The Headless Horseman retreated out of the range of Sarlin and Ainphent's magic attacks, and the black puppets in the form of snowmen began to attack the ice castle.
The snowmen were much slower than the Headless Horseman, and even the more advanced ones were about the same as human swordsman apprentices.
Sarlin was very confused by this phenomenon. The black puppets were not slow at all, and could even jump over the huge castle walls. The snowmen in front of him seemed a little too weak.
Squeak …
A snowman tried to dig its nails into the ice wall of the castle, but it let out a painful scream, as if it had put its hand into boiling water.
More than a hundred pirates against more than ten thousand black puppets. The black puppets were not afraid of death, and their existence was pain. In comparison, no matter how fierce the pirates were, they were not willing to die for no reason.
More than a hundred pirates, other than a dozen chosen by Sarlin to continue following him, the rest were divided into ten small teams, and guarded the walls on all four sides. The ice castle was separated by walls, and there were horse paths. Some of the pirates could even ride on skeleton warhorses to move around on the walls. The top of the two-meter-wide wall was difficult for the pirates to ride on ordinary warhorses. These skeleton warhorses were very stable, and even if their riding skills were terrible, they would not lose control.
As soon as the snowmen touched the walls of the ice castle, the magic patterns on the walls would come into play, flashing with the light of magic, and at the same time a trace of life force, repelling the snowmen. Seeing this, the pirates laughed maniacally. There were many of these puppets, but they did not give the pirates any psychological pressure.
The pirates were used to fighting under the command of a captain, and as long as the captain was around, the pirates would rarely retreat. This habit made it difficult for the pirates to break down, even when faced with the strange black puppets.
Sarlin watched from the top of the wall. He did not want to waste his precious magic strings on these low-level puppets, and did not even want to use up his scrolls for these low-level puppets. Sarlin always carried a large number of scrolls with him, but he knew that no matter how many scrolls he had, there would be a day when he would run out.
Seriger Island had a large number of scrolls, but that was accumulated over a thousand years. He would face more battles in the future, and if he relied on scrolls for every battle, his stock would be quickly depleted. If it was just a local battle, Sarlin could rely on scrolls to dominate an area, but the battle with the Church would be a war for the entire continent.
After the snowmen failed to get close to the city wall many times, hundreds of snowmen finally rushed to the city wall from the west and piled their bodies under the city wall. The snowmen on the city wall quickly melted into one and could no longer move. The imprisoned souls in their bodies shattered one after another.
More than a hundred snowmen followed suit and pounced forward. Less than a thousand snowmen were sacrificed. A long slope appeared outside the west wall. All the snowmen gathered on the west side and climbed up the slope.
Ainphent and Daniel stared at the Headless Horseman in the distance, ignoring the snowmen.
The Headless Horseman's warhorse was also a puppet. Unlike human warhorses, these warhorses could suddenly accelerate like undead creatures. They were hovering three hundred meters away, which was a distance where the steel crossbows could not attack. The Headless Knight could charge within a few dozen meters and reach its maximum speed after a hundred meters. A distance of three hundred meters was enough for them to accumulate their strength and jump over the city wall.
The remaining 200 or so Headless Horsemen were the real threat. After all, the pirates all had the strength of Swordsmen and could be considered a strong force. If they could not even deal with the weakest of the black puppets, there would be no point in staying.
Ainphent and Salin already had the ability to fly and would not be trapped by the black puppets. He had built this ice castle to preserve the pirates' strength in this battle.
Salin and Ainphent thought of the same thing at the same time. It seemed like the people from the Vatican had already left the Chaos Swamp. Otherwise, why would the Black Magicians treat this place as their nest? Both of them were a little disappointed. If the people from the Vatican had left, then it would be difficult to activate the trap of the contract of the Three Lords. They would have to think of another way to subdue these three fellows.
However, the two of them still had a glimmer of hope. If there was something left in the ruins of the Second Dynasty that tempted the Three Lords, then there would be more than one trap in the contract.
The pirates raised their spears and used the four-meter-long weapons to fight back against the snowmen's attacks. The snowmen relied on their sharp nails to attack and climbed up the slope. They had no advantage at all.
After some simple training, the pirates could also do some teamwork. Three spears could easily kill a snowman. The slope was not wide and could be defended by about twenty pirates.
The simple refined spearheads would always spurt out dark purple blood when they pierced into the snowmen's bodies. The snowmen that were killed quickly collapsed and turned back into a pile of white snow, scattering on the slope.
The pirates could take turns to rest and split into three groups, leaving four groups to monitor the other three directions. Just like that, the pirates used sixty people to defend one wall and stopped the snowmen's attacks.
"Sir, why don't you let me go out and deal with these things?" Seeing that the pirates could easily kill the snowmen, Zola felt that staying here was a waste of time. Although the Headless Horsemen were stronger, he was not afraid. They were only at the level of a Swordsman. After killing the snowmen, the Headless Horsemen only had a slight advantage in speed.
"What's the hurry? These black puppets are crudely made. Do you think this is the power of the Black Magicians? They did not come to ambush us. They just happened to bump into us. If they were real black puppets, such a short wall would not be able to stop them. However, if you want to try, ride a Skeleton Warhorse. "Seeing that Zola was eager to try, Salin decided to teach him a lesson.
"Alright!" Zola answered. He pulled a Skeleton Warhorse over, leaped onto its back, and dashed down the slope like a wisp of smoke.
He drew the Tear Stain Sword in his hand. He did not seem to be using any special swordsmanship, but he just slashed left and right. As long as the snowmen met his longsword, they would quickly collapse before the longsword could cut into their bodies. Zola did not encounter any resistance among the snowmen. In the process of rushing down the slope, he killed more than a hundred snowmen.
"Eh?" Salin was a little surprised when he saw this. The Tear Stain Sword seemed to have a special restraining effect on the black puppets. Even if the snowmen were of a low level, ordinary weapons would not be able to defeat them.
Ainphent shrugged, feeling pleased with himself. This was his first time using Blood Alchemy, and he had created such a powerful weapon. Although Salin had created many weapons, they were all trash.
Immediately, twenty Headless Horsemen spurred their warhorses and pounced at Zola. Seeing this from afar, Zola turned his horse around and fled back to the Ice Castle.
"Pfft …" Salin could not help but laugh out loud. Zola was not an idiot. He also knew that one person could not deal with too many Headless Horsemen. The main reason was that his control over the Skeleton Warhorse was very poor. He had no advantage in speed, and outside the city, he would be surrounded.
The Headless Horsemen chased until they were 200 meters away from the city wall and stopped their horses. This place could already be attacked by magic. If they went any further, even steel crossbows could hurt them.
"Looks like they really want to trap us." Seeing this, Salin began to converse with Ainphent.
"That means they have more people behind them, and they're coming." Ainphent calculated in his heart and continued, "If that's the case, we don't have to wait anymore. Half of the snowmen have been eliminated, we can take the initiative to attack."
"We might not be able to outrun those Headless Horsemen. Can your undead still be used?"
"Let's wait for another ten minutes." Ainphent shook his head. His undead plant wanted to continue fighting, and indeed needed to rest. Plant undead also had a weakness, and that was that they digested souls very slowly.
"Alright, everyone get ready. Daniel, you lead the way. Ainphent and I will cover the rear. According to the plan, we will depart in 15 minutes." Salin had already found out the true intentions of the black magicians. He had used the ice castle to kill half of the enemies, and there were no losses in the battle. However, if they continued to defend, the castle would not last more than a minute if the Abomination Dragon really came.
There were many types of black mages, and they had a large number of black puppets. They did not care about losses, and the Abomination Dragon was rare, but it could be used to attack the city. The Headless Horsemen were strong in combat and had the advantage of speed, which was good for field battles. In addition, there were more than ten types of Soul Puppets made by the black magicians, which were all suitable for different kinds of terrain and weather.
It was unrealistic to fight the black magicians with simple fortifications. The only way was to attack the root of the problem and kill the black magicians.
A few years ago, the black magicians had caused chaos in Phoenix. Qin Yin and the Phoenix army had eliminated many of the black magicians' puppets, but not a single black magician had been killed. It was clear that the black magicians were very cunning. However, this time, Salin was prepared to attack the black magicians' nest and capture one or two black magicians for interrogation.
Salin had planned to build a city in the North, build a harbor, threaten and bribe the small nobles in Phoenix, and develop quickly. However, these black magicians were stuck in the Chaos Swamp, which was equivalent to cutting off his path to Scotia. This way, Deep Forest Town would become the front line, and would not be able to serve its intended purpose.
If he did not eliminate these black magicians, Deep Forest Town would instead become a burden. Salin did not have too many soldiers. He could not expand the scale of Deep Forest Town and fight the black magicians for a long time.
Zola rushed back to the top of the city wall. Seeing that the Headless Horsemen had stopped within their attack range, he retracted his longsword and said, "Sir, look, they want to trap us."
Although Zola was a court swordsmanship teacher, he still had some knowledge of the art of war. The intentions of these black puppets and Headless Horsemen were too obvious. How could he not see it? He had taken the initiative to attack to investigate this. If the Headless Horsemen pursued desperately, it meant that the enemy's reinforcements were still far away. These Headless Horsemen were not in a hurry to kill their forces, which meant that the enemy's stronger attack was about to arrive.
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