The Invincible Overlord of Heroes.

Three kilometers outside the Stone City, the Cyclopses mobilized by the Beast King Sachs were constantly throwing huge stones at the distant city wall.

However, even with the help of ballistics, this distance is still the limit for the one-eyed men.

Not only do most of the thrown boulders miss their targets, but even if they do, the damage is extremely limited.

It’s not that Sachs didn’t want the giants to move forward a little bit, but if they did, they would not only be attacked by the catapults of the Stone City, but also by crossbows and turrets.

In addition to catapults, there are also a number of advanced crossbow carts in the Stone City, all of which have a range of more than one kilometer.

With the help of ballistics, city walls and arrow towers, the attack range of these crossbow carts is just about 3 kilometers.

Moreover, compared with the extremely poor hit rate of the catapult, the hit rate of the crossbow is much higher, and the operators are all veterans of the logistics troops who are used to operating it.

Even if they only moved forward ten meters, the blow suffered by the Cyclops would be more than twice as high, and the key point is that the damage to the city wall was still not obvious.

Unless you can get within half the arrow range, which is within 1500 meters.

But in that case, the phantom archers with the support of the city wall arrow tower and ultimate archery skills will also be able to exert their power.

After easily defeating hundreds of Cyclops corpses, Sachs never dared to try that terrifying rain of arrows again.

Therefore, the two sides could only keep a very long distance between them and could not cause any fatal harm to each other.

On the human side, because of the advanced catapults, the range is extremely long. Three kilometers is considered within the half-arrow range and can cause full damage.

However, compared with the orcs in the stronghold, the number of human catapults is too small.

After all, the Stone City was not built long ago, and there are barely 8 catapult positions on the city wall.

However, behind the city wall, there were still many temporary catapults being assembled.

Although the sight of these catapults will be blocked by the city walls, the hit rate will not be very high and the ammunition may be consumed more.

But even if ten catapults could hit a target and kill a Cyclops, it would reduce the threat posed by the orcs to Stone City.

The resources that Xu Lai had accumulated for the Stone City in the early stages finally came in handy, and that was also the reason why Lena dared to consume them in this way.

Whether it is Reina or Xu Lai, they are heroes who would rather consume more resources than minimize casualties.

There is no way. There are too few available people on the grassland, and each one is extremely precious.

Besides, if the city wall loses a little durability, they only need to consume the physical strength of the civilians and the ore stocks.

The orcs were actually using the Cyclops' life to consume their own troops.

In other words, the orcs' formation at this time was not tight, otherwise if the humans' incendiary bombs were to explode everywhere, the orcs would have collapsed long ago.

Even now, more than an hour into the battle, in addition to causing some durability damage to the enemy walls, the stronghold had lost hundreds of Cyclops corpses.

Including the Cyclops left behind during the previous attempt, nearly a thousand Cyclops were lost in just this morning.

Although the troops in the rear were still advancing in a steady stream, they had made no progress and it was not a good idea to waste their lives fighting the enemy.

There was a break at noon. After several major battles with humans, the stronghold is now short of soldiers and generals.

Sword Master, Axe King and other brave generals who could lead the charge were killed one after another. With the heavy losses, Beast King Sachs also became hesitant.

But after a short meeting at noon, Sachs realized that the time had come to send the stronghold.

The flying corps, wolf cavalry corps, and infantry corps all suffered heavy losses.

If he gave up now, he would have to pay the price for such a huge cost of silence, even if he was the Beast King and even if he still controlled the Behemoth Legion.

At the very least, he would have to abdicate, and at worst, the chiefs in the stronghold would probably want to hack him to death to vent their hatred.

Strongholds are different from empires. Strongholds are tribal, and power is even more dispersed than that of feudal nobles.

Apart from anything else, with so many Cyclops dead, at the impromptu meeting at noon, York, one of the commanders, had already expressed his extreme dissatisfaction.

At that moment, Sachs decided to attempt a charge in the afternoon.

The Wolf Cavalry Corps penetrated deep into enemy territory without carrying any baggage or supplies. Although it successfully destroyed the enemy's logistics routes, it also mobilized the enemy's main cavalry regiment.

But a solitary army could not hold out for long. Moreover, in order to save food, the wolf cavalry had to find their own food, which added several times the danger.

If we don't attack the city now, we will have no chance when Xu Lai arrives with a large number of reinforcements.

Not only did Sachs formulate a strategy for the afternoon's siege, he even wanted to fight himself and rush to the front.

No matter how brave Behemoth is, it is basically useless if it cannot destroy the city.

But all the tribes in the stronghold suffered heavy casualties, and if he and his Behemoth tribe did not take more responsibility, it would be difficult to explain themselves both publicly and privately.

Of course, Sachs is the Beast King after all, so it is impossible for him to really ignore his safety.

As soon as the battle opened in the afternoon, the orcs launched a full-scale attack.

The size of Stone City has great advantages. After the defense line is lengthened, the main force of the orcs dare not bypass this important city easily.

However, the wall became longer, and the orcs had more places to climb and more directions to attack.

It would be fine if the city had enough defensive forces, but now with the arrival of those main knights, the strength of the stronghold would have to be two to three times that of the Empire.

The key is that the stronghold can be continuously replenished, but on the side of Hard Stone City, if one is lost, it is gone.

The woods on both sides of the Stone City were originally used to set up ambushes, preventing the strongholds from bypassing the long defense line, and also providing wood for the construction of the Stone City.

This strategic goal was achieved, but it also provided great convenience for the orcs to attack the city.

This time, Sachs was unable to bring many orc craftsmen with him and could not produce more advanced siege weapons.

However, it is not a big problem to simply build a wooden ladder with wood and make a large wooden shield to protect against rain of arrows.

After the orcs deployed their forces and launched a massive attack, Lena was under tremendous pressure.

She had already mobilized all the infantry and archers to the city walls. Even the 4th and 5th level knights left behind by Xu Lai had dismounted and were blocking the city gate.

The Qingfeng Legion, which originally had a strong force, was now dispersed along the several-kilometer-long city wall and was weak everywhere.

The archers went up to the arrow towers and arrow towers, and the griffins stayed behind. On average, only one or two infantrymen could be placed per meter on the city wall.

There are many powerful orc generals. If the orcs rush up any section of the city wall, it will deal a huge blow to morale.

"Let me guard a section of the city wall. With me here, the orcs will never rush up." Elvy said.

Lena shook her head firmly, and first used the Dragon Heart to summon more than ten green dragons. Together with the ones Xu Lai recruited for her, there were a total of 15 green dragons.

These green dragons occupied the top of the wall, spitting poisonous breath downward from their high position.

The orc infantrymen who were climbing up the ladders melted on the wooden ladders. "No, you are the only reliable reserve I have, and the enemy's flying troops have not yet made a move, you must not move.

This morning, I have discussed with the leaders of the major mercenary groups. I will open a section of the city wall and hand over the defense to them."

Before Xu Lai, he used bounties to recruit a large number of mercenaries, which played a huge role in the early stages.

But later on, when a large group of orcs arrived, it became difficult for the mercenaries to continue to act alone.

There are at least tens of thousands of mercenaries gathered in the Hard Stone City today.

Anyway, Xu Lai has not issued any bounty missions yet. Although defending the city is dangerous, it is not much different from hunting in the wild.

The presence of these mercenaries can greatly reduce Reina's pressure.

Although the orcs are everywhere and it seems that there are orcs climbing every city wall, in fact, the orcs also have main attack and cover forces.

Otherwise, having already lost a large number of troops, the orcs would not be able to sustain a full-scale attack.

The orcs' real main attack direction is naturally where the high-level orcs are, such as the Beast King who holds high the flag and charges forward.

Giselle brought a large number of high-level Phantom Archer Saints and focused her main attention on these high-level orcs.

Suppressed by the powerful rain of arrows from the Phantom Archers and being paid special attention by a dozen green dragons, this main attack force of the Orcs made no progress.

The orcs in other places who were responsible for creating momentum and covering the main force in combat had already climbed up the wooden ladders, passed through the crossbow arrows, and appeared on the top of the city.

The main force hadn't even gotten close to the moat, let alone the city walls.

When she found orcs climbing the city wall, Elvy once again eagerly asked for a fight:

"Reina, the one under that big banner must be the orc king, let me kill him!"

Elvy has always been responsible for capturing the leader first. Now that she sees that the situation is not favorable to her side, she has to use the same old trick again.

However, Reina disagreed.

Xu Lai might agree to this kind of thing, but Lena wouldn't.

Lena would not think that just because Xu Lai left Elvy and the angel army to her, she really felt that her status in Xu Lai's mind was higher than Elvy's.

“The Beast King is not the witch Moril. Moril is not good at close combat, and I have destroyed her spellcasting ability.

Moreover, apart from some unreliable black dragons, she didn't even have a personal guard by her side at that time.

Even so, you almost fell into that woman's hands.

The hero Beastmaster is not weak in melee combat ability, and he is surrounded by experts in the stronghold.

Even if you and the Seraphim can rush in, how many of them can come back alive? "

Without waiting for Elvy to respond, Reina said:

"Don't worry, the orcs just climbed up the city wall. Look at their morale, how much higher has it been?"

Just like beating the general and capturing the flag, being the first to climb the mountain can also greatly boost morale.

But as far as Elvy could see, the morale of the orcs had not increased compared to the beginning of the war, but had dropped a lot.

After all, the battlefield was too large, and even Elvy could only make basic judgments based on the flags of both sides.

The orcs' flags appeared on the top of the city walls, which must have been carried up by the orcs. This also means that the orcs' troops that originally occupied these positions must have been defeated.

In the end, Yu Lan, who was watching the battle from the side, explained with a smile:
“Sister Elvy, don’t worry. The orcs only seem to have the advantage. In fact, the casualties between our two sides are not even on the same level.

The orcs are very strong, and they can squeeze in if they force their way in.

But in terms of combat power, we have a clear advantage. The low- and mid-level orcs don't even have the qualifications to break through the defense, and can only stare blankly."

Elvy thought that was indeed the case. During the charge just now, the orcs were completely beaten.

Even though each of them was topped with a large piece of wood, they could neither withstand the powerful crossbow cart nor the crossbowman with armor-piercing capabilities.

That is to say, the damage of low- and mid-level archers will be greatly reduced, and the phantom archers in the arrow tower will not be affected at all.

Just by approaching the city wall, at least tens of thousands of orcs were killed or wounded, and the healing totems that appeared on the battlefield were always shot down by the phantom shooters.

Our warriors have heavy shields and heavy armor in front, a priest behind to heal them, and Reina's defensive expertise to protect them.

If the orcs didn't have extremely high attacks, or attacks that ignored defense, they wouldn't even be able to harm their own warriors.

Therefore, Lena was not worried at all about the orcs climbing up the city wall.

Just let the heavy-armored spearmen guard the crossbowmen and priests, and let the swordsmen, mercenaries and crusaders fight those orcs.

The only one who is truly noteworthy is the beast king who tried to attack the gate of Stone City.

The Beast King braved the arrows and stones, and his great shield was broken one after another. The high-level orc warriors around him fell one after another.

His purpose was very clear, which was to get closer to the city wall.

Although it was difficult to advance, dozens of the Behemoths he brought with him had died, and he also killed two green dragons that blocked the way. In the end, he was able to slowly approach.

If the distance was too far, Sachs would not be very confident. Now that the distance to the city wall was less than a hundred meters, it should not be a big problem.

He took out a khaki scroll from his space ring.

With the advantage of the city walls and being a genuine elf, Reina has excellent eyesight.

Although Sachs' scroll had not been unfolded yet and no one could see the contents on it, just by looking at the khaki light, Reina instantly guessed that it was a terrible spell.

Sure enough, as Sachs finished casting the spell, everyone on the city wall felt the earth shaking.

"Level 3 Earth spell, the earth shakes the mountains."

Earthquake is a powerful destructive spell, but it destroys cities and city walls.

Although the walls of Stone City were castle-level and had been reinforced, a large section of the wall still collapsed under the spell of Earth-Shaking.

However, although the Earth-Shaking Spell can destroy the city walls, it cannot fill the moat.

Due to the huge size of the Behemoths, they would not drown in the moat. However, the poison in the river water was eroding the lives of these Behemoths every minute and every second.

However, the city wall had already been opened. If they did not take advantage of the opportunity to occupy this section of the wall, and then let Stone City fail to repair it, wouldn't that be a waste of tens of thousands of orc lives?
Even though the city wall collapsed, Reina didn't panic at all.

She even calmly watched these huge behemoths rushing to wade through the extremely poisonous moat. (End of this chapter)