Heart of the Castle

Chapter 529 The Godly Power of the Earth Breaks through the North Gate

The indiscriminate bombardment of the Griffon troops did not last long. This was not because the little spirits had not prepared enough smoke ammunition. After the formulation of the medicine, tens of thousands of such throwing explosives, which they called "floating, blooming, and bombing, are healthier and booming", were produced. Just leave some of it on the ground.

What stops the gremlins from playing their favorite game are a few streaks of lightning bolts, followed by an equal number of bursting fireballs.Due to the long distance, the power of these magics has been greatly reduced. It only scorched the feathers of a few griffins, and made the elves on the backs of other griffins dance for a while with electric shocks, shaking hands, but the meaning hidden in it But it made several commanders of the Northern Allied Forces frown.

"Has the Mages Guild finally abandoned their neutral position in the civil war that they have always pursued?" Cedric, Lord of the White Wolf, looked at the black spots that appeared in Firmeyer's sky, with a worried expression on his face, and then turned his head The order said, "Commander, blow the horn and order the Griffon troops to return. We cannot afford to lose this ace troop."

The sound of the horn then resounded through the sky, and the little monsters chirped and shouted endlessly, wanting to continue the fight. In their view, the little monsters could use their homemade muskets to communicate well with those long-clothed opponents who could release beautiful fireworks one time.But the griffins all have the nature of obedience and discipline. When the horn sounded for the second time commanding to return, they all flapped their wings and turned around.

The withdrawal of the Griffon troops was very timely, because just as the beasts in the sky left the sky above the north gate of Firmeyer, dozens of magic spells of different colors gathered from all directions, and the powerful magic power even burned down in the air. Clearly identifiable tracks.These magics collided and interfered with each other, and in an instant a terrifying elemental storm blew up over the north gate of Firmeyer.

If the Griffon troops still stay there, being torn to pieces is their only end.Seeing this thrilling scene, not only the complaining elves shut their mouths, but even Lord Cedric, who made the right decision, couldn't help wiping the cold sweat off his forehead.

"These cunning magicians actually use reduced power magic to lull us into inattentiveness before launching a truly terrifying blow!" Flame Wheel Knight Wilps murmured to himself with lingering fear, "Fortunately, Lord Cedric The order came in a timely manner so that the Griffon Troops did not suffer heavy losses."

"How do we deal with those opponents flying in the sky?" Watching the magicians lined up in neat formation and slowly flying towards the north gate, the Templeton knight with a blood-red scar on his forehead frowned Said, "Master Wilps, should we evacuate to avoid the indiscriminate bombardment of these magicians?"

"There is no need to evacuate. Since those guys flew out swaggeringly, they must have never seen the power of Sir Grace and the sniper shooters he trained by himself?" Wilps shook his head gently, looking at the sky. The gazes of those magicians actually showed a trace of pity.

The same gaze still existed on the north gate of Philmeyer. Sir Lathander warned those magicians loudly that there are many terrible marksmen in the Northern Allied Forces, but what they got was nothing but ridicule and sarcasm. other stuff too. "The power of magic is beyond the comprehension of a mere mortal!" Although these words were not blatantly uttered by those magicians, everything from language to behavior reflected such arrogance.

Only a handful of magicians cast magic on themselves to protect themselves from long-range weapons before flying over the formation of the coalition forces in the north. They were rightfully ridiculed by their companions as cowards, cowards, and eunuchs wearing mage robes.However, when dozens of slender and sharp silver lights shot out from under their feet, piercing through the bodies of more than a dozen magicians in an instant, those people also looked at the panic and despair on the faces of their companions who had just laughed at them. expression.

Only two-thirds of the magicians had time to cast the magic on themselves to protect themselves from long-range weapons, and the remaining one-third were killed on the spot by the silver alloy armor-piercing arrows, including several great magicians and a magister.This magister from the south of the Kingdom is very good at using protective magic. He has experienced many battles without any damage. He has a nickname called "Stone Man". The silver alloy armor-piercing arrow aimed at him did not really hurt him. Instead, he triggered the high-level protective magic "Stone Skin" stored on his magic robe.Unfortunately, this magic also destroyed the flying spell he cast on himself. When he fell to the ground from a height of hundreds of meters, he was indeed no different from a stone.

For these magicians who think they are superior, there is nothing more humiliating than being shot down from the sky like a target. They are furious in the dark blue magic shield that protects long-range weapons. In the name of Tivor, he vowed to take vengeance on those despicable and shameless archers.

Their curses were then drowned out in another rain of arrows. Guided by the arrow shot by Sir Grace with the silver fir longbow, hundreds of silver alloy armor-piercing arrows rolled up a burst of air-ripening arrows. Rage.This kind of alchemy alloy made through the heart of the castle has a certain effect of destroying magic protection. The magic shield protecting long-range weapons bounced off the first and second ones, and blocked the third and fourth ones. However, the fifth arrow tore apart the magic shield that had faded to light blue due to a large amount of mana loss, and the next few rays of silver light tore the unfortunate magician's body into a pile of pieces tattered.

The tactics used by Sir Grace just happened to repeat the tricks used by those magicians just now, and both of them happened to have received warnings from their companions. The only difference is that the Griffin troops obeyed Cedric These arrogant magicians mocked Sir Lathander, the leader of the North Gate who offered advice.

The fact that the magic that protects long-range weapons was forcibly destroyed made all the magicians terrified. Seeing the second round of silver light flashing in the bushes and among the rocks under their feet, the magicians who escaped immediately climbed to the heights desperately. , one by one almost got into the high-altitude clouds.

No matter how good a marksman is, how high-quality bows and arrows he uses, he can't attack a magician who is thousands of meters high; The lethality of ordinary people - at this distance, the explosion fireball will only leave a hot wind, and the lightning bolt will not even have the power to make the hair stand on end.

Seeing the magician who flaunted his power just now fled in a panic to a thousand meters above the sky, a burst of laughter broke out in the formation of the Northern Allied Forces, while the soldiers of the King's Guard Army on the top of Firmeyer City yelled, these The magician who boasted that he would wipe out the Northern Allied Forces paid a heavy price for his pride. The only effect was to make it difficult for the Griffin troops of the Northern Allied Forces to attack the defenders at the top of the city again.

Sir Lathander was probably the only one among the defenders who still had the confidence to guard the north gate, "Time is on our side! His Royal Highness the Regent will also send continuous reinforcements." He yelled at the pale soldiers beside him Announced, "The people in the north are very strong, but they are not ready to attack a strong city like Fermeyer, let alone make a decent siege machine. It's the same even if they rush it out, The walls of the capital are 20 meters high, and there are gates strengthened with magic, which are strong enough to withstand the impact of heavy catapults and battering rams."

Thanks to a series of correct judgments just now, Sir Lathander's prestige in the hearts of soldiers guarding the north gate has been greatly improved.If it was said that at the beginning, those soldiers only obeyed his orders because of strict military discipline, but now they are more convinced of his judgment from the bottom of their hearts.Sir Lathander then ordered a team of 500 men stationed behind the city wall to supplement the shortage of the defenders at the top of the city. At the same time, he continued to hide his body cautiously behind the crenels of the city wall, only poking his head out to observe the movement of the northern coalition forces.

The long-range troops of the Northern Allied Forces have stopped suppressive shooting on the defenders at the top of the city, because after the continuous high-intensity shooting since the beginning of the battle, all the sniper shooters, including Sir Grace, felt sore shoulders, His arm was so sore that he could barely lift it; although the Alchemy Marksman didn't suffer from fatigue, the number of arrows he carried was already insufficient, especially after the three concentrated shots on the magician, many of them had already used up Silver alloy piercing arrows.

The adverse consequences of the Castle Heart being sealed by the Merkativo Great Rift Barrier have gradually emerged.If Li Wei didn't fall into the trap, the arrows of the alchemy archer and sharpshooter could be continuously replenished, and the injured alchemy warrior could also recover by himself.Although their combat effectiveness has not directly declined, their continuous combat capability has been insufficient.

However, this change did not arouse the suspicion of other coalition soldiers. For them, the troops directly under the Griffin Lord were already unattainable elites.Iron-like discipline, a strong body that never seems to get tired, and a tenacious belief that will not stop fighting even if you are seriously injured, all these constitute this amazing Griffin Knights.

The ship shield attack was broken, the ammunition of the long-range troops was insufficient, and the griffin troops were unable to take off to fight. It seemed that the northern coalition forces had no good solution, at least in Sir Lathander's mind.So when he saw the flag representing the Griffin Knights slowly moving forward, he couldn't help rubbing his eyes.

It's just so weird.

Even if the commander of the coalition forces in the north suddenly went crazy and asked the soldiers of the coalition forces to attack Firmeyer at all costs, Sir Losander would not be so surprised, because after all, it still complied with the basic military rules-the infantry storm is an attack. The most common form of city warfare, of course, can only have a certain effect when the number of attacking troops far exceeds that of defending troops.

But the cavalry attacking the city... besides creating a noisy and lively momentum, what else can it do?The cavalry troops can maneuver and be invincible in plain terrain, but they only need a low wall two or three meters high to completely stop these powerful and fast troops, not to mention Firmeyer's 20-meter-high thick city wall.Even if it was unthinkable and impossible to do, the commander of the Northern Allied Forces would not be so stupid as to let the cavalry gather in front of the city gate like infantry and chop with axes?

However, things seem to be developing towards this most unlikely situation. The symbols of the famous knights of the Northern Alliance Army, such as the flame wheel flag, the steel fist flag, the burning volcano flag, the chain and shackle flag, etc., have moved forward one after another. Above, a blue and white banner fluttered, and the golden griffin emblem on it seemed to be soaring in the sky.

"It's really the Griffin Knights preparing to attack!" Sir Losander said to Knight Shawn who had just led the 500-meter soldiers to make up for the loss. Don't they even have the most basic military common sense?"

"My lord, for those of us guarding the capital, isn't it better for our opponents to be as stupid as possible?" Knight Sean shrugged his shoulders and replied.As Sir Lathander's deputy, he was quite familiar with the character of the old boss, and he didn't have so many scruples when he spoke. "In my opinion, it would be great if they could be so stupid as to rush straight towards the north gate."

Sir Lathander's answer made Sir Lathander laugh dumbfounded, "How can there be such a stupid commander?" The commander of the North Gate shook his head and said, "Maybe the cavalry is just a disguise for the Northern Alliance to confuse our sight, we don't want to Let your guard down because of this... Father God, have you seen a ghost?"

Knight Sean carefully poked his head out from above the crenelation of the city wall, and then couldn't help blurting out, "God of War Barud, bless you, are these guys planning to have a bloody encounter on the city wall?"

What surprised these two rare and outstanding commanders in the Royal Guard Army was, of course, the extremely weird—or even stupid—action of the Northern Allied Forces.The Griffon Knights formed a tight wedge formation, the most basic and most commonly used cavalry charge formation, with more than a dozen famous knights at the forefront of the wedge formation, among which was the fiery red armor of Flame Wheel Knight Wilps Very obvious.When using this array to charge on the plains, the cavalry can easily destroy an infantry array ten times larger than itself, and those knights with strong grudges can ensure that the horizontal formation composed of pikemen or heavy infantry can be easily torn apart, and then The results of the battle were expanded by other cavalry who rushed over after them.

But against a fortified city with a wedge array?Those who can think of such an idea are undoubtedly the kind of people who are whimsical but lack common sense.Whimsy may not be such a bad thing in other things, especially artists need it, but nothing is more tragic for an army than a commander who is whimsical and lacks common sense.

Thinking of this, Knight Sean couldn't help showing a smile mixed with sarcasm and excitement, and Sir Losander's tense expression also relaxed a little. The two of them prepared to watch Griffin Knight with almost anticipation. A wonderful show of teams crashing into the city wall.

The two of them were not the only ones who had the same idea. The magicians who were thousands of meters above the sky and the soldiers of the Royal Guard Army on the top of the city also showed expectant expressions.However, they were doomed to be disappointed that the commander of the Northern Allied Forces was by no means a hopeless idiot.

Just as the wedge-shaped array of the Griffon Knights was advancing a hundred meters away from the north gate of the capital, more than a dozen cavalrymen in the center of the array raised their obsidian scepters together and sang in unison praises to the earth elemental monarch. Psalms, their voices are quite low and thick, it sounds like the roar from the depths of the earth.

"My lord, Behemoth, bears the earth in his thick chest. From the first gravel of creation, all life depends on your gift. Your servant hereby humbly requests that in this time of crisis, with your magnificence Divine power, build a path of uplift for the humble us!"

This is the holy word of prayer shared by thirteen priests who have converted to Behemoth, the earth elemental monarch, including the deputy archbishop of the Earth Temple, Beria. The effect is indeed surprising.With the end of the prayer, an immeasurably huge amount of khaki-yellow light gathered from all directions. After a breath interval, a ramp with a width of tens of meters was formed under the feet of the knights. Meyer's walls level!

This scene stunned everyone in the city.A few seconds ago, they were still looking forward to seeing the joke of the Northern Allied Forces, but in the blink of an eye, it became an even bigger joke in the eyes of others.Because no one would have thought that when defending the city, it would be necessary to resist the impact of the Knights' array, so although there were many offensive and defensive equipment on the city, the elongated spears used to restrain the cavalry were not prepared at all.

Ser Lathander's complexion suddenly turned pale, and he didn't have to turn his head to guess that the expressions of the other people around him were not much better. "Bow and arrow!" he heard himself commanding in a distorted voice. "Shoot, shoot, keep shooting! Stop them with a rain of arrows!"

Mostly in vain.Ser Lathander thought desperately.

The fact is just as he expected.The soldiers of the King's Capital Guard rushed to meet the enemy, and they were in a hurry, which made people laugh and cry.Although everyone has a bow and arrow, not everyone can use it well. Most soldiers have only shot fixed targets on the training ground, but for the menacing heavy armored knights who are rushing towards them, they can pull the bowstring while trembling——at the same time The soldier who didn't pee his pants was already brave enough.

The first wave of arrows shot out like a swarm of bees. Most of them were not strong enough, and the angle was either too high or too low. It was useless except to create a feeling of a thousand arrows being fired at once.Only the arrows shot by the sergeant majors were of a certain level, but they were no more lethal than the flying feathers in front of the dozen or so famous northern knights who formed the vanguard of the wedge formation.

As the name suggests, Flame Wheel Knight Wilpus, the fighting spirit light on his body forms a protection like a red fire wheel, and all the arrows close to him are thrown out.Before the second wave of arrows from the defenders at the top of the city could be shot, Wilpus shook the reins suddenly, the horse let out a wild neigh, and leaped over the crenelation of the city wall with all four hooves flying into the air.

Sir Lathander gave an order, and dozens of soldiers from the King's Capital Guard lowered their spears and surrounded them. However, Wilps showed no fear. Wherever the fiery red sword light went, there were blood and wailing sounds one after another, including Including a few sergeant majors who boasted of their bravery, no one who rushed forward could keep his head.Immediately afterwards, more northern knights rushed to the top of the city, and slashed and killed the soldiers of the King's Guard Army, tearing their barely maintained formation to pieces.

(End of this chapter)