The rattlesnake is the only snake that lives on four continents at the same time, reaching as far north as the tundra region of the ice continent.

The rattlesnake's elongated fangs were hollow and filled with venom enough to knock the dragon to the ground, and unlike most other snakes, the rattlesnake's massive fangs were folded, and only the moment he attacked, the four sharp teeth suddenly burst out.

The rattlesnake's head has infrared-feeling cheek sockets, and no matter how careful the enemy is in the wind, no matter how careful the step is, the rattlesnake can easily spot it even when it is asleep, and waits quietly to unleash a deadly attack in an instant.

Humans are often bewildered by the beautiful veins of rattlesnakes, and there are even ignorant maidens running to the side of the road looking for the charming and pleasant harp sound that came out of nowhere.

...... And these are often the beginnings of death.

- "Rattlesnake in the Night, Title Page"

Among the major cities of the empire, Hamburg is definitely in the top three in terms of treacherous terrain.

Originally, such a high altitude was inhabited only by low-level races such as gnomes, but 780 years ago, when the gnomes were tending to their caves, they suddenly discovered an extremely wide iron ore. What's more, what is even more exciting is that the iron-rich ore is actually accompanied by a black sè coal mine.

The gnomes were excited. Due to their presence in crypts, their bodies smelling strong, and their size being less than 1 meter tall, gnomes have always been at the bottom of the entire continent's social structure, often living in precarious situations. The gnomes had thought that such a rich mine would bring them wealth. What I didn't expect was that the first one came was the catastrophe.

Someone with a heart soon discovers the secret from the iron ore provided by the gnomes, and then a large mercenary group washes the dwarf village in blood.

In fact, the mercenary group also fell victim to the mine, a few dwarf children who went out to play escaped the catastrophe in the grass. And ran to the mountain dwarves hundreds of miles away to inform the dwarven king. It is well known that the dwarves and the gnomes have a close blood relationship, and the dwarven king, for whatever purpose, avenged the gnomes - the large mercenary group of more than 6,000 people collapsed, and at least more than 3,000 mercenaries died in the snowy mountains.

The mountain dwarf nation has a population of more than 400,000 and a professional army of 3,000 people. Such strength has forced humanity to adopt a cooperative model.

Later, after hundreds of years, a large city with an average wall height of 20 meters was built on the blood-stained dwarf village, in addition to nearly 100,000 dwarven residents, there were more than 200,000 human inhabitants and nearly 10,000 dwarfs.

Anyone who has ever been to Hamburg will be amazed at how well defended the city is. Hamburg sits on the north and faces south, and on the north side is one of the main peaks at the western foot of the Snow Mountain, the 3,700-meter-high Yelu Meixue Peak, which rises from the ground at a 70-angle angle and is covered with snow all year round. There may be a very small number of snow-capped mountain natives who can climb such a high mountain, a large number of soldiers...... It's simply not possible. There are two cliffs on the east and west sides of the city, the east side is more than 600 meters deep, and the west side is more than 1,300 meters deep, and there will be no ice and snow in the west cliff for only more than 90 days a year. When the city was built, the designer cleverly built barracks on both sides of the cliff, completely cutting off any idea of soldiers attacking from here. The south side of the city was originally a 30-meter wide 30-meter ramp, but after more than 700 years of operation, successive castle guards skillfully dug up the soil (filling in the abandoned mine pit to prevent landslides), and finally the gentle slope turned into a continuous sinking staircase, each 30 meters wide and 15 meters high, a total of three steps. Only a 30-meter-wide corridor is left in the middle.

There were also 120 oversized catapults on the city wall, which were more than ten times larger than the same equipment in the treasury of any imperial department, since there was no need to think about carrying and adjusting the angle. The catapult that cannot adjust the angle applied in the army is only 150 catties at a time, and the catapult that can be adjusted is only 10 catties, and the distance is generally 100 meters ~ 300 meters. One of the largest catapults in Hamburg (it's hard to find one of these sizes) contained 35 stones, each weighing an average of 120 pounds. The smallest catapult was a seven-piece catapult. The range of the stone throw is 350 meters. In fact, all the catapults in Hamburg are made of pure steel, and they are not made by manpower, but they are carved out of the glacier on the north peak, which is 10,000 pounds of stones to a height of 40 meters, and then used the sliding force of the stones to make a slide.

Since the city was built, no troops have ever enjoyed such treatment on the ground. It's just that most of the soldiers saw it, and most of them had such years: "I'm afraid that even a dragon, a dragon knight, or even a fly will be thrown from the air with as many as 2,000 stones thrown at a time." ”

The time, the place, the people, Hamburg is the city that never falls.

At such a high point above the ground, looking at the sky, the stars are as if they are at hand, and you can reach out and hold them. The warriors from Fanos had been living in the rainforest before, and with the humid air and rainy weather, it was good luck to see the stars. If it weren't for the fact that the temperature was so different, these soldiers would have sat around the campfire and chatted like the human soldiers who had just joined their ranks.

Again, because of the cold, keeping watch at night on the city walls became a big problem. The Legion Staff Officer arranged for as many human soldiers as he could to work night shifts, but after all, there were only 1,000 human soldiers. The orc and half-orc soldiers who needed to be on duty were wrapped in all the clothes and bedding they could find, and even then, the cold wind pierced the bone marrow, and the legion allowed the soldiers to change guards every half hour.

In the eyes of the soldiers, such a cautious defense was undoubtedly superfluous. On such a clear night, the orc soldiers could see that the distance was more than 500 meters, and the front of the city wall was completely covered with snow, and there was no trace of human or animal activity—and no soldier could attack such a dangerous peak.

Death came far sooner and more accurately than the soldiers of the Phanos Legion had anticipated.

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