Chapter 171 The city is broken (4k)
The powerful and heavy frost spear penetrated the wall of the dwarf fortress and destroyed the smoke-belching artillery.
The pale elemental light on the frost war spear flashed, and a cold air suddenly rose from the crenellations of the broken city wall.
Large areas of slippery white frost spread along the city wall made of stone strips. The logistics dwarves carrying the ammunition boxes fell to the ground unprepared.
"Spread iron sand!"
The dwarf commander at the grassroots level reacted quickly. He pulled out the throwing ax from his waist, chopped open the nearby closed wooden barrel containing lead and iron loose sand, and kicked it towards the smooth frosty ground.
However, while he was busy dealing with the frost ground, the frost giant roared like a beast.
His eyes shot out an extremely cold light, his skin became pale and crystal clear, and the ice armor composed of the power of the elements spread along the giant's torso toward his limbs.
The long-lost sense of strength made the ancient giant Ji tighten his muscles and quickly jump towards the position of the war spear stuck in the crenellations of the city wall.
"Reload!"
The heavy iron bullets used by dwarves to target ghouls cannot effectively damage giants who are strong and agile.
The dwarf artilleryman who controlled the muzzle immediately ordered his companions to use more lethal explosive bombs.
The crenellations rang out rhythmically, supported by volleys of dwarf musketeers, who were buying time for the steel golems inside the fortress to activate.
The spears thrown by other giants fell one after another, disrupting the shooting rhythm of the dwarves for a time.
The Frost Giant Ji let out a disdainful sneer from his nose, and he grasped his spear with both hands.
The power of frost exploded, and layers of ice condensed on the bloody wilderness.
Crystal ice like icefalls fell from the crenels to the wilderness, forming an iceberg with a gentle slope that directly connected the city wall to the wilderness below.
Such a great start!
Hyena-like ghouls swarmed in, shouts coming from their split lips and teeth.
The coldness emitted by the iceberg is not a problem at all for these undead creatures. Instead, they are naturally adapted to this cold environment.
The ghouls use their powerful claws to run on the slippery ice.
With the ferocious attitude of a hyena attacking its prey, he rushed madly to the crenellations of the city wall under a hail of bullets.
The usual ghoul army could only rely on their numbers to build a mountain of corpses and climb up the fortress wall, or Mordiggian personally broke the wall, but they would soon be defeated by the dwarfs hiding in giant "iron cans". People, or the celestial gods whose projection descended, forcibly fought back.
The icebergs created by the Frost Giants are covered with the messy footprints of the ghouls.
The blood that exuded a strong stench of corpses and the bone fragments blown up by the cannonballs caused the rat army to fall behind the ghoul army unknowingly.
They screamed in confusion, cheering for the ghouls who were moving forward.
Ye Xing glanced at the Ghoul King without any trace and found that he didn't care about these details.
The steel puppet army in the dwarf fortress was roaring deeply.
Red flames like the blazing sun spurted out from the armor pack on the back of the steel puppet. The 48-meter-high steel creature soared into the sky with brute force and headed straight for Ye Xing and Mordiggian, who were standing in the air.
Following him were 1,000 mass-produced steel puppets with a total height between 18 and 28 meters and various functions.
Under the control of the dwarf general Rubble, the multi-barreled muzzles installed on the shoulders of both sides of the largest steel puppet fired artillery fire at Ye Xing and Mordiggian respectively.
A bright purple electric arc popped out from the metal rod pulled out of the dwarf gravel, condensed into a shape like an ax blade, and struck straight at the Ghoul King with a clear target.
"Hold on, Lord Pavas will be able to descend into the avatar soon!"
The rough dwarf language was transmitted to the entire battlefield through the loudspeaker on the steel puppet's head.
Of the 1,000 mass-produced steel puppets, 800 were separated and rushed towards the iceberg between the city wall and the bloody wasteland, while the remaining 200 were directly wrapped around Ye Xing like a swarm of flies.
The Steel Legion maintained a distant distance, trying to use machine guns and artillery to harass and attract Ye Xing away from the battlefield.
The 800 steel puppets that joined the battlefield drew out their giant steel-cast axes, lined up in a swooping posture, and plowed toward the iceberg like a plow.
Using the blood and bones of dead ghouls as boundaries, these enemies that are coming in like a tide are divided into areas that are convenient for artillery bombardment.
Seeing that these unstoppable steel puppet legions were about to follow the downslope of the iceberg and crash into the bloody wasteland.
However, the propeller attached to the steel puppet's chest spurted out red flames again.
Relying on the thrust of this force, the steel puppet that dived downwards forcibly changed its direction, drew dozens of arcs at low altitude, flew back to the top of the fortress wall, and adjusted its position to prepare to join the second wave of "ploughing" at work.
Such a shocking mechanical creation instantly conquered the hearts of the engineering warlocks hidden among the rat giants.
All the ratmen realized that the battle situation was not good, and all kinds of thoughts of leaving the battlefield instantly appeared in their minds.
"Dig a hole!"
“Dig where you are!”
"Hide them all!"
"If that doesn't work, use crystal stones to blow holes out of it!"
"Quick! Quick! Quick!"
After receiving the military orders from the leader of the tribe, the White-Eared Prophet, the rat-men officers with white ears directed the rat-men soldiers to carry out self-rescue operations in order to survive.
Accompanied by dense explosions, scarlet dust rose from the wilderness like blood mist, obscuring the eyes of the dwarves on the city wall and inside the steel puppet.
The ratman, who was proficient in burrowing, quickly jumped into the hole created by the crystal stone, dug a small hole diagonally downwards, and stuffed the flame crystal stone fragments into it.
A small, dull explosion sounded again.
After the dust mist drifted away with the wind, the behavior of the rat people busy digging holes seemed particularly ridiculous to the dwarves.
"Don't worry about them!
Lure the giant away first! Then cut off the ghoul's support route and destroy the iceberg. ”
The dwarves, who led 800 steel puppets and completed the first round of dive harvesting, loudly distributed tasks.
The ghouls' crazy attack on the city wall was blocked, and the invisible pressure that might have destroyed the city suddenly dissipated in his heart.
The dwarf rubbed his frantically beating heart, drank a sip of wine, and commanded 150 steel puppets to separate, assisting the defenders on the city wall to eliminate the giants and the ghouls that had rushed to the city.
The mechanical roar sounded again, and there was another round of death dive.
The ghoul army was smashed to pieces by the steel puppets, and the iceberg created by the frost giants was also reduced by a small amount under the continuous chopping of the steel axe.
However, under the shadow pulled out by the Ghoul King Mordiggian, a passage from the abyss opened.
A steady stream of ghouls poured out like a tide, giving the dwarves inside the steel puppets a headache.
"After the third dive, a group of 50 people returned to the fortress to replenish fuel!
Comrades inside the city wall, you can prepare to blast that iceberg! ”
The loudspeaker installed in the steel puppet clearly broadcast the general's order throughout the entire battlefield.
Despite their intelligence, the dwarves don't think they understand.
But it doesn't matter even if you understand. As the defenders of the city, the dwarves have a natural advantage. The only thing that can affect the dwarves' actions is the battery life of the steel puppet.
During the flight of the steel puppet, every time it makes a forced turn, it will consume a lot of fuel.
Their real use is to wield steel axes and chain saws on the flat ground to kill the invading ghouls under the city walls.
However, the appearance of the giants changed everything this time.
The ghouls found a way to climb the city wall in advance, forcing the dwarves' steel golem army to focus on destroying the iceberg.
"Assemble!"
The ancient giant Ji waved his war spear and swept the wall stacks around him.
After hearing his order, the Frost Giant put up a shield to block the incoming steel axes, and then stabbed the steel puppets that kept coming with a backhand spear.
The two brute forces collided with each other, and the Frost Giant's spear almost came out. A very conspicuous dent appeared in the abdomen of the steel puppet controlled by the dwarf.
"Damn it! The power circuit of the chest is destroyed!"
The dwarf inside the steel puppet cursed loudly while adjusting the posture of the steel puppet, letting the backup propellers on both feet spit out red flames to leave the battlefield and fly back to the fortress for repairs.
The two comrades who succeeded him operated the steel puppet and simultaneously slashed the steel ax at the frost giant. The musket installed on the shoulder of the steel puppet automatically started firing, striving to maximize the power of the musket.
The ice armor exuding cold air condensed on the surface of the Frost Giant, freezing the black steel bullets ejected from the muzzle of the gun on the shoulder of the steel puppet outside the body surface.
Although his body was already shaking under the strong impact of the musket, the frost giant still walked firmly, dragging two steel puppets that were much shorter than him, towards the position of the patriarch.
Under his feet, layers of frost quickly spread outward, covering the iron sand scattered by the dwarf commander again, condensing into an extremely smooth layer of ice.
30 Frost Giants quickly gathered around the ancient giant Ji.
The ancient giant Ji inserted the frost spear into the city wall and recited an ancient and obscure spell loudly.
The terrifying power of extreme cold erupted with the ancient giant base as the center, instantly freezing the stone city wall into an ice wall.
The extremely low temperature forced the dwarves to increase the output of the steel puppet to maintain the power source from extinguishing at low temperatures.
In this world where the origin of the world is sufficient, the Frost Giant Ji used secret methods to restore his strength to the level of medium divine power he once had.
Through the ancient "spiritual summoning" ritual, he helped the tribesmen who followed him awaken the bloodline that can freely control the power of frost.
The figure of the Frost Giant Ji was gradually swallowed up by the cold fog. The next moment, the cold fog exuding an extremely cold aura spread out, covering most of the fortress wall without distinguishing friend or foe.
A large number of ghouls were frozen in the ice together with the dwarf musketeers. Realizing that they had nothing to do, the ghouls simply entered a state of zombie, waiting for the ice on their bodies to melt.
"Land! Land!"
"The steel golem cannot move!"
"The power source is about to go out!"
"Retreat! Stay away from that ice fog!"
The panicked shouts of the dwarves spread to the entire battlefield through the loudspeakers.
The dwarf steel puppet army that once controlled the rhythm of the battlefield was completely passive.
Sacred chants are sent to the ears of every dwarf. This is compassion and love from the eternal land, as if it has the warm power of the sun.
A milky-white light pillar appeared in the gray sky, and the feathers falling around the light pillar filled the hearts of the dwarf soldiers with courage.
Like feathers falling from the wings of an angel, after contact with the extremely cold ice, the ice quickly began to melt.
Those milky white feathers also kept flashing, becoming transparent and finally disappearing completely.
"Oh! Power Angel Pavas, you are finally here~"
The Ghoul King who transformed into a demon giant, Mordiggian twisted his body, jumped and stretched in the space, and rushed straight towards the angel incarnation descending in the light pillar.
The dwarf general Rubble, who was thrown away by him, had not had time to catch his breath when an attack from a giant giant he had never seen before came like a violent storm.
What about the 200 steel puppets that entangled him before?
The dwarf general who hurriedly parried swept to the ground, and the steel puppets were separated from each other like lambs being slaughtered, and they crashed into the bloody wilderness.
How is this possible?
Even the King of Ghouls cannot destroy so many steel puppets in a short period of time!
The situation on the battlefield is always changing rapidly.
After the Frost Giant Ji realized that the frost field he created was suppressed by a higher-ranking force angel.
He decisively led his clansmen who could already transform their bodies into elements, away from the projections of gods that were fighting fiercely in the sky, and pounced on the steel puppets that made an emergency landing, "Destroy those iron lumps!"
Outside the walls of the Dwarf Fortress.
Most of the iceberg has been melted away by the light emitted when the Angel of Power descended.
The steel puppets that had replenished their energy returned to the air and lined up again.
This time, their targets were the ghouls who had been killed and dispersed, as well as the ratmen who were hiding behind the ghouls and trying to steal the crashed steel golems.
"Recover the remains of the steel golem! Kill those cowardly ratmen!"
The rat engineer warlocks who had studied the metal puppets used to guard the tombs in the giant cemetery and had some knowledge of giant and dwarf languages suddenly became furious after hearing what the dwarves shouted through loudspeakers.
Their red eyes stared intently at the low-flying steel puppet legions, falling into some unusually violent and fanatical mood.
"Dwarf stuff, damn it, I want to take it away and invent it!"
Whether it is being publicly humiliated by the dwarves with words like "cowardly", or the remains of the steel golems that have been regarded as the future inventions of the Skaven are about to be snatched away.
It was enough to stimulate this group of rat engineer warlocks into a violent state like when the rat giants were fighting.
A rat engineer, a warlock, nimbly climbed up behind the fully armored rat giant.
It pulled the tribesmen's ears, pointed at the swooping steel puppets and screamed: "Knock it down! Knock that thing down!
That bunch of ghoul trash can't stop them for long! ”
The dazzling starlight and the rolling thunder together lit up the dark sky in an instant, and immediately struck down the wall of the dwarf fortress.
The condensed starlight and thunder extend forward from the blade of "Thunder Conqueror".
The light blade, which was hundreds of meters long, sank into the city wall without any hindrance, and then swept across the entire fortress as the giant king swung the beheading blade.
The particle light curtain composed of thousands of stars followed the trajectory of the light blade and passed by the city walls, steel puppets, and dwarves.
The unparalleled cutting power has allowed the dwarves to split the fortress wall reinforced with steel, boulders, and concrete into two for 270,000 years.
Finally, when the giants looked at the strong man, Ye Xing, in the posture of a giant king, kicked down the wall blocking the way.
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