At this time, the sun slowly descended from behind the barrier between heaven and earth separated by the endless Namoan Mountains to the west, leaving only a slowly fading Phnom Penh.

The clear summer sky began to become low and gloomy at that moment. The blue is crisp, but it is becoming deeper and darker. The huge flock of rancid crows made a long and unpleasant sound in the long air, like a large black cloud thanks to them, and the midsummer night that should have exuded the heat and brightness of life was now so clearly wafting with the smell of unpleasant and rancid smell that made people's hearts palpitate. And the real birds, however, have long since fled and are no longer visible.

The crows, who reeked of corpses rotting, swooped down over the city, and this time, perhaps none of the archmages unleashed a chain of lightning into their midst, and their charging posture was particularly arrogant. The smell of corpses accompanied by the flamboyant state of charge even had a bit of meaning. But in fact, even though the archmage was in the city, there was no need to take action himself. At that moment, the twelve magic towers placed in the city began their first concentrated fire attack.

The principle of the magic tower and the magic crystal cannon is actually very similar, both of them gather energy through the magic array, the difference is that the former gathers the magic power to ensure a little breakthrough and blasting power against large targets, while the latter spreads the magic power as much as possible to ensure the cluster damage to a large group of careful targets. Compared to the Magic Crystal Cannon, which can be dismantled and moved at will, the power extraction of the Magic Tower is mainly through the guò leyline energy, which needs to be operated by the caster. In terms of the theory of magic, the energy of the leylines is endless. And as long as the energy gathering magic array and the caster of the operation have unlimited mental power, the magic tower can also fire infinitely.

Twelve pillars of light pierced the sky like long swords of light. The sword of light before it came into contact with the large "dark clouds". Then it turned into an arrow of light that spread in all directions, dense like a rain of arrows. In that moment. Even in the long sky when night was about to fall, there was a sudden flash of bright brilliance, like daylight.

A large flock of black crows is struck by a bolt of light. They had clearly been modified in a frenzied manner, turning into fireballs that looked like little suns with a loud roar, and then engulfing more crows around them into a violent explosion. A single attack like this would have reduced more than half of the Black Death Crows to ashes, and given their distance and flight speed, it would take a little time to reach the skies above the city, which would be enough for the Tower to unleash four or five volleys.

The alarm for the first enemy attack was lifted so lightly. But many people obviously didn't expect such a scene, and they all suddenly showed stunned expressions. Of course, compared to the ordinary soldiers, the leaders in the Black Man City all nodded, and they all looked like they were so.

"You're right, Captain, the undead have indeed made a very big transformation of the Black Death Raven. If these little pieces really fly over the city, it will be more than just a disease. "The Commander of the City Defense of Black Man, Halda? Lieutenant General Dandy Lane thanked Sehiru. As a way to look like coming to gild. The son of a noble family who usually doesn't take care of business, if the undead start to attack the city, he won't show up, this is really unreasonable. Of course, his thanks are also justified. If it weren't for Sehiru's insistence, the defenders wouldn't have activated the magic tower, the ultimate defensive weapon, so immediately, and it was a dense salvo of fire.

"Yes. These little things will blow themselves up, and I suspect the undead have infused them with some very violent magic. It is maintained with an unstable dìng technique. "In previous wars, the fleet was infested with this kind of self-detonating crows. He had to devote all his energy to maintaining the shield at the bottom of the ship, so he stopped the magic crystal cannon. Well, but this batch of self-exploding crows is much less than the last time we encountered it. ”

"It seems that even if it is cannon fodder like the Black Death Crow, which is cheaper than the skeleton soldiers, it will cost a certain amount of money to carry out this kind of transformation. When a war is fought at this point, it is not only about the consumption of troops, but also about the war potential of both sides. Looking at it this way, the production of new weapons in the bone rack is not very high. "Deputy Commander Bernard? Eugen said as he took a sip from a bottle. Although he looked like a drunken and dreamy old man, he said something that sounded very reasonable. This seems to make his scrap value less high......

No, or rather the other way around. Talking about pretending to be forced while drinking, how do you feel like a superb Luthor who only knows how to pretend to be forced when he only relies on the old and sells the old to the point of dying?

"However, if you don't prepare, this little thing is really unguardable. I can now understand why the expeditionary fleet is in such big trouble...... Well, Captain Moore, you look like you have something to say. Lieutenant General Halda looked interested.

"This ...... Well, Xia Guan's idea is actually a bit rude, and it doesn't have much to do with the current situation. Sesileu looked hesitant.

"Hehe, because of the rudeness, I'm more interested. Anyway, the enemy has retreated, so while we have time, we can just make small talk. By the time the enemy army arrives, we won't even have time to tell jokes. The general said seriously.

A middle-aged man's face is full of gossip, is this really okay? Sasileu almost rolled his eyes when he thought so. However, in front of the two generals, she still held back, smiled dryly, and then said, "Xiaguan remembers that the last time I was in Black Man City, something similar happened. A group of necromantic knights threw a fireball or something at the gate...... Well, now that I think about it, maybe it was a test of a new weapon? However, at that time, Lu Xi, uh, at that time, Colonel Belencaster had already compiled these situations into a detailed text and reported them to the central government. However, it seems that the leaders don't care too much. ”

Sehireu's final tone was already tinged with some imperceptible sarcasm and resentment, of course, with her sense of responsibility and discipline. This is probably the strictest attack on the big man above. However, the magician lieutenant general from the aristocracy smiled cynically. Pretending to shrug his shoulders helplessly, the old and young generals, who were not born as magicians and nobles, picked up the wine bottle. I gulped a few more gulps.

"Speaking of which, where is our new city defense inspector?" Old man Bernard put down the wine bottle and opened his drunken eyes slightly, as if he realized for the first time that Lu Xi was not here.

"Oh, this afternoon, three big ships came to the dock, carrying nearly 2,000 tons of supplies and about 1,000 reinforcements, it should be the first reinforcement sent by the countries in the lower reaches of the Heishui River." The lieutenant general smiled and said, "I was supposed to meet you, but Colonel Berencaster thought. The Black Crows are coming, and the enemy brigade should arrive in the evening or even earlier, and I should organize a meeting at the head of the city. I don't know why, I was so convinced by him in a daze. ”

The old and young general grinned and raised the wine bottle in his hand: "Indeed, the young nobleman is in the year, and it is such an elegant and beautiful young nobleman, it is indeed more suitable for social and external battlefields!" A rude old mercenary like me wouldn't be qualified. Although I've always wanted to show up, even once, I can taste the good food and wine of high society. ”

Sehireu frowned very uncomfortably, biting his lip and saying nothing. She didn't like the old man's joke very much. I thought that Lu Xi looked like this, and it was not his will, and you didn't pay attention to his strength or his past achievements, what are you doing with colored glasses to judge people's appearance? This time. The president of the student union forgot that as a person, he was still very confident in his appearance. The beautiful girl who also reached the finals in the school flower selection of the Central Academy of Magic, but finally lost because of the shady, but now she has to feel the frustration of her appearance from her "boyfriend". Therefore, he expresses his indignation all the time. Actually, it's her.

"Alright, let's hope we can hold the city before the heroes come back." Lieutenant General Halda gave a sentence to this brief small talk in a half-joking, half-sarcastic manner.

Indeed, just as Lu Xi said at the beginning, this large black crow exuding an ominous cloud was indeed sent by the enemy to say hello to everyone. When the night was getting deeper and deeper, when the Federation defenders on the city tower had already raised their torches one by one, when the towering Namoa Mountain in the distant sky was no longer visible, the rumbling war drums, like thunder on the flat ground, came from the end of the distant horizon, getting closer and closer, as if directly hitting everyone's heart.

Everyone saw that in the distance in the sky, countless torches began to flicker, as if countless fireflies were flying up in an instant, and the beautiful and spectacular but extremely solemn scene made everyone's mouth almost dry and speechless.

"If a torch is an enemy, well, then at least a hundred thousand troops." One of the men slapped his mouth. This pretended calm gesture could not completely conceal the obvious panic and surprise in his words.

"This is the plains, and it is impossible for every enemy to carry a torch...... In addition, the undead army does not need lighting at all. Someone replied.

"So...... And that's where it begins. The old lieutenant commander poured the last of his wine into his throat, then slammed it against the female wall of the tower, and shouted, "Little ones, prepare for war!" Give this group of skeletons and green-skinned savages a lesson that they will never forget! Let them know that they can steal our flesh while we snooze, but they will never steal victory while we are ready! ”

The old general, who has entered his twilight years, burst out with youthful vitality and enthusiasm, which seems to fully interpret the wise saying "A man is a teenager until he dies". But this kind of vitality and enthusiasm is even more useful than doping for the ordinary Federation soldiers present. Beast blood, no, the blood-boiling Federation soldiers let out cheers on the city tower, first the area of the city tower where the veteran's shouts could be heard, and finally spread to the whole city at a very fast speed.

This should be the reason for the defense of the city, if it is a serious field battle posture under the plains, facing an enemy army that is several times more than its own, these rookies who have never seen blood are mostly Federation soldiers, I am afraid that it will not be so easy to be stimulated to fight. However, this also shows that ordinary soldiers do have a lot of confidence in this re-fortified city, and they also have a good understanding of Bernard, who has single-handedly organized defenses? Veteran General Eugen was confident.

Of course, the decent commander, who was robbed of the limelight, only showed a disapproving smile, and shrugged his shoulders at Sai Xiliu with a smile between frivolous and chic: "Oh, there is no way, there is a capable deputy, which is actually a table of good luck." At least that way you can justifiably be lazy. ”

Sehireu barely managed to squeeze out a coping smile. At this time, she really didn't know what kind of expression to use to deal with the other party's "joke".

"However, no matter what, the commander has been robbed of the limelight, but it can't even be robbed of the caster's limelight." The lieutenant general added this in a joking tone. Of course, the fact that he would talk like that shows that this guy doesn't care at all.

"Otherwise, we, the chosen people of the goddess of the sky, the legitimate ruling class of the Arcane Nation, really have no position to dictate to the others. You are also a top student who graduated from the Central Academy of Magic, the president of the student union, and also served as the representative of the trial apprentice, and Lu Xi? Colonel Berencaster, like him, is a young hero who has been in the spotlight. You may not be as dazzling as that one, but you have never let everyone down. Captain Moore, can I look forward to your watch? ”

Sai Xiliu never expected that the commander was so clear about his resume, and he couldn't help but be stunned, and then stood up and saluted vigorously: "I will definitely not disappoint you, Your Excellency!" ”

"Good!" The commander nodded, he seemed to want to say something, but when he opened his mouth, he still didn't say it, and his eyes unconsciously fell on the two people standing not far behind Sehiru. One of them is a young woman who was born as a mercenary at first glance, this is Sehiru? Moore's servant, His Excellency Lieutenant General, has seen it. Of course, the other person was a tough man in his forties, with a sturdy plate armor, carrying a shield and a sword, standing like a pine, and full of military toughness.

"That's?"

Sehireu hesitated for a moment before replying, "Oh, that's me...... Well, my new servants in the city. In the past, in the Black Manga City, he was also a well-known adventurer. ”

"Huh? That's really exciting. The general replied in a noncommittal tone. (To be continued......)