Volume III, Chapter 69

"Hit!" for the first time, the commanders shouted at these magicians of special status: "Hit with the most powerful magic!"

"You can't use the most powerful one. The leader's elf retorted: "To fight the magic barrier, you can only use the most skilled and practical magic." ”

"His Majesty Cohen is hungry!"

"I know. The leader ordered loudly: "Divide into two groups, use lightning, and strike the same point without interruption." ”

The magicians bowed, and then began to chant collectively.

On the city wall, the stone bullets continued to catch fire, and the oil continued to flow, driving the raging fire and gradually covering the entire wall.

The thick smoke choked the soldiers near the city wall with tears and snot, and the residents of the Holy Capital City were so frightened that they were unable to possess their bodies, and the city resounded with terrible cries, and even the intelligence systems of all parties lurking in the Holy Capital City were startled by this scene, and they really thought that the army of the Kaida family was going to slaughter the city.

In the sky, clouds brewing with lightning magic gathered and continued to accumulate and twist, forming a dense black cloud that almost cut off the light of the Holy Capital.

With a loud bang, countless silver-white lightning flashed with dazzling light, slashing straight towards the magic barrier!

This is an extremely large amount of magic strikes, although the individual damage is not very scary, but the lightning magic has a continuation effect, plus it falls in the same area, it is really not to be taken lightly.

In the magic array tightly guarded by the rebels, the magician who was in charge of maintaining this area was an old man, and the attack came suddenly and violently, his body trembled, and a fine bead of sweat immediately appeared on his forehead. The magician next to him realizes that something is wrong. Hurriedly called someone to come over to help.

But the commanders of the Kaida family's army were not going to let these magicians go. They formed all the soldiers in the army who could use long-range striking magic. Step forward and release them in turn to start the magic defense "interference war"!

Under the pressure of His Majesty the Emperor's hunger, the imagination and creativity of the middle-level officers were completely stimulated, and they commanded the soldiers to carry out multiple batches and multi-directional magic strikes, and the various units cooperated seamlessly.

Magical light of various colors flashed in the sky above the Holy Capital, if it weren't for the murderous aura in it. It's simply brilliant and glamorous.

However, the rebel magic array was in a hurry and panic, it was supposed to change magicians every three hours, but now it was less than a quarter of an hour, and someone began to howl.

"Change the defense—change the defense! I can't eat it, I don't have any mana!"

※※※ In the main hall of the palace, a rebel officer reported the news to His Majesty Lu Man.

"Your Majesty, the number of magicians we have prepared for this kind of play is insufficient! If you come a few more times, the magicians will not have time to recover their magic power, and there will be loopholes in the magic barrier!"

"Don't be afraid. What are you afraid of?" Lu Man glared at his reddened eyes and said slowly, "Recruit magicians." Strengthen your vigilance, and then ask the temple for help, and tell them that the holy capital is broken, and there is no good fruit for them to eat!"

"Yes, yes, We'll do it right away!"

But the temple had already received an order that it could no longer have anything to do with the rebellion of the Sibia Empire, so it only symbolically sent three white-clothed priests out to fill the scene, almost not the officers waiting outside.

As a result, the rebel officers could only rush to the hospital and seek help from the major magician guilds in the Holy Capital. said that he was asking for help, but in fact, he was escorted out of the door with a knife against his back. In it, there is a very special character.

This was the first on the continent to see and embrace Cohen. The man of Al Qaeda, a woman. Cohen, who is all evil. It was through her hand that Al Kaida came into this world.

Bertina.

Because of her special relationship with the Kaida family, the Holy Maiden Bertina of the Holy Capital Magicians Guild is also a key figure targeted by the rebels.

Since the beginning of the rebellion, she has been disguised and hidden in the Wizards' Guild to avoid a search, but she didn't expect the rebel soldiers to arrest people next to each other, and the holy woman who lived in seclusion was also brought out.

She and several of her own disciples were escorted into the magic array by the rebels.

The blow to the Holy Capital stopped in the night, Cohen. Kaida didn't want to drain all of the magician's magic. Even so, the mages on the rebel side were still quite tired.

The next morning, the magicians who had rested all night walked to their positions again, ready to perform a second round of magic strikes on the Holy Capital.

Because of the White Shadow's insistence, Majesty Cohen was unable to eat anything yesterday, and the hungry Majesty Cohen was a little annoyed and decided to let the rebels taste the taste of exhaustion today.

The most fundamental reason is that the existing conditions cannot guarantee a smooth battle, and in the battle plan formulated by His Majesty the Emperor, there is still an important combat force that has not yet arrived...... Therefore, His Majesty the Emperor still has to be hungry for a day.

The battle meeting ended quickly, and after arranging a qiē, His Majesty the Emperor sat on the top floor of the tower and raised his wine glass with a grim face.

The horn sounded, and a deep voice spread throughout the four fields. The Al Qeda armies marched out of the camp one by one, lined up in an attack formation. Standing on the city wall and looking down, the eyes are full of black flags.

At the forefront were the assault infantry, with each squad protecting a siege vehicle. They were dressed in tight armor, with a crossbow pinned to their waists, a large slashing sword slung diagonally on their backs, and each holding in each hand a huge shield that was high above his head and had small holes near his eyes for observation.

If they are not directly hit by two hundred catties of flying stones, such equipment can ensure that they rush under the city walls.

The second echelon was still the assault infantry, armed with swords in one hand and shields in the other, the shields were of course much smaller than those in the front, and they were equipped with a large number of chariots and archers.

The third echelon behind it, that is, the treasure pulled by His Majesty Cohen himself, is known as the all-rounder of war - the Guard.

Because it was the army that protected His Majesty the Emperor, the Guards were the best equipped, and all the soldiers and officers were proficient in cavalry and foot combat. Mounted cavalry and dismounted infantry were the minimum standard for every Guards soldier to enlist.

In fact, the current standard has been raised to "get on the horse and open the bow left and right, get off the horse to attack and defend, long and short weapons are fine, and are not afraid of wind, frost, snow and rain." "The combat effectiveness is no longer comparable to the fighter group of the Demon Alliance.

See the opponents under the city preparing to attack. The rebel officer on duty hurriedly sounded the alarm. Gather the guards and go up to the walls to strengthen the defense. Defenders poured onto the platform at the waist of the wall. With the Hook and Scythe in front, the Axe in the center, and the archers behind, the rebels stood overcrowded on the platform.

The Warlords roamed behind the walls, and the officers set up their defenses, thinking they were ready to wait for the soldiers of the Al Kaida family to rush up and die.

It didn't take long for the catapults of the Al Qeda army to start again and begin to strike at the city walls according to the regular siege tactics. However, this time it was an ordinary stone, and the rebels had learned the lesson of yesterday. The troops were all hiding in the waist of the wall, so the damage was not very large.

After continuing to attack for half an hour, a burst of arrows was fired from the Kaida army, and the commander raised his sword, and the infantry at the front shouted in unison, lifting the huge shield with both hands, and pressed towards the city wall step by step.

"Stand - stand up!" the rebel officer hiding in the tower poked his head out of the back window and shouted to the soldiers at the waist of the wall, and the Overseers came to help, and the various units were driven to the top of the wall.

They haven't stood up yet. The stone carts in the Al Qeda army have lost things again, but this time they have lost the kind of terrifying thing from yesterday - fire oil stone bullets!

Because it's a battle. So the rebels on the walls were far more numerous and densely arranged than yesterday. The fragile shell of the stone bullet shattered at the slightest touch, and the fire oil was scattered like this, and the rebels had a lot of fun...... Smoke filled everywhere, the air became very hot, and the walls were in chaos.

The officers shouted, and the soldiers scurried with their heads in their hands. In the terrifying screams of others, the soldiers, who had only a little fire on their bodies, felt that they were about to be burned to death.

The second wave of catapults extended the range, and the bullets rained down on the rebels under the walls to replace them, and the flames burned the poor creatures through the streets in spite of the military orders, and finally died at the hands of the Overseers.

The charging Al Qeda troops stopped outside the range of the rebels' bows and arrows, and then slowly retreated—a sight that caused the rebel commander on duty to vomit three buckets of blood.

"Fight back! They're back—fight back!"

A counter-attack of the rebels was forced out by the Warlords, and after passing the wall of fire at the city gate, they were subjected to hundreds of stone bullets, all of which turned into howling fire men, burned to charcoal, and then fell to the ground in smoke.

"Good, good. His Majesty Cohen drank the liquid from the wine glass and instructed the herald beside him: "Let the infantry in front put on heavy armor and run closer next time!"

It seems that His Majesty Cohen had a keen interest in mistreating enemy troops, and sought to perfect the methods of mistreatment. And the officers under his command have always liked to follow the emperor's idea of funny, and his majesty Cohen said one, and they made two. What is the sneak attack of the bow and arrow digging tunnel, the sneak attack of the wingman in the air, the bombardment of the wheel of the catapult giant crossbow...... None of the defensive tactics prepared by the rebels were useless.

By noon, this farce had been staged three times, and the rebels defending the walls had suffered heavy casualties, and when the guards were withdrawn, the living soldiers were tortured to the point that they did not look like people and ghosts.

They shuffled down the streets, unkempt and dirty, their torn uniforms full of charred holes, some still smoking...... This image took another blow to the morale of other rebel units.

As soon as he changed his guard, a violent magic blow came.

On the other hand, the news about Bertina being captured to strengthen the city's defense magic array was learned by Amaterasu, although Amaterasu did not know who Bertina was, but there was a name of this person in the list of important people that His Majesty Cohen had explicitly protected, and in a hurry, Amaterasu urgently met with Marfa to find a way to save people.

When Marfa heard the news, she jumped up excitedly.

"Hurry up and get in touch with the chief, as soon as Aunt Bertina enters, the city defense magic array will definitely be broken!" Marfa grabbed Amaterasu's hand with a smile on her face, and said eagerly: "The commando team we prepared has changed from a sneak attack to a response, and I will personally command the contact with Bertina, make an appointment at the time, and make a move in the attack!"

"Who is this Bertina?

"I don't dare to say, if you want to know, you'll have to ask the sir. Marfa smiled: "Even if it's the chief himself, he has to be obedient when he sees Aunt Bertina, let alone us." ”

"Okay! I'll leave the contact to the outside. Contact the inside for you to do. Amaterasu stood up: "The young master is just different." Look at the rebels on the streets. One by one, it's like losing your soul. ”

"By the way, you tell the eyes and ears of the army, and you must keep your eyes bright. Marfa approached Amaterasu and whispered, "This battle is special, and the commander should not be taken prisoner." ”

Tianzhao looked at Marfa and nodded slightly.

※※※A rogue informant with an ugly appearance crawled through the tunnels for a whole hour before he came out of the exit, barely having time to breathe a few breaths of fresh air, and not even drinking a saliva. And he was taken up to the tower and confronted His Majesty Cohen.

"Emperor, Emperor, Emperor, Emperor...... Emperor Majesty, I, I, I, I, ...... Brought ...... Intelligence, report, report!" "Facing the idol in his heart, the emperor who is more noble than God, this rogue intelligence officer was so nervous, he was trembling all over, and his former clever tongue involuntarily knotted: "I, I, I am, yes, yes......"

It didn't matter if he stuttered suddenly, but the officers were dying, but in front of His Majesty the Emperor, no one dared to be presumptuous.

"Bring him saliva. Cohen smiled: "This guy is tired from climbing the tunnel, so sit down and rest first." ”

The rogue agent sat on the floor and gasped for air. After drinking a pot of water, he nodded gratefully: "Your Majesty the Emperor." I can speak. ”

Then he poured beans from a bamboo bucket and said what Ayasuya had said.

His Majesty Cohen thought about it for a moment, and suddenly asked, "How is the situation in the city?"

"It's messy, it's messy. The rogue intelligence officer replied, "The rebels of Dog Day are all in chaos, and many soldiers are robbing things, and even the shit of the Warlords is also stealing things." The ragged clothes of the common people have risen to five silver coins a set, and a copper plate can be exchanged for a machete......"

His Majesty Cohen nodded, his head racing, filtering the entire battle plan from beginning to end, and making changes based on the latest intelligence.

"You go back right away and sue Amaterasu. Cohen uttered a secret word: "When I use a huge fireball to hit the magic barrier of the East Gate, I will immediately destroy the defensive magic array." ”

"Yes, Majesty, I see. ”

"Go ahead!"

Watching this intelligence officer get off the tower, Cohen looked back at the white shadow, and a message was transmitted to the white shadow's mind: "When will the elders arrive?"

White Shadow looked at Cohen with calm eyes: "Tomorrow morning." ”

"Tell the magician troops, don't be stingy with magic anymore, you can fight as you want. After receiving an affirmative reply, His Majesty Cohen immediately ordered: "All troops will fully cooperate, and we must make the Holy Capital even more chaotic!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The herald hurried to the lower floors to give the order, and Cohen sighed to himself and touched his belly—he was in a good mood, but he had to be hungry for a day.

※※※ The Holy Capital's Castle Defense Magic Circle was set up in a square not far from the altar, and a military camp was built around it, and all the areas were closely protected by the rebels.

The magicians who presided over the magic circle were divided into four shifts and took turns to be on guard. Because of the fierce magic blow of the Kaida Army, the shift on duty had to be increased to six, otherwise the magicians would not have enough time to meditate.

When the rebel mages considered their magic, Bertina hid most of her strength, which was a piece of cake for the saints of the dignified Wizards' Guild.

And the special, transfiguring-changing magic didn't make anyone see a flaw in it—she didn't expect the disguise magic she had studied for Cohen's little trickster to come in handy on herself.

Ironically, the rebels also sent a magician to explain the knowledge of the magic array to her, which was a painful ordeal for Bertina, who struggled a lot to keep her flaws and convince the other party that she knew nothing about the magic array.

Bertina and her two disciples were sent to a shift, already on a rotation, and also learned the directions in the magic circle. After the shift is completed, they must return to their rooms to rest under supervision, and they are not allowed to step out of the door.

The Chief Liaison Officer, who had been instructed by His Majesty Cohen, managed to get the job of delivering meals to the magicians - in order to do this, Marfa spent three hundred gold coins placing herself in the alternate position of the alternate servants, and used special means to get the previous servants to leave their posts "reasonably" for a few hours.

The reason why he wants to go out in person is because Bertina doesn't know anyone else at all, and as for Marfa, Bertina can be said to be half his magic teacher. While instructing Cohen to use magic to transform his appearance, Bertina also teaches Marfa about magic. "I'm a genius. Later, the chief liaison officer commented on himself.

Marfa, who was in her original form, carried a food box and delivered food from room to room under the watchful eye of the rebels, finally met Bertina, who recognized him, it should be said.

"Is there any herbal consommé?" Bertina, turning to the rebel officer, asked, "The bread is hard to swallow." ”

Normally, any chef can make a Herb Soup, but Herb Soup is an exclusive dish of His Majesty Cohen's mother, Cathering, and it is impossible for anyone who has not lived in the Darkmoon Governor's Mansion to know about it. The identity was determined by a word difference, and Marfa was ecstatic in her heart, but she still kept standing aside with "shrinking her hands and feet", and did not dare to raise her head at all.

"The magician is asking you!" the accompanying rebel officer kicked Marfa, "Is there one?"

"Yes, we have. Marfa pretended to wince: "We still have a lot of fish consommé." ”

The so-called multi-tailed fish refers to a very precious ornamental fish, commonly known as "colorful nine-tailed fish", and the Dark Moon Governor's Mansion once raised one.

Later, he was caught and eaten by someone, and then told his parents that "the fish was drowned", which became a joke. Multi-tailed fish, that's exactly what someone calls this fish.

"Just do what the magician wants, and send it later." The officer finished scolding and complained: "Magicians are squeamish." ”

A liaison related to the course of the war was done in a bowl of soup, and if His Majesty Lu Man was present, he would definitely tear this petty officer to pieces and feed it to the dogs.

After this qiē, people inside and outside the holy capital began to wait, although it was only less than a day, but for the people led by His Majesty Cohen, this day was so difficult.

※※※ During the night, His Majesty Cohen summoned all the senior officers and assigned combat missions.

The battle plan was on the table, and although many details were not disclosed, the officers did not ask questions, because they all believed that this seemingly crazy plan would definitely come true.

It would not be wrong to say that it was crazy, because His Majesty Cohen did not explain how to break through the sturdy Holy Capital Magic Array.

"Anyway, we're going to make a few passages in the moat with stones tonight. In conclusion, His Majesty Cohen said: "Except for the alert troops, the other troops should be prepared and rest early. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" (To be continued......)