Section 135 Offense and Defense

At dawn, the second wave of the offensive finally began.

The Blood Keep's defenses were far stronger than expected. In the south, Ashrufar had seen many castles with multiple designs – in fact, the outer, inner, and central castle designs were the norm in contemporary castle design – but the defensive capabilities of each floor were different. Generally speaking, the outer city has the strongest defense ability, and the other two layers are much worse. Basically, it can be understood that if the outer city is breached, the fall of the city is just around the corner.

The origin of this idea of the layout of defensive forces is unknown, but for some reason it has been recognized by the entire human world. With very few exceptions, all city defenders have configured their defenses along this line.

But this blood fortress obviously did not come along this line of thought.

Now Ashruphat has seen that the outermost defense ...... It was only the city wall itself and its supporting facilities, but there were no city defense materials such as arrows, hot oil, and asphalt, and there were no war machinery such as catapults, ballistas, and cannons. Well, Chaos isn't really good at using cannons, but Ashrufat already knows that Chaos cultists can at least build catapults. In particular, Chaos Cultists do not use catapults in the field, but they often use this type of machinery when attacking cities.

And the central castle of the Blood Fortress - is equipped with a large number of weapons. It's as if from the very beginning, the sadomasochists intended to abandon the outer and inner cities and rely on the central castle for defense.

Ashrufat looked at the falling stones from the sky with a gloomy face. In terms of city defense, Chaos Cultists also use catapults, although most Chaos Followers do not build cities. However, Ashrufat had seen the defensive weapons at the head of the city in the city of Dangerous Peak, including catapults. There are no wheels, the one that is fixed in place.

And now, for the second time, he has seen it.

Flying rocks are falling from the sky - the power of war machines is not something that humans can withstand. As long as it is hit, even if the armor is not broken, the impact is still enough to shatter the human bones and bones.

It's just that all of a sudden, the attacking siegers are noticeably much thinner.

In retaliation, a large array of destructive magic attacked the city. But the city is guarded by some kind of power, and magic, especially destructive magic, is much less effective here. Ashrufat wasn't even sure if this wave of attacks destroyed enough of the enemy's ballistas.

As a defender, the walls have shelters for cover. Most of the magic is blocked by the canopy. In the face of complete fortifications, the besieging side really suffered too much.

Yesterday evening was the best opportunity. At that moment, although the enemy made the decision to defend the central castle, after all, the action was hasty, the morale of the army was shaken, and the organization was chaotic. He could have taken advantage of this great opportunity to break through, but ......

Thinking of this, Ashrufaat couldn't help but touch his Chaos armor. Yesterday's blow was really hard enough, if it weren't for his talent, if it weren't for this Chaos armor...... That's probably a fatal blow. Even at this moment, looking at his badly damaged Chaos armor, he still couldn't help but feel afraid.

It was that blow that made him lose the best chance to take advantage of the victory to conquer the entire Blood Fortress. At that moment, the news of the general's death suddenly came out, so much so that all the soldiers besieging the city gave up the battle. Even Ashrufat couldn't help it, and it took a night to regroup and prepare for the siege again.

Of course, his enemies wasted no time on the night. Now the siege of the city, the resistance encountered is not at all comparable to yesterday.

But compared to fear, another question was more deeply entangled in his mind.

"Go tell the wizards to work harder!" Ashruphat shouted in annoyance as he watched the attack (though it was a tentative attack in itself) be crushed before the walls could even be reached. "What are they doing? Can't they even do this little thing?"

"My lord, no!" Tarek beside him (as mentioned earlier, he is already an official wizard) immediately explained to Ashrufat. "We can't get close to ......"

"Where's your magic disk? I know the magic power has decreased, but I didn't let you destroy the walls, and it's all right to destroy the catapults, right?"

"That's right, my lord, if our wizard comes close, then we will be attacked by the enemy from above the tower. The wizard pointed to the towers. "We can't fly higher than those towers. Even if the enemy drops a few rocks from there, it will pose a mortal threat to the magic disk. ”

"Won't your magic disk move, why are you being beaten on the spot?"

"My lord, when we concentrate on casting spells, there is no way to distract the mind control magic disk. Tarek smiled bitterly and spread his hands, indicating that there was nothing he could do. "We can't fly close, but if we use magic from a safe position, it's easy to get caught in the enemy's canopy. ”

Ashruphat cursed softly. His gaze looked at the city, where the enemy was now hiding in the various fortifications on the walls, leaving no room for magic to work. If you attack with magic, you can only bombard indiscriminately, hoping to hit the enemy who is hiding. However, the ballista was destroyed by magic.

"Their catapults are well positioned, they are well covered. It can be very difficult to destroy it from a distance with magic alone. But I'm sure they don't have any ballistas left. ”

"Try again with a wave attack. Ashrufat ignored Tarek and gave orders to the other generals around him.

Ashrufat's order was conveyed. However, the following offensive showed that neither the Tzeentchy cultists, who were good at fighting with magic, the Slaanesh cultists, who were known for their agility and speed, nor the nurgle cultists, who seemed to be rotten but were actually tenacious, could not force this defense. Although Ashrufat's forces outnumbered the enemy in numbers, the specific narrow terrain meant that Ashrufat could only send a small fraction of his army to attack the city at any one time.

Several hours of non-stop fierce fighting did not shake the walls of the central castle in any real way. Although each attack was supported by magic, it looked like a violent storm. But the defensive side was impregnable, and the storm could not go beyond the walls and had no real impact. On the contrary, the sadistic believers, known for their prowess and their war machines, put their might to good use in this siege. The walls were like a gluttonous beast, blocking and devouring the lives of all those who dared to advance, and those who managed to reach the walls were killed under the siege.

Especially the whip - Ashrufat will not forget the whip that knocked him off the city wall with that blow. From time to time, the besiegers could be seen knocked away by a supernatural force - like the unlucky bastard who had been hit by a ram, flying far backwards at a striking height, and finally falling motionless under the walls. This is much more the case whenever the offensive is fierce.

Soon, even if the Chaos Lord no longer cared about the lives of his men, Ashrufat had to admit that he was only sending him to death in this way, and he would not be able to capture the city wall.

Ashrufat ordered a pause, and then gathered his subordinates to discuss it a little. Soon, they decided to let the dead fangs, who had a record of breaking through the gates, attack. Although the walls of the Blood Fortress are tall and thick, its gates are relatively modest - made of iron-clad wood. Human strength is ineffective in front of such a gate, but a monster like Deathfang is enough to break it head-on.

After a short while, the besieging troops withdrew. While the defenders at the head of the city were in doubt, wondering whether they should cheer for victory, a terrible and evil monster appeared in front of the city walls. The monster's body was filthy and bloated, and its flesh was covered in bubbling necrotic wounds—driven by the wizard's magic, toward the gates.

The catapult responded immediately. Stones the size of a human head flew towards the monster.

But this attack did not have any visible effect. Although the catapult's flying stones could have smashed into a large crater even if they hit the solid rocky ground, the smashing on this monster was only a harmless slide. If anything, it is that every time it hits, it is as if some green liquid is squeezed out of the monster's body. Regardless, the monster's speed didn't stop at all, and it just headed straight for the city gate, waving its alien tentacles.

The terrifying claws at the end of the monster's tentacles instinctively understood one thing - if it could get close to the gates, it would only be a matter of time before they were destroyed. And once the gates are breached, even the most arrogant defenders don't think they're capable of withstanding the onslaught.

"Looks pretty good. From the safety of the distance, Ashrufat watched as Dead Fang slowly approached the enemy. The enemies at the head of the city were in chaos as they saw that their weapons were ineffective. I don't know who fired a ballista at the head of the city, and the crossbow bolt pierced deep into the body of the dead fang, but it was not so much a blow to it as it really angered the monster. Now, even without the sorcerer's drive, this monster will regard the city as an enemy.

Just as Deadfang was approaching a considerable distance from the wall, Ashruphat heard a familiar voice. Then he saw a figure leap down from the top of the city and fall in front of the filthy and terrible monster.

If someone saw Ashrufat's face, they would find that the Chaos Lord's expression was instantly distorted.

"Star......" Ashruphat muttered in a voice that could only be heard by himself. "How can this be ......"

That's right, standing in the way of Dead Fang at this moment is none other than Xingke, the fiancée of Ashrufat, and the reason why he came to the Chaos Realm.

At this moment, she is far from becoming a prisoner of chaos as Ashrufat expected, and she is under all kinds of threats all the time. Because the current star carving is dressed in blood-red chaos armor, with a whip in one hand and a sword in the other. The whole body exuded an awe-inspiring momentum, and the once familiar faces were filled with bloodthirsty ecstasy.

In the attack yesterday evening, it was she who whipped Ashrufat off the wall. It almost killed him.

"A Chaos Lord?!, and it's a woman!!," someone next to Ashrufat exclaimed. As Chaos believers, everyone could tell at a glance that the Chaos armor that woman was wearing was not extraordinary, but the kind that only the Chaos Lord was qualified to wear.

"It's just a matter of dying!" Tarek snorted. The difference in size between the two sides was so great that the sword in Xingke's hand was as pitiful as a toothpick. As for the whip - this is a battlefield, not an animal training ground!

However, Dead Fang was attracted to it, and temporarily abandoned the wall, and began to pounce on the little worm that dared to stand in its way.

"Crack the sky!" Xing Ke snorted, and the whip in his hand was suddenly entangled with visible magical energy, and the soft whip suddenly straightened up under the support of magical power, like an extraordinary club. Then she raised her whip and swung it forward.

The body of the dead tooth was directly split in two horizontally by the whip.