Chapter 372 Hades Augustus
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"Damn...how could it be...the orc army had just left, why did the monster army come again..." On the tower of the northern wall of Crescent City, Defense Chief Ossis looked at the densely packed monsters below, gritting his teeth and feeling his scalp. Somewhat numb.
The elven warriors who stood back at their posts were also a little numb. The size of this monster army is larger than that of the orc army, and it is so menacing that the sky is filled with demonic energy that blocks out the sun and sends shivers down one's spine.
"Warriors, get ready for battle!!" Ossis shouted.
"Yes, Lord Ossis!!" the soldiers replied loudly in unison.
Although they were nervous, in order to protect their home and family behind them, none of the elf warriors retreated, and they all stood firm in their positions without hesitation.
They raised their bows, nocked arrows, and waited for the command from the commander-in-chief.
Under the city wall, Augustus stood in the middle of the military formation, with a cold smile on his lips.
"attack."
August gave the order to attack, and then waved his hand to signal the monsters to attack.
"Catapult, attack."
"Ho ho ho." "Ouch, ho, ho, ho."
The monsters began to take action. More than a dozen catapults were pushed forward, and then the large and medium-sized monsters began to load stones into the catapults.
"Light the fire." Augustus said calmly, looking unhurried. He extended his gaze forward and saw the elven defenders on the city wall. He saw the tension in their eyes and couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.
"Hoo ho ho."
One by one, the tall monsters picked up the torches and black oil in their hands, poured the black oil on the rocks, and then lit them with the torches.
"Bear!!"
The black oil attached to the boulder was immediately ignited by the flames, and the boulder suddenly turned into flint. The flames were dancing and looked terrible.
"Launch!" Augustus continued to issue orders in an orderly manner.
After hearing August's instructions, those rough catapults began to operate. The huge burning stones were launched by the catapult, like burning meteors, hitting the Crescent City.
"Prepare for the impact!!! Don't panic!!! Hold still!!!" The king is not here, and the chief of staff, Osis, is the backbone of the defenders. He shouted at the top of his lungs, struggling to stabilize the morale of the defenders.
The huge burning stones fell down, some smashed into pieces on the wall, and some hit the top of the wall, killing and injuring several defenders at once. After the stone shattered, the burning black oil attached to the surface of the stone splashed into the surrounding area, igniting a large area of fire.
"Boom boom boom boom!!!"
"Wow!" "Uh-huh!!" "Ugh..."
A large number of meteorite flints blew up the elf defenders on the city wall.
"Don't mess up!!" Osis roared loudly.
The first batch of flints had been bombarded, and the monsters immediately began loading the second wave of flints. It's still the same operation, load rocks, pour black oil, ignite, and launch.
"Energy arrows ready!!" Ossis gritted his teeth and raised his fist high. The elven warriors quickly adjusted their state, and then charged energy arrows according to the instructions of the Chief of Staff.
A second wave of powerful burning boulders was launched, drawing an arc in the air and slamming towards the city wall.
"Energy arrow, aim at the boulder!! Fire!!" Osis ordered loudly.
The elven warriors raised their bows, faced the flying flint, and shot energy arrows.
"Boom!! Boom!!!" Energy arrows and flints met in mid-air, just like close-range anti-cannon defense missiles. Those flints exploded in advance under the attack of energy arrows. The originally huge stone fragmented into dozens of small pieces, and then fell like a rain of meteorites.
After the flint was shattered, the damage ability to the city wall suddenly dropped a lot. Those small stones could only hurt people at most, and their lethality was greatly reduced.
"Haha, there were a few moments." Augustus, who was not far away, looked at this scene with a sneer on his lips: "But I want to see how long you can last like this!!!"
"Catapult, continue the attack!"
"Ouch! Yes, sir!!"
The monster continued to load flint and launched a series of bombings towards Crescent City.
Taking the same approach, the elves shot energy arrows at the flint, detonating it early in the air.
"Boom!! Boom!!"
The battle continued in a stalemate. After bombing continuously for more than 20 minutes, the elven warriors continued to use energy arrows, and their physical strength and magic power were consumed very quickly. But as long as there is sufficient ammunition, it doesn't take much effort for the monster to fire the flint. The ebb and flow of one thing will definitely be detrimental to the elves.
Soon, the speed of the warriors charging energy arrows slowed down. This consequence directly caused the intercepted flint to be closer to the city wall every time. Finally, once, two flints broke through the barrage defense of energy arrows and fell on the wall.
"Boom boom!!!"
"Uhhhh!!" A violent explosion sounded, and where the flint fell, several elven soldiers died at once.
Seeing this scene, the sneer on Augustus's face became even worse, so he issued a second order: "Infantry, advance forward and attack the city."
"But sir, the catapult bombing is not over yet..." Beside August, a monster centurion said. Generally speaking, catapults are the prelude to siege. It is definitely unrealistic to capture the city with catapults alone. In the end, infantry must be relied upon to complete the occupation.
Generally speaking, just like the coordination of infantry and artillery, after the infantry charges, the catapult must also stop attacking to avoid accidentally injuring friendly forces. But Augustus seemed to have no intention of stopping the catapult.
"Ugh..." Augustus glanced at the monster centurion indifferently, and then without thinking, he pulled out the magic knife from his waist and stabbed him to death.
"Do as I say, infantry, attack!" Augustus put the sword back into its sheath and said.
A monster soldier blew the charge horn, and then large numbers of monsters began to approach the city wall.
"What? Are these monsters crazy? The infantry has come up before the catapults have finished attacking?!" Ossis was also shocked when he saw the other party's behavior. But I was shocked, but I had to respond.
"Soldiers, divide into the first team and the second team! The first team is responsible for shooting the monsters in the city, and the second team is responsible for intercepting the flint!!"
"Yes, Lord Ossis!!"
The elven warriors immediately divided into two teams. One team stood in front of the crenellations of the city wall and shot at the monsters below; the other team stood behind the first team and continued to intercept the falling flint with energy arrows.
Because the power was dispersed, more and more flints were able to break through the barrage defenses. In each round of projection, two to three flints can complete the penetration and bombard the city wall or around the city wall.
"Swish, swish, swish!!" A team of elves rained arrows on the monsters under the city. But there is still the problem of the power being divided thinly. The density of the arrow rain is not enough, so the monster can still push forward little by little against the arrow rain.
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At the same time, in the rear, the royal area.
"Dong...dong..." After being diluted by the air, the sound of the flint bombing was already very quiet when it reached here, but the trembling of the earth was unavoidable. Etras, who was sleeping, was awakened by these one after another movements. He sat up from the bed suddenly and immediately began to put on his clothes. At this time, there was a knock on the door of the Royal Tree House.
"Come in!" Atras continued to quickly put on his equipment and put on his own exclusive elf sword, and shouted to the door.
"Dear...what's wrong?" After hearing her husband's movements, Queen Estha also climbed up from the bed.
"Your Majesty, something bad has happened! Monsters are coming to attack the city!" Outside the door, the guards who came in after receiving permission hurriedly reported to Atras.
"What? Monster?" Atlas's brows immediately knitted together, and he doubted whether his ears heard correctly.
"Yes, it's a monster, Your Majesty!" The guard knelt on the ground and shouted, "Lord Ossis is leading his men to resist on the north wall!"
"Damn it, where are the orcs?" Atlas gritted his teeth and asked.
"I don't know, Your Majesty, there are no traces of the orcs," the guard said.
"Notify the defenders in the other three directions to keep them on alert to prevent the orcs from taking advantage of the chaos to attack from other directions. Then have the reserve troops immediately go to the north wall for reinforcements, quickly!" Atras ordered.
"Yes, Your Majesty!!!" The guard nodded quickly, then turned around and ran away.
"My dear, where are you going?" Before Atlas was about to go out, Estella grabbed her husband's clothes and asked anxiously.
"I want to summon the escort team and then go to the north of the city. I am needed there." Aitras said with a low voice and a firm tone.
Esta pursed her lips and said nothing. She just moved forward and kissed her husband deeply. Faced with his wife's kiss, Atlas did not push her away, but hugged his woman and responded enthusiastically.
"We're all going to be okay, right?" Asta asked, but her face was full of worry.
"Don't worry, as long as I'm here, I won't let you, Nana, or the people of Crescent City be harmed!" Aitras said firmly: "However, I have a hunch that the other party is attacking. He came with the life crystal. Take Nana to the temple to hide as quickly as possible, and if necessary, let her hide in the underground holy spring!"
After leaving such words, Atlas hurriedly left the royal tree house.
At the same time, the defenders on the northern city wall were fighting hard.
Following the charging pace of the monster infantry, Augustus walked forward unhurriedly. His whole body exuded demonic aura, and his aura was completely different from the demon next to him.
"Comprehensive attack!!" Augustus raised his right hand high and then gave the order to attack.
Because August's temperament and characteristics were so conspicuous, Ossis on the tower quickly noticed him.
"Oops, how could it be him? Augustus, the guardian of Hades?"