Chapter 467, the moment of decisive battle
"The width of the front of the third city wall is less than two hundred meters."
"And it was built against the mountain, with arched towers built on both sides in areas with steep slopes."
"We send troops to attack from the front, and the soldiers stationed on the towers on both sides can attack from the sides."
"At the same time, one of the biggest features of the third city wall is that whether it is a tower or a front wall."
"Inside it, mezzanines are built."
"The defenders can counterattack us through the mezzanine."
"During the exploratory attack just now, we also discovered the bunker."
"It is a ground fortress built under the city wall. The defenders within the city wall can be there when we attack."
"Suddenly emerge from the bunker and fight back against us."
"Judging from the fact that the group was destroyed during the exploratory attack, the Golden Legion may have emerged from the bunker."
"The bunker should be connected to the third city wall by a passage."
Inside the newly built outpost camp.
Vivian described the information obtained from the trial attack.
Christian asked calmly after hearing this.
"How much did we lose in this attack?"
Vivian quickly flipped through the battle reports of frontline statistics.
"One hundred thousand small fishmen, one thousand original blood forest giants, and five thousand purple legions of the four alliances."
Christian nodded slightly.
"The loss is not big. At least we have figured out the layout of the third line of defense."
"It is true that the defense of this line of defense is indeed more complete."
“And the bunker setting is quite retro.”
"I remember that this kind of defense setup was mainly used during the era of racial war."
"I think this third city wall should have been built at that time."
"And in the Glory Calendar Era, with the popularization of magic, various scrolls flowed out of the Dharma God City, which changed many city defense technologies that had been passed down for tens of thousands of years in the Old Continent era, and the bunker was one of them."
"What changed this defensive method was the earth scroll."
"Many times, the bunker that the defenders have put so much effort into building can be destroyed with just an earth scroll that can cause earthquakes."
At this time, Vivian asked curiously.
"Then why does the city wall still exist? If the earth scroll can destroy the bunker, why can't it destroy the city wall?"
on this issue.
Lilith opened her mouth to answer.
"Because of the cost."
"Since ancient times, large city defense buildings have been painted with magic patterns on their walls to resist magic damage."
"In the Glory Calendar Era, the rise of the City of Magic has almost brought the use of magic to a state of overflow."
"Even the city walls in some small towns can have some wandering mages painted with magic patterns."
"Not to mention the Kingdom of Gondor, a building specifically designed to defend against the attack of the orcs from the north."
"There is a high probability that the high-level mage from Dharma God City was invited to reinforce the city wall."
"You must know that throughout the Glory Era, strengthening city defense buildings has been an important source of income for Dharma God City. As long as you have money, you can hire professional mage services."
"It can be seen from the two city walls we captured before that magic cannot destroy the city walls. They are engraved with the high-level magic patterns that can resist damage in the Magic City."
"This kind of advanced magic pattern can only be used on large-scale city defense buildings, because it can use the volume of the building to disperse the damage."
"And then achieve the purpose of reducing the cost of drawing."
"As for a small building like a bunker, if you want to engrave this kind of magic pattern, the cost will be tens of thousands of times that of a large city wall."
"Even in rich countries, they would not do this kind of thing."
"And this is also the reason why most countries have abandoned the bunker as a defense method."
"Because in an era when magic is rampant, buildings without magic pattern reinforcement are just large toys."
"The powerful destructive power of magic is enough to destroy them easily."
As a hero who was born and died during the race war, Vivian listened to this.
A look of understanding appeared on his face.
But he quickly said.
"But!"
"We don't have earth magic scrolls."
"And as far as I know, during the racial war, the bunker will also undergo some simple magical reinforcement."
"In addition, the internal structure is also very strong. Unless it is destroyed through specialized earth magic, other magic will only cause very little damage to it."
In response to this question, Christian took out a scroll with a relaxed expression.
"Given by your lord, the Earth Splitting Scroll."
"He got it in the secret realm before, and when he cleared that secret realm, the Lord entered the deepest part of the northern defense line."
"I got this scroll at that time. I never had the chance to use it before, so I put it here."
"And ordinary war, because this scroll will change the terrain."
"So I haven't used it."
"But now, this scroll has a chance to be used."
After hearing this, Vivian's eyes lit up.
"The bunker is solved, Christian, how to attack the city next?"
To this.
Christian also had a plan.
He pointed to the plan of the third city wall and said.
"The width of the front is not enough, plus the arches on both sides, it is a defensive building with a mezzanine."
"A frontal attack will inevitably cause huge losses."
"So my attack plan this time is frontal containment, long-range strikes, and air raids."
"To put it simply, first use the ground cracking technique to eliminate the defenders hiding in the bunker."
"Then gather the original Blood Forest giants and the four alliance forces to climb the city wall."
"Wait until the defenders on the enemy's wall appear, then use magic to carry out fixed-point attacks."
"First use magic to sweep the enemies, and then sweep away the enemy's exposed targets on the city wall."
"When there were no more defenders on the city wall, they all retreated into the mezzanine."
"Then send the gryphon knights to attack the defenders' air force and defeat them."
"Send soldiers up the city walls using airships."
"In the process, you will definitely be attacked by the enemy's magic crystal cannon."
"This war must be an extremely bloody tug of war."
"But we have many soldiers, and your lord can quickly support us."
"So we can afford it."
"And the only thing the enemy can rely on is the magic crystal cannon."
"And we just need to wait until their city wall defenders are almost exhausted."
"Send the legion protecting the magic crystal cannon to defend the city, and you can gather the Dragon Eagle Knights for a surprise attack."
"End the battle once and for all."
"So in this battle, don't tell me the number of casualties. I just want to know the progress of the battle."
Christian's solemn tone made the faces of the heroes present become serious.
She glanced at everyone.
"The plan is set."
"Send the order to attack the city."
Outside the third city wall.
As Christian ordered.
The first siege legions began to move towards the city wall.
And when the army reached the bunker location.
The siege army stopped advancing.
Vivian took out the Earth Splitting Scroll and tore it open.
A surge of magical energy penetrated the ground.
The next second.
There was a tremor in the ground.
In a moment, cracks split the ground into pieces.
The cracks hundreds of meters in length tore the bunker into pieces.
The defenders hiding inside didn't have time to scream.
It was buried underground.
Wait until the effects of Earth Splitting wear off.
The giants in the front row began to fill the cracks in the ground.
After there is no more threat from enemies in the bunker.
The army attacking the city began to move faster.
And this time.
The constructed archers on the city wall began to fire arrows as thick as their arms.
This time, the giant in the front row gave up the big iron rod and the big iron ball.
They gave up attacking and instead equipped themselves with large iron shields.
The large shield made by the underground gray dwarves is mainly thick.
The arrow shot out and hit the shield of the original Blood Forest giant hard.
There was a sound of "哐哐哐".
Although the giant felt the huge repulsive force on the shield, he was not harmed.
This made Hogg, the commander of the original Blood Forest Giants, look happy.
"This shield is really useful, paired with the heavy armor on your body."
"This arrow cannot penetrate at all."
After feeling the sense of security brought by the shield.
Hogg gave an order.
"Forward!"
The original blood forest giant carrying a huge shield began to slowly advance forward.
It didn't take long for the giant to arrive at the city wall.
They were under Hogg's command.
A huge shield was used to build a passage that was one thousand meters long and more than twenty meters high.
And under the channels formed by these shields.
They were groups of Four Alliance troops carrying siege equipment.
Relying on the protection of the shield wall.
The crispy legion that besieged the city did not die on the way to the charge.
They took their equipment and leaned against the city wall.
Then he gradually extended the instrument toward the city wall.
But just when the equipment extended to the top of the city wall.
From within the mezzanine of the city wall, a shining light lit up.
A giant ax was cut out of the city wall.
Cut off the siege equipment in half.
At this time, at the top of the city wall, hundreds of infantrymen holding magic crystal guns aimed their guns at the giant who raised his shield and opened fire fiercely.
The sound of "pah pah pah" sounded.
The thick shield can block arrows, but it cannot block the bullets of the magic crystal gun.
The giant under the city must have been killed.
The dead giant fell, and a gap immediately appeared in the shield formation.
Don't wait for the other giants to catch up.
The constructed archers on the city wall immediately filled up.
Violent arrows penetrated the shield array.
Not only did they kill the exposed coalition infantry.
Even the giants suffered heavy losses.
Hogg cursed when he saw this scene.
Then he yelled.
"Top it up."
"Protect them!"
The giant behind him carried his shield and rushed forward.
But the magic crystal gun infantry regiment on the city wall appeared again.
Another volley.
The giant who stepped forward was shot to death immediately.
"Damn."
"Support."
"We need magical support!!!"
At this moment, under the city wall, Hogg roared at the top of his lungs.
Instead of waiting for him to finish shouting.
Second line of defense from behind.
The legion mages of thousands of flame magicians have been guided.
In an instant.
The bolide slammed down towards the city wall.
The magic crystal gun infantry regiment that was firing their guns had no time to dodge at all.
He was about to be beaten to death.
But this time.
The Knights of Thorn Flower Magic Pattern appeared.
They put up the shield.
The thorn flower shield helped these magic crystal gun infantry regiments resist this wave of attacks.
But obviously.
Lilith, who is responsible for magic support, has already thought of this.
She pointed forward.
"War Spells."
"Prison of Fire!"
An army of flame magicians hiding under the shield suddenly emerged.
There are more than three thousand of them.
Uraichi appears.
Just threw a spell towards the city wall.
Flame Prison is a control spell. Although the damage is not high, the control is extremely strong.
The defenders on the city wall still didn't understand what happened.
I found myself unable to move.
The Magic Crystal Gun Infantry Regiment protected by the Thorn Flower Shield was also implicated.
Because the shield only protects them from harm.
The effect of immune control only takes effect on the Thorn Flower Knight himself.
Just when the defenders on the city wall were trying to break free.
Hogg under the city wall immediately commanded the already chaotic giants. .
With the enemy under control, the shield formation was rebuilt.
This time, the number of giants invested reached 5,000.
A total of five shield formations were built.
At the same time, behind the shield formation, the Alliance legions carrying siege equipment approached the city wall again.
This time.
They brought orange siege engines.
The climbing ladder was firmly fixed on the city wall.
The ladder rose rapidly, and after a moment, it was fixed on the edge of the city wall.
Immediately afterwards, the siege infantry began to ride on ladders and quickly rushed towards the city wall.
This time.
Two cannon ports were suddenly pushed out from the towers on both sides of the city wall.
The muzzle of the gun was pointed directly at the flame mage who was casting the mage.
"Boom."
After three consecutive rapid fires, the magic crystal cannon retracted into the city wall.
Under the city wall, three thousand flame mages were blown to ashes.
With their death, the defenders on the city wall can move again.
Their counterattack also began.
But as a siege army, when the ladder is put up on the city wall, it is already a victory.
As long as the enemy cannot destroy the ladder.
The subsequent armies will continue to attack the city.
The giant ax in the mezzanine trying to cut off the ladder was just about to launch a counterattack.
The little fishman who was already squatting found an opportunity, and when the giant ax was opened, he got into the mezzanine of the city wall through the gap.
And when the first little fish man enters, it means that there will be countless little fish men.
After a while.
The defenders in the mezzanine of the giant ax were all piled to death by the little fishmen.
This powerful city-defending ax also lost its function.
Unfortunately, the defenders closed the door in time, and the little fishmen who entered the mezzanine were unable to achieve greater results.
But on the city wall.
The number of troops entering the city began to increase.
Even among the legions defending the city, there were many golden legions.
But faced with countless small fishmen to kill.
When there is no advantage in quantity.
The golden army also began to retreat.
Just as the city wall defenders retreated to the tower.
The magic crystal cannon inside the city wall fired again.
The fierce artillery fire extended from the city wall to the first city wall.
Wait until the light of the magic crystal cannon goes out.
There is not a single standing creature visible on the three city walls.
Only in the middle of the city wall, there are still some lucky siege giants who did not die in the battle.
The city wall defenders took advantage of the gap when the magic crystal cannon was fired and began to dismantle the ladders built up to the city wall.
After being thrown down the last ladder.
seem.
The results achieved with over 10,000 casualties were about to fall short.
But this is obviously impossible.
At the outpost camp.
Fiona reported.
"This time the magic crystal cannon has exposed all their positions."
"Judging by my experience."
"There should not be many magic crystal cannons that can be fired within the city wall."
"Christian, do this attack again."
"The enemy's magic crystal cannon is about to misfire."
"We can also attack in a big way!"
Christian pondered for a moment and then asked.
"Vivian, how much damage was done in the battle just now?"
"Six thousand original Blood Forest Giants, four thousand flame magicians."
"And thirty thousand Union Orange Legions."
"The loss is quite bearable."
Christian nodded.
"Send all the giants up and continue to hold up the shield formation."
"If there are not enough flame mages, we will send wind mages and curse warlocks."
"All the mage corps, leave no one behind, all come forward."
"Also, Lilith!"
"Prepare twenty airships."
"Ten ships are filled with little murlocs, and ten ships are filled with all the magic warriors."
Christian then took out a prop, the Silent Horn.
Give it to Assis.
"The airship needs to be escorted by gryphon knights."
"Take it with you, and when attacking, blow the horn and it will silence the opponent's griffin knight for a few seconds."
"Seize the opportunity, defeat the enemy, and send the airship to the city."
Assis replied with a serious look.
"As commanded."
As Christian adjusted his deployment.
The besieging legions launched another attack.
At this time, the defenders on the city wall had just dismantled the ladder.
There was no time to evacuate.
He was immediately attacked by the Flame Mage.
The bolide fell and directly killed a group of constructed spear infantry and magic pattern two-handed swordsmen.
However, the Golden Legion in the city was not attacked.
They escaped into the Tibetan Soldier Cave in time.
But soon, the sound of attack came from under the city wall, forcing these golden legions to stare at the bombing and counterattack.
This time, when the magic crystal gun infantry once again tried to use bullets to penetrate the giant shield.
The wind mage under the city wall immediately counterattacked.
The restraint of wind locked these magic crystal guns at the edge of the city wall.
Then the voodoo warlock under the city wall directly focused the fire with shadow arrows.
The magic crystal gun army that tried to fight back was eliminated in seconds.
The Alliance infantry under the city wall took the opportunity to put up the ladder again.
Don't wait for the second wave of magic crystal gun infantry support.
A large number of little fishmen quickly climbed to the city with the help of ladders.
In a moment.
A large number of small fishmen once again appeared on the city wall.
The constructed archers in the defenders had to turn their arrows around and prepare to clean up these fishmen.
When the little fishmen are almost cleaned up.
The Four Alliance Alliance also descended on the city.
There are so many of these Orange Legions.
And as soon as they reached the city wall, some heroes started throwing scrolls.
"Ice Arrow!"
"Freezing."
"Wood entanglement~"
There are all kinds of scrolls.
With the help of the scroll, even the Golden Legion would have a hard time blocking them.
The magic pattern knights on the city wall retreated back again.
Immediately afterwards, the magic crystal cannon inside the city wall lit up.
A loud "rumbling" sound.
All the siege legions were wiped out.
But after this time.
Both Fiona and Christian found that the number of magic crystal cannons had decreased.
"Their magic crystal cannon has no energy, it's not enough."
This is what everyone is thinking at this moment.
"The time for the general attack has arrived."
Christian walked directly out of the outpost camp.
"Send the order!"
"War Priests out!"
A war priest who has never participated in the battle and wears heavy armor.
Just save it for the last moment to attack the city.
"Goal."
"City Wall."
"Attack!"
After saying that, Christian directly tore up a scroll of soul connection.
All war priests share damage.
And at the same time.
in the sky.
Assis said to Fiona.
"I'll take the airship aboard first."
"Wait until all my gryphon knights are killed."
"It's almost your turn to raid the magic crystal cannon position."
Without waiting for Fiona to reply.
Assis drew his storm sword.
Point towards the city wall.
"Send the order!"
"Gryphon Legion!"
"Attack!"
In an instant.
Tens of thousands of air corps protected twenty airships and started skirmishing formations.
Rush towards the city wall.
at the same time.
Within the city walls.
A large number of Griffin legions also flew out.
Rushing towards Asis.
at this time.
Both the offensive and defensive sides understand.
The moment of decisive battle has come. (End of chapter)