Not a Witch

Ned County, Iron Felt City.

On the solid gray city wall, soldiers are nervously observing the distant forest and mountain road in the watchtower, always on guard against a group of enemies suddenly pouring out of it.

The rainwater fell on the stone bricks on the city wall, splashed one after another, and then flowed into the bottom of the city wall along the grooves on both sides.

A foot wearing black leather boots stepped on the steps, splashing a burst of water, and then the pull bolt of the thick wooden door of the watchtower was lifted, and several figures with bamboo hats and rain capes walked into it.

"How's the situation?" The figure took off the hat on his head and stood on the wall beside him.

"Report to Commander Bard, no trace of the enemy has been found for the time being."

"En." Bud nodded, and then walked to the wide window with a few people beside him, overlooking the gray world outside.

"It seems that Black Rock did not march in the rain. The rain made the mountain road muddy and difficult, which can be regarded as temporarily slowing down the enemy's offensive." An old man beside Bud said so.

"Moreover, rainy days can also greatly weaken the effect of the musket in the opponent's hand."

"Our overall military strength is several times smaller than the opponent's, otherwise it would be a very good opportunity to attack." Bard said.

After several years of studying in the military academy, he was no longer the transcendent man who could only use brute force.

"Has the intelligence department estimated the number of the other party?" He turned his head and looked at the thin figure on the other side.

"Ahem...they don't know the exact number themselves, but there are about 50 in total, and many of them were recruited temporarily. They can't be called the army, but more like robbers." The edge of the bandage can be seen on the collar. It seems that he was injured some time ago and has not healed yet.

"Thank you, Xie Suo." Bud patted the back of the team member beside him, and then looked at the mountains in the rain and fog in the distance.

"Unfortunately, there are only about 18 defenders in all the cities and towns here. Most of them have to defend the city to protect the villagers who have migrated in. Only about 3 can go out of the city to fight. Besides, the mountain roads are difficult. The enemy They are scattered everywhere, and it is difficult to defeat them in one fell swoop.”

Since the Black Rock Principality attacked, several of its main elite troops hovered around the big city, while the rest of the various small troops searched everywhere and destroyed local buildings and villages.

In order to protect many vulnerable villagers, local officials had to relocate many people to large towns for centralized protection and guard them in the city.As a result, the army was scattered and it was difficult to go out of the city to fight.

As the thunder faded away, the rain also slowly stopped, and the sky was briefly bright, and then the sun gradually fell into the horizon.

And just when everyone thought that Heiyan would not take any more actions today, the sound of sparse footsteps and movements gradually came from the mountains and forests outside the city.Immediately afterwards, the emergency bell began to ring in the city, and soldiers were awakened, rushed to the city wall with weapons, and stood ready.

When the looming figure approached slowly, the sergeants guarding the city saw Heiyan soldiers wearing scale plate armor, and they were approaching the city with thick and large square wooden shields made temporarily.

And with the friction and collision of the armor of this group of people, towering siege machines loomed at the end of the field of vision.

Although there are not many technicians in the Principality of Black Rock, with the support of the alchemists from the Frost United, they took advantage of the rainy weather these days to cut down many trees, and under the guidance of the alchemists, they built one after another. Well Lane.

In this way, the war machine is like a large mobile watchtower, with a two-story platform for hundreds of people to stand on, and iron sheets on the top and surroundings to prevent shooting.

Mulun creaked and spun on the rough road, making a toothache sound, and on the well rail stood soldiers holding muskets, whose height even exceeded the city wall.

"Aim and release!" The archers on the city wall ignited the rockets in their hands, and then shot at the huge well rails approaching in the darkness.

The flames rushed across the sky, leaving afterimages on the retina, and then fell on the shelter on the well fence. Unfortunately, it has just rained recently and is extremely wet. Now these rockets cannot ignite the well fence.

At this time, continuous flames lit up on the well fence, and the rapid and intensive shooting sounded, directly knocking down the soldiers guarding the city wall one by one.

Even though many defenders had shields in their hands, those sophisticated alchemy creations still shot powerful lead bullets into them, piercing through the hard shields and armor, killing the soldiers behind.

"Bastard!"

An officer guarding the city saw this scene, his eyes turned red. He picked up the longbow at hand and put a feather arrow on the string. The dark magic power began to coil around the arrow body, and then shot out, flying in the air. Flashing by, it shot into the forehead of a musketeer, killing him.

He shot arrows one after another, knocking down one musketeer after another, but this behavior also attracted the attention of the enemy.

"Take aim at him and shoot!"

There was a sound of drinking from the well, and then the sound of intensive shooting, a short blaze flashed, and hundreds of lead bullets shot through the atmosphere and shot at the officer.

Most of them landed on the surrounding walls due to precision problems, digging small holes, and dozens of them also shot at the officer's body.

The iron pieces flew, the flesh and blood were crushed, and the huge impact of the bullet made the officer tremble. He leaned against the wall behind him and slowly slid down, falling to the ground in a pool of already dark red blood.

This kind of scene continued to be staged on the city wall. Although a small number of crossbowmen fought back, it was difficult to cause damage because of the enemy's armor and siege machinery protection.At the same time, the Black Rock soldiers were condescending, and they kept firing in rotation, alternately back and forth, relying on the powerful power of the muskets to kill and wound the Crancia soldiers.

Even though the excellent armor on Clancia's side can protect many bullets, without the assistance of powerful offensive weapons, many soldiers can only be beaten passively, and finally they are pierced through the gaps and weak parts of the armor and die on the city wall .

boom--

A loud noise came from under the city wall, and then bricks and stones splashed, and a city wall collapsed, revealing a small gap.

Relying on the explosives provided by Frost United, under the cover of the well, the walking Heiyan soldiers blew up a section of the city wall and began to pour into the city.

"Bad!!"

The high-ranking officers commanding from the rear felt chilly, but at the moment there was no good way to do it, they could only send soldiers to brave the enemy's artillery fire, to step forward and block the gap that came out.

The Black Rock soldiers raised their halberds and poured in from the gap, fighting with the Crancia soldiers who came to surround them. For a while, the two sides began a life-and-death tug-of-war under the city wall.The sound of musket shooting never stopped. Small balls of light rose from the hands of the mages united by Frost, and then fell into the top and bottom of the city wall, illuminating the enemies, while their own side was hidden in the hazy darkness, constantly Attacking the defenders on the city wall.

Shouts, the sound of gold and iron clashing, and the crashing sound of lead bullets intertwined under the orange firelight.In this cold night, both sides were red-eyed. Many defenders who were injured by lead bullets were still trying their best to kill the robbers and bandits who approached their homes, and their pain and hearing gradually became blurred in the fierce battle.

The blood flowed down the gun shaft and sword hilt, slippery, thick and sticky, but there was no time to wipe it off at this moment. Everyone could only use their remaining strength to slash at the hideous enemy in front of them until their brains and vision went blank. Toppled among the corpses piled on the ground.

Under the cover of muskets, the soldiers of Heiyan began to break through the siege of the defenders and slowly entered various lanes. They smashed open the doors of houses, plundered the property in them wantonly, and then set them on fire.

Scorching sparks floated up in the city, dispelling the coldness of early spring, and cries echoed throughout the city.

Bard held the long sword and the knights around him and started a street battle with the enemy, and then shouted loudly, making the residents of the city retreat continuously, and retreated to the military school in the center.Although it is a school, it is also a small fortress.At this time, only there is safer.

Swah——

There was a metallic trill, the sound of armor being ripped apart.A Black Rock soldier knelt down slowly and fell to the ground, revealing a huge gap in his abdomen.

"Can you still hold on?" Bud put away the sword in his hand, looked at the enemies that kept coming in the distance, and asked the comrades behind him without looking back.

"It's okay... Hiss... Thank you, Captain." The knight held back the pain from the tearing wound and insisted on gritting his teeth.He grew up in this mountain forest since he was a child, and now in order to protect his younger brothers and sisters in the rear, this little pain and sacrifice is nothing.

"it is good!"

Bud responded, and he would not say any words of comfort at this moment.The reality is like this, sometimes it is not transferred according to people's wishes, but so what, people still have to fight hard to protect the precious things in their hearts.

"Hahaha——it's really interesting like this."

A mage stood on the city wall, looked at the countless fallen corpses and fighting figures below, and let out a hearty and proud laugh.Since they invaded Kelancia, the opponent has been defending, making it difficult for them to attack. Today is a vent.

And just as he raised his staff and was about to release several fireballs into the enemy's formation, a screaming sound of piercing the air was fleeting.

Immediately, his movements stopped, and his eyes looked at the half ax blade protruding from his chest in disbelief. Warm blood slid down from the ax surface, and its smooth edge reflected silvery white light in the firelight.

He fell down slowly, and his previously proud face hit the dusty and blood-stained city wall at this moment, his body twitched and struggled, and in the end, only the gradually clearer shouts of killing came from afar.

Its voice is long and desolate, like an ancient lonely giant walking on a moonlit night.

After passing through the vast grasslands and borders, groups of fully armed orc warriors finally arrived in the territory of Crancia.

Facing the city that was about to fall, the leading chief raised his head to the sky and screamed loudly, and under his command, the orcs in armor and holding battle axes rushed towards the enemy.

This group of figures under the moon is like a black sea of ​​noise, and the sharp battle axes waving in it are like the reflection of the silver moon, waves appearing on this black sea.

The wide soles of their feet stepped heavily into the mud and wetlands. They walked through the woods, grasslands, roads, and small rivers, and rushed straight to the enemy's position outside the city.

The musketeers who had been shooting the soldiers in the city on the well fence had to turn their guns around and attack the orc battle group attacking from behind.

However, the orc swarms in the mountains were vast and mighty, facing this sparse shooting was as painless as a mosquito bite. They rushed into the enemy's line clamoring, and slashed down with heavy battle axes, directly cutting each Heiyan soldier in half.

Facing these tall orcs who need to look up to, watching the teammates around them die tragically on the battlefield, the Heiyan defenders under the city were horrified and terrified. opponent's attack.

The situation of the battle also reversed instantly at this moment.

"Damn!"

The high-ranking mage who was standing on the well to supervise and assist the battle gritted his teeth and spit out these two words.

"Send a signal to let the soldiers in the city return to defense." Although he was very unwilling, he had to do so at this moment.

"Yes." A mage apprentice stretched out his arm, and then a special magic missile rose into the sky. When it was flying, it made a long whistling sound, and then bloomed in the sky, bursting out traces of crimson sparks. Over the night sky.

After seeing this signal, the Heiyan soldiers who were looting and hacking wantonly in the city were very puzzled, and many people began to complain.

"What the hell, what do these mage masters think?" A soldier tugged at the crying woman he had just caught, feeling resentful.

"Whatever, let's grab some first." Another soldier smashed open the wooden box in the room with a halberd in his hand, and then picked up the scattered things in it, looking for valuable objects.

"I worked so hard to work for them, not to find fault with myself, but to get rich." He muttered, then kicked over a dead Clancia soldier next to him, and rummaged through him.

"Look at their armor, they don't have any money."

But when the city was still unaware, the battle outside the city became more and more intense.

Huge fireballs emerged from the sky, and then smashed into the enemy formation below under the control of the mage.The battle situation has reached this point, and they don't care about saving their magic power anymore.

But it is a pity that among these orc troops that span thousands of miles, most of them who can rush forward are elites.Several shamans shook their sticks in the army formation, and the fireball in the sky also burst, turning into bursts of scattered sparks and dissipating in the air, leaving only a gust of hot wind blowing towards the orcs.

At the foot of Jinglan, an orc chieftain holding a huge sword gave a loud shout, swung the broad sword in his hand heavily, and brought a gust of wind, directly cutting off the thick supporting legs of several of them.

This temporary war machine toppled over slowly with the sound of creaking and pulling teeth, and the musketeers on top also spilled out of the night sky like dumplings, fell into the dark enemy formation below, and were chopped to pieces by the tomahawk .

"No!" A mage yelled in horror, and was about to fly away to escape from the battlefield, but was hit by several flying axes, and rolled down from the city wall with a bloody head.

"No...don't come here." A musketeer sat in a corner holding a musket, aiming at the barbaric orcs rushing forward, terrified.But it was soon overwhelmed by the black tide.

Before the Heiyan soldiers in the city noticed, a group of orc reinforcements entered the city. Under the leadership of various leaders, they rushed into the lanes and hacked and killed the Heiyan soldiers excitedly and vigorously.

Compared with humans, orcs are much taller and bloodthirsty and aggressive. However, they have been trapped in the grassland for hundreds of years and have been suppressing the blood in their hearts. However, in this war, it was greatly stimulated.

Originally, many young orcs were slightly dissatisfied with joining Crancia, but now that the war broke out, the voices of opposition gradually disappeared.

Instead of quietly farming and grazing, they are more eager to win glory, dignity, and everything by fighting.

Under the cold moonlight, groups of orcs from the grassland used their own brute force recklessly to defeat enemies armed with halberds and muskets, until there were no more Black Rock soldiers in sight.

Chapter 160 Three Instinct and Knowledge ([-])

It was daylight, and the city of Iron Felt finally returned to calm.In this battle, 20 orcs' vanguards passed through the border like a gust of wind, and wiped out the Black Rock army within the border.

Half a month later, they marched north again, entered the Heiyan Principality, began to capture enemy towns one after another, and continued to march towards the center of Heiyan, Beacon City.

In Beacon City, a luxurious room in the fortress castle.

There are several neat humanoid armors around, and giant deer head horns are hung on the wall, and a man in black armor is walking back and forth on the soft fur carpet.

"waste!"

"A total of 50 people! It's gone in two weeks. Even if it's killing pigs, it's not so fast, right?"

"Can't beat, can't even run?"

"My lord, nearly 40 of them are temporarily recruited... We still have a lot of elites staying in the country..." The staff on the side explained nervously, and then carefully looked at the angry warlord leader .

"Domestic? Hmph, it's good now. It's hard to suppress the voice of the bow hunters. After such a big defeat, I'm afraid their confidence will skyrocket again, and then they will make a comeback."