As orders were issued one after another, the Noxian army's lineup has been fully mobilized, and the multi-layered military lines formed by many arms based on different ranges have also been displayed.
Focusing his attention on the defense system of the Ankara Temple's defensive walls, Noxus military commander Li Mu looked slightly sideways and asked the adjutant in a low voice: "Kate, how are Mr. Huo Zun's spell preparations going?"
Li Mu's adjutant Kate is a middle-aged uncle with a serious expression, blond hair, and a mustache on his chin. After hearing the coach's question, he looked back and replied: "Everything is going according to plan, as long as
As soon as Soraka, the son of the star spirit, appears, Mr. Huo Zun can immediately lock and control him without affecting the war too much."
"Well, the military attaches great importance to the results of this attack on the Ankara Temple. Firstly, it is to destroy the morale of the Ionians again - I heard that they have gathered forces at the Dikalama Fortress not far away to prepare for a stubborn resistance.
Secondly, it is also to help our allies, the Zaans, release the source of corruption in the abyss of corruption."
For senior military officials like Kate, Li Mu does not need to conceal information.
"Once the Source of Corruption is released and controlled, this war will end before Demacian reinforcements! After we get such a large and fertile territory, Noxus will be improved in all aspects, and the strength of the city-state will be within a few days.
It will grow rapidly within a year, and unifying Valoran will be out of the question!"
After hearing Li Mu's explanation, Kate slightly clenched her fists with excitement on her face.
As a Noxian soldier, opening up and expanding territory is the most glorious thing. If the victory in this battle can play a huge role in the all-out war in Ionia, then even as an adjutant, Kate will definitely leave her name in history.
!
However, the excited expression did not last long, as Kate's eyes were attracted by a bright light on the Ankara Temple Fortress.
"The Ionians have started preparing spells? But the troops are still at least a thousand meters away from them. How can their magic range reach this far?"
Seeing that beam of light growing stronger, both Kate and Li Mu were surprised.
Based on the current war pattern in Valoran, the average archer's shooting range can reach about 150 meters, and elite archers can extend the shooting range to more than 200 meters. Although the personal strength of heroes or summoners is strong, but in
Before possessing high-level weapons, ordinary bows and arrows were used, with a range of only three hundred meters at most.
In other words, if you want to break through the three-hundred-meter range, you must have a special long-range weapon - at the very least, it must be an energy equipment.
Generally speaking, more powerful shooters can increase the shooting range to four to five hundred meters after using high-quality weapons. Some weapons with very demanding requirements can even increase the user's effective attack distance to more than six hundred meters.
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Six hundred meters is almost the attack limit of known Valoran weapons. One of the more famous weapons is the sniper rifle of Piltover policewoman Caitlin that Liu Feng once saw: the effective range is up to 650 meters.
meters, and with the skills she has mastered, the longest attack distance is probably more than 700 meters!
Seven hundred meters, a distance that ordinary people can barely see clearly, is already within her attack range.
Because of this, when Li Mu and Kate saw the attack effect on the city wall, the first thing they thought of was the magic effect.
Of course, even if it is a magic attack, this kind of magic that exceeds a kilometer is absolutely something that needs to be paid attention to - who knows what the cooldown time is for the skill of the mage on the city wall!
If you don't pay attention to protection, the siege equipment used in this battle will definitely become a target - based on their moving speed, it is almost equivalent to a dead target.
This expensive and rare resource must play a sufficient role. It is absolutely unacceptable to be destroyed before it can be effective!
"Attention, front troops, raise the magic shield."
Without hesitation, Li Mu issued the next order.
After receiving the order, the siege equipment team quickly opened the shield, and a purple eggshell-shaped shield emerged.
Different from heroes and summoners, acquired shields such as equipment usually have different forms of protection against physical attacks and magic attacks: physical shields have extremely low effectiveness when facing magic attacks.
,vice versa.
Turning on two kinds of shields at the same time consumes a lot of energy supply. Generally, they are only used when the battle reaches the intense stage and the maximum strength of the defense effect is needed.
According to Noxian textbooks, only a small amount of ultra-long-range magic can hit the current distance of more than a thousand meters. Turning on the magic shield now is enough to give the opposing mages face.
However, a few seconds later, a golden brilliance shot out from the Ankara Temple, passed over the defensive shield warrior at the front, and accurately hit the siege equipment ram that was walking at the front. Moreover, this golden brilliance did not stop after hitting the catapult.
It stopped, but continued to use inertia to continuously penetrate the two catapults at the rear, which were as far as two hundred meters away, before it completely stopped.
Boom boom boom!
The three siege engines suddenly screamed, and the top of the car that bore the brunt of the attack was directly opened by the golden light. A large hole was opened. The entire car was shaken by the huge impact, and the wooden wheels almost fell apart, making it impossible to continue moving forward.
Even the catapult that was hit in the end suffered heavy damage. Although it could still barely move, the catapult had been destroyed and completely lost its role as a siege equipment.
Upon discovering this situation, many people were completely stunned on the spot - why did the magic shield fail to work!?
Before anyone could recover, the next moment, Noxus military commander Li Mu's order was conveyed: the siege equipment activates all-round shields, and the entire army attacks!
"It's just a tentative attack, does it directly determine that the battle has fully started? But there is no way. Who would have thought that the Ionians could use physical attacks to reach a distance of more than 1,200 meters. If that attack
If the attacker takes action too frequently, the delayed siege equipment may be completely destroyed before it even reaches the edge of the city wall!"
Seeing the coach Li Mu frowning and issuing instructions, the adjutant Kate secretly sighed in her heart: This Ankara temple is indeed more difficult to chew than imagined!
"Fortunately... we are well prepared!"
Looking back at the thick black fog behind her, Kate's eyes sparkled.
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Above the Ankara Temple, Bishop Philip looked at the young man next to him who was recovering, and nodded with satisfaction: "Well done, Varus, one arrow hit three war equipment, forcing the opponent to speed up the attack, and fight
It disrupted their rhythm and at the same time boosted our morale."
"But there are still many such weapons, but as long as you give me enough time, I can cooperate with the shooters to destroy all those weapons before the opponent attacks."
Varus quietly looked at the Noxian siege equipment speeding towards the temple and whispered.
"It's not that easy. The main reason for the effectiveness of this first attack is the carelessness of the Noxians. Look, they have opened another layer of shield, and the effects of the subsequent physical attacks will be greatly reduced.
reduce."
Bishop Philip shook his head slightly, and after making a few gestures towards the interior of the temple, he said: "The temple defense system has been activated. In the following time, it will depend on which of us can exert its strength better."
"They will regret it!"
Varus took out an arrow from the brown quiver and aimed it at the next target.