Chapter 124 You are unkind and I am unjust
The most proficient ability of [Swamp Lord] is to condense earth elements to devour the target. It is a dual-element monster of water and earth, and also has a little corrosive ability. The best way to restrain it is fire element magic attack.
The [Gun Flower Vine Monster] is a plant-type monster and is also afraid of fire.
Although the two lord-level monsters were difficult to deal with, they were not impossible to deal with, especially for the magicians of the City of Light. It was just a matter of a few rounds of fire magic.
But, they joined together and created a "siege tactic" that was beyond everyone's comprehension.
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The current situation is that it is not right to fight, and it is not right not to fight.
Once the fire spell is cast, a wall will be burned.
If there were a few more high walls, the view of the artillery fire from the Iron City would be completely blocked. By then, let alone bombarding the beast tide, it would be hard to say whether the shells could penetrate those mud walls...
Water, earth, and wood spells must not be cast randomly. Not only will they hurt the enemy, but they will also "help the enemy" and provide elemental nourishment to the two overlord monsters for nothing.
Wind, thunder, light, darkness...
Although these niche elemental magics are quite effective, the number of these non-mainstream elemental mages is extremely small, and it is impossible for them to form a group combat force. It is no wonder that they are unable to do anything to the two lords for the time being.
But if we don't fight, they will slowly advance towards the base.
Although the ground near the base has been solidified by magic, the Swamp Lord at least cannot turn this area into a swamp.
But……
These two overlord monsters are not here to attack the city at all, they are just "tool monsters" to pave the way!
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This first round of attacks alone made those scavengers who had still had some hope for the "Mage Corps" despair.
Seeing that the vines had already spread up the city walls and could not be cut down completely, everyone understood that hand-to-hand combat was about to begin.
"Get ready for battle, muskets loaded!"
"Level 4 or above, kill the two lord monsters first!"
"Everyone, do not retreat without permission. Anyone who disobeys this order will be executed!"
“…”
The commander's loud shout echoed inside and outside the city walls.
This is also one of the reasons why the "City of Light" can gain a foothold west of the dangerous Alcolon Mountains.
Its almost ruthless hunting system can force the scattered hunters to unite when fighting.
If it were anywhere else in the other two empires, upon seeing this overwhelming tide of beasts, most of the scavengers would choose to flee at the first moment.
Once the army becomes defeated, there is no need to fight this battle anymore and just wait for death.
With a tide of beasts in front and a "supervision team" behind, they can neither advance nor retreat.
The wasteland hunters held their muskets in their hands, with determined looks on their faces.
"Fuck it, I'm afraid I'm going to die here tonight!"
"I've been thinking about this day since I came out to hunt. Hehe, if I can survive tonight, I'll be rich tomorrow!"
"That's right! If I survive, I will go to the best tavern and hire a few handsome men to have fun for ten days or half a month!"
"Fight hard, brothers!"
“…”
Most of the hunters who came to the City of Glory were extraordinary people who were willing to sacrifice their lives for wealth. They were also mentally prepared to face the day of death in battle.
Therefore, even in such a desperate situation, most people are still eager to fight.
But he, Lei, is not like that.
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"I'm just here to make some fun, but I still feel uneasy..."
Ryan, who was on the city wall, was too tired to complain.
I thought I could stay at the base for a while and get through it safely, but I didn't expect such a sudden disaster to befall me.
As expected, if you don't seek death, you won't die.
It's fine to just wipe out the tribe, but why bother hanging heads...
Now, I’m facing revenge.
"How many monsters are here..."
Looking around, Ryan sighed deeply at the tide of monsters following the two lord monsters.
Tonight, I have learned a lot...
Finally, I saw many of the magical beasts recorded in the Encyclopedia, and they were still alive.
In front of me,
A beast king-level [Swamp Crocodile] over 40 meters long and ranked as high as the fourth level, it led at least a hundred minions and crawled out of the swamp in a mighty manner;
The running was like an earthquake, with a herd of hundreds of Iron-headed Rhinos, weighing thirty to fifty tons, trampling down like an earthquake.
A head-breaking crab as big as a calf, with its claws able to cut a person in half, is coming at us aggressively.
[Thunderhorn Hippopotamus], [Rainbow Gila] ...
There are many more like this.
Encountering one of these magical beasts on a normal day would be enough to give some small and medium-sized hunting groups a hard time.
Now, with their families and even the entire tribe, they rushed up to the city wall like crazy, following the path paved by the two lords just now.
And that’s not all!
Behind this group of big guys that can withstand artillery fire, there is a huge army of small animals.
Ryan glanced over and his "intelligent brain" quickly determined the number.
[Striped Spiders] Quantity*10000+, [Swamp Anaconda] 2000+, [Cat-headed Leopard] 100+, [Water Centipede]*N+...
The numbers popping up on the retina are still rising rapidly.
The monsters within the field of vision were so densely packed and overlapping that it made people's scalps tingle. New species of monsters emerged from the fog almost every moment.
After this battle tonight, the content of the "Warcraft Encyclopedia" will need to be updated with many pages.
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And at this time, worse is yet to come.
"In the sky! Look, something is falling from the sky!"
"Huh... looks like a beehive?"
"Oh no, it's the [Overlord Poison Bee]! Be careful not to get stung, the stinger of this poisonous bee can pierce through the Dou Qi gauze clothes, and it contains a strong nerve paralysis toxin!"
"Use fire to burn off their wings..."
“…”
Experienced hunters recognized at a glance what the blue-tailed eagles had dropped.
Those truck-sized beehives fell directly into the base and broke into pieces.
The queen bee in the hive was killed on the spot. Then, countless yellow poisonous bees as thick as arms rushed out of the fog, with red eyes, seeking revenge...
Buzz, buzz, buzz ...
The base was filled with buzzing sounds, making everyone's hair stand on end.
This poisonous bee is very fragile. An ordinary person can be killed with one blow. However, it is also very deadly. If you are stung by it, you will be paralyzed on one side of your body...
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Now, the work is complete.
Amphibious landing by water, land and air, and all-round attack with no blind spots.
Ryan finally saw the methods of the Kalman tribe's high priests.
From the very beginning, this tide of beasts came with the intention of killing everyone.
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This battle was destined to be extremely brutal from the moment the two "lord-level" monsters showed up.
Tens of thousands of scavengers went crazy and killed people with their muskets.
However, there are too many monsters.
Those monsters that had already fallen into a frenzy were not afraid of death at all and rushed forward one after another.
"The city wall can't be defended! Quickly open the door of the mechanical city and let us in!"
"Open the door! Save us!"
“…”
Everyone understood that it was a foregone conclusion that the base would be breached tonight.
In desperation, the scavengers could only place their hopes of survival on the three steel castles.
Once the city wall is breached, the ground camp will soon become a paradise for monsters to trample on. Only the three steel mechanical cities may have a chance to hold out to the end .
There are magic towers, cannons, and enchanted armor on the castle, so it is difficult even for a lord monster to break into it.
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And at this moment, on the "Glorious 13" mechanical city.
This mechanical city, designed specifically for war, is capable of both offense and defense, and has changed its "war form" long before the war begins.
The steel armor plates on the ground in the castle rose up, tightly wrapping each cabin, forming "shelters" of various sizes.
There are also sharp hooks, kerosene, and piercing devices on the city walls to prevent climbing...
The monsters can't climb up, and the poisonous bees and the like can't get in, so the threat to them is minimal.
In the main shelter, the most powerful people in the Mechanical City gathered here.
Many of these gorgeously dressed lords and ladies are nobles from Oma and Sid. This time they were inexplicably involved in the hunting operation and encountered such a sudden change. They were all a little at a loss.
The screams from the city wall were one after another, which was terrifying to hear.
Someone asked the castle commander, "Should we... open the door?"
Before the commander could say anything, someone immediately screamed in strong opposition.
"It can't be opened! The vines of the Gun Flower Vine Monster have already covered the base of the mechanical city. Once the door is opened, it may not be closed anymore."
"That's right. Those wasteland hunters can at least consume some monsters. Once we let them in, all the pressure will be on us! If the monsters rush into the mechanical city, we will be in danger."
"Let those wasteland hunters die, why do they have to implicate us? If they want to earn this money, shouldn't they be prepared to die at the hands of monsters?"
"That's right. It's their duty to guard the camp. Those guys were paid to be out there killing monsters. Now that they're in danger, they want to hide in the city. How ridiculous!"
"Humph, it's easy to get money when nothing is wrong, but when something goes wrong you want to hide away and seek asylum. That's ridiculous! We pay taxes, so we deserve to be protected; they take the money, so they should also fulfill their duty to protect the base!"
“…”
The proposal to open the door was instantly rejected.
After all, the Mechanical City is the private property of the five major families. Although it was conscripted, it is still private property.
Not opening the door is not illegal, at most it is just indifferent to human nature.
The castle commander didn't know what to say.
At this time, another combat staff officer suggested: "Then... should we organize the Guards and the Mage Corps to support them? Once the Wasteland Hunters' defense line is broken, the pressure on our Mechanical City will be great..."
In fact, from a rational point of view, this is the most reasonable tactical choice.
There was also an invincible group of mages on the city wall, and almost all of them were intact;
The nobles all had personal guards with them, who also had the most elite equipment and were generally of high rank. When they came together, they were definitely a very strong fighting force.
Going to support will not only boost morale, but at least it will definitely prevent the beast tide from breaking through the city walls in a short period of time.
But this proposal was immediately rejected.
"Why? If the guards go down, who will protect the mechanical city? Who will protect us?"
"No! My guards and I were only tasked with guarding the Mechanical City. We have no responsibility to support anyone else!"
"We too, we will not allow..."
“…”
The commander frowned upon hearing this.
The voices of opposition are growing louder and louder. If we force conscription, it will probably cause a mutiny immediately.
Moreover, this commander was originally from one of the five major families. Even if he agreed with the staff officer's proposal rationally, the family pressure would still make this order abort.
After pondering for a moment, he could only sigh and said, "The message for help has been sent out, so let's concentrate our strength on defense. It will be a fierce battle tonight, and it is uncertain whether we can survive. The mechanical city may not be able to hold on..."
"Yes, sir."
Almost the same scene was played out in the three mechanical cities.
These upper-class people maintained a rare tacit understanding, and none of them opened the city gates to let the scavengers in for refuge.
No one came to support.
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The scale of this beast tide was "destruction-level" and had never been encountered before, which was beyond everyone's expectations.
After fighting for more than half an hour, the Mechanical City showed no intention of opening the door to let them in.
Feelings of despair and panic spread among the crowd.
The "beast tide" showed no signs of abating, and more and more monsters rushed up the city walls, but the casualties of the wasteland hunters became increasingly greater.
Everyone saw clearly that the upper echelons of the Mechanical City had no intention of letting them in, nor did they even have the idea of coming down to support them.
Some people climbed up to the mechanical city, but were regarded as monsters by the mages and were killed together.
The people in the Mechanical City also knew that they could not set this precedent. Once someone successfully climbed up the city wall, countless people would follow suit.
This action made the scavengers even more desperate.
They feel isolated.
The beast tide is the enemy, and those in the mechanical city have also become "enemies".
Only they are fighting like fools.
"Damn it! Those guys in the mechanical city won't save us!"
"Don't expect them to be kind enough to let us in. Let's fight to the death..."
"They won't let us enter the city, and they won't let us get down from the city wall?! If we hadn't put our lives on the line to protect them, would those beasts in the supervision team have the guts to point their guns at our backs?"
“…”
Now everyone understands that the people in the Mechanical City just want them to fight with the beast tide and reduce the pressure on the Mechanical City!
Because of the road paved by the [Gun Flower Vine Monster], the city wall has completely lost its meaning.
The city wall had become a grinding mill, with the corpses of monsters piling up thicker and thicker.
The reason they have been able to resist until now is entirely because the wasteland hunters risked their lives to block it...
They risked their lives and tried their best to prevent the camp from being breached; but they didn't expect that those guys in the mechanical city had no intention of supporting them at all.
But in order to survive, they had to continue fighting.
But is this the best option?
Obviously not.
Suddenly, someone suggested: "Brothers, we are going to die anyway, let's rush down the city wall and fight in the streets of the camp! If the supervisors dare to shoot, we will kill them!"
After hearing this, the crowd on the city wall immediately began to retreat.
Fighting in the streets with World of Warcraft is not a very good choice from a tactical point of view, and it is easy to be dispersed and eroded.
However, this choice can allow the "Beast Tide" to shift its main attack target!
There are three mechanical cities at the three corners of the base. Once the flesh and blood walls of the wasteland hunters are gone, they will instantly turn into three glaring "nails" and immediately become the priority targets of Warcraft's attack!
In that way, the pressure on the scavengers will be greatly reduced.
Whether you can survive or not really depends on your own ability.
After hearing this, everyone understood it instantly.
"Charge, get down from the city wall!"
Once the first person called for it, the second person, the third person, and so on immediately followed.
In the blink of an eye, the crowd retreated from the city wall like a tide, just like a dam bursting.
At first, the members of the supervision team were able to kill a few "deserters" to serve as a warning to others, but the next second, thousands of wasteland hunters and monsters instantly overwhelmed them.
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The walls of flesh and blood collapsed and the monsters lost their target.
The steel castle, whose artillery was still roaring, immediately became the best target, and the "beast tide" instantly turned its spearhead towards the three mechanical cities!
A small number of monsters rushed into the camp and hunted down the savage hunters; but the vast majority, such as the big guys at the "Lord level" and "Beast King level", shifted their attack targets to the Mechanical City.
Seeing this scene, the upper echelons of the Mechanical City were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they were furious.
"Damn it! Those bastards actually abandoned the city wall!"
"You are indeed a despicable inferior person with no sense of contract at all!"
"Damn it! They violated the hunting laws of 'Glorious City'. They should be executed! All of them should be executed!"
"These stupid guys, how could they abandon the city wall... It's over, the camp is all over..."
