Chapter XVIII: Victory
Al had been staring at the battlefield, and now the battle was scorching, and the two sides were fighting each other until one of them had completely shed the last drop of blood. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoWith the input of hoplites, the Western Frontier Army has gained a huge advantage, but from time to time, there are demonic beasts that jump onto the city wall with the help of the "Beast Ladder" to join the battle, which makes the Western Frontier Army unable to win for a long time. In particular, there was a time when a snow leopard jumped up, causing a large number of casualties. In the face of these lightning-fast beasts, the defenders on the city walls had to retreat to the towers and slew the snow leopards with a large number of throwing spears from the hoplites. Then he paid a heavy price to drive down the demonic beasts entrenched in the city walls.
Al leaned over to General Klerman and suggested, "General, we can try to attack the snow bear who is building a ladder, without these snow bear monsters they can't jump on the city wall at all, and the rest is just a chicken and tile dog, which is not worth mentioning." ā
General Kellerman shook his head: "I asked Bertier to try it a long time ago, and he said that the snow bear's whole body is covered with extremely thick ice armor, and there is not even a gap in the face, and the strong bow cannot shoot through. ā
"Can I give it a try. General Kellerman turned his head and glanced at El suspiciously.
"The strongbow may not work, but the magic may work. If successful, it can reduce the casualties of the fighters very much. ā
Al's words moved General Kleman, the monster was able to jump on the wall completely beyond everyone's expectations, disrupting all the pre-battle deployments, and he couldn't watch the hot-blooded men of the West throw their lives here in vain.
Seeing that General Kleman agreed, Al beckoned Freeman and rushed towards the wall. Unexpectedly, Murat next to him also jumped out with him, and he and Freeman guarded him left and right, and rushed straight into the battlefield.
The blood of the canopy, the fiery red, the grinding of weapons against the beast, the cracking of fangs and bones, the hideous faces of warriors, the wild roar of the beast. All of this stimulated Al's eyes with a little bloodshot and reflected deeply in his mind. Al seemed to return to the blood-stained battlefield of the previous life, different scenes, the same battles, as if transcending time and space were blended together, and killing once again filled every part of his body. At this moment, he was not a mage in a magic robe, but a warrior in a blood-stained robe, who had survived the previous battle and was eager to plunge into the next battle.
Al seized the opportunity with a simple lunge, and the sharp sword stabbed straight into the eye socket of a winter wolf, causing its brain to turn into a pulp with a forceful stir, and a fire bomb in his left hand directly blew off half of the face of the other winter wolf. As for his left and right El, he didn't even look at it, and a warrior who didn't trust his comrades couldn't survive on the battlefield.
Kicking the way with fire, Al doesn't care about anything, just lunges forward. Suddenly, there was an open space in front of him, and it turned out that he had broken through the herd and came to the city wall. You can just see two "beast ladders" made of two snow bears, and from time to time there are monsters jumping towards the city wall with the help of "beast ladders", Al easily slashed down a winter wolf jumping in mid-air with a sword, and killed the other with another fire bomb. Then concentrate and start chanting the mantra aloud. The spell that changed the sound combined with the powerful magic technique, the fireball in Al's hand became bigger and bigger, and the rolling heat wave emitted outward seemed to make people feel like they were in the summer in the south, and the fireball in Al's hand suddenly emitted a dazzling light, like a sun held by El in his hand.
Then, the sun went down.
Everything seemed to be frozen, and the heat seemed to stop time. A cloud of light exploded in an instant, and the bright light reflected the snow in a miserable white, and the eyes of many demonic beasts were burned. The sound of a huge explosion accompanied by the wailing of the snow bear was clearly transmitted in all directions, and it lasted for a long time. The hot flames even baked a wall made of black rocks out of gray, and the power of the *** method was undoubtedly revealed at this moment.
Everyone was stunned, some had forgotten about the battle at hand, and the battlefield was silent all of a sudden, only the staccato moaning of what had just happened.
The surviving snow bear under the city walls stood for a moment, screamed in horror and fled from the snow fortress as fast as a snow leopard. With the Snow Bear escaping, the monsters stranded on the city walls were left alone and quickly wiped out by the Western Frontier Army under the command of General Klerman.
The finishing work after the war was not shocking, but everyone's eyes changed a little when they looked at El, which was the respect for a strong man and the awe of a mage, and even General Kleman trusted him a lot.
After a few days of wandering, Al spent the few days in the Snow Fortress visiting the city and getting to know some interesting people.
But how long can such a leisurely day last in this age of blood and sword? In a few days, the flames of war were rekindled, and General Klerman had the herald invite El to the council hall of the castle guard. Once there, Al learned that General Klerman had received an order from Castle Thorns yesterday, asking the defenders of Snow Fortress to disperse the beasts immediately to ensure the smooth progress of spring ploughing.
"The day after tomorrow, we will officially go out of the city and start cleaning, with heavy infantry, lunges, and cavalry as the main teams, and each captain is ready. After some discussion, General Kellerman finally made a decision. The majority of the sword, shield and spearmen were left in the fortress. After the siege of the city a few days ago, the Warcraft suffered heavy losses, especially the birds and Warcraft were killed and wounded, and the threat was much smaller. Now the monsters are scattered around the Snow Fortress in several groups. What the army has to do is to clean up these groups of demonic beasts step by step, and bring the sword, shield and spearmen to make the team bloated and increase unnecessary casualties. The reason for inviting Al over is to let Al join the army in the battle the day after tomorrow.
"Of course it's okay to fight. Al nodded, "The problem is that before I came here, I promised my father not to go down to the city to fight. ā
"That's fine, I'll explain if the Duke asks. This time it was General Kleman's turn to reassure, and he was relieved to see El nod in agreement, no matter what, having a mage in the team can strengthen the battle a lot.
The day after tomorrow, the heavy iron gate was pulled up, and the long procession once again stepped onto the battlefield with unscabbed scars and unsettled blood. The first were the hoplites, these elite warriors covered in armor were still equipped with heavy weapons, not the usual shield guns, short weapons that could slash and slash in the face of nimble monsters were undoubtedly more suitable, and the cavalry were also equipped with special sabers, and the only one who chose to use a gun was their captain Murat. Heavy footsteps and the crisp sound of horses' hooves mingled with an exciting military song played on the ground, which did not stop until it reached its destination.
The elemental tides had already caused these demonic beasts to lose their rationality, and in the face of the army, they did not choose to flee, but rushed straight towards the dense formation, like moths to a flame, towards destruction.
El had been preparing for a long time, and had already begun to chant the spell when the monster rushed over, still using a spell that changed the sound with a powerful magic technique. The ground in front of the queue instantly formed a layer of ice, and the weight of the cold seemed to completely freeze the entire space, and the freezing air that could freeze the soul filled the ice, reflecting the sunlight with a dreamlike beauty. The restrictive high-level magic "Deadly Cold" is more complex and difficult to cast than the Fireball Technique, and El also has to prepare for a long time before releasing it.
Al's mental power was all drained at once, and he temporarily lost his ability to cast spells. However, the effect of "Deadly Deep Cold" is amazingly good, and even the winter wolf, which is completely unafraid of the cold, cannot resist it. Many winter wolves were frozen directly on the ice, and the limbs of the winter wolves that were not frozen were firmly stuck to the ice and could not move.
The battle-hardened General Kellerman certainly would not miss such an opportunity. With the command of "Shoot the arrow!" the lunges began to draw their bows and shoot arrows. It wasn't a dense rain of arrows, for the lunges, these monsters frozen in place were no different from targets, and each monster was accurately hit by a dozen arrows, and was shot to death on the ice like a hedgehog.
The rest of the demonic beasts were terrified in front of this layer of ice, until the ice slowly melted, and then they pounced again under the leadership of a snow bear, and the snow bear running upright at the head, and the huge body covered with ice armor looked extremely terrifying.
However, the Western Frontier Army had no intention of letting this snow bear get close at all, and if this snow bear was allowed to break into the formation, even the hoplites would be tricky, and even the giant Victor was not sure that he could block the snow bear's huge power.
The hoplites took off the throwing guns they were carrying, these throwing guns were about two meters long and weighed about five kilograms, the heads of the guns were carefully polished, and there were undulating serrations on the surface, which were difficult to pull out as long as they were pierced.
There was no suspense in the result, and after being shot more than a dozen times, the snow bear fell to the ground and couldn't get up again. Flags fluttered, drums fluttered, and the army began to march forward in the sound of trumpets, and in the face of the neat formation, these remaining rabble were powerless to fight back, the monsters fell to the ground like wheat being cut, and the hoplites slashed and slashed expressionlessly, occasionally stopping only to make up for another sword. Soon, the disemboweled corpses of the demonic beasts were scattered all over the fields, and the thick smell of blood could not be swept clean even by the cold wind in the west, no matter how crazy it was. Only a handful of demonic beasts were left with the instinct to survive seemed to be awakened by this tragic sight and began to flee backwards.
It's a pity that the Westfrontier Army has no mercy and no idea of protecting species. With a sound of a horn, the cavalry, which had already rounded to the flank and rear, began to charge. The shiny saber slashed down, adding even more screams and revenants. These predators in the snowfields are no longer majestic, and what is the difference between the way they run away and the goats they usually hunt?
In this way, the Western Army advanced steadily, and it took three days to clear the surrounding area of the Snow Fortress. The news reached the city, and the city, which had been somewhat deserted due to the war, returned to its former hustle and bustle.