Chapter 40: Underground Offensive and Defensive Warfare - Critical Situation

At this time, Barrett was like a huge-stirring stick, disrupting the actions of the dark elves in the city at once. But even with the help of the White Crow's tactics, Barrett's current strength was not enough to drive down the city by himself with the black skins in front of him. In fact, if it were elsewhere, it would not be as easy for Barrett to deal with these dark elves in front of him as it is today.

If they were to fight in the field, the Dark Elves would be able to tangle with Barrett with their nimble stature and sturdy armor. However, on top of this city, Barrett can completely overcome the tricks with his strength - even without using weapons, Barrett can easily deal with the nearby black skins with his already extraordinary strength.

Without even having to break through the Dark Elves' double-knife defenses, Barrett could have knocked them out of the city walls like a baseball when the opponent parried. The dark elves who fall from the sky are still able to fight. But it will take time for them to climb to the top of the city walls again. During this vacuum, Barrett's pressure will be drastically reduced, and at the same time, it will also create conditions for the soldiers who will defend the city behind him.

The underground advance fortress is a key point in the strategy of the dark region of the Norhan Kingdom, and the garrison here naturally cannot be a soft-footed shrimp. As far as the western continent is concerned, they can be regarded as rare elite soldiers on the surface. Of course, compared to the dark elves of the immortal race, the individual quality of these guys is a bit worrying.

The army is all trained, and the dark elves with a long life span have taken a great advantage in this regard. They can accumulate a large number of elite fighters. Unlike humans, as they age, there are soldiers who have passed their golden age and their strength has declined due to aging. Of course, this is not to say that the dark elves will not suffer the same situation, but the process is too long, and it is entirely possible that those black skins will metamorphose further during this time.

And those soldiers after seeing Barrett's performance. Apparently somewhat encouraged, too. With shields as their main weapon, they continued to push forward, as if they were preparing to cooperate with Barrett to drive the black skins down. After all, they knew that their own strength was not comparable to those dark elves.

If you use a sword to fight against the black skins, even if you have a slight advantage in numbers, it is still boring. If you use a shield with a large area. Then the situation is different. Although it is difficult to deal any decent damage as a weapon, even if it does not hit those dark elves, it can still interfere with the actions of those black skins. And even if it's a shield, if you get hit too much by this kind of thing, you will get hurt. Not to mention that the chain mail often worn by the dark elves is not very effective against this blunt weapon attack.

Although the cooperation between Barrett and those soldiers was really not good, the mutual support of the two finally made it too late for those dark elves to expand their results. And with the arrival of the follow-up reinforcements, Barrett's camp immediately gained the upper hand. The breakthrough that the dark elves had managed to form with great difficulty was re-blocked by the soldiers defending the city.

And with the disappearance of this breach, the dark elves once again sounded the horn of retreat. The war is over for the time being. This gave the defenders a long sigh of relief. It is important to know that the non-stop battle is not only the strength of the participants, but also the test of their endurance and mental endurance.

In the era of cold weapons, every battle often does not last more than 10 minutes. Once this time is exceeded, the soldiers on the front line are often incapable of fighting again. Therefore, at that time, the war was often carried out in echelons, and the soldiers joined the front line in batches and took turns to fight - so how to ensure that the soldiers did not take advantage of the enemy's weakness when they rotated was the place to test the level of the commander.

If the situation just now had the Dark Elves' offensive had continued for a little longer, the battle line in front of them would have been really worrisome. Fortunately, the average physical strength of the dark elves is not much better than that of humans. So even if it's supported by strange objects or spells. Their combat endurance is not long longer than that of the defenders. In addition, the defenders are waiting for work on Chengtou Mountain, and they need to rush all the way to climb. In fact, there is often less physical strength available for combat than the defenders. So this time the victory wasn't entirely a fluke either.

This victory was arguably the most dangerous since the start of the war. The aftermath of the catastrophe immediately infected most of the Aboriginal soldiers. They gasped, they made a loud noise, they laughed; In order to vent the fear and joy in his heart.

However, unlike the soldiers at the bottom, there was no trace of joy on the faces of the grassroots officers who had just retired from the front line. Because they knew that if there were no reinforcements, the next days would be quite difficult in the face of an enemy who was several times larger than them. And at the moment in the medical station among the Klematis. Bot had just used the 'treatment of minor injuries' to temporarily suspend the life of a seriously injured man. Then he began to use the gut in his hand to suture the other party's wound.

Seriously, in such a simulated game. Performing such an act is also quite a test of one's will. But unexpectedly, Clematis. Bot didn't show anything out of the ordinary—like she was a medieval medicinal.

After all, in reality, the vast majority of jobs have been replaced by machines. Even general medical care and surgery are no exception. What's more, with the current level of medical care, the use of needles and threads to suture wounds has long been stopped. As for Claudia. Auditore was obviously a little uncomfortable, and although she was also doing her own work, her face was very ugly.

"This little girl, this is obviously the first time you have seen so many wounded people!" A kind herbalist comforts Claudia. Auditore to. "I was the same as you when I first encountered this situation. It's just a few days before you get used to the environment. ”

The time-consuming medical station is very different from how the player can deal with their own injuries. There was blood everywhere, and the guts of the aborigines could be seen wriggling from time to time. The large number of wounded has made the environment here complete the process of quantitative change to qualitative change, and the smell of blood and sweat in the air is even more disgusting. But all the medical personnel endured the discomfort of the workers - because every wounded saved gave them more hope of holding the advance fort.

The days passed. As time passed, the number of Dark Elves gathered in front of the advancing fortress not only did not decrease due to the battle, but increased. In fact, there were several days of fighting. The casualties of the blackskins were nowhere near as heavy as they had shown. As a race with great attainments in mystical powers, they have saved the lives of their people through a large number of magical arts and alchemy products.

A medical circle alone would allow many injured dark elves to return to the battlefield after a few days. Although such a large number of high-level divine arts must bring great consumption, it is not a problem for the dark elves - when it comes to counterattacking the surface, those black-skinned gods are very generous.

At the same time, with the action of a large number of dark elf mages, the ravines in front of the city walls were also filled by the power of their spells. In this matter, Barent, the Lord of Deepstone, performed very well. It was his constant use of the forces from the underground to confront the spellcasters that had caused the project to be delayed considerably - otherwise the Dark Elves would have launched a general attack a few days earlier.

Of course, although Barent, the Lord of Deepstone, is strong, digging a trench is not a project he is really good at. Coupled with the large number of mages on the dark elf side, this tall dwarf was unable to completely sabotage the other party's plans. Because of this, although the original operation to destroy the drawbridge was successful, it could not prevent the large siege equipment of the dark elves from approaching the fortress.

Huge siege towers and catapults kept approaching. Among the formations, there was a massive and astonishing ram that stood out most of the eye, like a fallen hundred-year-old oak, swaying by thick chains. The blacksmiths of the black dwarves should have worked hard for a long time to forge this horrible weapon. Its tip is cast in the shape of an armor-piercing bullet from a cap.

The 'A'-shaped protective bracket is made of black iron as the bone, stainless steel as the plate, and the thick animal skin on the outside, which can make it effectively defend against all kinds of equipment attacks. At the same time, the dazzling aura that flickered on the caster's severe area also indicated that it could not be easily solved with spells. Specially bred behemoths drag giant battering rams, surrounded by many dark elves, and the ogres who have been recuperating for a long time are in charge of the entire device.

The large battering ram slowly moved forward. But the defenders could only hurry, because no matter what the arrows were fired from the walls. Neither the stone projectiles nor the fire bowls thrown by the catapults in the tower can effectively damage it. However, the giant lizards that dragged them often fell into a frenzied, random collision. Cause a series of troubles to the dark elves in the surrounding formation. But those black skins are often the solution right away. Ensure that the speed of progress is not affected too much......

Ignoring the ferocious fire of the advancing fortress, the battering ram kept advancing, and the shaking hammer drove the iron ropes above to make a seeping sound. But at that moment a peculiar buzz began to sound—among the troubadours there was also a branch of the military band that specialized in the battlefield. These guys use a special on-board organ as a musical instrument. The dark elves in front of him have excellent car organs, and the effect is definitely far beyond the average individual chant.

When the giant battering ram was about to arrive, the giant lizard responsible for hauling it was temporarily freed. At the same time, the minotaur slaves who were using small battering rams at the main gate also retreated to the sides, leaving room for the main owner to wield.

With the cooperation of the dark elves braving the rain of arrows and stones. The Giant Battering Ram has finally arrived at the point where it is powering. Then, under the strange power of the ogre, the hammer was thrown towards the main entrance. It slammed into the outermost gate, which shook with a loud thunderous sound, but the gates made of black iron and Mithril shared some of the impact behind the walls. Still withstood the attack.

Immediately afterward, several dark elves in armor tore open the prepared scrolls. The ogre's strength was instantly increased by the spell. The massive ram swung at a higher frequency. In the midst of the loud bangs of the city gates, under the tremendous impact of the battering ram. In the area where the attack continued, the extremely strong gate was also slightly deformed. Later, the walls of the fixed gate also had some less obvious grit. Although it is not possible to collapse under such an attack at any time, such a change seems to have given the dark elves present a glimmer of hope.

Stimulated by this, the morale of the enemy troops who attacked the castle tower also increased. However, at this time, the catapults advancing to the fortress once again showed their due strength. Under the blows of the raindrops of stones, a large number of the opponent's catapults were damaged, and the personnel fell in pieces like dominoes that had been activated. Even the elite troops whose art style is different from others are not immune. This is finally moving back to a sink.

And in order to deal with the giant battering ram, the advance fortress side also tried its best. The constant flickering arcane aura was a way for the mages accompanying the army to dispel the protective spells attached to it. By this time, even newcomers like Rielie had been brought in to fill the numbers.

Even the knights began to use throwing weapons to add a bit of a gap to the thing in front of them. Thanks to everyone's efforts, even if the giant battering ram was invested, there were some minor problems. Seeing this, the retinues immediately chose the most suitable spell - small fiery balls the size of peas would emerge from the tips of the caster's fingers and swoop towards the location they were aiming for.

When the fiery ball disappeared into the hole smashed by the knights, a bright light shot out from the top of it, followed by an orange-red flame with a slightly bluish tip. Immediately afterward, a burst of intense smoke erupted from all sides of the battering ram. Immediately, the ogres who wielded the hammers inside were unlucky, and many were burned to death and mutilated - although the danger was not yet removed, the situation finally improved somewhat. (To be continued......)

PS: Modify the wording.