Soon the High Elves side also reacted, and a special group of elven mages went into battle.

Meteor rain and meteorite fall in high-level spells appeared like a raging storm, smashing on the fortress of Mochizuki City one after another.

In the face of such a large-scale and high-intensity attack, even the sturdiness of the fortress of Mochizuki Castle could not withstand the continuous blow.

But Solomon had planned the attack and defense for so long, and had also done a rehearsal in the elven magic chess, so of course he would not be defenseless.

The magic arrays throughout the fortress are also activated, and various spiritual lights of defensive spell effects are generated layer by layer, from low-level resistance to energy damage and wind wall spells to mid-level magic shields, protective energy damage, and high-level energy offset fields and energy conversion fields.

Almost at the same time, the three magic warships in the harbor also continued to flash magical aura, assisting the fortress in its defense.

As a result, under the dual protection of the magic array and its own physical solidity, the fortress still stands.

The mages of the High Elves have no time to shock the enemy's defenses, and can resist the fierce attacks of the High Elf mages, just the number of these magic arrays that release defensive spells does not know how many, and the source power that supports these magic arrays is a huge problem, after all, this is not to protect only the mages themselves, but to protect an entire fortress.

Seeing that the fortress had resisted the continuous attacks of the High Elves, Perseus breathed a sigh of relief, and it was time to counterattack.

Some of the stone slabs in the fortress were mechanically removed, and dozens of swarthy cannons reached out, roaring towards the High Elves.

The Fortress's magic array defense is mainly aimed at energy attacks, and its effect on physical attacks is not high, basically only equivalent to the level of protecting arrows. When facing spells like the High Elves' Meteor Shower. It is also to try to offset the damage caused by the magical energy in it. And the condensation of meteors or meteorites can only test the solidity of the fortress, like the meteorite falling magic is the greatest danger to the fortress, because the spell is to pull the meteorite floating in the air to shoot down, although it is magic, but the production is based on physical effects, energy damage can only be incidental, fortunately, in a hurry, the high elves did not realize this. Otherwise, if all of them were attacked with this eighth-order spell, although the Mochizuki City Fortress would not be destroyed, it would definitely not be as easy as it was in front of him.

However, the advantage of this defense is that the physical nature of one's attacks can also be almost unlimited, especially the part of the defense effect of the fortress is originally one-way, affecting the outside world more and less on the inside.

Therefore, this is how the battle plan is arranged, with a magic circle to defend against possible attacks by elven mages, and then a steel cannon to return fire, while the battleships anchored in the harbor also launch a bombardment.

This round of counterattacks left the High Elves in disarray, and the artillery was more powerful than the muskets. And it has the nature of an area attack, especially the flowering bullet in it is equivalent to a shrunken version of the high-level area attack spell. But the bombardment of hundreds of cannons, especially the power of the fortress cannons, is really no worse than the high-level spells cast by the High Elves.

The High Elves, of course, couldn't afford to admit defeat, so they split up some of their mages to cast defensive spells, and then changed their tactics and tried various ways to attack.

Among them, the spiritual power is particularly strong, and the quasi-legendary mages whose strength has reached level 20 use their own spirit to forcibly break through the interference of various defensive force fields on themselves, and successfully cast spells, bursting out inside the fortress with eighth-order spells iridescent light spray or yang flame explosion; The former of these two spells can sense a certain place in the fortress to become a temporary coordinate, and the latter can move people or things within twenty square meters around the caster's body together that does not exceed the distance perceived by the caster's mental power, which is only equivalent to a short-distance directional movement in the inner space of the plane, but the combined effect of the two is a weakened version of the legendary powerhouse perceiving the alien plane and exploring, and it is used here to achieve the effect of infiltration and assault.

But as long as the elven commandos who were teleported into the fortress entered the fortress, it was like throwing a stone into the sea, and there was not even a ripple, as if it was the mouth of a giant beast, and there was no return.

As for the quasi-legendary mages, the positioning area attack spells such as the iridescent light jet that excludes the energy offset and energy conversion field alone have indeed caused some trouble in the fortress, but it is only trouble.

Under such continuous attrition, the magic consumption of the High Elves has intensified, and the all-round three-dimensional bombardment attack like before can no longer be sustained.

Realizing this, Perseus in the fortress finally gave the order for a big counterattack, and after receiving this order, the Titanians attacked in a more hurry than the Asturians.

Prince Garon was about to act as the supreme commander of the Titanian Army before, but before he could take serious action, the High Elf's counterattack came, and the lone Aurora and Saxon troops were frustrated, which gave Prince Garon a blow to the head, and then returned to see the actions of the Asturias, Prince Garon had to admit that he was too impatient.

It is important to want to grab the merit, but if the merit is not grabbed and defeated first, then your goal will be even more slim.

But now the Asturians thought they could fight back, and Prince Garon naturally couldn't hold it back.

From this moment on, the offensive on the ground, the multinational coalition began to turn into the attacking side.

The Titanians and Asturians drove the armies of Alien Servants under their rule from the fortress and swarmed the High Elves like locusts.

The servants were poorly equipped, armed with muskets, and they followed basic parade training to shoot at the High Elves.

Although they can also be shot through the forehead by the High Elves' ironwood arrows and knocked over by a burst of flames, their attacks can also pose a deadly threat to the High Elves.

If you look at the ratio of the number of deaths on both sides, there is no doubt that the losses of these servants are much greater, even reaching hundreds to one at first, but soon as the damage caused by the muskets also skyrockets, the casualties of the High Elves also increase rapidly, especially after the consumption of mana is unsustainable. The High Elves lack an effective way to resist the damage caused by muskets. No matter how agile the speed is, there is no way not to be hit on such a battlefield where they shoot at each other intensively.

And death means different things to both parties. The High Elves had no fecundity to support infinite warfare, so they only declined after resisting the invasions of the Celestial Realm and Purgatory, and for their enemies, a death represented the loss of a cannon fodder and a musket.

In the fortress, Yusuf sighed and said, "The era of the High Elves is coming to an end. ”

Solomon nodded slightly, if the outcome of this battle is only based on the current strength of the two sides, the High Elves are already doomed.

The reason for this may not be understood by the High Elves yet.

The rest of the multinational coalition may be just scratching the surface for a while. Thinking that his own side is more prepared, the path of the magic guide has brought about an increase in strength.

But the real reason is that this is a war between industrialization and non-industrialization, or between socialized and cooperative industrial production and whether it remains at the level of artisanal industry.

Solomon carried out the industrialization of the magic path by combining the magic civilization of this world, but industrialization is not only the study of magic, the study of magic is only the basis and part of the content of industrialization, but also includes how to use magic research to increase the production organization form, management system, and even political system configured to increase productivity, as well as various means to adapt to this change and development, such as adopting a unified standard in production.

The result of industrialization is. Even in terms of individual strength, it is not comparable to the High Elves, but after the initial industrialization. The Terran states have a more rational allocation of resources, and the production capacity achieved is more powerful, and they can create more means of production or combat materials per unit of production time.

Combined with the attack of the cannon fodder troops that have been forcibly recruited, you will not be able to avoid defeat unless you reach the level of full immunity from damage.

As for the High Elves, it is undeniable that they do have excellent magical civilization and excellent biological qualities, but their civilization does not have the characteristics of industrialization.

This is not to say that their magical civilization is inferior to the study of magic, you must know that before Solomon reopened the study of magic, magic research was not new, and some people tried it before, and the construction of creatures was also partially affected by the combination of machinery and magic.

But all of this was done in the context of the individualized development that the High Elves and Ancient Mages appreciated and championed, and not always with the ultimate goal of increasing productivity, and their collaboration was only at the same level of master-apprenticeship as it had before the Asturias Revolution.

The transformation of Asturias, the study of magic is a key part of it, but other things that are no less important than technological changes are becoming more and more recognized over time, such as the collaborative production that affects the whole society, the formation of industrial chains, in which capital acts as a guide, so that the various productive forces share the benefits of the production chain.

If we analyze it at a deeper level, we can see that it is the demand of capital that is driving the development of socialized industrial production, and the real driving force for getting rid of manual industrial production is that the demand of capital connects the various production units, and it is the demand of capital that creates higher production efficiency.

And all this comes together to be the advantage and foundation of war, which the High Elves cannot understand for the time being.

It's not that the intelligence of the High Elves is inferior to that of the human race, but that the three views of each other are hugely different.

The High Elves have a longer lifespan than the Terrans, and they can spend more time gathering the materials needed to study something, considering the impact on the plane's environment, and considering whether it is in line with the nature teachings that the druids appreciate, while the goals of the Terrans can easily be directed to how to accomplish them as quickly as possible, especially since the changes promoted by Solomon have a clear tendency towards profit.

In addition to the acceptance of naturalism, the High Elves also attached importance to individuality in their research and development, which may be due to their natural pride, but socialized mass production is to make every effort to become a replaceable screw as much as possible, and only the more concentrated wealth and the more capital can avoid screwing and become a chess-playing class.

At this point, the High Elves are again the opposite.

Another thing that also constrained them was that when everyone did not have the capacity for socialized production, the High Elves did reach the pinnacle of production at the level of artisanal industry, which is why they were able to rule two continents and build a huge empire.

This pinnacle brings brilliance, but it forms a form of complacency.

However, times are different. (To be continued.) )