Rainwater washed over Telac Castle, and steam filled the air.
As the sturdiest castle built by the Tasman humans, Telac Castle's walls had stood in the rain for more than a hundred years. Because of the drainage system and waterproofing measures, there had never been a case of the walls collapsing. But even so, no one dared to pat their chest and say that they could definitely defend against the undead army.
The leader of the "resistance army," Kulka, had been in a terrible mood recently. Because most of his soldiers hadn't gone through any training, they displayed an extraordinary "speed of retreat" when facing the undead. They could have defended the castle walls if they gritted their teeth for a while longer, but many people were scared out of their wits and fled in disorder. Later on, Kulka organized an extremely high proportion of supervising troops to supervise the battle. Anyone who retreated was killed on the spot, and only then did the collapse of morale slow down.
He originally didn't know how to fight a war, but after fighting for so long, his nimble mind quickly learned enough knowledge. Coordinating strategies and dispatching logistics, the large army of fifty thousand people was now rather orderly under his command.
But with the undead army of twenty thousand pressing forward, no matter how capable Kulka was, he could only retreat step by step.
Originally, Kulka would have been able to hold out at the frontline fortresses for a few more days, but Dusco suddenly gave him a death order to gather all the people he could mobilize to "Telac Castle" by today. The reason was that Dusco had found reinforcements that could determine the outcome of the battle in one go.
Since he had already said that, Kulka had no reason not to cooperate. Today, after paying the price of more than five thousand deaths, he finally managed to preserve most of the main force in the castle. But because the undead had cut off the logistics, the castle that didn't have any provisions could only hold out for ten days at most.
In other words, if the outcome of the battle couldn't be decided in ten days, Kulka would either suffocate here or choose to break out.
"In this situation, how many reinforcements would be useful?"
Kulka grew increasingly impatient with Dusco's orders. Dusco only commanded a few thousand undead. How could he compare to him, who was constantly commanding fifty thousand soldiers?
With great authority and no one to restrict him, Kulka's ambition naturally spread. More than once, he fantasized about replacing Dusco as the supreme leader of the entire rebel army. But when he thought of the necromancers, he could only suppress this impulse. Although there were also "magicians" among the humans in Tasman, the most powerful of these magicians in the "sheepfold" had only advanced to level-3. They were really not worthy of being mentioned in public.
"They're attacking. Prepare to receive them at the city walls!"
Looking at the approaching Undead army in the rain, Kulka felt that he had no hope of victory. With the help of the enemy's necromancers, the original 20,000 undead army had been expanded to 60,000 undead creatures. Moreover, as long as the main army was here, the number of undead creatures would only increase and not decrease.
The towering walls were filled with armed soldiers. In the rain, they had already given up on shooting arrows that were not accurate. Instead, they constantly aimed their catapults at the scaling ladders that were approaching from afar.
The first wave of the undead army was more than ten thousand strong. Most of them were cannon fodder zombies. It was obvious that they were here to exhaust the defenders' stamina. Kurka was already used to the undead's tricks. However, the more he understood, the less confident he felt.
Was there any truth to Dusco's words? If the reinforcements did not arrive in time, he might not have the chance to gather so many soldiers again.
"Have someone keep an eye on the surroundings of the city walls. If there are any strange movements, inform me immediately."
"Yes, Lord Kulka!"
The order was passed down. Standing at the highest point of the inner city, Kulka sighed and turned to look at the city area behind him that housed the commoners. The crowded people were waiting there with worried expressions. Morale was extremely low after the death of nearly ten thousand people. Although this city was sturdy and had tall city walls, the terrain was low in the middle and high on all sides, making it difficult for them to break through.
They could either defend until the enemy retreated or grit their teeth and abandon the old, weak, women, and children to forcefully break through … Kulka pursed his lips as he considered his path of retreat.
Behind him, Dusco's voice suddenly sounded, "Success or failure will be decided today."
Kulka frowned slightly and turned around. "But I don't see any possibility of success. Not a single reinforcement has appeared. Are we just going to wait here obediently for death? "
"Since we agreed to meet today, it will definitely be today."
Dusco shook his head and did not intend to explain anything. To be honest, he was also puzzled as to what Roddy was planning. If it wasn't for the fact that his men had been in contact with Roddy for the past few days and received confirmation from him, he would probably be as flustered as Kulka today.
But when would the reinforcements arrive? How many?
Roddy did not divulge any information, so Dusco could only give such an answer.
The two of them stood on the city walls and looked down. The vast undead army was like a swarm of black ants that covered the sky and covered the earth. They were still using the simplest ant siege tactic, using the skeleton soldiers as the main force to scale the city walls.
The defending soldiers fought back with all their might. Broken skeletons fell to the ground like dumplings, but the black mass of the undead army did not retreat. Even with the defense of the nearly twenty meter tall city walls, more and more skeleton soldiers gradually climbed up to the city walls.
"Infantry squads! Take care of the problems on the city walls! "
The close combat squads had already begun putting out fires on the city walls, but the undead army's attacks were more ferocious than expected. They fought from morning to afternoon, and the intensity of their attacks increased!
When the sixth wave of the undead army surged over, Kulka finally could not stand it any longer.
"They are planning to end the battle quickly! Those necromancers have overdrafted their magic power to summon undead creatures to attack. Look at the number of skeleton soldiers, they have already invested more than eighty thousand soldiers! If this continues, we will not be able to hold on! "
"Do you think that the Awakened did not put in any effort?"
Dusco pointed to the distance. The undead army that Takris and the others had accumulated over the past few days attacked the attacking army from the rear. The undead knights among them wielded 'rechargeable lances' that instantly flattened over a thousand skeleton soldiers. After charging over, they immediately alleviated the pressure on the city walls.
However, they could only charge like this twice. The 'rechargeable lances' were completely useless after the crystals were used up. Without crystals, they could only be used as ordinary lances. Thus, when another wave of skeleton army surged over, all of their previous efforts instantly became futile.
Kulka and Dusco fell silent. The two of them obviously had no more trump cards left. Their only hope now was the 'reinforcements' that Roddy had promised.
"This was all a trap!"
When a hole was finally breached in the city walls, Kulka could not help but curse. He wanted to blame Dusco, but he understood that it was meaningless. He could only stare at the undead in front of him, hoping that he would give an explanation.
Before Dusko could reply, the two of them heard a low rumble coming from the horizon...
The continuous and continuous sound sounded like thunder, but there was no lightning in the surroundings. In the drizzle that had not stopped, the muffled sound lasted for more than a minute before it gradually disappeared.
"What … is this?"
*****
"Is this your goal? But I don't see any hope of this castle succeeding unless we take action. "
Kardashian, who was standing beside Roddy, suddenly turned her beautiful eyes to glare at him. She said in sudden realization, "You sly human, don't tell me you came here to trick us into taking action?"
Speaking of which, the Dragons were quite strange. Although they were arrogant, once they felt that someone was' reliable ', they would no longer have that domineering and oppressive tone when they spoke. Instead, they would display a kind of carefree temperament. This was also the case with Merinsela. What Roddy didn't expect was that Kardashian's reaction was even more obvious. Asking him like this, she actually treated him as a friend.
Roddy laughed bitterly in his heart. How could this woman be so foolish?
"Didn't I say that I would bring the three of you here to watch a good show? If I let you take action, what else is there to see? "
He shrugged innocently, but what he said was very pleasing to Kardashian. She looked around and felt that the hillside was really desolate. Waiting here was boring, so she impatiently paced back and forth. When Rody saw this, he hurriedly gave Merinsala a meaningful glance. Although the latter was unhappy, she obediently cast a spell to form three large armchairs out of the twigs around them.
"It will be ready soon. Please wait for a moment, Your Excellencies."
Roddy's meticulous care made Kardashian even more pleased with Roddy. She waved her hand and said, "You really have a lot of tricks up your sleeves. If I have a mission to go to the Kingdom of Karen, I would really go to your whatever city. To be honest, none of the other humans I've met are as agile as you. "
Kardashian said this because she heard Roddy mention the trap for Augustine yesterday. She and Iscar had a common understanding: Although this human wasn't strong, when it came to digging traps, young Dragons like them couldn't compare.
After several discussions, the three Dragons finally agreed on his meticulous logic and plan. That was why they were willing to spend time to watch Roddy's so-called "annihilate the undead army" plan. If it wasn't for their trust in Roddy, they wouldn't have flown all the way to the center of Tasman.
This place happened to be facing Tellac Castle in the distance, which was about ten kilometers away. Because of the rain, the huge castle was faintly visible. From this angle, they could see the densely packed undead army launching an all-out attack.
Roddy had already asked Merinsela to send a signal to the surrounding mountains. After waiting for half a minute, a violent explosion and a series of tremors finally came as expected. The Dragons stood up in surprise!
"Explosion? No … it's the fluctuation of a magic array … "
Kardashian used her magic to detect the five mountains around them. With her strength, she didn't need to see with her eyes to know what was happening. But because of this, the Dragons suddenly widened their eyes. "Are you going to … How is this possible?!"
Iscar had already guessed what Roddy was going to do. Although he tried his best to control his emotions, he couldn't help but say, "You're really … generous."
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