Chapter 10: The Demon Messenger (Part II)
The group walked forward in silence, and the atmosphere seemed a little awkward. After advancing for another three or four miles, he glanced at the squad leader who was following behind him with his head down, Wang Junqing said: "First squad leader, I know your good intentions, you are afraid that I will be in danger after I go too deep into the territory of the demon clan, and it will be difficult to explain in front of the military commander." ”
"Nothing. The squad leader's face turned slightly red, and he flatly denied it.
"You don't need to deny it, I know this very well, this platoon I lead is all veterans, any one of you can be pulled out, at least you can be the platoon commander, right?
The first squad leader just wanted to say something, but Wang Junqing stretched out his hand to stop him: "You should treat me as an ordinary officer, don't keep thinking that I am the grandson of the generalissimo." I'm the same as you, I'm also afraid of death, I won't even want my life for the sake of merit, you can rest assured. But now that we're here, we're going to do what they can do, just like the other warriors!"
"Since you said so, platoon commander, we are also relieved. The second squad leader leaned over and said, "Death in battle is not terrible, we people are used to seeing life and death, as long as it is worth it, we will never give up." ”
"Don't live or die, as long as we can unite as one, I believe we can all come back alive. Pounding his chest, Wang Junqing said solemnly, "I, Wang Junqing, swear that I will definitely bring you all back to Mengliang Fortress alive!"
On the road again, the first squad leader walked in the front, the second squad leader was at the end, and the third squad leader and Wang Junqing were in the middle. Wang Junqing did not object to such an arrangement, after all, he had never stepped into the territory of the demon clan, and he was not familiar with everything here, if he led the way, it would be difficult to ensure that there would be no accidents.
The squad leader was obviously familiar with the environment, and they sped forward through the wilderness. Due to its proximity to the border, this place is deserted, and there are weeds more than half a man tall everywhere, and occasionally there will be a road built by the demons in the middle, leading to the distance. The squad leader is always very careful to lead everyone through these roads quickly, moving forward.
After walking for about thirty kilometers, Wang Junqing stopped the squad leader who was walking in the front: "Is it because I don't feel right, why are these demon patrol teams we met all look in a hurry, they don't look like they are patrolling at all, but they have a bit of a sense of coping." There's a team I've seen them at least three times, don't they usually do that?"
"I also found out that there was a problem. It stands to reason that the patrol team of the demon clan did not go so fast, they were all divisional patrols, and we kept moving forward, and we shouldn't have met the same people. The squad leader frowned and said, "It seems that something must have happened to the demons, it is true that the Las Gar Province was captured by the demons, they have already transferred the soldiers from Pittsburgh away, and now the troops are insufficient, and the patrol team here is just for show, used to deceive us." ”
"Although this may be a big surname, we didn't see it with our own eyes after all, so let's get to Pittsburgh first. Wang Junqing thought for a while and felt that it would be better to confirm it again.
"Okay, just follow the platoon commander's instructions. ”
In the grass outside Pittsburgh's South Gate, Wang Junqing and a squad leader hid inside. It's still a kilometer away from Pittsburgh, so you don't have to worry about being detected by the demon's reconnaissance magic.
Wang Junqing and the squad leader raised their heads slightly, revealing a pair of eyes looking up and down at Pittsburgh. I only saw that the city gate was closed, and only a few demon soldiers stood on the city wall. After observing for a long time, I didn't see any movement on the city wall.
The first squad leader pulled Wang Junqing's sleeves, and the two of them quietly retreated to the scheduled meeting place, waiting for the others to come back.
After a while, the second squad leader, the third squad leader and other soldiers returned here one after another, and what they saw was the same as what Wang Junqing saw, the four gates of Pittsburgh were closed, and there was no movement.
"Pittsburgh is the southernmost castle of the Demon Clan, and the soldiers here have all been evacuated, it seems that the Demon Clan's losses this time are not small!" said the third squad leader first. He went to the North Gate, which differed only from the other three directions in that the Gate had been opened once. About 100,000 demon soldiers galloped out of the city and headed northeast.
The soldiers were in a hurry, hurrying forward, and perhaps because the humans had never attacked here, they didn't send soldiers to scout at all. At the urging of the commander, rush forward as fast as you can.
The third squad leader carefully observed these soldiers, and it could be seen from their clothing that these people were all new recruits, and the ranks on the march were much more messy, which was not the same as the demon soldiers who attacked the human fortress before.
"Looks like we're going to have to go a little further and see what the situation is like for the demons and beasts. The first squad leader said, "Look at the demons like this, they can't take care of us anymore, let's take a shortcut to Anchorage." ”
Under the leadership of a squad leader, the group headed straight for Anchorage, and when they reached twenty kilometers, they caught up with the 100,000 demon troops who came out of Pittsburgh. Far behind, following their footprints and rushing forward, the road was unimpeded, and there was not a single demon patrol team.
At night, the demon army stopped camping, and Wang Junqing and the others rested two kilometers behind the demon army. When the demon army set off the next day, they continued to follow.
On the second day, the demon armies of the other three castles converged and marched in the direction of Anchorage together. The mighty demon army stretched for more than ten miles, and the dust and sand raised by the soldiers rushed straight into the air, and it couldn't be dispersed for a long time. After three days of walking and nearly three hundred kilometers, Anchorage was not far away.
Faintly, it seemed that the sound of fighting could already be heard in front of me, and there seemed to be a trace of blood in the air. The demon generals urged their soldiers to speed up their advance, and they must rush to the city of Anchorage before dark.
On the walls of Anchorage, a brutal offensive and defensive battle is being staged. It's just that offense and defense change hands, the demons are attacking, and the orcs are defending. Colorful magic fell on the city wall all the time, like fireworks being lit up and bursting into brilliant brilliance.
Demons are generally divided into five levels according to their level of magic: elementary, intermediate, advanced, demon, and god. Each level is further divided into three levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced.
After a certain amount of training, the demons can reach the beginner level of magic. If you can accurately control the landing point of the magic and can perform ranged attacks, you will reach an intermediate level. The advanced requirement is to be able to perform a single attack, but also to be able to unleash group attack magic, the more people attacking, the larger the area, the higher the level of mana.
The biggest flaw of the demon is the body, the use of magic requires strong mental power, so the demon pays more attention to the cultivation of spiritual power, the higher the level of magic, the stronger the spiritual power, and the weaker the body.
Only those demons whose magic level can reach the magic level can break through the limitations of their bodies, become stronger, and no longer fear the melee attacks of the beasts, and the powerful magic is more powerful than the giant catapult, and can even defeat high-level beasts. But such demons are a minority after all, and most of them can only bully humans.
As for the god level, it only exists in legends. It is said that the strongest magic released by the demons who have reached the god level, the forbidden spell, can even destroy a large city and wipe out everyone in the city, whether you are an orc, a human, a demon or other creatures, all of them are dead.
When defending in the castle, the magic of the demons still has a great advantage. After all, the enemy's travel path is restricted when attacking the city, and the demons can calmly attack the opponent with magic, plus the protection of the city wall, the damage can be minimized.
Now that the siege war is being fought, the weakness of the demons is exposed. Their emaciated bodies allowed them to move very slowly as they climbed up the walls, and the rolling logs and rocks thrown by the orcs from the walls could often knock down a string of demon soldiers with a single smash.
Since the Orc army is equipped with new magical equipment, their defense has been greatly increased. In the past, the demons' long-range magic attacks fell on the orc soldiers and could cause a lot of damage, but now they are basically not lethal. The orc soldiers stood on the city wall, barely defenseless, and let the magic attacks of the demons fall on their bodies, but the magic they emitted brought great damage to the demons.
Now the weapons of orc soldiers can release not only fireballs, but also water balls, earth bullets, wind blades, throwing knives, and ice arrows. These magic spells fell on the bodies of those demon soldiers on the ladder, and the flames attached to them burned, and then they were provoked by the water polo technique, forming a secondary damage. Earthen bullets slammed into their heads, wind blades and throwing knives cutting through their bodies, and ice arrows leaving bloody holes in their bodies.
The soldiers of the demon clan are called a depressed, isn't this a tune? The beasts are using magic to attack, and they have to charge upwards with **, what is wrong with this world?
The thin ** of the demon clan can't be equipped with heavy armor at all, how can they resist the all-round attack of the beast clan when they are only wearing leather armor? Although their own defense helps them reduce their magic damage by more than half, they are powerless to resist the physical attack.
The orc soldiers standing by the city wall didn't even bother to use their weapons, and with the magic of their armor, they resisted the magic attacks of the demon soldiers, and then with a gentle push of one hand, they could push all the demon soldiers who had tried their best to climb the city wall. The demon soldiers kept falling from the city wall, and even the soldiers who were still desperately climbing up the ladder with them also crashed down. Screams rang out, and the orcs let out a bloodthirsty laugh.
Finally, the demons under the city couldn't bear it anymore, and thousands of demon officers joined forces to perform high-level magic, and the city wall suddenly fell into a turbulent flow of magic. All kinds of magical elements raged everywhere on the city walls, sweeping all the orc soldiers on the city walls. In this magical turbulence, the orc soldiers' magic could no longer be unleashed, and the attacks stopped.
In the past, such a high-level magic attack could have made at least half of the orc soldiers on the city wall ineffective. However, the current orc soldiers are equipped with body protection, and the magic resistance on the armor has resisted most of the magic attacks, and the damage that can really be done to them is insignificant. By the time the magic turbulence had subsided, most of the orc soldiers were able to fight again, with only a few of the more seriously injured being carried down.
After unleashing a high-level spell together, the demon officers needed an hour's rest to regain their mana, and during that time, they could no longer support the besieging soldiers. The demon soldiers were once again caught in a bloody battle.
Wang Junqing, who was hiding in the shadows and observing, quietly withdrew from the battlefield where the demons and beasts clashed with his team, and was about to return to the Dragon Empire along the same route to report what they had discovered to the military chief of Mengliang Fortress.
At this moment, Wang Junqing found that the ground under his feet suddenly trembled, and a dull roar quickly approached Anchorage Castle from a distance