Volume 8: War and Peace Chapter 72: The Battle of Aston (14)
Day 6 of the Battle of Aston, 2:40 p.m., Overcast!
Krut Pemilian took off his helmet full of smoke and dust and poured a basin of water on his face, and the city's water supply began to be scarce, and now it can only meet the daily drinking needs, and only a heroic existence like him is qualified to clean the dust of war.
All this is due to the resumption of the air bombardment two days ago, the reorganized air combat unit has been expanded from the original 12 air combat regiments to 16, and the number of air combat groups in each air combat regiment has also been fully doubled, sufficient manpower has allowed the entire air combat unit to carry out larger-scale combat operations, and the improved fourth-generation air combat equipment has provided them with sufficient strength.
Under the constant bombardment, the rebels in Aston City not only had to face the magic bombs falling overhead, but also suffered a seemingly never-ending harassment, and the siege was in full swing, making it impossible for them to draw enough men to defend their defenses.
In fact, the rebels inside the city are now almost at their limit, and these days, those enemies outside the city are like demons that cannot be killed, completely ignoring the huge casualties, and launching attacks over and over again. The walls of the city have long been smashed to pieces, and the battle for the walls has been reappearing since a day ago, and so far, the enemy outside the city has firmly controlled several areas, relying on the huge siege towers, gradually encroaching on the range of activities of the rebels.
In order to repel the enemy, Krut Pemilian can only lead his personal guard to fight fires everywhere, just like another hero, but there are too many enemies, and he is not afraid of death, even if he can easily kill them, he can't stop the number of opponents.
What's more, heroes are not invincible on such a battlefield, and a careless hit by a stone projectile fired by a heavy catapult is enough for them to be seriously injured. Not to mention that there is a heroic dwarf in the sky, Kens Burriman suffered a loss not long ago, this warrior who also has heroic strength was smashed by Kudran Brute's arm, due to the lack of a senior priest, this heroic warrior can only stay in the city to recuperate, and can no longer fight in a short time.
"Lord Korut!" A rebel herald ran over.
Dividing the rest of the water into his mouth, his fiery throat moistened a little, and Korut Pemilian regained his calm appearance: "What's wrong?" Where was it broken through? ”
"No, but the core node of the magic defense shield on the east side of the city wall has been bombed by the enemy, and after several lords of the mage regiment have checked it, they think that it cannot be repaired, and the shield will automatically close after two hours, otherwise it will cause the other two core nodes to self-destruct due to excessive mana load." "Besides, we don't have enough magic crystals to keep the shield open for long. ”
Has this day finally arrived? Krut let out a long sigh, "I see! Tell the Mage Corps that from now on the distribution of magic crystals is up to them, and that they will ensure as much magical support as possible on the city walls. ”
Krut wasn't surprised that enemies would come to destroy the core nodes of the mana shield, and he would do the same, so he placed strong defenses at the three core nodes, and even placed the few high-level mages there. However, what he didn't expect was that the enemy's determination would be so great, and in the past few days, he has launched almost non-stop attacks on these three core nodes, and each time it has been in the same way, which is unbelievable to Krut.
Aren't those guys outside the city afraid of death?
It's a pity that Krut doesn't know that players are really not afraid of death, as long as they don't die multiple times in a short period of time, such suicide attacks are simply commonplace for players.
After sighing for a while, Krut had to go to the southern wall again with the few remaining guards to put out the fire. Since noon on the day of the siege, when the enemy outside the city rushed to the city wall, the southern wall has become the focus of contention between the two sides, and in the past few days, at least 50,000 rebel soldiers have died there!
Sure enough, as Krut approached the walls, he could already hear shouts from outside the city, as well as the earth-shattering drums of war. Krut, who had been fighting the Angel Date for days, knew very well that this was a harbinger of the guys' attack.
"Follow me, we can't let this waste break through the walls!" Krut didn't bother to think about his future, he only knew that if the enemy outside the city broke through the walls, he would lose control of Aston City, and he, and his soldiers, would have only one ending, and that was death!
The tragic battle is staged again on the city walls!
"Sure enough, the other hero-level doesn't seem to have recovered yet, and this guy has always been this guy since the morning!" After confirming through the telescope that Krut was on the city walls, Pearl said to Pompeii.
The rebels suffered greatly from the continuous offensive of the First Legion in the past few days, and although most of the siege towers were lost in the first day's attack, with the seven transferred by Mikael, plus the three seconded by Pompeii from the Fourth Legion, and the two that were temporarily repaired, the First Legion regained enough threat to the walls.
In order to avoid a recurrence of the tragedy of the first day, Pompey tried his best to mobilize the rebel cavalry out of the city to fight, and even did not hesitate to use heavy catapults as bait, and finally defeated the rebel cavalry after paying the price of the destruction of two heavy catapults and the destruction of more than 40 improvised catapults, and the number of cavalry that could escape back to Aston City was less than 300 people, and it was no longer possible to pose a threat to the First Army.
Another problem that needs to be solved is the existence of two heroes in the city. After many temptations, Pompeii and Pearl were basically convinced that there were only two heroes in the city, a warrior and a knight. For this reason, Pompeii set a trap for the other party.
Relying on the return of the air combat regiment to the battlefield, Pompeii seized the opportunity of the two heroes to rotate and use concentrated bombing and airborne landing to separate the heroic warrior from the elite of the rebels. Then, with the help of Kudran Brutehammer, he inflicted heavy losses on the opponent, forcing the heroic warrior to withdraw from the battlefield.
And now, that heroic knight has been fighting for seven hours in a row, even if the other party is an iron man, he can't help fighting for such a long time, Pompey believes that the dawn of victory has appeared!
"Are you all ready?"
"It's been ready for a long time! It's all voluntary, and I'll personally lead the team when the time comes! Pearl replied with a nod.
"Let's get started! Let's put an end to this battle with the First Legion! ”
Another trumpet sounded, and after the guards had pushed back a group of players who had stormed the walls, Krut looked up.
Everywhere he looks, it is a terrifying scenery!
More than a dozen huge siege towers were rapidly approaching from the enemy positions outside the city, and for the first time in recent days, the Angel's Covenant had concentrated on such a powerful siege machine, and Krut knew exactly what that meant.
"Quick, blow the trumpet! Let the reserves go to the walls at once! Krut shouted loudly to the guards.
But the general attack launched by the First Legion obviously also made the players who were fighting on the city wall feel excited, and for a while, the players who broke out with all their strength actually suppressed the rebels from the momentum, and the air combat players in the sky also discovered this, and immediately gathered in the southern city under the command of the airspace control group, and carried out suppressive bombardment of the rebel reserves in the city to prevent the other side from supporting the city wall.
The atmosphere of the battlefield is in a white-hot state again!
In this atmosphere, those siege towers approached the city walls step by step, and then the iron-clad protective layer was put down, and groups of players who had long been ready to go poured into the city like a tide to join the battlefield.
The archers and players who were on top of the shooting platform shot all kinds of high-level arrows at the rebels as if they didn't want money, and for a while, the entire city wall was full of exploding fires and smoke.
And under the cover of these fires and smoke, there is a team of players with a special mission, approaching the fighting Krut.
If you look closely, you'll see that these players are very different from the others! They didn't have any weapons in their hands, and they only had a thin layer of cloth on their bodies, but their bodies were particularly bloated.
And following this group of players is led by Pearl, the most elite group of players of the First Legion, their strength is generally fourth-order, and almost all of them have one or two advanced skills as killer features! Even including Pearl, there are three fifth-order players, whose templates have been upgraded from ordinary to elite, and they are not a small distance from ordinary fifth-order players in terms of strength.
This can be said to be the most elite group of players in the First Army, even if it is placed in the entire player group, it can already be ranked.
A heavy slash slashed a player in front of him to the ground, and Krut didn't even have time to make up for a sword, so he had to turn around and deal with the enemy rushing up from the other side, these guys who seemed weak to him couldn't even block a move, but they just refused to give up, and rushed to him as if they were dead, even if they paid dozens of lives, they didn't care, just to cut a knife at him.
Krut's gasps grew thicker and thicker, as anyone would do for hours on end. He's just a heroic knight, not out of the realm of mortals, so he'll be tired, hungry, sleepy, and of course dead!
Suddenly, a weird guy rushed out of the smoke and dust behind him!
With a bloated figure, a simple cloth wrapped around his body, and no weapons in his hands, such an enemy, Krut only needs to kick even one kick to kick the opponent out. But Krut noticed something strange in the other party's expression.
In normal times, Krut would have chosen to retreat until he found the source of this strange thing, but now, the harsh reality forced him to make a decision in an instant.
With a kick, Krut didn't choose to attack the opponent directly, but instead kicked a short sword on the ground towards the player. The short sword, with only half of the hilt remaining, slashed through the air for some distance and stabbed into the player's abdomen.
However, this did not stop the other man, and the player, as if he did not feel the pain, with a smile on his face, roared and lunged at Krut.
At this moment, Krut sensed a mortal threat from the other party!
He subconsciously pounced to the side, not even caring about being slashed in the back by a player.
Bang! A loud bang exploded beside him, and a raging flame swept through the entire surrounding area!
Lunatic! These guys are a bunch of crazy people!
Korut now knows what that strange thing is! These hateful enemies have strapped alchemy explosives to their bodies and turned themselves into a moving barrel of explosives!
Another sword slashed at his shoulder, a gap was cut in his already scarred shoulder armor, and on top of that, Krut saw a lot of enemies rushing towards him!
The shadow of death finally loomed over his head! It was the first time Krut felt so close to death, so close that he could even hear the Grim Reaper's breathing.
"You're mine!" A fifth-order player suddenly accelerated, and the long sword in his hand emitted a violent red light, which was a skill called the power of the god of war, which could make the weapon exert several times the lethality, and the price was that after the skill ended, the weapon was completely destroyed.
Knocked in the guts by the explosion, Krut barely managed to block the player's attack with his weapon, but at the same time, a warhammer swung from his side smashed under his ribs without hindrance.
Another high-level skill!
Korut could even feel his ribs screaming, ready to be smashed at any moment!
"Get out of here!" In desperation, Krut flew into the air and kicked the hammer-wielding player away.
But what he didn't notice was that a player in a cloth suit had sneaked up behind him!
"Die with me!" Suddenly, Krut found himself being held tightly from behind, and then the flames of despair exploded!
In the next second, a charred body flew out of the smoke and dust of the explosion and fell to the ground.
Krut staggered up from the ground with his sword in hand, half-kneeling, his eyes full of despair. The guy who blew himself up just now completely destroyed his armor and even caused him serious injuries, and it was difficult for him to even stand up now.
"Let's go together, this guy is almost finished!" As an archer, Pearl has always maintained the effects of her Eagle Eye, and she was the first to notice that Krut was in very bad shape.
The players around him rushed towards Krut one after another. If Yu Bin wasn't counted, this first-time player relied on his own strength to kill a hero-level existence, which undoubtedly gave them great motivation.
Swords, Warhammers, Staffs, Arrows, Fire, Explosions!
This is both the end of Krut and the end of the rebels, as well as the prelude to a new chapter for players!
A heroic knight has fallen on the walls of Aston City!