Mercenary Wars

Chapter 51 Blood Arrow
"Can the magic circle's mesh be made a little more porous? At least allow level five soldiers to get in," Viscount Yuris said.

The mage shook his head. "We've tried for two days, but the defenders are very stubborn, and we haven't been able to expand the network to level five. Even if we manage to reach it, it's very unstable. If we rashly send level five soldiers to participate in the siege, there's a high chance they won't return."

At this time, a bald man next to the Viscount said, "If we can destroy some of the denial nodes, can we expand the network leakage to level five?"

He was none other than Baron Tyrosus, who had recently declared war on behalf of Viscount Juris.

The mage thought for a moment and said, "If we can destroy two defending nodes, or kill two level six connectors, we can surely expand the denial network to a stable level five."

Baron Tyrosus looked at Viscount Uris, and when he saw the latter nod, he immediately turned and left.

Viscount Ulysses then arrived at the center of the army, sword raised. "Warriors of Moza, whoever can nail the 'Breaking Scroll' to the walls of Prestorburg will be knighted and rewarded with fifty gold coins! Everyone in your team will also receive ten gold coins!"

Being knighted means entering the ranks of the nobility.

Fifty gold coins is equivalent to an average person’s lifetime income.

Upon hearing such a reward, Yuris's soldiers all showed fanatical expressions.

"Begin the siege!"

"Yes!"

Then the army of Uris advanced upon the city walls, shouting, "For the glory of Moza, for the law of Dato!"

"Destroy the blasphemer!"

The defenders were not willing to be outdone and also raised various religious slogans.

"Fight for Moza!"

"Those who betray the Pope will be punished!"

"kill--"

Both sides shouted highly similar slogans and roared as they rushed towards each other.

This is difficult for Gao Jianuo to understand.

But he didn't need to understand. He just needed to draw his strong bow, put six long-feathered arrows on it at once, and then aim at the area where the enemy was most densely populated.

In his hand was the wolf hunting mercenary bow that he had captured before. The bow body was made of gray wood and the bowstring was made of level three magical beast tendon. It was much stronger than the wolf tendon bow.

Of course, there are disadvantages. A strong bow requires strong strength. Gao Jianuo estimated that if he wanted to pull this gray wood and cow tendon bow to its full length, he would probably suffer a serious strain.

Fortunately, under normal circumstances, it does not need to be fully loaded.

Especially at this moment, the enemy troops rushing in the front are mostly level one or even level one cannon fodder, and wearing leather armor is considered well-equipped. He stood on the city wall, looking down, and pulling the bow halfway was enough.

Six long-feathered arrows were aimed with a swift breeze.

shoot!
Six long-feathered arrows shot out, constantly adjusting their directions under the guidance of the swift breeze. In the end, five of them hit the enemy and killed three of them on the spot.

Kill a human, experience +25

Kill a Level 1 Human, Experience +50

Kill a Level 1 Human, Experience +50

Other archers on the city wall also shot arrows one after another. Arrows rained down and hundreds of siege cannon fodder fell to the ground.

The cannon fodder behind them rushed up and engaged in close combat with the melee defenders, and soon lost hundreds of people.

Not long after the battle began, the attackers lost four to five hundred cannon fodder, but there was no doubt that their sacrifice also bought opportunities for more elite siege soldiers.

Stepping on their corpses, some soldiers who were obviously much better equipped rushed to the city wall and fought with the defenders at close range.

At the same time, the archers on Yuris's side also passed through the rejection light curtain and confronted the defending archers on the city wall.

Shooting upwards was undoubtedly much more difficult than shooting downwards, but the average skill level of the archers dispatched by the attacking side was significantly higher than that of the defenders, and for a moment they were not at a disadvantage at all.

After a few shots, an archer near Gao Jianuo was shot and fell to the ground, followed by an archer a little further away who was also shot.

Gao Jianuo quickly hid behind the parapet to avoid the wind, while observing the situation below through the observation hole, and carefully moved his position to look for an opportunity to shoot.

If this happened in a world without supernatural powers, this would undoubtedly be a safe tactic.

But in this world, there are always more surprises than people expect.

Just as Gao Jianuo was observing through the observation hole, a flash of swift cold light suddenly appeared in his field of vision and shot towards his eyes at an astonishing speed!

Gao Jianuo's pupils suddenly shrank and he quickly dodged to the side.

Fortunately, his agility attribute was high enough and his reaction speed was far beyond that of ordinary people, so he was able to avoid the tricky arrow that came through the observation hole at the critical moment.

Despite this, the arrow still missed him, making a slight metallic clang and leaving a shallow mark as it passed through the mail on his shoulder.

Gao Jianuo hid in a safe place and took a few breaths, feeling very scared.

After some time.

After noticing that the number of arrows flying nearby had decreased significantly, Gao Jianuo looked through the observation hole again to observe the situation below.

The battle under the city wall was already very fierce. The elite troops of the attacking and defending sides fought hand-to-hand. The ground was stained red with blood, and the shouts of killing reached the sky.

After observing for a moment, Gao Jianuo found a suitable target and immediately bent his bow and drew his arrow - an enchanted steel arrow.

After taking a look at the other person's mail, he hesitated for a moment and then used a magic trick to collect blood.

A few drops of blood oozed from his fingertips and were then smeared on the arrowhead of the enchanted fine steel arrow, forming a temporary enchantment under the effect of the first-level spell "Blood Arrow".

The temporary enchantment of the Blood Arrow is quite powerful and can easily cause the enemy to bleed profusely, but it can only last for about ten seconds and must be used as soon as possible.

As soon as the blood arrow took effect, Gao Jianuo immediately aimed at the target and attached six clusters of swift breeze.

"call out--"

The bowstring vibrated, and the enchanted steel arrow shot out, flying at a rapidly accelerating speed towards a gray-haired archer below who had already killed several defenders.

In the blink of an eye, a tall warrior holding a shield suddenly came running and used the shield to protect himself and the gray-haired archer behind him.

St. Michael's Alert!
Seeing the reaction of the tall warrior, Gao Jianuo immediately thought of this classic warrior blessing.

The warrior's shield appeared in front of the arrow in time, but with the help of six swift breezes, the power of the enchanted steel arrow became quite fierce, and it was not blocked, but penetrated the shield.

Of course, the enchanted steel arrow that penetrated the shield became a spent force and pierced the warrior's arm with almost soft momentum.

The tall warrior was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he suddenly screamed: "Ah——"

I saw a scarlet wound on the part of his arm where the steel arrow hit him, and blood gushed out, as if he had been bitten by a wild beast.

This is naturally the effect of the blood arrow.

The effect is comparable to that of a deadly poison, but it will not contaminate the corpse. It is an attack method tailored for the blood elf archers.

The severe pain of his torn arm caused the soldier to lose his balance and fall to the ground.

At this moment, another blood-enchanted steel arrow shot out from Gao Jianuo's gray wood oxtendon bow.

The soldier had no power to fight back and was pierced through the body immediately!

Kill a Level 3 Human, Experience +150

(End of this chapter)