More than half of the dozens of rounds of attacks missed, and this was after Salin had adjusted the coordinates beforehand. However, the coordinates of such large weapons were fine against large weapons, but against individual soldiers, it was obviously a matter of luck.
What truly dealt a blow to the expeditionary army was the rain of arrows covering the city walls.
Salin looked at the sinister-looking expeditionary army carrying scaling ladders and running madly toward the walls of Metatlin City. He felt that these people were like evil spirits.
Legend had it that only the creatures of the Ghost Plane could be so terrifying and crazy.
The hundreds of Arrow Carriages made of steel were the Church's last resort, and only large catapults could destroy them. The catapults that shot the catapults could only hit the soldiers controlling the Arrow Carriages, and could not destroy these big fellows made of steel.
The firing speed of these arrow carriages was slightly slower than bows, but faster than crossbows. Moreover, they could fire more than ten shots at a time, and could fire more than ten shots in a row.
These ten shots were all completed within a minute, and the arrows that were refilled with divine spells would also be completed within ten minutes. It could be said that the expeditionary army's arrow rain was quite powerful. The steel arrow carriages had been pushed to a distance of five hundred meters from the city walls before they started firing.
This distance wasn't something that ordinary soldiers' arrows could reach. The soldiers behind the steel arrow carriages could easily fire and change arrows.
The large catapults couldn't hit such small arrow carriages, and the magic catapults' loose projectiles couldn't destroy them either. The best way was, of course, to use a powerful magic attack to destroy them.
But to be able to attack five hundred meters away, it had to be a single-target magic attack of at least level-eight. Where would Salin find so many level-eight Mages?
Fortunately, the frontline at the top of the city walls were undead archers and some skeletons. The undead archers and skeletons stood at the battlements and used their bows and arrows to kill and injure the Tanggulas soldiers carrying scaling ladders. Many of the large arrows fired from the arrow carriages hit these undead.
The undead weren't fast, but their senses were sharp. They dodged in advance, and not many were hit in the head. As long as their heads weren't damaged and their soul flames didn't dissipate, these undead could still fight even if their bodies were pierced.
The top of the city walls was extremely wide. Hiding in the large stone fortifications, the second battalion and the mercenaries were unharmed. But when they saw the giant arrows over a meter long shoot to the top of the city walls from five hundred meters away, they were somewhat alarmed. If they had relied on ordinary soldiers to counterattack, there would have been over a thousand casualties.
"Let's start." Salin saw that the enemy's scaling ladders were approaching the city walls. This was only the first attack. It would be too vexing to let the enemy get close.
At the top of Metatlin City's city wall, the part of Dante's Sequence at the back were buildings that looked uniform. Under Salin's orders, more than a dozen cracks appeared. These cracks were as smooth as a mirror, and they silently widened to the maximum. From the cracks, more than ten metal watchtowers rose up.
These watchtowers were ten meters tall and formed an acute angle with the edge of the city wall in front of them, allowing them to look down. There were thirty-six firing holes on the metal archery tower, and behind each firing hole was a magic alchemy crossbow.
The soldiers below the city carried ladders and rushed forward. There were no large puppets in front to open the way, nor were there any large equipment such as siege hammers. However, Salin's eyes were sharp, and he could still see that there were a few strong teams hidden among the thousands of people.
"Trying to fish in troubled waters? Hehe." Salin sneered. Fortunately, he was at the top of the city wall. Relying on the few alchemy binoculars on one side of the city wall, it was still difficult to observe all the targets of the attack and who exactly they were.
Among the three teams, there were mages equivalent to at least fifth-level professions. Mages of this level generally wouldn't follow the infantry to attack the city like this. However, these three mages hid themselves extremely well. They didn't even use magic to speed up their speed. Otherwise, with their speed, they would have covered a distance of a few hundred meters in the blink of an eye.
Salin's Elemental Eye was instinctive, and it didn't even attract the attention of the three mages. Salin observed them clearly. He quietly pointed the positions of the three mages to the mage beside him, and the mage immediately transmitted the order to the watchtowers.
In the center of more than a dozen metal watchtowers, there was a magic tablet. Just like the one Salin had obtained in Rafael's magic tower, each magic tablet had a three-dimensional image. The mage outside marked the target, and the three magic apprentices next to the magic tablet immediately reported three numbers.
Behind the firing holes were groups of soldiers, and each group was also accompanied by a magic apprentice. One of the groups of soldiers was accompanied by a level-one mage. The mage immediately adjusted the angle of the alchemy crossbow and found the target he wanted to deal with in the observation hole.
The level-one mage quickly adjusted the alchemy crossbow and locked the mages on the shooting point of the magic alchemy crossbow. In each metal watchtower, there was a low-level mage doing the same thing. In the hands of the mages, the accuracy of the alchemy crossbow was terrifying.
Almost at the same time, a long arrow shot out from more than a dozen metal watchtowers. The long arrow drew a red light in the air and made a strong sonic boom.
Archbishop Nicholas, who was far behind, saw this scene with a very ugly expression. There were so many mages in the enemy? His surprise attack plan had failed.
Usually, the first round of attacks was a probing attack. Archbishop Nicholas had hidden three Cardinal Deacons, who were equivalent to level-five mages. If he let the three Cardinal Deacons go up to the city wall and activate the magic scrolls, he could send the cardinals to attack and tear a hole in the city wall. Attacking without caring about casualties, he would definitely be able to take down a section of the city wall.
The Vatican had used this method to launch surprise attacks in many battles. Nicholas did not understand. He had specifically instructed the three Cardinal Deacons not to use any magic before reaching the city wall. But how did the three of them get exposed?
It was too late. Through the alchemy telescope, Nicholas saw a total of 14 red lines drawing accurate straight lines in the air, heading straight for the three Cardinal Deacons.
The speed of the alchemy arrows was too fast. The arrowheads were made from the spear of the level-four red krill. As long as one was shot, the instantaneous magic would not be able to block it.
What was more terrifying was that after the 14 red lines were shot out, nearly 500 alchemy arrows followed the 14 red lines and shot at the three mages from the other shooting holes.
A total of 504 alchemy arrows suddenly shot at the three mages, along with the soldiers around them.
There was no way to dodge!
The 504 alchemy arrows were definitely worth tens of thousands of gold coins, or even more. Salin's volley only killed less than a hundred soldiers. The three Cardinal Deacons instinctively released the instantaneous defensive magic, Holy Light Shield, and were shot full of holes.
The officers knew who was the main force in this charge, but a sudden attack on the city wall took the lives of three powerful mages. That was extremely terrifying. That was because the three mages had released Holy Light Shield, but there were still dozens of holes in it.
Archbishop Nicholas, who was observing from afar, gritted his teeth in distress. At the same time, he was glad that he did not send more mages to do this. Even more mages wouldn't be able to defend against more than six hundred alchemy arrows. Salin's attack this time was to intimidate the enemy and kill them with a single blow.
The alchemy crossbows that could only be operated by mage apprentices took about three minutes to reload. Trained soldiers could rush to the bottom of the city wall within three minutes, even if they were carrying ladders. Generally, they would not shoot all the arrows at once. The low-level mage in the middle rarely made a move, because only low-level mages could instantly aim and lock onto moving targets. The remaining apprentices relied on the red lines left by their alchemy arrows as coordinates to aim so quickly and accurately.
The alchemy arrow that emitted red light was used to correct the coordinates of the other archers.
With the death of the three mages, the Tanggulas Empire officers nearby immediately lost the ability to attack. However, they still desperately led the soldiers to charge forward. It only took a minute for the infantrymen to finally rush to the bottom of the city wall with ladders.
The Undead at the top of the city wall continued to shoot arrows down, and the soldiers only had wooden shields to resist the arrows as they climbed up.
The hundreds of metal arrow carriages continued to shoot, and many Undead were lost. Diabinas summoned some more to replenish the losses. As the Undead Lord, the number of low-level Undead he could summon was not yet limited. Salin was supervising the battle at the top of the city wall, and Diabinas did not dare to play any tricks. He protected this section of the city wall extremely well.
The soldiers at the back were originally hiding in stone houses, crisscrossing corridors, and hidden castles. Seeing that the enemy had climbed up the city wall, these soldiers began to send out a large number of grass balls. The core of these grass balls was a stone with many small holes, and inside the holes were magic powder.
The grass balls were ignited and thrown down the city wall. Any soldier that was hit by it would be violently burned. The magic powder that was sprayed out and stuck to the body couldn't be extinguished at all.
Nicholas felt like vomiting blood. This city was too rich.
Although magic powder wasn't considered expensive, it wasn't something that could be used in large quantities. It was different from kerosene. Kerosene could be refined by ordinary people, but magic powder could only be made by high-level apprentices.
The soldiers attacking the city were badly burned by these grass balls. What was worse was that the ladders were all burned, and the soldiers at the back couldn't organize an attack at all. The Undead at the top of the city wall continued to shoot, and for the first time, these soldiers retreated in disorder.
The attack of nearly three thousand people was repelled just like that, and this time, all the soldiers who retreated were injured. There were more than one thousand four hundred corpses left at the bottom of the city wall.
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