Chapter 693: The War Against Fate (III)
A series of fires exploded in the undead army like a small sun that was about to rise from the ground and disappeared in an instant, looking from the city wall, you could see that the undead army on the ground was blown out of one huge hole after another, but soon these holes were filled again, and the undead creatures moved forward like ants, although they had lost considerable combat power in the battle just now, but they didn't want to retreat at all, they were still charging forward, without the slightest stagnation!
"Attack! Keep moving! ”
Cyber's long sword pointed straight ahead, the light of the soul in his eyes burned brighter and brighter, although the battle situation was beyond his expectations, but Cybern did not have the slightest intention of retreating, since the surprise attack failed, then directly rush hard, this is the method of the undead army! Indeed, Cybern was a little surprised that the other party had so many magic arrows, but so what? Magic arrows are very valuable things, and even if they do, how many can he have? There are 50,000 immortal troops under his command, and the loss in the attack just now is not even one-fifth! But how many magic arrows can the opponent have?
Go ahead, keep shooting.
Looking at the roaring fires and explosions not far away, a few cold smiles appeared in Cybern's eyes, and beside him, the skeletal soldiers were still marching forward like raging waves, raising their swords and shields in their hands, striding forward, but this was only the beginning. For not far behind Cyberborn, the skeletal soldiers raised their longbows high, stared blankly at the fortress in front of them, and then drew their bows and arrows.
“………………!!!”
As if in response, an incomparably dense rain of arrows flew out from the undead army. Shooting towards the soldiers on the walls of the fortress.
"Guard the barrier! Get on the shield! ”
Li Jie raised her right hand high and called out loudly, and soon, with her echo, several golden soul rays shone one one after another on the city wall, quickly connecting into a translucent protective barrier. In front of the soldiers. At the same time, the arrows whizzed past, striking hard at the protective barrier released by the spirit masters, and then flying diagonally. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the soldiers around the archers also hurriedly raised their shields and blocked them in front of them to prevent any "fish from slipping through the net" from taking advantage of the situation.
"Cut, it's the same old way of being undead."
Seeing that the undead army did not intend to retreat in the face of its fierce artillery fire, but still moved forward. Rhodes pursed his lips disdainfully, he knew better than anyone what the undead army wanted to do, the war of attrition was the tactic that the undead army was best at, this was also their root, it could be seen that Cybern was planning to use his subordinates to consume his magic arrows, although the magic arrows were powerful, the power of each arrow was basically equal to a small portable rocket. But this kind of thing is expensive, and I don't think I can have too much. But.........
Come to think of it. The corners of Rod's mouth turned up slightly, revealing a somewhat hideous smile.
Indeed, judging from the perspective of common sense, it is true, magic arrows are expensive, and even if you buy them, you can't buy much, even if you have inventory. But you won't have much in a short period of time. But he didn't prepare in a short time, since the day the fortress was built, Rhodes had already started to prepare for all this in front of him!! Labis's most important work, in addition to making alchemy structures and stone statues, spent all of her time and energy on the creation of magic arrows! This is also the reason why her new invention has not been progressing quickly. Because Rhodes's request is to give priority to creating magic arrows to deal with the situation in front of him! Not to mention, don't look at the current fierce battle, but in fact, Rhodes had been preparing for this situation for a long time, he divided the archers into three groups, and each round of shooting was after the three groups of shooters alternated before one round. Therefore, in the current undead army, there will be a continuous artillery connection, and only when the shooting of the three groups of archers is over, this can be regarded as the end of the real round of attack. Through such tactics, Rhodes can maintain power and duration to the maximum, although the undead legion is still insisting, but Rhodes knows very well that if they don't make changes, then I'm afraid they will have to fight here without harm.
And now, the inventory of magic arrows in the entire fortress is enough to support them for three to five days, and as long as they can hold on during this time, then it will be enough. It's just that I don't know if the undead creatures under Cyberborn's hands can last for three or five days?
The undead legion's greatest reliance is that they can transform the dead to allow them to join their ranks, so it is difficult for them to fail on the battlefield, because they are also increasing their own forces while destroying the enemy. Rhodes has been fighting with the Night Dragon Kingdom for so many years, and it is naturally clear to them, the greatest advantage of the undead army is actually their biggest disadvantage, why did the Council of Light stagnate the attack of the undead army after adopting the tactics of defending to the death? The reason is simple, they don't have enough corpses to transform into their own soldiers, and the other party hides behind a high wall, and they are not damaged at all, but the undead legion is suffering heavy losses, and in the absence of troops to replenish, even the powerful undead legion will face difficulties. And now, with your walls strong and your firepower fierce and long-lasting, what else do you have to break through my fortress?
"My lord! Spot the enemy in the air! ”
At this moment, Lando's voice rang out, and Rhodes looked in the direction of his finger, and soon saw a large black shadow flying into the air behind the undead army, and they flew in the sky like moving clouds, rushing towards the fortress.
Sure enough, this is a move, seeing this scene Rod raised his eyebrows, although there is a fierce battle at the moment, but he feels very leisurely and relaxed, Cybern is only a middle-level commander in the Night Dragon Country, there is nothing special about it, so his command is also decent, almost the standard routine for the attack of the undead army of the Night Dragon Country. Every change in the enemy at the moment could not escape Rhodes's predictions, which even made him feel a little bored.
"Don't worry, I have my own way, pass the order down and leave them alone."
"Yes. My lord. ”
Hearing Rod's order, Lando immediately turned away, and it was only then that Rod stretched out his right hand, and on the index finger of his right hand, a ring encrusted with bright rubies shimmered with a faint magical light.
Activate the Alchemy Statue.
"Ka......... ..............."
No one noticed. At this moment, on the edge of the fortress walls, the top of the tower, and even on the high platform of the stronghold inside the fortress, those holy stone statues that looked like just ornaments began to tremble at this moment, and the dust covered by them slowly fell, and in the originally lifeless eyes, a little soul light appeared from them, and then, they spread their wings. Soar into the sky!
"Boom!!"
In an instant, hundreds of tall and resolute stone statues of the holy white unicorn spread their wings and hissed and flew into the night sky, they were in groups of three or five, like birds hovering and flying in the air, and under the silver light of the holy maiden, they themselves seemed to emit a little bit of light. But soon, I saw these unicorns slicing circles in the air. Then they gathered neatly, hovering in mid-air, staring at the enemy in front of them.
In front of them, hundreds of skeletal griffins flapped their wings and let out heart-stopping screams. The Bone Gryphons are one of the Night Nation's main aerial units, and they look as if they have completely rotted down to a skeleton of bones. There was no flesh or feathers, only the pale blue glow burning in the eyes and the trail of the soul light left behind by the flapping of the edges of the skeletons of the two wings could show the difference between them and mere skeletal specimens, and the pitch-black color covering the white skeleton was the reality of their undead.
“——————!!”
The skeletal griffons, with a shrill scream similar to their nails rubbing against glass, rushed down, all at the same time. The holy unicorns, who had been waiting for a long time, also hissed, stretched their wings, and waved their wings to meet them. Just for a moment, and immediately after, the two sides collided together.
Black and white collided with each other, fused together, and a fierce confrontation took place. The skeleton griffons screamed and stretched out their claws, and pounced on the holy unicorns, the sharp claws that were enough to tear through the heavy leather armor could not even leave a visible scratch on the white stone body, as an alchemy structure, the appearance of the holy unicorn was specially constructed and processed, in any case, Labis was also a master alchemist, with her production level and unique craftsmanship from Berchems, even the most basic alchemical structure creatures would not be vulnerable enough to be torn apart by such an attack. In the face of the attack of the skeleton griffin, the holy unicorn slammed its neck, and the long horn on the top of its head stabbed forward like a siege cone, and soon, I saw that the hard horn easily pierced into the chest of a skeleton griffin, extinguishing the soul fire that it was burning. At the same time, the holy unicorn let out a hissing roar, and then its hind legs kicked back hard, and the indestructible hard iron hooves kicked the other skeleton griffon, and in the blink of an eye, the poor skeleton griffin was completely shattered by the tremendous impact and fell from the night sky.
Everything is going according to plan.
Looking at the fierce battle in the sky, Rod smiled slightly. If the Skeleton Griffin is a light reconnaissance aircraft, then his constructed stone statue is a medium attack aircraft. The two sides were not originally in the same heavyweight existence, and at the same time, Rod couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief deep in his heart. In general, in the undead army, the Bone Griffin is the scout unit, and the real air combat unit is the Gargoyle. The Gargoyle Legion, on the other hand, is generally under the direct jurisdiction of the Death Knight and Necromancer Legions. At the moment, Cyberborn sent so many skeleton griffons without seeing a few gargoyles, which meant that his fortress was not in the main target. Otherwise, this would not have happened, which was much better than Rhodes had originally predicted. Originally, he thought that his fortress was the first line of defense for Parfield, and the opponent might choose to attack first, but from the current point of view......... This group of bastards doesn't seem to have put themselves in their eyes at all?
But......... It's hard to say whether this will continue to be the case after today's battle.
Thinking of this, Rod restrained his inner emotions and continued to look down.
After two rounds of non-stop bombardment, the front end of Cyberborn's army was already full of holes, and although many of the fish that escaped the net and broke through the defense, they would be swept away by the torrent of the moat when they reached the city walls. Then vanished. So far, the defence has remained solid, but Rhodes is well aware that the battle has only just begun and that it will be a very long night.
"Seven Loves, Marlene. You ready? ”
Rod retracted his gaze and asked in a low voice, and hearing his order, Seven Love and Marlene, who were standing on Rod's left and right, nodded respectively. After receiving the answers from the two, Rod's face sank slightly, and then he flicked his left hand to the side and gave the order.
"Ready for a second package!"
Cybern hadn't expected this battle to be so difficult - yes, it hadn't been a long time since he had been promoted to Legion Commander to feel such a headache in the battle with the living. The opponent's fierce attack pressed him so much that he couldn't raise his head. Originally, Cyberborn had planned to use the Bone Griffin to carry out a surprise attack, as his predecessors often did, using the power of combat power in the air to distract the defenses on the city walls, and then attack in a big way. But he didn't expect that the other party would actually have so many constructing alchemy creations............ Damn it!
At this time, Cyberborn was already convinced that the other party not only knew about their plan, but even prepared for it! The magic arrows can also be said to have some inventory on the other side, and there is nothing similar in the elite corps troops in these years. But so many constructs are definitely not what a regular legion should have, damn it, look at it now. Cyberborn was sure that the constructs were created to deal with their own skeletal griffins!
Time. The Death Knight couldn't help but feel a little surprised and angry, and he gripped the reins in his hand so hard that his brain burned like boiling lava. He didn't know what was wrong with the Dao, launching a surprise attack on the Continent of Light was absolutely secret, and few people even knew about it. But these structures are definitely not improvised, they are probably here for this moment!!
For a moment. Cybern even wanted to choose to retreat and report this strange matter to His Highness Barend, and let him decide. But the next moment, his pride as an undead creature regained the upper hand, and it was only a small loss. Do you have to choose to fail here? Will he be able to make that decision?
"Great, sir?"
At this moment, Schrodinger's voice sounded from Cybern's side again, interrupting his thoughts, which made the Death Knight stare at him angrily, and at this time, Cybern suddenly noticed that something was wrong on the battlefield, and the originally dense and roaring explosions were weakening, he hurriedly raised his head and looked ahead, and then saw that on the city wall, a dense fire was emerging. This made Cybern smile slightly, of course he knew what it was, it was the fire oil arrow, which was one of the most common weapons used by humans against the undead.
But at this moment, after seeing these fire oil arrows, Cybern did not feel worried, on the contrary, his eyes lit up!
As expected! The opponent is running out of magic arrows!
Thinking of this, Cybern couldn't help but feel a burst of excitement, at this moment he finally understood the other party's tactics, it seemed that they were planning to use the fierce attack of magic arrows to delay their own pace and force themselves to choose to retreat. And in fact, it is precisely like this, in the face of this hard bone that he can barely gnaw on, Cybern himself did have the idea of temporarily retreating. But now it looks like these guys are the end of the crossbow! They didn't make it to the moment they retreated! After so many bombardments of magic arrows in a row, they have finally been exhausted! Although the fire oil arrows also cause some damage to the undead, this damage is almost nothing compared to magic arrows, and now that they have run out of ammunition, it is time to do it themselves! Cybern wondered if this was a trap, but what if it was? Did they deliberately leave magic arrows behind and wait until their own troops were in the city before attacking? Then I don't mind letting these guys see what is the charge of our undead legion!
"Assemble the whole army and attack!!"
Thinking of this, Cybern shouted angrily, raised his long sword and pointed forward, and with his command, the undead condensed together again, roaring and tumbling like a raging wave, sweeping towards the tall fortress in front of him!
At this moment, the explosion had completely stopped, and the flaming arrows fell from the sky, enveloping the undead army like a rain of flames, but these attacks were almost a drop in the bucket for the undead, they did not even cover and dodge the rain of fire falling from the sky, but let them fly down and pass through their bodies, and from time to time the bone warriors fell with fire, but they were like sparks thrown into the sea, fleeting.
The fish took the bait.
Looking at the undead army that was rushing towards him with overwhelming momentum, Rod snorted coldly, and then he looked at Marlene and Qilian beside him and made a gesture to them.
"Do it." (To be continued......)