Chapter 373 The city is broken
"Hehehehe, go ahead and burn it." Augustus sneered.
Monster soldiers are not like orcs. Most of them don't know what fear is, and they only know how to rush forward. The elven warriors guarding the city had already dispersed their forces. Some of them wanted to intercept the incoming flint, while others wanted to intercept the attacking monsters below the city. Therefore, the effect on either side was not ideal.
But even so, under the constant rain of arrows, a large number of monster corpses soon piled up under the city wall. The number of corpses is countless, roughly estimated to be in the thousands.
Most of these monsters were killed directly by arrows shot from the city wall, and some were killed by the broken stones after the defenders shot the flint. Burnt to death by fire.
After the flint was exploded in advance, the burning black oil on it was also sprinkled on the ground. Black oil is a substance that is extremely easy to adhere to and burn, and is difficult to extinguish without the use of magic. When black oil burns, the only way to extinguish the flames is to wait for the black oil to burn out on its own.
“Swish swish swish!!”
The arrows of the elven defenders continued to tilt downward, some were ordinary arrows, and some were energy arrows shining with bright green. There are even some exploding arrows that glow with red-purple light.
Among the elven warriors, some are relatively strong and can use explosive arrows. This kind of arrow is like a high-explosive bomb, it explodes on contact, but its penetrating power is very weak, so it is suitable for dealing with these monsters that gather together in groups.
"Hoohoho..."
"Ow ooh..."
Among the monsters, those that are particularly large in size become a big problem. These monsters have rough skin and thick flesh, and cannot be killed by ordinary arrows. Even direct hits from energy arrows can only injure them. Only by gathering the strength of several people and shooting at it with energy arrows can one be eliminated.
In this way, the arrow rain was further dispersed, and the monster soldiers gradually and quickly approached less than a hundred meters away from the base of the wall.
"damn it……"
On the tower, Ossis gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.
Unlike the orcs of yesterday, the monsters are all things that are not afraid of death, but the most important thing is that there are many of them. There were only 10,000 or 20,000 orcs who came to attack the city yesterday, but the number of these monsters now may be two or three times the number of orcs yesterday.
The total number of elves in Crescent City is just over 10,000, and one-fifth of them are permanent troops. This ratio is already very large. Then, among the more than 8,000 ordinary people, another quarter are militiamen, who can form temporary troops in time of war. Although the individual combat capabilities of militiamen are much lower than those of truly trained soldiers, they can still play a great role at critical moments.
However, even so, the number of troops that can be put into battle in Crescent City does not exceed 5,000. The number of monsters is roughly estimated to be between 50,000 and 60,000, and the difference in military strength is already ten times greater.
At this moment, half of the more than two thousand permanent troops were dispersed to guard the other three directions of the city. Therefore, before the reserve troops arrived, there were only about a thousand troops fighting in the north of the city. It is really difficult for these one thousand people to withstand the impact of tens of thousands of monsters.
"Ouch!!!!"
"Hoohoho!!!"
The monster screamed, charging forward fearlessly with the arrows shot from its head. Two large monsters with a height of five meters, dragging huge meteor hammers, began to slowly approach the city gate. Monsters don’t need siege engines, it’s enough to have these large monsters pushing forward like tanks.
"Quick!! Intercept them!! Don't let those two guys get close to the city gate!!!" Ossis said loudly, and then looked at a guard captain next to him: "Then, you, lead a team of people, go and capture the city Hold the gate!! No matter what, the city gate cannot be lost!!!"
"Yes! Lord Ossis!!!" The guard captain lowered his head and saluted Osis, and then left the tower.
He ordered a few people as quickly as possible, gathered a small team, and rushed behind the city gate. They moved the wood leftover from the demolition of the orc siege tower yesterday and supported it behind the city gate like piles to strengthen the city gate.
On the city wall, following Ossis's order, a dozen elves immediately aimed their arrows at the two huge monsters, and then poured arrows at the two monsters.
“Swish swish swish!!!”
The sharp arrows tore through the air, making bursts of whistling sounds, and then pierced the monster's skin and pierced into its flesh. But the monster was too strong and tall. These ordinary arrows could only sting the monster but not kill it.
"Use energy arrows!!"
"As ordered!"
The elves began to accumulate momentum again, and when the arrows were filled with magical energy, they let go and fired. The second wave of arrows were all energy arrows glowing with green light. The penetrating power of these energy arrows is much stronger than ordinary arrows, easily tearing apart the flesh and blood of the two large monsters and piercing into the vital points of the body.
"Ouch!!!!" The two monsters let out a long mournful cry, then fell to their knees on the ground, gradually losing their vitality. Because they were too large, when they fell, they also killed seven or eight smaller ordinary monsters.
The monsters' first assault on the city gate was crushed, and the pace of their attack slowed down as a result.
"Haha, you are really tenacious!!" Augustus said with a sneer from the rear of the battle formation. He just stood quietly and did nothing. The monsters under his command fell in batches, and he didn't even look at them. He didn't take the lives of those monster soldiers into consideration at all. In his eyes, he always only has his own goals.
"Chief, what do we need to do?" Behind the monster army, the orc leader Vito and his troops were once again ready to attack the city. Next to Vito, the orc priest asked softly.
"Wait." Vito replied: "Master Augustus won't let us move, so we can just wait at the back. Why, otherwise do you want to go up and die?"
"I don't want to..." the orc priest lowered his head and said in a humble manner.
"Hmph. Once Augustus and his army of monsters break through this city wall, we can rush in and plunder as much as we want, hahahaha!!"
"Yes, that's right!! Hahaha, the leader is so powerful!!" the orc priest said flatteringly.
"..."
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"Dong...dong..." In the royal area, in the guest room, Lin Sirius was awakened from his sleep. He looked up at the alarm clock beside the bed and found that the time was only half past six. The monsters launched their attack in the early morning, and the sun had only just risen.
"What happened?" Hearing those "dong dong" sounds, Lin Tianlang immediately realized that something was wrong. He finished washing his face and gargling his mouth as quickly as possible within a minute, and then rushed out of his room.
Usually, there are usually guards standing guard outside his room, and guards can be seen almost everywhere in the royal area. But today, he didn't see any of the guards, and they didn't know where they were. Looking down from the tree, Lin Tianlang discovered that the guards were all gathering in one direction. He immediately realized what had happened and could imagine the seriousness of the situation.
When the orcs attacked the city yesterday, although the whole city was very nervous, the guards still needed to continue to guard their posts. Today, even the guards have been mobilized. The battle must have been very fierce, and the number of troops was insufficient so that the guards needed to be mobilized to fill the vacancies.
"It seems that the orcs have come to attack the city again. It seems that the scale is even bigger than yesterday." Lin Tianlang murmured to himself. At this time, he still didn't know that the siege team was actually monsters, not orcs.
"No, I have to go take a look!" Lin Sirius clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, then ran down the spiral staircase placed on the tree trunk.
But I never thought that a blond girl was anxiously preparing to rush up the stairs. The two people met near the bottom of the stairs. Because neither party thought that the other would appear at all, there was no time to brake, and the two people collided with each other.
"oops."
"Ouch……"
They both moaned at the same time. Because Lin Sirius was rushing downwards, and his weight was greater and his inertia was greater, the blond girl was inevitably knocked down by him. The two hugged each other and rolled into a ball, then rolled down the stairs several times and onto the grass.
Fortunately, the location where the two collided was near the bottom of the stairs, so they rolled two steps and reached the grass. If they collide in mid-air, it would be terrible if they fall from a high altitude.
"Ouch...what happened..." Lin Sirius rubbed his temples, feeling a little dizzy. The blond girl was also rubbing her head and slowly pushing her body up. At this time, the posture of the two of them can be said to be quite ambiguous. Lin Tianlang was lying underneath to act as a meat pad, while the blonde girl was lying on top of him.
"Ah... Shiris? It's you, are you okay?" When he woke up, Lin Sirius immediately recognized the blond girl lying on top of him and said quickly.
"Lin, classmate Lin Tianlang?" Sheris also reacted. The blonde girl's eyes were wide open and she was a little surprised.
"Are you okay?" the girl asked anxiously.
"I should ask you this. Sorry, I didn't look at the road just now and knocked you down. Didn't it hurt you?" Lin Tianlang asked.
"No, I'm fine." Sheris shook her head: "I was about to go up to find you, but there was no time. We have to go to the temple as soon as possible."
The blonde girl said anxiously before she could blush.
"What happened? Are the orcs coming again?"
"It's not an orc, it's a monster!"
"what?!"
"..."
At the same time, near the school grounds, Etras summoned all the guards and escorts, and an elf captain next to him was counting the number of people.
"Your Majesty, there are a total of 320 people here, including 280 guards and 40 escorts. They are waiting for your orders at any time." After counting the number of people, the elf captain saluted Etras and said.
"Everyone, follow me to the northern city wall for reinforcements!!" Aitras said loudly.
"Yes, Your Majesty!!"
Following Aitras, a large group of people rushed towards the north wall, but before they had gone far, a powerful shock wave hit them head on. Everyone had to stop and stand still to avoid being knocked over by the shock wave.
"This is... bad. Has the city wall been breached?" Atlas gritted his teeth and put his hand on the handle of his knife.