Chapter 440 Ballista Platform and Holy Water Tactics
Chapter 440 Crossbow bed platform and holy water tactics
After a few days, there were countless undead gathered around the castle. Even if Roger went to the highest point of the tower and looked around, he could only see densely packed undead creatures.【】
Not only are there undead creatures on the ground, there are also many hovering in the air. There are all kinds of undead chimeras, death griffins and skeleton hippogryphs, and the number is astonishing. So much so that Roger sent out hippogryphs several times to scout the surroundings.
The situation was destroyed by flying undead creatures. Now Roger could only estimate the number of enemies, which should be between 200,000 and 300,000.
Although most of these large numbers of undead creatures are low-level undead creatures such as skeletons and zombies, there are also many super undead creatures such as skeletal mammoths and giant skeleton warriors. Roger even visited the opponent's camp.
There were several figures of dark knights and death lords, and it seemed that all the undead creatures in a large area around them, regardless of their level, had gathered around.
However, there are a huge number of undead creatures, and there are also strong men like the Death Lord, but they have always surrounded the castle and have no intention of launching an attack. In the past, the undead creatures gave Roger the impression that they loved to initiate brain-deaths.
The attacker would not be as calm as he was now. This unusual situation made Roger wary, knowing that there must be something big happening over there with the undead creatures. Unless they were making no movement at the moment, once they launched an attack, it would definitely be a thunderous attack.
You must take careful precautions.
What gave Roger some comfort was that the castle's shooting tower had been upgraded to a crossbow platform. He was asking Ralph to lead his soldiers to transport several dwarf crossbow beds from the castle warehouse to the platform. In fact,
Roger could easily have placed the crossbow bed directly on the platform, but Ralph had come to him several times asking for something to do, so Roger gave them the task.
The successfully upgraded crossbow bed platform has changed a lot compared to before. It has one more platform than the shooting tower to specifically place the crossbow bed. The large platform is enough to accommodate the largest crossbow bed, which is specially used to attack the enemy's heavy siege equipment.
For example, a ram that hits the city gate, a siege tower that allows soldiers to climb the city wall, and even a trebuchet that directly destroys the city wall are the primary targets of the crossbow bed.
In addition to the dwarf crossbow bed that Roger deliberately transported to the platform, the crossbow platform originally came with two trebuchets. Although the accuracy of this long-range attack weapon is not as accurate as the crossbow bed, it is better in that the attack range is larger.
It is particularly effective against infantry or cavalry. Often a stone can destroy a large area of enemies, which just forms a complementary advantage with the crossbow bed with higher accuracy.
Of course, a large number of crossbowmen can also be stationed on the crossbow bed platform, which can launch intensive arrow attacks in the air and on the ground at the same time. For the defenders, the crossbow bed platform is the building with the strongest defensive capabilities;
For a siege party, the crossbow bed platform is undoubtedly the most terrifying nightmare.
"There are so many undead creatures." Roger, who was on the top floor of the tower, looked around for a while, and then couldn't help but mutter to himself: "If we can eliminate all these guys, the soul power absorbed will be enough."
Let's build an army that can defeat Alonso III..."
Although the risks of fighting so many undead creatures are huge, the benefits are obviously very attractive. Now Roger is ready to give it a try and accumulate more chips for his future.
Roger hurriedly left the top floor of the tower and came to the penultimate floor where Angela lived. Archangel Seraph was praying. Although Roger came down, he ignored him and still praised the Supreme God sincerely.
Roger also knew that Angela had such a cold personality, so he naturally didn't mind. He waited patiently beside her, and after Angela finished praying, he asked calmly: "How much holy water do we have?"
"Two hundred large barrels." Seraph Archangel replied calmly: "Just as you ordered, I have been praying to the Supreme God these days to make as much holy water as possible. By tomorrow, I will have two hundred and six barrels.
Ten big buckets.”
This number shocked Roger. Two hundred and sixty barrels of holy water were many times more than the holy water in all the churches combined. This was holy water, not tap water. It would take so much holy water to drain a person.
The country had enough. But Angela was able to produce so much holy water in just a few days. In addition to her great strength, it also had a lot to do with Seraph's non-stop efforts day and night.
Roger knew that even Archangel Seraph would have to put in a lot of effort to make holy water. After hearing Angela's words, he couldn't help but gratefully said to her: "Thank you, you have worked hard these days!"
Although Angela did not show any emotional fluctuations on the surface, Roger's words still made her heart tremble slightly. In the memory of Archangel Seraph, no one had ever cared so much about her, which made her have a deep love for Roger, a mortal.
Men are also a little more favorable towards her.
However, Angela had long been accustomed to hiding her feelings, and just asked with an expression: "I know you asked people to put the holy water into earthen jars. What is the purpose of doing this?"
"Hehe... I thought you could hold back and not ask." Seeing that Angela was also curious about his arrangements, Roger couldn't help but smile proudly and said: "I didn't expect Seraph Archangel to be curious too."
Seeing that Roger was trying to pass it off, Angela didn't ask any questions and continued to concentrate on praying. Archangel Seraph's reaction made Roger feel a little depressed. But he knew very well that since Angela didn't ask, she wouldn't do it even if he told her.
He listened again, so he simply ended the conversation, went downstairs and left the tower.
In fact, Roger accidentally discovered this large number of earthen jars in the warehouse. Apparently, the castle hub made a mistake when counting the loot, so these useless earthen jars were left in the warehouse. However, Roger unexpectedly discovered
After collecting these earthen jars, he came up with the tactic of using holy water to attack undead creatures.
During battle, smash the earthen jar containing holy water at the undead creatures. The holy water with divine power is the nemesis of the undead creatures and can definitely cause serious losses to the enemy. This tactic will only have the opposite effect when fighting other enemies.
After all, holy water has only various positive effects on most creatures, so it has never been used on a large scale in previous wars. Because of this, even Angela can't figure out why Roger would do this.
Only Roger himself knew how effective this tactic would be in war.
As soon as Roger left the tower, Ralph hurriedly came over and reported: "Your Majesty, the crossbow beds are all in place. The earthen jars containing the holy water have also been moved to the crossbow bed platform and the city wall according to your instructions!"