Chapter 45: War
The demon army advanced faster than anyone expected, and no one could have imagined that it would take only one day and two nights for these bulky big guys to approach the Night Castle.
Whether it was the commanders of the three major legions or the soldiers at the bottom, they were all very busy during this time, and the sudden big battle caught people off guard. But they quickly adapted to this kind of life, after all, on the front line of the neighboring demons, it was a blessing to be alive.
In the past two days, Cizer has not been idle, he has devoted all his time to cultivation, and even does not hesitate to damage his body, taking a large amount of sedatives at one time.
If it weren't for the fact that his right arm, which had turned dark purple and was on the verge of collapse, Cizer would not have stopped.
However, the results achieved were not large, whether it was the divine power in the body, or the left finger bone that had been tempered to the last step, no matter what Cizer did, it seemed to be standing still.
Cizer guessed he might have hit a bottleneck.
He often heard from those veterans that his cultivation had not advanced for more than ten years, and in this case, he would either take expensive magic potions to help him break through, or he would break the cauldron and participate in the kind of desperate mission.
In that case, as long as you can survive, you will break through sooner or later.
However, Cizer doesn't have to be so troublesome, the big battle in front of him is the best baptism, as long as he walks through the flames of war, a breakthrough is a natural thing.
So the arrival of the demon army seemed to be such a coincidence, when Cizer stood on the sentry tower and looked at the "dark clouds" that attacked from afar, there was still a little excitement in his heart.
Now Cizer's thirst for power has risen to another level, in order to survive, to change his weed-like life. And now, he has one more reason to fight for......
The Dark Night Fort in the northwest is geographically advantageous, and there is Helan City as a pillar of money and food, and before the Black Night Fort, there are actually three small towns and towns that are horns with each other.
These three towns are the first barrier of the Night Fortress, and if you want to attack the Night Fortress head-on, it would be wishful thinking not to uproot them.
By the time these huge creatures appeared in Cizer's sight, he had already left the Night Castle and arrived in Aoba Town, one of the three small towns that belonged to the three outposts.
"Is this the Demons?"
Cizer muttered as he looked at the figure slowly emerging in the distance.
The demon race is actually very strange, the existence of the lower demon race is generally lost due to the erosion of demon energy, this existence is just the lowest cannon fodder for the demon race, and it can be discarded, they don't agree that this low-level existence is one of their own at all.
The middle demons are different, there is indeed such a thing as blood between them, but most of the time, their parents can only give them part of the characteristics of their bodies.
For example, Cizer noticed a demon at this time, who had the head of a porcupine, the body of a treeman, and a tail like a python behind him. Because of its size, Cizer could see it from a distance.
This is a type of medium demon race, and the textbooks call it "Hado", which means dirty creatures.
The empire once captured this demon and dissected it, and found that sixty percent of its body was similar to a wild boar, so people gave it such a name.
There are countless types of medium demons, and the empire once wanted to collect all the illustrated books of medium demons, but in the end it was gone. Because they found that even the demons themselves didn't know how many strange medium demons there were, and even many tribes still had a hunter-prey relationship with each other.
So as far as the eye could see, there were very few demons named by Cezel, and most of them were strange shapes that he had never seen before.
At this moment, a crescent moon hung in the sky, and lead-gray clouds were slowly covering the sky, and a cloud of shadows shrouded the mountain peaks.
The clouds seemed to be a natural aggressor, constantly devouring everything on the ground, trees were cut down, animals were slaughtered, black waves swept everything, and everywhere it passed, everything turned into darkness!
And in front of it, the small town of Aoba is like an ant resisting the waves, and it will be submerged in an instant.
The eyes of all those who looked towards the demon army widened, and a sense of despair appeared in their trembling bodies.
Demons, more than they imagined!
Countless black figures poured up from below the horizon, armed with rudimentary weapons, or simply a large wooden club, perhaps draped in a heavy iron sheet or two, and even looked a little ridiculous.
But this still can't stop the coolness in people's bodies, from the soles of their feet to the door of their heads!
"This ...... That's definitely more than 100,000! at least 200,000!" said someone beside Cizer in a trembling voice. Then, when Cizer turned around, he saw only a hasty fleeing back.
Judging from this person's clothes, he should be a hunter who intends to follow the army to pick up leaks, but what he didn't expect was that he would become an addition to the results of the demon army.
But Cizer can't retreat, this is the first line of defense in the Night Castle, and it must not be handed over to others.
He was a soldier, and the order from above was to hold on for at least three days. Now three days is not expected, but even if it is only a quarter of an hour, as long as he lives, he will drag the demon clan here to death!
This is the belief of the military!
I saw the black tide of soldiers coming quickly, and the moment they reached the range of the giant crossbow defending the city!
"Put!"
Several black arrows turned into black lightning bolts, and in a very short period of time, the line of the demon army retreated straight back by more than ten meters.
But before the soldiers on the city wall had time to cheer, they saw that the place where the original demons had fallen was quickly filled by the demons who came up from behind, and a wooden dragon mixed with dirt and trees burrowed into the ground, only to see that the ground was propped up little by little, like a giant python swimming in it, waiting for the opportunity to feed its prey.
"Raise your bow!"
The order was delivered, and the soldiers on the city walls raised their bows and arrows in their hands, mounted an arrow, and drew the bowstring into a full moon.
"Put!"
The rain of arrows in the sky poured into the vanguard of the demon clan with an order. These arrows have been specially strengthened, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are a kind of alchemy product, plus the soldiers who release the arrows are also cultivators of more than three stars, and the penetrating power is definitely beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
I saw that all kinds of monsters in the rain of arrows, whether they were wearing iron sheets or covered with stone armor, all fell to the ground after being hit by several arrows. Even the huge-looking ones let out a wail, splashing up clouds of dust with a boom.
But what is desperate is that the demon army that is pouring from the rear is still countless, and they seem to have no sense of the death of their companions, and their steps are advancing without the slightest pause.
"This ...... How is this going to be fought?"
Cizer heard such a voice in his ears, and when he looked over, he realized that it was actually an old soldier, and at this time his face showed an extremely frightened look, and the iron sword in his hand trembled uncontrollably.
In the past thirty years, the demons have not attacked in a big way, and although there is constant friction on the border, most of humanity has long forgotten the fear of being dominated by darkness.
And this time the big war is a good awakening for them!
By the time the first demon came to the city wall, the soldiers defending the city had already been nervous to a certain extent, and it was time to vent!
"Kill!"
Countless magic of different colors were thrown from the city walls, exploding in the demon army, and at the same time, countless muffled chantings sounded, as if the gods and Buddhas were spitting out mantras, blooming with the greatest power of this era.
What Cizer is chanting at this time is a large-scale relationship magic, although the lethality is not powerful, but it has the effect of delaying the demons.
I saw balls of light fly up from in front of Cizer, fly outside the city wall, and explode in the air.
The light is not very strong, even if someone looks at it directly, they don't feel how stinging, but those demons outside the city don't think so, I saw that their skin festered inch by inch, and the blood flowing out was also scorched by the light for the first time, and their eyes were blinded as early as the first time, and countless demons rolled in pain, during which they didn't know how many of their kind were injured by mistake.
However, the ball of light thrown by Cizer only lasted for a short period of time, and at this time, the demons behind continued to step forward, and soon resumed the previous scene of soldiers coming to the city.
However, the other soldiers were not idle, and all kinds of light shrouded the land under the city walls, and countless black corpses slowly fell to the ground, never to get up again.
It's just that the empty space that had just been cleared up was quickly occupied by the demons who rushed up from behind, and the roar resounded through the sky.
Cizer wanted to continue chanting, but was stopped by a veteran, and following the direction of his finger, Cezel saw a suffocating scene.
In the distance, shrouded in countless dark shadows, a huge "cloud" was slowly drifting over, and when it got closer, Cizer saw that it was a huge beetle, its scarlet compound eyes were constantly flickering, and just by looking at it, Cizer felt nauseous as if he wanted to vomit.
But more attention was paid to the guy standing on the beetle's head.
It was a man in a black robe, and the pale gold pattern made the robe look even more sophisticated, and if you didn't know it, you might even mistake it for the work of a court tailor.
But the man was clearly not human!
No one's hair is dark purple, and there is an extremely cumbersome magic pattern on his forehead, and he looks at the small city below, like looking at an ant.
The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and the evil smile seemed to people no less than an invitation from the Grim Reaper.
High Demons!