Heart of the Castle

Chapter 631 The magic army encircled and the fierce battle began
The terrible blow of Thor's Hammer not only destroyed the demon's abyssal priest troops, but also made the treacherous Lord Shakros lose the interest in continuing to launch a tentative attack. Gestures, with the rumbling sound of bone war drums, tens of thousands of demons uttered earth-shattering cries, and then swarmed towards the outpost of Moonglade.

The discipline of the demon army has always been poor, but the actions of the troops whose consciousness has been taken away by the mental storm are too rigid. Before they have crossed a third of the distance of half a kilometer, their formation has become disorganized.The four howling horned demon teams on the left should have dragged back as elites, but they had no concept of holding back at all when they charged, and quickly rushed to the forefront of the entire army; the little demon teams on the right But the speed was too slow, and the footsteps hesitated from the very beginning.

And the cannon fodder troops in the middle ran wildly. The demon slave riders who had just lost their leaders spurred the dire wolves and ran in the front without giving up; the half-orc robbers and barbarians equipped with heavy armor and large wooden shields were squeezed to the front. Behind; between the two, the goblin troops with long spears were in a mess like beans randomly scattered on the ground, which created a huge flaw in the attacking formation of the demon army.

It seems that this is a very rare opportunity. If the Centaur Rangers, Silver Pegasus Knights and Griffon Knights are ordered to attack together, at least two to three thousand demon troops can be wiped out by using this flaw.Many people around Li Wei offered suggestions to attack, but the Griffin Lord only thought for a few breaths before shaking his head resolutely and resolutely.

"Now is not the time to attack. Killing two thousand or three thousand cannon fodder will not have much impact on the battle situation." Li Wei explained to the unhappy elves. As for the members of the Kingdom Mission, no matter what position they just took , have no objection to the Griffin Lord's decision. "The scale of the demon army is too large. The blow of Thor's Hammer can only wipe out a few thousand demons at most, but there are still hundreds of thousands of demons waiting for us to deal with. This is not a war that can be solved quickly, so we must keep every A little bit of strength should be used at the most critical moment."

A series of loud bangs interrupted Li Wei's explanation, and the elf archers shot the bursting flame arrows in their hands one after another.For them, this is a new form of battle. The bursting flame arrows are not aimed at the demon troops swarming like a turbulent stream, but at a pre-selected area. The elf archers follow the order— — rather than his own judgment — let go of the bowstring, then took out the second arrow, repeated the above action, and continued to sprinkle dense rain of arrows on the heads of the demons.

The person who proposed this combat method called "area coverage attack" was Sir Grace, the sniper archer. After pondering for a while, Larry Moonbow understood the intention of the human marksman, and immediately expressed his full support.But not every elf understands this approach, especially those arrogant and conceited sharpshooters who can't help complaining. It is only because of the discipline of the army and the personal prestige of the secret archer Larui Moonbow that they can reluctantly obey orders.

However, when they saw the effect of the so-called "bad human marksman's trick" in effect, the resentment and doubt disappeared.The area coverage attack maximizes the power of the bursting flame arrows. The flame balls rise one after another in the queue of the demon charge, and the distance between each other is just right to ensure that there is no gap for dodge between the explosion range of the fireballs. , and will not overlap each other due to being too dense, wasting lethality on already harmless corpses.The howling horned demon team on the left was first swallowed by the explosion, and then the blooming flame flowers bloomed among the demon slave riders in the central part, and the roaring and shouting voices turned into wailing.

Pieces of cannon fodder and demon troops fell into the roar of the bursting flame arrows. Although the horned demon warlord and hell flame demon who served as team leaders could endure the burning of the flames, they were quickly ejected from the flames and smoke. The silver alloy armor-piercing arrows accurately sniped.Seeing that the attack was not going well, the treacherous Lord Shacklesh did not show disappointment or anxiety. Instead, he waved the commander's scepter in his hand with a calm face, mobilized the teams one by one, and launched a wave of high-level attacks towards the outpost of Moonlight Grove. The charge of the waves.

Now even the Mercy Singer, who doesn't know how to fight, can see that there is a problem with the devil's approach. The deceitful lord Shakros seems to be cooperating with the elves, and he must kill all the troops under his command before he will give up. .One after another, the demonic teams continued to fill the attack sequence, and then they were fragmented and crumbled under the rain of arrows shot by the elf sharpshooter and countless stones thrown by the goblin catapults, lying in disorder on the wooden outpost of the Moonglade outpost. Outside the wall, the troops rushing to the front were still tens of meters away from the trench protecting the wooden wall.

"What does the demon commander think? This is simply letting his troops die in vain." Serrandis, the leader of the Silver Pegasus Knights, once again put forward his optimistic view, "Can't they see that the guards at the outpost of Moonglade How powerful is your elf marksman unit? No matter how many teams you send, you can't get close to the wooden wall of the outpost camp, let alone the protective trench we dug in front of the wooden wall!"

Li Wei held the wooden window frame and looked out, but unlike those elves, his main attention was not on the demons who fell under the marksman's arrows, but was carefully observing the overall demon army trend.He saw that the turbulent enemies approaching like rolling waves were not blindly attacking, but under the command of the drums, rushing here and there, attacking the defense of the Moonlight Grove outpost from multiple directions, It seems that they want to use the absolute superiority in numbers to crush the defender's spirit.

Although the impact of these demons has not yet touched the wooden wall protecting the camp, due to psychological pressure and shooting habits, some elf archers did not insist on counterattacking according to the area coverage, but shot their arrows at the charging area. Demon troops at the forefront.

The most direct result of this approach is that the blockade is shaken. Since the deep part has not been attacked, the impact force of the demon team is getting bigger and bigger. Seeing the defense line retreating steadily, more and more elf archers can't take care of continuing Execute the original plan, but concentrate all firepower on the demons rushing to the front.

The power of the concentrated explosion of hundreds of bursting flame arrows is no worse than that of Thor's Hammer. The explosive wind accompanied by loud noises directly tore several cannon fodder troops in the front into pieces of flesh and blood, but this is not only A batch of bursting flame arrows was wasted, and the pressure in other places suddenly increased.

More and more enemies rushed to the range of only 200 meters from the Moonglade, and a flame demon from hell threw an explosive fireball that had already been brewing. It pierced through the chest, but the explosive fireball with a strong sulfur breath also set a watchtower on fire.More than a dozen elf archers stationed above jumped off the watchtower, which had turned into an oversized torch. Two of them broke their legs, and most of them had huge blisters on their faces and hands.

The priest of the Temple of the Goddess of Life, who was in charge of the treatment task, immediately ran over with bandages and healing holy water, washed and bandaged the injured elves, and the two seriously injured elves were quickly sent to the wounded barracks to receive divine or natural magic treatment.

This is the first loss of the outpost defenders in Moonlight Grove since the start of the battle. Fortunately, the loss is extremely slight. The two most injured elf archers were not fatally injured, and the others were bandaged You can return to the battlefield without any impact on the morale of the defenders.However, Li Wei's face showed worry, and his gaze outside the camp was shimmering and sharp, as if two awls forged from pure steel.

"Your Excellency Li Wei," Serrandis, the leader of the Silver Pegasus Knights, walked over from behind, "Why is your expression still so heavy? We should be happy to have won such a big victory."

"That's right, since the start of the war, we have eliminated nearly five thousand demons, and the biggest loss is the two archers who broke their legs." The green leaf chant was even more optimistic. One elf thigh can exchange for the lives of [-] demons, so to eliminate [-] demons, only forty elf thighs are enough."

No matter how much worry Li Wei had in his heart, he was squeezed out by a row of fair and delicate elf thighs. "Father God, what kind of conversion ratio is this!" The Griffin Lord complained, spreading his hands dumbfounded, "Master Green Leaf Chanter, I am afraid you have forgotten to calculate the loss of weapons and ammunition, right? Eight hundred Thunder Gods All the hammers were thrown on the devil's head, and the consumption of the bursting flame arrows and the silver alloy armor-piercing arrows was also quite huge, which probably cannot be replenished by relying on the elves' thighs."

"In any case, we have already dealt a serious blow to the demon army, and the possibility of successfully defending the outpost of Moonglade has at least been greatly enhanced." Serendis said excitedly, his young and handsome face was full of spirits, and he couldn't see it at all. The pale and frightened look before the battle started.

"No, not so optimistic." Li Wei replied, his voice was as heavy as if it was strewn with lead, "The commander of the demon army adopted a method that we were least willing to face, and launched continuous strong attacks at any cost. They knew that we The number of people is small, the soldiers in many positions do not even have to be replaced, and the supplies are very limited, so they want to use this offensive method to exhaust us alive."

"Continuously launching a strong attack at any cost?" The expression on Serrandis's face seemed a little unbelievable, "What does the commander of the other party think of the lives of his troops?"

"Master Serendis, please allow me to remind you that we are not talking about humans, orcs, and dwarves, and of course we are not elves who love peace and life, but a family of demons living in the abyss and purgatory." Li Wei I don't know if there was too much sarcasm in my tone, but judging from the sudden flushing of Serrandis's face, it should be so.But the Griffin Lord must finish his sentence, because there are quite a few people who share the same optimistic views as the new head of the Silver Pegasus Knights. "For abyssal demons, the words pity, sympathy, forgiveness, and the like don't exist at all. The meaning of the word in abyssal language that comes closest to forgiving opponents is very unclear. If I remember correctly, it also refers to reserve rations. We can indeed kill [-], [-], [-], or even [-] to [-] demons, but we are not steel after all. Soldiers will be tired, injured, and some people will die in battle. In fact, it is steel under the violent beating It will also deform and crack.”

As if to prove that Li Wei's worries were not whimsical, there was a loud "crack", followed by screams of pain and shouts full of panic.Red flames appeared from the right side of the outpost camp. When Li Wei turned his gaze, he happened to see a 20-meter-high pillar of flame standing in the sky where it was originally a watchtower. The billowing smoke was like a silk robe wrapped around the around the pillar of fire.

"The No. [-] watchtower was destroyed, six archers were seriously injured, and four were killed!" A silver Pegasus knight serving as a messenger ran into the headquarters of the outpost camp and reported the unfortunate news, but before his arrival, When the words fell to the ground, there was another loud bang, and the scorching air waves mixed with smoke and dust rolled up, as if even the ground under their feet was trembling.

This time the explosion was closer to the headquarters, and everyone could see it very clearly. A watchtower was hit by several blood-red fireballs at the same time. A gust of rain splashed everywhere, causing people under the watchtower to scramble to avoid it.

This time there was no chance to rescue the wounded, the Leaf Singer and Serendis screamed at the same time, while the Mercy Singer and several priests from the Temple of the Goddess of Life began to sob.Immediately the elves in the command post were thrown into confusion, some shouting loudly for help, others pleading with equal loudness to strike, though they did not know where the enemy who had destroyed the tower was.

However, neither the Griffon Lord nor his experienced subordinates showed any signs of panic, "Fireballs?" Levi Stone's eyes flickered, "This is the innate magic of the abyss refining demons! Smart mouth, immediately Find the position of the enemy!"

"Obey, my lord!" The big crow, who has been squatting on Li Wei's shoulders and trimming her feathers with a sharp beak, agreed loudly with her weird voice, then spread her wings and buckled her body, like a small elf's homemade musket The black projectiles fired from it shot straight into the sky.

The battlefield looked extremely chaotic, the attack formation of the demon army was like a pot of boiled oatmeal, the cannon fodder troops and the elite main force were all crowded into each other.Some teams lost too much and want to retreat, some teams have just been transferred to the battlefield from the rear, and some teams are afraid of the explosive long arrows shot by the elf archers, but they are even more afraid of the punishment of the demon lord after retreating, so they simply hang around. Out of the range of the elven longbow.

Coupled with the fire and thick smoke caused by the bursting flame arrows, the flames of hell gathered the light of the fire elements, and the screams, pleadings, shouts and roars that filled the sky, all kinds of noise can blind the sharpest eyes and the most alert. ear.

If Lilizui is really just an ordinary big crow scout, the only conclusion she can draw is a random word.However, in fact, Clever Mouth is one of the transformed forms of Crow Queen Siegfel. In addition to the same innate magic as ordinary Crow Witches, such as ice arrows, acceleration and bloodthirsty, there is also a magic spell similar to that of the castle. Heart detection is good at detection magic.

This magic is called true vision, and it is the ninth ring magic that can only be cast by the great magister of the prophecy system. It can ignore the effects of all invisibility, stealth, and anti-detection protection magic.The Black Crow Queen Siegfei only circled half a circle in the air before she found the hiding places of the abyssal demons who were casting magic towards the Moonlight Glade. A total of twelve abyssal demons gathered together, led by a high-level group Invisibility protection, while gathering magic power, continued to approach the Moonlight Grove outpost.

The true vision can allow the Black Crow Queen Siegfried to see the existence of those abyss refining demons, but there is no way for others to see them.However, the Black Crow Queen had been prepared for a long time. She didn't make any calls that attracted attention, but spread her wings and circled in a small and fast circle hundreds of meters above the heads of those abyssal demons.

This is one of the signals agreed between Lilizui and Griffon Lord Levi Stone. After seeing the movement of the big crow, Li Wei immediately rushed out of the headquarters and headed towards the place where Sir Grace and Larry Moonbow were. A watchtower ran.His attendant knight, Glen Worm, followed closely with his hand on the hilt of his sword, followed by Sir Rodriguez and Marquis Osiris.

Before Li Wei arrived, the fourth watchtower caught fire amidst the roar of continuous fireballs. This time, luckily, the structure of the watchtower itself was not destroyed. Several elf archers then fled along the burning vine ladder. out.The green leather armor they wore had been burnt black, but other than some burns, their bodies were fine.

"We can't go on like this! We have to hide, or fight back!" Li Wei had just arrived at the bottom of the watchtower where the two sharpshooters were, and before he had climbed the vine ladder hanging from the door more than ten meters above the ground, he heard Larry Yue Gong shouted angrily, the elf secret archer was obviously distressed by the loss of his subordinates, and his tone was very intense.

"We must continue to stand here, Lord Larry Moonbow, until the demon army retreats, or we are all killed in battle." Sir Grace's voice sounded afterward, his voice was not very loud, but his tone was so stubborn that he could not refuse the taste of. "Those fireballs that destroyed the watchtowers all fell from the sky, and there is no trace that can be calculated, so we can't fight back. If we lose the suppression of the arrow rain, the demon army can directly attack the wooden walls and gates of the Moonlight Grove outpost unimpeded , what that means, presumably Lord Larry Moonbow should be as clear as I am."

"But my men are dying! They..."

"They died at their posts, and the sacrifice was not worthless. Lord Larry Moonbow, this is a war, not an archery competition in the Moonwhispering Forest." Sir Grace interrupted coldly, " Back in Iron Rock City, we could hunt flexibly because our goal was to harass and kill demons, but now we have something that we must risk our lives to defend, so we can’t take a single step back!”

(End of this chapter)