Chapter 842: Ride to the City (1/2)
Bang bang bang!
The flaming rocks slammed into many magic knights’ shields and spilled burning oil all over the place. Several Dragonlight Cavalrymen had been sent flying into the air as their mount tenacity bars vanished, and their mounts let out painful whines before perishing. Some of the riders were lucky enough to survive with a sliver of health, and they quickly withdrew to let Moon Dew and the other priests heal them back to full health.
Boom boom!
When the rocks hit an archer party though, it was almost always a one-shot. Surviving was a matter of having enough health and not taking a direct hit as not even a super archer Beiming Xue could survive that. Long story short, it was a matter of luck. The good news was that Beiming Xue was as smart as she was swift. She shouldn’t have too much trouble spotting the projectiles and getting out of harm’s way with her high Agility.
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The entire battle line was engaged in combat at this point. The Dragonlight Cavalry, Purple Dragon Cavalry, Silver Leopard Cavalry (Blazing Hot Lips), Black Water Riders (The Monarch Descends) and other elite cavalry were doing everything in their power to keep the enemy at bay, even when their shields were turning red from the heat. The only reason they were still alive was because our priests were healing them with their spells.
The Bloodthirsty Beast Cavalry and Behemoth Cavalry fared even worse than us though. Not only were they slaughtered in droves, they didn’t have their priests to support them. Although reinforcements kept pouring out of the gates, it was only a matter of time before they all became prey to our blades. Still, they kept coming, for they must die in order to buy enough time for reinforcements to arrive. After all, it didn’t matter how many troops Vienna had mustered on the forums if the city was breached before he arrived.
While this was going on, the enemy engineers set up ballistae on the walls to replace their archers. When they were ready, the command to fire was given, and countless steel arrows at least a meter long soared through the air. They were already plenty deadly on their own, but with a height advantage, their killing power was even greater than normal!
Squelch squelch squelch...
The steel arrows penetrated our frontliners and dealt an incredible amount of damage. One hit could deal over 100k damage if the victim was even a bit paper!
The good news was that our Black Tortoise Catapults were better than their ballistae. They dealt great damage to both men and walls with incredible accuracy!
Bang!
A Black Tortoise Rock hit a section of the walls and shredded the stone and the ballista right above it. However, the impact failed to cancel all of its momentum, so it continued to barrel into the city while killing a dozen or so archers unfortunate enough to stand in its path. The Northern Alliance players were absolutely flabbergasted by the sight. It was clear that the Black Tortoise Catapult was as strong, no, even stronger than the Fire Catapults in terms of single-point damage!
We expected the prolonged engagement to favor our side, and we were right. Less than an hour later, the stalemate was broken, and the Bloodthirsty Beast Cavalry started being routed. Already, their number of riders had decreased below ours.
”Withdraw to the city and defend inside!”
I didn’t know who was the one who gave the command, but the Bloodthirsty Beast Cavalry started receding back to their fortification like tidewater.
I hurriedly shouted, ”Follow them! Push into the city in one go!”
I charged forward at the same time I gave the command. Behind me, Lin Yixin, Li Chengfeng, Purple Marquis, Chaos Moon, High Fighting Spirits, Eyes Like Water and many, many more generals followed me as we rode fearlessly toward the city.
Swhoosh swhoosh swhoosh…
Cyan ripples appeared across Lin Yixin, Li Chengfeng and my body as we activated Great Earth Transformation. We cut down all the Bloodthirsty Beast Cavalry in our path with Burning Blade Slashes, Ice Flame Slashes, Reverse Scale Slashes and more. It was an experience the Northern Alliance wouldn’t be forgetting anytime soon.
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Seeing that the situation was critical, a Heroic Bannerman on the wall finally waved his spear and shouted, ”They’re about to make it in! Close the gate now!”
The hammer-wielding Heroic Bannerman on the ground immediately shouted back, ”Wait! We’re not inside yet!”
”Irrelevant! The gate must be closed, or we’ll fall right into the Chinese’s trap! There’s no need to hesitate, do it now!”
The order was obeyed, and the gate was closed before the Bloodthirsty Beast Cavalry could get in. Pissed off by the betrayal, they pointed their fingers at the defenders on the walls and shouted, ”You ungrateful scum! Just you wait, Vienna’s Sorrow will make you wish you were dead! We may die today, but you will be scorned for the rest of your life!”
However, the Heroic Bannerman on the wall was unperturbed. ”Scorned for the rest of my life? If it means successfully protecting the city, then so be it! And stop using Vienna to talk down on us, you fucker! Hero City belongs to all the citizens of the USA, he is just the current commander! If we can vote him into his position, then we can vote him out just the same! Now get ready, archers and mages! The battle has just begun!”
The archers immediately raised their bows and aimed beneath the city. The moment we got close, we were greeted by a faceful of Mountain Stagger Arrows!
”What do we do?” Lin Yixin looked to me for direction. ”That’s a lot of firepower!”
My determination didn’t waver though. ”Grant these Bloodthirsty Beast Cavalry their wish and kill them all! We can retreat after that!”
”Okay!”
And so we rushed all the way to the gates and attacked the Bloodthirsty Beast Cavalry who had their retreat cut off by their own allies. I was determined to cut them all down even if it meant weathering the defenders’ assault and losing some men. It would be worth it if we managed to strike fear into the hearts of our enemies.
”Ugh…”
Plenty riders of Purple Dragon Cavalry, Dragonlight Cavalry and Cyan Tiger Cavalry fell off their horses and died, but the Bloodthirsty Beast Cavalrymen in front of us were dying faster. At this point, blood and murder were the only things left in our minds!