The Most Extravagant Counterattack
The supreme mage accompanying the defense line was Vörde. He did not float in the air. Perhaps he had learned his lesson from Julien's death, he stayed behind the watchtower.
Gilgamesh laughed heartily when his arrow failed. "Did Ah Dong use such a huge formation just to receive my arrow? I'd like to see how strong the walls of Khenmet are! "
The war drums thundered. Forty personal guards carried the platform and pushed forward to the left, avoiding the position of Ah Dong's watchtower. The siege troops rushed forward. The ropes of the cannons on the walls were taut and the bows were already loaded. When the enemy's siege vehicles entered the city, the first round of flying stones rained down from the sky. The arrows from the watchtowers passed through the flying stones and entered the city. Some were hit by arrows and fell off the walls, while others were hit by flying stones and fell under the chariots. The battle began once again.
If the enemy was allowed to push the chariots without any qualms, the walls of Khenmet would soon be flattened. The Uruk legion's chariots were obstructed by the flying stones and arrows, but the cannons and ballistae had blind spots. The siege vehicles passed through the densely packed stones and reached the bottom of the walls. The defending soldiers had to lean out of the walls in order to fire. This also exposed themselves and made them the target of the enemy's firepower.
Carts of sand and stones were piled up at the bottom of the walls, but they flowed down like quicksand. This was one of the earth elemental magic spells, Quicksand. At this moment, it could still be used to stop the siege. Sounds of chanting could be heard from the top of the walls. Various flames and wind blades rained down. The Uruk soldiers pushing the chariots raised their shields to defend. Many of them were hit by the magic spells and cried out in pain.
The mages on the walls also helped in the battle. They could attack the enemies at the bottom of the walls. They stood a little further away from the battlements, protected by the warriors in front of them.
Amidst the beating of the war drums, the chariots of the Uruk legion with the watchtowers also approached. Both sides exchanged arrows, and only the sound of the arrows piercing through the air could be heard. A screen of light appeared around the watchtowers, and the incoming arrows lost their power and fell to the ground. The mages of the Uruk legion also advanced along with the frontline, hiding behind the chariots and casting magic.
Gilgamesh said to Enkidu from the high platform, "As expected, Amon has sent mages to the wall in groups of three to help the warriors defend the city."
Enkidu sneered, "The number of mages is much smaller than that of warriors. Their greatest use is not to fight on the frontline. They are desperate."
Gilgamesh reminded, "Just as I guessed, the mages may be waiting for you with the scrolls."
Enkidu: "It's just a shell. If it's broken, it'll all be broken!"
Gilgamesh smiled faintly. "You don't have to be so anxious. Let me see how tough Ah Zhao's shell on the city wall is."
Forty personal guards carried a high platform made of huge wood and walked around the city from the rear of the battle formation. Gilgamesh avoided the tower in the middle of the city and drew his bow and arrow towards the city wall. The distance of an arrow did not depend only on the crossbow or the bow, but also on the archer. The arrows on the city wall did not hit Gilgamesh on the platform, but Gilgamesh's arrow landed heavily on the city wall with a roar.
The arrow shattered the stones on the front of the city wall, causing a large piece to collapse in an instant. Several Eygut soldiers fell down. Sounds of chanting could be heard from both sides of the gap. Several mages worked together to cast the Wall Fortifying Spell, and the fallen stones were rolled up and the gap was temporarily repaired.
Gilgamesh smiled and did not get entangled. The platform under his feet continued to move forward, and he fired another arrow not far away. Several soldiers holding shields were sent flying by the arrow. The protective shields of the three mages behind them were also shattered by the arrow. One of them was pierced, and the other two were thrown behind the city wall by the surging force of the arrow. It was unknown whether they were dead or alive.
Gilgamesh leisurely shot back and forth with his arrows. Although he did not use his full strength, the power of each arrow was still astonishing. Every time he shot a different place, he would always be able to achieve something. If it wasn't a gap in the city wall, several soldiers would fall, or a catapult would be overturned, causing panic on the city wall. The besieging soldiers found a gap in the wall and took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack. In order to plug the gap, the defending army suffered heavy losses.
Ah Yi, who was watching the battle from the watchtower, broke out in a cold sweat. Gilgamesh's arrows were so powerful. Fortunately, this spell could not be cast endlessly, and it consumed a lot of magic power. Therefore, Gilgamesh did not use his full strength and only shot every once in a while. Otherwise, there would be no need to defend the city wall, and it would be better to just charge into battle.
The magic formation that Vörde was presiding over also began to operate. The supreme mage slowly flew up from behind the city wall. He did not fly too high, nor too close to the front. He circled around the city, following Gilgamesh's position. There was always an invisible barrier protecting the top of the city wall, and the situation was finally stabilized. However, if they continued to fight like this, they would always be on the receiving end.
The Uruk legion also set up cannons in between the watchtowers, and stones rained down on the walls of Khenmet. They were indeed the most powerful legion on the continent, and the accuracy of their cannons was obviously better than that of the Eygut soldiers. Ah Yi, who was on the watchtower, took out his bow and shot a dozen arrows.
He overturned two sandstone chariots, one cannon, and one watchtower, but the arrows that he shot were all blocked by the magic formation of the enemy camp. Enkidu, who was beside Gilgamesh, had yet to make a move. Ah Yi sighed and quietly turned to leave the watchtower. The supreme mage Rickard beside him had also disappeared.
There were only a few thousand soldiers defending Khenmet. If they continued to resist like this, it would only be a matter of time before they fell. It all depended on when Enkidu would choose to launch his assault. On the high platform, Enkidu had been paying attention to Gilgamesh's arrows the whole time. He seemed to have turned a blind eye to the fierce battle on the city walls. He whispered to Gilgamesh, "My lord, you have attracted the attention of their magic formations and supreme mages."
Gilgamesh nodded, "You can make your move now!"
Enkidu: "The chariots and cavalrymen on the left and right flanks of Khenmet should have already moved out. They are trying to outflank our army."
Gilgamesh: "The chess pieces are all laid out in front of me. I have long prepared for this. This is a tough battle." As he spoke, he suddenly shot three arrows in a row, each faster than the last. All of them carried an unstoppable force as they flew towards a single point on the city wall.
A loud roar resounded, and the invisible curtain of light that enveloped the city suddenly became extremely bright. Vörde, who was floating behind the city wall, waved his staff and blocked the three arrows with all his might. The entire section of the city wall seemed to tremble, and the soldiers on the wall lost their footing and fell to the ground. Everyone thought that Gilgamesh was going to choose this place to launch his main attack. Enkidu also jumped down from the watchtower.
As soon as he saw Enkidu make his move, Vörde immediately flew back, his figure disappearing from behind the city wall. This was what Amon had told him long ago. He did not dare to let a supreme mage use his Avatar of Blood to block the fist of the strongest warrior on the continent. He had to put some distance between them in order to launch an effective counterattack.
However, Enkidu did not directly rush to the front. He ran wildly behind the battle formation, bypassing the watchtower and coming to the other side of the city wall at a speed faster than flying. Then, he turned around and went straight to the bottom of the city wall. From a distance, he stamped his feet and leaped high, smashing his fist into the wall with a golden light. Behind him, a group of Uruk cavalrymen rushed out and followed the supreme warrior to break through the city's defenses.
This was the place where Gilgamesh's second arrow hit. The three mages guarding this place had already been killed, and the nearby mages had retreated to fill the gap. However, this was also the place where the defense was relatively weak. The supreme mage holding the scroll was not a supreme mage. After all, the scroll had to be used by someone. Facing Enkidu, how could anyone not panic?
Enkidu's speed was so fast that it was almost an illusion. As soon as he swung his fist, it was as if he was right in front of them. The mage holding the spatial lock scroll had unfurled it too early. The space in front of the city wall was distorted, and many arrows were frozen in place in an instant. Then, they slowly fell to the ground, including the crossbow bolts fired at Enkidu by the defending soldiers.
The confined space was soon torn apart by a ball of golden light, leaving cracks on the ground below. The mage holding the supreme offensive scroll was a little slow. This scroll was a wind element scroll. The wind blades danced in the air, even leaving scratches on the city wall. The besieging soldiers nearby screamed and fell.
But Enkidu passed through the edge of the flying wind blades. Under the brilliance of his fist, the wind blades scattered in all directions. Occasionally, a few of them were annihilated by the light emitted by the snake scales. The supreme warrior punched the city wall heavily. The mage holding the supreme defensive scroll did not even have time to unfurl it!
Half of the city wall collapsed in an instant. Smoke and dust exploded, obscuring the surrounding vision. The soldiers on both sides were thrown to the ground by the flying air. At this moment, a deafening clap of thunder and flames rose. The other two groups of mages, one on the left and one on the right, had already thrown out their scrolls. Although they could not see Enkidu, they knew that he was in the smoke.
As the scroll unfurled, a loud shout was heard. A burly figure flew out, somersaulted in the air, and fell far away outside the city. Enkidu did not stop at all. Using the recoil force of his punch, he flew back before landing, and punched again in the air, dispersing the distorted space entangling his figure.
Finally, a spatial lock scroll unfurled by one of the mages worked. Unfortunately, Enkidu was prepared and was not trapped in place. Amir, who was watching the battle from afar, almost vomited blood. It was as if Enkidu already knew the tactics of Eygut's legion against him. With one blow, he collapsed half of the city wall, and then flew back using the recoil force. With his speed and strength, even a spatial lock scroll could not stop him.
What's more, the two groups of mages on both sides had already unfurled their scrolls and concentrated their attacks on the half of the city wall that Enkidu had collapsed. As a result, the already crumbling section of the city wall completely collapsed, helping Enkidu instead! On both sides of the gap in the city wall, there were still many soldiers lying on the ground. Some may have been injured, some may have been knocked to the ground by the power of Amir's punch, but now they were killed by the attack scrolls unfurled by the mages.
In other words, the scrolls thrown by the two groups of mages not only did not hurt Enkidu, but also helped Enkidu to collapse the city wall and kill the defending soldiers. No matter how good Amir's plan was, he still needed people to carry it out, not to mention that he had no other choice.
Mages were never suited for close combat. Even if these noble lords were not afraid of the number one warrior of the continent, they would not be able to cooperate seamlessly. The slightest mistake would result in the loss of the desired result, not to mention that Enkidu was already prepared.
Enkidu flew back to the ground. The heavy cavalry behind him had already caught up, and the gap in the city wall in front of him had also opened up. He shouted again and rushed into the gap between the two sections of the city wall. The morale of the Uruk legion was greatly boosted. They surrounded the city wall and launched an all-out attack, cooperating with Enkidu's breakthrough!
At this moment, Amir shouted, "Enkidu, I've been waiting for you to die for a long time!"
Where was Amir? He stood on the roof of a building behind the gate tower and could clearly see the semicircular defensive line in front of him. Countless arrows flew over the city wall and into the city. There were also stones wrapped in flames that fell inside and outside the city wall. Those were the stones fired by the Uruk legion's siege cannons. It was a spectacular sight to behold.
The mages were also fighting. From time to time, a mist of ice would extinguish the flames on the stones and a twisting force would change the direction of the stones so that they would not hit the soldiers below. The siege had already begun. Amir stood on the roof and watched quietly. Around the tall building he was standing on, there was a group of cavalrymen in bright armour silently lined up, as if they were waiting for something.
Amir nocked an arrow with a solemn expression. The ninth-level mage Rickard stood behind him, holding a staff in his left hand and a spatial artifact in his right. He was meditating with his eyes closed. Both of them had been preparing for a long time.
As soon as Enkidu's silhouette appeared at the gap in the city wall where the smoke and dust had yet to settle, Adel fired an arrow. The arrow was initially silent and extremely fast, but when it neared the city wall, it suddenly slowed down. The sound of something slamming against the wall could be heard and the surroundings were filled with flashes of blue light.
Countless sharp icicles appeared and gathered towards Enkidu. Even the air turned cold. The arrow made a hissing sound as it suddenly sped up between the icicles. Like the tip of a giant mountain, there was no way for Enkidu to avoid it. This was an arrow that Amir had shot with all his strength. In addition, a ninth-level mage had infused his magic into the arrow. In order to enhance the effect of the ice, Rickard had also taken out a spatial artifact filled with water.
If Gilgamesh and Enkidu could cooperate with each other, then Amir and Rickard could also do the same. They were just waiting for the moment when Enkidu appeared. Enkidu rushed into the city and was already prepared for all attacks. He immediately punched Amir's arrow with a loud bang. The force of the punch shattered the countless icicles flying towards him into powder.
Rickard gritted his teeth and raised his staff. The dancing ice froth condensed into a huge ice shell, blocking the gap in the city wall and covering Enkidu inside. The ice wall instantly ignited with fire. The flames changed from orange to blue and then to pale gold. This magic was very similar to the effect of Nero's self-created scroll, "Song of Ice and Fire". Azon had used this technique to kill the two-headed snake monster. At this moment, he was being used by a ninth-level mage to deal with Enkidu.
Enkidu was not as easy to deal with as the two-headed snake monster. He spun in place and waved his fists. His figure was like an invisible shadow. The snake scales on his body also emitted a bronze light, sweeping away all the flames around him. Suddenly, an arrow whistled in from outside the city, hitting the outer layer of the ice shell that had just condensed. With a crack, the entire ice shell cracked. It was Gilgamesh's arrow from afar.
At the same time that Gilgamesh's arrow cracked the ice shell, Enkidu had already turned around and punched the ice shell from the inside. The most destructive power of the "Song of Ice and Fire" was the huge explosion caused by the flames in the thick layer of ice. However, at the moment when the explosion was about to happen, Gilgamesh's arrow and Enkidu's fist hit the ice shell at the same time. The ice shell shattered and Enkidu was sent flying.
Behind Enkidu, a huge explosion sounded. Ice and flames scattered in all directions. The air even swept away the Uruk cavalry that was charging towards the city wall. Then, the flames were extinguished. The broken ice and scattered rocks were gathered together by a strange force, forming a solid layer of frozen earth at the original gap in the city wall.
The gap in the city wall was repaired. The frozen earth formed by the combination of rocks and ice was quite tough. A single slash could only leave a white mark. Furthermore, such a large piece of frozen earth could not be melted in a short period of time unless a concentrated fire element magic was used to attack it. Seeing that Enkidu had escaped, Lykwid immediately used his magical power to repair such a section of the wall. This was the ability of a ninth-level supreme mage. It was simply amazing.
Not only was the commotion in this area astonishing, but the entire defensive wall of Khenmet was also filled with magic power. Some of the Uruk legion's siege vehicles were set ablaze, some were torn apart, and some were thrown high into the air onto the soldiers at the back. The soldiers who had reached the bottom of the city wall wailed in pain as they suffered heavy casualties.
Ah's arrow was a signal. All the mages on the city wall were to activate all the attack scrolls in their hands as soon as they heard the arrow. They were to control the range of their attacks so as to not damage the city wall and only target the Uruk soldiers and chariots that were attacking the city. Some of the mages had already died, and the remaining mages activated their advanced attack scrolls. The siege troops that had just reached the bottom of the city wall were almost completely destroyed.
Ah had a plan. Once Enkidu broke through a certain section of the city wall, the other mages would not be able to use their scrolls. Thus, he would use them all at the same time to deal heavy damage to the siege troops. Rod-dick and his son had accumulated a lot of wealth over the years, and Ah was extremely generous with his spending. In the blink of an eye, almost all of it had been squandered away. No legion on the continent had ever seen anyone fight like this!
If there was a general who could spend the most money on the battlefield in the blink of an eye, it would be Ah's' magnificent feat '. However, the money he spent was from the Cape States and Eygut's military. In the end, it would still be counted in Eygut's treasury. In any case, he did not feel any heartache.
The Uruk legion had yet to be defeated, but the siege troops at the front line had been completely routed. At this moment, a short horn sounded from the army formation in the distance. It was an order for the vanguard to regroup and temporarily retreat. They could not continue to attack under the messy city wall and had to regroup. The remaining siege troops left the corpses and damaged chariots on the ground and quickly retreated behind the arrow towers. The remaining arrow towers also slowly retreated out of the enemy's range to regroup.
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