Falsifying history is good business

Chapter 112: The Battle of Magic of Different Natures

Even though he had no common sense about military combat, Lin You knew that he could not let these troops easily deploy attack formations.

Several spells flew out from the gallows, but none of them directly attacked the soldiers who came. Millennium Square was not only a place for public executions, but also an important gathering place in the city; some public decorations that conformed to the aesthetics of this era were necessary.

For example, the various statues scattered throughout the square.

There are animals such as bears, wolves, and eagles; there are monsters such as griffins and other ferocious dragons; and of course there are more Nilfgaardian characters of all kinds, such as famous knights, nobles, thinkers, and so on.

The spell cast by Lin You hit several of the largest statues.

A bear, six wolves, a mounted plate knight, and a walking two-handed swordsman "came to life".

Although they are all made of stone and cannot make the sound of wolves howling, bears roaring, or war horses neighing, the heavy footsteps of these statues when charging are enough to capture people's hearts.

The stone knights charged on their horses and rushed into the marching column of the Alba Division before the soldiers could respond; the stone horse hooves trampled over the soldiers without feeling any hindrance, leaving only wounded soldiers with broken bones all over the ground.

The soldiers resisted with all their might, swinging their swords and even shields to chop at the stone. However, the "clang clang" sounds could only chop off a few pieces of stone, without causing any substantial damage to the statue.

When the "knights" rode their horses through the formation, the "foot warriors" brandished their swords and charged into the crowd of soldiers.

The already disrupted formation was almost completely shattered; although the stone sword was rough and blunt, it could not cut through the plate armor, let alone hurt the flesh, but the heavy stone had an effect similar to that of a blunt hammer against the Alba Division's solid plate armor, and the damage to the soldiers was no less than the previous trampling by the knights.

At the same time, the stone bear and the wolf pack pounced on another company.

The stone bear was huge, no smaller than the stone knights who rode one horse, and because of its body shape, it was round and heavy, and its impact was even greater than that of the knights. The round mountain of flesh rolled back and forth in the ranks of soldiers for two or three times, and even the most elite troops could not form a line.

Six stone wolves were grouped in twos, staring at lone soldiers from the periphery and biting them; the fangs of the stone sculptures naturally could not bite through the steel armor, but the bite force of the stone was far beyond that of flesh and blood. Even if they could not bite through the armor, they could still drag the soldiers to the ground, and then they would use their claws and fangs to frantically attack the positions that could not be covered by the armor.

Every time the six wolves ran a circle, they tore a layer of flesh and blood from the crowd of soldiers.

The two reinforcement companies were delayed like this, and it seemed that they might be dispersed at any time.

Hundreds of soldiers were deployed but failed to control the situation, and the riot inevitably expanded. Panic began to spread from the square to the more distant neighborhoods.

"We saw people who looked like messengers, but there weren't many of them, and their routes were very complicated. We couldn't see any unified command." Milva's latest report came through the two-way mirror.

"Don't worry, if this goes on, someone of high status will have to come out to clean up the mess." Lin You was relaxed and contented; compared to the exhaustion he would get every time he used the quill pen, this consumption of magic power was a drop in the bucket.

"But even if someone of sufficient status comes, he may not be the emperor."

"It doesn't matter. Even if the person who can come out to clean up the mess in the capital of the empire is not the emperor, he must be a nobleman of high status. We will clean up every one of them. If we clean up too many nobles, the emperor himself will become restless."

Lin Youhun did not include the tens of thousands of soldiers of the Alba Division and the huge population of hundreds of thousands in the Golden Tower City.

"I don't know where you get your confidence from, but I hope you can do it." Milva sighed with some worry. Before she finished her words, a shrill buzzing sound suddenly came from behind the gallows. It was the mixed effect of the "Thief Sense Charm" and the "Howling Charm".

Behind the gallows were several large trees where Milva was hiding, and further back was the street at the edge of the square, and opposite was a row of messy buildings of varying heights.

An enemy infiltrated the building and triggered the two alarm spells.

Soon, Nilfgaardian soldiers emerged from the alleys between the buildings in groups of two or three. There were elite troops like the Alba Division, as well as a small number of city defense troops, with different uniforms mixed together. It was probably because the field troops did not know the roads in the city and asked the city defense troops to be their guides.

The street in the rear was relatively narrow, making it difficult to deploy battle formations; the soldiers of the Alba Division quickly formed several small teams of seven or eight or more than ten people and advanced in different directions.

But just as the soldiers stepped onto the street with their heavy boots, the world suddenly spun around. Countless vines emerged from tree trunks, walls, and even from cracks in the floor tiles, quickly climbing up the soldiers' legs and entwining their limbs to hang them high.

This street, shaded by buildings and trees, was not very humid, but it was barely suitable for the growth of the Devil's Snare. The plant that failed to trap the little witch, but it did tie up the soldiers who were caught off guard.

Large patches of devil's snares intertwined into a green web that almost obscured the back of the gallows.

At this time, a violent wave of chaotic magic power swept across from the opposite side of the gallows; even people who were insulated from magic could vaguely feel a terrifying pressure generating above their heads.

A powerful warlock has entered the scene.

Lin You understood. In the barren land of the north, there were two magic schools that trained hundreds of warlocks of varying strengths; with the large population and prosperous culture of the south, there would definitely be no shortage of warlocks.

Furthermore, in the original novel and the game, there are many sorcerers who were born in the north but switched to the south.

However, the scale and power of this magic seemed somewhat terrifying. The city defense forces and the Alba Division in the square all began to retreat, not even caring about some of their comrades who were too seriously injured.

Several stone statues chased the defeated soldiers, but after only a few dozen steps, they were smashed to pieces by an unknown invisible force. The broken stones fell to the ground with a rustling sound, and when the strong wind blew, much of the powder was blown back.

To be on the safe side, Lin You had to use "Whirlwind Sweep" to blow it away. He had tricked the two sorceresses with the magic-blocking gold mist, and he didn't want to be tricked back by someone using a similar method.

The magic brewing in the sky began to fall; invisible balls of scorching flames descended from the sky, and the terrifying high temperature ignited everything around the gallows, especially the Devil's Snare on the street behind, which almost immediately retreated back to its original hiding place.

The Nilfgaardian soldiers who regained their freedom did not continue to rush forward. Instead, they rolled and crawled to escape to the rear, fearing that they would fall into the high temperature coverage area.

Under the bright and dazzling firelight, the blue protective shield kept flickering; it was the embodiment of the fierce confrontation between two magical powers of different natures.

The thickness of the light curtain is becoming visibly thinner.

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