What did you do with the dice?

"At least that big pit shouldn't be a joke. After all, that's a genuine great wizard."

"Then tear down that tower for me now!"

The blue-robed wizard was stunned for a moment, then spread his hands and said bluntly, "I'm sorry, sir, I can't do it. If I could do this, I should be in one of the four wizard towers in Alice City right now. I suggest you go downstairs. It's not safe here. I'm not sure I can block his attack for you. Even at this distance, behind the city wall is at least safe for the time being."

After hearing this, Gerald felt a hot current rushing from his chest to his head. He was so angry that his face turned red and he felt like his head was on fire. He really wanted to kick the useless wizard next to him, who was acting as if it was none of his business, off the city wall.

But he kept reminding himself in his heart: This is the only guy in the camp who has magical skills. If he is gone, he will really have no one proficient in magic under his command. What's more, what he said is the truth. Mages are all a bunch of damn autistic freaks. It is inevitable that their words will be unpleasant. You have to hold it in, no matter what he says.

"Sir, this place doesn't seem safe anymore. Should we retreat first?"

The sentry who came to inquire about the situation had run into trouble. Gerald, who was so furious that he had nowhere to vent his anger, slapped him and shouted, "You're the one who reminds me how to command?! The sentries draw lots to take turns staying behind to observe, and the rest of you retreat from the city wall!"

Rusalka asked Sanita, "How is it?"

Sanita: "The opposing commander was very calm and didn't fall for it. He withdrew the city defenders, but he did leave a few sentries to observe whether I could continue the bombardment."

Rusalka was a little worried that this wouldn't work: "Can it?"

Sanita smiled. "As long as you can sit still, I can do it, brother. Suppose I don't want a sixth-ring slot, and then take a long rest after the battle, and then use the Mana Conversion talent to switch to a sixth-ring spell slot. Then I can open four portals every 8 hours, and bombard them 24 times a day. Just ask them if they can withstand the bombardment."

Then Rusalka had a question: "Why don't you learn from the way you attacked Evergreen City before and cast that top-level spell from a distance to flatten this place?"

Sanita shook his finger and said, "You think too simply. First of all, top-level magic requires top-level casting materials. I only have one of these things on hand, so it would be a waste to use it now. Besides, last time I took advantage of the opponent's lack of experts, so I let the magic pet block the distance and cast the spell instead. This place is so far away from that place, no top-level magic can strike across a kilometer.

And as you saw this time, the enemy is a skilled one, possibly even a dragon. My eagle will definitely be killed if it gets close. If I use my familiar to replace it and it gets killed mid-cast, it means my spell fails and I'll suffer backlash, which is not worth the effort. Furthermore, even if you let me summon a Titan to attack from the spot, how can you guarantee that the enemy won't assemble and charge while I'm immobilized? Don't forget that I sent that Hell Lord home while he was casting. If I'm interrupted, I'll still suffer backlash, and you'll have to stay by my side to absorb the backlash, which is equivalent to both of us being killed, which would be difficult to fight."

Rusalka clicked her tongue and said, "Does nuclear weapons have such a limit?"

Sanitieta spread his hands. "That's the limitation. Unless my intelligence exceeds 20 points and I enter the legendary realm beyond biological limitations, maybe there will be a solution then. For now, forget it. Top-level magic can only be used to bully the opponent who doesn't have powerful mages, or to ambush them by taking advantage of terrain and military forces, or to set up rituals in the city in advance to speed up casting. Other than that, if the opponent has a master, it's unlikely to succeed. It's not as useful as the magic cannon."

While chatting and laughing, the Sani Iron Tower burned another six-ring position and fired a shot at the city wall over there.

This time the missile hit a little too high, flying directly past the top of the city wall and hitting an unknown high-rise building of the opponent.

The Sani Tower reluctantly adjusted the angle of the portal downwards by a tiny amount that was invisible to the naked eye. If the angle was magnified to one kilometer away, a difference of one degree could result in a height difference of more than ten meters.

However, this time the Sani Tower seemed to have hit the mark unexpectedly. Before the smoke and dust from the magic cannon bombardment on the building had dissipated, a red flame rushed straight towards this side from inside.

However, the opponent's casting distance was not enough, and the gathered flames collapsed in mid-air, turning into a rain of fire that splashed all over the sky.

But that's not important, what's important is...

"There are three dragons." Sanita murmured.

"what?"

"I said, there's a transformed fire dragon in that building over there, and two silver dragons, one on the left and one on the right. Although they haven't transformed back into their original forms, they spread their wings and flew out."

Rusalka: "Fuck, is this true? Hurry, close the door! Closing the door doesn't seem to be very effective against dragons."

"Well, they're in mid-air now and haven't rushed towards me. Judging from their appearance and the amount of magic power they have, they should be adults."

Rusalka: "Oh my god! Quickly weld the gate shut and get the dragon-hunting crossbow ready!"

"But those two silver dragons with arcs of electricity on their bodies, after transforming into the dragon girl, are your favorite energetic demi-human dragon maids."

Rusalka was silent for a moment, then asked hesitantly, "How about we leave a crack in the door for them?"

Sanitta pointed at him and said with a smile: "Look at what you have accomplished!"

Rusalka also laughed, picked up an ordinary greatsword from the side, bound it with the magic contract, and slung it over her shoulder. "I remember when I was level 5, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to defeat the dragon. I didn't expect that now I'm level 12, and now they have to worry about not being able to defeat me!"

"Then I hope you'll take it easy."

Rusalka disagreed, took out the horn from her waist and blew it hard.

Chapter 233: Battle for the Calbes Stronghold (7)

By the way, the horn on Rusalka's waist is only used to order the entire army to prepare for battle. The horn for the general attack certainly cannot be given to him. Sanitieta is not worried that he will blow it at an inappropriate time, but he is worried that there will be a situation where Rusalka issues the general attack order countless times in a battle, or blows it several times in a row to show momentum.

The reason why the general attack horn is called "general attack" is because it can only be blown at the critical moment in a battle to decide the outcome. After it is blown, the entire army has no choice but to launch an attack forward. After that, except for the valid order of "sound the retreat"/"all troops retreat", any other orders will be regarded as invalid. The supervision team will go directly to the front line, and those who retreat without authorization will be treated as deserters and executed.

So what if Rusalka keeps blowing the horn? Although it won't actually have any impact on the battle situation, the fact that Sanita asked him to blow the horn for the general attack means that he is already confident of defeating the opponent, and it is basically unlikely that he will blow the horn to withdraw halfway, but blowing it all the time will make everyone feel overwhelmed.

It's like when you're playing a game and have wiped out the enemy team and pushed all the way to the last base. You can right-click the enemy base and take your hands off the keyboard to shake hands with the enemy, but Rushaka is frantically pinning that base and asking your teammates to quickly demolish it. It makes you feel ridiculous, as if you've never won.

Sanita has every reason to believe that Rusalka is capable of doing such outrageous things as "after completely wiping out the enemy team, blowing the general attack horn to taunt the enemy", so it is safer to keep it in his own hands.

The entire camp "woken up" instantly with the sound of Rusalka's assembly horn. The sounds of weapons, shouts of pushing ordnance, assembly orders, and sentry alarms all rang out.

Sunitita was just about to say that he was bragging too early. Although the probability was very low, it was possible that the dragons had good tempers and would not fly over even if their homes were blown up. Then wouldn't his bragging be in vain?

However, Rusalka has always been very lucky, and Sanita soon saw that not only did several transformed dragons fly out, but it seemed that the three dragons in the air gave the other commander courage from nowhere. The other side actually took the initiative to open the camp gate, and then took the lead in releasing a cavalry army to assemble at the door. It seemed that they intended to give up the fortress advantage and go down the slope to meet them head-on.

The infantry troops followed closely behind and formed a formation, protecting the ordnance troops who were pushing the city defense equipment down the hill. It seemed that they were planning to demolish their own platform that threatened them, or they were planning to use the power of the dragon to gather the army in one go and demolish their own army.

No matter which one it is, it is a good thing for Sani Tower, which is not very interested in fighting a slope attack.

But if you just sit there and wait for the opponent to attack you, it would be a bad idea. Don't forget that the opponent has the advantage of terrain, where they can shoot from high up and low down. You must seize the slope before the opponent finds a suitable shooting position, which is equivalent to blocking the opponent's gun muzzle in advance.

Having said that, Rusalka's assembled cavalry did not charge into the first row. The opponent had the advantage of charging high and low with their cavalry, while this side was at a natural disadvantage. If they allowed their cavalry to charge low and high again, they would definitely lose in the first wave of confrontation.

Fortunately, the wars in this world are not all dominated by cold weapons, of course there are also great magical products, so Sani Tieta simply let the blade cars of the ordnance battalion take the field.

Disadvantage of "geographical advantage"? No problem, I can use money to create the advantage of "people" and give you a big advantage.

Even though Sanita had already thought of a tactic, he patiently explained it to Rusalka, with such detail that it was almost at the level of a novice tutorial:

"Brother Xiao, I will send the ordnance battalion to intercept them first. You don't have to worry about the bladed vehicles in the front row, just throw them away. You only need to take a regiment of core light cavalry, and charge immediately after the bladed vehicles stop! Remember, it's the 5th or 6th regiment, you can pick any one to go up, don't shout the 3rd regiment by mistake.

My plan is to catch them off guard halfway up the slope, so there's no need to worry about formations. We can just charge forward and force both sides into a tangle. Keep their cavalry stuck on the slope, and prevent their infantry from descending the slope and launching a cavalry attack on our camp. That'll be a success in the first step."

Rusalka swung his sword in the air as he ran, making it whirring and dancing. When he heard that he was going to lead a cavalry charge and attack the enemy head-on, he was of course very excited. Whatever his brother said was right: "No problem! I will lead the charge."

Sanita pursed his lips, and a thousand words turned into one sentence: (I hope you can take the lead in the charge instead of just leading the charge.)

Rusalka had already run out and mounted the flawless white chocobo that Phoenix was already waiting on. (Alas, if a headless horseman has no head, then he has no weaknesses. What's the point of using brains for a cavalry charge? I'll leave it to you for now. Watch me show you how Pearl Tear Lu Zilong carries Phoenix in and out of Calbes Slope.)

Sani Tower: (6)

Several soldiers were pushing the heavy blade cart with heavy grunts and bulging stomachs. Among them, the soldier from the Shadow Army of the Pearl Tear Territory looked much more relaxed. He even took the time to take a breath and tease the soldier from the city of Hendalia next to him.

"Hey, man, your hands are shaking. Are you nervous? I have some candies in my pocket. Do you want one?"

"Listen to the sound of horns and the sound of horse hooves on the opposite hillside. This means their cavalry is about to rush down from there. Aren't you afraid?"

"What are you afraid of? We have this iron lump in front of us, and we also have the invincible Lord of Pearl Tears. He is the kingdom's guardian knight and is said to be the messenger of the God of War."

"But isn't the God of War the god of those orcs next door? Isn't the god of our kingdom Aleister, the Supreme of the Arcane?"

"Alas, Aleister is the god of mages like our Lord Sanitta who can summon wind and rain. Besides hoping the fire in the cooking stove doesn't go out, ordinary people like us should believe in something else. Lord Pearl Tear Lord is probably a follower of the neighboring god Light, but he could also be the God of War. After all, he has never lost a battle. Regardless, no matter which god it is, there must be a god protecting him."

"Okay, then God of War, please bless me to return safely."

When it comes to such a matter of life and death, people have some faith in pan-faith, just like the goddess of wealth whose main believers are dragons, but every gambler will pray to her at the gambling table. In the same way, ordinary people like Sinidi who cannot use magic mainly have a flexible faith that goes with the flow in their daily lives.

However, not every soldier was pessimistic about "fighting to the death." At least this veteran of the Shaddoll Army was quite happy:

"You should be happy. We'll definitely win if we follow him. Besides, a master like him has plenty of money. I heard that even if it's not a festival, those noble masters still buy hundreds of kilograms of meat every year for their families to hold events, so they don't care about military merits at all. All we have to do is follow him and pick up a few heads as military merits to exchange for some money. When I first escaped to the Pearl Tear Territory, I was penniless. After fighting with the Lord of Pearl Tear for several years, I can now eat meat several times a month and even support a small family. In two years, maybe I can even build a small house near Silver City."

The soldiers of Hendalia City came from relatively wealthy backgrounds and didn't quite understand why the soldiers of the Pearl Tear Territory wanted to follow Rusalka in such a dangerous position just for seemingly ordinary things like eating meat and building houses. They could only secretly criticize that they were worthy of being from the border, and they were so reckless: "Well, well, I hope so..."

Since the slope of Kalbes is steep at the bottom and gentle at the top, the enemy cannot see the people on the lower half of the slope from the normal perspective of the upper half, and the same is true for the lower half. The only thing they can do is let the pathfinders at the front occupy a favorable position first and return to report immediately after obtaining the enemy's distance information.

Rusalka had originally planned to ask Phoenix and Hydra for their opinions on this dangerous vanguard sentinel job, but unexpectedly, Shana took the initiative to ask Sanita: "I'm the Forest Ranger's elven sharpshooter. Shouldn't it be easy to deal with a few human sentinels?"

"Very good." Rusalka nodded, then whispered to Phoenix, "I'm worried she might be easy to capture. Why don't you just follow her?"

"Hey, Lord Pearl Tear, I can hear you!"

"As expected of an elf, your ears are quite 'pointy'." Rusalka made a pun and then said seriously, "Then I won't lower my voice. How about letting Phoenix take you there?"

"Why don't you trust me? I'll bring victory back to you right now!"

Shana stamped her feet in anger, tapped the ground with her toes, and jumped directly onto a big tree on the slope, and her figure disappeared into the bushes.

Rusalka: (Ah, this...)

Sanita: (Alright, you've managed to provoke an ally. Are you satisfied now? Hydra, if you don't want Phoenix to go, then please go and look after her.)

Hydra shrugged and followed Shana's steps helplessly, jumping onto the tree and chasing in her direction.

Rusalka always feels that the brother's statement is a bit Japanese. Why does the black cat feel so easy to grasp? If this is a plot in the other world, wouldn't I just say "Sister, if you don't want your sister to be treated like this by me, you know what to do next?"

But he thought about it and, judging by his recent relationship with Phoenix, this should be what Hydra said to him, "Lord Pearl Tear, if you don't want my sister to continue to do this to you, you know what to do next, right?"

Alas, the interpersonal relationships in the Pearl Tears Territory are too complicated, while the battles are simple.

Shana turned back for the first time two minutes later, when Rusalka's vanguard blade car camp had just pushed to a position 200 meters up the slope.

"The enemy is still 600 meters away. Judging from the current marching speed, it will only take 2 minutes to meet them. By the way, I shot and killed two of their sentries. It was easy."

Shana seemed to simply want to take credit for it, and after she finished speaking, she turned back again.

Sani Tieta: (Brother Xiao, I just sent a 100-man cavalry squad over here at full speed. Take them up there to slow down the enemy's descent and try to keep the battle halfway up the slope.)

As soon as Sanita finished speaking, the sound of horse hooves could be heard from behind Rusalka. It seemed that the troops that the brother mentioned had arrived: (How could you predict the enemy's position?)

Sani Iron Tower: (Is there a possibility that I have a lookout tower that can see the movements of all the troops on the slope?)

Then Rusalka was confused again: (Then why did you send Shana to scout the distance?)

Sanita's tone was slightly helpless. "What's the other possibility? I didn't even tell her to scout. My original order was to send Phoenix and the other sentries to block the slope halfway up, preventing the other sentries from descending. Why would I use her to scout the distance? She just went up there on her own."

Finally, Rusalka got the chance: (Haha, your trainer level isn't high enough, your Pokémon won't obey you.)

Sanita sighed slightly. "Indeed, it's probably because I usually neglect her and often discuss spells with Alijie, which has caused Shana to always want to show off. But there are indeed few places in the Pearl Tear Territory where a sharpshooter is needed. I will pay attention to this aspect in the future."

Rusalka hadn't expected such a genuinely reflective response from her brother, and it immediately made her feel incredibly uncomfortable. Then, she felt deeply guilty about her newly revealed sarcasm, mentally cursing herself: (It's perfectly normal, after all, everyone has their own personalities. It's just how elite units are. Everyone gets carried away sometimes, and you don't need to be in 100% control. It's not a bad thing if she's happy to mess around. But forget about that. I'm going to charge! Watch me give you a beautiful, flawless execution!)

Sanita was silent for a moment, then said, "Hmm? Brother Xiao, you seem to have misunderstood. What I meant was that you don't need to distract yourself from protecting Shana. You just need to complete my battle plan. After all, there's really no use for a sharpshooter in the Pearl Tear Territory. Even if she gets caught accidentally, even if she dies, it won't have much of an impact on us. Don't ruin the overall situation for Shana."

Rusalka felt as if the emotion and guilt in her heart were trampled to death at once: (You really deserve to die.)

The horses' hooves galloped, the swords clanged and were unsheathed. Rusalka led the charge, jumping directly from the white chocobo onto a spare warhorse prepared for him by Sanita. After waving to Phoenix, he whipped his whip and rushed forward.

Of course, you can't ride a Chocobo. This mount will basically die in nine out of ten charge missions. Even if Phoenix, who often feeds the bird, is willing to do so, Rusalka is reluctant to send it to carry out such a dangerous mission.

Rusalka thought: I wonder what the warhorse under my crotch would think if it knew that it had become a meal substitute.

However, all thoughts disappeared the moment the two sides met, leaving only the strong murderous aura rising up.

"Enemy attack!!! Leading the charge is Lord Pearl Tear!"

"Kill him and I'll reward you with a viscount's fiefdom and five thousand gold coins!"

Rusalka transformed into a flash of lightning, rode his horse and swung his sword, chopping off the bodies of two knights in succession. With a flash of holy light, the third knight's light armor and body were blown into charcoal. Then he pulled out the broken clamshell shield behind him and slammed it hard, knocking the two war horses on his left to the ground.

"Haha, my bounty has increased so quickly. Grand Duke Delai only gave me a baron and two thousand gold coins. It turns out that only my enemies can understand my value."

However, before he could kill to his heart's content this time, a bolt of lightning as thick as a tree trunk that five men could hug together fell from the sky, vaporizing all the soldiers around him, regardless of friend or foe. Countless arcs of electricity burst out, scaring the nearby war horses so much that they raised their hooves and neighed, and no matter how their riders whipped them, they dared not get close even a step.

After the smoke and dust stirred up by the lightning dissipated, accompanied by a strong smell of burning in the air, a silver-haired dragon girl stood in front of Rusalka, whose warhorse had turned into charcoal and she had landed beautifully after a beautiful turn in the air.

Rusalka glanced at his health bar. Fortunately, his perception was high enough and his reaction was fast enough. He switched to Double Armor Master the moment the lightning fell on his head, but he still didn't have time to raise his shield, so the lightning damage took away a full 40 points of his health.

He frowned and looked at the cold-faced, silver-haired, golden-eyed dragon lady in front of him. Then he lowered his gaze, intending to conduct a head-to-toe reconnaissance of the enemy...

Wow, big thunder dragon, such a big thunder!

But he is now in combat mode, his mind as calm as water, so the first thing that comes to his mind is: Well, how about asking Phoenix to refer to the dragon's eating habits after returning?

Chapter 234: Battle for the Calbes Stronghold (8)

Last time, we said that Sanita outsmarted Girard and took the initiative in the battle, and Rusalka led the light cavalry into the battle and suddenly encountered a big thunder dragon.

There was a transformed thunder dragon on the ground, and two flying in the sky, looking down at this side from above. The red dragon looked arrogant and didn't want to get involved. It seemed that it disdained to use its status as a giant dragon to beat up a human like Rusalka, even though he was recognized as very strong.

However, he had the order to kill Rusalka, so he ignored the other ants nearby and focused on this place, waiting for his wife Leah to take off Rusalka's head and give it to him, so that he could go back and report, and then burn all those annoying human soldiers to death.

As for whether the lightning would destroy the body or not, Garces didn't care. In his opinion, if Rusalka was easily killed by a lightning bolt like the surrounding soldiers, then this kind of trash was not worth sending a great dragon like himself to personally stretch out his fingers and crush him to death.

Rusalka, though bewildered by the other side's apparent martial virtue, not only choosing to attack one by one but also sending a female... dragon first, was still a bit excited as he finally faced the dragon clan for the first time. He chatted with his brothers for a while, building up his momentum: (What a huge, white dragon! It's the very definition of evil. The harm it could do to young people is incalculable. I must take her down right now!)

Sanita: (Is that so? But dragons generally don't travel in groups unless they're in a mate relationship. That red dragon is a male, so these two must be his wives.)

When Rusalka heard this, she felt two terrible things in her heart. One was that it was a pity that Da Lei had a master, and the other was that she turned into a jealous dog: (What?! Damn it, bigamy! I am the Internet's chief judge, shoot me!)

Sanita: (Although, there is no bigamy in the other world, and even if there is, it does not apply to the dragon clan.)

Rusalka, whose dream of Eli was shattered by Phoenix before, must be quite dissatisfied. How could this person not survive a dragon? (Who said that? Wait, wait until the flag of my Pearl Tear Territory is planted on this Kalbes Slope! The land I walk on is the land of the Pearl Tear Territory. Everything on my land belongs to the Pearl Tear Territory and must abide by the laws of the Pearl Tear Territory. Death penalty, direct death penalty!)

Sanita was amused by him: (I know you are anxious, but don't worry. By the way, based on the similarity of magic power, I am 100% sure that it is the culprit who burned down our Pearl Tear Town.)