Heart of the Castle

Chapter 495 Siege, Negotiation, Governor

Several heavy wooden barrels were rolled over by the guards, and then they pried off the corks. The barrels were not filled with wine or ale, but extremely flammable and explosive black fire oil—a kind that although not developed by alchemists, But the degree of danger is by no means inferior to that of smoking medicine.Known as the Blood of Hell, the burning flame cannot be extinguished by water, and can even float on the surface of the water or stick to stones until the black fire oil itself is exhausted.When Li Wei thought of passing by those dangerous things with a torch in hand, he couldn't help turning pale.

The guards of Kaidar Fort showed courage far beyond that of ordinary people. They held the torch in one hand and filled the barrel full of black fire oil in the other hand, and they didn't seem to have the slightest fear of death that was close at hand.Li Wei believes that their courage comes from their ignorance of black fire oil, rather than their fearless heroism.

But the result of telling the truth at this moment may be that those people trembled, and everyone stepped into the Kingdom of Eternal Night, so although the Griffin Lord was so nervous that he clenched his fists tightly and sweated a little from his palms, he didn't make a sound to remind these people of the danger from where.

The killing hole is located on the second floor of the sentry tower. It is a stone passage that slopes downwards, leading directly to the outside of the sentry tower, and the exit at the other end is directly above the gate.The guards pushed the barrels to the entrance of the cave, stuffed them with strips of cloth, and lit them with torches.The flames shot up immediately, almost burning the hair of one of the guards.The guard uttered a few curses, and then, together with his companions, managed to force the barrel into the killing hole.Then the second barrel was rolled over by two other guards.

It is no longer needed.The first wooden barrel fell about ten meters down, and then hit the goblins gathered in front of the gate of the sentry tower. The two unlucky ghosts were immediately crushed under it, and the goblins blurted out curses.Immediately afterwards, there was an earth-shattering loud noise, as if dozens of thunderbolts exploded in my ears at the same time, suppressing all the sounds, and the flames and black smoke shot up into the sky in front of the sentry tower, forming a pillar of fire full of It is more than 20 meters high, almost as high as the sentry tower.The entire sentry tower was crumbling amidst the loud noise, dust was everywhere, and some things that were not fixed and solid were smashed down.

It is conceivable that even the fortified Kaidar Fortress has been shocked so much, what will happen to the goblin cannon fodder and orc ax throwers gathered outside the tower.Several orc leaders, more than 200 goblins, and a dozen orc ax throwers died in the explosion. The charred corpses were scattered within a radius of a hundred meters, and even the most careful people couldn't even try to put them back together; The number of goblins who suffered severe burns all over their bodies and completely lost their mobility was more than double that of the dead, and fell to the ground, rolling and moaning; You can run away with your head in your arms, except for a few unlucky ones who were blinded by the flames or burned their feet, most of them can escape from the battlefield shrouded in flames and black smoke.

The goblin slave soldiers saw the miserable situation of their companions and the orc leader in front, and saw the orc ax thrower fleeing back in terror. They were so frightened that they almost went crazy, and the courage generated by the large number of them immediately disappeared.They uttered terrified yells and ran away.After only one breath, the line of goblin slave soldiers completely collapsed, screaming and scrambling figures everywhere.The wolf cavalry also retreated back, far faster than the attack. The last round of farewell arrow rain fired by the defenders of Kaidar Castle did not even fall on them due to misjudgment. A crossbow shot from the upper layer created the result, nailing a half-orc wolf cavalry to the ground together with the warg under his crotch.

Seeing the goblins and wolf cavalry turn around and flee, Sir Bandara let out a joyous cry, "Have you tasted it, stinking orc bastard? This is the taste of Bandara's porcupine thorns!" Then he turned to the upper level of the sentry tower, With a proud smile on his face, "Well done, Knight Duncan, the one-eyed sailor lives up to his reputation."

"Sir Bandara, it is my honor to fight for you." Knight Duncan replied loudly, while wiping the cold sweat on his forehead with his hands. What he aimed at was completely different from the target shot by the ballista. It reminded him of Li Wei's warning.

"The preciousness of an antique lies in the history it contains, rather than continuing its original use." Thinking of this, Knight Duncan couldn't help but mutter in his heart. "That's true... Maybe I should change to a weapon, like a crossbow?"

Cheers rushed up from the bottom of the tower, and the defenders of Kaidar Fort were immersed in the joy of repelling the powerful enemy. Many people were shaking their weapons, boasting about the achievements they had just made.However, in Li Wei's eyes, their celebration came too early, because the main force of the orcs hadn't moved at all just now, and what Kaidar Fort repelled couldn't be called a formal attack at all, it was a test and reconnaissance at best.

The whining of the bone bagpipe sounded almost without a pause, followed by the extraordinarily violent and neat drumbeat, boom, boom, boom, boom!It's like knocking directly into people's hearts.The cheers of the tower guards disappeared without a trace as if cut by a knife. Even Sir Bandara looked out in surprise, and then cursed in a low voice.

"Why are those lifeless beasts rushing up again? Isn't the lesson given to them just now not enough?"

"Of course not enough." Li Wei almost wanted to answer on behalf of the orc army outside.Sir Bandara's thoughts were too optimistic. What the orcs lost just now was just some cannon fodder. According to the orc tribe, no amount of cannon fodder would be counted into the tribe's size.Although there were [-] or [-] orc corpses lying in front of Fort Armor, compared with the army of thousands of elite orcs, that loss was insignificant.

"They're moving, the mammoth cavalry of the Giant Plains tribe are moving!" Knight Duncan's voice slightly shifted because of nervousness came from the third floor of the sentry tower, "There are also the Hardfoot tribe, the Crypt tribe..."

He was right, the orcs had obviously decided that there was no need to test and launched a real attack.This time they dispatched more than a dozen mammoth cavalry, their heavy footsteps seemed to make the ground tremble, followed by nearly a thousand fully armed orc roaring warriors, holding high swords and battle axes, shining in the sun A ferocious cold light; on the two wings of the orc army, the wolf cavalry who had just retreated in embarrassment returned to the battlefield again, harassing Kaidar Castle from the left and right sides, dispersing the long-range firepower of the sentry tower, and at the same time, their spear-throwing counterattack could also cause damage to the guards. A certain amount of pressure; the chirping of giant eagles resounded in the air, and huge raptors dived from the air to Kaidar Castle in a deterrent manner, and the huge wings whipped up gusts of wind.

"Here they come!" A tense voice echoed in the ears of every sentry tower guard, no one spoke, and a tense silence enveloped the entire Kaidar Fort.Some veterans were silently arranging their arrows and hunting bows, with cloudy faces gathering on their faces; while young soldiers who had not experienced a few battles seemed more excited. Arrows shot at the wolf cavalry who were active within 50 meters from the castle.

"Leave those wolf cubs alone! They won't cause much trouble!" cried Ser Bandara. "All aim at those bloody mammoths, put kerosene on the arrows, obey my orders, and light them! We must not let those guys come outside the city wall, no matter how thick the gate is, it cannot stop those rough-skinned and thick-skinned monsters!"

"No! There are giant eagles harassing the sky, and the rockets can't shoot!" Knight Duncan shouted from the third floor of the sentry tower, "First deal with those birds in the sky!"

Sweat rolled down Sir Bandara's forehead, "Solve it, how to solve it, shoot them with your crossbow arrows! That thing is the only weapon in Kaidar Castle that can threaten giant eagles!"

"But, I can't aim..." Knight Duncan cried sadly. The aiming equipment of the small ballista in front of him had long been fragile due to the passage of time. Several shards of rotting bronze.

"Sir Bandara, you just concentrate on commanding the guards and blocking those wolf cavalry." Li Wei said suddenly with a resolute face.Sir Bandara looked up in surprise, and saw that the young envoy of the Kingdom had a knightly expression on his face, which seemed a bit out of place with the noble dress.

"Your Excellency, Special Envoy of the Kingdom, you can rest assured that the attacks of these orcs will not be difficult for Bandara Porcupine. We can, we..."

Li Wei looked at Sir Bandara seriously. Although he didn't refute, the seriousness in his eyes quickly made the old Sir's voice low.

"Leave the giant eagle and mammoth cavalry to us. I have something to discuss with you after repelling this attack." Li Wei said in an undeniable tone, and then jumped up the narrow wooden ladder leading to the top of the sentry tower, " Sir Rodriguez, let us go."

"Of order, Master Levi." Sir Rodriguez's voice was filled with unconcealable excitement, and then the two came to the top floor of the sentry tower and opened the wooden door leading to the watchtower.Sir Rodriguez took the first step forward, and the giant iron sword of the stars swung across his head. The sun reflected a dull light on the blade, which made a giant eagle that was about to dive hesitate slightly, and then flapped its wings twice. , did not continue to lower the altitude, but flapped its wings and flew high again.

Sir Rodrigues then jumped from the watchtower to the top of the tower, and joined the stone monster crouching there.He spread his feet apart, and stood firmly on the top of the tower, with the giant iron star sword across his chest, and the light of battle energy burned on the blade, forming a dark flame that was difficult to penetrate even by the scorching sun at noon.The clever giant eagles felt a terrible threat from this man and the sword. Although the orcs of the Mountain Eagle Tribe urged them to attack Sir Rodriguez with bone bagpipes and war drums, the giant eagles did not. He just didn't want to fight with the man holding the black sword, but instead flew higher and higher in the sky.

Li Wei walked up to the watchtower, and the strong wind immediately tore his aristocratic coat and half-length cloak. The force was so great that the Griffon Lord began to regret why he didn't wear the light armor.He held the iron chain with his hands to stabilize his body, then squinted his eyes and looked ahead.

The mammoth cavalry ran forward with unstoppable ferocity, and Li Wei felt that the watchtower under his feet seemed to be shaking accordingly. He swallowed hard, and had to admit that it was his heart that was trembling, not this building. The sentry tower could no longer withstand the terrible pressure, and was gradually collapsing as the mammoth approached.

The wolf cavalry who harassed Kaidarburg quickly discovered this conspicuous target on the outer wall of the sentry tower, and threw their spears towards Li Wei one after another.The watchtower on the fourth floor of the sentry tower is more than 20 meters above the ground. However, this height cannot completely guarantee the safety of the Griffin Lord. Fortunately, a throwing spear was inserted less than two meters below Li Wei's feet. The stone cracked down.This scene made the wolf cavalry even more excited. While laughing strangely, they attacked Li Wei with greater enthusiasm.

However, those who threw the spears passed Li Wei helplessly. This is not because the Griffin Lord is particularly lucky today, but because after Li Wei whispered a word, a faint light curtain protected him .This arrow protection magic has a strong weakening effect on most long-range attacks, unless those wolf cavalry can launch an attack as powerful as the silver alloy armor-piercing arrow used by the sniper hunter Sir Grace, otherwise for Levi , those spears whizzing past will be as harmless as straw.

As the group of giant eagles was forced by Sir Rodriguez to dare not fall, the guards of Fort Kaidar successfully shot a round of burning arrows at the giant mammoth cavalrymen. Huge shadows, but most of them fell due to insufficient strength. Although a few shot at the mammoth giants, they did not cause any disturbance, nor did they set the long hair of these giant beasts on fire.

"Damn the gods, what's going on?" Sir Bandara cursed, "Keep shooting, don't stop!" He roared to encourage the watch tower guards to continue shooting, "Ten if one doesn't work, ten doesn't work Just twenty! Light the fire, draw the bow, nock the arrow, shoot! Go on, light the fire, draw the bow, nock the arrow..."

The rain of flaming arrows shot out from Kaidar Fort continued continuously, shooting at the Mammoth Cavalry like meteors, but the Mammoth Cavalry, who should have been afraid of the flames, rushed forward against the rain of arrows indifferently, trampling the ground and Guardian's confidence.

Soon these cavalry approached to a distance of about 40 meters, and a sharp-eyed guard saw the reason why the rocket was ineffective, and then uttered a horrified cry.

"It's cowhide armor. Those mammoths wear cowhide armor covered in wet mud!"

That's why Mammoth Troopers don't care about rockets.Although the black fire oil sticking to the arrowhead is not easy to extinguish once it burns, the wet mud full of moisture happens to be its only nemesis.The arrows used by the guards of Kaidar Fort are just ordinary wrought iron arrows. The burning of black fire oil has already softened the arrows and weakened their penetrating power. In addition, the raw cowhide armor is tough and strong. negligible.

"The gate, hold the gate, those mammoth cavalry are aiming for the gate!" Sir Bhandara snarled, "Get the oil barrels ready! Quick, quick..."

His urging stopped, because a crimson fireball with a long tail flame shot out from the watchtower on the top floor of the sentry tower, and flew towards the middle of the mammoth cavalry.The old jazz originally wondered if it might be a barrel of black kerosene that had already been lit, but he quickly denied this possibility, because no one had the strength to throw such a heavy wooden barrel 50 meters away , if this can be achieved, I am afraid that only the legendary sky knight.

A strong orange light flashed, and the fireball exploded among the mammoth cavalrymen. The wild howl of the giant beast sounded like thousands of bone bagpipes playing at the same time. The giants were blown to pieces together, and the rawhide armor covered in thick wet mud offered no protection; the other two were badly burned and staggered to the ground.

The damage caused by the fireball was more than that. The fiery air waves and loud noises from the explosion caused many giant mammoths to fall into a frenzy. Some turned their heads and slammed into their companions, and some fell off the cavalry on their backs, further aggravating the chaos.After a few heartbeats, all the mammoth giants that were still alive began to flee in all directions, knocking down countless orc roaring warriors, no matter whether they were powerful military leaders or ordinary soldiers, they were all trampled into a puddle of blood under the giant beast's four hooves .

The second fireball sent by Li Wei flew towards the formation of the orc roaring warriors, and there was another bright orange light. The explosion blasted more than a dozen of the most well-equipped guys into the air, and created several times. Severe burns outnumber the dead.The shouts of the orc roaring warriors really deserved their names, and they almost suppressed the screams of the injured mammoth beasts.

The third fireball flew out from the watchtower, severely wounding the orc commander who stood up to restrain the troops, and also destroyed the remaining fighting spirit of the orc troops participating in the attack.The line collapsed completely, and the orcs roared and the warriors scrambled to escape in the smoke and flames.Seeing the bad situation, the wolf cavalry on both wings immediately retreated. This time, there was no rain of arrows, because the guards of Kaidar Castle were also immersed in surprise and awe, and even forgot the cheers that should be given to repel the orcs.

The orcs played the trump card of the mammoth cavalry and wanted to win in one fell swoop. However, apart from making some panic and noise, they did not have any effect on Fort Kaidar, and instead suffered heavy losses.Looking at the retreating orcs, Li Wei slowly dissipated the fourth fireball gathered in his hand, turning it into a magnificent vermilion mist and slowly drifting away.

"Now we should have the qualifications to negotiate with you?" Li Wei murmured to the opponent who had never met on the opposite side of the battlefield, "Karmos, the governor of the East Field, roared bloody!"

(End of this chapter)