"Who are you? Why are you invading the territory of the Visia Merchant Group? Do you want to start a war with the Trade Union? "a sharp voice yelled.
Laurist laughed. "I never knew this was the territory of the Visia Merchant Group. I only know that this is the capital city of Felix in the Porto Province of the Crimson Empire. We are the Norton Family of the Andinac Kingdom. We are here to reclaim our lost land. We are surrounded on all sides, and the city walls have been breached. It won't be long before the city falls. You have nowhere to run! For the sake of your family's lives, I hope you can put down your weapons and stop resisting. I can guarantee the safety of your family and yours … "
Alright, Laurist was facing the neatly lined up lances that stretched all the way to the corner of the street. He still had the audacity to ask them to put down their weapons and surrender to save their lives. This could no longer be described as arrogant. It was very strange.
The heavily-armored spearmen did not expect Laurist to say such a thing. There was an obvious ripple in the neatly arranged ranks, and a wave of curses and angry shouts rang out. However, it was quickly stopped, and silence and tranquility were restored. From this, it could be seen that the Visia Merchant Group's army was indeed a well-trained elite force.
The sharp voice sounded again. "Who are you?"
"Duke of the North, head of the Norton Family, Norton Laurist." Laurist did not hide his identity.
The lances in front of him became restless again. This Duke of the North, standing alone with his sword, must be crazy. Did he think he could stop an army of ten thousand by himself? If the army advanced with ten thousand lances, even a great swordsman would have to retreat. Did he think that his bullsh * t title of Duke of the North would make people listen to his orders?
As expected, the sharp voice gave the order to attack. "First Brigade, attack the left wall. Second Brigade, attack the right wall. Third and fourth Brigade, take turns. Fifth Brigade, attack from the front and kill him! "
The order was extremely concise. It was clear that the commander of the heavy armored spearmen had already discovered that there weren't many enemies occupying the northern city gates and walls. In addition to the more than two hundred enemies in front of the city gate, there were only a few hundred enemies on the city wall. This meant that the enemy was temporarily unable to open the city gate to receive the majority of the enemy troops from outside into the city. They should have come up through the city wall. In that case, taking back the city walls should be the first priority.
The densely packed formation of heavily armored soldiers in front of Laurist underwent a huge change. The two rows of heavily armored pikemen on the left and right circled around Laurist and the simple barricade behind him like moving clouds and flowing water, charging towards the stone staircase on both sides of the city gate. The three rows of heavily armored spearmen didn't rush to engage Laurist in battle. Instead, they advanced ten meters before stopping and forming a horizontal formation.
Soon, more than ten heavily armored soldiers holding metal shields that were as tall as half their bodies formed a horizontal formation in front of Laurist. Behind the first row of shield-bearers, the heavily armored spearmen formed more than ten rows. This was a hundred-man battle formation. They placed the pikes in their hands on the shoulders of the heavily armored soldiers in front of them. The entire battle formation turned into a hedgehog-like monster, and all the pikes were pointed towards Laurist …
"Kill! We are invincible! Charge forward! " A rough voice commanded.
All the heavily armored soldiers started moving, advancing towards Laurist in an orderly manner.
At this moment, the heavily armored spearmen on both sides of the city gate had already begun an intense battle with the guards on the city wall. Because the stone staircase had four large corners, the heavily armored spearmen couldn't form an effective formation to coordinate with each other. They could only rely on their numbers and brute force to advance. The armed guards of the Norton Family cleverly gave up on the bottom two stone staircases and fought the enemies on the top two stone staircases. Although they were few in number, their Dou Qi cultivation was higher than that of the attacking heavy armored spear soldiers. Secondly, they were very used to fighting in this kind of narrow space. Therefore, the attacking heavy armored spear soldiers continuously fell down from the stone staircase.
The biggest mistake of the Visia Merchant Group in sending this heavily armored spearmen to take over the north gate and city wall was that they didn't have longbowmen or long-range attackers. Otherwise, a few rounds of long-range attacks would have killed at least half of the guards on the city wall. The armed guards of the Norton Family didn't have many crossbows with them, but since the enemy didn't have any long-range attacks, they stood brazenly on the city wall under Jost's lead and fired at the heavily armored spearmen on the stone staircase. In a short period of time, the heavily armored spearmen on both sides of the stone staircase suffered heavy casualties, while the defending guards only suffered few casualties.
When the ballistae on both sides of the city gate joined in the firing, the morale of the heavily armored spearmen at the bottom of the stone staircase plummeted. But even in this sort of situation, the heavily armored spearmen continued to fight to the death. At the same time, they changed their tactics. First, they stuck close to the walls, avoiding the ballistae's blind spots. Second, they chose soldiers with powerful martial arts and cultivation bases to attack, engaging the defending guards in a battle of attrition.
There weren't many shooting holes in the city, and each tower only had two. After losing the threat of the heavily armored spearmen attacking the stone staircase, they could only aim the ballistae at the streets. In order to avoid accidentally injuring the guards at the city gate and Lollister, the ballistae only fired at the two sides of the street.
The heavily armored spearmen on the street quickly reacted. They retreated tens of meters and tore down the door planks from the houses on both sides of the street. Very quickly, they made a few simple wooden shields, causing the ballistae, which were not as strong as the Norton Family's war chariots and ballistae, to lose their greatest threat. Although they still had killing effects, their firing speed was slow, and the results weren't great. The casualties were still within the range that the heavily armored spearmen could endure.
"Kill!" Amidst the roars, the 100 heavily armored spearmen neared Lollister, who had a lazy smile on his face. Like a peacock spreading its tail, the 100 spears instantly sealed off the space in front of Lollister. No matter if it was up, down, forward, left, or right, Lollister couldn't avoid the sharp tips of the spears. Only by moving backwards was Lollister's only path of survival.
Lollister could only move backwards. Just as the spears in front of him were about to pierce him, he floated backwards. The heavily armored spearmen, who thought that they could succeed, could only watch as the spearheads were less than half a centimeter away from Lollister's chest, unable to touch the enemy no matter how hard they tried. How good would it be if the spear could be a little longer, the heavily armored spearmen in front of Lollister all thought.
All the spears pierced the air, but the heavily armored spearmen were not annoyed. They retracted their spears and pressed forward until the enemy had nowhere to retreat. That was the time to make meritorious contributions. No one could stop the attack of the battle formation, not the Grand Duke of the Northern Region or the ridiculously simple barricade behind him.
The spears began to be retracted, but all of the heavily armored spearmen revealed expressions of fear. This was because Lollister had caught the tip of a retracted spear with two fingers. His entire body was as light as a feather, and he used the momentum of the retracted spear to charge into the battle formation.
No one could change their direction of attack the moment they retracted their spears. Moreover, retracting a spear only took a short moment, and it would only take the blink of an eye at the slowest. However, Lollister used the moment the battle formation retracted its spear to charge into the battle formation. The dozen or so spears wanted to change directions midway to stop Lollister from charging in, but they collided with the spears beside them. The battle formation became even more chaotic, and panicked shouts and curses could be heard.
There was an explosion of sword light, and the battle formation immediately collapsed. Screams rang out incessantly, heads were severed, blood splattered, and bodies fell. The heavily armored spearmen wielding spears that were four to five meters long had almost no power to fight back when Lollister charged into the battle formation. In close combat like this, they couldn't even block. The spears in their hands had become a burden, and they could only watch as Lollister flashed in front of them. Sword light flashed, and blood splattered everywhere, dyeing the world red …
This was a massacre. The few heavily armored spearmen at the outermost layer threw away their spears and scrambled out of the battle formation. When they reached the formation of the heavily armored spearmen at the back, they turned around and saw Lollister standing on a pile of broken limbs and corpses, his expression relaxed and satisfied. It was as if slaughtering this hundred-man battle formation was as simple as drinking a cup of tea …
All of the heavily armored spearmen at the front who witnessed this massacre almost stopped breathing at that moment. They could not help but want to retreat. However, a furious voice sounded from behind them. "Kill! Kill him! Charge forward and kill him! "
The heavily armored spearmen at the front immediately came back to their senses. Not only were they filled with shame, but they were also filled with anger. Their eyes also turned red. Kill! Kill this demon in front of them and take revenge for their comrades!
"Kill!" When the first spear-wielding heavy-armored soldier yelled and charged at Laurist, countless other spear-wielding soldiers at the front also charged at Laurist like enraged bulls with bloodshot eyes. At that moment, the sounds of killing were deafening.
"Go to hell!" The first heavily armored spearman stabbed at Lollister with the fiercest and most accurate spear in his life. However, Lollister tilted his body slightly, and the spear brushed past his right rib. Sword light flashed, and this heavily armored spearman clutched his throat as he fell to the ground covered in blood.
"Kill!" Countless spears suddenly stabbed at Lollister. Lollister had no choice but to take two steps back and avoid this wave of momentum. However, countless spears immediately stabbed at him from all directions …
To Lollister, the current chaotic battle was actually more difficult to deal with than the formation of these heavily armored spearmen. He did not want to use the Sanguine Domain. Indeed, once the Sanguine Domain was activated, he would be the god of the blood-red world. No matter how many enemies there were, their lives and deaths would be under his control. However, the problem was that this Sanguine Domain had a time limit. Lollister could only last for about fifteen minutes at most. After fifteen minutes, he would be exhausted. He could not possibly use the Sanguine Domain to deal with these innumerable soldiers, right? Who knew if the enemy's high-end combat power was hiding somewhere, waiting for him to let his guard down …
Screams and sounds of intense fighting came from the barricade behind him. Woric and the others had also clashed with the heavily armored spearmen. As Lollister retreated, he picked up the corpses of the heavily armored spearmen on the ground and kicked them at the incoming enemies. After disrupting the enemy's charging rhythm, he suddenly charged into the crowd and started killing.
At the top of the northern city gate, Jost shot three arrows consecutively, shooting a bearded, heavily armored man down from the stone steps. In less than half an hour, he had shot nearly a hundred arrows consecutively. Dozens of elite heavily armored spearmen had died under his green longbow. His shoulder was starting to ache. If he shot another hundred arrows, Jost estimated that he would become a cripple.
If it was normal shooting, Jost could still command the guards with crossbows to help. However, the black armor of the heavily armored spearmen from the Visia Trade Association had astonishing defensive capabilities. Jost could not help but think that the black armor was not inferior to the standard steel armor of his family. Arrows without Combat Energy would not be able to harm the heavily armored spearmen unless they hit the exposed vitals.
There were still two Silver-tier guards who could shoot arrows with Combat Energy, but they had already used up their Combat Energy and were sitting at the side as spectators. Now, only Jost's arrows with Combat Energy could pose a threat to the heavily armored spearmen. What worried Jost was that ever since the heavily armored spearmen changed their method of attack, the guards on the stone steps had suffered a great deal of casualties. The casualty rate was now equal to that of the heavily armored spearmen.
Many of the heavily armored spearmen from the Visia Trade Association were hired mercenaries, and they were better at one-on-one combat. While the guards' skills and Combat Energy were not inferior to the mercenaries, they did not have enough numbers. They were easily dragged down by the mercenaries, and the casualties increased. If it wasn't for Jost, who was standing on top of the city wall, shooting arrows, the stone staircase on both sides of the city wall would have been taken by the enemy long ago. Of course, Jost had also become the most hated target of the heavily armored spearmen …
On the street in front of the city gate, there were people fighting in a chaotic battle and corpses of heavily armored spear soldiers everywhere. Laurist's bloody figure could still be seen fighting fiercely on top of the city walls. Basically, wherever he went, there would be a rain of blood and carnage. The barricades were still in the hands of the guards, but the number of guards who were still fighting was getting fewer and fewer. However, Jost could not send reinforcements at the moment. The stone steps on both sides were still being attacked and defended fiercely.
More and more Flying Tiger Legion soldiers were climbing up the city walls. There were almost six hundred of them, but Jost was furious. The Monolith Legion's sword and shield soldiers were the ones defending. Why were the Flying Tiger Legion's spearmen joining in the fun? There were no horses on the city walls, and the spearmen could not show off their might. Asking them to defend the stone steps was like sending themselves to death! Jost cursed Ross the Ferocious Tiger as he ordered two exhausted Silver-tier guards to yell at the top of the city walls. He ordered the Monolith Legion's sword and shield soldiers or longbow soldiers to come up first, and the Flying Tiger Legion's spearmen should not rush up the city walls!
The heavy-armored soldiers on the left side of the stone staircase suddenly roared. Dozens of them launched a collective assault, crazily rushing up. The guards on the first two floors of the stone staircase were caught unprepared, and the number of casualties increased greatly. Quite a few guards were grabbed by those heavy-armored spear soldiers and fell down the stone staircase, as if they had perished together with the enemy. Fortunately, the guards on the city walls came to the rescue in time. Both sides were fighting at the corner closest to the top of the city walls on the fourth floor.
Jost could no longer care about the stone steps on the right side. His green longbow shot out dozens of thunderbolts, shooting down seven elite heavily armored spearmen who had charged up the stone steps and stabilizing the situation. Just as he was about to heave a sigh of relief, a sword light suddenly rose from the corner of the fourth floor, blinding like lightning. The seven guards who were fighting fiercely fell from the stone steps with blood splattering everywhere …
Jost was shocked. A Great Swordsman! He did not expect the Visia Merchant Group to not send out a Great Swordsman to deal with Laurist, but to reclaim the city walls first. No wonder the dozens of heavily armored spearmen had launched a collective charge. It was to cover the Great Swordsman as he rushed up the city walls …
The Great Swordsman who rushed up the city walls was a middle-aged man with a sinister expression. He wore the same black armor as the heavily armored spearmen, but he did not have a helmet. His face was stained with the blood of the guards he had killed, and he looked exceptionally ferocious. After he rushed up to the top of the city walls, his sword flashed, and another dozen or so guards fell to the ground. However, Jost's shooting range was blocked by these guards. When these guards fell to the ground, the Great Swordsman was less than five meters away from Jost.
It's over … Jost's limbs were cold at this moment. The distance was too close, and his arrows were no longer a threat to this Great Swordsman. Furthermore, they were on the city walls, not on horseback in the wild. He could not dodge …
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