Although the contestants on Sauron's side had confirmed that it was almost impossible for the other side to create another earthquake, they still made repeated confirmations and arranged for four contestants who were proficient in earth magic to monitor the situation at all times. Only then did they bring out the ten heavy catapults they had just redeemed.
Frankly speaking, Sheyan was rather astonished that these guys were actually able to redeem ten Heavy Stone Catapults. According to the exchange price, a Heavy Stone Catapult would be worth at least 1,200 contribution points, even with all sorts of discounts.
Even if the stone smashed into the city wall, the player would still gain a minimum of 5 to 10 contribution points. Moreover, the stone that was thrown out also contained infinite possibilities. [Note: This is the first time I've seen it. Even if the stone smashed into the city wall, I'll still gain 5 to 10 contribution points.
If they hit the corridor of the city walls, the casualties would be more than one soldier.
Collapsing buildings would also result in a reduction of excess contribution points.
The damage of the boulders they threw was also astonishing. They would instantly kill all the non-famous storyline characters. If they were lucky enough to hit a storyline character's official, the reward would be even higher.
In addition, if they could hit the catapults installed on the seven city walls of Minas Tirith, they could basically recoup half of the cost with a single throw.
In the absence of large-scale close ground combat, the contribution points of the contestants on Sauron's side mainly came from the exchange of the world relations they had experienced before, but to be able to gather 12,000 contribution points was still too much.
This could only mean one thing – the contestants on Sauron's side had not only rich experiences in the world of the Lord of the Rings. In fact, it was almost certain that the Blu-ray Party might have had some special opportunities. But since the Realm had pushed the Blu-ray Party out to be the leader, they must have been given preferential treatment.
At this time, in front of the city walls of Minas Tirith, there was a two-kilometer-long fissure in the ground. It looked like an elongated scar on the Pelennor Fields.
It was precisely because of this fissure that the attacking side could not set up their siege weapons at the golden distance of the city walls. Instead, they were forced to retreat by 30 to 50 meters. The rocks they threw could originally reach as far as the third layer of the city walls of Minas Tirith, but now they could only barely reach the first layer of the city walls. Because the trebuchets of the defending side had the advantage of height when they counterattacked, they did not care too much about the distance of 30 to 50 meters.
However, after the actual battle started, the Orc side found that with the addition of the five giant catapults that the Orc side had hastily built, a total of fifteen giant catapults bombarded the city. Although about 30% of the stones fell below the first layer of Minas Tirith's city wall due to insufficient throwing power, the remaining 70% of the stones, without exception, all hit the first layer of the city wall!!
In this case, although the catapults did not miss their targets, they were evenly distributed on the first, second, and third walls of Minas Tirith. Although the second and third walls were not in danger of being hit, the pressure on the first wall was suddenly increased!!!!!!!!!!!!! Originally, it only needed to withstand 33% of the bombardment, but now it had to withstand 70% of the bombardment.
And unlike the scattered projectiles of the trebuchets of Sauron's side, the trebuchets of the contestants had a common command. More than ten trebuchets were concentrated on a single point! Everyone knew that breaking into a city did not mean destroying all the city walls, but just opening a hole in a whole section of the city walls. Therefore, the pressure on Minas Tirith's defence had multiplied.
To relieve this huge pressure, they could only fight attack with attack! The terrifying amount of contribution points that the alliance had accumulated before this finally came in handy! Jax immediately called for a meeting. Since they knew that the other side had redeemed ten heavy trebuchets, the alliance redeemed twenty light trebuchets (heavy trebuchets could not be placed on top of the city walls, and humans could not operate them), and concentrated their firepower on the trebuchets of Sauron's side!
But at this time, the contestants of Sauron's side were individually very strong, so the importance of having a large number of MTs came into play! Amidst the falling rocks, the MTs cast their Awakening Skills on the trebuchets one after another. Although they were unable to protect the trebuchets in time, only one heavy trebuchet was completely destroyed. The remaining four heavy trebuchets were damaged, but they could still be used after some hasty repairs.
Gothmog had a veritable pig's head, but he was not a real pig after all. When he saw this situation, he immediately mobilized his ultimate strength – the nine Ringwraiths began to ride on their Snake-Necked Quetzalcoatlus into battle!
These creatures of the underworld who walked in the human world felt neither sorrow nor joy. They only found great pleasure in their bodies. The dark creatures they rode on flapped their wings vigorously, using the buoyancy of the air to quickly swoop down from the sky towards the huge and magnificent city of Minas Tirith. The dark and dirty armour of the Ringwraiths and the scales of the Snake-Necked Quetzalcoatlus both glowed with a dark light, which was a sign that they had begun to silently cast spells at the same time!
The giant claws of the Snake-Necked Quetzalcoatlus could grab at least five human soldiers at a time and then throw them down from a height of hundreds of feet. The shrill screams of these human soldiers as they fell were a fatal blow to the morale of the defenders.
But the most damaging thing to the defenders was the howls of fear coming from the deep and gloomy mouths of the Ringwraiths. These sounds were not transmitted through the eardrums at all, but directly affected the hearts of the enemies, evoking the deepest fear in their hearts. It made them feel as if death was about to descend on them in the next second. The Ringwraiths, on the other hand, could absorb the power of the enemy's fear to become stronger.
When a Ringwraith swooped down, it would often cause the defenders of an entire section of the city wall to boil like porridge. The chaos would last for at least half an hour. What was even more troubling was that the Alliance's predicament of lacking high-end combatants was vividly displayed. In the face of the Ringwraiths that came and went like the wind, even multiple contestants working together would find it difficult to inflict serious damage on them! Even Gandalf's Light could only temporarily drive them away!
Three minutes. In just three minutes of hesitation, the Ringwraiths, who were referred to in the bards' poems as' riding the shadow dragons and becoming winged Nazgul ', destroyed seventeen light catapults. Whether it was their sharp claws or their powerful wings, once they came into contact with the wood and metal used to build the catapults, they would inevitably cause devastating damage.
However, at Jax's command, a large number of contribution points were gathered and exchanged for an equally powerful Great Eagle as air support. The Great Eagle was a powerful monster that lived in the Misty Mountains. During the party establishment mission of Party Ace, Sheyan had come into contact with one of these creatures, so he was well aware of their valiance.
However, although the Great Eagles of the Misty Mountains were powerful, it was almost impossible for them to defeat the Ringwraiths in a one-on-one fight. Therefore, under normal circumstances, the Alliance would have to fight two against one to guarantee that the Ringwraiths would be driven away safely, which meant that they would have to exchange for a terrifying eighteen Great Eagles! Such an astonishing consumption of contribution points could be said to have squeezed the Alliance's contribution points dry!
But so far, the Alliance still had the upper hand!
The reason was simple. The first day of the siege was about to end, but the filthy Orcs had not even touched the first layer of the great Minas Tirith's wall! Let alone climb it. It was hard to believe that this was a glorious achievement achieved when Sauron's side had the upper hand. When they thought of this, and when they considered the arrival of the Rohirrim cavalry in twenty-four hours, the tide of victory on both sides was about to be completely reversed. The Alliance was filled with excitement and looked forward to the arrival of that day.
But right at this moment, the 'Grima Wormtongue' potion played a huge role! The ten giant catapults on Sauron's side had also recovered a lot of their costs. So, after buying a 'Grima Wormtongue' Potion and giving it to a diplomatic envoy specially trained by the Blu-ray Party, Gothmog was persuaded to join them.
The remaining twelve giant catapults on Sauron's side retreated at the same time. Just when the Orcs on the wall thought that they had won a great victory, the twelve giant catapults began to hurl at the muddy ground in front of the wall of Minas Tirith. What they were hurling was none other than a large amount of pebbles and river sand transported from the Anduin River!
The purpose of the catapults was to fill in the muddy area and level it. The boulders thrown on top of the muddy area could also form a natural shelter to avoid the attacks from the wall. The Alliance might have thought that it would be fine if they organized some people to cast the 'Mud' spell again, but when the natural conditions did not support it, even if the 'Mud' spell could work, it would not be very effective. More importantly, when many earth mages cast spells together, it would be very easy to detect them.
Although the contestants on Sauron's side did not have the advantage in terms of numbers, their individual abilities were very strong. It might be difficult to interrupt the enemy's magic formation, but it was easy to disrupt or weaken the strength of the enemy's magic formation from a distance.
In the end, the 'Mud' spell still needed to mobilize the earth elements in the area. The more earth elements there were, the better the effect. Therefore, if a large amount of earth elements were used in the target area in advance, such as summoning dozens of earth elements, the effect of the 'Mud' spell would be pitifully low until the earth elements in the area were naturally replenished. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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