Chapter 371 The monster army!
"Head count."
The orc army retreated. To the north of Crescent City, the broken city wall was covered with various large and small gaps and cracks. Under the city, there were corpses of orcs left on the ground, as well as two siege towers that had not been destroyed. The siege vehicle was also abandoned aside. Fortunately, it didn't rush over, so the city gate was still intact and not damaged.
After a fierce battle, the elven warriors were exhausted and sat on the ground to rest. Gunsmoke still filled the air around us, and the ground was covered with red blood. Some of these bloodstains were elves' blood, but most of them were orcs' blood.
Some soldiers were injured and covered themselves with wounds on their arms or legs. Most of the warriors on the wall closest to the siege tower were covered in blood. This group of warriors had just experienced close combat with the orc soldiers, and they were more exhausted than other warriors.
According to the order of the Elf King Aitras, Osis and a few people began to count the wounded and sacrificed soldiers. The injured elf warriors were sent away from the city wall to the medical point behind. There are doctors who specialize in treatment, most of them are women, and they are all graduates of magic schools, so they know how to use healing magic.
In the wounded soldiers camp, some of the female elf doctors were chanting and casting spells to treat the more seriously injured soldiers; some were bandaging the slightly injured soldiers. Healing magic consumes a lot of magic power, and the number of doctors is limited. Healing magic must be used on the seriously injured first, so not everyone can enjoy healing magic.
Previously at school, every time Lin Sirius went to the infirmary when he was injured, the school doctor Miss Ovelina would use healing magic to heal his injuries. But once it zooms into the battlefield, with so many wounded people, magicians who know healing magic are in absolute short supply. If spells are cast continuously, on average, each healing magician can only heal about seven or eight wounded people at most.
This is based on the premise that their injuries are not serious. If they are seriously injured, such as a broken arm or leg, the healing will consume more magic power.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, there were a total of 243 casualties, including 133 minor injuries, 70 serious injuries, and 40 sacrifices." After counting the casualties, Osis made a report in front of Aitras.
"I understand, you can go down. Let everyone take the time to rest. The orcs are likely to attack again." Aitras nodded, waved his hand and said, "By the way, send a small team, go down Clean up the battlefield. Especially the two remaining siege towers, take care of them."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Ossis bowed respectfully to the Elf King, then turned around and went to complete the task assigned by Etras.
"More than two hundred casualties... Tsk..." Putting his hands behind his back, Atras looked into the depths of the forest in the distance and muttered to himself.
After a battle, there were more than 200 casualties. Although this number may seem small, the total number of defenders was only more than 1,000, which actually accounted for one-fifth of them here. It is true that the number of casualties suffered by the orc army was much higher than that of the elves defending the city, perhaps ten times or more. But compared to the siege side, the defenders are less able to withstand the consumption.
"I hope the reinforcements can arrive sooner." Atlas sighed and secretly clenched his fists.
"No, just writing a letter is still too unsafe. Someone still has to go and ask for help in person." With this thought, Atras looked at the guards Nacle and Xue Naiwen who were always following him.
"Nakle, help me call Nelvi, hurry." Atras said.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Naklay bowed his head to the Elf King, then turned and left.
"Your Majesty, have you thought of something?" Xue Nawen was beside her and couldn't help but ask.
"Well, yes." Aitras nodded. Unlike the other soldiers who were relieved to have repelled the orc attack, Aitras's face was full of worry and seriousness.
"The orcs came too suddenly and retreated too suddenly. This is really wrong." Atras said.
"..."
Xue Nawen was silent beside her and didn't speak.
At this moment, Naklay came back, taking Nelvi with him.
"Your Majesty, do you want to see me for anything?" Nelvi saluted Etras and said.
"Yes, the letter has been sent, right?" Atlas nodded and then asked.
"The Fetion Letter to Principal Vincent has been sent." Nelvi replied.
"Yes. However, I still don't feel reassured. Fetion may be intercepted on the way, and I hope you can go there in person." Aitras said.
"Of course, not now. I will call someone to inform you at any time, and you must be on standby at any time."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Nelvi replied respectfully.
"Well, there's nothing else to do, just go down."
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While the elves were resting, to the west of Crescent City, a mighty army of monsters was heading towards Crescent City. The front of the monster army was led by a burly man.
"Hehehe... Crescent City, here we come..." The man's mouth slowly raised, and he sneered to himself.
The number of the monster army is even larger than that of the orc army. Most of them are small monsters with short stature and deformity. They hold extremely rough swords and their steps are messy; and some are medium-sized monsters. He was much taller, nearly three meters tall, and held a huge hammer or ax in his hand.
There are also some large monsters that are up to five meters tall. These heavyweight monsters are full of power and look very scary. They hold huge weapons in their hands and have chains hanging on their bodies, leading the attackers behind them. City equipment.
"Aww, aww... Sir... how far are we from our destination?" Behind the burly man, an ugly monster asked.
"We'll be there soon." The man sneered, with a cold smile on his lips: "Don't worry, I'll kill you to death when the time comes..."
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The orc army has been retreating for more than an hour. After some preliminary cleaning, most of the corpses of the orc soldiers outside the city have been cleared away. The two remaining siege towers were also demolished by the elven warriors, and the wooden planks were used to repair the city wall, repairing as much of it as possible to deal with possible attacks in the future.
It was getting late at this time and the sky was completely dark. The elven defenders lit lanterns on the city wall. The soldiers did not dare to relax and patrolled back and forth on the city wall.
"Your Majesty, it's time for you to go back and rest." Xue Nawen reminded from the side.
Although it was late at night, Aitras never left the city wall and stayed with the soldiers.
"His Majesty?"
"Your Majesty, please go back first, I am in charge here." Osis said to Aitras from the side.
"Well, I understand." Atlas nodded, then looked at Osis next to him: "I'll leave this to you."
"Your Majesty, please rest assured."
Under the escort of Nakle and Xenawen, Aitras left the city wall defense line and returned to the royal area.
Because the danger was temporarily lifted, Lin Sirius, Shirley and others also returned to their respective rooms to rest. But after experiencing this sudden war, tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.
A full moon hangs high in the sky. The night was peaceful, and Vito led his men to retreat to a place two miles away from Crescent City to camp and rest. In the siege just now, they also lost a lot of men and horses, and many of the people who were still alive were also injured.
"Master Chief, what should we do next?" Next to Vito, the orc priest asked.
"Let brothers have a good sleep at night. With one feint attack and weakening some of the elves, our goal has been achieved. Next, we will wait here for Lord Augustus to arrive with his monster army, and then we will Unite your troops and defeat the city in one fell swoop!" Vito said.
"The leader is wise!" The orc priest flattered him and slapped him.
"Yeah." Vito grinned, and was very pleased with the orc priest's flattery: "I have to admit that those elves still have something. If they continue to fight, our casualties will be too great. Wait until tomorrow, Let Lord August's monster army clear the way, we just need to wait for the defense line to break through and then rush in while the chaos is on!"
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The tormenting hours of the night passed little by little. The elf warriors on the city wall rotate one after another and patrol alternately to ensure that there are always enough patrolling soldiers on the city wall. Those soldiers who were slightly injured were seizing the time to rest so that they could immediately go into battle if the orcs attacked again tomorrow.
The stars were twinkling in the sky, and under the night sky, a mighty army of monsters gradually approached the Crescent City. This force came from the west, but in order to meet the orc army, they went around to the north.
Two miles away from the Crescent City, August, a burly man who led the monster army, discovered the orc camp. At night, a large number of the orcs in the orc camp staggered around and fell asleep. Even a few orcs standing guard were dozing off and did not notice the approach of the monster army at all.
Fortunately, this monster army was not here to attack them, otherwise these orcs would probably not even know how they were wiped out.
"Slept so sweetly..." Augustus snorted coldly as he stepped into the orc camp, and then stamped the ground hard with his foot. A strong wave of air swept across, instantly waking up all the orcs.
"Who?!"
The orcs got up from the ground one after another. The leader Vito was also awakened from his sleep. He quickly got up to check the situation, and saw Augustus in the camp at a glance.
"Master Augustus, you are here!" Vito did not dare to neglect and hurriedly greeted him.
"Yes." Augustus nodded lightly and glanced at Vito contemptuously: "Get your people ready. We will attack the city in an hour."
At this time, the sky has gradually turned from night to day, and it is early morning. The orc soldiers immediately began to prepare, and while they were preparing, Augustus had ordered his army of monsters to approach the north gate of Crescent City and set up an siege formation.
Suddenly, there was another burst of smoke and dust on the back of Crescent City, making it impossible for the elven soldiers not to notice it. Of course, Augustus had no intention of hiding his troops, so he simply showed them openly.
"No... no, how could it be a monster...!"
"Quick, go and report to Your Majesty...the monster army is coming!!"