disperse the Meteor Street combat troops to guard the land that could not be defended at all.

He raised objections to several surviving Meteor Street elders, demanding that they give up excess territory and shrink their territory, but only one Meteor Street elder supported him.

The other Meteor Street elders understood that the knight's inference was likely correct, but they had to do it.

As they lag behind the enemy in terms of individual combat capability, weapons and equipment, strategic depth, etc., the only remaining advantages of the Meteor Street forces are spiritual strength and logistical supplies.

Giving up the extra territory would be another heavy blow to the already low morale.

At the same time, food can be transported away, but water cannot. They will lose a considerable amount of drinking water and also lose a safe path to communicate and trade with external arms dealers.

So, the knight proposed another way, that is, everyone should leave Meteor Street, recuperate outside for a few years, and then fight back. However, this way was still rejected.

The world's hatred for the people of Meteor Street is probably second only to the Chimera Ants, which are like a swarm of locusts.

The people of Meteor Street are a group of people without an identity who theoretically do not exist in the world.

People sit back and watch the war in Meteor Street, which is like raising insects, for the sake of profit, rather than hoping that these cockroaches will come out in droves, find other places to settle down, and multiply and grow.

At that time, they would inevitably suffer a heavy blow from a force no less powerful than Zai Yi Luo's, forcing them to return to Meteor Street.

The war between the Meteor Street forces and the Zaiylo forces had no choice but to continue like racing on the edge of a cliff.

Next, Zaiyi Luo's forces defeated the Meteor Street forces one by one, and carried out a unilateral massacre.

The fighting troops were routed, almost all the elders were killed, and there were countless casualties.

Until tonight, until tonight.

The knight realized that tonight was the night of the decisive battle and the last night of Meteor Street.

This area, which has a history of more than 1,500 years, will soon change hands from humans, become the stronghold of Chimera Ants, and radiate to the world.

When the bombardment sounded and scouts claimed that a large force had invaded the defense line, the knight dispatched the combat troops while looking in the distance in the direction where Machi and Paknota's team were patrolling.

He couldn't help but hope that Machi and Paknotta would leave Meteor Street immediately and go anywhere, as long as they didn't come back. Perhaps this was a good thing.

However, he knew very well that given their personalities, they would definitely rush back at all costs if they found out that their base was attacked.

The knight knows them too well.

In the end, everyone will be buried here together, right?
The knight sighed, pressed the button of the "Puppet Phone", activated "Carrying the Fate of Others", and manipulated the two demons to fight for him.

The knight recognized these two demons. They were two elite members of the Meteor Street combat force, transformed by the telepathic power of "Queen Ant" Zazan.

They became the so-called "division commanders" under Zai Luo's power. The knight spent some effort to capture them, and after trying them out, he indeed realized that they were different from others.

At least, they are the two strongest shields standing in front of the knights, and they are also the most fierce and loyal fighters.

However, as the "direct guard" joined the battlefield, one of the two shields was quickly shattered, and the knight had to temporarily find a demon as a replacement.

The so-called "direct guards" totaled three people, all of whom were known to the knight.

Two "Meteor Street Elders" and an "Old Priest" still wore their original clothes, but their faces and bodies had changed greatly.

The appearance of the three "direct guards" almost instantly broke the third line of defense and killed the elder who was still on the front line.

Now, the only things standing in front of the base camp are the remnants of the remnant troops led by the knight.

The Knight briefly fought with the "Three Guards".

Since his Nen ability could only control two people at most, he gave up one of his shields in an attempt to control one of his "direct guards".

This is extremely risky, as evidenced by the numerous wounds on his body, but it is also worth it.

Because he has the ability to manipulate telekinesis, once he successfully inserts the antenna into the enemy, it is almost certain to kill him with one blow.

The "Three Guards" will lose one member, but the knight will have one more "Three Guards" fighting force. In this way, there may be a chance to turn the tables.

However, things backfired.

The "Three Guards" were very united tonight. They maintained their formation and did not give any chance to the knight who had already exposed his Nen ability.

The knight's other "division commander" Shield was soon dismembered, so he had to capture another demon as a shield and continue fighting.

Then, he occasionally glanced at his only remaining antenna.

Maybe, it's time.

(End of this chapter)