Chapter 5: The Battle of the Drawbridge
Ota helped her mother to finally climb ashore, her bruised lips trembling. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Mom, look at the suspension bridge, there are our villagers on it. Ota raised his hand and pointed to the upper reaches of the river.
Avril saw the villagers on the suspension bridge supporting each other, some of them were bright red, and they were stumbling miserably.
"Orta, go over and help. With that, Avril and Orta lay on their stomachs and got up under the wooden fence covered with thistle barbs.
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Outside the drawbridge, Aina and Mondello ran desperately, arrows flying over their heads, shooting at the black-robed witch who was rushing towards them, but to no avail.
"Withdraw, all withdraw. Aina shouted as she ran, she dared to give up her army and rush over alone, she definitely had strong self-confidence and means, Aina didn't want to be rushed to her teammates by the black-robed witch, and it would be a heavy casualty.
Seeing that the team members were still hesitating, Aina immediately shouted, "I order you, retreat immediately and cut the drawbridge." ”
The team members saw him shouting with a hideous face, so they turned around and got on the suspension bridge and ran towards the opposite bank.
Behind him, the white wolf jumped four or five meters, and at this time it was only more than twenty meters away from Aina. Aina let go of Mondello and turned suddenly, throwing the spear in his hand hard.
"Whew"
The spear roared and flew out, swinging gently in the air to create an arc and stab at the black-robed witch.
"Gunarau ......"
The black-robed witch spoke in the language of beasts that no one understood, and the bone staff in his hand pointed at the spear that flew in.
"Snort"
The mouth of the black skeleton on the bone staff opened, and suddenly spewed out a fist-sized black ball of light, flying towards the spear, this black ball of light immediately swelled after it appeared, and it was already the size of a basin when it hit the spear in mid-air.
After the spear was inserted into the ball of light, it was like falling into the mud, sinking inch by inch, and with the sound of "Blala, La, La", the ball of light continued to fall out of pieces of reddish iron slurry, and the corpse of the orc on the ground made a 'snort' sound, and the flesh and blood around it instantly turned black.
"What? this ......." Aina was stunned, he had never encountered such a thing, and he had never encountered such a powerful opponent, at this time, he actually felt powerless.
Fortunately, he was in a firm mind, and he reacted for a moment, helping Mondello to run onto the suspension bridge. Mondello's eyes were full of incredulity, and his mouth muttered, "How is this possible? How can such a monster appear......
"Run, Mondello," Aina shouted in his ear, sobering him up.
The suspension bridge more than 100 meters long sways gently, and more than 10 meters below it is the non-dry river with rolling waves.
The white wolf's thick claws landed on the drawbridge, and the blood-colored eyes of the black-robed witch glanced at the surface of the river before landing on the backs of Aina and Mondello.
It gently clamped, and after the white wolf roared in the sky, it ran on the suspension bridge, and behind it, countless orc armies rumbled out, and soon boarded the suspension bridge.
The wolf was like a gust of wind, and in the blink of an eye, it caught up in the middle of the drawbridge.
"Cut down guardrails and burn suspension bridges. Aina shouted to the other side as he paused and turned to draw his cutlass and stood in the middle of the bridge.
I can't let it cross the drawbridge, I have to buy time for my teammates, otherwise the consequences are unimaginable.
"Aina!" Mondello also stopped, his sword slashing at the guardrail.
The guardrails on both sides of the suspension bridge are tightly interlocking iron cables, and the bridge deck is made of wooden planks fixed on several iron cables, which are very strong although shaky.
The chopper slashed at the iron rope with a clang, and a spark appeared, but only a white mark was left.
"Gunarau ......"
The black-robed witch's bloody eyes burned, and the bone staff in his hand shot out two black lights one after another, one rushing towards Aina, and the other being Mondello behind him. And the white wolf did not stop, and continued to rush forward when the black-robed demon witch cast a spell.
"Rakla......"
The ball of light was too fast for Aina to dodge at all, and the scimitar in his hand could only slash through in an instant.
"Poof", as if chopping in a viscous liquid extremely forceless feeling, and then a light step back in his hand, and then look at it, there is only one knife handle left in his hand at this time, and the ball of light is ticking down the fiery red molten iron, instantly burning through the wooden planks on the bridge deck, and a tiny fire is burning on the hole.
The black ball of light continued to fly, and Aina pulled out two short axes from his waist behind his back as he retreated, and slashed at the ball of light.
Behind him, the sound of "bells and bells" chopping ropes suddenly stopped, and then Mondello screamed.
Aina glanced back to catch a glimpse of black smoke coming from Mondello's left hand, and a black-purple flame was burning and spreading, soon reaching the crook of his arm.
"Snort", Mondello gritted his teeth and swung his sword, the left arm that was burning after the flash of the knife was broken at the elbow, the blood spurted out and fell on the bridge deck in bright red, and the black and purple flames on the falling arm instantly burst into flames, and thick black smoke also came out of the wooden board.
"Click, click....." There was the sound of knives and axes on the shore, the bridge shook violently, and under the wooden planks, an iron cable fell into the river......
"Mondello retreat. The black ball of light in front of Aina gradually shrank, and the axe in his hand was only two axe handles, and the burning red was still in his hand, and the sneering sound emitted a scorching smell.
"Woo, Kunava....." The black-robed demon witch's bloody eyes lit up, and the white wolf under his crotch jumped up suddenly.
"Whew"
On the top of Aina's head, the white wolf flew high and was about to cross over his head and go straight to the riverbank, Aina gritted his teeth, and with a hideous look on his face, he also jumped up and poked the two red axe handles in his hand violently.
"Whew"
The red axe handle plunged into the white wolf's body, and it kicked violently under the great pain, and the sharp hind claws slashed through Aina's chest like lightning, and the blood and leather armor fragments flew up in an instant, and his right chest collapsed and flew up, and he fell into the river with a "poof".
"Aina!" Mondello cried out in pain, then jumped as soon as he rolled over.
On the opposite shore of the "Captain ......", Leo and his teammates had blood red in their eyes.
"Uncle ....." Behind the team, Ota, who was held down by Avril, struggled desperately, Avril subconsciously grabbed Ota, and her tears couldn't stop rolling down.
Losing two loved ones in one day after another is unbearable.
"Whew....."
The white wolf fell on the bridge deck and writhed desperately, while the black-robed witch on the side roared angrily, raised his arms, and the black skeleton on the bone staff, which had shrunk by nearly half, flashed again, and a black transparent skeleton halo enveloped his whole body and headed towards the shore.
Black balls of light the size of fists kept shooting out from the bone staff, flying like beads to the crowd on the opposite bank thirty meters away, and on the bone staff, the color of those magic beads gradually became dim, and even the skeletons formed by the condensation of black qi instantly shrank a lot after spewing out black balls of light one after another.
"The shield array covered, the others continued to chop the wires, and the archers sneaked attacked. Leo shouted.
He then took a shield and stood in front of the crowd, followed by Faye and the rest of the team.
"Puff puff ......"
Balls of light followed, and Leo's shield was the first to meet them. The "bang" ball of light seemed to be extremely sticky, and it immediately burned on the shield.
Leo threw the flaming shield at the drawbridge in front of him and immediately retreated, while Faye stood up, still greeted by his shield, raising his hand and throwing it away.
The bridge tilted after shaking violently again, and the sound of falling into the river on the bridge continued, but there were more orcs with sharp claws that remained on the bridge.
The black-robed demon witch was less than ten meters away from the shore at this time, ignoring the fire burning on the bridge deck, and his body was covered with a halo of light and walked out of the flames, allowing his bow and arrows to shoot.
"Kill"
Reina and Faye didn't care much more, and rushed forward with their spears, and behind them, except for a few who cut the iron cables, all rushed up, and the small bridge deck was immediately crowded with people.
"Poof, poof, poof....."
Spears, axes, and machetes rained down on the shield, but the shield was like a balloon that could not be punctured, except for the constant concave and convex deformation, it was not damaged.
It kept under its feet, raised its hand and waved its staff to shoot out a black ball of light, at such a close distance, there was no time to react, several team members immediately ignited a fire, and the screams turned into a cloud of black ash before stopping, everyone wanted to crack and fight with it, but they couldn't stop its steps.
"Boom ....."
There was a shaking of dust and smoke on the shore, and several iron cables fell into the river one after another, and on the bridge deck, there was an endless roar with a loud bang.
On the surface of the river, there were struggling and floating orcs, swept by the rolling current and submerged in the water.
"Finally cut down, the village was finally saved. The team members on the shore were excited, but when they thought of the many casualties in this battle, even the captain Aina and Mondello ......
"Go down and save people. Ota didn't have time to sigh, so he immediately ran to the riverbank under the bridge and looked downstream.
"Yes, save the people, and search the shore to prevent any orcs from swimming ashore. Although Avril was very sad, she was also very controlling, and said calmly at the moment.
When she said this, the team members also reacted, how could they relax when it was not really safe at the moment? So they took up their weapons and searched along the riverbank.
"Look, that's Uncle Faye... And Uncle Leo, they're all still alive. Ota shouted and waved as he ran, while in the middle of the river, Faye and Leo swam desperately, trying to get closer to the shore.
More than a dozen of them besieged the black-robed witch, less than ten meters from the shore, which was originally close, and the team members were all very good at water, so they had a great chance of surviving.
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On the shore, the villagers of Xiluo Village rushed to treat the wounded, while Aina's wife, Yuna, hugged and wept with Avril.
In a fit of rage, Orta carried his spear and together with the rest of the team, he killed the orcs who had climbed ashore one by one, and before they could climb ashore, they were killed by their arrows or stabbed to death by spears.
"Gurgling ......"
"What's the sound?" Ota by the river suddenly heard a strange noise, and immediately stopped and looked over.
In front of him, large bubbles were rising in the river, making a gurgling sound as if it were boiling.
Orta clenched his spear in both hands and stared at the tumbling water, not blinking.