Chapter 807 Fierce Offensive and Defensive Battles
There were no formations, no long-range weapons to cover, not even a city breaker and siege tower, and the monsters that could not see the end at a glance only used the most primitive and savage climbing the city walls, which made the defending army feel great pressure.
The enemy didn't seem to be afraid of death at all, and the corpses were piled up under the city walls for a few hours, but the other party still kept pouring up, the rudimentary wooden ladder was full of dark red blood, and the earth-shattering shouts filled every corner of the battlefield.
"The ugly and ignorant war, the plundering of civilization by the wilderness, the survival of the strong and the destruction of the weak, this qiē is the law of survival in the Northland. I have to say that it's surprisingly simple and rude, and I think I'm starting to like it a little bit. Alan muttered quietly as he quickly repeated the action of pulling the string and shooting arrows, constantly reaping the lives of his enemies.
For most of the tribal coalition armies that are not even equipped with leather armor, steel arrows are simply a death reaper for them, especially most of the crossbowmen on the city wall have a melee professional level, so almost no arrows miss, more than a quarter can hit the vital point, and with wood, stones and boiling oil, it is simply rare to rush to the city wall, and in the end they are either stabbed to death by sharp spears, or squeezed down by soldiers holding shields and fall to death.
From the beginning of the siege to the present, the tribal alliance has not launched a truly threatening attack, so it is unhurried to send people to death, giving people an extremely strange feeling.
Just when Eren thought that the tentative assault of the first day should be almost over, a large group of monsters with green skin and sarcomas suddenly appeared in the distance, and even the most knowledgeable peasants could easily call their names - trolls.
"Damn! Stop archery! Stop archery! Get ready to boil the oil! These guys aren't afraid of any physical damage at all! Only fire and strong acids can cause to really kill them! The orc officer in charge of commanding the eastern wall shouted orders. The churning grease in a dozen iron pots was lifted by the soldiers. As soon as the order is given, it will be dumped immediately.
The archers on the turret had already drawn their rockets. They're not aiming at trolls who are charging wildly, they're aiming at hot oil pans.
Experienced orc warriors are well aware that although a rocket can inflict great damage on a troll, it is actually far from deadly, and if you want to kill a large group of trolls, then you must have enough fuel, so you must wait for grease to be poured on the troll.
Trolls move very fast and can even catch up with galloping horses when they are hungry. After only a few minutes, these hideous-looking monsters rushed forward, devouring the corpses of goblins and gnolls as they climbed up the ladder, and many of the militiamen couldn't help but vomit with their mouths full of blood.
Alan frowned slightly and cursed in a low voice: "Damn! The behavior of these guys is really disgusting! ”
Although he had seen a lot of flesh and blood with his own eyes, he still couldn't stand the creature of trolls, which had nothing to do with the concept of good and evil, it was just that the other party's eating was too disgusting.
"Hey, hey! It's hard for you not to spit it out, human boy, I'm starting to admire you a little bit now. You know, many people will be stupid when they see a troll eating for the first time. Then stand still and be killed and eaten. A fanged orc veteran laughed.
"Scared silly?" Alan glanced disdainfully at the troll who was climbing the ladder. "They alone are not enough. I've seen a scene a hundred times more terrifying, and I've experienced first-hand the harsh environment where death can occur at any moment. There's nothing that shocks me anymore. ”
"Haha! What a braggart little guy. What is it that you can tell me that is a hundred times scarier than a troll? Dragons? As he spoke, the orc veteran pushed the boy back. Stay behind, now is not the time to be a hero, and if you accidentally die, your mother will be sad. ”
Alan didn't try to explain anything, silently stood in the back row, and began to prepare the spell.
After more than two months of study, his mage level has been improved again, he is an out-and-out fifth-level mage, and has mastered several third-level spells, based on the average level of the entire Faren Continent, he is already in the middle position, plus the extra spell slots of the "Ring of Sharp Spells" and the "Book of Infinite Spells", the combat power is enough to top an army of fifty people.
Of course, this does not take into account the abilities of the Psychic Warlock, because Henry does not allow him to use it in public, after all, humans are not born psionic races, so it will be very troublesome once it is spread.
The walls of Wywood were not high, and it only took a dozen seconds for the trolls in their hands and feet to climb up, and the soldier standing at the front did not hesitate, directly stabbed the spear in his hand hard, resisted the other party to the death, and then shouted: "Quick! Pour oil! ”
"Up! Slam these disgusting monsters to me! The orc officer did not hesitate to give the order.
"Wow! Wow! Whoop ......"
"Ahh!!!!!hh
As a pot of hot grease fell from the sky, the trolls let out a miserable cry, and some of them even accidentally fell down the ladder nearly ten meters high because they were too slippery, and the smell of fried trolls came to their nostrils for a while.
Maybe this can be regarded as a serious injury for ordinary creatures, but it is obviously not enough to kill the tenacious trolls, and in just a dozen seconds, the burns on their bodies begin to slowly recover, just like Xiao Qiang who can't be killed.
The orc officer smirked and roared at the arrow tower: "Release the rocket!" Burn these crumbs for me! ”
The archers shot the grease-soaked strips of cloth from the arrows towards the trolls below the city walls, only to see a large orange-red light cut through the sky in a straight line, hitting the target with precision.
"Boom!"
The hot grease met the open flames, and it instantly produced a terrifying effect, and the pillars of fire rose into the sky, not only igniting a large number of trolls, but also burning with the ladder, and the boiling heat wave was unbearable even for the people on the city walls, not to mention the unlucky ones below.
More than 200 trolls didn't even go up the walls, and they were reduced to ashes in the flames. In the end, except for the black, burnt lumps. Not even a single intact corpse remained.
Just when everyone was about to celebrate the victory. The ground suddenly began to shake slightly, and in the distance, several large monsters with five heads rushed towards it. Their bodies are covered in shimmering scales, and each head is covered with sharp teeth, which can swallow an adult alive in just one bite.
"Damn! It's a swamp lizard! Ballista! Let the ballistas shoot at them! Otherwise, we're dead! Eren couldn't keep his composure anymore and yelled frantically at the orc officer.
In the Supreme Wasteland, a land full of swamps, it is arguably the most dangerous of these giant aquatic lizards, except for the dragons. Sometimes just one can destroy two or three tribes that accidentally intrude into their territory, and five heads means that these multi-headed lizards, although not yet able to compete with the strength of the dragon, are fully adult, and there is absolutely no problem in crushing humans.
"Crossbow...... Ballista! Shoot...... Shoot! ”
The frightened orc commander gave the order in a trembling voice, followed by a volley of twenty giant crossbows arranged on the eastern wall. However, because the operators were too nervous, the angle was not adjusted well, and most of them did not know where to go, and the hit rate was probably less than half.
Seeing this result, Alan shook his head helplessly and began to chant the incantation in a low voice, and after a few seconds, five more small floating fireballs appeared on his palm. At the moment when the multi-headed lizard rushed to the city wall. He aimed directly at one of the bloody mouths and threw them out in one go.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! ”
The small fireball exploded violently after impact, instantly blowing the head to pieces. Since the explosion was in the mouth, the damage was extremely severe, and it directly made a head completely lose its combat effectiveness.
Level 3 Magic - Yofu Ma Micrometeor, one of the most popular magic for low-level mages, each spell level can create a small fireball.
Alan used it to calmly resolve the crisis, and did not even move a step under his feet, the mage robe fluttered gently with the breeze, and it looked extremely powerful, and both the orc soldiers and human adventurers around showed surprised expressions, they couldn't believe that this little boy who used the crossbow well was so powerful.
If it were an ordinary child, I am afraid that I would not be able to find the north happily now, but Alan knew very well that he was just a heavy blow to one of the heads of the multi-headed lizard, and it would not take a few minutes for the other party to completely recover, and then it would be a bitter battle in the real sense.
"Roar! Roar! Roar ......"
The monitor lizard, which had lost one head, let out an angry roar with the other four heads, followed by a fierce lunge, taking away four shield-wielding soldiers in one fell swoop. They didn't even have a chance to resist, and in the blink of an eye, they were torn to shreds by their sharp teeth.
Just like a proverb in the Faren Continent says, when terrifying monsters fall from the sky, no matter how brave and good the army is, it will not help, at this time you need heroes, only they can save all beings.
Faced with an enemy who could not fight, the defenders inevitably panicked and began to retreat in panic, or even flee, the eastern wall was lost only a few minutes after the swamp lizard attacked, and the orcs who followed behind cheered and carried ladders to climb quickly, trying to capture the city in one fell swoop.
"Damn it! Is it time to start invoking the power of the Mage Tower? ”
Alan nimbly dodged the pursuit of the multi-headed lizard, and cursed under his gritted teeth. He knew very well that the energy reserves of the mage tower in the city were very small, and at most it was only enough to launch a large-scale support, so he must not use it lightly until the enemy showed his hole cards.
But now it seems that I am afraid that if I don't use it again, I won't have a chance to use it, once the city wall falls, Wywood City will be the most important barrier, and it will not be able to resist enemies who are several times or even dozens of times their own number.
"I hope I won't regret this choice......" Alan said with a wry smile as he pulled out a sealed scroll from his bosom.
Seeing that the number of enemies on the city wall was increasing, and several multi-headed lizards were rampant, he could only show his final hole cards in advance...... (To be continued......)