Heart of the Castle

Chapter 637 Three Days and Nights Through Fire and Smoke ([-])
At the beginning of the Moonlight Grove outpost defense battle, Levi Ston had foreseen that it would be an extraordinarily tragic battle, but the madness of the demons still far exceeded his expectations.The continuous attack of the demon army lasted all night. At the same time, the crazily dug ditches have been greatly approaching the front of the camp. Some even dug through the ditch protecting the camp, almost reaching under the wooden fence outside the camp. .However, many twisted and twisted thick roots appeared there, firmly blocking the devil's digging.

Before they could think of other ways, dense stone rain fell from the sky accompanied by the sound of breaking wind, which not only killed and wounded the demons, but also blocked a section of the trench tens of meters long.

However, this was just an insignificant part of the fierce battle at night. The guardians of Moonglade did not rest for a moment all night. Finally, a ray of dawn appeared in the east, and the desire of the demon army to attack seemed to be suppressed by the heavy losses declined.However, within half an hour at most, there was another sudden alarm bell from the watchtower.A total of [-] demons lined up in forty square formations, and with the sound of head drums, they slowly advanced towards the outpost of Moonlight Glade.

In this way, rest is even more out of the question.And this time the demon army adopted a new strategy. They pushed their troops to the middle of the battlefield, that is, 500 meters away from the front of the Moonlight Outpost camp, and then stopped to build trenches and barriers.They worked very hard, and it seemed that they wanted to build a city wall around the Moonglade outpost, and dragged several commander's wheel palaces to the earth embankment.Several watchtowers formed, taller than the protective wooden walls of the Moonglade outpost.

All of this was seen by Levi Stern, which made the Griffin Lord's mood even more gloomy.Unlike those members of the elven royal court who have not been in contact with war for hundreds of years, Levi Ston had a very bad premonition when the demon army began to dig trenches and build barriers.However, it is not easy to deal with it. The area chosen by the devil to build a fortress is far beyond the range of the elf longbow and the goblin catapult. Only the sniper archer Sir Grace, the secret archer Larry? Arrows shot by a few people can threaten targets as far as 500 meters away.Their archery skills are excellent, but it is simply a big joke to hinder the projects carried out by tens of thousands of demons with just a few longbows.

Seeing that the barrier started to be constructed from several directions at the same time, and the construction speed was astonishingly fast, Li Wei resolutely called a meeting to prepare to organize an attacking force, and deal a violent blow to the enemy while he was not firmly established.It is one thing to stand firm in a well-fortified camp, but it is another thing to take the initiative to attack the demon army that has an absolute advantage. Li Wei originally thought that his proposal would go through a lot of twists and turns before it could be passed, but it turned out that the Griffin The lord was taken by surprise.

Perhaps because it has been quite smooth all the time, Levi Stern's command ability has been recognized by everyone.All those who were qualified to attend the meeting, including Serrandis, the leader of the Silver Pegasus Knights, and Simon Golden Tongue, the green leaf singer, agreed unanimously, and tried their best to fight for the opportunity to fight side by side with the Griffin Lord.The Beast King Kalmos? Bloody Roar was the most violent among them. He slammed the ugly and big double-edged battle ax on the table, yelling and threatening that if he didn't get the attack If there is no opportunity, then they can only step on their own corpses and leave the venue.

Serendis, the leader of the Silver Pegasus Knights, immediately stood up, his chin raised at an arrogant angle, "Moonwhisper Forest is the home of our elves, so it should be protected by our hands, no matter what, There must be my name in the attacking team.”

"Skinny bean sprouts go away." Kalmos impatiently waved his giant hand, and bared his two fangs at the leader of the Silver Pegasus Knights, "It's our orcs' job to fight demons, you should stay here obediently." Just shoot out those stinging thorns in the camp. If you want to go outside and cause trouble for us, first ask my big guy if he agrees?"

Even for the orcs who are always rough, the hand gestures made by Lord Kalmos are considered obscene, which made Serrandis not understand at first, and his face turned red until a few seconds later. "That's really great, I've never peeled some kind of rude and barbaric green skin." The high elf master of martial arts said, with his right hand tightly pressing the handle of the mithril machete, he seemed quite happy Put your own strong answer into action.

Li Wei sighed helplessly, then stood up to appease the emotions of both parties.The antagonism between orcs and high elves is just one of the troubles currently encountered by the defenders of the Moonglade outpost. The feud between the high elves and the wild elves, the friction between the centaurs and the wild bears, the war between the flower goblins and the big crows Noisy...the list goes on and on.If it is a child of the royal capital who has received relevant education since childhood, he may feel comfortable facing this situation, and even enjoy it, but Li Wei feels that it is more difficult than facing an army of [-] demons.

"This has nothing to do with your reputation, but you have to consider whether it is suitable for this battle." Li Wei frowned and said loudly to the emotional crowd, "The demon army has an absolute numerical advantage, and the troops we attack You must be flexible and move while fighting, as long as you are a little slow, you will be surrounded by the demon army, and you will have a dead end." His gaze then turned to Green Leafsinger and the druids behind him, "Master Simon Gold Tongue , Master Odessa, please stay here with the druids from the Natural Magic Guild and assist the long-range troops to defend the camp, maybe the demon side will take the opportunity to launch a surprise attack on the camp."

A regretful expression appeared on the face of the Green Leaf Singer, but because Li Wei's words just now were reasonable, he couldn't find any reason to object, so he nodded and said, "Your Excellency Li Wei Ston, please rest assured, the defense camp The task is entrusted to us.”

"Sir Grace, your silver fir longbow has the longest range. It doesn't make any difference to you whether you attack or not. I want you and Larry Moonbow to select the twenty most outstanding marksmen and concentrate the rest. All the bursting flame arrows are scattered rapidly to cover the actions of the attacking troops."

Sir Grace tapped his chest with his hands solemnly, "I obey, Lord Levi." Larry Moonbow seemed a little reluctant, but finally bowed deeply, "As you ordered, Li Wei His Excellency Wei Stern."

According to the subsequently agreed plan, the ground troops mainly composed of wild elf war dancers and centaur rangers were divided into two groups. Led by Sir Rodriguez and Karmos Bloody Roar, they set out from both sides of the camp, and like a pack of wolves, they pounced on the ditches and barriers that the demons were building.The air troop composed of Griffon Knights and Silver Pegasus Knights, led by Levi Ston and Selandis, rose into the air one minute earlier to attract the attention of the demon army.

When a large group of Griffins and Silver Pegasus rose from the outpost in Moonlight Grove, Darija, the Burning Dragon King who was directing behind the embankment, showed a slightly surprised expression.Just now, he dismissed the previous arrangements made by the treacherous lord, thinking that the cunning demon lord was a little too cautious, even to the point of timidity.However, those elves really left the relatively safe camp as the treacherous lord said, which made Darija have to reconsider what Shakros said.

"Maybe I should revise my views on those elves... No, not elves, but humans." There was an almost imperceptible smile on the corner of Darija's mouth, "That young god-favored one seems to be able to influence people now." This change is really more interesting when it comes to the decision made by the elf court of the Moon Whispering Forest."

Burning Dragon King Darija did not show mercy because of Li Wei Ston's status as a god-favored person. Following an order, several winged demon teams that had already prepared took off to meet the enemy, absorbing the individual strength of the winged demons. Insufficient lessons, they put the flying altitude at the middle and low altitudes, so that those demons with natural attack magic in the commander's wheel palace can support them.

This defensive countermeasure worked really well.The Moonlight Glade air force, which was already at a disadvantage in numbers, carried out several dive attacks in a row, but they all failed in front of the dense formation formed by the Winged Demons. On the contrary, a few silver Pegasus were pulled out because of their slow speed. The black Fiendfire and Lianzhu fireball rising from below hit it, and immediately fell down together with the elf knight on its back, and was burned into a ball of coke before it landed.

Li Wei immediately responded with two fireballs and a flash of lightning. However, the battle in the air is no different than on the ground. When the fireball flew, the winged demons immediately scattered in all directions. Only a few unlucky guys had no time to dodge and were caught in the explosion. The lightning hit the top floor of a commander's wheel palace, and after breaking through the magic protection, it left a scorched black brand mark on it.

According to the extent of this damage, when Li Wei casts 120 lightning spells, he may be able to destroy the structure of the commander's wheel palace and completely destroy it.However, he tried his best, and Li Wei could only cast magic such as lightning and fireball 10 times in a day. This was based on the premise that the power consumed by magic was greatly reduced after the promotion of Castle Heart.

Fortunately, Li Wei did not expect to use the power of the air force to destroy the trenches, barriers and embankments dug by the demons from the very beginning. At least they have done a good job in the intended target—that is, attracting the attention of the demon army .The Emerald Dragon and the Green Dragon then joined in the attack on the ground, the flames flashed, the roar was deafening, and the dazzling lightning tore the sky and fell straight to the earth; more than a dozen dragon breaths swept side by side from the earth embankment in a parallel posture, The wailing and screaming of demons exploded everywhere; the griffins and silver Pegasus flew across the sky like bursts of hurricanes, and the winged demons made piercing screams, waving their claws to the sky to demonstrate, and the sound of countless wings beating the air Gathered into a noisy battle song, echoing on the battlefield above the embankment.

The suspension bridges on both sides of the outpost in Moonlight Glade were lowered silently, and the left and right armies set off in the direction of the embankment. Each team had a hundred wild elf war dancers and a hundred centaur rangers. Instead of carrying the usual weapons—the wardancer's short sword and the centaur ranger's javelin—they carried clay pots filled with an alchemical liquid.

This kind of fragile clay pot is called by Si'er, the leader of the elves, the hot juice bomb. It is another notorious weapon invented by the elves after the self-made musket.However, due to the terrible security, even within the elves, they are usually only used by members of the Tully death squad.

Whether it is a small monster catapult or other means, there is no way to throw this very fragile clay pot. Even after accepting Mr. Dish's improvement and wrapping the pot with several layers of parchment, it is still only possible to use it manually. Attack by throwing, but the chance of directly exploding in the hand is much lower.

Unlike the high elves who are relatively arrogant and fragile, whether they are wild elves or centaurs, they are much more resolute and heroic. Li Wei originally planned to lead the Griffin Knights to carry out this dangerous move, but was defeated by the wild elves. The hunters tried their best to stop it, claiming that this weapon of the brave was born for the glory of the wild elves.

They did show amazing courage, but only for five seconds after the troops approached the earth bank and threw the clay pot in their hands.

The hot juice bomb did not explode when it hit the ground, but cracked like a ripe fruit, and a large amount of viscous and shiny orange-yellow juice dripped out.However, these juices burned quickly after contacting the air... "No, it's not just burning, it's exploding!" Unicon Fizeld's pupils shrunk to two points the size of pinpoints, and he held his waist tightly with both hands It seems that only the familiar hard touch can keep him calm. "The earth is not trembling, but my heart is trembling... in fear!"

There are not many things that can make Master War Dancer feel fear. The terrifying scene in front of him is obviously one of them. The first batch and the second batch threw a total of [-] clay pots, which were distributed on the nearly three kilometers of earth embankment It just seems insignificant.However, the fire bursting out in front of him seemed to form a long river of flames, stirring up waves of fire dozens of meters high and rushing straight into the sky. The sounds that came from my ears were not screams and groans, but actually after the explosion of those clay pots , none of the members of the raiding team could hear the other sounds clearly, all of them were screams like red-hot steel needles piercing the eardrums, until a full half minute later—or a year?Unicon Fizeld couldn't tell, and he guessed no one else could either—and it turned into the sound of howling winds.

The whole embankment was burning...or boiling like a river of lava.The composition of the alchemical substance contained in the clay pot is very complicated, and even Mr. Dish, who is a master of alchemy, cannot completely determine its nature, but there is one thing that is absolutely certain, that is, after contact with the air, the thick The liquid will burn crazily, and the heat released is completely uncontrollable. Not only flammable materials such as wood and leather will be ignited, but even on steel, sand, even river water and ice, they will burn crazily and explode violently until all Alchemy substances are exhausted.

The flesh and blood of demons is no exception. Their ability to resist flames did not make them immune. The demons stained by the terrible orange liquid immediately burned into a ball of flames, as if their muscles and bones were filled with flammable flames. kerosene.And those who were not engulfed by the flames, no matter if they were imps, horned demons, incinerators, hellhounds or other high-level demons, were now desperately escaping from this terrifying sea of ​​flames.

The attacking troops who had won a complete victory almost forgot to retreat because they were too shocked, but fortunately, the demons were also shocked by the terrifying scene before them, and they let out heart-piercing roars while fleeing with their heads in their hands.Although the Burning Dragon King Darija was not afraid of the scorching heat, he had no choice but to use the teleportation magic of flame jumping to leave when he saw the troops retreating irreparably.

The outpost camp in Moonlight Glade was shrouded in silence, and the excessive shock had frozen the cheers in their throats.Even veterans who have witnessed the Dragon War have never seen such a terrifying scene. Green Leafsinger Simon Goldtongue was especially frightened, and his hands holding the bronze looking glass couldn't help trembling slightly.

"This is simply... a scene from a nightmare..." Green Leaf Singer muttered to himself, "It's scary, it's really scary, it shouldn't exist in this world! This kind of thing... what is it!"

"This substance is also called KDD." Seeing the stiff-faced Green Leaf Chanter, Si'er, the leader of the goblins, said in a happy tone, and at the same time held up an extraordinarily thick lever covered with gears, which occasionally whined. The monocular looking at the opposite side with the sound of puffing and puffing, "This is to commemorate the little goblin scholar master who invented this substance but unfortunately died for alchemy."

"Is the abbreviation of the Master Scholar KDD?" Green Leaf Singer Simon Golden Tongue said while secretly swearing that he must stay away from the scholars of the little elves. After hearing Si'er's answer, Can't help but strengthen this belief even more.

"That's not true. The name of that scholar master has been forgotten by history, and only his actions at that time have been recorded." The leader of Si'er sighed sadly, "This is the first time this substance has appeared in the air. , and immediately burned violently, the master scholar threw himself on it desperately, trying to extinguish it with urine. However, it was contrary to expectations, the cruel flame went up along the urine, and scorched the one between the master scholar's legs..."

(End of this chapter)