Chapter XVII: The Holocaust
In the dark of night, the brothers Vis and Hilcutt were lurking on the walls of the town, and not far from them were yawning guards and their target, crossbow arrows!
If it had been a normal time, the two little black dragons would have definitely been shot through. However, on the one hand, it was night, and the guards were in a state of mental weariness, and on the other hand, the little black dragons had also shrunk in size, and became very inconspicuous under the cover of darkness.
They are waiting.
"As soon as I hear the sound, I bite this thing. ”
Vis recalls the time when he was separated from Iroh and the dragon stuffed a bit of ice into his and Hillcut's mouths, "Destroy the crossbow arrows first, and then guard the gate." Don't try to break the wall, it will stop people from escaping, so the four gates are their only option - you stand at the east gate and kill anyone who dares to approach. ”
Tonight...... It's going to be a happy night.
With such a thought in his mind, Vis narrowed his lilac eyes and continued to wait.
"Hey, you guys, don't slack off!"
Jack, the captain of Castelgate's guard, was reprimanding the two sleeping guards, "What if the enemy attacks at this time?"
"Team, Captain......"
Although I wanted to say, "It's been five years, and there hasn't been a person on the other side, so it won't be good to sleep for a while", but thinking that the captain has always been known for being strict, the guard swallowed back the words of defense.
Jack frowned, obviously dissatisfied with the appearance of his men, and he was about to say a few more words, when he heard an exclamation from behind him.
Jack looked over very unpleasantly, only to see that the men who were following him were all staring at the sky in amazement, and their mouths could be stuffed with dragon eggs.
Jack subconsciously looked up, and this time, the cold sweat came down.
At some point, the sky above him had changed, an eerie white, an eerie emptiness.
The blackness is gone, the stars are gone, and even the moon is almost gone. I say almost, because the color of the moon has become surprisingly white, and the color of the sky at this time is surprisingly similar, and if it were not for the slightest difference, it would have dissolved into this vast white.
Meteor Shower!
A terrifying name flashed through Jack's heart, and the pores of his whole body spasmed almost at the same time.
No, it's not, it's a massive fire meteor!
Meteor Shower is tactical-level siege magic, and of course there is no boredom to destroy a town. However, as a weakened version of the meteor fire shower, if there is enough magic power as support, it can also burst out with most of the power of the meteor fire shower.
Jack's heart was relieved, and immediately tightened again, and several small white dots had appeared in the sky, he knew that these small white dots looked inconspicuous now, but in fact, it was because of the height.
In fact, each of these small white dots has at least a volume of dozens of cubic meters, and they are all burning, and the surface temperature is not one thousand but eight hundred.
Maybe those legendary adventurers can, but not in this town!
Despite the power of this spell, Jack was sincerely relieved and sincerely rejoiced.
He was glad that he had encountered this spell instead of the meteor fire shower that sounded chilling from the bones, the fire meteors of this spell were pseudo-substances condensed by mana, and the power was very strong, but the loose structure was also its Achilles' heel, and the number of fire meteors was not large, although the town was definitely going to suffer heavy losses, but it was not hopeless.
But if it were a meteor shower, I would be dead today. The hundreds of large fireballs from the fire elemental plane that fell at the same time are not something that people can bear, it can be said that they belong to the unstoppable kind of thing, and they also belong to the legendary kind of thing, and the army that has been encountered often has only one result - one out of ten!
Jack coughed, and just as he was about to say a few words to boost his morale and give the order to arm, he froze again. Because he was shocked to find that at the north gate of the town, a huge black dragon suddenly appeared out of thin air, and destroyed the nearby crossbow arrows with a breath of red flame, and harvested the lives of several guards by the way.
The next moment, as if it was being pulled by something, an equally huge blue dragon also emerged from the south gate of the town, and the dazzling blue electric light was no worse than the flames, quickly killing the guards who had not yet figured out what was happening.
A ferocious blizzard descended on the west gate of the town, and although no dragons appeared, the end of the soldiers guarding there was predictable.
God is pitiful, this small team of mine is only a third-line army, why would it encounter a strong enemy that only first-line troops will encounter?!
"Emergency—"
Jack's order was destined to be incomplete, because at the moment he uttered the words, he caught the horrified gazes of his men looking behind him.
Then, his vision fell into darkness.
"Shilkat, you've got it!"
Vees, who had recovered his form, spit out the human head from his mouth, watched his brother pounce on the crowd from the top of his head, and immediately turned his head and began to destroy the crossbow arrows.
In the town, the residents who were alarmed by a series of loud noises ran out of their homes one after another in embarrassment, only to see a desperate scene.
Seven fire meteors smashed towards the town under the influence of gravity!
"Boom!"
The moment the meteor exploded, crimson flames and molten metal erupted, turning into countless huge fireballs that shot out in all directions.
The more fortunate soldiers, who were resting in the barracks, also rushed into the streets with their weapons in hand, and they were stupid at the great changes that had taken place over the town in the face of the waves of air that were rolling in and carrying hot ashes, and they were completely unaware that the hot dust was choking on their mouths and sticking to their hair.
Their widening eyes lifted with the high-flying fireball until they were obscured by the clouds of smoke in the sky.
But soon, several sinking places suddenly appeared among the tumbling smoke clouds, and in an instant, those fireballs like small suns reappeared in people's field of vision, dragging bright and scorching trails and smashing down.
"Oh my God......"
I don't know if these people are lucky or unlucky, at least ten houses in the center of the town disappeared into the smoke in an instant, along with the people who were still sleeping in the houses and did not escape!
Immediately afterwards, the dense smoke and flames spread in all directions with the fierce shock wave, and the originally peaceful town turned into a human purgatory in just a few seconds.
"Help us!"
Some clever people have already reacted, and staying in the town will undoubtedly be burned to death by the flames, and the only way to survive is to rush out. They screamed, dodging the splattering flames and crumbling buildings, and rushed to the four gates with all their might.
Even if they knew that there were dragons guarding there, the people who were eager to survive couldn't care so much, and those who had a little sanity tried to beg for mercy, and the others simply tried to break through the blockade.
However......
"The Tokamaks don't need prisoners. ”
Iroh muttered to himself in the language of a dragon, his indifferent eyes swept over him, as if he were looking at the most humble ant. In the next second, another deadly dragon breath erupted, turning several people who approached into ashes.
Now he was completely sure that he wasn't a black dragon, because even a black-and-red dragon, like Hillcutt, couldn't shoot flames hotter than a fire meteor.
But Iroh did it.
He stood on the wall of the north gate, with the remains of guards and crossbow arrows at his feet. Under his arrangement, Bella was in charge of guarding the West Gate, while the Tokamaks were in charge of the other three gates, and he took care to keep the town's walls from being breached when he released the Meteor.
In this way, people have no choice but the gate.
Compared to those who fled to the east, south, and north gates in despair, those who fled to the west gate experienced a real shock at this moment.
"Miss Villeret?!"
Meg looked at the shadow in disbelief, and the originally docile and well-behaved female mage seemed to be a different person, indifferently blocking people's lives with ice and snow. Behind her, there were four tall figures standing - they were earth elementals!
Something collapsed in his heart.
Before he could say anything more, an ice arrow burst through the air and stabbed him directly in the throat.
Bella didn't care what these people thought, but she was also gloomy in her heart.
Iroh ordered her to participate in the massacre, apparently sealing off her retreat. Even if the Duchy's investigation later found no evidence of her, she didn't believe that Iroh wouldn't leave evidence as a means to restrain herself.
Even if you have signed a contract, are you still so cautious......
Bella smiled bitterly, now, even if she wants to regret it, there is no room for it.
Of course, at least as the destined victor, Bella was under less psychological pressure than the poor townspeople.
Perhaps the sudden, instantaneous death of Castelgate is the best outcome in the face of this horrific catastrophe - the most painful torment in the world is to be tormented between life and death for a long time!
Tonight...... It's going to be a wonderful night.
Half an hour later, the screams, cries, and beggings in the town had faded away, except for the sound of flames engulfing houses.
The battle is decided.
Iroh spread his broad wings and spat out a metal ball—and it exploded in midair like a strange blue firework.
This is a pre-agreed signal: the end of the operation.
"I'm exhausted," Hilcart glanced at the blue fire in the distant sky, casually ending the last soldier's life, "it's finally harvest time." ”
"I think the harvest will be very rich. Vis licked a slender wound on his side, as a normal young dragon, he couldn't be as strong as Iroh to be unharmed the whole time.
At the south gate, Karamank also breathed a sigh of relief, when Iroh first proposed this plan, he thought it was too risky, but he didn't expect it to go quite smoothly. Naturally, the next step is the all-important distribution.
"Iroh ......" Bella at the west gate looked at the earth elemental that had retreated silently with a complicated expression, of course she knew that the four earth elementals were not only here to help her, they were also responsible for supervising themselves.
Maybe as soon as they show an anomaly, they'll kill themselves immediately, right?
One way or another, the massacre is over. This border town is officially destroyed on this night!