Half Elf Ranger

Chapter 246 Defense

Thick dark clouds floated under the gray sky, and a large group of ferocious vultures flew from the jagged clouds, circling in the sky, making hoarse calls, which was creepy.

On the city wall of Pushang Town, sharp arrows poured like a torrential rain on the densely charged enemy group below.

A steady stream of captive cannon fodder, driven by well-equipped hobgoblin warriors, crazily climbed the ladder cart and launched the most violent charge towards the city wall of Fallstown.

Goblin bears, ogres, dire wolves, trolls, dire apes, all kinds of evil humanoid creatures and ferocious beasts faced the most violent counterattack on the city wall, falling down in large swaths like wheat harvesting.

The vigorous and vicious ape used his agility to rush to the top of the ladder car first, and was about to approach the city wall, when dense sharp arrows pierced his whole body in an instant, and fell down with a hissing sound.

Immediately afterwards, a burly dire wolf behind him took advantage of the gap and successfully jumped to the position before the dire ape fell. His scarlet pupils stared at the crowds of people on the city wall, and opened his mouth full of ferocious sharp teeth. With a kick of his legs, he fell from the sky towards the city wall.

"Pfft! Pfft!"

Hiding in the bunker, several long-spear warriors who had already been waiting for battle swung their sharp armor-piercing spears. Accompanied by the wailing of the dire wolf, hot blood splattered down, and their huge bodies fell into the crimson moat. In just a moment, there were no bones left among the ferocious fish.

"Whizzing!"

On the other side, two ogres that had just emerged from the ladder were directly pierced by the sharp arrows fired from the ballista that had been adjusted, leaving a bloody hole in their ferocious faces and fell to the ground on their backs.

"boom!"

Baptized by the hot kerosene in the steel cauldron, several ugly trolls were scalded to pieces and fell to the ground, howling and rolling wildly.

In the continuous attack, under the fiercest counterattack of the defenders on the waterfall, no enemy has ever successfully passed the ladder car, broke through the defense line, and jumped into the inside of the city wall.

"Bowmen! Catapults! Cover! Attack!"

Standing on the siege tower, the head of the hobgoblin army looked at the long-range suppression method that was close to the attack range, and immediately waved the beheading ax in his hand, roaring.

"Are you ready?" Carlos, standing on the city wall and commanding the troops, glanced at the approaching siege towers, hobgoblin archers, and far-heavy catapults in the distance, and turned to Thor, who was working on a special device behind him. Wei said.

Although they occupy the most favorable terrain to defend the city, using various unique advantages, it is difficult for the enemy to get close to the city wall.

But he also knows that when the enemy's long-range suppression method is approaching, it is the moment when the defenders of the city wall suffer casualties.

At that time, these captive cannon fodder driven by the hobgoblins will use this gap to break through the defense line and rush into the city wall, and start the bloodiest close combat, which is the last thing the defenders want to see.

"It'll be ready soon!" Torvi's messy long hair was dripping with sweat, and in front of him was a half-person-high object that looked like a mechanical device. Under his adjustment, it kept flickering Bright and dark magic aura.

"It's unbelievable that this goblin witch was able to design a production blueprint for a mana power device. Although it is the lowest and most crude defective product, it is enough to deal with hobgoblin's arrow rain and trebuchet. "

Looking at the crude mechanical device in front of him, Torvi wiped the bean-sized beads of sweat from his forehead, solemnly put two fingernail-sized dark blue magic energy crystals into the groove of the mechanical device, and sighed slightly:

"It's a pity that this kind of mana crystal belongs to the necessary energy source of the wizard tower. We got these two at a huge price. War is always the most expensive."

"The problem that can be solved with money is not a problem. For us, the population is the most precious resource. They are the foundation of our foothold in the wilderness."

Carlos looked at the guarding soldiers on the city wall and the attacking enemies and sighed: "After all, if the money is gone, you can always find a way to get it, but if the people are gone, they will disappear forever."

"Okay! The mana power device is activated!" The moment Torvi put the two mana crystals in his hand, his eyes narrowed and he gave a low shout.

As soon as he finished speaking, the flickering mechanical device in front of him suddenly burst into dazzling brilliance.

Immediately afterwards, in every inconspicuous corner of the city wall, the inlaid crystals emitted magical aura at the same time.

Then it turned into beams of light and gathered together to form a nearly invisible protective barrier, covering the entire defense range of the city wall.

"Bowmen! Shoot!"

"Catapult! Heavy Catapult! Launch!"

The hasty orders of the hobgoblin commanders were issued.

Accompanied by the reverberation of the bowstring and the rapid sound of pulling the trigger of the strong crossbow, like sharp arrows under the rain, the crossbow whistled and shrouded the city wall of Pushang Town.

A trebuchet that had been prepared for a long time launched a rainstorm of stones and roared down from the sky.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The rain of arrows galloping in the sky and the howling stones were all intercepted by an invisible protective barrier at the moment when they were about to fall into the city wall, splashing out waves of waves, and then smashed into the attacking enemy group, leaving pieces of Miserable wailing, and piles of bloody corpses.

"How long can this barrier last?" Carlos looked at the protective barrier that blocked all attacks, and looked worriedly at Torvi, who was manipulating the mechanical device.

"Up to 10 minutes, there is no way, the power source is too little." Torvi said in a weak voice:
"And this kind of barrier can't resist magic attacks. As a complete hobgoblin army, it is impossible for them to have no sacrificial troops. Therefore, we must clean up all the cannon fodder before the protective barrier disappears, or it will be our turn to equip If the elite hobgoblin warriors attack the city together, the casualties will be great."

"Boom!"

There was a deafening bang, and then a siege tower in the hobgoblin army collapsed in the explosion, and dozens of hobgoblin crossbowmen hiding in the siege tower wailed mournfully in the sea of ​​flames.

"Beautiful!" Carlos couldn't help admiring. Among the siege troops of these hobgoblins, the most threatening ones are these siege towers that are almost the same height as the city walls.

Many hobgoblin fighters can hide in this siege machine, and they use the shutters of the tower for remote suppression.

And when the siege tower was pushed close to the city wall, the hobgoblin warriors hidden in the tower could take advantage of the opportunity to enter the city wall of Fallstown and start the bloodiest hand-to-hand combat.

However, the solid structure of the siege tower, even the most powerful "fireball" among the three-ring spells, could not cause effective damage. Regarding the sudden attack, he could not help but turn around and look in the direction of the source of the attack with some doubts.

"It turned out to be you?" Carlos was a little surprised when he saw the figure appearing on the city wall.

"I'm considered a member of Pushang Town now, so naturally I have to do my part in the defense of Pushang Town." Anderina, the sorceress holding a staff, left the sentence and continued looking in the direction outside the city. Prepare for the next attack spell.

When Carlos heard this, his expression relaxed, and then he glanced at two warriors holding stainless steel shields not far away.

The two instantly understood what he meant, and immediately dispersed around the sorceress to defend.

"Lord Carlos, the longbow guards in the upper city have assembled, let's arrange defensive tasks." At this time, accompanied by the sound of hurried footsteps, nearly a hundred half-elves holding longbows appeared under the leadership of Lilia On the ramparts.

The faces and ears of this group of half-elf longbowmen were tightly wrapped with leather cloth, the wrists were protected with leather ropes and leather blocks, and protective leather sheaths were also worn on the finger joints. Long swords or machetes were hung around their waists. Their equipment was made of leather. The armor is the main one. In addition to a longbow over 1.5 meters, there are two bags full of special arrows on the back.

"You guys came just in time. With you, the follow-up hobgoblin warriors won't be such a headache." Carlos immediately went up to them and began to place defensive positions for these half-elf longbowmen on the city wall.

"For the glory of the Mighty One! The bravest warriors of the hobgoblins of Hruk, charge!" Looking at the cannon fodder that was about to be consumed, the head of the hobgoblin army raised his beheading ax to the sky and roared.

Immediately, the hobgoblin warriors who were waiting in full battle took neat steps, accompanied by the echo of hundreds of boots, these hobgoblin warriors in pure black armor with blood-red stripes clenched their blades and raised their shields, In an orderly and orderly manner, they launched a violent charge towards the city wall of Pushang Town.

"Sacrifice troops, dispatch!"

As soon as the words fell, the ups and downs of howling wolves sounded one after another, and nearly a hundred hobgoblin wizards, warlocks, and priests in robes drove the wolves to the forefront of the battlefield quickly.

——"Second Ring Spell: Blasphemy!"

——"Three-ring spell: control dead bodies!"

——"Four Rings Divine Art: Level [-] Undead Summoning Art!"

……

In the hobgoblin sacrificial army, under a large area of ​​fallen evil spells, the cold negative energy aura rushed into the ground like a turbulent wave, spreading rapidly to the center of the battlefield. .
In an instant, countless dead humanoid corpses on the ground seemed to feel the call of the dead under the shroud of negative energy.Strangely, they all stood up stiffly, picked up the weapons they had fought in life, turned into undead creatures, moved clumsily, stepped on the siege ladder, and walked towards the city wall step by step with blood marks.

- "Supernatural Ability: Turn Undead!"

On the city wall, a dozen or so Melika priests, headed by Lilia, immediately chanted high-spirited divine spells, and pale golden light arrays quickly spread towards the undead creatures, and all the nearby undead creatures turned into piles and burst into flames. Burnt black ash.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The moment the dispersing light disappeared, bottles of holy water filled with holy aura exploded in the air, and large puddles of holy water poured down one after another.

The dense undead creatures around were like piles of raw meat being thrown into a hot oil pan, emitting smoky smoke, turning into black ash at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"The hobgoblin's sacrificial troops have emerged, and the protective barrier of the city wall is about to disappear. Yas, Albert, Chris, the hobgoblin's trebuchet and sacrificial troops will be handed over to you." Carlos glanced at the movement below the city wall , said in a deep voice.

"You two go to deal with the trebuchet, and the sacrificial troops will be handed over to me." Albert, who was holding a lightning spear, jumped and disappeared into the city wall after finishing speaking.

Yas and Chris looked at each other, and at the same time they turned into two rays of magic circle and disappeared in place.

"The hobgoblin warriors have been dispatched, and the caster troops are ready to attack!" Carlos shouted with a frozen expression.

As soon as the words fell, more than 40 warlocks, druids, and a small number of wizards appeared from the corners of the city wall, and under the protection of many shield warriors, they began to chant spells quickly.

——"Three-ring spell: Fireball!"

——"Three-ring divine art: Summon Lightning Art!"

……

Brilliant magic waves exuded dangerous fluctuations of magic power, smashing into all the charging hobgoblin warriors.

—— "Fourth Ring Spell: Energy Explosion Flame!"

At the same time, the spell of the sorceress Anderina successfully condensed again. Under her guidance, a condensed fireball the size of a basketball was accompanied by a loud bang, and a siege tower was once again submerged in the ruins. In flames.

"Longbowman, shoot!"

With an order, the half-elven longbowmen who had been waiting for a long time quickly pulled the bowstring, and the special cone-shaped armor-piercing arrows shot out from the string. , The hobgoblin warriors behind the troops were shot and fell to the ground one after another.

"Master Qingchen, the hobgoblin warriors have launched a general attack." Looking at the unreversed situation, Carlos immediately walked to the Druid Qingchen who had been sitting cross-legged on the ground.

"It seems that the reinforcements in Bugle Town had another accident on the way." Master Qingchen opened his eyes, whispered, then got up and took out a green holly branch, and walked to the city wall under the protection of two shield warriors.

——"Five Rings Magic: Summon Thunder and Lightning Storm!"

The sky was covered with dark clouds, and a large area of ​​​​thick thunderclouds quickly gathered over the hobgoblins, so that the entire battlefield became darker and darker.

"Crack!"

Immediately afterwards, a flash of lightning pierced the sky, followed by an earth-shattering thunder, deep purple lightning, and sword-like lightning came accompanied by the thunder. Under the guidance of Master Qingchen, they fell into the sky one after another. Hobgoblin warriors, and the sacrificial troop group.

With the thunder and flashes of lightning, charred black corpses with deep purple arcs jumping and smoking were constantly left on the battlefield.

In just a moment, under the ravages of fifteen deep purple lightning bolts, nearly a hundred corpses of hobgoblins were left behind.

On the other side of the battlefield, the storm lord Albert, who used the "flying technique" to hide in the clouds, raised his lightning spear with a deep purple arc, and under his long flying hair was a pious and crazy face.

He roared loudly: "Anyone who underestimates the power of the God of Storms will face the most angry destructive power of nature!

Storm God Talos!Your most devout worshipers crave your power, so let all meet the wrath of the storm! "

Amidst Albert's crazy roar, the explosive electric shock pattern worn on his chest shone with dazzling brilliance.Accompanied by bursts of divine magic light, the entire sky became darker and darker again, angry thunder roared, and the entire land seemed to be shaken.

"It's a follower of the God of Storms! Stop him! Stop him!"

The head of the hobgoblin army noticed the figure jumping in the sky with a deep purple arc, his expression changed suddenly, a touch of fear appeared in his eyes, and then he hurriedly roared at the spellcasters of the sacrificial army.

When the spellcasters in the hobgoblin sacrificial army heard this, three hobgoblin wizards who cast the "flying spell" immediately appeared and rushed to the sky.

"This is the lightning strike ceremony of 'Wrath of the Destroyer', is he crazy? This will kill him!" The crowd on the city wall noticed Albert's situation and all changed their expressions.

"Looking for death!" Looking at the three hobgoblin priests who arrived, Albert, who was surrounded by the arc, flashed a cold light.

——"Supernatural ability: Thunder weapon!"

Crackling lightning surrounded the spear, and the burst of strong light almost obscured the vision, and then the spear pierced the sky like a bolt of lightning.

"Pfft!"

A hobgoblin wizard was pierced through a bloody hole on the spot and fell towards the ground.

Just as another hobgoblin wizard who was about to flee in panic turned around, Albert held his whole body tightly in his arms. With the frantic jump of the electric arc, the hobgoblin wizard turned into a scorched black corpse.

——"Supernatural ability: Thunder weapon!"

The thrown spear returned to Albert's hand in an instant, crackling lightning surrounded it again, and a bolt of lightning pierced the sky.

- "Spell Counter!"

Before the last hobgoblin wizard who arrived was about to die, he waved his staff, and an invisible wave spread rapidly towards Albert.

Albert, who was floating in mid-air, suddenly changed his expression, and the blessed "flying technique" immediately disappeared without a trace.I saw his body paused, and fell directly towards the group of hobgoblin sacrificial troops.

"It's over! It seems that there is no good end for believing in evil gods. I didn't expect him, whose brain was filled with chaos, to die in the hands of the hobgoblin instead of being baptized by the storm god." Ervi noticed Albert's falling figure and sighed deeply.

"Huh?" Suddenly, Tolvi, who looked sad, noticed that Albert's fallen body was caught by a black shadow across the sky, and there was a touch of surprise in his expression, and then he said a little excitedly: "It's Thorne! Unexpectedly, he brought the needle leaf rangers from Melikai Temple to support him."

(End of this chapter)