Heart of the Castle

Chapter 395

Seeing the incinerators ready to go on the terrifying mobile castle, everyone felt a tremor from the bottom of their hearts. Even the veterans who had experienced many battles couldn't help but retreat, and the knights shouted loudly, "Shoot them with arrows, quick!"

"Archers! Shoot! Shoot!"

Sir Grace, who commanded all the archers on the watchtower, judged the situation of the battle no worse than anyone else, and immediately issued an order to launch the most violent shots at the commander's wheel palace.A silver alloy armor-piercing arrow flew through the air like lightning, leaving a burning silver-white trail in the night sky.This trajectory extends to the depths of the second floor of the wheel palace. The bodies of several incinerators swayed and then fell to the ground dead. One incinerator was slightly injured, staggered a few steps forward, and then leaned against the opened partition Struggle beside.The partition then flipped over, sending the guy somersaulting into the air and falling with a scream.

Followed by flying arrows as dense as the pouring rain, the team of the burners became chaotic, and the demons in front were shot by sharp arrows one after another, and the howling of victory was replaced by wailing.The armor-piercing silver alloy arrow produced by Castle Heart couldn't even stop the thick skin of the Horned Demon Warlord, let alone the Incinerator, whose body was relatively weak among demons.Although the arrows fired by the Lizardmen and the Sherwood family's shortbowmen were not that powerful, and they could only kill the incinerator if they hit the vital points, but their shooting speed was faster, which also caused the demons to complain.

If there were not many demons, this rain of arrows would be enough to completely suppress them. However, there were not dozens or hundreds of incinerators on the second floor of the commander's wheel palace, but a whole team of 500 people.There are less than [-] archers on the watchtower, of which more than half are lizard men and short archers. The battle has lasted for so long, and many people's fingers have been worn out by the bow strings, stained with blood, and they shot several rounds in a row After that, you have to slow down because of the excruciating pain.

In the sequence of the demon army, the burners are not a very brave race. They are more used to hiding in a safe place and releasing fireballs, rather than launching a storm under the rain of arrows.But the faint blood-colored fluctuations released from the lower level of the commander's wheel palace stirred their blood, making them extremely crazy.The frequency of shooting on the watchtower was slightly reduced, and suddenly a bold incinerator emerged from the body of his companion, using fireball to launch a counterattack.

At the same time as the fireball flew out, these crazy guys were immediately taken care of, and they were covered with arrows and fell down.Although most of these fireballs deviated far away because they were not aimed, they could only explode pieces of fire on the ice wall, but there was still a lucky fireball that shot into the spear array and exploded loudly.There was nothing to burn on the Great Wall of Ice, and the flames disappeared quickly. More than a dozen militiamen fell to the ground, curled up with burnt hands, still holding their spears tightly. severe burns.

"Someone got hurt, badly!"

"Your Excellency Li Wei, step back, back quickly!" A blood-stained knight rushed over and yelled at Li Wei. The young lord finally saw his identity from the blood-red scar on his forehead.

"Knight Templeton, we can't retreat." Li Wei held the blood-stained sword of the knight tightly and pointed to the opposite bank. "Did you hear it? It's the sound of drums, those demons are attacking!"

"I heard it, damn the gods! With such a loud voice, are those demons beating their heads on drums?" Knight Templeton spat a mouthful of blood to the side.

Sure enough, the demons charged again, "Kill, kill!" They shouted and roared, and climbed over the iron chain across the Heihe River. Since the archers concentrated on shooting at the Commander's Wheel Palace, these demons passed smoothly. Climb to the south bank, then climb up the corpse ramp at the foot of the Great Wall of Ice, and soon merge into the demon team that had climbed to the top of the Great Wall earlier.

Fierce hand-to-hand combat immediately unfolded across the Great Wall, and the small group formed by Li Wei and other knights was attacked violently at the same time, making it impossible for them to respond to each other.The demons affected by the bloodthirsty domain were even crazier than the attack just now. They simply rushed upwards against the swords of the soldiers. Even if they were stabbed by spears and swords, as long as they still had breath, they would howl and pounce upwards.

However, the resistance encountered by the devil is also more tenacious. The golden light blooms centered on Li Wei, covering the battlefield at the head of the Great Wall in the blink of an eye. The loud horn sounds, and all the people covered by the light become courageous. A hundred times, the fatigue in the body seems to have disappeared.Under the leadership of the knights, the soldiers stood shoulder to shoulder, back to back, refusing to retreat an inch, and slashed and slashed as intensively as a torrential rain to meet the besieged little devils.There was a sound of shouting and killing everywhere, and the two sides fought face to face, steel forks and iron fists hitting swords and shields.From time to time, fireballs from the incinerators fell down in the air, exploding flames regardless of enemy or friend.

This scene is simply like a contest between the raging waves and the reef islands. The small battle formations formed by Li Wei and others seem to stand on the reefs by the sea, receiving the baptism of the raging waves composed of countless demons. They seem to be able to fight at any time. I was submerged by the raging waves, but every time I stubbornly stood firm, crushing, destroying, and defeating the demon's impact.

The number of demons who died at the hands of the defenders of the Great Wall is countless, and the corpses are pressing on the corpses, and there is almost no open space to be seen.But no matter how many demon teams were wiped out, no matter how much the Great Wall defenders and knights dealt them a blow, in the blink of an eye, more demon teams rushed from the north bank of the Black River, crowding and pushing, trying to kill those human defenders. The army was wiped out--or at least squeezed from the top of the wall.

Due to the surge in the number of demons, those small battle formations are no longer enough to separate and defeat the demons. As time goes by, the pressure on the small battle formations is also increasing, and people are injured from time to time. However, now the small battle formations They have been completely surrounded, and fierce battles are taking place in the spear array behind them. The wounded can't retreat at all, and they don't want to retreat at all. They grit their teeth, are covered in blood, and fight endlessly. Pieces of the demon fell to the ground.

Seeing the fierce battle on the Great Wall of Ice Wall on the other side, the demon leaders in the wheel palace frowned. They had never seen such a tenacious human defender. Even in the civil war between demons, there were not many such opponents. See.Those people had been fighting hard for several hours, one elite team after another rushed up, and each team's joining seemed to be able to make that line of defense crumble, but in the end, those who stood on the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood were still those who were out of breath. Humans, while the elite band of demons were crushed like beans thrown into a stone mill.

This sight made the morale of the demon army begin to drop. They came to this world from hell, wanting the pleasure of trampling the weak, shedding blood and slaughtering lives, but when they found themselves the one being trampled and slaughtered , can't help but become dejected.Even the most stupid horned devil began to hesitate, and the little devils even lingered at the foot of the iron chains and the Great Wall of Ice, and they were unwilling to climb up the flesh and blood mill.Only when the guards of the demon lord riding the nightmare beasts beat them with whips did they have to bite the bullet and climb up.

Even if this kind of morale is boosted by the bloodthirsty domain, the effect is not very good, and the golden light from Li Wei's body offsets most of this effect.The demon side suppressed the human defenders only because of their superiority in numbers, but no matter how they suppressed them, the defenders' defenses were always tenaciously supported, and the battle situation on the top of the city was always stuck in a stalemate.

The Lord of Abyss Demon Refining let out an annoyed breath, and the strong sulfurous breath immediately filled the hall of the wheel palace.He originally thought that once the invincible trump card of Commander Lungong was played, he would definitely be able to defeat the human defenders on the other side.However, although the human defenders fought very hard, they defended the Great Wall of Ice Wall without retreating an inch. On the contrary, the demon team who rushed up were killed and rolled down one after another, and the corpses were piled up several meters high at the foot of the Great Wall.

Although the number of the demon army is huge, such a large loss can still be called a traumatic injury.Seeing the slightly flinching expressions of those demon leaders, General Kleinus felt even more bored. On the back of the hand holding the sawtooth beheading sword emerged several veins winding like black snakes. Only magic can work, and I can hardly help but want to fight in person.

Accompanied by the sound of hurried footsteps, a hell flame demon covered with black and red magic lines hurriedly came down from above, and bowed deeply to the abyssal demon lord, almost touching the ground with his head. "Your Excellency General Kleinus, the incinerator team on the second floor has suffered heavy losses and urgently needs to be replenished!"

"Supplement, supplement, supplement again!" General Kleinus gritted his teeth and let out an angry growl, "How many times has this been supplemented? With the protection of the wheel palace and the high advantage, you actually The archers who can't deal with a mere one or two hundred humans really damage the reputation of our demons for being brave and good at fighting!"

"Your Excellency General, Your Excellency General...Look at this." The hell flame demon had a very embarrassed expression, holding a sharp arrow high with both hands, and sent it to the abyss demon refining lord.

General Kleinus's blood-red eyes glanced casually at the sharp arrow, "What is this? What are you trying to explain to me with this thing?"

"This is the arrow used by the human defenders. It can easily penetrate the magic barrier above the wheel palace. If it is shot by it, even the hell flame demon will not be able to survive. To be honest, the incinerator led by Gluch The team has experienced hundreds of battles, but no matter the battle wins or loses, the loss is not as great as this time." The hell flame demon explained cautiously.

"Arrows used by the human defenders?" General Kleinus became a little interested, and stretched out his giant claws to pinch the sharp arrow. The silver alloy armor-piercing arrow was one meter long, but it was refined in the abyss. The demon lord's hand was like a thin needle. "Well, the material seems to be pretty good..." General Kleinus said while pinching the arrowhead of the armor-piercing arrow with his fingers and twisting it vigorously.The power of the abyss demon clan is extremely terrifying. Breaking a weapon made of steel is no more labor-intensive than breaking a reed. General Kleinus originally wanted to easily break the arrows of this human defender to demonstrate, but he did not expect the result of a hard twist , but there was a tingling sensation from two fingers!

The sharp edge of the silver alloy armor-piercing arrow actually cut his finger!

"Abyss Hell...the human defenders are actually using things made of this material?" General Kleinus said in disbelief as he looked at the purple-red blood dripping from his fingers. "It's no wonder that the protective magic of the wheel palace is ineffective. This is actually made by alchemy!"

"Your Excellency General Kleinus, let me command that team of incinerators." Scott, the quasi-burning lord, took two steps forward and bowed to challenge, "I can increase the ability of incinerators by one-third , before the evening falls, I guarantee that Your Excellency the General will be able to set foot on the land on the south bank of the Heihe River!"

Of course, greater results could be achieved if no cost was spared, but that Incinerator team was the team of the Hell Flame Demon Grucci, and he was reluctant to let others use it as cannon fodder.The muscles on the face of the demon leader twitched a few times, and he opened his mouth to speak, but was stopped by the abyss demon lord who stretched out his hand.

"Are you saying that before sunset, those defense lines guarded by humans can be captured?"

"I can guarantee it with my real name." Scott stood up straight and said loudly, "I promise in Scott's name, if I don't let you set foot on that land before sunset, I will never be able to be promoted Lord Ember!"

This sonorous and powerful answer made the abyssal demon lord nod in satisfaction, and at the same time caused the hellfire demon Grucci to lose his team. However, the demon leader was not as excited as he was at first, because Scott said The term Burning Lord made him feel excited.

The Lord of Cinders is the leader of all fire-throwers, incinerators, and hellfire demons. It's not that Gluch didn't feel the coercion unique to the superiors from Scott, but the coercion was not strong, obviously far away. Unformed, so he deliberately ignored it when his interests were at stake.But after hearing Scott make that oath, he suddenly realized that his persistence was meaningless.If Scott was promoted to Lord of Cinders in the end, not only his own team, but all hellfire demons would give their loyalty to him; if Scott could never be promoted because of this, then he would be free.

So Gluch lowered his head humbly, hiding his expression in the shadows. "Your Excellency General Kleinus, I am willing to obey Lord Scott's command."

The abyssal demon lord squinted his eyes and thought. He didn't trust Scott, the quasi-burning lord Scott who suddenly appeared on the northern ice field with a group of small but elite troops. He even doubted Scott. Whether the special belongs to a demonic force of a hostile faction, after all, such high-level demons with great potential are very rare.However, this quasi-burning lord has been behaving normally all along. It seems that his purpose is to plunder a lot of wealth and souls where humans are, so he finally made up his mind and nodded towards Scott.

"I agree to transfer the command of those incinerators to you, Scott, I hope you will remember your oath and don't let me down."

"Of course, General Kleinus, you will never be disappointed." Scott bowed again and added inwardly, "You will climb the Great Wall of Ice, but it won't be what you imagined. "

The flaming cloak on Scott's shoulders flickered, and he strode towards the stairs leading to the second floor of the wheel palace. The hell flame demon Grucci was about to follow, but General Kleinus stopped him. "You can't go there, the leader with command authority can only be one person."

Grucci gritted his teeth and took two steps back, trying his best to restrain the anxiety and anger in his heart.He knew that there was no way he could disobey the orders of General Kleinus, because that brutal general always liked to use fists or beheading swords to reason.

But only a few minutes later, the resentment on Gluch's face turned into joy, because there was a loud noise from above the commander's wheel palace, which made the whole giant tremble violently, and the expression of the abyss demon lord was even more Great change, holding the hilt of the sawtooth beheading sword tightly, desperately injecting magic power into it, the magic pattern around the blade is dazzlingly bright, but it suddenly goes out when it rises to the second floor, and a little fiery red magic power dissipates in the air , like a burning star!

Scott took over the Incinerator team quite smoothly. With his more powerful fire element control skills than Gluch, each Incinerator can gather a much stronger bursting fireball than before.However, just as they were about to cast, Scott's body suddenly shook violently, and the elemental control instantly failed.

"No, it's going to explode!"

The incinerators let out a terrified exclamation, and before they could react, the flames flashed, followed by several roars, and black smoke billowed from the commander's wheel palace like a second floor with a huge mouth open. The fireballs that many incinerators had just condensed exploded in their hands, not only smashing themselves to pieces, but also seriously damaging the structure of the entire commander's wheel palace.The fiery red magic lines etched on the wall faded in large swaths, and then dense cracks appeared.

"It seems that the turbulent flow of elements has a good effect... This place is about to collapse, right?" Scott showed a strange smile, covered his face with a cloak of flames, and looked coldly at the incinerators who were in a mess around him.After all, he is not the leader of this team. When such a sudden change happened, the natural sense of coercion brought by the quasi-burning lord disappeared immediately, and every living burner panicked looking for a way to escape. road.

After the third floor of the entire wheel palace made a huge cracking sound, it slowly tilted to one side, and the obsidian statues crouching on it slid down one after another, smashing to pieces on the ground, or falling into the black river, splashing soaring water.The cracking sound became more and more intense, as if the entire wheel palace was collapsing and shattering.Immediately afterwards, there was a loud bang, and the third floor of the wheel palace collapsed completely, smashing down towards the iron chains on both sides of the Heihe River.

The little devils who were climbing the iron chains let out ear-piercing screams, and some desperately climbed towards the two banks. The little devils in the middle let go of their hands and jumped into the rapids in order to delay the coming of death.Only one tenth of the lucky ones were able to return to the shore, and most of them were destroyed in the icy and swift Heihe River.

The fragments on the third floor of the wheel palace crashed down, and the iron chains broke immediately. The torrent of the Black River could not wash away such a huge building.

Now the demon army has a bridge that is much stronger than iron chains, but none of the teams are still thinking of crossing the river to attack. Is General Kleinus, the demon lord, injured, or—is he still alive?

(End of this chapter)