Chapter 43: The decisive battle at Moon Creek Square
"Kill!" Adela brandished his two-handed greatsword and rushed directly to the front of the entire team, and when he saw that his commander was actually the first, the Ear Guards of the Iron Fist Castle Legion were completely crazy, they let out an earth-shattering roar, and they carried the Mithril Tower shield in their hands and launched a charge towards the fortifications of the Mochizuki City army.
If it were any heavy legion, the word "charge" would never appear, because the thick armor on their bodies was unusually heavy, and it was impossible to support such a heavy armor to run. However, the Guards Legion was an exception, because the armor on their bodies was all made of Mithril, and 5,000 pairs of full-body armor had almost exhausted all of the survival of the Temple of the Apocalypse, and if it weren't for this windfall, even a magical capital like Mochizuki City would not have the financial resources to do such a luxurious configuration.
A set of Mithril full-body armor, plus a tower shield that is enough to block half of a body, the weight of these is about the same as ordinary metal chain mail, although this weight is not very light, but with the support of various auxiliary magic, the warriors of the Iron Fist Castle Guard Legion are still enough to run quickly.
The magicians of Mochizuki City sprang into action when they saw Cassano's army charge, and they began to chant their best spells in the face of the dense barrage of arrows fired from the opposite side. Many mages were killed by the arrows that flew as soon as they emerged from shields and other hiding places, but many more magicians completed their magic under the protection of countless shields.
"Woo!" Dozens of high-level magic made all kinds of shocking sounds and flew into the air, because Cassano's warriors consciously distanced themselves from each other, the formation was unusually loose, and they were all running fast, so it was difficult for these magisters to attack the fixed target as easily as before, they could only spread their magic attack area as much as possible in a large area in front of them, which also greatly weakened the power of this second wave of magic attacks invisibly.
A burning meteorite roared and smashed headlong into Adra, who was the first to bear the brunt of the ground, with a loud "boom", the meteorite directly hit Adela's body, and then the flames rolled out, completely enveloping the surroundings. Many warriors from Mochizuki City cheered again, in their opinion, the commander of the other party had been killed by their own magician, so the army on the opposite side was not far from collapsing.
Unexpectedly, while the smoke and flames were still rolling, a black shadow directly broke through the blockade of the flames and reappeared in front of the warriors of Mochizuki City, but it was Adela who should have died under the meteorite bombardment. A magician's sharp eyes immediately saw that the red armor on Adela's body was as good as new, and there was not even a single scratch on it, and the magician couldn't help but cry out: "How is this possible? It's a high temperature that even steel is enough to melt!"
More black shadows broke out from the smoke, flames, cold mist, and arcs of electricity, it was the warriors of the Cassano Guards Legion, because the Magisters of Mochizuki City had to disperse the attack area, which greatly reduced the pressure on the warriors of Cassano, plus the armor on their bodies and the protection of those auxiliary magic, so the loss was not very large.
"Kill!" Adela raised her two-handed greatsword and let out a morale-boosting shout, and behind her, thousands of warriors of the Iron Fist Castle Guard Legion also picked up the long sword in their hand, and struck the tower shield in the other hand with the hilt, and the metal hit each other, naturally making a clear and loud sound, and these warriors also shouted at the same time according to the rhythm of this percussion: "Kill!" Each blow was accompanied by a murderous roar, and after three consecutive times, the morale of the Cassano warriors was still at its peak, while the warriors of Mochizuki City on the opposite side were terrified in the center of such a sound, and their morale plummeted.
"Don't panic, listen to my command!" The old voice of Clifford, the Grand Magus of Mochizuki City, echoed above the Moon Creek Square, which was blessed with the effect of the "Amplified Magic Array": "The high-level magician will attack the area 200 meters directly in front of him, the intermediate magician will attack the area 100 meters in front, and the other magicians will attack the area 50 meters away. Magus, you use level 7 magic to suppress the archers on the other side. Everyone remembers that the enemy's strength is limited, and it is an expedition of laborers, and if one dies, one will be less!"
Grand Magister Clifford has always been Blair's deputy, and naturally has a high prestige in the Mochizuki City Magic Guild, and now at a critical moment, these mages will naturally obey his orders, especially Clifford's last words, which is not unhelpful for boosting the morale of Mochizuki City, after all, no matter how powerful Cassano's army is, their number is limited, how can they kill their 1200 to 1500 people in 2 consecutive attacks just now, as long as they come a few more times, then the enemy's strength will be almost lost.
Time, time! The victory or defeat of the war seems to be concentrated in such a short period of time at the moment, if the magicians of Mochizuki City can preemptively send out intensive magic attacks, then the warriors of Cassano who launched the charge will naturally not be spared, but if the warriors of Cassano rush into the position of Mochizuki City first, the magicians of Mochizuki City can suffer great losses.
This is a very depressing thing for Cassano, because the Cassano army has extremely strong mobility, but because of the previous smooth offensive, they took the initiative to give up the bipedal wyvern and the war horse, and as a result, the dense military formation suffered great losses under the magic attack of Mochizuki City, and now when it is time to exert its superior mobility, the horse and the wyvern are in the logistics force outside the city, and they can't be counted on at all.
Ryan shook his head gently, this time in the battle of Mochizuki City, Cassano's army exposed too many problems, Adela has no experience in commanding large battles after all, and Ryan himself lacks this awareness of the overall situation, which has caused the current extremely passive situation. But then again, no one is born with an outstanding military strategist, only after experiencing all kinds of tragic lessons, will he slowly hone his talent in this area, although the price paid at the moment is a little bigger, but Ryan can still afford it, after all, what he really focuses on is the future of the undead army war that I don't know when it will break out.
Of course, the next battle situation cannot continue like this, Cassano's army is originally small and large, relying on the quality of its own army soldiers, as well as Ryan's powerful mana. It can be said that if Ryan does not make a move, Cassano's army combat effectiveness will be reduced to less than thirty percent, and it is obviously unrealistic to defeat the opponent.
A gust of wind blew, Ryan's body turned into a vague shadow, and in a few breaths, he used his "teleportation" magic to reach a place less than 300 meters away from the forward position of Mochizuki City, and Adela who had already launched a charge was left behind by Ryan.
Clifford, the archmage behind the Mochizuki City position, suddenly trembled in his heart, and he found that the magic array he had arranged emitted circles of ripples, which was a sign when strong magic fluctuations were detected, Clifford hurriedly reminded the other archmages around him and said, "Be careful, Ryan has made a move!"
Out of fear of Ryan, these 5 archmages immediately joined forces to support a magic enchantment at the first time, protecting themselves first, after all, Ryan's oppressive attack was so impressive, Clifford and none of them had the idea of surviving this attack for 30 seconds.
However, to Clifford's surprise, Ryan did not directly attack them, but centered on himself in the same place, holding up a large flame canopy. The so-called "Flame Canopy", that is, the sky overhead with raging flames, forming a defensive network similar to a roof, this magic is exactly the same principle as the "Flame Prison" created by Ryan before, but the scope of influence has been expanded countless times.
With Ryan's mana, when this "Flame Canopy" was completed, it was naturally enough to envelop the surrounding space of hundreds of meters, and the various magic released by the magicians of Mochizuki City on the opposite side were naturally blocked when they flew over and collided with this burning Flame Canopy, and its magic power was also offset by the burning canopy.
Naturally, Adela and her warriors couldn't stay for the slightest, and they all crossed Ryan and continued to rush towards the position of Mochizuki City. After these Cassano warriors were almost completely through the protection range of his own flame canopy, Ryan teleported again, and came to a place that was only more than 100 meters away from the position of Mochizuki City, but re-propped up another flame canopy.
In this way, the defensive magic was unleashed twice in a row, so that four-fifths of the warriors who launched the charge successfully avoided the enemy's magic attack and attacked the position of the defenders of Mochizuki Castle. These more than 3,700 heavily armed Cassano warriors have been passively beaten, and they have long held their breath, and now the opportunity to vent has finally arrived, and the grievances of the previous beatings and the grief and indignation of the sacrifice of their comrades around them are mixed together, and they directly gather on the long sword in their hands and stab out towards the enemy.
When the hand-to-hand combat began, the magicians of Mochizuki City naturally began to retreat, the training of magicians is quite difficult, even if they go to the battlefield, they can retreat on their own when the situation is critical without being punished by military law, but as soon as they retreat like this, the dense magic attack will of course stop.
Clifford was anxious when he saw this scene, this is a matter of life and death, what kind of privilege do you want to talk about, if you lose this battle, can everyone still be safe and sound? But Clifford can't be distracted at this time, because Ryan has teleported to their vicinity again, and he must work together with the other 4 archmages to block Ryan, otherwise if Ryan is allowed to carry out a magic attack in his hinterland, then there will be nothing left of the defenders of Mochizuki City.