"It's Iron Wall City, known as the toughest city in Scotia. It's even harder to break through than the capital of Scotia." Rex enlarged the image on the magic map, and the distant view of Iron Wall City gradually appeared before Salin's eyes.
Salin didn't know how Rex got such a detailed picture of Iron Wall City, but it was the most arrogant and unrestrained city he had ever seen. It was an irregular city. The city walls were twisted, bronze, tall, and magnificent.
On every section of the city wall, there were magnificent fortresses instead of watchtowers and the like. The fortresses had different styles. The only thing they had in common was their magnificence.
All the fortresses had a steel foundation and were covered in magic patterns. For a magic desert like the Scotia Empire, it was truly unusual to have such an arrangement.
Salin noticed that Iron Wall City was indeed worthy of its name. A lot of metal was used on the walls. The bases of the fortresses were made of steel and couldn't be built on stone. There must be metal supports in the thirty-meter-high walls, or the walls would be easily destroyed by catapults.
More importantly, Rex had obtained the image of the internal defense of Iron Wall City. Salin saw that there were rare puppets controlled by multiple people behind the walls. Huge metal puppets were equipped with huge spear throwers. Such puppets were so expensive that the Qinyin Empire didn't even bother to use them. Instead, they spent more money to build more powerful war puppets.
But that didn't mean that the puppets controlled by multiple people weren't good. Such puppets could launch huge spears while moving, and their attacks were much more accurate than magic catapults. Even magic stone cannons couldn't compare. It was said that good soldiers could control such puppets to aim at the enemy's general and kill him.
Those huge metal puppets were slightly taller than the city walls, but they could move quickly and set up defenses. The possibility of them being destroyed by the enemy was a hundred times lower.
Almost all of the buildings in the city could be equipped with large offensive weapons. The entire city was like a monster baring its fangs and brandishing its claws. The front wall faced the plain, and four wide horse paths were laid diagonally. These four horse paths were engraved with magic arrays. If the enemy wanted to rush up along these horse paths, they would have to pay a much higher price than climbing over the city wall.
Also, the roads had no obstacles, and the slope was forty degrees. It wasn't easy to climb up.
There were also nine Magic Towers in the city. Three of them were nine-story Magic Towers, while the other six were seven-story Magic Towers. The distribution of these Magic Towers was very reasonable. Salin had suffered losses before, so he knew that six of these nine Magic Towers could release a large-scale spell if they worked together.
Almost all of Iron Wall City was protected by the nine Magic Towers.
"Rex, you want to attack this place?" Salin couldn't believe it. The Iron Wall City was known to be indestructible. Although it was just a boast from the Skokinya people, the city was indeed very powerful. It was only 500 miles away from the Skokinya Empire, and if both sides were to help each other, they could quickly gather an army of over a million soldiers.
Salin was not afraid of the attacks of ordinary troops now, but if the three level-nine Magic Shooters of Iron Wall City joined forces, his elemental badges would be used up.
There were a lot of experts in the Skokinya Empire. If he was held up by Iron Wall City and attacked from both sides, Salin wouldn't have the confidence to escape, let alone occupy Iron Wall City.
"It's not like we're really going to conquer it. This place is too close to the Skokinya Empire. Even if we conquer it, we won't be able to defend it. What I'm saying is, we might as well set a fire and harass their cities along the coast. Finally, here … "
Rex pointed at a small city by the coast of Skokinya and said, "Here, we can occupy the surrounding cities and open up a territory. With the sea behind as a barrier, we can let the Ancient Battleships patrol here. Once the army of Skokinya arrives, the Ancient Battleships can be used as reinforcements. They can launch a large number of magic stone bombs and metal flying machines, which can also cause great damage to the enemy's army."
"Here!" Salin looked at Rex's finger and didn't know what to feel.
Rex was referring to Ceylon City, his hometown.
All kinds of thoughts appeared in Salin's mind. The hardships of his childhood, the hardships of his youth, and the urgency he felt after meeting his teacher, Jason. Salin's expression kept changing. Finally, he said, "I heard that the four empires have a common understanding. That is, the emperor's hometown is his territory, right?"
"Exactly," Rex replied with a smile.
"I'm going to return to my hometown with glory and rebuild my family's tomb. Sigh …" Salin let out a long sigh. Rex's thinking was more comprehensive than his. After taking down Ceylon City, no matter what the emperor of Skokinya thought, it would be his territory. Of course, no one would agree with the common understanding back then. However, he had the power to conquer it. What he lacked was a reason.
"Attacking Iron Wall City is to tell the emperor of Skokinya that you have the power to destroy any of his cities."
"Destroy?" Salin asked, confused.
"When you went to the Frozen Sea, Teacher Jason … he found a kerosene mine under the tundra in the north. Now, the mages of Seriger Island have stockpiled up thousands of kilograms of kerosene and made them into magic fire bombs. I guess they have even more of these things in storage now? "
"Thousands of kilograms!" Salin immediately calmed down. Kerosene was more precious than wood and coal because it was difficult to mine and store. Once a fire broke out, it would be disastrous. These things were basically used to defend cities. Making them into weapons required a sufficient amount to lower the cost.
"So what if we take down the Rhine Duchy? Skokinya is already in chaos. Let's go take down Ceylon City, destroy Iron Wall City, and cause chaos in Skokinya!" Rakes's tone was stern. Her words would cause countless people to lose their homes, or even their lives.
Salin fell silent. He knew the way to destroy Iron Wall City, but it was too cruel. On the battlefield, he only killed soldiers, and dying on the battlefield was a soldier's fate. But massacring an entire city of people was not what a mage should do.
"If Downey can't protect his people, then his nobles will betray him. Salin, do you think we can deal with the two empires separately? "Rakes asked.
Salin shook his head. The Vatican alone was not something he could deal with. Although his strength had skyrocketed, he had no confidence in dealing with the Pope, who had a divine artifact. The Pope was an old ninth-level mage. With the rapid growth of power in the continent, someone like Joey might already have the chance to advance to level eleven.
He did not know what would happen inside the Vatican. Salin only knew that the strongest power that this plane could accommodate was level twelve, and it could break through at any time. ,
What was level twelve? In the Divine Kingdom, level twelve was a high-level oracle, and above that was a false god.
If a high-level oracle came, would he have the confidence to kill a level twelve oracle? Dread Angels had two souls, so they were easy to deal with. Even so, he had killed them by pure luck. If a level twelve oracle came, how could he win?
"Salin, do you dare to do it?" Rakes asked, squinting. Her expression was very similar to Salin's.
"Yes!" Salin clenched his teeth. In this holy war, hundreds of millions would die on the continent. There were only a few million in Iron Wall City. Why wouldn't he bear it?
Even his own people would suffer great losses. He could only build more cities, stock up on food, and try to let the people live in safe places. Even if there was no harvest, they would not starve to death.
"There will be a lot of people cursing you and me." Rex continued to tell Salin about the stakes.
"I don't think His Majesty Downey will. He will feel fear." Salin sneered. The one who should be scolded the most was Dinicio, and the one who should disappear the most was the Vatican. Without the Vatican, the four empires would not have such a violent conflict. At most, they would test each other with four duchies. Such a stable situation could not be broken by the Vatican.
"Alright, I will ask my subordinates to make a strategic plan. To attack Iron Wall City, we have to defeat the army of the Inquisition first. This time, when you attacked the camp, I estimate that one-third of the Scochenya army was lost. "
"That's about it. Many of the elites escaped."
"That means there are more than 500,000 soldiers left. The southern camp did not participate in the battle, right?"
Salin nodded. Although he had destroyed two camps and the enemy suffered great losses, the main force of Scochenya was still there. Together with the people of the Inquisition, there were close to a million soldiers. If the people of the Inquisition came, it would not be so easy to deal with them. The elemental creatures were dying more and more. Once the blue Icemile was lost, there would be no way to replenish it. The Night Fangs recovered too slowly. Without the help of the elemental creatures, his Lone Star City would not be a match for the army of the Inquisition.
"Salin." Rakes held Salin's arm and said, "Don't worry about this. You told me that the Elemental Magic Tower can fly, right? "
"Yes."
"We will talk about Iron Wall City when your Elemental Magic Tower can fly. At that time, we will gather more Magic Shooters and suppress the Magic Tower in Iron Wall City from the sky. Then, we will use the metal flying machines to throw magic fireballs and burn the entire Iron Wall City to ashes. At that time, all the nobles in Scochenya will not dare to go against us. The local nobles will not be able to carry out Downey's orders. We will then occupy Ceylon City and use it as a base to attack the Tanggulas Empire in the future. "Rakes analyzed the situation for Salin.
Salin thought for a while and nodded. "Alright, but we can slow down the process of suppressing the Magic Tower and make a bigger noise so that the people in the city have a chance to escape. Those who are unwilling to escape …"
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
