Rise from the coffin and rebuild the vampire empire

Chapter 200 Siege
"With Captain Kuzan taking action, Slako and Zandata will definitely not be able to resist. These two guys are very ambitious, but they know nothing about strength. Hellrank City is not something they can resist."

Piatton spoke up. He was the deputy captain who temporarily replaced Kuzan to guard the temple. He was also a strong lizardman. Piatton obviously respected Captain Kuzan very much. He firmly believed that Captain Kuzan would definitely win the battle.

"I don't understand why they would suddenly do something like this?"

The other temple guard standing guard with Piaton had a confused look on his face, obviously completely confused about Zandata and Slako's motives.

Who was Slako? They didn't know, but Zandata did. After all, the Obsidian Mine was directly connected to the City of Hellank, and they frequently traveled back and forth. Did Zandata not recognize the strength of the City of Hellank?
Gathering thousands of nomadic lizardmen from border tribes and dreaming of being able to compete with the "City of Hellrank" is too simplistic. Do they really think that High Priest Zacharias is made of clay?

"Who knows what's going on in a lizardman's mind?"

Piaton couldn't figure it out either, but he felt that it was not surprising. There were not many lizardmen with good brains, and not every lizardman had the wisdom like High Priest Zacharias.

Even if Zandata and Slako are both green lizard priests, who can guarantee that they are smarter than these lizard people?
Anyway, Piaton didn't think that Zandata and Slako were smarter than him. If it were him, he would definitely not do that. This would prove that he was much smarter than the two green lizard priests.

With the lizardmen's brains, it was indeed difficult to think of anything deeper. For example, did Slako and Zandata have any support? Sorry, they couldn't think of it at all, and they didn't have the conditions to think of it. They didn't understand humans, high elves, or those foreign "hairless hot-blooded people" at all.

Just like Kuzan at that time, before he actually saw humans and high elves, he never thought that Zandata and Slako would have such helpers. This can be regarded as an information gap.

Not only did the less intelligent lizardmen fail to anticipate this situation, but even High Priest Zacharias, who was highly respected by the lizardmen of "Hellrank City", had not anticipated this situation at all.

Therefore, when the multi-racial coalition formed by Karen's forces took great pains to reach the vicinity of "Helank City", the reaction of "Helank City" was surprisingly slow.

It was not until the coalition forces had cleared out many of the nomadic tribes on the periphery and directly reached the outskirts of "Helank City" that the lizardmen in the city finally reacted.

"This Lizardman's city is really mediocre."

Looking at the "Hellrank City" in front of him, [Lumberjack] complained.

This complaint resonated with the players. There was no way around it, because the Lizardmen's city was indeed a bit abstract.

The entire "Helank City" is actually a stone city. The surrounding "city walls" are polished stone walls. They are polished very roughly and look rough. It is obvious that they are not very strong, which is completely different from what they expected.

Especially since everyone has seen Bloodstone Keep, a magnificent castle built with great effort by the dwarf master craftsman Granny Oaken. In comparison, the lizardmen's construction technology is indeed too crude.

Although "Bloodstone Castle" is special and may be an exception, a large number of buildings in the entire "Wangbo Port" are actually the architectural blueprints completed by Granny Oak himself. Whether it is the layout, architectural style or construction quality, they can basically beat this "Helank City".

According to rumors, this city is inhabited by a large number of lizardmen and is the "border town" of the Lizardman Empire. Everyone thought it must be very magnificent, but when they got here, this is all it is.
“So primitive.”

Okanina couldn't help but sigh. It wasn't the high elves' pursuit of luxury that was at work, but rather that this "Helank City" was truly disappointing and far from what she had imagined.

Zandata and Slako had not previously emphasized the introduction of "Hellrank City", which led to some misunderstandings among the crowd.

But in fact, if we put aside those misunderstandings, "Helank City" is not too bad. At least it has the appearance of a city. This means that the lizardmen in "Helank City" have at least gotten rid of their nomadic wandering and have truly built a city and settled down.

"Just launch the attack."

It was just getting dark, which was a perfect time for the coalition forces to perform. The last battle was also fought at night, and this was their home ground.

The vampires can only fight at night, the high elves also have good night vision, and the undead are no problem at all. The only ones who have a hard time are the human troops, who are indeed more restricted at night.

But it doesn’t matter. They are not the main force anyway. The Lizardmen and Undead armies are the main force, and the High Elves and Human troops are just supporting forces. They just need to obey orders and break the deadlock at critical moments.

Especially now, human troops are definitely not needed for sieges. Lizardmen and undead lizardmen are the main force.

Large monsters such as the Undead Lizards, Corrupted Crabs, and Zombie Giants are the best choices for attacking the city. There is no need to build any engineering equipment, just let these monsters go up and destroy the city walls.

After breaking open the city gate, the next step is to prepare for street fighting. This "Helank City" is not so easy to capture.

"let's go!"

Without hesitation, everyone saw that the time was almost up, so they made a decision immediately and started attacking the city without waiting!
Under Werner's command, the undead lizards, corrupted crabs, and zombie giants began to move, rushing towards the stone walls of "Hellrank City", preparing to directly break down the walls.

At this time, the "Hellrank City" was still in chaos, because the successive news directly stunned the High Priest Zacharias. He could not believe that the situation would become like this. It was completely different from what he thought.

"Kuzan's entire army was wiped out."

First, the news of the defeat of Kuzan, the captain of the temple guard in "Helank City", came back. A few of the defeated soldiers still ran back and passed on the news.

This news was one of the important reasons why the entire "Hellrank City" fell into panic. This was obviously something that most lizardmen were unwilling to believe.

This also made the Lizardmen begin to doubt the strength of "Helank City". Can High Priest Zacharias really protect "Helank City"? Even the captain of the temple guard, Kuzan, was defeated. Doesn't this mean that the High Priest will have to take action himself?

"Those hot-blooded ones."

Among the confusing news that came back, the "hot-blooded species with hairless and smooth skin" was obviously a very critical factor.

"It is because of their support that Zandata dares to oppose me and the city of Hellrank." High Priest Zacharias has figured it out, but it is obviously too late now. Kuzan has already sent away the first wave of lizardmen, and this wave not only consumed his own strength, but also provided the enemy with a bunch of corpses that can be used to directly summon undead.

"Hellrank City" was a "double lose", losing twice.

"Those guys, not satisfied after defeating Kuzan, actually want to seek revenge on us. This is simply too much!"

High Priest Zacharias was very angry. The news coming one after another from the surrounding nomadic peoples made Zacharias furious. Those guys actually dared to retaliate against them!

They now dare to attack the nomadic tribes around "Helank City", and then they will dare to directly attack "Helank City"!
"High Priest! It's bad! The enemy has reached the city!"

Piaton ran into the temple in a panic, and the news he brought made High Priest Zacharias' eyes widen. He really didn't expect that Zandata and others would actually dare to attack "Helank City". After all, although Kuzan was defeated, "Helank City" still had a deep foundation.

It's okay to attack the surrounding nomadic tribes, but now they are directly attacking "Helank City". This is really arrogant! This is really not taking him, the high priest, seriously!
"Don't panic! Organize the forces, go out and eliminate them all. They came to us on their own initiative, saving us the trouble of looking for them again!"

High Priest Zacharias scolded Piaton and frowned. This Piaton was obviously far inferior to Kuzan and was not on the same level at all. Kuzan's sacrifice was what hurt him the most. After all, Kuzan had followed him for a very long time.

Lizardmen have a very long lifespan, some can reach over a thousand years old. Of course, the average lifespan is not that long. Someone like Zacharias, who is over seven hundred years old, is already very old. Ordinary lizardmen and green lizards probably have a lifespan similar to that of dwarves, four to five hundred, or five to six hundred at most.

"Yes! High Priest!"

After being scolded by High Priest Zacharias, Piaton was so ashamed that he went down. In fact, he was not so miserable usually. The main reason was that he was affected by the news that Captain Kuzan's entire army was wiped out. This news was so shocking that even a temple guard like Piaton was shaken.

Piaton wondered what kind of powerful enemy would be able to defeat the army led by Captain Kuzan? How terrifying must those people be?
It has to be said that Kuzan, the captain of the temple guard, had a very great reputation in the entire "Helank City", so his defeat and sacrifice had such a great impact.

Piaton went down and began to assemble the army. This time, all the troops assembled were professional troops within the "Helank City". Unlike Kuzan's last time, he also absorbed a large number of "vassal troops". These were the real elite of the "Helank City". Piaton even brought a lot of temple guards.

"Defend Hellrank City!"

Piaton shouted loudly, and then immediately led his men to the city wall, ready to hold on for a while. He would have to see the situation before leaving the city. Otherwise, if he was defeated directly like Kuzan before, the "Helank City" would be in ruins.

However, before Piaton and his men could reach the city wall, several loud "bangs" were heard, sounding like something had collapsed, which made Piaton's heart sink to the bottom.

Not only Piaton, but also the high priest Zacharias in the temple was shocked. Without hesitation, he immediately began to cast a spell.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Under the joint attack of the Undead Giant Lizards, Corrupted Crabs, and Zombie Giant Monsters, the stone wall of "Hellrank City" could not bear the weight and several gaps were directly knocked out. In fact, the stone wall was much stronger than everyone imagined. The monster soldiers attacked for a while before they successfully broke the wall.

The first to crash into a gap were naturally the undead giant lizards. The giant lizards, which were already dead, went crazy and didn't care about their bodies at all. They madly rammed the wall of "Helank City". Finally, several giant lizards crashed into the city together.

"kill!"

Seeing this scene, Zandata gave the order directly, and the Lizardmen rushed in first. They once again took on the task of holding the line, and the Undead soldiers were also unambiguous. Under Werner's command, they rushed up with the Lizardmen.

Now, the number of Undead Lizardmen under Werner has exceeded three thousand. The extra one thousand were newly acquired when clearing out the surrounding nomadic tribes, which gave them a greater advantage.

The lizardmen launched a charge, and the human and high elf troops followed. Breaking the city was only the first step, and the next step was the highlight. Street fighting was undoubtedly the most brutal. They had to defeat the enemy or capture the high priest Zacharias, otherwise the battle would not end so easily.

"Let's go straight to the temple."

Hellion made a suggestion that the melee in "Hellrank City" would not end in a short time, but they could choose to speed up the progress.

"Capture the leader first. As long as we can capture High Priest Zacharias, the battle will basically be over."

Lyle supported this. He looked at Hellion, Werner, Okanina and Zandata. If they really wanted to launch a raid, these people would be the most suitable ones to go.

After all, High Priest Zacharias is an old priest, and he must be quite powerful. Ordinary people can't defeat him.

"You go, I'll make a way for you."

Okanina spoke, holding a staff in her hand. The staff was shining, and the light became more and more intense as she chanted the spell.

"Elemental surge!"

Okanina waved her staff, and rich magic power surged out wildly, falling directly into the group of lizardmen, then drew a terrifying straight line, knocking away all the lizardmen in this line.

A path forward was cleared. Zandata looked at Hellion and Werner, then rode the cold lizard forward. This was a surviving cold lizard that she had tamed.

"Let's go."

Werner did not hesitate. He followed with three generals, Tantalus, Forbukts and Kuzan.

Seeing that both of them had gone, Hellion naturally could not back down. After handing over the command to his adjutant Motreo, he also rode up to follow.

(End of this chapter)