Section 5 Battle of the Castle (4)
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So an orc and two slave catchers ventured out under the cover of the wall-top wood elf archers and snatched Zanzi's body back.
When Wang Qinian went down from the wall to find the potion on Zanqi's corpse, Ante Ant-Man attacked again.
This time, it was seven or eight black ant warriors who took the lead, and two of them also possessed sharp armor such as stone shields.
The Antes are desperately short of weapons, and they are so brutal that no race will trade with them.
They can only make simple tools and weapons out of hardwood and stone, and the tough skin on their bodies is natural armor, and beyond that, there are stone shields, which are actually pitifully rough and bulky.
The Black Ant Warrior led dozens of ant soldiers to rush to the entrance of the ancient castle and launched the first wave of attacks, and the two sides once again fought in close combat.
The battle was fierce from the start, with all the Munks except Garrison suffering heavy losses in a short period of time, but fortunately they were replaced by the Wood Elves in time and did not die on the spot.
The wood elf archer on the wall waved amazing damage, and kept shooting arrows, almost an Ant-Man would be injured with every arrow shot, and the sharp arrows shot from Ciri's hand would accurately penetrate the vital points of the Ant-Man, or the head, or chest.
But now the Ant-Man who participated in the war has far exceeded the original pursuit from the town, and the Ant-Man outside the castle has exceeded two hundred.
The Ant-Man tribe that attacked the town this time was not large, with only more than 700 people in total, and about 100 people acted as porters, constantly transporting food from the town to the temporary nest under the cave.
The Antes tribes are mostly sedentary, but sometimes they are exceptional, and when there is no food nearby, they will start migrating like herding, often coming into conflict with other races in the process.
There were more than two hundred ant-men on the periphery who were responsible for surrounding the entire town, and only about half of the ant-men who actually attacked the town and the slave catchers, so there were not many of them who came to pursue Wang Qinian at first.
Now it is the ant-men who are in charge of the periphery who are attacking, and the ant-men who are attacking the town are coming, Wang Qinian They should be grateful to the dead Tuxman and Cockran, including Zanqi whose bodies have been carried back, although the slave hunting team was suddenly attacked, and the two hundred people only killed a few dozen Ant-men, but Cockran they killed more than a hundred, if you count the killings on the way to the castle, it is close to two hundred.
This is all because of the strength of the three leaders of the slave catcher, and if they don't meet the Ante Ant-Man, they may even succeed in breaking through.
The battle at the gate of the castle continued, but it became more and more unfavorable for Wang Qinian's side, because the number of Ant-Men was twice that of the defenders, and too many wood elves did not have bows and arrows, and only used the melee methods they were not very good at fending off the enemy, resulting in heavy casualties.
Wang Qinian was searching for the things on the corpse, and he positioned himself as a commander.
In terms of melee combat, the power he inherited from Owen is only comparable to that of an adult man, not much better than that of a wood elf, and although he has magic, he has only mastered three spells now, unless he is willing to use the scroll when Owen was bought. The scroll was his most powerful tool right now, and he wouldn't use it until he had to.
Among the three spells, the dimming technique is basically ineffective against the Ant-Man, and now it is night, and the Ant-Man does not rely on their eyes to search and fight, their eyesight is actually very weak, but their sense of smell is extremely high, and their strength is very large, the strength of the Ant-Man is several times that of an adult man, but the intelligence is not high, and the combat method is simple and rough.
But at the moment, there is a numerical advantage, and the simple and rough combat method is extremely effective, the black ant warriors are much more difficult to kill than the ordinary ant soldiers, in addition to the death and serious injury under Ciri's arrows, the other five black ant warriors are still alive, and because they rushed to the front, and forced back the wood elves, the wood elves at the head of the wall can no longer shoot them from the wall.
Ciri had to go to the other end of the wall so that she could continue to shoot the black ant warriors in the tunnel, she had to kill them as much as she could, the threat to the defense of the Yongkou by these five black ant warriors was too great, and once they forced their way through, the castle would be over.
It's a pity that she is only one person, and the ant-man is still supporting, and there is a new black ant warrior rushing up with the ant artificial soldiers, and they can't get through, so they can only stay on the suspension bridge stupidly.
The Wood Elf Shooter couldn't shoot it, and now the best thing to do is to help the defenders kill the five Black Ant Warriors.
"Owen, Owen, where are you?" Ciri called Wang Qinian's name, although the magic apprentice's magic missile is not very powerful, it is better to have more strength now.
Wang Qinian took out a parchment booklet from Zanqi's corpse, the text on it was not the big 6 lingua franca, but Wang Qinian could still know the meaning of it directly, as if he was born to know it.
"Breath of darkness?"
He felt as if someone had slammed his fist in the chest, and he was a little excited, and he continued to look at it, this was indeed a meditation technique.
He hurriedly put it away and hid it, and then began to think about why he could directly understand the words on it, he didn't understand, but vaguely felt that it was related to the electronic products he had bought in the past, could it be that the function of the electronic products was solidified in himself by the laws of the world?
He continued to rummage through Zanqi's things, found some potions on him, some strange recipes, and some magic crystals the size of his fingers, and there was nothing good anymore.
Magic crystals are good things, but they don't help the current predicament.
He left Zanzi's body behind and returned to the wall.
When he saw the battlefield, he was stunned, because to his surprise, the defense line of the ancient castle that was about to be breached was reversed.
The eight Wood Elf archers on the wall, except for Ciri, had been replaced by another group, and the seven were not injured, but because they were out of strength.
But instead of being breached, the defense line under the wall forced the Ante Ant-Man to retreat again, and this time their casualties were even heavier, and almost half of the more than 200 Ante Ant-Man died.
This miracle is because of Bernhard.
At the most critical moment, Bernhard finally cast his magic.
For this old man who had been hiding on the side, the wood elves did not pay attention to it, but they were only grateful to him for coming to report at the beginning, which pushed Wang Qinian and them to release the wood elves, and they were prepared, so that everyone could escape to the ancient castle.
But I didn't expect him to be a magician, and he was an unusual magician.
To be precise, although his rank can be attributed to a mage, it doesn't seem to really count as a mage, as his rank seems to be based on summoning.
Just as the defense line was about to be breached, Bernhard summoned the earth elemental.
The four earth elementals replaced the wood elves, and even Garrison no longer needed to act as a meat shield, the four earth elementals blocked the entrance to death, and although their hard bodies were not indestructible, even the Black Ant Warriors could not disintegrate them for a while.
Ciri and the Wood Elf Shooter can finally shoot to their heart's content, and that's how the Wood Elf Shooter shoots out of his strength.
The Ante Ant-Man was also provoked to be ferocious, they did not retreat, they kept attacking, and after killing and wounding more than a hundred Ante Ant-Men, the four earth elements were finally destroyed, but they were greeted by the other four desperate earth elements.
The Ant-Man retreated again, and the group sat down on the ground as if they had collapsed.
"You, it turned out to be a mage, thank you. "Wang Qinian doesn't know what to say, with such strength, although Bernhard alone can't fight against the entire Ant-Man tribe, but taking advantage of the slave catching team to attract attention, he himself may be able to get out safely, he said at the beginning that he wanted to save Wang Qinian, it seems that it is not a lie.
"Don't thank me, because I don't know if this is the work of an Ant-Man tribe, or if there is an Ante kingdom that has migrated to this neighborhood. I'm going to Free City, where the lord is an old friend of mine, and if the Kingdom of Ante moves to the ground around here, I have to find out and warn him. Bernhard said sternly, "Of course, I have a good impression of you as a young man, and I can't let you just become their food for the winter and be carried to the ant nest for storage, it will be too miserable." โ
Wang Qinian smiled and thanked the old man from the bottom of his heart, "You use summoning magic?"
"Yes, I'm a summoner, and I'm also a chess master. Bernhard said.
Wang Qinian couldn't help but glance at Xi Rui in the distance, and asked tentatively, "Elf Magic Chess?"
"Don't look at them, the elf magic chess is a high elf, most of the wood elves have no magic talent, and even the magic ability can only be awakened after breaking through the marksman, that girl definitely doesn't know what the elf magic chess is. Don't ask me now, I promise you, if you can stay alive in the future, come with me to the Free City, where I will show you what an elven chess is. Bernhard said.
Without waiting for Wang Qinian to finish speaking, Bernhard said again: "Don't think that the attack of the Antes is over like this, there are still more than ten hours before dawn, and they may attack again at any time." Just now it was only a part of the Ant-Man who was responsible for intercepting it, and their large army would come, if it was just an Ant-Man tribe, it would be easy to do, relying on the terrain of this ancient castle, and with the help of these wood elves, I am still sure that I will support it until dawn. โ
"But if it's an Antean kingdom. Bernhard showed a very solemn look and said softly: "It's not just us who are facing destruction. โ
Seeing Wang Qinian's frightened appearance, Bernhard suddenly laughed and said: "You are really frightened by me, in fact, I want to say that if there is really an Ante kingdom in the underground near here, I will immediately leave you behind and find a way to escape." โ
He patted Wang Qinian on the shoulder and put away his smile, "If it is really an Ante kingdom, there is also the city of freedom that faces the destruction of miรจ, and even the kingdom of Modo will be alarmed, and there will be someone who has more headaches than us." โ
"What should we do now?" Wang said.
"Rest and wait for the next battle. "You've done a great job, and though you're still a magic apprentice and can't do much more in battle, your command has saved everyone." โ