Chapter 50: Roaring Artillery Fire
Something is wrong.
Collund felt a tightening of his soul, and now the Lich Commander was lying on the back of the hill with no grace, looking embarrassed. Half of its head and the left side of its chest had been blasted with a large hole, and if it had been a normal necromantic creature, it would have been doomed long ago. Luckily, as a lich specializing in alchemy, Collund obviously had a little more means of survival than the others, but even so, the lich could feel that his strength was running out. It should have immediately returned to the camp to recuperate and heal its badly damaged body, which had been eroded by the divine power, but at the moment Collund had no time to spare, lying on its stomach behind the hillside, clenching its broken teeth, and even feeling more anxiety and frustration than ever before.
Colund was sure that it was definitely not a matter of the past two days that the other party had the Dawn Angel, which could be seen from the fact that the other party could completely wipe out his own group of three hundred mages with a single move. The Angels of Dawn are the mages' natural enemies, and in the era of the Creation War, countless great lich more powerful than Colund were killed by their sacred arrows, and it was really his luck that Colund was able to escape a small life. But Collund didn't have time to think about his luck right now, and he looked ahead through his magic eyes, vaguely aware that he had made a big mistake. Obviously, the opponent's sniping of his mage group had already been premeditated, otherwise, with the powerful power of the Dawn Angel, he could completely block his air troops. But the other party kept his troops still, and it was not until he led the mage group to the front that he finally made a move. This forbearance alone made Colund secretly frightened, but beyond that, another thought came to the lich's heart at this moment.
Since the other party has the Angel of Dawn, does it mean that the human lord still has a backhand? But. What if you have a backhand now? Collund glanced at the front line, as long as it was a few steps away, the undead army would be completely under the city, although it had lost some soldiers under the previous bombardment of the Holy Spear, but the undead army led by the bone trolls still approached the city wall unswervingly. As long as they are in the city............
But why do you feel so upset?
Rod looked ahead.
At his feet, the walls began to roar and shake, and the huge steel plates embedded in the outer side of the walls began to rotate and unfold, revealing the hideous cannons inside. The steel-forged magic cannon appeared from it like a beast about to come out of the cage, and the invisible energy began to condense, following the rapid flow of the magic guide structure.
Without warning. The attack began.
Hundreds of tongues of fire erupted along the outer edge of the rolling city walls, and if anyone looked directly at the cannon fire at this time, they would definitely be blinded by its dazzling brilliance, and a bright, surging torrent of magic roared out of the cannon barrel and shot to the ground. The scorching heat instantly swallowed and evaporated all the obstacles that dared to stand in front of him, crisscrossing into a web of death that shrouded the ground. For a moment, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and the bone trolls who were originally moving forward had to stop their steps. It instinctively raised its palms, trying to fend off the roaring cannonball, but with the first, second, and third continuous beams of magic bombarding its body, the tall, hard skeleton finally shattered completely. And at such a close distance, it was directly blasted into debris without even being able to dodge, and the huge wreckage fell from the sky, instantly overwhelming the undead army beneath it.
For the first time, the advancing undead army was forced to halt, the defenses forged by the web of death that weaved through it ruthlessly destroyed any intruder who dared to intrude into its realm. Whenever a ray of light shot into the inky darkness. It would trigger a catastrophic reaction——— first the entire darkness suddenly shrank, then suddenly expanded and exploded, and the blazing fire roared and rolled, undulating under the dark sea, and erupting into a huge red and black fireball. Even the solid earth trembled under this terrifying energy, turning to scorched earth.
But that's not the end of it.
The surging tide of darkness paused for a moment, and then countless shadows flew through the sky, and the air forces of the undead army once again launched a fierce attack on the city walls, and this time the figure of the death knight finally appeared among them——— knight in pitch black heavy armor rode a nightmare, and shuttled through the sky in the clouds, and rushed towards the city wall with his spear held high.
At the same time, the War Angel who had been hiding behind finally appeared.
Accompanied by the slogan of glory, the shining angel of war raised his sword and flew into the air, fighting again with the dark shadows, and the battle between light and darkness, life and death began again. However, in the face of these sudden war angels, the death knights were not afraid, on the contrary, the scarlet brilliance in their eyes became more and more vigorous, and they raised the knight's spear in their hands straight, rushed past, and rushed forward.
Not enough!
Rhodes stood firmly on the high platform, and now he couldn't hear anything around him, whether it was screams, angry shouts, weapons clashing or shouting loudly to give orders, all of them were covered by thunderous cannon fire, the entire world shook as if it was about to meet the end of the world, the scorching heat and bright red flames reflected each other, the dark undead army completely collapsed in front of this explosive fire, and the undead in front of them didn't even have time to disperse before they turned into flying ashes, And with the roar of the magic cannon, a huge white pillar of light fell from the sky again, proving the eternal power of the Law of Light. But Rod didn't stop there, on the contrary, he felt that his mind was calmer than ever, and the deafening roar around him seemed to be isolated by an invisible and transparent wall, he stretched out his hand, and soon, the system panel unfolded in front of him. Rhodes didn't have time to pay attention to the battle situation in front of him, his eyes swept over it, and he stretched out his right hand.
【Summoning the Shadow of Illusion】
"Boom !!"
With Rhodes's movements, the originally calm moat outside the city wall swelled again, forming waves several meters high, and then with the distortion and condensation of the current, a thin and seemingly oval-shaped mirror-like strange creatures emerged from it, and the translucent limbs behind them that looked like tentacles of octopuses were constantly swimming in the air, leaving a little light mark.
[The Shadow of the Illusion has been summoned, please select the target unit to copy]
War Angels!
With Rod's order, the momentum on the battlefield changed abruptly.
The dense shadows of the illusion suddenly changed direction in unison, turning their front into the air, and then their smooth mirror surface flickered past the shadow of the war angel, and then, the shadow of the illusion changed——— their originally thin bodies suddenly became as soft as clay at this moment, and the original oval form began to twist rapidly, like a piece of plasticine being rekneaded, and then, into a new form.
Thousands of silver-white war angels appeared in the air, and they looked almost indistinguishable from real war angels, the only difference was their crystal-like and translucent bodies. However, Rod was obviously not interested in admiring their beautiful figures, he stretched out his hand, and then the crystal army flew like a beautiful, crystal clear blade, straight into the shadows above, tearing it apart mercilessly.
Colund stared blankly at all this in front of him, at this moment he felt like a strong man who originally thought he could win easily, and at the moment before he was about to win, he was forced into a corner, trembling and begging for mercy, the thin imp suddenly jumped up and stabbed him, and the fortress with full fire had completely turned into a fierce and terrifying beast, opening his bloody mouth and biting the prey in front of him. The dense formation, which was originally assembled to strengthen the attack, looked like it was killing itself at this time. Although the two sides are still in a stalemate so far, Collender is very sure that if this continues...............
"Boom, boom, boom!!"
The light and dull loud sound that pierced the night broke Collund's thoughts, and the lich looked up in horror, and what he saw was a huge warship slowly emerging from behind the mountains, the solid and tall ship facing the battlefield in front of him, and soon, with a series of flashes, in the dark shadows of the air, suddenly burst into a circle of fierce flames.
The tide is over.
Seeing this scene in front of him, Collund already understood his current situation, and he was already a sure and almost irreparable thing from failure. The other party was obviously prepared, in order to wait for him to take the bait, but it was ridiculous that he really took the bait like this, as a commander, Colund knew very well that now the struggle of the undead legion was just instinct, and the appearance of the magic guide cannon, the magic guide battleship and the battle angel army became the last straw that crushed the balance, if there was no change, then he would eventually fail, which was almost inevitable.
Almost............... However, it's not entirely impossible. If you can have a strong force to completely overwhelm the opponent's resistance, then while your own forces are still sufficient, you still have a chance to defeat the opponent and occupy this fortress!
Thinking of this, Collund turned his head to look behind him, the soul fire in his eyes jumped violently, as if he was making some difficult decision, and at the end, the lich gritted his teeth and pulled a necromancer beside him.
"Go and report to Her Highness Irene immediately, we are in a critical situation and need reinforcements!!" (To be continued......)