Chapter 123: Iron and Blood in the Harbor (13)
At the head of the harbour of Kurast, heavy rain still washes over the towering walls.
In the dark night, a cruel and unusual battle to defend the city has just ended.
The demon legions retreated at midnight, leaving behind a brutal battlefield strewn with corpses.
Above the city walls, rain mixed with blood, flowing out of the cracks at the head of the city, intertwining and converging at the edges of the city walls into crimson and terrifying waterfalls.
The professional warriors finally finished the day's battle, and they sat down in the corners of the city tiredly, seizing every time to relax the nerves that had been tense for eight days.
Jumping insects and cockroaches have taken over the night patrol under the arrangement of the worm mother, and these tireless biological warfare weapons have now become the most trusted companions of the soldiers of the two legions and the iron wolf mercenaries.
Steel boots stepped over a pool of viscous blood, and Sothia held a war hammer and watched silently as the jumping insects arranged by Xue Hua carried the corpses of the dead professionals down the city.
The paladin's brows were full of fortitude and determination, but the hidden deep worry in her eyes betrayed her true mood at the moment.
The battle on the eighth day was as fierce and frantic as General Hodge had predicted, and the Evil Pact commanders, who had been driven mad by the foxwolves, rushed to the battlefield at all costs.
The Forgotten Legion has reappeared, and although the new units of the swarm have abolished the Forgotten Mage's powerful curse abilities, these powerful Daedric Janissaries have inflicted unusually tragic casualties on the professionals of the two legions with their own strength.
Today alone, more than 2,600 more people have been killed among the professionals, and this casualty figure plus the number of casualties accumulated before is almost equivalent to a third of the total number of the two legions.
What's more, their potion supply is already completely depleted towards the end of today's battle, and tomorrow's battle casualties will continue to soar if a suitable replacement or supply source cannot be found.
Thinking of this, Sothia sighed silently, and gently patrolled among these professional warriors who had been fighting all day with her meditative aura, trying to lighten the burden on some of the warriors with her own modest efforts.
The food brought by the survivors of Kurast was under the city, wrapped in rainproof tarpaulins.
But the soldiers were so tired that it was difficult for them to chew, so she had to store the food and wait until a soldier was hungry and served it to them.
In the corners of the walls lay a small pile of broken weapons that were slowly losing their luster, broken equipment that the warriors had used up their durability.
She walked slowly over to the broken piles of equipment and stared at them.
"Sothia."
A somewhat hoarse voice sounded behind her, surprising the paladin who was immersed in thought.
She looked back to see Hodge and Ocasso walking slowly towards her from the other side of the city.
"General Hodge, Commander Ocasso." Sothia nodded politely in response.
"How's it going over here? How many warriors have started using mana potions? Hodge nodded absent-mindedly, then asked softly with a frown.
"Almost all of them. Moreover, a large number of the barbarians, assassins and paladins used mana potions are no longer powerful. ”
Sothia shook her head slightly, and the resolute and rigid expression on her face quickly turned into a thick melancholy.
"Is the supply of even powerful mana potions on the verge of being cut off? Reshander and Eco are already doing their best to refine it......"
When Ocasso heard Sothia's words, his originally fierce face was filled with sorrow.
"Yes, not to mention the potion, there are many fighters who have already begun to change their equipment to the third set of blue-level supplies......
Hodge let out a long sigh and glanced at the pile of broken equipment beside him, his tone filled with intense unease and exhaustion.
These legendary powerhouses have also fought a few battles with those legendary cultivators who are trying to fish in troubled waters and climb to the top of the city in the past few days, and they have to command battles and worry about supplies, and they have to maintain the morale of the troops and prevent the pressure of the opponent from carrying out surprise attacks, which makes the spirit of several legendary powerhouses also fall into exhaustion.
"How's it going over there? The losses of the Iron Wolf Guards are said to be very serious. ”
Ocasso asked.
"It's really not optimistic, the Iron Wolf Guard basically has less than a third of the original members left, if we can't get new supplies before the early hours of tomorrow, I'm afraid that tomorrow the entire Kurast detachment of the Iron Wolf Guard will be history."
Sothia sighed helplessly, and Asila who had just endured her grief and resolutely asked for battle.
This part of the Iron Wolf Guard is basically an elite veteran pulled out of the battlefield of the second world by Asila, and they can be said to have a lifelong friendship with each other.
In the past, even the loss of one could make Asila sad for a month, but this time there are less than a third of her comrades who can stay alive and stay by her side.
And this number will be greatly reduced tomorrow, and even if they can't find new supplies before dawn, it is very likely that the entire Iron Wolf Guard will be directly defeated.
Under such circumstances, Asila still did not hesitate to ask to stay in the city to fight, and none of the remaining iron wolves under her command had the slightest intention of flinching, and they were obviously a group of resolute heroes who regarded death as home.
"Hey... What about Xue? Is there anything he can do? Hodge sighed softly, then looked up at Sothia as if he had suddenly remembered something.
"I don't know, that guy has locked himself in the house since the fifth day of the battle, and he doesn't know what he's doing......
At the mention of Xue Hua, Sosiya also frowned slightly, this little guy she knew in Lugoin always brought new life to them in times of despair.
This time, however, he shrank into a newly built cabin as if he didn't want to bother with it anymore, and hadn't seen him for four or five days.
"Hey... It's really my fault, we shouldn't put all the pressure on Xue's head, he's not even twenty-five years old this year, right? At this age, I can't even count as a child among professionals.
And he's done enough for us, and we really should reflect on ourselves. ”
Hodge shook his head, sighed again, and prepared to call the two of them to the headquarters to discuss tomorrow's tactical plan.
At this moment, a mother worm suddenly walked up from behind them and said to them in a slightly hoarse voice, "Human Commander, our Lord has invited you to meet him, and the Lord is waiting for you in your headquarters, he has something very important to inform you. ”
"Juggernaut? Xue? Hodge was stunned for a moment, then looked up at Socia and Okaso, and without saying a word, the three of them immediately unfolded their bodies and rushed towards the headquarters below.