"Crossbowmen ready——! ballista catapults ready ——! minute! I want all the legionnaires to be on standby in front of me in a minute——!

The cold wind was cold, and the roar of the Ernst Horn bell echoed, and for a long time there was no decision, and the snow blade was raised on the city wall like a banner: "For the glory of Sackland——!"

"For the Glory of Sackland——————!!!!"

A loud shout resounded over the fortress, and everywhere there were figures of heavily armed soldiers staring, swords unsheathed, and marching forward in an orderly formation.

As the most critical northern wall of the Fracture Mountain Fortress, it has the strongest defense in the entire fortress system - not only are there fixed heavy projectile ballistae at the top of each tower, but the walls also have two wide trapezoidal slopes that can be used to transport any required ordnance to the walls with the help of a pulley system through the tracks laid above.

Not only that, but the gentle slope of the boulder city can be used as a load-bearing wall to carry the load on the wall, and once the gate is breached, the gate can be blocked with a system of guards and rails on both sides, and barrels filled with asphalt and ignition can be dropped to blast enemies into the sky.

Under the impregnable fortress and strict protection, the Broken Mountain Fortress was able to resist several times or even dozens of times the army of monsters with a small number of recruits, and even held on for a day and a night without being defeated.

Hundreds of legionnaires lined up in a neat line behind the gates of the fortress, while sappers and crossbowmen half-crouched behind the battlements of the city wall, lit torches beside them and waited for orders, with different expressions, or looked at death as if they were at home, or their eyes were dilated, or they were desperately resisting the urge to vomit......

The real legionnaires were all taken away by Conod, leaving behind only a group of half-grown children who had not experienced war.

"They're just outside, just outside our walls——!"

The roaring Ernst pointed to the black oppression in the distance, and looked at the soldiers with a determined expression: "But I am not afraid of them, we don't have to be afraid of them, because we have already defeated them once yesterday!"

"Thirteen generations, hundreds of years, invasion after invasion, all of them fell under this northern wall again and again!"

"So it's them, not us, that should be feared!" the middle-aged knight's eyes swept over his faces, "And today we will be the same as yesterday - His Highness Conrad de Salion will be back at any time, what will we give him when he returns?!"

"Victory ——————!!!!"

"Then what are you waiting for?!" Ernst Drexis, with his eyes wide open, stared at the "gray wave" that was surging like a tide, and swung his sword vigorously:

"Crush them ——!"

The rotting corpses that let out a cry of ice cracking were lined up in a neat formation, densely packed like phalanx legions advancing towards the city walls, shaking the frozen land buried by snow beneath their feet, this ancient and desolate land.

A dazzling arc suddenly rose from the city walls, and the next moment, the sky was dyed golden red by arrows of fire and flaming stone cannons——!

The dull roar, the splashing snowflakes, the bursting fire, the screeching of arrows...... The endless "gray and white wave" was constantly blasted into blank space one after another, and the roaring rotting corpses fell one by one.

Didn't aim, didn't even look - the hysterical crossbowmen and sappers just did their best, pouring arrows, cannons, and oil far above the monsters' heads.

But that's not enough, far from it...... Just like that, they can't even stop their progress, at most they can only buy a little time for themselves.

There must be enough decisive force, even if it is only to interrupt the rhythm of their attack - the last defensive battle has already caused heavy casualties among the remaining veterans in the fortress, and once the rotting corpses flood the walls, these recruits alone will be a one-sided slaughter!

"The shaft is two and a half weeks old, the chassis turns to the left, the bracket is raised, fixed, loaded and launched!"

An inexplicably familiar voice suddenly came from the top of the tower, and before the middle-aged knight could turn around, a flash of fire had already flown out from the top of the tower.

"Boom ——!!!!"

The golden-red flames burst out in the "gray and white wave" - unlike the other stone cannons that were thrown indiscriminately by the sappers, the explosion point landed firmly in the center!

Turning back suddenly, Ernst Drexis, who was not happy to be angry, widened his eyes, rushed up the tower and roared angrily at the figure:

"Lord Ain Rand, what the hell are you doing?!"

"Do what I can!" The little wizard who did not flinch glared back, his sapphire-like eyes radiating resolute brilliance:

"They won't be able to breach this fortress, as long as we fight side by side - isn't that what you said?!"

"That's not what I said, and it's none of your business!" the middle-aged knight roared, "His Highness Conod has sworn to keep you safe, and I will definitely do it!"

"If the Broken Mountain Fortress is lost, you won't be able to do it!" Ain still had no intention of giving in, and confronted the middle-aged knight head-on.

"The Broken Mountain Fortress will never be lost!"

"If you have enough troops - the sappers and archers here are all inexperienced recruits, and as an alchemist, calculating range is my specialty!"

As he spoke, the proud little wizard cocked his chin: "What's more, I'm still a Lothair, can you find someone who knows how to shoot arrows better than the Lothairian?!"

"By the way, His Excellency Ernst Dresis, the deputy commander of the fortress, the two legionnaires you sent to monitor me voluntarily released me - because even if the two of them went together, they would not be my opponent as an alchemist!"

The middle-aged knight froze in place, subconsciously glanced around, and found that the sappers were also stunned, looking at him as if they were frightened.

"What are you all waiting for, waiting for those monsters to climb the walls and tear us all to shreds?!" roared Ernst, who turned his head sharply:

"From now on, all trebuchets and ballistas in the Broken Mountain Fortress are under the command of His Excellency Ain Rand - this is my order, do you hear me clearly?!"

"Understood——!"

Suddenly, there was an orderly sound of machine blinking in all the towers of the entire city wall, and the panicked sappers reloaded their ammunition, waiting for the somewhat weak but unwavering order.

"Ready... Three, two, one...... Launch!"

The sky was filled with fire like meteors, and the screaming arrows rained down like rain, harvesting the rotting demons beyond the walls one by one at the command of the little wizard, and in the flames, the monsters were reduced to pieces with a roar of ice cracking.

But these monsters didn't feel the slightest fear at all, and the gray corpse demons holding ice crystal shields and spears still walked neatly, approaching the fortress of Broken Mountain unhurriedly.

Broken bones and falling into the pit...... The shadow of death once again loomed over the walls of the Broken Mountain Fortress, and thousands of rotting corpses once again filled the outermost trenches!

The bloodless little wizard bit his lower lip, still calmly directing the sappers to pour flames out of the city...... And the monsters under the city have stepped on countless ice crystal "bones" and are approaching the city.

"Bell ——!"

With his sword out of his body and a solemn expression, Ernst Drexis stood at the forefront of the battlements, and behind him was a dense crowd of hundreds of legionnaires who had erected a wall of shields.

Hundreds of carrion demons climbed the city wall, and the next moment, the middle-aged knight suddenly raised his silver long sword, and a deep roar sounded again:

"For the glory of Sackland——!

"For the glory of Sackland————————!!!!

"Forward ——!"

With a roar from Ernst, a whole row of halberds rose in front of the shield wall, and the legionnaires with shields advanced in orderly steps, colliding head-on with the monsters climbing the walls!

The black shield wall and the gray-white tide strangled together, the legionnaires who tried to raise their shields died tragically under the ice crystal spears, the roaring monsters were cleaved to pieces by the halberds, and the roaring crossbowmen poured a steady stream of arrows......

"Woo——————————————!!!!"

At the moment when the battle situation was deadlocked, a melodious trumpet sound was heard from afar.