On the wall of Monsoon City Fortress, officers ran back and forth, shouting orders.
"Quick! Quick!"
Groups of soldiers hurriedly ran into battle positions. Spears were swaying at the top of the city like weeds. Archers nervously looked down in front of the battlements while placing their arrows in the most convenient place. There were also countless civilians who would beat them.
Carry wood, iron knives and iron pots for burning oil and firewood.
The defensive array of the fortress has been opened under the auspices of dozens of white-robed mages. With the injection of magic power and the investment of a large number of magic cores, a blue light like a water curtain enveloped the entire fortress. Around the fortress
From the twelve arrow towers, even more fiery red lights soared into the sky.
This red stream of light is like giant pythons crawling on the blue light screen, holding back without speaking. Once an enemy approaches in the air, it will launch a thunderous strike.
In the open space within the city wall, hundreds of knights have already put on heavy armor and have assembled. Once the war requires, they will gallop out of the city gate and charge into the enemy's formation.
The atmosphere became increasingly tense, and the entire fortress was like a machine running at full speed. The sounds of footsteps and shouts could be heard one after another.
At the same time, hundreds of meters away from Monsoon Fortress, figures one after another walked out of the thick black fog.
They passed through the woods, crossed the hillsides, and waded through streams, forming a dark circular circle, gradually approaching the Yellowstone hill where the Monsoon Fortress was located.
This is a race covered in black, wearing tight-fitting armor, with reverse-jointed lower limbs like goat hind legs. They are tall and strong, with faces like mantises. In their hands, they hold death-like scythes, and behind their backs, like
The cicada-like wings were vibrating rapidly.
The sizzling sounds, from one to thousands, are intertwined together, making people's scalp numb when they hear it.
The soldiers on the city wall all know that this is the Night Killer Clan of the Demon Clan. Today will be their third time fighting against this race.
Monsoon Fortress is located in the west of the Cannotti Province and close to the Banga Province. It is the northern section of the Carlo Line of Defense, the first line of defense of the Pompeii Empire against the demons. Because of the dangerous terrain, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Therefore, in
As soon as the royal family of the Pompeii Empire learned of the demonic invasion, they made the Monsoon Fortress a key node in resisting the demonic invasion.
In the past few months, the Demon Clan's soldiers have been sharp and sweeping across all directions. While countless nobles, civilians and even the army were fleeing in panic under the Demon Clan's attack, the convoys transporting troops and food were like a long queue, driving in an endless stream.
Enter Monsoon City and continue to strengthen the defense here.
Today's Monsoon City can be said to be strong and impregnable.
Two weeks ago, when the demons arrived here for the first time, they bumped into a solid wall under the strong walls of the fortress, halting their progress.
In the first two confrontations, the defenders of Monsoon Fortress did not actually take advantage.
Although they relied on the strong city walls and condescending terrain to repel the attacks of the Night Killers, the price they paid was also quite heavy.
Different from the way humans attack fortresses, night killers do not need any siege equipment at all when attacking. They will drive and run from a long distance, and when they approach the fortress two hundred meters, they spread out their thin wings like
They swarmed onto the city wall like locusts, as fast as lightning.
And even the lowest level of soldiers, their combat effectiveness is comparable to that of an armed knight.
Their scythes are extremely sharp. With one swing, they can often disembowel or even cut two or three fully armed human soldiers in half. And their tight-fitting armor is made of who knows what and is extremely strong. Ordinary human soldiers use sharp long scythes.
Even if the spear is thrust with all its strength, it will be difficult to break.
The low-level demons are so terrifying, and the high-level demons are even more despairing.
The squad leader of the Night Kill Clan has four wings, the squadron leader has six wings, and the captain has eight wings. With each higher position, their strength increases several times. If a leader of the Night Kill Clan attacks the city, humans must
Only by investing several times more troops and fighting to the death at all costs can we defeat them.
Therefore, the two battles to defend the city were extremely brutal. When the demons retreated, the corpses of the defenders on the city wall were piled up in layers, making it a hellish scene.
Fortunately, there are four Great Light Knights and dozens of Glory Knights in Monsoon City. Moreover, the magic pattern array of the fortress is powerful and there is an entire magician group with more than a hundred magicians to help out. Otherwise, Monsoon City might not be able to survive.
It fell as early as the first attack by the demons.
At this moment, on the main tower in the center of the fortress, a Sun Mage wearing a wide-brimmed pointed magic hat and two great bright knights were concentrating on the demons in the shimmering farsighted scene.
Faces like mantises appeared in the magic water mirror.
"When I was a kid, I always wondered what the demons looked like, and what was so scary about them that they could drive us here from the God-given Continent," a short and stocky knight of great light stared at the mirror image and said, "But
I didn’t expect that in my lifetime, I would actually fight against these guys.”
"The Night Killers are famous among the demons," said the old mage with a gray beard. "They are natural warriors, best at sieges and jungle hunting. The most terrifying thing is that this race has a strong reproductive capacity and can grow
The speed is also very fast. A night killer can evolve once every three years. Once it successfully evolves, its strength will be doubled. If their lifespan is not short, the success rate of evolution is not high, I am afraid that even the devil will be able to evolve.
The royal family of the clan is no match for them."
As he spoke, he controlled the far-sighted mirror image to scan the approaching demon clan. He suddenly frowned slightly and said, "But what I find strange is that it is recorded in the history books that the Night Slayer clan usually cooperates with other races and rarely works alone.
Fighting. Why did they attack the city alone this time?"
"It's not surprising," said the short and strong light knight, "after all, this is our territory. Although the demons have captured the Holy City, where is the Holy City? Not to mention ordinary people, even those with less strength
Even the knights couldn't stand it. They crossed over from the Holy City, and the biggest problem was troop strength and logistics."
Another taller and older Great Bright Knight nodded and said: "Yes. The coordination of arms requires very high requirements in all aspects. Take us as an example, if it is just a simple attack, it will basically be
It is the job of the knights. Logistics and other troops cannot keep up at all. Only a well-prepared battle, or city defense like ours, knights, magic groups, archers and infantry can cooperate. "
As he said that, he turned to look at the demons in the mirror and said: "I guess the same is true for the demons. In a short period of time, their military strength cannot keep up. Now they are just taking advantage of us being caught off guard and seizing the opportunity to expand."
That's all. Fight wherever we can, and expand our foothold first. Otherwise, when our three empire coalition forces are formed and heavy troops are gathered, we may be able to drive them back in one go."
"Three Kingdoms Alliance??" The old magician's attention was distracted from the previous doubts, and he sneered, "I think it would be easier for us to make peace with the demons directly. Not to mention Fei Lie's ambition
Bobo, let’s just say that...that lord is also eyeing Solan’s throne?”
"Hey," the stocky knight sneered, "I'm afraid they won't have that fate. After more than two hundred years, have they dreamed of being emperor less? But which one succeeded?"
"This time is different," the tall knight said impartially, "Augustus is a once-in-a-century genius. I heard that he has arrived in Carlo City with the Knights Templar. If he is really like the rumors
, I think he is the future leader of mankind. Proclaiming himself emperor is no big deal!"
As he was speaking, his eyes suddenly condensed: "The demon attack has begun."
Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, a huge and harsh whistle sounded. It was the demon blowing the magic conch. Just like the human horns and drums, it was a battle command.
After the sound of the magic conch, there was a huge sizzling sound, like a huge ocean tide. The night-killing demons began to run at high speed. Their strong bodies were like cheetahs, jumping on the ground, and the thin wings on their backs vibrated more and more.
Quickly. Soon, their speed had increased to the extreme.
Several hundred meters away from the fortress, the Night Killer who was rushing at the front rose into the air and flew towards the city.
For a moment, I saw a group of demons like clouds, covering the sky and the earth. The night-killing demons in front soared into the sky, and the night-killing demons behind them rose up one after another. From a distance, it looked like a big wave coming.
This is not the first time everyone has seen this scene. But every time they see it, they are still moved.
However, having become familiar with the attack methods of the Night Killing Demon Clan, the fortress defenders were much more calm and experienced than the previous two times. Almost as soon as the opponent took off, the officer on the city wall gave the order to go early.
The archer who had already unhooked his bow suddenly loosened the tight bow string.
Swish, swish... the sound of dense arrows piercing the air immediately covered up the disturbing sound of the Night Killer's thin wings vibrating. Especially the armor-piercing crossbow set up on the guard tower, the sound was even more earth-shattering, like thunder.
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The arrow rain was like a cloud of black sand that suddenly rose up, colliding with the night-killing demons in the blink of an eye.
Facing the night-killing demons attacking the city, the arrows of the fortress defenders did not diffuse beyond 45 degrees like before. Instead, they remained at an angle of 35 degrees. The lower angle of 10 degrees made the arrows
When the arrow was at its strongest, it happened to collide with the demon. For a moment, there was only a muffled sound of popping, popping, and the night-killing demon that was shot fell down like dumplings.
However, Night Killer's tight-fitting armor is extremely strong, and its movements are agile and flexible. As it swoops in, the scythe in its hand turns into a ball of black light, covering its body. Therefore, only a few were hit in vital parts and fell. Many more,
Just as the defenders fired their second round of arrows, they had already rushed in front of the fortress.
At this time, the fortress' magic pattern array began to show its power.
The blue protective array light curtain was like a transparent wall, blocking the demons from the fortress. The night killers flying towards it hit it, causing ripples in circles, but they were unable to break through the formation.
Enter. At the same time, the twelve red light strips on the guard tower suddenly surged and turned into twelve long whips, sweeping in all directions.
The defenders heard a harsh whistling sound in the sky above the fortress, and saw phantoms drawn by red lights passing through the air. Then, broken limbs and blood rain fell one after another.
Each of the light whips guarding the magic circle is two meters thick in diameter, and can be up to one thousand meters long if the magic power is sufficient. It is astonishingly powerful. Once struck, even a man of fine steel will be crushed.
.The twelve light whips cooperate with each other, you advance and I retreat, you go up and I go down, the attack has almost no dead ends.
Without helpers, even the strong men in the holy realm would not dare to enter the battle alone.
However, although the demons suffered heavy casualties, they had no intention of retreating. On the contrary, more night-killing demons rushed towards the fortress like locusts, one after another, one after another.
They waved their scythes and attacked the guarding circle crazily. Those high-level night-killing demons who were obviously larger in size took the initiative to meet the light whip of the magic circle. Especially one of the captains of the night-slaying demon with red skin,
One person withstood the attacks of two light whips. Every time his sickle collided with the light whips, it made a loud explosion-like sound.
The other night killers were frantically attacking the protective light curtain.
From the view of the fortress below, we can only see countless sickles slashing at the light curtain, one after another. Under this continuous and intensive attack, the light curtain is like a pond in a heavy rain, spreading out dense ripples, one after another.
Circle. In some places, cracks have appeared, and some demons are struggling to tear open the cracks and get in.
At this time, it was the killing moment for the defenders. I saw countless fireballs, wind blades and arrows rising into the sky, meteorites falling from the sky, ice and snow banshees and savagely growing vines flying and circling in the air, and fire turned into spiritual energy.
The tiger ice ape emerged from the light screen of the magic circle and started killing.
The battle entered a fever pitch almost in an instant. The entire fortress was enveloped in chaos by shouts of death, screams, roars and explosions.
"The demon's offensive is much stronger today." On the main tower, the tall knight observed the battle nervously, frowned tightly, turned around and ordered to the herald, "Let the third reserve team be ready.
Go to the east. In addition, let Gauss lead his second knight squad to reinforce the south wall."
"Yes!" The herald rushed away.
"How long can the protective circle last?" The tall knight turned his head and asked the old mage.
The old mage looked at the magic pattern array under the main tower and the magicians who presided over the array, and said: "This is already the second group of people. Presiding over the array consumes a lot of mental power and magic power. A group of people can only support
It has to be replaced in five minutes. In addition, the consumption of magic crystals is much faster than usual..."
He made an estimate in his mind and said to the two great knights of light: "It should last for half the prayer time."
"Half a prayer time," the two great bright knights looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief, "that's enough. For this half prayer time, the demons will have to use at least a thousand lives to fill it.
It will be much easier for us to fight."
"Fortunately, the supply team arrived in time this time and replenished a large amount of magic crystals," the old mage relaxed slightly and said with a smile, "otherwise, our mage group would not have been able to persist for such a long time."
"Fortunately," said the stocky knight, "when the defensive formation collapses, the rest will be left to us. As long as the demons are repelled this time, our reinforcements will arrive. By then, we
Maybe we can launch a counterattack to give these damn demons a taste of it!"
"Then it all depends on the generals," the old mage said. "You four Great Bright Knights are the ballast stone of Monsoon Fortress..."
As he spoke, he turned his attention to the city wall.
On the city wall, two other great bright knights were fighting fiercely with the demons at the moment. Their figures flickered on the light curtain of the guardian circle, like divine dragons. No matter where they appeared, the archers and magicians on the ground
The attack direction will be coordinated wherever it goes. It caused great damage to the attacking demons.
Wherever the two great knights of light passed, they saw demons falling down one after another. Among them were three demon squad captains and a squadron leader, all of whom were killed by them.
However, just as the old mage finished speaking, he suddenly saw the mirror image of the far-sighted spell in his peripheral vision and was suddenly startled.
After the demons launched their attack, they had never seen the far-sighted mirror image again. After a period of time, the far-sighted spell was on the verge of collapse, and the mirror image became blurry.
But at this moment, the old mage saw that in the far-sighted mirror image still positioned behind the demon army, a demon squad was approaching the fortress at an extremely fast speed.
How fast was it? So fast that all the old mage saw was a fleeting phantom.
However, the fixation ability of the far-sighted technique still captured the appearance of these demons in the stone fire and lightning. They were eight demons who looked as handsome as elves. They had strong bodies, slender limbs, and looked like leopards all over their bodies.
A generally powerful and dangerous aura.
And the most unique thing is their weapons, eyes and hair.
Their weapons look very similar to human spears, but there is a crescent-shaped blade at the top. Their eyes are slender, darting, and sharp. Silver-white flames dance in their pupils, like lightning.
Crossed. And their hair is all long, and their hairstyles are exactly the same, a long braid.
However, what is different from human braids is that their braids seem to be alive. Even if the strong wind is blowing against them while galloping, the braids can move freely. Sometimes they curl up around their necks, and sometimes they sway from side to side in a way that is completely contrary to common sense. It seems that
, like a spiritual snake.
When he saw this, the old mage's pupils had shrunk like needlepoints. Unspeakable shock and fear struck him at this moment, making his whole body stiff and his hands and feet cold.
He knew that the weapons in the hands of these demons were called magic halberds. He also knew that their braids were not combed, but natural. From the day they were born, their hair would naturally form braids, and
As the strength increases, the braids get longer and longer. In the longest braid, the braid can even reach the heel.
The demon halberd, the silver-white flames in its eyes, and the braids are the symbols of the demon royal family!
The old mage did not expect that the Demon Royal Family would appear here. You must know that since the Demon Clan invaded, there have been more than a hundred large and small battles. But no matter which direction, the defenders have no reports of contact with the Demon Royal Family. And as far away as three meters away
A hundred years ago, the number of times the Demon Royal Family took action was also very few.
With a very small number of people, they spend most of their time hiding behind their vassal races. But once they appear on the battlefield, they often deliver a fatal blow as powerful as thunder.
However, this is not the scariest thing.
What was terrifying was that the old mage could clearly see that the leading royal knight had his braids down to his waist, while the other seven demon knights also had their braids down to their backs.
The old mage's mouth felt a little bitter.
If there are no errors in the history books I have read, then it means that what I saw was a demon commander and seven demon generals.
Can history books be wrong?
The old mage had no time to think about these issues. In great fear, he just subconsciously turned his head and shouted towards the city in the direction of the demons.
"careful!"
The old mage's voice was high-pitched and sharp. It was somewhat deformed due to extreme fear and anxiety. However, in the fierce battlefield filled with various sounds, this voice still seemed a little weak.
Besides, his reminder was already too late.
Almost at the same time as he spoke, the eight demon royal knights had arrived in front of the fortress. At the same time, they jumped into the air from the black giant lion sitting on them, leaping into the air like meteors.
"boom!"
There was a loud noise. Seven demon generals shot at the same time, violently shaking the fortress's protective circle.
I saw the magic circle's light curtain shaking violently, and soon, a black hole appeared from the center of the attack of the seven demon generals. At first, it was just a small hole the size of a fist, but it was like a tablecloth corroded by strong acid.
The hole expanded rapidly, reaching a diameter of seven or eight meters in an instant.
Seeing that the situation was critical, the archers and magicians at the top of the city shifted their attacks here. At the same time, the two great bright knights who were fighting fiercely with the demons also attacked from the left and right, trying to block the gap.
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But at this moment, the leading demon commander took action.
The defenders saw black light groups emerging from the space beside him, like stars in the night sky. Immediately, these small light groups began to move, circling and flying around the Demon Commander. From time to time, two of them collided with each other.
, it no longer moved, but turned into a blazing black flame.
More and more light groups collided, and more and more flames emerged. These flames were black at first, then turned into yellow, red, white, and finally turned into black again.
During the change of color, the surrounding space seemed to be burned by the flames.
People looked at it from different angles. The dust, flowing clouds, sun, distant mountains, jungles, and even the roaring rain of swords that were originally beside the Demon Commander, above their heads or in the distance, all disappeared like a tide of magic. It was like
It is a picture whose background has been washed away by an invisible potion.
What's left is just the Demon Commander and the black flames that are constantly fused together.
In the end, people could no longer see clearly. The black flame turned into a huge black space. And the figure of the Demon Commander was vague in this black space, making it difficult for people to tell whether he was there or not.
Demonic realm!
Amid the frightened cries of the defenders, the Demon Commander took a step forward.
No one can use words to describe this seemingly ordinary step. Everyone just feels that at this moment, they seem to see a rainbow across the sky, as if they see the sunshine of a certain afternoon passing through the small gap in the window silently.
Falling on the mottled floor.
Then, everything was over.
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The old mage is dead.
Among the strong men in the fortress, he was the last one to die. His wide-open eyes still retained the last image he saw before his death.
He saw that the Demon Commander first pointed his finger at the center of the eyebrow of a Great Bright Knight who was flying toward him on the left. Then, he collided with another Great Bright Knight on the right. Immediately, he flew down and passed through the blue light screen.
The hole, like a falling meteorite, stepped heavily into the center of the rotating magic pattern array.
Then, he used his strength to fly into the air, and the person suddenly split into two people in the air. One was his true body, and the other was a person who was exactly like him in the transformation of his black body.
Two people and two knives pierced the hearts of the short knight and the tall knight at the same time. Then they merged into one and lightly pointed at the old mage's forehead.
All this happened in an instant.
When the old mage's mind was stagnant and he felt that the magic power in his body was fading away like a tide, the head of the first great knight of light that was killed exploded, and the body of the second great knight of light was shattered, and the magic pattern array
Dozens of magicians who were in charge of the formation flew into the air in the shock wave of that step, and the vests of the two bright knights beside them were just exposed by the sharp blades, and blood spattered.
Darkness comes.
The old mage knew that it was not the shadow of death. It was countless night demons holding scythes. They broke through the collapsed fortress defense circle and covered the sky.
A shrill scream sounded.
But the last bit of light in the old mage's eyes that remained silent finally passed away.