Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 290 Bombarding Grizzly Fort

On the towering eastern wall of Grizzly Castle, a knight commander in full armor raised a monocular telescope and looked towards the direction of Jackdaw Town.

Angel, the Earl's magical advisor, hurried up the battlements and approached the Knight Commander, asking, "Baron, what is the current situation?"

Baron Trevor, Earl Fagan's cousin, lowered his telescope and snorted coldly, "They're gathering not far from the city. The spies report fewer than a thousand soldiers. Humph, they don't have catapults or any other siege equipment. Those civilian soldiers can't even muster a complete set of armor... I'd like to see how they attack the city."

After the news of the Earl's defeat spread from Jackdaw Town, the Fagan family of Grizzly Castle and the vassal nobles under their protection were really panicked for a while. Trevor, the Earl's cousin and the chief of the family knights, stood up at the right time to stabilize people's hearts and take charge of the overall situation.

Although his cousin, who had been a soldier for half his life, had been defeated inexplicably this time, Trevor had already formed a vague conclusion in his mind - a brave noble who always led the charge on the battlefield would naturally be defeated by his own recklessness and impulsiveness. In addition, there was obviously the secret help of the Federation spellcasters in the opponent's camp, so it was not surprising that Earl Fagan fell into the opponent's trap.

But the current situation is different. Grizzly Castle has never been breached in the past hundred years since its establishment. Even during the largest-scale invasion of evil orcs from the south decades ago, those ugly and barbaric aliens only lingered outside the city for a few days before retreating in disgrace after seeing its tall and solid gray walls.

The other party will definitely send spellcasters to sneak into the city to invade, but Baron Trevor is not afraid of them. In addition to the 100-man church trial army team that accompanied Earl Fagan, there are still several high-level priests and trial army knights in the city. The magic consultants hired by the family, headed by Angel, are also ready to deal with the enemy.

A servant hurried up to the top of the city wall, "Your Excellency, their army has begun to move and is heading towards the east gate!"

"Why are you panicking? I already know," the baron shouted fiercely. "Pass the order down. Have the assembled knights stand by at the city gates. Drive those improvised mercenaries up to the city walls to help us defend the city."

He turned to look at Angel, the magic advisor, and said, "Mr. Angel, please tell your low-level mages and retainers not to leave the city walls. I suspect they will send spellcasters to harass us first..."

Angel frowned and said, "Your Excellency, should we send an envoy to negotiate with them first? The Earl is still in their hands, along with a group of nobles who accompanied him on the expedition. We at least need..."

Trevor waved his hand impatiently, interrupting the other party's proposal. "The enemy is at the gates. What else is there to discuss? Even if we want to negotiate a ransom for the prisoners' release, we have to wait until after this battle. We can then negotiate with them as the victors."

Angel was stunned for a moment, and was about to speak again to argue, but he heard the friction of heavy armor and the sound of footsteps behind him. It was Torre Damir, the high-ranking knight commander of the Judgment Army of the Church of Light stationed in Grizzly Castle.

He was also one of the high-ranking leaders of the Inquisition sent by Grand Duke Saint Valen and the Church from Golden City to reinforce Grizzlie Castle. The other one had previously followed Earl Feigen to Jackdaw Town. Now, like the Earl, he has lost contact after being defeated. It is estimated that he was either ambushed by the spellcasters sent by the enemy, or was captured.

The pioneer lord, who was also a spellcaster, would not treat a church inquisitor like a noble prisoner. The feud between the two sides had lasted for hundreds of years, and they were mortal enemies, so it was very likely that the knight commander of the inquisitor died on the spot.

"The spies we have planted have not found any signs of spellcasters among the enemy's soldiers... But we cannot let our guard down. All the knights of the Judgment Army under my command have assembled and are on standby. When their siege is thwarted, we will open the city gates and launch a charge with you." High-ranking Knight Commander Torre Damir said decisively and solemnly.

While the three were talking, the soldiers defending the city wall had already set up oil pans and piled up rolling logs, and hundreds of archers were all standing by at the battlements with weapons in hand, waiting for the enemy outside the city to approach and launch an attack.

The army that was slowly approaching the city suddenly stopped, stuck in a position where the long-range weapons in the city could not reach, and began to slowly spread out the line, busying themselves with no one knowing what they were doing.

"What are they doing?" Baron Trevor asked doubtfully. "Not only do they lack catapults, they don't even have ladders ready. Could it be that they're planning to use the soldiers' bodies to break down the city gates?" Senior Knight Commander Torre Damir speculated, "Perhaps they're waiting for us to open the gates so we can fight them outside. There must be spellcasters lurking in the shadows. We shouldn't be fooled."

Magic Advisor Angel took the initiative and said, "Your Excellency the Baron, would you like me to send a few low-level spellcasters out of the city to test the enemy? If we can lure out their spellcasters hiding in the dark, it will also help Chief Judge Damir locate the target."

Baron Trevor hesitated for a moment, opened his mouth and was about to say something, but suddenly saw several strangely shaped metal carriages pushed up from behind the army outside the city, carrying dark cylindrical objects similar to siege wood.

He narrowed his eyes and took out his monocular from his waist again. As soon as he looked closely, he found that a dazzling white flame was coming out from the front of the black cylinders on the carriages.

A low humming sound came from the distance...

Almost two or three breaths later, a muffled thunder suddenly exploded at the foot of the city wall, and several people standing on the wall felt a slight tremor coming from the soles of their feet.

"what happened?"

"Is that the Dragon Flame Spear of the Spellcaster Union? Don't they only use this kind of magical weapon on the demon battlefield in the Evil Moon Mountains?"

"No! The Dragon Flame Spear is an alchemical weapon that spews magical flames. It can't hit the city wall from over a mile away."

But the vibrations from their feet were so clear that it couldn't be an illusion. Could it be some new magical weapon created by the Federation? Was this the thing that had defeated Earl Fagan?
Advisor Angel took the telescope handed over by the baron and took a look at it. He shook his head in confusion to indicate that he was not sure. He then handed it to the confused Knight Damir of the Inquisition, who also looked out and remained silent.

Not long after, blazing white flames appeared again from the enemy's formation outside the city, this time there were four groups of them.

It was the same low humming sound, but the muffled thunder that followed seemed to be even closer - a battlement on the city wall less than a few dozen meters away from the three people suddenly exploded with a bang, countless pieces of rubble flew everywhere, large pieces of city wall bricks fell to the ground below, and a thick cloud of dust rose.

Baron Trevor subconsciously squatted down to avoid it, and felt a buzzing in his ears as if he had suddenly lost his hearing. Angel twisted his feet and fell beside him, leaving only the Knight Damir of the Inquisition holding on to the parapet to barely stand.

It took a while for everyone to recover from the sudden explosion. Then they saw that at the shattered battlements of the city wall, the upper bodies of several soldiers defending the city seemed to have been crushed by huge rocks, and their bloody limbs mixed with hot internal organs were scattered all over the ground.

Not far from these unlucky guys, several soldiers in chain mail fell down. The tiny stones that exploded had pierced their armor, and large amounts of blood were oozing out of the sieve-like holes all over their bodies.

The enemy was still a thousand meters away from the city, but a gap several meters wide had already been created in the city wall.

How did they do that?
(End of this chapter)