Chapter 34: The Siege at the End of the Year
The winter tranquility had been shattered once more, and the siege of Probez had begun, with stones flying overhead kicking off the siege for the sixth time of the month.
The anxious Bavarian commander Diodos was already a little impatient, he had no idea that the little defenders in the city would be so strong. Relying on a handful of magicians, they used magic and skillful coordination to repel one siege after another, firmly holding on to Probez, with its low walls. To add insult to Diodos's infuriation, the city's magicians were becoming more and more skilled. Originally, those magic could not reach their own trebuchets, but now they can use magic to strike those working trebuchets at will.
Diodos, who has suffered successive setbacks, can no longer care about the so-called casualties, and what he has to do is to capture Probez as quickly as possible. It's the end of December, and there's not much time left for him. If it drags on until February, there will be more variables after the snow melts. Bohemian reinforcements could come at any time to join the defenders of the city, posing a great threat to their men.
In order to maintain a certain pressure on Propez's city defenses, Diodos had to organize multiple batches of personnel to forcibly besiege the target. This way, the magic in the city will prioritize attacking the troops in advance, rather than the trebuchets. This gambling-like behavior was very heart-wrenching for Diodos, but there was no other way for him to do it.
Whoever calls himself no magician, otherwise he would have blasted those disgusting bohemians to slag.
Waves of siege troops poured to the perimeter of Probez, attempting to storm the city. Because of Naxi's ghostly idea, the distance of more than 30 meters outside the city wall turned into thick ice, which caused great trouble to the Bavarians besieging the city. In order to prevent slipping, the Bavarians, who were the first to rush to the edge of the city, threw all the dead branches and fluffy grass they had collected earlier on the ice-covered ground to increase the friction during the journey.
Taking advantage of this advantage, more and more Bohemian soldiers climbed the low walls. Providez's Simon has once again become an important target for both sides. Neither side of the fierce battle would back down. The cold light waving in the cold wind couldn't calm each other down at all.
"Harvest the soul, kill everything!"
In just about two months, Ollov, a loyal veteran, also accepted the belief in the god of war from the mouths of others. In this near-hellish environment, more and more people are converting to this god of war and murder. Guided by the inexplicable impulse in his heart, Orloff fought hard against the approaching enemy. The frantically swung heavy sword swept at the unstable Bohemian soldiers, who had completely forgotten the pain of breaking three fingers in his left hand. If he could, he wanted to bring more people to the burial before he fell, but now he just wanted to see more blood.
Naxi became the target of the other party's desire to get rid of him as soon as possible. After several battles and a synthesis of various information, Diodos had confirmed the number of mages in the city, and also determined that the mage who often appeared in the battle at the head of the city was the core of the defense of Probez.
Waves of Bohemian soldiers used it, unable to resist the temptation of the main general Theodos. They all made the young man wielding the blue sword at the top of the city their most important target, even more important than the capture of Probez. If it weren't for the damn magic and this mage, this lonely city would have been captured by Bavaria.
Surrounded by soldiers from the Guards Battalion, Naxi held on to the most dangerous positions. The great sword transformed by the Demon Flow Attachment made the star mistake in his hand an invincible existence, and ordinary weapons basically couldn't last a few rounds under the Blue Sword. The shields that swirled around Naxi from time to time left the enemy at a loss, and all the slashes seemed to fall on the stone walls.
While the Bavarians had nowhere to do anything about Naxi's shield, magic also had a certain time limit. Many clever Bavarians would wait for a while for the magic to wear off before surrounding. But the wait didn't have much effect. The siege was broken off, and the Bavarian soldiers standing in front fell to Naxi's sword before the shield could disappear. The improvised armor resembles tofu under the blue sword, a blade that resembles magic. Naxi easily stabbed his sword into their bodies.
When a wave of enemies was repulsed, Naxi and the others had no time to catch their breath when more Bavarian soldiers were put into use. Naxi, who couldn't rest at all, could only continue to fight to ensure that his position was not breached. And he also has to protect himself as much as possible in this fight. Without his operation, the magic of the Connecting Array, which had always been the biggest killer feature, would not have worked. Even after fighting for so many days, the other magicians still couldn't preside over the entire magic formation due to their level.
"Chain lightning!" Seeing the menacing enemies preparing to rush up one by one on the corpses that were about to pile up and climb the city wall, Naxi did not hesitate to open the magic codex tied around his waist. When an icon written on the Magic Codex disappears. The magic called Chain Lightning flies directly towards the swarming enemies under the guidance of the magic wand.
The moment the dazzling lightning flashed, the wandering lightning had already made the target into a series of wholes. The Bavarians, who had been swept away by the chain of lightning, screamed and fell one after another. The poor man with blackened skin from the electricity was still lying on the slope after he fell, convulsing incessantly. Finally rolled down to the city and became a heap, and looked at the others with hideous faces. Some were directly frightened by the tragic appearance of the deceased.
None of the people who participated in the siege could have imagined that the mage who had been fighting like a warrior at the head of the city could unleash such a terrifying magic (in their eyes) in such a situation. One by one, they all chose their way from among their companions who were still slightly touched.
At the same time as the enemy retreated, a dense rain of arrows struck one after another, covering the retreating Bavarian soldiers and preventing the defenders from taking the opportunity to kill and cause more damage. The deadly rain of arrows made the exhausted people feel unusually desperate, and their bodies were shaky, and they had no more strength to dodge the feathered arrows in the sky.
"Offset force field!" Naxi struggled to support an offset force field large enough to cover the surrounding ten meters at the critical moment. The arrows lost their accuracy under the force field and fell to the ground.
"The archers collect as many arrows as they can, and the others rest for a while. After saying this, Naxi sat down on the ground.
Seeing that the siege was repulsed again, Diodos, who was standing not far away, was already very annoyed. In his view, the enemy who stayed in the city had little strength. He's going to have to take Probez today, or the damned magicians will be able to fight with all their energy the next day.
"Praetorian Guard!" Although there were still quite a few troops waiting for the commander's order, although they were not too confident in taking Probez. But Diodos decided to fight the hardest, using the Praetorian Guard, which had always retained its strength, and he was convinced that this time, he would completely destroy the tired enemy in one fell swoop.
At dusk, the best Praetorian Guards of the Kingdom of Bavaria are gathering and are ready to take on the role of reapers on the battlefield and capture Probez.
Naxi and Orlov and others, who had been holding out, were about to face the most dangerous siege. (To be continued......)