From the beginning of the evening, a light snow began to fall in the sky. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The sun had already set behind the mountains, and when the last rays of twilight faded, the leaden gray clouds took over the night sky, the stars were silent, and the light of the silver moon Eustia could not penetrate the obscuring clouds, and a fortress was lit up in the undulating hills of the Zedi.

Cainz Fort was founded thousands of years ago, and was once the city of the Archmage Viren, the general of the Black Mad Lord, and this castle was closely related to mages at the beginning of its establishment, so that later, when it was modernized, those silver-level mages could not even penetrate the defense matrix of this castle, until the legendary-level mage, "Elemental Control" Evans. Merlin himself stepped in to make the castle's magical ramparts work again.

And at this moment, the castle is roaring.

The spark burned along the lead, entered the iron barrel, and ignited the black gunpowder, which was made of saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal, ignited in an instant, and the high temperature of more than 1,000 degrees made the air expand, and the heat energy was converted into huge mechanical energy, propelling the cannonball forward, and the heavy cannonball was accelerated, and it was discharged along the barrel, crossed a curve, and fell into the distance.

The round shell deformed and twisted as it went, eventually bursting apart, containing fragments of metal that flew before the shell could hit the ground, creating a torrent of metal that fell on the heads of the Wendland soldiers, along with the snow.

"Raise your shield, all the guys who don't want to die will raise their shields for me!"

The commander shouted, and his soldiers were a little frightened, and they hurriedly raised their shields, iron shields were enough to withstand most of the sharp blades, but they were powerless against the high-speed flying iron pieces.

Like a frenzied rainstorm, the fragments pierced through the gaps in their shields and pierced into the leather armor of the soldiers, unlike the elite heavy cavalry, the infantry of Wendland only had leather armor covering the upper half of their bodies, which could protect themselves from stray arrows at a certain distance, but could not protect against these shells.

One soldier fell, with his shield fell, and from this gap, more debris poured in, and shells exploded over their heads, and with each explosion, several soldiers fell.

"Hold on, our firepower is coming!"

The Commander said, and just as he had finished speaking, a shrill to muffled buzz came from behind the Windsland army.

I saw the shimmering cannonball flying out in an arc towards Keynzburg, the destructive power of the cannonball was amazing, if it hit the city wall, then at least it could smash a large gap enough for three people to pass side by side.

But the shining cannonball stopped as if it had hit a transparent wall before reaching the castle in the distance, only to see a circle of ripples of light appear in the air, and the magic array made of the world's strings loomed, and the huge force of the cannonball had nowhere to vent, and spread directly to the surroundings, forming a ripple, and then the sound came from the point of impact, and the huge roar stung the eardrums, making the soldiers of Wendland stagnate.

Then, as if taking this as an opportunity, several more cannonballs flew out from behind Wendland, all of which hit the magic barrier like this first one, and burst into brilliant fireworks in the dark night sky.

Although Wendland's artillery fire did not damage the walls of Cainzburg, the cover of this artillery fire slowed down the artillery bombardment of the Astel side, and Wendland's infantry quickly advanced in this gap.

They carried ladders that they could erect as soon as they could get close to the walls, enter the castle, dismantle Aster's cannons, and open the gates so that Wendland's heavy cavalry could penetrate and take the entire city.

Thanks to the former commander of the Legion, Horace. Ecrio had a terrible aversion to artillery, so the Eastern Front Legion in Wendland was not like Lexington. Salas's midline army is also fully equipped with artillery, they only have ten Type 79 magic guns, and the shell reserve is sufficient, but in the area of heavy fire suppression, it cannot reflect Wendland's greatest advantage.

"Wendland's infantry can't be allowed to get close."

Boss Grave shouted, he commanded two guns, his squad was in charge, these old weapons had not been used for at least a hundred years, and it was thankful that they could fire now, they didn't have much ammunition, and at the current rate of fire, they could last until tomorrow morning at most.

"They also have artillery, how long can our magic barrier last?"

Erie asked, at this distance, only these old guns could hurt the Wendland army, but in this dark night, they couldn't confirm the effect of the shelling, only a faint light and the lights that Wendland lit as he marched, but to be honest, the people present were almost unlikely to make these old antiques older than their grandfathers, they could only fire at will, at least, the artillery was still directed at Wendland, didn't they?

"The mana barrier will last until tomorrow afternoon at most, but if our artillery can't suppress the enemy's infantry, then it's very likely that the mage will get close to the barrier, and by that time, its duration will be greatly shortened."

In fact, according to Greve's calculations, they will be able to maintain the present situation until tomorrow morning, and after that, either the artillery shells will run out, and they will have to defend themselves against the enemy with bows and arrows and stones, or the enemy's infantry will come to the city, and they will have to fight the enemy on the walls.

"So, guys, save some cannonballs, keep your eyes peeled and shoot at the crowds."

"Yes!"

As he answered, the torch in Curran's hand lit the fuse of the cannon again, and the heavy creature immediately let out a deafening roar, spewing dazzling flames from its mouth, and the cannonball was shot out with it, flying to the far side, and disintegrating just as it was about to land, hundreds of pieces of iron reflected the fire and landed on the heads of Wendland's infantry, causing a wail.

"Reload!"

At the sound of the order, the artillery, which had been retreated by recoil, was again filled with gunpowder and shells, and then pushed to the muzzle of the city wall, ready for a second firing.

At the same time, one after another cannonballs from Wendland hit the magic barrier, the light of the explosion illuminated the entire battlefield, and through the gap in the cannon muzzle of the city wall, Grave could glimpse the hilly plains of Zedi, like migrating ants, Wendland soldiers divided into several regiments, slowly advancing towards this Cainzburg.

And in the rear of these soldiers, there were more, shadows of the Wendland heavy cavalry. (To be continued.) )