Three days later, at noon, the scorching autumn sun scorched the earth like a furnace. In the air, there was a dull and windless air, as if frozen, except for a rancid smell that could not be dispersed around the land of several square kilometers around the Rheinberg.

In the distance, in the fields about two kilometers from the castle walls, a large number of little devils were lying "lazily" on their sides, trying to hide in the shadow of the few ears of wheat that were still erect, as far from the direct sunlight as possible.

Although the demons are not afraid of the heat, because the legend says that the demon plane is a terrifying world that has been ravaged by sulfur, volcanoes, and lava for thousands of years, the only thing that is not there is sunlight. It is said that there is an unimaginably thick layer of lead clouds in the sky of the demon plane, so that even the strongest sunlight cannot penetrate the clouds, and the maximum can only dye the clouds a strange bright red, and the demons use this bright red halo that resembles blood as the only natural source of light. But when he came to the Antagreqi continent, the sun became one of the demons' worst enemies. Although being exposed to the sun does not cause any direct harm to the body, it can make all the demonic creatures from the small demon to the great demon extreme path feel a kind of disgust and discomfort from the bottom of their hearts, and even seem to have difficulty breathing. So much so that in many cases, the true combat power of the demons cannot be 100% exerted during the day, and it is only at night that it is as if they are back at home, and they can kill and roar to their heart's content.

However, the new Demon Overseer seemed to be annoyed by the laziness and aversion of the demon soldiers under his command. Just three days ago, it was assigned to the "Rhineberg Theater" and became the supreme commander of the demon legions in the region. But what the high-level demons didn't expect was this. Instead of the "qualified demons" who were killing humans in a frenzy like in other regions, or attacking the strongholds of human castles, it saw a large group of "deserters" who seemed to be frightened. In the past three days, the Demon Overseers have repeatedly roared and roared to reorganize the scattered demon warriors and launch another attack on the Rhineberg, but all of them have failed. Even those mid-level horned demons who were supposed to be extremely brave and regarded life and death battles as rushing to the feast seemed to have "smoked a lot" and were only superficially obedient to the orders of the Demon Overseers, but in fact they were passive and lazy.

In this regard, the high-ranking demon also planned to "kill the chicken and make an example of the monkey", but when several horned demons quietly told it the story of their predecessor, the demon overseer was also "down-to-earth". There's no more brute force.

Originally. In the previous period, this demon army that surrounded Rhineberg had not tried to counterattack. Especially after replenishing a considerable number of mid-level horned demons and a pair of high-level demon brothers a month ago, the "Rhineberg Demon Front" launched a non-stop offensive against the castle for a week. But it's a pity that every round of demonic assault ended in a fiasco for their own side. Even during the night raid a week ago. The twin high-level mutant horned demon brothers are even more aggressive because of the light enemy. was besieged and killed on the city wall by a group of strong men on the other side. And it was in full view of thousands of little devils. A terrifying dragon lance fired from a fixed armored crossbow that had never appeared before directly strung the pair of demon high-level "scoop gourds" and nailed them to death under the city of Rheinberg.

It was after that failed night attack that the demon warriors seemed to be really frightened. There was no more morale to "touch" the walls of the Rhineberg. As a result, even the newly arrived Demon Overseers tried several times to organize a new offensive but were unsuccessful, so they had to stay in place and "besiege" the enemy city with these stumbling subordinates.

And just when all the demons thought that they would spend their days in peace and dryness, suddenly, the gates of the Rhineberg, which had been closed for a long time, slowly opened.

"Click... Click... Click..."

Under the linkage of the rear winch and the huge gear, the new copper-iron composite gate is slowly raised. Behind it, the steel gates were slowly opened by the strong pull of the Naga at both ends. In just a moment, the once iron bucket-like Rheinberg actually opened a "gap" from the inside.

Before the demons in the distance could react, a sword and shield infantry in battle armor, with neat steps and nearly a hundred people, had already strode out of the castle, and then directly crossed the broken moat, and waited in front of an open field below the city.

Suddenly, seeing a large number of human warriors leaving the city, the demon army in the distance finally became agitated. It's just that most of the thousands of little devils are just waiting and watching or looking left and right, but few of them are high-spirited and rush forward to kill. It seems that even under the protection of the fortified city, the demons still seem to be a little timid to engage the enemy in front of them.

In this regard, the new high-level demon finally got out of anger.

It's no wonder that the Demon Overseers hail from the front lines of Windsor Castle are not ignorant of the excellent defenses of the human city, and even suffered from the towering walls and sharp arrow towers of Windsor Castle itself. Therefore, although it resents the low morale of its former subordinates, it is not incomprehensible. But now, those human cowards who usually only dare to hide behind high walls and release cold arrows have taken the initiative to step out of the "turtle shell" to provoke as if they had "taken the wrong medicine". Of course, the Demon Overseers thought that this was a godsend, and they could no longer take care of the obstacles of the human castle and eat the soldiers who went out in one go, and then they could take advantage of the situation to take the city and retake the Rhineberg.

And under this awareness, the high-level demons can no longer tolerate the demon warriors below to passively avoid fighting. I saw it roaring angrily and frantically twitching the "Whip of Death" in its hand, and actually rushed directly to its own camp, beating a group of little demons who had always cowered back into meat sauce. Then, in a frightened and trembling gaze, the high-level demon sneered and actively summoned several demon abominations from these fresh flesh and blood that he had "made", and surrounded him.

Seeing this terrifying scene, the other little demons around finally "woke up". When the cold eyes of the high-ranking demons slowly turned around, all the demon warriors unmistakably received the death threat from the commander. So, under the unsolvable multiple-choice question of either going to die in battle or being sucked alive by the Demon Overseers and turned into "flesh and blood materials", the little demons had no choice but to choose the former.

Then, in the chaos and commotion, hundreds of demon warriors gathered together to form the simplest group of charging formations, and then howled under the personal leadership of the demon overseers towards the humans in the open space in front of the city in the distance.

However, the process of the rendezvous and assembly of the demon army was too chaotic and too lengthy, and at this time, a large number of human warriors and war machines had already arrived outside the city through the open gates, and formed a huge battle formation with the leading ironclad infantry.

At the very head of the array, there were three parallel "barracks" of the outburst, spaced about twenty meters apart from each other. The perimeter of each camp was guarded by a company of ironclad infantry and ten Iron Fists of War, and at the core was a "Rafale-class" heavy ballista.

Unlike the traditional ballista of Erathia, the Rafale is native to the Bracada Goblin and serves as an important weapon against the northern humans and the Titans and Naga, who are also in the southern ice fields. Not only is it a simple ballista that is much larger than a human in size, but also in the complexity of its interior. Not including daily maintenance, battlefield control, guidance, and ammunition loading alone require more than 30 goblin auxiliaries to complete. Of course, there weren't that many goblins in Kent, so apart from the technical tasks of maneuvering inside the ballista, all the physical work was left to the human trainees.

Thanks to its excellent engineering and reliable mechanics, the Rafale Heavy Ballista is capable of firing a wide range of crossbow gun designations, including the Horizontal Ballistic Force, Elevation Throwing and Curved Side Strike, while maintaining a very efficient firing rate. If a ballista is fully qualified to fire a crossbow every five minutes by the standards of Erathia itself, then the Rafale level directly pushes this standard up by a factor of five, reaching a "terror rate of fire" of at least "one shot per minute". And under such powerful mechanical properties, as long as a considerable number of "Rafale levels" are arranged on the front line and a certain depth and front and rear strike combinations are maintained, then the continuity and concentration of the bombardment of the ballista position can be ensured. In this way, even the Naga and even the giant warriors did not dare to take it lightly, for fear of being "wrapped in dumplings" by a crossbow gun that could easily shoot through steel armor.

It's a pity that so far, the Olympus Legion has only built three Rafale, which is far from the scale of the so-called "horizontal coverage of the battlefield" of the Goblin Ballista Brigade. Therefore, Moriarty's instructions to Gustav, the commander of the gun squadron, were to use three heavy ballistas as fixed batteries to target the mid-tier horned demons in the demon legion, or to make piercing strikes on enemy cluster targets to disrupt their formation and demoralize. Such tactics were repeated many times in the recent Bracada Civil War, dealing a heavy blow to NATO soldiers. Naturally, Moriarty was also very impressed by this.

Of course, as an improved version suitable for the battlefield of Erathia, the "Rafale" made by Olympus not only retains the original excellent technical and tactical attributes, but also adds a dual-purpose platform for command and combat on the car to carry three magic swordsmen. In this way, even if the enemy breaks through the lines of infantry and magic golems on the periphery and approaches the Rafale, the ballista is not completely defenseless. In addition, the magic swordsman who stands tall and looks far away can summon magic arrows to attack the demon warriors outside the camp. (To be continued......)