That's how it should be.
If it were a soldier pushing a battering ram, he should have stopped by now because of the rain of arrows. However, when the opponent was an inanimate monster without a sense of pain, even the steel arrowheads with the "Sharp Blade" magic attached to them only pierced the stone statue, and other than causing the golem to freeze in place for a moment, it had no effect.
Jinghua couldn't help but feel fortunate that these stone statues were not very intelligent. If they had taken large stones and smashed them against the city walls, it wouldn't take long before the soldiers on the walls would have been routed.
"I'm going too! — 『Fireball』."
After a little aiming, an orange-red fireball the size of a human head flew towards the bottom of the city wall. Jinghua was standing near the right side of the city gate, and the magic could just cover the city.
boom.
The fireball easily hit the golem that was hit by the arrow. The impact of the magic collision caused the golem to stagnate, and then, strong flames burst out from the golem. While the fireball attached to the golem and burned, it also ignited the arrow that was originally stuck in its body. From Jinghua's perspective, the golem now looked like a moving fireball.
No effect?
Jinghua stared at the golem nervously. His identification skills could only identify targets within one meter. If he wanted to know whether the golem was damaged, he could only observe it with the naked eye.
The golem, with flames burning all over its body, was still moving towards the city gate, but it was worth noting that after taking a few steps, the golem slowed down rapidly, like a machine that had not been oiled for a long time, and finally stopped in place without moving, as if the inside of the wood was burnt, and fell to the ground with a bang.
"efficient?"
"Cooperate with the Saint! Bring out the kerosene!"
Perhaps they wanted to assist themselves by coating the arrows with kerosene, Jinghua thought. Most of the magic chanters in the kingdom had been sent to the East Gate to resist the main force of the coalition forces. Here, only themselves and the flower demon had magical abilities.
Thinking that he was the only person other than the city defense crossbow who could destroy the golem remotely, Jinghua couldn't help but feel that the responsibility on his shoulders suddenly became much heavier. His whole body was sweating due to nervousness, and his body, which was originally feeling cold due to the cold wind, also became hot.
"Will you let me keep your cloak? Won't this kind of clothing hinder us in battle?"
Looking at the beads of sweat on Jinghua's forehead, the flower demon suggested.
Jinghua shook his head.
"No, I feel more at ease with the cloak."
"That's true. After all, we can't rule out the possibility of an assassin. It would be troublesome if we were to be spotted because we were too conspicuous. A cloak can at least help conceal us at night."
No, I meant that the clothing beneath the cloak was too shameful to be worn on a battlefield.
Jinghua quickly shook her head in her heart, but since the flower demon had taken the initiative to find an excuse for herself, she was happy to just walk down the stairs.
"Second round, let's go!"
Whizzing.
The black arrows were released again, and at the same time, Jinghua was pulled back from his scattered thoughts. Jinghua began to chant the "Fireball" magic again.
Currently, Jinghua only has four attack methods: Fireball, Light Arrow, Kuro's Tears, and the one-shot magic stored in his staff. Kuro's Tears should of course be saved for critical moments, while the One-shot is a supportive magic that can quickly activate all stored mana within the body, instantly converting and releasing it. In other words, it allows one to unleash power beyond their limits, but it has no inherent offensive effect.
As for "Fireball" and "Light Arrow", when dealing with earth-type monsters such as golems, of course you have to choose the "Fireball" magic with attribute restraint. If you switch to "Light Arrow", it may not even be able to penetrate the opponent's palm.
With the cooperation of Jinghua and the defenders, another golem was soon destroyed, but there were still sixteen golems left in the field. At the same time, the golems finally crossed a distance of five hundred yards and arrived in front of the city gate.
cluck cluck.
Standing on top of the city wall, Jinghua could clearly hear the friction sound when the golem raised its fists, like heavy gears biting together, giving people the illusion that it was impossible to resist.
"Hurry up and use the wood!"
But in fact, the soldiers did not even wait for the commander to give orders before they threw large stones and heavy wood down the battlements. Dropping hundreds of pounds of weight from a twenty-meter-high wall would damage even a battering ram, but when it came to the golem, it felt powerless.
Of course, this does not mean that the golems are so hard that they cannot be injured at all. If they are hit head-on by stones, they will still shake and fall down. The only problem faced by the soldiers is that it is difficult to hit them.
These five-meter-tall golems seemed to have suddenly gained intelligence. They stretched out their hands to block their heads or simply made movements to push the stones away, so that when the projectiles hit their heads, they would only lose an arm at most. When the second wave of rolling stones came with unstoppable momentum, the golems had already walked to the front of the city gate.
The golems, with only one arm left, raised their fists high like warriors gathering strength, and then, amid the panicked shouts of the soldiers defending the city, they slammed their fists, which were half the size of their bodies, heavily on the wooden city gate wrapped in iron sheets.
boom!
A blow that even shook the city walls.
Jinghua even saw several soldiers unable to stand firm and almost falling off the city wall.
"Get some rocks against the city gates! Even if the first gate falls, the second gate can buy us time!"
"""yes!"""
Soldiers armed with spears hurriedly ran towards the city.
Then, a shaking even more violent than before began.
Boom boom——
A total of five golems raised their fists together, among which there were even two completely unharmed golems that clasped their hands together to bombard the city gate. Not only that, these golems seemed to have agreed beforehand, and they would wait until everyone had accumulated enough strength before smashing towards the city gate together.
“Hmm!”
Affected by the shaking, Jinghua, who was chanting the spell, bit his tongue and felt a sudden pain all over his body. His body tilted to the side because he could not stand steadily, and his vision also began to spin.
Oh no, I’m going to fall.
Falling from a twenty-meter-high wall, there was no other possibility except death. Jinghua subconsciously reached back, trying to grab something to stop the fall, but his soft palm only felt the touch of rough bricks, and there was no place to use as a foothold.
However, the story does not end there.
Just as Jinghua opened his eyes wide and his heart was filled with fear of death, the rapidly rising scenery stopped in an instant, and then, there was a cracking sound as if something was tied around his waist, as if it was about to break.
"Ehh."
Unable to even speak the words of pain, his eyes instantly filled with tears. Jinghua could only compare the pain to the pain he felt when he was kicked in the face by Liger when fighting Liger in the Colosseum.
The force continued to come from his waist, and Jinghua felt that he was being pulled back to the city wall. In just a few breaths, he was standing on solid ground instead of hanging in the air.
"Ahem."
"Are you okay? I'm glad you're right here with me."
The flower demon's concerned words reached his ears. Jinghua, whose whole body was limp, wiped the saliva that flowed out unconsciously, knelt on the ground and gasped heavily.
“No, it’s okay…”
But if I want to get back into the battle, it will probably take some time to adjust my emotions. The feeling of weakness all over my body makes it impossible to concentrate on chanting.
Click, click, click.
Against the backdrop of the soldiers' shouts, an ominous sound rang out, making one's heart tremble, like the last groan of a piece of wood before it breaks under pressure.
"The first city gate is no longer tenable."
Even if the soldiers kept adding locks or used iron birch logs to diagonally prop up the city gate, they were unable to withstand the golems' repeated bombardment. As a result, the gate locks were covered with cracks and could break at any time.
As if mocking the soldiers' resistance, flames of war broke out along the inner walls, and the sounds of shouting, screaming, and metal clashing filled the ears.
"what happened?"
What came into view was a team that was obviously not their companions, about thirty humans, wreaking havoc below the city wall.
“Where on earth did this come from?!”
"Master General! It's the sluice gate! They slipped in from under the sluice gate!"
"Tsk, we absolutely can't let them get here. Send some archers to shoot at them—"
"I'll save my dreams for after I die!"
Before the general could finish his words, a human whisper accompanied by a hammer reflecting firelight appeared on the high platform of the city wall. Jinghua, who was still lying on the ground, turned his head to look at the orichalcum Kumi who was called the general. Opposite him stood a human who was completely hidden under a black cloak.
"Hmph, are you here to assassinate me?"
"Assassination? For someone like me, a Crimson Gold Rank, there's no such thing as assassination. Die!"
The one-handed hammer flashed in the night and smashed down towards the commander from top to bottom at a speed that Jinghua could not catch.
clang.
The crisp sound of metal clashing was accompanied by flashes of intense sparks. Judging from the power confrontation alone, the orichalcum Kumi, known as the chief and armed with a spear, was clearly at a disadvantage.
"Boss!"
"Don't worry about me, destroy the golem first!"
""yes!""
At the commander's command, the Kumis returned to their original positions with anxious expressions, and like crazy, they lifted the giant object and threw it at the golem without caring about their physical strength.
"Kagami-chan, we can't hold this place anymore, let's run away."
The flower demon used vines to lift Jinghua up and slowly pushed her away.
Jinghua grabbed the vine.
"Isn't the city gate still there? Isn't there a second gate?"
"The second city gate can't possibly be as strong as the first. If we don't escape now, we won't have a chance once the assassin arrives!"
"No, there's still a chance. Use the weapon I gave Miss Flower Fairy."
While trying to steady himself from being knocked down by the city wall, Jinghua stretched out his trembling hands and searched for the vermilion crystal in his backpack.
"Hey, this is it! The crystal that the flower demon lady ate."
"How can there be only two? Even if each of them can kill one, there are more than a dozen now."
"Ella has given me so much. If I could just use it all."
In a hurry, Jinghua took out a handful of "Kuro's Tears" from his backpack, and the flower demon's red pupils suddenly shrank.
"If that's all you have...it's definitely enough. Okay, leave the frontal defense to us."
Calmness returned to his eyes. The flower demon raised his head and opened his mouth wide, inserting the green vine into his throat and taking out Kro's tears that had been put into his stomach before. The vines holding the crystals were like human fingers, flexibly grabbing Kro's tears, and then twisting the vines into a strand like a human swinging a fist, making a backward charging movement, and then quickly throwing it at the golem below.
The inconspicuous scarlet crystal, only the size of a thumb, drew a perfect parabola in the air and finally hit the feet of the golem, which had taken a few steps back and was about to use its body to knock open the city gate.
It must work!
As if responding to Jinghua's inner cry, without any delay, Kro's tears instantly burst into flames that illuminated half of the city wall.
Boom boom boom! ! ! !
The huge sound and vibration told Jinghua the power of "Kuro's Tears". The entire golem instantly turned into pieces and scattered. The broken stones even caused damage to other golems around it. With just one blow, the golem disappeared from the ground, and in its place was a huge crater with a diameter of about three meters.
Gulu.
Jinghua heard a strange sound like someone swallowing saliva in his ears. When he came to his senses, he found that the person who made the sound was himself.
For the soldiers who witnessed the stone statue exploding, it was undoubtedly a huge surprise. They began to look around, looking for the source of this scene. Soon, Jinghua and Hua Yao were locked onto by everyone.
"Yes, it is Saint Lady!"
"You are indeed the Son chosen by God!"
"Guard the city gate and buy time for the Saint!"
The soldiers on the city wall encouraged each other with almost hoarse voices, while the soldiers under the city wall who were responsible for blocking the city gate with stones were pushing carts hard and piling the stones together.
"That makes it the third one!"
In Jinghua's eyes, the flower demon who had obtained Kro's tears was like a sniper from the original world. Every throw would accurately take the life of a golem. It took less than two minutes for three golems to be annihilated, and the originally shaking city wall also calmed down a little.
"At this rate, we can hold the fort even with just the two of us. The only thing left is whether the opponent has more magic power or Kagamika has more crystals."
The flower demon's words made Jinghua swallow his saliva and nodded vigorously.
"I'll try my best."
"The second wave of golems is coming. Throwing them one by one slowly won't keep up with their speed in destroying the city gate. I'm going to use all my strength. Kagami-chan, be careful not to fall down again."
"Yes, yes."
Didn’t you use your full strength just now?
Jinghua couldn't help but look puzzled, but the flower demon quickly explained everything with her actions.
The several vines that were originally idle behind it twisted together to form four powerful vines that could throw crystals. At the same time, the flower demon's body seemed to split, its outline gradually blurred, and finally another identical body separated from the original body.
"That way I can keep my focus. Kagami-chan, give me the crystal."
"yes!"
Jinghua responded loudly that if five of Kuro's tears could be thrown at the same time, the golem would be no problem at all.
Immediately spreading out his hands, Jinghua looked at the flower demon with great anticipation to show his skills, however.
"Go to hell!"
A voice filled with strong will, along with the sound of a weapon breaking through the air, reached Jinghua's ears. Jinghua subconsciously turned around, and what appeared in his eyes was a small nail hammer shining with silver light. Jinghua clearly remembered that the owner of this nail hammer was the person who had assassinated the chief before.
"Danger!"
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