The sound of shelling in the distance attracted the attention of a group of patrolling soldiers.
"Oh, here we go again? How many times is this today?"
The short-haired soldier drooped his eyelids and turned to look in the direction of the south city wall.
We are worried that the monsters will launch a small-scale siege on this special day when the coalition forces join forces.
It's not that I'm afraid of anything.
The fortifications of the City of White Mist can be described as impregnable, and there has never been any crisis in the past ten years.
Now there are hundreds of thousands of coalition troops stationed outside the North City Gate. It should be the monsters who are afraid.
However, if a city defense battle is launched at this time, the local defenders may lose the opportunity to enjoy the celebration.
Barbecue, fruit wine, all kinds of delicacies, and noble ladies who came specially to fight... What a beautiful scene it was.
"Oh, I hope there won't be too many corpses piled up under the city wall. I don't want to pick up those disgusting pieces of meat."
The bearded soldier started to sigh. Every time he finished his miserable work, he couldn't eat for several days.
As a new recruit, I often take on the hardest and most tiring work.
Tomorrow I happen to be on duty with my unit to clean the outer city wall.
If there are too many corpses, you will have to pick up the scraps again.
"Brothers, be patient. After a while, when the coalition forces advance into Methra, we can drink fruit wine leisurely every day." The middle-aged captain smiled and encouraged his subordinates, hoping that everyone would be energetic and carry out the task seriously.
As for leisure and so on, it is of course a lie.
He has bribed his superiors and will be transferred to another city next month on the grounds that an old injury has recurred.
I really don’t want to stay in this boring and disgusting place anymore...
The soldiers had their own thoughts and did not pay much attention to what happened on the city wall.
They continued to carry out their patrol duties while grumbling.
The inspection targets are mainly the orcs and the Urken tribe. The city lord is worried that those poor guys will steal things, so he specially dispatches troops to patrol.
Not long after these soldiers had left, the sound of shelling started again.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The replicated textures flashed on the surfaces of several ice cannons, and beams of light blue light were projected into the distance.
Under successive bombardments, the ground in front of the city wall was frozen into ice.
Kara... Kara... Kara...
Cracks appear on the surface of the pitch-black ice ball.
Puff puff puff...
Weird sounds came and went, as if there were many creatures gnawing on something, which made people shudder.
The frozen part on the surface of the black ball sank from the outside inward and was quickly swallowed up.
Not long after, the ice layer on the surface of the black ball completely disappeared and continued to roll towards the city wall.
At this time, it was only about 800 meters away from the White Mist City.
The soldiers on the south wall were already in a commotion.
"Stop it!"
"Ice cannon doesn't work?!"
"The crossbowmen step forward to attack, try to use arrows with various attribute elements!"
"General! Are you sending air troops out of the city to stop it?"
"The situation is unknown, don't act rashly! Immediately summon the city lord to dispatch a high-level magician!"
"yes!"
"Damn it, it's too late! Wait until it hits the outer barrier and directly activate the military-level trap technique to kill it!"
"General, if a new heretic appears and does not leave a body, he may be held accountable by the Magician Association..."
"Shut up! Do you still need to consider the sample issue at this time?!"
Faced with the unexpected situation, the defenders seemed a little panicked for a while.
Not long ago, a pitch-black spherical monster kept approaching the city wall from three kilometers away.
On the way, he turned a blind eye to the bombardment of magic cannons.
Overall, it doesn't seem to have suffered any damage except that the size has become slightly smaller.
The speed of the black ball's invasion is very fast, which is completely opposite to the slow floating when it first appeared.
The misjudgment of time caused by this contrast resulted in the city guards not immediately notifying the high-level magicians to come and observe the situation.
Of course, this does not mean that they are taking things lightly.
Quickly calling the generals who defended the city were enough to prove the importance they attached to it.
It's a pity that the monster in front of me is too incredible, and it is fundamentally different from the enemies encountered in the past ten years.
It is beyond the scope of the generals who defend the city.
Five hundred meters, four hundred meters, three hundred meters...
When the black ball approaches about a hundred meters from the city wall, the large-scale trap technique that has been prepared is about to be activated.
But at this critical moment, the black ball disappeared out of thin air.
The general who defended the city reacted quickly. He was stunned for only a moment before he immediately released his powerful consciousness to sense the bottom of the city wall.
Several lieutenants around him also began to use their own methods to explore the surroundings.
Consciousness fluctuations and wide-area detection magic swept the space under the city over and over again, but found nothing.
The black ball monster literally disappeared.
"When will the high-level mage come?"
The guard frowned, not wanting to cause trouble on this special day.
"Lord Hal is on his way here, because... several other high-level mages are accompanying the Lord of the City at the North Gate to welcome troops from various countries and are temporarily unable to get away." The adjutant replied hesitantly.
"It's that slow guy?! Send a message to the city lord immediately..."
The guard stopped abruptly just halfway through his words of complaint.
A drop of cold sweat slipped from his neck, and his expression became extremely solemn.
Just at that moment, he seemed to have caught a wisp of space fluctuations.
Then, a shuddering feeling surged throughout his body.
"careful!"
As the guard roared, the space in front of him rippled.
A black ball the size of a fist suddenly appeared in front of the eyes, and expanded into a circular plane with a radius of more than ten meters at a speed invisible to the naked eye.
Puff puff puff puff puff.
Hands, feet, limbs, armor, weapons, and all objects that came into contact with the black plane were cut into two pieces.
Perhaps it was because the wound was too flat, but after a while, the scattered blood began to flow out.
"General!"
The soldiers scattered around screamed in terror.
At this moment, their minds were completely blank, and they simply could not believe the facts in front of them.
The City of White Mist, known as the Iron Barrier, was easily invaded.
The strong and experienced guard died without any resistance.
The city walls, cannons, and city protection barriers attached to the power of the Dragon King's lair have no effect whatsoever?!
This is impossible!
The soldiers' emotions were extremely chaotic.
Some of them drew their weapons and wanted to rush forward to avenge their companions. Some of them were trembling and wanted to turn around and run away. Some of them were stunned on the spot and were at a loss.
But in the end, without exception, it stagnated in place.
They couldn't make any sound, and couldn't even move their eyes.
Buzzing…
The black plane quickly aggregates and returns to its spherical state again.