Chapter 22: The Monster Strikes
On the wall more than twenty meters high, the city lord of Handel was directing the deployment work, assembling the ballistas, placing the strong bows and crossbows, and stabbing the guns, all of which were carried out in an intense and orderly manner.
At this time, a knight captain came to report with two lewd men, and he was followed by a group of people, yes, this group of people was Su Ke and his party.
After the captain of the knights gave a brief report on his work, Handel began to ask Angel about his specific situation.
"Who is the deceased, and what is the relationship with you?"
"The deceased was our mayor, and we escaped together because the town was attacked by monsters. Angel replied.
"Mayor Mayor, as far as I know, there's only one town in the south, what's your mayor's name?" Handel seemed to care about the identity of the deceased.
Angel said the mayor's name.
"Well, I've had a few business dealings with him, and I've been friends, but I didn't expect this to happen. Don't worry, I will punish these two thieves. ”
The vendor who sold things suddenly wiped his mouth and said, "Mr. Handel City Lord, these two people have stolen my money, and I have to go back to do business!
Handel found a small bag of money in the pockets of the big man's coat and threw it to the vendor. "Count it, see if it's less. ”
"Thank you, Mr. Handel City Lord, a lot, a lot. The peddler thanked him and walked away happily.
The captain of the knights escorted the two suspects to the cell, while Angel and Darcy were called aside to take notes.
Handel could see at a glance that Su Ke was not an ordinary villager, and with the heavy sword on his back, it was not something that ordinary people could carry on his back.
"This strong man, please stay, may I ask what is your name?" Handel called out to Suke.
Sooke replied, "My name is Suker, 'Sooker Abraham'." ”
"Hello, Suke, I'm the lord here. I see that you are extraordinary, you must not be an ordinary person, and now my city is in an emergency, I don't know if the strong man can help me to repel the monsters. Handel looked very sincere.
"Of course it's fine, but I have a small request. ”
"But it doesn't hurt to say that. ”
"We have nowhere to go, and I hope that Uncle City Lord can arrange a place for us to live. ”
Handel grinned. "It's not easy, it's not easy, it's almost lunchtime, wait and eat with us, I still have a lot of vacant rooms in my apartment, you can stay as long as you want." ”
After Angel and the others finished taking notes, Handel took Su Ke and the others to the mansion where they lived, and the Yuka family was temporarily placed in the dormitory.
Angel was a little curious about the empty house. "Why didn't you see the lady of the city lord?"
Handel smiled: "When I was young, I only cared about hard work, and after I settled down, I was delayed because of various trivial matters, and now I am still alone." ”
After a brief lunch, Handel sent the three of them to the apartment, while he continued to direct the defense on the city wall.
The young woman in the maid's costume arranged the three of Su Ke next to the Lista room, Su Ke lived in one room, and Angel and Xiao Yueyue lived in the other.
After cleaning up, Angel came to Suke's room with a melancholy face. "What are we going to do in the future? We can't just stay here forever!"
Su Ke said: "Uncle City Lord is a good person, so there is no need to worry about this kind of thing, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge." ”
"Well, I hope you're right. ”
When it was almost dusk in the afternoon, the alarm bell suddenly sounded in the city, and the people who were still in the street were immediately like ants doused with hot water, and they all ran to their homes, and in less than three minutes, there was no one on the street, and the doors were sealed, and the windows were closed, and no one dared to take a second look.
When Su Ke heard the bell, he immediately raised his heavy sword and rushed to the southern wall.
"Wait for me, I'm going too. An Jie'er ran behind with Xiao Yueyue in her arms.
Suke asked, "It's too dangerous, why don't you stay in the room?"
"I'm going too, I don't want to wait silly in my room. ”
"Then be careful yourself, pay attention to safety, and run early when you encounter danger. ”
"Well, got it. ”
When you reach the city wall, you can hear the screams of monsters outside the city, and the knights on the city wall are fighting hard.
"Uncle City Lord, what's the situation?" asked Suke.
"At present, it can still hold on, the monsters mainly attack the south wall, and there are not many in the other three directions. Handel explained as he commanded the battle.
An Jie'er looked at the monsters under the city and suddenly felt extremely terrifying. Before this, An Jie'er had been running away, and she hadn't carefully looked at a large number of monsters at all, but at this moment, she could see it clearly, their expressions, their appearances, all of which revealed the murderous aura of people.
Xiao Yueyue didn't even dare to look at it, she hugged An Jie'er's neck, her eyes closed.
The knights shoot with strong bows and crossbows, which are so powerful that they can even shoot through the scale armor of the lizardmen, but it is difficult to kill them with a single arrow unless they are shot in the head or heart.
The ballista is responsible for shooting larger monsters, like the bull-headed giant beast is five or six meters high or even more than ten meters high, and ordinary crossbow arrows have no way to take it, so they can only rely on the powerful power of the ballista.
Monsters are pouring out of the woods in the distance, more and more, and the pressure on the knights who are fighting for a while is greatly increased, and the monsters are approaching step by step.
"Resist, aim and shoot again, don't panic, just keep your usual training state. Handel commanded the battle and kept an eye on the situation.
Suke tried to jump in to help, but was stopped by Handel. "Don't worry, the battle has just begun, you need to save your strength first. ”
One after another, the corpses of the monsters fell one after another, but they all stepped on the corpses of their companions, like death squads.
Handel took out a simple and atmospheric treasure carving bow, pulled the string with an arrow, and aimed at the lizardman who rushed to the front.
With a whoosh, the arrow pierced the air and flew out, hitting the lizardman's head, the arrow was so powerful that it directly exploded the lizardman's head, and the brain slurry mucus spilled out, and the corpse ran forward two more steps due to inertia before falling.
Handel didn't stop, and continued to pull the string with arrows, each shot could hit the monster's head, and the power was as great as a bullet in a sniper rifle, and it was through the body when it was hit.
At this moment, two figures floated in the air behind them, and these two people were Lista and Aisha, who was being held.
After landing on the wall, Lista began to observe the battle, determining the type and number of monsters. Aisha held on to the guardrail and gasped, she hadn't gotten used to flying at high altitude, she was just scared, but it was good that she wasn't scared and went limp.
"Is this vindictive?" Lista watched Handel use a bow and arrow, curious about this way of enhancing normal attack power.
"That's right, I learned it when I was younger. Handel replied as he shot.
Fighting energy is a state that increases attack and defense, and is generally used by powerful samurai or knights.
"Is that you? Why were you so angry at that time?" asked Lista, still haunted by the events of the morning.
"This is not the place you should be. Lista ignored Angel's questioning.
"You ......" An Jie'er was so angry that she couldn't speak.
Su Ke comforted: "Okay, okay, don't be angry, I'll ask him for clarification when the battle is over." ”
When An Jie'er heard this, she didn't say much, but looked at the battlefield intently.
At this time, the battle was becoming more and more fierce, the corpses of the monsters below were piled up in a thick layer, the monsters rushed to the bottom of the city wall, they crossed the moat, those bull-headed guards destroyed the jumping bridge with stone axes, and then smashed the heavy stone gate underneath, making a thumping sound, and the lizardmen climbed the city wall, trying to attack from above and break through the defensive line.
The knights shot their crossbow bolts along the wall, shooting down the lizardmen one by one, but they couldn't keep up with the speed at which they climbed.
Su Ke couldn't hold it anymore and wanted to jump down to relieve the siege, but his whole body was already standing on the guardrail.
Lista ripped Suke off. "It's not time for you to make a move, look into the distance. ”
Suke looked in the direction that Lista was pointing, and saw that the trees there were falling, and countless huge monsters were pulling up the mountain and rushing towards this side.
"If you don't shoot now, you will be breached before that time. Suker still didn't give up.
"Your way of fighting is too rough, and it's a waste to kill these miscellaneous soldiers. Lista pulled Suk behind and took out a silver metal bow and began to fight.
"Space magic, who are you, what kind of past do we have?" asked Suke, puzzled.
"You'd better not know, or you'll regret it. Lista said angrily.
Lista walked over to the chest full of arrows and reached into it, and in a few moments a ripple appeared like the surface of the water where it had been touched, and then most of the arrows in the box disappeared.
Lista leaped out, levitating in the air, the silver metal bow in his hand beginning to glow with cyan. Lista pulls the bowstring, but there are no arrows between his fingers, but when he pulls it away, four arrows appear out of thin air.
Lista let go of the bowstring, and four arrows shot out angrily, carrying the power of the wind, completely piercing the four monsters.
Lista kept repeating the shots, and each time the interval was no more than a second, which meant that Lista would kill at least five monsters every second, and the pressure on the knights was greatly reduced.
"I'll go, it's a crossbow bolt launcher! Handel put away the Treasure Eagle Bow and teased, "Alas, if I am really a hero, I am old, and I can't compare." ”
"It's amazing!" Even An Jie'er, who was dissatisfied with Lista, was a little amazed at the moment.
"Brother Ta is actually a good person, he is just afraid that you will get hurt. Aisha leaned over to Angel's side and said softly.
Suke was inexplicably familiar with Lista's attack, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.
Lista shot arrow after arrow, the monster could not get close at all, and would be shot from a distance of 100 meters, which was beyond the killing range of ordinary crossbow arrows.
In order to preserve his strength, Lista turned back and stood on the city wall and continued to observe the battlefield.