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Chapter 117 The Enemy Attacks
"You don't look very well these days."

On the first floor of the tavern, Elena, who was sitting at the dining table, put a piece of dried salted fish into her mouth with a fork. The fishy smell in her mouth made her look disgusted, then she looked at Ronan who was sitting opposite, and asked .

"Speaking of these few nights, I seem to have heard some movement in your room. Have you ever gone out at night?"

"Well, sometimes I go to the river beach at night to learn about the terrain." Ronan replied leaning on the chair.

He does look a little pale now.

In the past few days, more than 300 holy blood parasites have been distributed, which halved the magic recovery speed in his body, and could only reduce the operation efficiency of [Material Activation], thus making his skin closer to the pale color of the statue.

Of course, the harvest is not without
The targets he chose were basically the aborigines in the port area of ​​Wildfire City. Most of them lost their important relatives in the war, were severely oppressed by the major mercenary regiments, and lived in a painful state that could die at any time.

Therefore, the thirst for power far exceeds that of ordinary people, and the spirituality is in a highly active state, which greatly improves the magic absorption efficiency of the holy blood parasite.

A Holy Blood parasite can store up to 20 mana.

If these hosts can maintain their strong emotions, they will be able to fill up the Holy Blood parasites in about a month or so.

And they will continue to be strengthened in the process, gaining strength comparable to that of a knight.

That being said, this power also comes at an additional cost.

In the process of the Holy Blood parasite assisting the host to absorb magic power, it is equivalent to overdrawing their spirituality, and the body strengthening is not controlled by Ronan's details, and the lack of a step-by-step process is equivalent to overdrawing their future vitality.

To put it simply, it is krypton life, using the life span of the next 20 years in exchange for the ability to become stronger within a month.

This price is obviously nothing to the port residents who can't see the sun of the next day at any time.

Accepting this power, they seem to have grasped the last straw, huddled in a corner of the shadows and quietly accumulated, waiting for the day when they will counterattack in the future.

But not everyone has this patience. Ronan felt that dozens of Holy Blood parasites had returned in advance.

Probably because of an accident, or because he couldn't wait to get revenge, he was killed by the mercenaries.

Ronan's thoughts turned, and he looked at Elena in front of him, who was staring at him suspiciously.

"Check the terrain? It's better to really do it, otherwise why didn't you call me along." Elena muttered, her eyes still couldn't help staying on his bloodless cheeks.

She knew how outrageous the indulgence of the mercenaries at night was during this period of time.

All pretty women in the port city were captured by them for their own entertainment.

The lewd sounds from the major taverns and hotels at night have hardly stopped.

At this time, Ronan ran out at night, and when he came back, he looked exhausted and exhausted, which inevitably made her feel uncomfortable.

Ronan could see her thoughts from her reaction, he yawned and didn't care.

Unlike Alice and Isa whom he watched growing up, Elena was already close to 20 years old. Given the environment of Black Rock City, she probably had gotten used to that kind of thing for a long time, and he had no other thoughts about her. No need to explain anything.

While they were chatting casually, a muffled horn sounded faintly from a distance, and the door of the tavern was suddenly opened.

The Vano couple, who were patrolling the street outside, ran in with strong anxiety and panic on their faces.

"Regimental Commander, the troops guarding the river bank have sounded their horns, and the enemy troops are coming!"

Elena's body tensed up after hearing the news of the enemy army, and her spirit was a little excited by the dual emotions of tension and excitement. She quickly threw away the unpalatable salted fish and stood up.

She touched the daggers tied at the belt with her hands one by one, and then put on the heavy chain armor beside her.

"Go out and have a look." Ronan saw her and the Vano couple sorting out their equipment, got up and walked in the front.

He wears a knight's sword at his waist on the right hand side.

Stretch out your left hand towards the door, and pick up a heavy halberd that is more than three meters long and dark gray overall.

Elena followed behind him and looked curiously at the halberd in his hand.

She tried to pick it up before, but the weight of nearly [-] kilograms made it very difficult for her to pick it up, let alone lift it up with one hand and swing it as a weapon.

It looks amazing, but is this long weapon really useful in tight urban terrain?
Moreover, it would be a waste of energy to cut it on a person and then pull it out, Elena doesn't quite understand it.

After leaving the tavern, they soon came to the wall on the edge of Baiyu Street, separated by a one-meter-high stone wall, looking at the Varan River in the distance.

Under the sunshine at noon, the surface of the river shimmered like a piece of blue silk blown by the breeze.But this calmness was soon broken, and a dozen large warships broke through the water under the joint efforts of the oarsmen, and were galloping towards the river beach of the port.

And on the river bank of the port, where the line of defense of the Second Army of the Silver Alliance was located, a knight in bright armor stood on a high platform and kept shouting.

Under his command, the soldiers were constantly gathering downward.

Archers with strong bows at the front formed an array and aimed at the enemy warships.

A large bed crossbow that had already been assembled was erected, and the soldiers worked together to pull the winches on both sides of the bed crossbow, and pulled the bowstrings apart by rotating the leverage of the winch.

In the cleared space nearby, the trebuchet was also ready, and under the judgment of the craftsman, it aimed at the position where the warship docked.

Ronan carefully observed the incoming enemy warships.

The Dragon Tooth City army drives a typical single-deck galleon. Although this galley is also equipped with sails, it mainly relies on the oarsmen on both sides of the warship to push the ship forward.

In fact, sailing ships similar to three-masted sailing ships in this era have begun to take shape, but they are more used for overseas trade transportation.

In inland river basins, galleys are still the mainstream, especially the current ones. The sailing is not limited by the wind force and direction, and they are highly maneuverable by manpower. They are widely used in military warfare.

The warships had towers erected at the bow and stern, and were equipped with specialized archers.

A platform crossbow and a stone shooting machine for projecting gravel are also erected on both sides of the deck, which can carry out long-range attacks and short-range large-scale strikes.

The rest of the warship was fully loaded with soldiers, roughly estimated to be between 500 and 600 men.

There are a total of twelve warships attacking the port, scattered in three directions, and attacking the port. Four ships are galloping towards the area where Ronan is located.

The first wave of offensive between the two sides was the volley of bed crossbows.

The huge arrow nearly two meters long tore through the air under the push of the bowstring, making whistling noises continuously.

With a range of 1000 meters, many soldiers were torn through without even seeing the enemy's shadow, and nailed to the wall with bloody flesh.

The situation was almost one-sided, and the ten bed crossbows in the hands of the soldiers on the river bank were not enough to look at in the face of the enemy's warships.

After the first confrontation, only one or two hulls of the enemy warships were shot, but it did not affect the navigation.

On the other hand, the soldiers on the river bank had more than 50 casualties, and what was even more troublesome was that many ordnance were destroyed.

(End of this chapter)