"Five times our enemy, as strong as the soldiers of the Praetorian Guard, carrying terrifying and terrible weapons......"

In a palace in the city of Mantas, King Salondrão faces a chessboard, fiddling with a bunch of pieces with continental characteristics.

"Both sides have the same chess pieces, the same strength, and the same terrain. What an ideal state, what nonsense! Where is this the same as reality?! ”

With a wave of his hand, Salondron knocked over all the heinous pieces of his opponent's assortment, and then leaned back in his chair, his fingers tapping on the oak desk.

"Your Majesty."

Salondron's favorite man cautiously walked in, and picked up his chess pieces as quietly as he could.

"Don't worry."

Salondron waved his hand and leaned back in his chair with a nonchalant expression.

"War is not a game, no one can imagine what will happen in the next second, those few Orientals and those monster armies have taught us a lesson."

Salondron looked at the golem-shaped piece on his board, sighed, and flicked it open with his fingers.

"As expected, it's not ours after all."

"Boom!"

The roar of artillery came from afar, and although it was very faint, it was still detected by Salondeon.

"All the outside of the city is lost?"

Salondron frowned and stood up with his hands behind his back.

"Although I didn't expect the troops outside the city to stop them, it was too fast, and I didn't hold out for even a day!"

"Several masters have failed to force back the opponent's powerhouse, and now they are attacking the defensive enchantment."

The favored servant cautiously approached his king and whispered.

Salondron shook his head, then walked into the inner room of the palace with a helpless expression, and then walked to the front of the bookcase, and put his hand on a monster skull as an ornament.

A special flame ignited in the eye socket of the skull, and the magic flowed, and the wall next to the bookcase automatically shifted, revealing the secret room inside.

Salondron walked in with a serious face, while the minister remained outside, waiting for the end of His Majesty's conversation with "those men."

...........

Outside the city of Mantas, the massive, sturdy magical barrier was being battered by the ferocious fire of the Alliance forces. A large number of cannons were pushed less than 200 meters from the city wall, constantly firing siege lead bullets, and the arms of the dwarf gunners carrying the shells were sore, and the barrels of the cannons turned red, which was very hot to the touch. The mage troops continued to shoot fireballs, which slammed into the barrier along with buckshot, causing ripples. The defensive barrier, which was originally level, is now like a bikini lake in the rain, with traces of raindrops beating everywhere.

One of the magic crystals of this enchantment-style Subic in its heyday, the powerful siege weapons launched from a distance, as well as most of the magic, the huge energy they carry, will be absorbed by this enchantment, and only muskets and bows and arrows can pass through, providing excellent protection for the city defense.

Although the soldiers besieging the city can pass through the barrier without damage, only the archers and musketeers can cover them, and even the haircutters can't exert one-third of their strength.

The form favored Subic's royal city defenders, and their enemies were actively preparing for the siege.

......

The walls of Mantas are very tall, with thick brick walls coated with anti-magic and a special layer of metal that absorbs a lot of impact damage. On the top of the city walls are the defenders of the royal capital, all of whom are the most elite soldiers and officers of the four legions, the accuracy of the archers is almost not inferior to that of our archers, and each arrow can shoot down a string of skeleton soldiers, seriously injuring barbarians below the fourth level. And those magic weapons on the walls can also affect the enchantment as little as possible, dealing area damage to our troops. Having lost most of their supporting firepower, the knights were nothing more than targets for movement in front of the defenders on the ramparts. The siege lasted for more than three days, and we lost more than 20,000 soldiers, of which the number of the main force was close to 1,000, and even the rare card troops also suffered a lot of casualties, especially the giants, except for the royal giants who were mobilized by me from the rear, the rest were recuperating from their wounds.

Pickup Superman did not play a key role, Salondron actually sent a strong force like the Sky Combat Master to the city wall, and resisted the sharp blade slash of Pickup Superman head-on, a Subic Sky Combat Master was almost crippled, but our Pickup Superman was also injured by the opponent's trick, and a very wide opening appeared in the armor, which needed to be systematically maintained, and it also cost me thousands of gold coins!

We also used Master Calsvens's anti-magic weapons against that wondrous enchantment, but it didn't work very well, and compared to such a huge magical defensive enchantment, our weapons couldn't even reach a tenth of the magic power that could be disintegrated.

I didn't ask for help because I didn't want to admit defeat in the bet with Fang Zi, which was not only a matter of face, but also a matter of distribution of benefits later. Big land, huge wealth, I really don't want to leave it behind. I was a little too optimistic, at the beginning Fang Zi was still far from Mantas, and I didn't worry too much, the battle was handed over to Philippe Louis. They bombarded the barrier with ranged weapons throughout the day, and even used captured magic guide stone throwers to keep the troops waiting. Although the barrier was not broken, there was no loss either.

However, Fang Zi was getting closer and closer to Mantas, and I became more and more anxious, and began to directly use troops to attack the city wall, even if Philip opposed it. As a result, the assault lasted two days and one night, and the losses simply hurt my heart. The warriors of the tribe are very brave, and even the green-skinned goblins are much braver than many humans. But it would not be an exaggeration to attack such a strong city and send them to their deaths. The more I lose, the more guilty I feel.

"Philip, let the troops stop the siege and continue the long-range artillery strike, this time I was wrong."

In front of Philip, I felt like a child who had made mistakes, and I had no lord's coercion at all.

"It's a valuable experience, we have given a lot, but this is your order, and we are willing to fight for you, even if it costs with our lives. The enemy's reinforcements are getting closer and closer, and a strong attack is a matter of time, and you are in a hurry, but you are not wrong. ”

Although Philip was always serious, this time he did not criticize my actions, but only analyzed the situation from the perspective of the war, and comforted me.

But I'm still very ashamed, because he doesn't know about my bet with Fang Zi, and he doesn't know my thoughts.

I couldn't let the troops make such a senseless sacrifice anymore, so I opened the communication and turned to Fang Zi for help.