Chapter 56: Dawn (5)
Vivien could see the changes in the expressions of the guards in front of her clearly, and she knew that her words had an effect. Under Vivien's series of orders, all the assembled teams rushed into action, the first team was responsible for a comprehensive search of the entire Iron Fist Castle, the second team was responsible for checking the manpower in the castle and organizing them, and the third and fourth teams were led by Vivien to support Captain Charon.
When Vivien rushed to the gate of Iron Fist Castle with two squads of more than 40 people, she saw Charon and his team members hiding behind bunkers at a glance, and Charon, after seeing Vivien rushing to support her, also walked over in a few steps and reported the current situation to Vivien.
Vivien didn't say much, although she was very dissatisfied with the Charon captain in her heart, and after listening to Captain Charon's report, she only said one sentence: "Take me up and have a look." ”
Charon did not hesitate, and directly beckoned his subordinates to take a few huge shields, covering Vivien and himself to the entrance of the passage. Vivien looked through the gap in her shield and saw that the other party was firmly occupied by the platform at the top of the passage up and down the mountain, in other words, the other party had restrained her throat. Due to the deliberately designed winding mountain road, although the opponent's position is lower than his side, his side cannot take advantage of any terrain, but because the garrison platform has strong fortifications, it is very troublesome for Vivien's side to attack.
The enemy below saw that someone appeared in his field of vision, and immediately understood that this was the reinforcement after the attack just now, led by Martha, several female riders who were good at archery pulled up their longbows and fired three rounds towards Vivian's side, their archery skills were indeed good, and most of them shot the shield that protected Vivian, which frightened the guards holding the shield into panic.
Vivien cursed a few words, and it was only then that the clearly demoralized guards regained their composure. Vivien took a closer look and found that the other party was actually using an army-standard longbow. Generally speaking, female archers mostly use short bows because of the low cost of arm strength, and military longbows are very difficult to use even for male archers, although feathered arrows shot with this longbow can easily shoot through thick leather armor.
It was obvious that Martha and the others could not carry a large number of weapons into the Iron Fist Castle, all the weapons they used were obtained from the garrison platform below, watching them pull the bowstring with difficulty, Vivien knew that as long as it took time to consume a little more of their physical strength, they could attack again, but Vivien also knew that since they chose to defend to the death, it meant that the reinforcements would arrive soon, and she did not have enough time for them to consume.
Time was tight, the morale of the guards under his command was low, and she couldn't afford to fight at all, Vivien turned her eyes to Ryan again, and Ryan was not humble, and came directly to the entrance of the passage in a few steps. Ryan waved his hand, rejecting the shields raised by the guards, and whispered a magic spell.
When the entire magic spell was completed, a full six Ryan appeared in front of everyone, and in the surprised voices of the guards of the Iron Fist Castle, Ryan recited a spell of "stone skin", covering him and all his mirror images with a thick layer of protection.
After making preparations, Ryan slowly entered Martha's field of vision, Martha recognized Ryan's appearance at first sight, for this man, Martha is hated and afraid, young and beautiful, she has never only received the flattery of men and the jealousy of women, but yesterday, Ryan treated her as a little insect that could be pinched to death at any time, and the continuous suffocation, recovery of sanity, and suffocation pain also made Martha tremble all over her body when she remembered this.
After seeing Vivien and Ryan appear in front of her again, Martha knew that the master's brother Vera's plan might have failed, otherwise Vera's shrewdness would not allow the other party to still have the ability to resist, and Martha, who had no choice, pulled the bowstring of the longbow again in a state of fear.
Under the leadership of Martha, these female riders who occupied the garrison platform launched a long-range attack again, but neither the accuracy nor the strength could be compared with the previous one, compared to this military standard longbow will greatly consume the user's physical strength, even those excellent shooters have to rest in place to recover their strength after ten consecutive shots.
Of course, no matter how much Martha they can shoot Ryan, it doesn't matter if Ryan is under the protection of magic, not to mention a few sparse feather arrows, even if they are several times denser, they can't hurt him in the slightest. After Martha and the others took a shot, Ryan also completed his magic, and a flame appeared in Ryan's palm.
It wasn't until this time that Martha, the leader, realized that something was wrong, and she finally remembered that the Ryan who dealt with her yesterday seemed to only use martial arts, so today's Ryan would actually release magic? Could it be that they are twin brothers?
This thought was also Martha's last thought, the small seemingly inconspicuous fireball released by Ryan burst out with amazing energy as soon as it fell at her feet, and Martha's body was quickly burned out in the flames in the sky, not only her, but everyone who was outside shooting with bows and arrows died in this blow, only a few lucky ones were spared because they were in the hiding cave.
"What are you doing in a daze?" Vivien was stunned by Ryan's magic and immediately gave a loud order: "Charon, take your men to take the platform back immediately!"
And Charon, who had regained his senses, also shouted and scolded to pull the sanity of his guards back from shock, and these guards did not have the demoralization just now, and rushed down one by one with their weapons clenched with excitement on their faces. Vivien saw the mentality of the soldiers clearly behind her back, and she knew that Ryan had succeeded in boosting the morale of the guards.
The rest of the people couldn't fight against the Iron Fist Castle that was more than ten times larger, and soon the entire platform was taken back by Charon and his men, but the female riders who were lucky not to die under Ryan's magic chose to surrender, and after exhausting their strength, they committed suicide with daggers.
After recapturing the first platform, the remaining platforms were basically not difficult, and they were taken down by Charon's energetic guards, and the female riders under Adela chose to die in battle or commit suicide, refusing to fall into Vivien's hands, but the guards and servants of the Iron Fist Castle that Vera had bought knelt on the ground and kowtowed and begged for mercy, hoping to be forgiven by the new lord.
Vivien didn't intend to ask them anything, because she knew that these bribed traitors couldn't know anything particularly important, and she didn't even detain them first like she did last night, but just let her guards kill them on the spot.
After regaining the passage up and down the mountain, Vivien finally breathed a sigh of relief, at least now the safety of Tekken Castle itself can be guaranteed, at this time, a strong light suddenly appeared on the eastern horizon, and a red sun slowly revealed its smiling face, and the sky finally dawned.
After experiencing so many things last night, it can be said that it is a very pleasant thing to be able to bathe in the bright sunshine again, but it is a pity that Vivien does not have time to be happy, because at the same time that the sun is shining on her, an army of hundreds of people has also appeared at the end of the horizon.