Chapter 2 Artifacts

"So why should we worry about the Delaware's sneak attack? How could their sneak attack troops hide from the eyes of dragons flying in the sky?"

Roger looked at Wallace deeply and whispered: "So, what we have to do in this war is to flatten... everything that dares to stand in front of the goddess!"

Originally, Soratu City should usher in another sunny morning.

However, a thick cloud swept across the sky at an incredible speed. It was projected on the earth, and the boundary between shadow and light was clear. This line of separation between light and dark quickly passed through the earth, expelling all sunlight and warmth from the city of Soratu and driving all hope out of the city.

Viscount Fernandez stood at the top of the city. What he held was no longer a crystal cup, but a sword hilt with a sword. But his gorgeous dark black dress seemed out of place with the clanging armor of the soldiers around him.

He looked up at the sky.

The power that had previously pushed the thick clouds to run seemed to disappear as soon as it arrived at Solatu City. The clouds stayed above the city, getting thicker and lowered, and slowly rotated with Solatu City as the center. The fields more than ten kilometers away were still sunny, and you could see the towering Ampe peaks shining in the background of the blue sky. The black and green coniferous forests covered the hillsides on the sun, like silent giants guarding the passage to the Delaware imperial capital. But no trace of sunlight could shine into Solatu City through the clouds, as if the long night had not left the city. The orange lights came out from several houses nearby, contrary to the warmth of the usual, and looked particularly cold and weird.

Looking at the lead-gray cloud vortex, Fernandez suddenly felt that it was not the sky moving, but the earth spinning.

"Does our scout cavalry pay off?"

The middle-aged knight who had been with Fernandez replied: "Mr. Fernandez, I have sent fifteen teams of reconnaissance cavalry, but... no team has returned yet!"

The knight who looked very war-prone also trembled. He was not afraid of visible enemies, but sometimes, the unknown is the most terrifying thing.

Fernandez just sighed.

A sudden sound of horse hooves came from the city. The horse's messenger jumped off his horse and ran to the top of the city as fast as possible, panting, "Sir! Cavalry of the Tide Legion appeared in the east of the city!"

Before the messenger finished speaking, another messenger rode his horse and galloped to the city. It turned out that cavalry of the Tide Legion also appeared in the south of the city.

These two cavalrymen were wandering outside the city, with a number of about 5,000 cavalry each. Although they did not mean to attack the city, Fernandez knew that these vanguard cavalry were just here to complete the encirclement and the main force would arrive soon. The light cavalry advanced had reached 10,000. It seemed that this time, the Tide Legion was going to fight with all its might.

"Sir Fernandez, you should put on armor!" the middle-aged knight advised.

Fernandez smiled bitterly and said, "If it comes time to get me into the battle myself, it means we have completely defeated. So whether this armor is worn or not is the same."

The earth began to tremble slightly, and smoke and dust rose from the horizon, and waves of low and deep thunder came from afar!

Amid the red sandstorm, a steel forest gradually emerged, which was the spear held by heavy cavalrymen.

Two thousand heavy cavalry formed a charge line in front of Soratu City. Behind them, four thousand followers were also wearing light armor, holding axes and shields, and setting up battle formations.

The middle-aged knight on the top of the city had a little pale face. He didn't care about the heavy cavalry under the city, but just stared at the horizon in the distance.

The rolling red smoke cloud not only did not dissipate, but was getting higher and higher!

One after another infantry phalanx stepped out of the red clouds, and this torrent of steel seemed to be endless.

Fernandez looked at the flying battle flag in the center of the army under the city, and carefully identified it for a long time, but could not see which family the badge belonged to. He was not familiar with the genealogy of the Aslofik Empire's noble family, so he turned to the middle-aged knight for help. After looking at it for a long time, he could only see that the master of the golden badge had outstanding military achievements and outstanding power. Apart from this, he could no longer see anything else.

However, it doesn’t matter who leads the army under the city. What’s important is that just siege the front of the city, an army of more than 30,000 was assembled!

Although Soratu's city defense is strong, it has a population of only 50,000 and the defenders are only 10,000. However, this is not the main battlefield on the southeast front of the empire. Therefore, when the tide army occasionally attacked, at most, there would only be more than 10,000 people. They would never rashly attack Soratu, which had a high wall and a strong city. But this time, including the 10,000 light cavalry surrounding it, the Aslofik Empire had dispatched 40,000 troops! And they didn't know what methods they used to destroy all the scouts sent by Soratu, leaving Fernandez with no way to ask for help.

Fernandez has a keen sense of smell. When he saw that the sign was wrong, he had thought of running away immediately. However, the other party had the ability to destroy all his scouts silently. If he left the city, he would be sniped halfway, but he could not lead too many people. The city lord fled before the battle, and in any country it would be a beheading. The defenders of Soratu City were nearly 10,000, and even in a strong city, he was sure to hold on. Therefore, it was indeed too risky to escape when the enemy was unknown.

With this little hesitation, the imperial army had already besieged the city! This time, Fernandez wanted to escape, but he couldn't escape.

"We still have a chance!" Fernandez calmed down and shouted loudly to the soldiers.

With ten thousand soldiers stationed in the city, Fernandez brought many mages when he became the city lord. In addition, the middle-aged civilians who helped fight, this battle was indeed worth fighting. Most of the Soratu defenders were veterans who had experienced many battles. When they thought of this, they were indeed much calmer and their morale increased.

However, Fernandez then asked in a voice that only the middle-aged knight could hear, "Look... do we have a chance to surrender?"

The middle-aged knight smiled bitterly and replied in a very low voice: "Mr. Fernandez, I'm afraid we will never have such a chance again..."

The Soratu warriors on the city wall suddenly exclaimed!

In the center of the Tide Legion formation, a large flag was raised on both sides of the battle flag flying high. The flag fluttering in the wind was not decorated with any decoration, but a dark red that was nearly purple and black!

The strong wind blew the flag, and the fierce howling was like a hymn to the god of death!

When the two dark red battle flags were raised, even the soldiers of the Empire were stunned. They looked at the two military flags intently, and blood began to appear in their eyes. A strong and extremely powerful heavy-armed warrior suddenly hit the heavy shield with the giant axe in his hand and roared to the sky! In the blink of an eye, as if responding to him, other imperial warriors began to rush into a crazy roar! Even the heavy-armed cavalry in the front row were almost roaring!

When the bloody twin flags of the imperial army appear on the battlefield, it means that the enemy will not accept surrender, whether it is a warrior or a civilian!

"They... want to massacre the city!" Fernandez grabbed the sword's hand because he tried too hard, and the joints had already turned blue and white. All the Delaware defenders on the city's head couldn't help but hold the weapons in their hands tightly.

Fernandez suddenly pulled out his sword and shouted loudly: "Come here! The whole city mobilizes, pull all the people who can move out to defend the city! Today, we must drive these Aslofik stupid donkeys home!"

Fernandez was very confident on the surface, but he was extremely frightened. He looked at the middle-aged knight. The loyal and long-standing veteran was pale and had the same worries in his eyes. The Imperial Army raised the bloody flag before the siege, which would inevitably force all the soldiers and civilians in the city to fight to the death. There were only two reasons for them to do this. One was that the commander was a complete fool, and the other was that they were absolutely sure to kill all the creatures in the city!

However, Fernandez read the history of the empire. Among the generals who started with the war, there may indeed be mediocre people among the generals who guarded the Asrosk Empire, but there are absolutely no fools! Especially the vulgar badges under the city, the decorations on them all represent outstanding military achievements!

The roaring imperial army suddenly calmed down, and under the flying battle flag, a heavy warrior stepped out of the heavy warrior.

He was not tall, but the armor he wore was so thick that every time he took a step forward, he would leave a deep footprint on the red soil wasteland. The warrior was holding a battle axe in his hand, and the giant axe that looked at least thirty or forty kilograms was light and fluttering in his hand as if it had no weight.

The heavy warrior walked until he was five hundred meters below the city before stopping, looking up at the defenders on the city. Although Fernandez could not see the warrior's face hidden under the fully covered helmet, he could completely feel the coldness contained in his eyes behind the helmet.

With a shout, a magician on the top of the city could not contain his temptation and shot a fireball at the heavy warrior. A layer of extremely faint silver light suddenly appeared around the heavy warrior. He raised his giant axe high and looked coldly at the fireball flying closer and closer.

When the fireball was approaching, the heavy warrior suddenly shouted, suddenly swung the giant axe, and actually knocked the fireball away!

After the waves of fire, he still stood tall without any injuries!

Suddenly, a strange and singular sound of chanting spells sounded on the battlefield. Even many warriors on the head of Soratu had their faces of suspicion. They seemed to have heard someone chanting magic spells, but as soon as they concentrated, they could not hear anything.

As soon as the curse stopped, a dark gray area, a radius of ten meters appeared at the top of Soratu, covering the magician who had just fired the fireball and the soldiers around him.

The mage suddenly showed a look of extreme fear on his face. His whole body twitched, his eyes protruded, and he opened his mouth and shouted wildly, but he couldn't make any sound in his mouth, as if something was blocking his throat. The mage tried hard to strangle his neck with both hands, but his face was quickly fading away. Finally, the mage fell softly to the ground.

When he fell, he was already like a mummy!

The gray fog rolls and becomes unstable.

The soldiers in the fog fell down one after another, and only a few alert soldiers on the edge of the fog escaped from the fog in time.

"This... this is... the fog of death!" Fernandez couldn't help but moan.

There is actually a great magician under the city! It seems that this is the trump card that the Imperial Army relies on.

Fernandez must find a way to kill this great magician, otherwise the city of Soratu will be broken. His eyes were searching through the army under the city, and suddenly he saw a mysterious black-robed man holding a bone staff standing under the Central Battle flag, chanting a spell. He couldn't help but be surprised again. The black-robed mage was nearly a thousand meters away from the head of Soratu, and being able to cast the fog of death at this distance means that he must have added a skill to increase the range of this magic!

Such magical skills have obviously surpassed those initial level masters!

Before Fernandez could figure out how to deal with this unexpected great magician, the second spell of the black-robed mage was completed!

The ground in front of Soratu City suddenly trembled! The solid and thick red clay kept surging, and the Delaware soldiers on the top of the city could hardly believe their eyes, but the ground in front of the city was indeed rising!

"Terrain Change", the eighth-level magic has always been known for being extremely difficult to control, and it is almost useless in the duel of magic powerhouses. Therefore, no great magician is willing to spend many years to master this magic. Therefore, after being passed down from generation to generation, almost no one in the world can master this magic, and most younger mages have never even heard of this magic.

When the thrilling tremor of the earth finally ended, the ground in front of Soratu had risen fifteen meters, forming a gentle and wide slope leading directly to the top of the city.

The original high walls of Soratu City have become smooth!

Fernandez covered his face in despair.

At this time, the mages on both sides had begun to use magic to suppress each other. The mages on the city wall took advantage of the range, but the heavy knights in the central imperial army suddenly separated to both sides, revealing the entire row of madman behind him!

The mages not only have magic power far exceeding Soratu mages, but also have an overwhelming advantage in number. Therefore, in just two rounds of bombing, Soratu mages have easily suppressed Soratu mages. Every time Delaware mage shoots one round of attack magic, it will attract several times the counterattack, and two unlucky mages even fall into a newly emerged fog of death!

Rog, who was standing alone under Soratu, looked through the gap in his helmet and looked at the gorgeous magic flying through the sky, and suddenly felt extremely thirsty! He licked his almost cracked lips, raised the battle axe in his hand, and slowly pointed at the top of the city!

Behind him, there were a sound of thunderous footsteps! Rogue didn't need to look back and knew that tens of thousands of heavy infantry soldiers were coming out in uniform steps, preparing to use their heavy axes to split the enemy's flesh and blood.

Roger suddenly felt a heat all over his body, and his heartbeat gradually accelerated. His hands tightened the thick axe handle, and the green steel gloves and the giant axe handle couldn't help rubbing, making a burst of sour sound!

"It's so... my blood is boiling!" Rogue sighed secretly. He couldn't remember how long it had been since he felt this way.

Roger suddenly roared, grabbed the battle axe horizontally, and walked up the city with great strides along the smooth path created by Lich Elgra with amazing magic!

The ground around Roger suddenly trembled.

He turned his head and saw that there was a terrifying warrior two meters tall, wearing deep black heavy armor. As a necromancer, Roger immediately recognized the rich aura of death and his eyes flashing with the flames of death. However, although this black warrior was heavy armor and the giant sword in his hand were very ordinary, for some reason, Roger always felt that what stood in front of him seemed like a mountain that could only be looked up at!

"Black Warrior Emperor?" Roger was shocked!

Although he had only seen Elgra among the Seven Kings of Death, from the memory of the Lich, he had already known the appearance of the other kings. Although Roger had always wondered why the three black-robed men who were accompanying the goddess had such a rich and pure aura of death, he never expected that one of them would be the king of the Death World, the Black Warrior Emperor!

So, where is Fengyue? What happened in the world of death? Rogue's heart trembled very lightly.

But the Black Warrior Emperor's eyes burning with the flames of death looked at Roger indifferently and disdainfully, and then slowly walked towards the city.

The two of them were twenty meters apart, slowly walked up the city, looking straight at the thousands of defenders in the city as if nothing had happened! The rain of arrows falling in the sky could not help with the heavy armor that Roger had specially reinforced, and there was an invisible protection beside the Black Warrior Emperor, and no arrow could shoot within two meters of his body.

The magic light flashed on the top of the city, a flame arrow shot towards Roger, and the Black Warrior Emperor had a sharp ice cone!

Roger's pace did not change, and there was a silver light shield in his hand, which easily blocked the flame arrow. The black warrior emperor snorted, raised his hand and waved it. An invisible wind actually rolled up all the ice cones and sent them back to the top of the city intact!

It was just a gray fog of death that had taken the lead, covering the locations of the two Delaware mages.

Rog looked at the Black Warrior Emperor, then jumped up and rushed into the mist of death!

In an instant, he had already flashed from the other end of the fog of death, which was covered with corpses. The giant axe in his hand swung across the river with residual images, cutting the two soldiers in front of him in half! Roger grinned, completely ignoring the weapons that were stabbed from all directions, and just swung the giant axe and slashing wildly! The soldiers of Soratu rushed up like a tide, but they seemed to be striking against an extremely strong reef. From time to time, their bodies with broken limbs were thrown out. In the face of the fat man's terrifying power, their fate was like waves splashing on the reef, and only the fate was shattered.

And at the other end of the city wall, the black warrior harvested his life faster than Rogue!

The earth shook again! The wide Soratu wall shaked and several huge cracks cracked open! The terrifying lich Algra once again launched his magic attack, this time his target was a strong high wall.

At this time, the imperial heavy infantry had already stepped onto the city wall! They used heavy shields to resist the enemy in front of them, and then raised the giant axe. No matter whether they were warriors, civilians, middle-aged men, old, weak women and children, they just chopped them down! Screams, splashing blood, flesh and internal organs would only arouse their desire to kill!

Every warrior's eyes were blood red, just like the fluttering blood-colored flags!

Roger suddenly discovered the gorgeously decorated Fernandez in the distance, and immediately locked in his goal. He walked towards Fernandez step by step, leisurely, and the giant axe in his hand did not stay in the forest of steel and flesh, opening up a bright red road. Behind him was a flesh-and-blood road made of broken limbs and broken bodies.
To be continued...