Chapter 251: Waiting for the Moment
Thousands of huge war drums emitted rolling thunder at the foot of the Dawn Holy See headquarters, and rows of huge cannons also stood up one after another. The huge Dark Alliance legion was lined up in countless phalanxes, and Sen Han's weapons were bright in the light, and the rich murderous aura almost affected the clouds in the sky.
On the third day of the Dark Alliance's assembly at the foot of the hill at the headquarters of the Dawn Holy See, the battle for the mountain finally began.
Since the coalition army invaded the Tadoya Empire a month ago, the Holy See of Dawn has been completely in a state of combat readiness, so from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain at a height of several hundred meters, layers of walls and checkpoints have been built, equipped with countless magic cannons of all sizes.
Although the Dawn Holy See does not have the huge energy source of the core of the Sacred Dragon City, and cannot build a multi-functional fortress like the Dragon Tower of the Five Venerables, with the light divine power all over the mountain, it can still make all the large and small magic cannons shoot endlessly, and at the same time, it can also open the layers of magic screens, and by the way, bless all kinds of blessings for the human warriors on the mountain.
The people who guard the headquarters of the Dawn Holy See are the most loyal believers of light, whether they are warriors, priests, or mages, they all know that they are guarding the most noble holy place of mankind, and everyone has the determination to defend the Dawn Holy See to the death, and they are not afraid of the enemies under the mountain.
It's a pity that even if the strong walls are united, it will be difficult to resist the frenzy of the Dark Alliance.
Heavily armored orc warriors charge up the hill with heavy siege weapons and a rain of human arrows and magic, underground minotaurs slash and slash at all humans who want to stand in their way with heavy axes, goblins battle the flying legions of the Holy See in the sky with strange flying machines, wurm knights and giants gather to assault the gates, and lizardmen patrol the left and right, swarming to kill the human defenses once they find a hole in their defenses.
The rest of the Dark Coalition soldiers, such as kobolds and other clans, also formed their own armies to play their part on the battlefield.
"Boom, boom—"
A series of explosions rang out on the hillside, and huge balls of light continued to explode, enveloping the siege of the dark coalition warriors in it.
And yet—
"Report to the General! The Dark Coalition has broken through a section of the second wall to the south, and the third regiment of the Knights of the Holy Sword is currently organizing a counterattack. ”
"Damn, why can't so much artillery fire stop those guys?, are all the people of your magic artillery regiment helping the Dark Alliance?!"
"There's no way, the other side has so many more people than us, and they are not afraid of death, and I heard that the high-end combat battlefield on our side is also very tight......"
On the battlefield, whether it's magic or magic cannons, you must find a balance between lethality and range.
Many large-scale lethal magics that are suitable for human battlefields are actually not very lethal for individuals, such as ""Hell Flame can create a scorching flame that covers hundreds of square meters and has a temperature of about one hundred and fifty degrees, if it falls on a human, it is enough to burn dozens of ordinary soldiers, but if it falls on an orc with rough skin and thick flesh, it is just a skin burn."
However, if it is a powerful magic, such as "dissociation", it faces the problem that the attack surface is too small and the killing efficiency is insufficient.
Similarly, the Magic Guide Cannon has a similar problem. Due to the problem of manufacturing materials, they could not shoot too highly, and if the attack range was not large enough, it would not be able to suppress the advance of the Dark Alliance, so they had to weaken their attack power.
After all, it's better to knock down a group of Dark Coalition forces at once and leave them all wounded than to kill one and rush up the rest.
And the powerful and wide range of magic and magic cannons are not without it, but it is inevitable that there are major flaws in the frequency of occurrence, energy consumption and continuous combat time, and the effect may not be better than other types of artillery fire.
In fact, this question has also plagued countless magicians, both magic and magic devices are subject to the various rules of this world, and have their own insurmountable limits.
However, humans knew about this before the war, so there was no omission in the layout, and the parts that magic could not withstand were to rely on human life.
"The God of Light is with us, and justice will prevail—"
"The holy land is behind us, we have no way back, rush!"
"Damn, I'm fighting with you!"
Under the roar of rage, the human warriors burst out with amazing fighting spirit, and fought with the soldiers of the Dark Alliance on the walls and fortresses everywhere, after all, almost all of the people who guard the Holy Land here are the elite of the Holy See, and almost half of them have quasi-legendary combat power under the blessing of the Holy Light, relying on the city fortifications will naturally not lose too much to the Dark Alliance.
Under such resistance, the offensive of the Dark Coalition Army has also been greatly hindered, although the overall progress has been continuous, but there has been a stalemate in many places, and many troops have suffered heavy casualties.
"Report! The Second Division of the First Army suffered heavy casualties and requested reinforcements!"
"The commanders of the 7th Division of the 3rd Army have all been killed, the formation has collapsed, and all the fighters have fallen into a frenzied melee, and they ask for additional commanders to rectify!"
"The report shows that the human army on the Western Front dispatched special forces to counterattack, and the first and second divisions of the Fourth Army were cut and surrounded. ”
One after another, the military situation was reported to the commander of the Dark Alliance, and the reserves were constantly being transferred.
In just a few days, tens of thousands of Dark Coalition soldiers had been killed, a casualty that was more than double the number of casualties that had been killed all the way to the Dawn Church. However, on the other hand, the number of human casualties is more than two or three times that number.
It's just that even so, such casualties gradually became unacceptable to Agatans.
After all, the population base of the Dark Alliance is too far away from that of humans, and the millions of troops here are already more than half of the total strength of the Dark Alliance, and on the side of the Holy See, even if all the sacrifices are made, it will only consume a quarter of the total number of human elites.
On the seventh day of the mountain attack, even Iroh couldn't help but go to Agatans.
"I said, now that the battle on the front line is deadlocked, why don't you use those means that you have retained? I don't believe that Yan let you lead the army to fight like this. ”
In the past few days, Iroh has naturally been under some pressure, and his troops have suffered a lot of losses, and he himself has been attacked and assassinated by several masters from the Holy See, such as several of the twelve apostles of the Judgment.
These twelve apostles are all demigod powerhouses, although they are all destined to be unable to continue to break through, but staying in the demigod stage for a long time has made them accumulate a lot of combat experience.
The names of the twelve apostles are: Praiser, Guardian, Guide, Rejoice, Struggle, Forget, Hearer, Unite, Redeemer, Dweller, Enricher, and Son of God. During this period of stalemate, Iroh encountered at least three times when several apostles joined forces to attack, and these guys also mastered the art of comboation, so even Iroh could only injure them instead of leaving them.
Of course, it cannot be ruled out that Ailo also chose to retain his strength for the sake of the decisive battle in the future.
However, Iroh decided to meet Agatanns today, also considering that the battle situation on the side of the Dragon Flame Empire was unknown, and he didn't want to be attacked on both sides.
Agatanns raised his eyes to look at Iroh, shook his head slightly, and said, "Don't be impatient." I don't want to, but now is not the time. ”
Elo guessed correctly, Yan gave Agatans a pair of military-level secret techniques before the army set off, which can greatly strengthen the combat effectiveness of the army by going berserk in a short period of time.
Iroh's tone was still elegant, and he asked, "Then how many people do we have to lose? 500,000, 1 million, or 2 million?"
"Don't worry," Agatans shook his head equally politely and continued, "It's not that we don't want to take the Dawn Holy See all at once, it's just that there is a big problem with using the Blood Secret Technique that Yan gave me...... You should be able to feel how huge the light divine power that has been condensed in the Dawn Sect these days, right?"
"Of course, I feel that it is that force that has been strengthening the resistance of humanity and causing us to suffer heavy losses. Iroh thought for a moment.
From the day the army arrived at the foot of the Dawn Holy See, he clearly felt that a huge light force was entrenched above the summit of the Dawn Holy See, and it was still growing.
Although the human warriors have suffered heavy casualties in these battles, they have become more and more courageous, and half of the reason is due to the increase in the power of the light attribute by that force.
Agatannus nodded and said, "That's right, that's it." As a divine power, the power of the god of light has never been the most destructive. But the effect on purification, restoration, and blessing is extremely good. As you might have guessed, the purpose of that spell is to liberate the body's potential and increase the combat effectiveness of the soldiers in a short period of time. Now that we are under the lair of the Dawn Holy See, do you think the other party will allow us to bless such a state?"
"You're saying that vortex of light power interferes with the effects of the arcane?"
Agatans smiled bitterly and replied, "It's not just interference, it's more likely to be completely blocked. After all, this is a place where believers in the God of Light have been running for an unknown number of years. And after each use, there will be a recovery period of a few days, and it cannot be used indefinitely. ”
"So......" Iroh asked, after a moment's thought, "we can't let them prepare, we can't do anything, and there must be a great plan for humanity to gather that force." If they dare to resist in the face of our army's overwhelming situation, I am afraid that they are relying on this huge energy vortex. If we sit back and watch the stalemate, maybe we really give humanity enough time to use some means to turn the tables in one fell swoop, and then I don't care, but I'm afraid you won't even have a chance to cry. ”
This was also Ello's biggest concern, and he felt more jealous than the Dawn Holy See, or the Metal Dragon Clan.
"Not really. Although the human race has been operating for a long time, the history of our Shadow Eternal Alliance is not bad, in fact, we still have a lot of hidden forces that have not been used, and it is completely impossible for a mere Dawn Holy See to resist our offensive with the strength they are showing now. ”
Agatanns said, smiling meaningfully.
Sure enough, the day after Agatannus said these words, a new variable appeared on the battlefield.
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