Section 144: Breaking the defense

"Kill him, kill him!" the voice in his ear became earnest. But Star Carving's sanity tells her that there is something more important than killing her opponent now. That is the outcome of the war.

Gotta get to work right away...... She turned around, trying to ignore the sound in her ears...... Throw it away as fast as you can.

Outside the central castle, Eshurufat's men had all seen the victory of their own troops—their general had personally led the siege of the walls, and the gates that stood in the way had been breached.

No matter how stupid people are, they know what to do at this time. With an order, the surging torrent of armor quickly rushed towards the city gate. Now, nothing can change their victory. The disparity in numbers between the two sides was so great that no matter how heroic the warriors were—even if they could fight ten at a time, the eleventh enemy would kill him.

Or, in other words, in people's perception, they won. The fall of the Blood Fortress is at this moment.

Having already had such a big advantage, he cautiously stopped (of course, his abusive followers would not let go of this opportunity) and waited for the arrival and convergence of the main forces.

Then he saw a red glow appear.

It's hard to describe where this light came from, but in the blink of an eye, the energy that was clearly visible to the naked eye covered the central castle of the Blood Keep. The red, translucent energy acts like a shroud that envelops the entire central castle, even the towers that tower.

At the moment of witnessing this miracle, even if the morale was high, most of the besieging party who were charging with all their might couldn't help but stop in surprise. They all knew that the Blood Fortress had a deep connection with the Blood God, and even knew that this was the key place for the Blood God in the mortal world. But no one expected this to happen.

Not to mention outside the city, even on the city walls, the two sides who were still fighting were terrified. Sadistic warriors known for their bloodlust and madness can't help but stop. In fact, no one knew exactly what was going on, but those who witnessed it instinctively knew that something terrible had happened.

What's going on?Ashrufat walked towards the red, translucent energy. The extension of this thing is right next to the inside of the city wall, so it can be said that it is close to him at this time. He picked up a piece of metal from the ground and threw it at the red energy shield.

The metal shards bounce back and fall to the ground as if they had hit a hard shell. If anything, there was no sound during the impact.

Ashrufat dragged a corpse from the ground and threw it at the energy shield with all his might.

Things are no different than they were just now. The translucent energy shield seemed to be substantial, and the corpse fell down when it hit it.

For the third time, Ashrufat threw something, this time a piece of pure human flesh - a human hand to be exact. On the bloody battlefield at the head of the city, there are quite a lot of such limbs that are unfortunate enough to say goodbye to their masters. It was exactly the same as before, the hand hit the energy shield and then bounced back to the ground as if it had hit a wall.

Eshurufat now basically believes that this thing is harmless to people. He stepped forward and carefully tapped it with his finger.

It doesn't feel like it's touching non-physical energy, it's solid, like a glass of glass.

In fact, it is not only Ashrufat who is trying. Everyone is trying something similar. Soon, they came to the conclusion of the role of this mysterious energy shield: although it appeared to be translucent, weak, and seemingly able to penetrate easily, it was actually so strong that it could not be broken by human weapons.

Not only that, but this protective effect is one-way - because it is a clear fact that the stone projectiles fired by the catapults in the city are still being fired.

While Ashrufat was testing, the battle on the other side, which had been temporarily suspended, soon resumed. It is now clear that there is no way back for the Legion of Sadism. They have been abandoned. Realizing this fate, they put up a frenzied resistance, but were eventually surrounded and annihilated due to their numerical inferiority.

However, the advantages that Eshurufat can get seem to end there. Because after destroying the remaining enemies, he immediately faced a great problem - under the protection of this energy shield, his army could not rush in at all. Although those steps down the city are just around the corner.

The demon he summoned slashed at the shield violently. But it is clear - there is no point in doing so. His men on the walls were doing the same thing, not to mention the effect.

What's going on? Ashrufat himself couldn't figure it out. What is this? He took the wall, but he couldn't help this supernatural shield of energy? This thing is obviously not something that humans can fight against. Although Ashrufat had long thought that there must be some special mechanism in this Blood Fortress, he really didn't expect it to be such a purely cheating thing.

Only the stone bullets thrown from it show that the battle is not over. He has not yet captured the Blood Fortress.

It didn't take long for his wizards to reach the city walls. Ashrufat didn't think that the magic of the wizards could solve this problem in the first place, and the facts proved his reasoning. The wizards pondered and tried for a long time, but in the end they could not come up with any conclusions. They couldn't even figure out how it came to be, because the power of the energy shield didn't come from the winds of magic, and none of the records and legends of the Chaos mentioned such a powerful power that could completely protect a castle (especially in one direction).

In the end, the preliminary conclusion that can be reached is that this thing should be the result of the blood god's divine power directly interfering in this world, and no known means can break this shield. Some shamans turned to the Lord of Deceit for help, but the Lord of Deceit remained silent and refused to answer the prayers of the faithful.

"We'll have to retreat first!" Tarek finally offered this advice to Ashrufat. "For the time being, I can only monitor, waiting for this energy shield to disappear. ”

"What if it doesn't disappear?" asked Ashrufat. He didn't know how much divine power the Blood God had, but he knew very well how much his food and grass could support for a few days.

"That...... This ......" Tarek couldn't answer for a moment. Wizards also tried magic, but the power of this energy shield was so powerful that even Tzeentch's Dimensional Flame was as useless as fireworks.

What should I do?Ashoruphat looked at the withered sword in his hand. This sword is currently the only weapon that is effective against this energy shield. This effect means that his sword is able to pierce the shield. But the energy shield is an intangible thing after all, not a vase that will not be restored if it is broken—as soon as the blade of the withered sword passes, the shield immediately returns to its original form.

It's so incredible to say that people hesitate. There is no doubt that as long as this shield exists, it would be pure delusion to conquer the castle or something. If I had known that such a thing existed in the Castle of Sadism, perhaps no one would have attacked this Blood Fortress at all.

What to do?, Ashrufat pondered. I finally stormed the city wall, and even Sag died, but it ended up like this......? This kind of thing...... He suddenly remembered something and raised his hand to look at the ring in his hand.

The ring on his hand has four insignia of evil gods. At this moment, except for the badge of terror as always, the rest of the emblems are all shining. It wasn't the faint light he'd seen before that he couldn't distinguish without paying attention, but it was quite eye-catching. It was clear what the gods were trying to convey to him. Or maybe the gods should have seen the whole battlefield in their eyes and want to guide him?

Ashrufat thought for a moment, then shifted the emblem to Nurgle's sigil and placed it on his forehead.

But this time, he did something superfluous, because the moment the ring touched the skin of his forehead, three voices broke into his head at the same time.

"...... with your sword," the gods said together in his mind. "Only your sword can break this shield......"

"It didn't work. Ashruphat replied in his mind. "It has no substance, and it recovers as soon as I slash it. ”

"Intensify your efforts...... Increase the speed ......" The three gods spoke at the same time, their voices intertwined into one, and the feeling in my mind was very strange—noisy and orderly, like countless voices shouting together. "It can't recover immediately, as long as the swing of the sword is fast enough and fierce enough to make a ...... for a while."

"Am I alone?" said Ashrufat, a little stunned. Although he didn't know how many enemy troops there were in the city, there were quite a few scattered ones in front of him. Although Ashrufat was a formidable warrior, he also knew that it was dangerous to stand alone against an army.

The wounds he had received in the battle on the city walls had clearly told him that although he had great vitality, the sword could hurt him just as well. He is able to withstand damage far beyond mortal abilities, but not infinitely.

"Rush in......" The three gods seemed to completely ignore Ashrufat's opinion. "It's inside...... In the central hall there is the control of this shield inside...... Turn it off and it's over!"

"Can't you help me......? The Blood God's actions must have violated the Law of Chaos, right?"

"Can't...... It's a foul, but it's not an outright foul. We'll have to wait for him to make a bigger mistake......"

Ashrufat removed the ring from his forehead. At this time, he was not wearing a helmet, so almost all the subordinates around him noticed the uncertain expression of his general. But now no one dared to speak, everyone just looked at him.

Ashrufa fixed his mind, and instead of taking immediate measures, he first reached into his arms and gently touched the abyss magic stone. Under his will, the form of the demon who was still doing useless work slowly disappeared.

No problem...... It should be fine...... Ashruphat watched. This "shield" (as the gods call this red translucent energy shield) is one-way, as enemies under the shield can be seen throwing weapons out to attack people outside. In other words, if things don't go well, he can quit in time.

Then do it!

Ashruphat made a gesture, and his men scattered. He put on his helmet, then raised the withering sword and slashed at the shield. He swung his sword quickly and violently, again and again, and the gods were right, it would take time for the shield to recover. Ashrufat's efforts opened a small gap for him to pass through by one person.