As Bishop Philip said, after turning on the double-layer shield, Varus's attack effect is indeed greatly reduced. Although it can still cause certain damage to the advancing siege equipment, this damage will be reduced after the shield.
It already seemed a little insignificant after that.
Fortunately, as the distance between the two sides continued to get closer, other archers began to appear on the Ankara Temple, and the magicians began to attack. The magic flames and arrows gradually increased from a few at the beginning until they filled the sky above the battlefield, covering the clouds.
After that day, the war atmosphere finally became heated.
As the tempo of the battle accelerated, the Noxian soldiers finally approached the walls of the Ankara Temple within a few minutes.
Long-range catapults were set up one after another, and several big men with broad shoulders and wide arms installed and launched cannonballs from huge rocks. The rush car was also driven by many soldiers, facing the raindrops of arrows on the city wall.
Attack the gate.
"Attention, magician, concentrate your firepower on the car!"
After watching the Noxian army clarify the direction of attack and focus on the city gate, Bishop Philip waved his staff and used divine power to strengthen the defense force at the city gate again, and attacked the magicians among the defenders.
Order arrived.
After receiving the action order, the magicians on the city wall who were attacking freely quickly changed their targets, concentrated their magic and began to throw magic towards the city gate.
Although each magician is not strong, with the blessing of divine magic and magic array, hundreds of low-level magicians still blasted the ground in front of the city gate into uneven areas, and were regarded as the first direct attack targets.
The group shield of Bo Chong Che was shattered almost instantly, and the entire army was annihilated in an instant.
Before the defenders could celebrate, the Noxians also took countermeasures.
Although the magicians' spells are powerful, they usually cast them at intervals. The Noxian front commander also knew exactly what he should do. After giving the order, he led the second wave of cars towards the city gate.
go.
Seeing the sudden burst of arrows from under the city wall, Bishop Philip made a wise choice to temporarily withdraw the magicians who lacked physical defense. He also mobilized the archers and took advantage of the geographical advantage to attack downwards.
With the blessing of the temple's magic circle, the archers on the city wall far surpassed the Noxian archers in both shooting speed and attack power, and they suppressed the opponent again in a short period of time.
The guardian mages who had experienced the magic cooling came out again and activated their magic towards the second wave of rush cars, destroying all the rush cars again and destroying the route at the same time.
The city gate was temporarily saved, but the catapults in the distance continued to exert their power, and soon a small gap was made in a corner of the city wall. Many heroes with strong personal strength, the summoner captain led the soldiers to attack through the gap
, fight with the defenders inside.
However, the gap was too small, and the Noxian soldiers who rushed forward were quickly repelled. The defenders worked hard to block the gap, but found that another enemy was rushing forward not far away.
The battle entered a tense state, with soldiers dying every moment. The Ankara Temple, which had been enjoying a peaceful and tranquil atmosphere all year round, fell into a sea of blood that had not been seen in a century.
"Bishop Philip, the number of Noxian soldiers is still sufficient, but more than half of our defenders have been killed or injured. If this continues, I'm afraid it's not an option."
After destroying another catapult, Varus turned his attention to the commander beside him after confirming that there were no other siege equipment in his field of vision.
Although Bishop Philip is full of magical power, his condition has obviously declined significantly after two or three hours of fighting.
If the bishop is like this, let alone the other guards.
If it weren't for the support of very strong beliefs, more than half of the defenders still fighting on the city wall would have fallen!
Although the Noxian siege equipment has been completely destroyed, many long-range attackers can finally free their hands to attack the Noxian soldiers, but at this moment, several large holes have been torn open in the wall of the Ankara Temple.
The huge Noxians kept trying to attack through the gap and never stopped.
In terms of numbers, the defenders are at a huge disadvantage. If it weren't for the powerful healing magic circle in the temple that constantly restores the defenders' physical strength and magic power, these gaps would have been opened by the Noxians long ago.
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Upon hearing Varus's reminder, Bishop Philip nodded slightly, observed the battle situation and issued several instructions in succession.
"Transfer the 3rd and 7th teams of the reserve team and send them to the c9 and d6 areas to garrison, and at the same time remove the combatants from the area for recovery."
"Transfer the 2nd and 5th teams of the reserve team and send them to areas c3 and b1 to garrison, and at the same time remove the combatants from the area for recovery."
"Transfer the 4th and 9th teams of the reserve team and send them to areas a2 and b3 to garrison, and at the same time remove the combatants from the area for recovery."
"The retreating combatants regrouped after recovery and were on standby as the 11th and 12th Reserve Teams."
"yes!"
The herald quickly withdrew, and Bishop Philip turned his gaze to the distance again, murmuring in a low voice: "Up to this point in the battle, both sides' bright cards have been shown. Now it's time to see what else is hidden behind their soldiers.
Got it!"
"Master Bishop, I felt something similar to the abyss of corruption nearby earlier, but the feeling was not very obvious at that time. I thought it was something below moving, but at this moment, this feeling is wrong..."
Varus, who has been stationed at the Ankara Temple all year round, is quite familiar with the Abyss of Corruption. At first, he just thought that the source of corruption suppressed below was causing trouble. At the same time, the Noxians launched an attack, and he focused all his attention on the battlefield.
So I didn't pay much attention to it.
At this moment, the task of destroying the siege equipment had been completed, and as the spirit relaxed slightly, this feeling immediately came back.
Judging from the supreme level of hero perception, errors rarely occur, and it is precisely because of this that Varus specifically reminded Bishop Philip.
"It seems that the intentions of these Noxians are obvious. They have obviously obtained information about the source of corruption and want to capture the Ankara Temple and release the source of corruption. Varus, you should be grateful for what you have done.
Choose, without your presence, the Ankara Temple might really fall this time!"
Bishop Philip sighed slightly and whispered.
Although in such a large-scale war, the power of an individual is insignificant, a supreme marksman like Varus cannot be ignored. Under his leadership, the Noxian siege equipment was completely destroyed.
As a result, the guardians could barely hold on to the city wall, and no one could force their way in.
If those catapults were destroyed slower, or if they were driven into the city gate, the defenders who were absolutely inferior in numbers would be slaughtered in a short time.
Now, with the input of reserves, the defense system of the Ankara Temple has become stable, and after gaining a short respite, Bishop Philip turns his attention to a new force dispatched by the Noxians.
"Look, look what the Noxians have prepared for my Ankara Temple! But no matter what it is, it must be extremely powerful!"
After crushing a large defensive scroll and once again consolidating the defensive magic circle of the Ankara Temple, Bishop Philip patted Varus on the shoulder: "No matter what comes, you and your team must stop it!