Chapter 268 Determined March(1/2)
Wuguancheng, West Craftsman Street.
A heavy roar will sound continuously every tens of seconds, as heavy as a huge hammer hitting the earth.
The houses on both sides of the road were trembling, residents fled in fear, and the entire street was in chaos amid heavy gunfire.
"Ah, the Hoof Fire Empire is coming!"
"Run quickly!!"
"The Crownless City is going to be destroyed!"
In the panic atmosphere, several figures approached the west city wall against the crowd. The leader of the group had dazzling blond hair and stood out among the crowd.
Ryan did not stop, avoiding the large number of demons fleeing to other neighborhoods, and kept his eyes fixed on the west.
Rumble——
More than a dozen magic cannons hit the barrier on the city wall in unison, causing the ground in the city to tremble. Many people fell unsteadily and fell to the ground.
"Is evacuation guidance in progress?"
"Yes," Ellfa, Queen of the Lake Elf, responded to him, "Let the elves protect the demons who have invaded us. If we had known in advance that today's crisis was in the XC area, we would never have agreed."<
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"...Sorry."
"You don't need to apologize. Who would have thought that the Hooffire Empire would take action at this time? Are you really sure it's Marcus?"
Lane did not answer the question.
Just like Elfa said, they had made many assumptions about what might happen today, but among the first few options that were eliminated was the attack of the Hoof Fire Empire.
He took a deep breath and looked back at the dwarf king Kamesh: "I'll leave it to the dwarves for the first wave of offensive."
"You can always trust the dwarves, old man." Kamesh replied, "The most brave and fearless warriors have already stepped out of the military camp, and the cowardly invaders are waiting to be split in half by the axe!"
Based on consideration, Ryan finally only told the lake elves and dwarves the truth.
All preparations are made for this.
But these two are not the only ones participating in the war. Jutman and the others have already conveyed their requests to other forces. The elves and dwarves are just taking initial precautions.
If nothing else, at least Queen Qinglong will never sit back and watch the Hoof Fire Empire take over Crownless City.
Getting closer to the city wall, Elfa and Jas, who have good eyesight, saw something unusual there.
"Why was the city wall blown open?" Jas said coldly, looking at the gap.
"It looks like the barrier was deployed after being bombed first." Sherrond frowned.
There are currently only two of them following Ryan. They are looking at the direction of the city wall. The barrier has obviously not been broken yet, but the city wall has been shattered into pieces, leaving only half of its height. Huge boulders are falling everywhere.
The ring-shaped city wall of Wuguan City is a work that the craftsmen are proud of. It is not only high and thick, but the energy barrier should be maintained for a long time to ensure that the defense line can be stabilized in the face of continuous bombardment.
But now the barrier is fine, but the city wall has collapsed.
Seeing this scene, it would be strange if the residents of West Street didn't panic.
"It looks like someone on the inside closed the barrier first." Ryan said with a lowered gaze.
Is this also a conspiracy of the Hooffire Empire?
At this moment, several oriental-looking people came to them.
"Ryan, right?" the man said, "We are from Yingsu, and we just came from the west city gate."
"What's going on?" Kamesh said with his eyes widened.
If the city wall was still there, the dwarves would have lined up on the wall, patted their butts and shouted, and even had a few sips of beer. Now that many of the city walls have been destroyed, the effect of the barrier will also be damaged.
Doesn’t that mean that in the worst case scenario, they will go out of the city to fight with the imperial army...?
"The barrier was never opened from the beginning," said the man at the movie hostel. "If our people hadn't risked their lives to open the barrier in time, you wouldn't have seen that the city wall was still there."
"Got it, thanks."
Ryan's expression tightened.
In any case, they are not considered the original army of Wuguan City. Those who really guard the city wall should be the city defense army affiliated to the Craftsmen Guild, and they also control the opening and closing of the barrier.
That is to say.
Is it deliberately not open?
"I didn't expect such a thing to happen," Elufa couldn't help but trembled, "Ryan, don't you think it's ironic? We are trying to protect the city, but the owner of the city is opening the door to let the enemy in."
"No matter what, what we should do will not change." Ryan closed his eyes, "Kamesh, I will fight side by side with you."
The dwarf king stood there stunned, his beard trembling.
"Dwarves, dwarves will never be afraid! It's just the largest country in the continent, and my ax is still very sharp! El... Elufa, don't just guide your troops to evacuate. The other side has magic cannons. I need them."
Fire support!"
Xie Lunde rubbed his head in embarrassment.
Why does the momentum seem to be much weaker than before...
Saying goodbye to the people at the movie hostel, Ryan and a few people rushed to the city wall immediately. On the way, they encountered another bombing by a magic cannon. The entire city wall seemed to be crumbling.
"Be careful!"
Stabilizing his body, a continuous stream of gravel fell from his head in the concussion. Kamesh swung his ax and wanted to chop it into pieces, but Elufa used a magic barrier to block it all.
"Magic, magic is not the specialty of dwarves!" Kamesh explained, shaking his beard.
Several people climbed to the top of the ruined city wall, and their field of vision suddenly broadened, and the complex terrain in the wild west of Wuguan City was clearly visible.
Due to the disorder of the earth's veins, the forests, plains, hills, deserts and other landforms here are spliced together in an uncoordinated way. To the north is the Broken Ridge Plateau snow-capped mountains to which the Arashi Temple belongs. At first glance, it does not look like the scenery of the real world.<
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The armies of the Hoof Fire Empire are gathering and marching in the distance.
It was so dark that the total number was estimated to be around 50,000. Kamesh was stunned for a while.
"They have no road." Jas reminded, "The road that was bombed twice by Lion Garden has not been restored yet."
"But no one is stopping them from advancing now," Elufa expressed concern. "As long as they climb out of the valley, it will be a plain."
It was impossible to avoid such a build-up, and two groups of twenty-four long-range magic cannons were used to bomb alternately in advance. Probably by the time the imperial army set foot on the plains, the barrier of Crownless City would no longer be able to hold on.
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By then, if support cannot arrive in time, they will have to rely on this half of the city wall to contend with the empire's 50,000-strong army with more than a thousand dwarves and elves.
"Can you see their commander?" Ryan asked.
Neither Jas nor Elfa spoke, they just used magic to search the valley in the distance. Their eyesight was not particularly good. It would be great if Jutman was here at this time.
But for the Night Demons and Wild Elves, that guy has to go, and there's nothing we can do about it.
"Found it." Jas suddenly spoke in a deep voice and pointed to somewhere coldly, "On the second peak on the left side of the valley."
Several people squinted their eyes as hard as they could and looked around, barely able to see a majestic figure standing there at the location where Jas mentioned.
"I didn't expect it was really him..."
Elufa used magic to open up the image of the lake, and the opponent's figure was vaguely reflected in the circular water waves.
Rough white hair, a mighty body, and a petite red-haired figure floating behind him.
"Marcus, why?"
Ryan frowned, expressing extreme doubts about this, but the facts were before his eyes.
There is no doubt that that is Marshal East, one of the four marshals of the Hooffire Empire—Marcus Carendale.
"I don't understand either." Elufa sighed deeply.
Because actually, Marcus this morning——
Still acting with them.
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The ruins of the God War, the underground manufacturing site of the Craftsmen Guild.
After listening to Athetana conveying the news from the film hostel, Luo Wei fell into silence for a short period of time.
The Hoof Fire Empire's invasion of Wuguan City has become an ironclad fact. Since even the magic cannons have been used and the army is crossing the cordon, it is impossible to just promote the country's prestige.
"Are you sure the person leading them is Marcus?" Ayi Ning asked calmly.
"Not sure. In fact, people at the hotel saw Marcus still with Ryan and the others this morning."
"Probably it won't be anyone else," Luo Wei said coldly, "No one else is qualified to lead this battle."
"Then..."
Vermeer wasn't sure whether she should speak or not.
No matter how you look at it, this is too hasty.
To be continued...