I saw that the protective cover was covered with spider web-like cracks under the blow of the heavy trebuchet, slowly winding and cracking.
Countless light spots slowly fell from the protective cover like snowflakes, and then disappeared into the air.
Everyone couldn't help but look at each other in disbelief.
At the same time, the Almohad Imperial Army on the opposite side immediately erupted into waves of warm cheers.
"Dong, dong dong, dong, dong dong..." The low war drum sounded.
The huge sound echoed between heaven and earth.
It carries a strange and exciting melody, piercing people's souls, as if it is trying to control their heartbeat, making people feel swelling in their chest and abdomen, which is extremely uncomfortable. Even breathing becomes difficult.
When the big men controlling the trebuchet heard the sound of the drum, they felt like they had been given a shot of blood and became even more excited.
They shouted slogans loudly, moved the winch, pulled down the throwing arm, then placed heavy stone bullets, then shouted and let go.
The long throwing arm of the trebuchet, pulled by the gravity of the lead pendant weighing several tons, moved in an arc at a speed invisible to the naked eye, suddenly lifted upwards, tore through the air, and let out a "whoosh..."
...' sharp sound.
Immediately afterwards, the heavy stone bullet was thrown high into the air, then roared and slammed towards the distant castle...
For those big guys, this kind of destructive work full of violent aesthetics is undoubtedly extremely interesting.
They all worked happily. Every time a stone bullet was fired, they would let out a loud cheer, and then watched helplessly as the stone bullet hit the protective shield on the opposite side.
They excitedly pointed at the white and transparent protective shield and talked about it. They carefully counted how many more cracks there were on the protective shield this time. It was estimated that it would take a long time before it could be completely broken. Then under the shouts of the officers,
Under the scolding, he loaded the bullet again with sweat dripping down his face, and then ejected it. Then he loaded it again...
Hilmeria stood on top of the city and poured all her holy power into the protective magic circle without hesitation, blocking the stone bullets thrown from the opposite side one by one.
Under the high-intensity bombardment, he gradually became unable to hold on. He was dripping with sweat and panting from exhaustion, and heat slowly rose from his forehead and temples.
Seeing this, Lorraine couldn't help but walked up and asked with concern: "How is it? Can you still hold on?"
Hilmeria turned around and glanced at him blankly.
Lorraine saw that her originally bright red lips had lost their color, and knew that she was overworked and was just trying to hold on, and suddenly felt heartbroken.
He cursed loudly to the clergymen who were preparing next to him: "You are a bunch of fools, you are all blind. Replace them quickly."
As he said that, he took advantage of the gap between a trebuchet and stretched out his hand to pull her down.
The man looked at it and murmured in a low voice, "I said I wanted to change it, but senior sister wouldn't let me."
As he spoke, he took a few steps forward and stood in the center of the magic circle. He took over Hilmeria's position. However, because his holy power was insufficient.
As soon as he came on the stage, everyone could clearly feel that the light of the protective shield above their heads suddenly became much weaker. Moreover, under the bombardment of stone bullets, cracks occurred much faster. They couldn't help but feel that
The ground let out an exclamation of 'ah'.
Hilmeria finally came to her senses, gasped a few times, and then said: "I... I can still support it."
As he spoke, he twisted his wrist hard, trying to struggle out of Lorraine's hand.
Lorraine snorted coldly and reprimanded unceremoniously: "Shut up~! This is war, not a place for you to show off alone."
Hilmeria was suffocated, as if she was touched somewhere deep in her heart, and then she started to tremble and said in a trembling voice: "But...but I caused this war..."
Lorraine looked at her delicate and pretty face, which had completely lost all color, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart. She knew that although she pretended to be fine on the surface, she was still blaming herself.
He waved his hand and said with a smile: "Okay, stop being such a jerk. If you keep talking, it's as if you're afraid that others won't know that you can bring disaster to the country and the people. I can only think that you are being proud, and I have to criticize you a few words seriously.
Ah, admiring vanity is a woman’s privilege and nature, but if you do this, how can you unite with everyone? You must pay attention to the impact, pay attention to the impact, do you understand..."
Hilmeria immediately became angry, her beautiful eyes were full of crystal tears, and she said in a trembling voice: "I...I told you seriously, but you are talking nonsense to me again."
Lorraine looked at the stubborn look in her eyes and couldn't help but sigh, knowing that if she didn't untie the knot in her heart, this kind girl would blame herself for the rest of her life.
He stared closely at Hilmeria's beautiful eyes, pointed to the opposite side, and said: "This war was started by their group of evil thugs.
It's like if you saw a bad guy trying to kill a good guy, at that critical moment, would you not use violence to stop him because you were afraid of getting blood on your hands?
And when it comes to evil, you must never take a step back. Only by upholding justice and fighting them bloody battles with iron, blood and fire can you truly defend the majesty of the gods.
Even on the day of doomsday judgment, in front of the gods, no one will dare to accuse you of doing something wrong~!"
These words and thoughts are nothing to modern people like Lorraine, but for these people who do not have a complete philosophical system and do not even know logic, they can just hold a Socrates' syllogism.
For people who are celebrating the New Year, it is like the sound of bells in the morning and drums in the evening.
Hilmeria couldn't help but let out an 'Ah' in surprise, then raised her head and looked at Lorraine intently, with a strange light shining in her beautiful eyes.
Lorraine saw the luster on her fair and pretty face again, and knew that she had finally figured it out. She couldn't help but turn her head and think about it, and then added: "But if the gods ask, you forced the circle and cross
When you accuse me of this matter, you must remember to hire a good defense lawyer."
Hilmeria couldn't help but be startled when she heard the vagueness of what he said. She smiled sweetly at first, then thought about it for a moment, understood immediately, and became furious.
She stared at Lorraine and cursed angrily: "You damn bastard, tell me again if you are brave enough..."
Seeing that she was so angry, Lorraine winked hurriedly and reminded in a low voice: "There is a large crowd in the hall, everyone is watching."
Hilmeria was immediately suffocated and turned her head to look, and sure enough, she saw everyone around her looking towards her with strange expressions.
She couldn't help but glared at Lorraine, then bit her lip and cursed in a low voice: "You damn bastard, how can I deal with you after seeing this?"
After saying that, he snorted coldly, waved his sleeves pretending to be disdainful, and walked to the side.
"It's hot, it's hot, it's hot..." Aibi'er hurriedly brought a cup of hot tea and walked over. "Stay away, you really don't have any eyesight~"
As she spoke, she twisted her waist and pushed Lorraine aside. Then she handed the tea bowl to Hilmeria.
She watched Hilmeria drink the cup of tea in one gulp, still consciously feeling resentful, so she glared at Lorraine again, then turned to comfort her: "Senior sister, we don't have to be afraid of him. Don't.
Look at how rampant he is now, he has become a commander and can command as much as 2,500,000 to 80,000 yuan. But when the war is over, we will still be the boss. When the time comes, I will lead people to arrest him every day to vent your anger~!"
Hilmeria immediately choked hard and said in loss of voice: "Catch him every day? Do you want to kill him with beauty, or do you want to exhaust me to death?"
"Eh?" Aibi'er blinked strangely and said, "Senior sister, what do you mean?"
Hilmeria finally came to her senses. She couldn't help but smile dryly and said: "Haha, before the war, let's talk about those things later. Let's talk about it later."
As he said that, he held the tea cup in both hands and lowered his head. Then his beautiful eyes were like water, looking around, and he gave Lorraine a fierce look, cursing in his heart: This damn guy almost made me look embarrassed in public.
, let’s see how I deal with you later~!
As she was thinking, unknowingly, a delicate blush appeared on her originally pale cheeks.
Lorraine saw that the knot in her heart had been resolved and she no longer felt sorry for herself. She immediately laughed and walked back.
Catherine looked at him suspiciously, then at Hilmeria, and suddenly said: "To be honest, are you having an affair?"
Lorraine couldn't help but take a shot of cream and looked at Catherine blankly, doubting in her heart, do these women really have naturally sensitive intuition? But if this is really the case, why do they always fail to win the lottery?
Seeing that he was speechless and speechless, Catherine's eyes suddenly flashed with a cold light. She took a step forward and shouted angrily in a low voice: "Please tell me the truth~! Otherwise, you will suffer the consequences."
Lorraine opened her mouth and was about to speak. At this moment, she heard a thumping sound above her head, and then she heard a cry of surprise from everyone.
He hurriedly looked up and saw that the protective shield above his head had been cracked by the trebuchet, and began to fall piece by piece like broken glass.
I won't be able to support it anymore.
The guards who were standing below had an instinctive reaction, as if they were afraid that the fragments would hurt themselves, so they held their heads and ran away in various directions.
Hilmeria was anxious and couldn't help shouting: "Don't make a mess, don't make a mess. If the protective shield breaks, it won't hurt anyone. Don't panic."
As she spoke, she ignored the fact that her body was already overstretched with holy power. She picked up the hem of her robe and rushed towards the magic circle in the center.
Lorraine reached out and grabbed her wrist, and shouted angrily: "Is this the time for you to show off?"
Hilmeria looked at the tired and crumbling body of the man standing in the magic circle, bit her lip, and said with a wry smile: "This is really the time when I show off my ability. Originally, as long as there were enough crystals, this magic circle
To activate it, a cardinal-level cleric is required to maintain it.
But now, except for me, all the high-level priests are not here, and the remaining people are not capable enough to transmit the powerful energy contained underneath through their bodies..."
She took a deep breath and said calmly: "Let me go. No one except me can withstand this kind of attack."
Lorraine was stunned for a moment. Seeing the holy and pure expression on her face, she slowly let go of her hand. Anger and a deep sense of powerlessness welled up in her chest.
Originally, he thought that any problem in this world could be easily solved by relying on his own intelligence. However, he had forgotten the fundamental point.
As long as there are people and society, all worlds are the same. The law of the jungle, bloody cruelty, and a jungle full of wild beasts are not substantially different, or even far worse.
Because even the most ferocious beasts will not eat their companions, but people can eat others. For the sake of greed, they will suck the flesh and blood of others and climb up by stepping on the corpses of their companions.
If the dragon she met was the innocent and kind-hearted Vera who was a little silly, and if the lich she met had not been driven away by Vera's parents who appeared at the critical moment, if she had been in Lauder
When the mountain was set on fire, Vera's true form and her necklace were not revealed...
At this time, he clenched his fists tightly, and finally made a thought in his heart, that is, he must become stronger so that no one dares to covet and spy on him. Only in this way can he protect what he cherishes.
something.
Hilmeria looked at him deeply, then turned around and ran quickly towards the magic circle.
She put her hands on her chest and sang a hymn in a low voice. Her body immediately emitted white holy light. Then, she stretched out her hand vigorously, and like a goddess, she raised the staff in her hand without hesitation.
With the massive influx of energy, the protective shield immediately trembled with light, and then slowly expanded outward. It was able to withstand the opponent's attack.
The fragments on the protective cover that had been hit by stone bullets and were slowly breaking and falling suddenly stopped. Although the spider web-like traces that were spreading continuously did not become smaller, the speed of the breakage did.
It also slowed down.
Seeing her working so hard without caring about her own safety, Catherine couldn't help but admire her. Seeing Hilmeria's delicate body that couldn't help but tremble slightly, she shouted to Lorraine: "You should think of a solution quickly."
The next moment, she found to her horror that the light in Lorraine's eyes was as cold as ice that had not melted for thousands of years. She was startled and asked with concern: "Lorraine, are you okay?"
Only then did Lorraine wake up, the cold light in her eyes immediately softened, and she comforted her softly: "Don't worry, I'm fine. I'm fine."
He paused for a moment, then looked away from Hilmeria and looked at the trebuchets opposite. Seeing those people still busy like busy worker ants, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing
He gave a horrible grin.
Lorena and a group of mages used the cover of the rising smoke to use their magic and flew as high as possible until everyone turned into black spots that were almost invisible to the naked eye and hid there.
In the clouds, it stopped rising, and then, using the cover of the clouds, it slowly flew towards the position of the Almohad Empire's trebuchet troops.
Fifty or sixty mid- to high-level mages formed a combat escort to protect the clumsy low-level mages.
Although the low-level mages can fly and cannot cast the second type of magic because they cannot allocate their own magic power, each of them is carrying a heavy package behind them that they can barely afford.
When they came to the top of the trebuchets, they all followed Lorena's order and stopped.
They took off all the packages one by one and looked at Lorena eagerly.
Although everyone saw that Maple Leaf Danlin Fort was gradually unable to hold up under the violent bombardment of the trebuchet, and they were all extremely anxious, wishing they could rush down and destroy all these terrifying mechanical monsters, but beforehand, they had all obtained
In compliance with Lorraine's strict order, there must be no changes before Lorraine gives the order.
Although the low-level magic apprentice Miss Vera is extremely talented and progresses extremely quickly in her studies, she is known as the most talented magical girl in Maple Leaf Danlin Castle in the past three hundred years and the most likely to become a magician. (The elders of the Dragon Clan are sitting under the bomb.
In the ruined hall, we hugged each other and cried: What a shame to our clan~!)
However, despite her step-by-step study, she still didn't learn how to allocate magic power and cast two kinds of magic at the same time. Fortunately, she had plenty of magic power and was not afraid of getting tired. Therefore, she brought three backpacks alone.
At this time, she followed her classmates in taking off a backpack, holding it in her hands, then holding her breath and looking intently at Lorena next to her.
Through the gap in the backpack that was not completely covered, you could see that inside, a bag full of explosive crystals was shining with a dangerous red light.
Lorena looked down at her feet, then took out a small cylinder from her arms, and held the cylinder vertically in her hand as Lorraine had taught her before leaving. Then she narrowed one eye and looked at the
Looking inside the cylinder.
She looked down through the cross-shaped thin wire tied to the center of the cylinder, and happened to see a 'King David' class trebuchet below. Looking down from a high altitude, she felt that the trebuchet looked a bit weird.
, for a moment, I couldn't help but feel a little funny.
She looked at the cylinder in her hand and thought to herself: Lorraine is really weird. Throwing something from such a high altitude would miss it by ten meters. It is extremely difficult to throw accurately.
But he came up with such a method for accurate positioning. He also gave this a strange professional term, called "high-altitude horizontal positioning".
At this moment, she felt a strange look on her face. When she looked up, she saw Vera looking at her with her pure blue eyes like the sea, so she nodded affirmatively.
Vera and her classmate looked at each other, and then squeezed in together. Will held the strap of the backpack with one hand, keeping it vertical and horizontal under the action of gravity to avoid throwing it.
The belt was crooked, so it was thrown in the wrong place.