Heart of the Castle

Chapter 618 Feint attack, burning city, hide and seek
A total of [-] demons gathered in Iron Rock City, which used to be the residence of the Earl of the Magic Mountain. This ancient castle is no longer majestic, and most of the once towering high walls have collapsed, and you can see them everywhere. Scorched traces of burning fire.

The Reaper Knights who gave up here left in a hurry and had no time to completely destroy the ancient castle into ruins and rubble, but at least they destroyed all the guard towers on the city wall and set a big fire in the center of the castle.

Since there was no one to put out the fire, the fire in Iron Rock City had been burning for more than half a month. Every night, the fire was so bright that it set off the entire Magic Mountain as if it were a volcano about to erupt.

What the Death Knights actually wanted to cover up was what happened in the Black Tower of the Dead, and tried to destroy Iron Rock City's defense capabilities as much as possible, so that this strong castle could no longer become a military presence that could deter the entire West Wind County.But for the demon army, these two points are not a problem. Even if the black tower of the dead has not been burned, they are indifferent to the things inside. In the idea, it is even useless.

When will the invincible and invincible army of demons need to defend against the attacks of those weak humans?It would be the best thing if they could peek out from behind the stone walls.

It is precisely based on this idea that even though the demon army has occupied Iron Rock City for several months, they never thought of repairing the city walls or guard towers. The wood cut from the nearby woods was built into simple shacks for the commanders and team leaders of the demon army to live temporarily, and at the same time made Iron Rock City even more dilapidated.

Iron Rock City was originally designed as a medium-sized military fortress—or bandit cave, with about [-] soldiers stationed there.Even since the establishment of the Kingdom of Arthur, successive Earls of the Mountain have expanded and supplemented it, but it still cannot accommodate an army of as many as [-] demons. Of course, the demon nobles at the commanding level have repaired houses to live in. Team leader Level demons can barely be assigned to simple shacks, and those demon soldiers can only sleep outside by the campfire, sitting or lying under the clear starry sky in late spring.

Larry Yuebow, the secret elf archer, was wearing a gray-green cloak, lying prone on a small hill near Iron Rock City, looking at Iron Rock City with piercing eyes.It was still early, and the gray morning mist shrouded the incomplete ancient castle. From a distance, it was just a vague shadow, but as the sky gradually brightened, Larry Moonbow's sharp eyes could clearly capture those The figure of the demon sentinel standing on the city wall.

The discipline of the demon army has always been poor, even for the sentinels who should be more vigilant, and even bloody punishment will not make them have a long memory.The demon commander knew this very well, so he arranged a large number of little demons as sentries on the four walls of the city, so that when the enemy attacked, the screams of the first batch of dead little demons would become an army of demons. Alert required.

The terrain of the small hill was not high, and if the city walls of Iron Rock City had not collapsed, no sharp sight could penetrate the high walls made of black stone, but now Larry Moonbow could observe through the collapsed part of the city walls.He overlooked the environment around Iron Rock City, the barren land overgrown with weeds, the woods that were once dense and prosperous, but now there are only wooden piles, and the ubiquitous campfires and demons around.Larry Moonbow's eyes continued to extend, carefully observing the internal structure of Iron Rock City. From the simple shack between the dilapidated towers to the main building of the castle, it was burned by the same fire as other places, but due to the stronger building materials, So it didn't collapse completely, but there were many thick cracks on the surface.Flames and green smoke are coming out of these cracks. From a distance, it looks like a huge blacksmith's shop, and it also looks like a burning active volcano.

This army of demons is defenseless.

A cold smile appeared on Larry Yuebow's face, and he gently took out a few long arrows with strange shapes from the quiver on his back and put them beside him, then stretched his hand behind him, and made a series of complicated and quick gestures.

There was a rustling sound, and behind Larry Moonbow, twenty elf marksmen and four hundred elf archers were forming a fan formation and slowly climbing up from the hillside.Each of them is wearing a gray-green wool cloak that has a certain invisibility effect, and holds a longbow with elf craftsmanship in his hand.

Sir Grace wore the same garb as those elven sharpshooters, but it stood out.This has little to do with the silver fir longbow on his shoulder, because the longbows of elf sharpshooters are also exquisitely shaped, and it is almost impossible to find two that are completely similar; it has nothing to do with his appearance, although Gray Ser Sis's looks were obviously not comparable to that of even the most mediocre elves, but he looked no different now that he wore the same sound-absorbing mask as many elf sharpshooters.

What set Sir Grace apart from these elves was his razor-blade eyes.The eyes of a sharpshooter are almost sharp and hurtful, but different from the elf sharpshooter, Sir Grace looked at Iron Rock City with a trace of engraved hatred, so that he had to lower his eyes from time to time to keep his eyesight The mood is generally calm.

This used to be the home of the Tully family for hundreds of years, and it was also the burial place of everyone in the Tully family except Sir Grace.Although Gregor, the Earl of the Magic Mountain who caused this tragedy, had long since died, this did not allow Sir Grace to completely ignore the scarlet scenes in his mind when he saw this ancient castle.

Larry Moonbow glanced at Sir Grace with some concern, "Human sharpshooter..." He reminded in a whispering voice, "You seem to be in a mess right now, if you have any problems, retreat first Well, the task here should be completed by our elf sharpshooter."

"No...it's nothing..." Sir Grace shook his head with difficulty, and then closed his eyes heavily, "...just remembering something...that has passed." When he opened his eyes again, the hatred had already Hidden deep in the eyes. "Lord Larry Moonbow, you are the commander of this feint operation, please give the order."

Larry Moonbow nodded slightly, then picked up one of the long arrows in front of him and put it on the bowstring, then half-kneeled up and raised the bow to aim.The long arrow he chose was not the kind usually used by elves, but had a very human style—simple and practical, with the inherent cruelty of this race.The straight arrow shaft is not oak, oak or steel, but a special material with a strange metallic luster and wood texture.

What is particularly striking is that the arrowhead of this long arrow is made of an unknown alloy, and it looks like a dark red maple leaf. The edge of the maple leaf looks sharp enough to be used for shaving.Countless small and precise runes are distributed on the arrow like leaf veins, and each rune is faintly shining red in the morning light.

"Earth-shattering, rumbling, brilliant meteor bursting flame arrow... Alara, who named this thing?" Larry Yuebow took a last look at the red magic arrow that had been put on the bowstring, not very trusting. , and then whisper the command. "All ready! Explosive fire arrows, aim at the pre-selected target—let it go!"

It was dawn, and the eastern sky was shining with a pale golden morning light. The air was humid and smelled of rain, but even the tiniest raindrops did not fall.Following Larry Moonbow's command, hundreds of long arrows left the string at the same time, the quiet morning air was filled with hissing sounds, and the sky of Iron Rock City was instantly cut with countless reddish wounds.The shooting skills of the elf archers are superb, and all the long arrows shot accurately pass through the gaps in the city wall and hit the buildings in the city.

For the first few moments, nothing seemed to happen. Larry Moonbow's face darkened, and he was about to curse something, but in the next second, what happened was completely beyond the expectations of the elves.The houses and shacks that were hit by the long arrows were torn apart like parchment paper, and flames spewed out from the gaps like running live snakes. , like thousands of bloody suns descending on this ancient castle at the same time.

The little devils on the city wall didn't realize the situation was wrong until now, and they panicked into a mess, screaming one after another.A few sharp-eyed guys had already seen the direction of the flying arrows, and pointed at the hill where the elf archers were ambushing and cursed loudly. This was already the most effective counterattack they could do, because although these little devils also Equipped with a rough shortbow as a weapon, but it is powerless against the effective range of the elf longbow of nearly 300 meters.

They should thank the gods—or the Abyss—for their luck, though, for the elven archers did not make them their usual target of choice, and the bursting fire arrows chose a far more worthy target.Except for the strong and thick Iron Rock Castle, there is almost no building that can withstand the blow of the bursting flame arrows. The broken stones and rubble flew into the air along with the fire and thick smoke, and there were many demons' flesh and blood fragments among them.

Larry Moonbow, like the elf archers under him, was stunned by the terrifying effect of this round of magic arrows, but Sir Grace did not hesitate at all. He shot out the second burst flame arrow.This long arrow hit the chest of a horned demon warlord who had just rushed out of a half-collapsed hut. The arrow made of flame iron penetrated deeply into the horned demon warlord's solid scales, muscles and bones effortlessly. Straight through the back.The demon's vitality was extremely tenacious, and it didn't fall down immediately, but struggled to pull out the long arrow that had been buried deep in its chest with its hands.

Immediately after a flash of red light, the long arrow exploded, and the flames swept the Horned Demon Warlord together with a dozen other demons around him, and then soared into the sky, forming a pillar 20 meters high. The sky is full of flames.Sir Grace almost didn't even look at the result of his battle, and put the third long arrow on the bowstring with a cold face.

Larry Moonbow woke up suddenly, "What are you waiting for? Shoot, keep shooting!" He yelled at the group of elf archers who were standing still.The elves who woke up like a dream put the second bursting flame arrows on the bowstring, and then the second wave of arrows rained countless fire wires towards Iron Rock City. Trembling and shaking.

There is no more terrifying long-range attack combination than bursting flame arrows and elf archers. The demon army in Iron Rock City was stunned from the very beginning, and several commander-level demon nobles were even blown to death in the collapsed houses. Among them, the losses of team leaders and ordinary demon soldiers are even more incalculable.The third and fourth rounds of blows by the elf archers made the strong main castle of Iron Rock City unable to withstand it. There was a terrible cracking sound from the inside, and then it collapsed amidst the rising dust and debris.

But as many as [-] demons are not so easy to eliminate, at the same time.The demon's counterattack also came.The city gate facing the hill suddenly opened, and countless imps, horned demons, and hellhounds swarmed out like ants that had exploded their nests. Some guys even jumped down from the city wall impatiently. The team leader and the demon leader who were closely following the battle, roared and gave orders in weird and hoarse abyssal language from time to time.

The number of demonic troops rushing over would not be less than 400. If they could fight hand-to-hand, more than 1 elf archers might not even be able to survive for a minute.The distance from Iron Rock City to the small hill is only about 250 meters. If you run at full speed, many demons can even rush up in half a minute. However, for elf archers who are good at rapid fire, half a minute is enough for them to shoot. More than ten arrows, and sharpshooters can shoot as many as twenty arrows.

Countless fireballs flickered rapidly in the swarming red and black turbidity, and the charging momentum of the demon army immediately became chaotic. The earth-shattering explosions never stopped from the beginning, and the deafening loud noise became the scene on the battlefield. The only master of the world, even the last screams of those demons were completely covered up.The scorching purgatory-like air waves pushed the demon's fragments and splashed them everywhere, and the blood of the demon exuding the stench of sulfur stained all the ground from the bottom of Iron Rock City to the middle of the hillside.

　There was a power outage last night... in grief and indignation
　　
　
(End of this chapter)