Author: Arion's Dolphins

Before this, Tang Zhao had not understood the power of rune weapons in detail, but now he had seen it, and it was greater than he had imagined.

Creatures within ten meters of the impact point will be severely damaged, and this is actually a precise attack weapon - the center point of the impact point will be subject to a more terrifying attack.

The power of this rune weapon is directly proportional to the strength of the user. Hai Ji fiddled with it before, and the reaction of the rune battle ax was greater than before. Of course, it is not bad now. In terms of the lethality to individuals, I am afraid

Most fourth-level magic can't keep up, as you can tell by looking at the hobgoblin that was electrocuted into charcoal.

But now is not the time to think about this in detail. There is a siege tower in front of Bourne that has not been destroyed, and now fully armed hobgoblin warriors are pouring from it onto the city wall.

His body size increased sharply, and Tang Zhao suddenly jumped up and pounced on the hobgoblin warriors in front of him, causing a bloody storm.

Bourne was still breathing heavily. It was obvious that the attack just now had a great impact on him, and he still needed more time to adjust.

The soldiers behind him were in good condition. After Tang Zhao took action, they clenched the various weapons in their hands and began to engage in fierce close combat with the hobgoblin warriors who had climbed onto the city wall.

Bourne observed everything that happened in front of him with a calm expression. Taking this opportunity, he moved with difficulty and came to the carbonized corpse of the hobgoblin commander.

After smashing the hobgoblin's "head" with an axe, Bourne lifted the body of the hobgoblin with one hand, then swung his arm and threw the charred corpse four to five meters away, directly down the city wall.

The death of a commander in battle was an extremely terrible thing in ancient times. In many cases, even a determined army would collapse directly. Even if the morale of soldiers in this world is generally very strong, it will inevitably have some impact.

While Tang Zhao was fighting fiercely with a group of hobgoblin warriors on the city wall, a huge boulder as tall as a man flew from under the city wall and hit the siege tower at high speed.

Of course, the siege tower could not withstand it and was directly smashed through by the huge boulder, and the entire siege tower structure disintegrated.

The trebuchets had been destroyed by Tang Zhao, and Franz, who was responsible for stopping them, naturally had his hands free and could use his magic to do something more lethal.

Without continuous reinforcements, the hobgoblin warriors on the city wall were at the end of their strength. Even if they resisted vigorously, they could not last long and were killed one by one by Tang Zhao and other warriors.

As the last siege tower was forcibly dismantled by the heavy ballista on the tower, there was no longer a siege tower that could operate normally. The momentum of the hobgoblin's attack on the city wall was greatly reduced, and the rush-made ladders alone were not enough.

Let them take further steps to capture the city wall.

The condition of the wall on the other side is unclear at the moment, but that side is not the main attack direction of the hobgoblins. The alarm bell has not yet sounded, indicating that the problem is not too big.

Looking up to observe other parts of the city wall, the condition is not bad. Although there are casualties, new soldiers are constantly climbing on the city wall. The impact has passed and the defense line is stabilizing.

[Well done, Mr. Bourne. At least we blocked this wave of attacks and killed many middle- and high-level backbone warriors. Did those trebuchets cause any major damage just now? 】

"Judging from the current situation, the damage is not very great. The walls of the city wall were somewhat loosened by those stones. However, we have already taken precautions against the trebuchets. The walls have been specially reinforced. The damage they caused is still on the city wall.

Within the acceptable limits.”

[Understood, which place should I fill next? 】

Bourne stood on the city wall and looked down, suddenly frowned, then raised his right hand and pointed directly at the river at his feet.

"My eyesight isn't very good, but it's obvious that those things are definitely not normal fish."

Follow the direction pointed by the other party and look towards the river. On the river, you can vaguely see many scaly bodies of lizard people. It seems that there are many of them, at least hundreds.

[I saw it. By the way, did Watergate consider this situation when it was originally designed? 】

"Of course not," Bourne shrugged. "Firstly, the construction period is too short, and secondly, we didn't consider that the hobgoblins would have sailors to assist them."

Watergate is considered a weak point in defense, with only two layers of fence gates. Although the steel bars used are as thick as an arm, they are not as reassuring as a city wall several meters thick.

[I understand, tell Franz to smash the battering ram under my feet, and I will deal with the lizardmen underwater.]

After hearing this, Bourne nodded heavily.

Tang Zhao didn't waste any time, he lay down on the edge of the city wall, found the correct position, and jumped directly into the water - the height of the city wall was not high enough that he would fall directly to death if he entered the water, so there was no need to worry about this kind of thing.

After entering the water, his size increased dramatically, reaching a size of five to six meters, almost the size of a modern super-large crocodile. At the same time, it was just the right size to hide in the river that was not too wide.

He also had a nictitating membrane on his eyes, which allowed him to see normally in the water. He found a diving black lizard man next to him and bit it viciously.

By the standards of prehistoric animals, it sounds like a length of five or six meters is not very long. After all, there are many prehistoric giant reptiles with a length of more than ten meters. But this does not seem to be the case. The average car is only three meters long.

It is four meters taller and five or six meters taller than many off-road vehicles. It has every reason to be called a monster.

Tang Zhao's body proportions are somewhat similar to those of a crocodile. His body of 5 to 6 meters has a very large skull that is nearly 1.5 meters long and can almost swallow an adult in one bite.

This kind of bloody mouth full of sharp teeth can chew flesh and blood, and combined with its well-developed muscles, it can basically dismember the victim with just a little force.

Even if the lizard man had rough skin and thick flesh, it would not change anything. Tang Zhao bit the unfortunate lizard man, and the well-developed masseter muscles of the upper and lower jaws closed. The lizard man's body made an overwhelming sound under the water, and several parts of his body were shaken.

Most of the major bones were crushed directly by Tang Zhao with his strong bite force.

Even judging by the survivability of a cockroach, this lizard man won't live long.

After confirming that the opponent would definitely die, Tang Zhao immediately relented, found another black lizard man, and followed the same method, crushing the opponent's bones into pieces.

The black lizard man's underwater vision and mobility were not bad. He soon discovered Tang Zhao who was going on a killing spree, and naturally tried to stop him.

However, their skulls have degraded and do not have the exaggerated proportions of normal reptiles. It is difficult to use actions such as biting. Being affected by the resistance of the water underwater, using weapons to chop and pierce will also appear slow.

And it lacks lethality.

For a man of Tang Zhao's size, this kind of attack was neither painful nor itchy, and he could resist it without changing his expression. The black lizard men who tried to attack him were killed one by one by him.

Before he could feel happy, Tang Zhao's eyes caught the sight of four or five huge black lizard men charging toward him menacingly.

According to the Red Scale Shaman, some naturally large individuals among the black lizardmen are able to break through the size limits of the lizardmen. The strongest among them will proclaim themselves kings and queens, replacing the shaman as a member of the traditional lizardmen society.

The key role is as a decision-maker and ruler.

The size of the lizardmen in front of me is quite astonishing. Generally, lizardmen are three meters long including their tails, but these black lizardmen seem to be about five meters long.

However, they don't seem to be fundamentally different from other lizardmen. They can't spit fire from their mouths, and their eyes can't spit out murderous magic rays. They are just large black lizardmen.

[It’s okay, it’s not difficult to deal with, I can handle it. But the problem is, it seems that the main direction of attack of these black lizardmen is not Luford]

As far as he knew, the number of this kind of specialized giant black lizard people was rare. Usually, only one or two appeared among dozens or hundreds of black lizard people. The total number of black lizard people in the tribe was only five or six hundred.

This is almost all the specialized black lizardmen.

Shaking his head slightly, Tang Zhao dispelled these scattered thoughts from his mind, and then stared closely at the black lizard men in front of him. Their bodies had grown a bit, reaching the level of seven or eight meters.

In fact, its body structure is more suitable for dealing with large enemies, rather than constantly torturing a group of weak enemies. With such a huge mouth, it has no use at all when dealing with goblins, and it overflows to the point of waste.

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After emerging from the water to take a breath, Tang Zhao dived into the water again, swinging his tail vigorously to the left and right sides of his body. Like a torpedo, he rushed straight towards the crowd of black lizards.

Turning his head slightly to avoid the spears that were stabbed at his head by a group of black lizardmen, he slammed into one of the black lizardmen and easily gained the upper hand in the first wave of power duel.

Opening his mouth and biting the black lizard man's shoulder, Tang Zhao waved his claws and pierced the opponent's flesh. At the same time, his body twisted flexibly, wrapping around the black lizard man's body like a python.

It is not as adapted to hunting underwater as the crocodile, but it has sharper claws and a more flexible body, so it is probably just as much of a threat underwater as the crocodile.

The upper and lower jaws desperately increased their strength. The body of this black lizard man was very solid, but it had its limit. After struggling for a few seconds, Tang Zhao finally heard the sound of bones breaking that he wanted to hear.

At this moment, the black lizard people saw that the weapons in their hands had no effect on Tang Zhao, so they abandoned the cold weapons in their hands and chose to use the most primitive minions to attack Tang Zhao.

Of course it was effective this time, but because Tang Zhao was protected by thick scales all over his body and the opponent's skull was small, the effect was not as obvious as the black lizards expected.

Tang Zhao could feel pain throughout his body, but his actions were not hindered by this. Suppressing the anger caused by the pain, Tang Zhao let go of the half-dead black lizard man in his mouth, turned his head and bit his shoulder without letting go.

of another black lizardman.

Needless to say, the result this time was that after persisting for a few seconds, the black lizard man was also killed by Tang Zhao.

Compared with the hobgoblins who are not afraid of death in battle and the goblins who have no choice but to fight, the black lizardmen have more characteristics of creatures in nature. From a high EQ point of view, they know how to assess the situation. From a low EQ point of view, they are a group of bullies and fear of the strong.

The creatures are not used to dealing with creatures that can easily kill them.

This is the nature of natural creatures. Maybe a lot of training can make the lizard people get rid of this problem, but these black lizard people in front of them are almost all strong men who were forcibly pulled here. There is no such thing as military training, it only exists in nature.

The hunting instinct accumulated in the body.

Seeing that they had lost two companions one after another, and they could not cause any harm worth mentioning to Tang Zhao, they naturally thought of retreating.

First, one of the black lizard men simply let go and fled towards the shore. Seeing their comrades escaping, the remaining two lizard men no longer persisted in facing Tang Zhao's lethal head, and unanimously chose to escape to the shore.

There were many enemies on the shore, and Tang Zhao did not want to take the risk of chasing them down, so he turned around and dealt with the black lizards who were trying to demolish the water gate.

As Franz used a huge stone to smash the siege ram that was constantly hitting the city gate, Tang Zhao and the lizardmen in the city cooperated inside and outside, and successfully defeated the black lizardman sailors who tried to attack the water gate. All the hobgoblins could attack

All the offensive methods that posed a direct threat to the city wall were destroyed by them.

At the same time, forest rangers and a large number of wild beasts were also cooperating on the flanks and behind the hobgoblin front, constantly harassing them.

In addition, the hobgoblin commander was killed in public by Bourne. Although the siege team was not in collapse now, it still suffered a very serious blow.

There is no doubt that hobgoblins and goblins are also normal intelligent creatures. They have fears and worries, and their morale will be shaken. If we continue to fight so pointlessly tonight, there is a risk of morale collapsing. Once it collapses, everything will happen.

After the defeat, the elves and the city's defenders cooperated internally and externally, and the goblins caught between the two were in danger.

Therefore, after various considerations, the hobgoblins chose to retreat, and the low war drums that everyone was very familiar with sounded again.

At first, the goblins began to retreat as if they had been granted amnesty, and then the hobgoblins retreated slowly and orderly, seemingly unwillingly.

Tang Zhao quickly asked Bourne to send a signal to the elf rangers in the rear to withdraw, so as not to be surrounded in turn. The gap in numbers was really quite disparate.

Seeing the enemy troops withdrawing, but like most times in the past, no one cheered. Most of the soldiers on the city wall found a corner and sat down silently, trying to relax their tense nerves. They had not yet

Slow down from the life-and-death fight.

In the first few days, the defenders still had time to celebrate, but then they gradually became numb.

This is also a normal phenomenon. The siege was brutal and bloody, and there were casualties at any time and anywhere. It was a rare situation to not be numb and act like a normal person every day. Even the most tenacious dwarves would find it difficult to do this.

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After today's attack and defense ended, Tang Zhao immediately used a carrier pigeon to communicate with Luford, and the reply he received was as expected - the black lizard people did not participate much in the attack on Luford.

Ruford's defense measures against Watergate are also very tight, and there are more defensive troops. From various angles, it is indeed not a suitable target for the Black Lizardmen to infiltrate. They have failed several times.
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