The vanguard of the undead retreated as if they were afraid of the power of the cannons.
Laing, who was standing on the city wall, let out a sigh of relief as he watched the undead army slowly retreat. His expression relaxed at first, but then became more serious.
Teresa, the sorceress, approached him with her staff. She reached out a hand wrapped in a white lace glove and touched one of the dwarven cannons. She asked with interest, "This is the promise you were talking about?"
Teresa reached out and patted the 'dwarven cannon' lightly. 'Thump thump' sounds came from the cannon instead of the echo of steel.
This cannon was made of wood. Or rather, most of the 'cannons' on the city wall were made of wood.
When the vanguard of the undead approached, only a few of the cannons on the city wall were real. It was these cannons that fired and scared the undead vanguard away, buying precious time for the defenders of the Spire Palace.
This was all part of Leon's plan. He had long ordered the dwarven craftsmen to make a model of the dwarven cannon that could pass off as the real thing. After dismantling it, he put it in a wooden box and waited for it to trick the undead.
"These things can only trick the undead once." Laing shook his head slowly and said calmly, "When the undead wake up and Mu Xilong's undead army arrives, these things can't trick Matthew Bad."
"But this is enough." Teresa nodded. "They played their role."
"That's right." Laing suddenly said to Teresa, "If Lady Aurora is willing to participate in this war, our chances of winning will be much higher."
"Mother should have returned to the council by now." Teresa shook her head. The sorceress was a little apologetic. "I've tried my best to persuade mother, but she said that this is already the limit. I'm sorry, Laing …"
"It's okay. I understand." Laing understood. Aurora was Aurora, and she was not Teresa. She did not have such an important position to help him. She had already given Laing a lot of face by agreeing to use a great spell to create a blizzard and hailstorm. Mu Xilong's war was ultimately Laing's war, not Aurora's or the Garland Council's.
The vampires' forces were spread throughout the old world. There was once a Kislöw female Tsar, 'Bloody Katerina', who was a descendant of the Lemia family. from a certain perspective, Aurora did not want to expose her identity as a complete enemy of the vampires.
"Hurry! The undead will be back soon! We have to get all the cannons up to the city walls before dawn! "
"Roger!"
The 5,000 defenders of the Spire Palace were all mobilized. they were prepared.......
Five hours later......
The retreating Vampire Lord Berit finally met the undead army led by Matthew Bad on the road leading from Muxillon to the Spire Palace.
..... What's going on? Didn't I tell you to attack the Spire Palace? " Matthew Bard was puzzled by the appearance of Berit and Hal Harris. He asked, "Why didn't you obey the order?"
"My Duke! The southerners have perfected the defense of the castle! The city wall is full of cannons now! " Beitz said anxiously to Mu Xilong. "We tried to attack, but we were attacked by the cannons!"
"The city wall is full of cannons?" Mu Xilong was wearing black cursed armor and a cross helmet with a golden snake statue on top. His expression could not be seen clearly. The self-proclaimed Duke of Mu Xilong pondered for a while and then shook his head. "Impossible! I know the city wall of the Spire Palace. I've seen the dwarven cannons. If the Spire Palace fell late at night the day before, Laing and his army could not have set up all the cannons yesterday afternoon! The dwarven cannons are so heavy that it is almost impossible to transport them up the wall through the stairs of the tower. The only way is to lift them up. The walls of the Spire Palace are not like the walls of the Empire. They can only be lifted up by hand. So no matter what, it is impossible for the southerners to transport so many cannons up the wall. Impossible! "
"But we really saw cannons on the city wall!" Beitz retorted. "When we got close, we were also attacked by a small number of cannons! I chose to retreat to preserve my strength! "
"Attacked by cannons?" Ma Xilong immediately realized Laing's plan. He roared. "Oh no, Beitz, you have been deceived. Those cannons are not real cannons!"
"But we were attacked! The cannons on the city wall attacked us! "
"Only the cannons that attacked you are real cannons! Beitz! You idiot! " Ma Xilong gripped the reins of his undead warhorse. He lowered his head and thought about the cause and effect. "Damn it! Laing Macado is the Chosen One champion of the Bitch of the Lake. He is actually so cunning as to use such a despicable method! It is beneath his dignity! "
Hearing Ma Xilong's words, the Blood Knights gathered around Mu Xilong's Viper all nodded in agreement and anger.
Laing's method of commanding the troops had made the vampires at a loss. He had never intended to fight a proper battle with the undead from the beginning. His various despicable tactics were an eye-opener for the vampires. They thought that Laing, the Chosen One champion of the Bitch of the Lake, could actually do such a thing. This made the undead, who were used to fighting the Brittany knights face to face, suffer losses.
Laing Macado was a cunning man.
"Hal, why didn't you remind Beitz?" Ma Xilong knew that it was useless to be angry at this point. He pointed the core of the problem at his lieutenant, Hal Harris.
The vampire baron of the Von Castein family, who had snow-white skin and no hair on his head, smiled. "What's the use of my words? He is your dog, and I am your subordinate. Do you prefer obedient dogs and turn a blind eye to capable subordinates? "
That was because the descendants of the Von Castein family were all traitors. They all had the blood of betrayal in their bones! That was what Ma Xilong thought. However, Duke Mu Xilong knew that now was not the time to turn hostile. On the contrary, Ma Xilong solemnly apologized to Hal Harris. "I didn't think it through, Mr. Harris. I apologize to you."
"…" The descendant of the Von Castein family seemed to be in disbelief at Ma Xilong's apology. He was stunned for a few seconds before he snorted, indicating that he accepted it.
"The current situation of the battle is very bad! Everyone, I hope that at this time, the old grudges can be put aside for the time being. We must protect Mu Xilong! Protect this land that belongs to the undead! " Ma Xilong gestured for the undead army to gather. "Tell Merovin to lead the army and join us immediately! We will march immediately! "
"We must take back the Steeple Palace within three days!"
Early in the morning, Mu Xilong's army finally arrived at the Steeple Palace after marching for a day and two nights.
Ma Xilong immediately led the undead army to launch a fierce attack on the city's defenses. The undead army attacked the Steeple Palace from all directions like a tide. Thousands of zombies and skeletons were the first to attack.
However, during the night, the cannons on the city walls had all been replaced with real cannons.
Under Laing's orders, the dwarven engineers immediately fired at the undead army.
Ma Xilong's attack was met with fierce fire from the cannons at the beginning. Dozens of cannons fired at the same time. In the blink of an eye, hundreds of zombies and skeleton warriors were blown to pieces. Whenever a small number of undead army approached the city walls, the dwarven gunners, human gunners, and serf archers on the walls would begin to attack.
The roar of the cannons, the volleys of the muskets, and the sounds of the archers drawing their bowstrings resounded throughout the Steeple Palace and its surrounding areas. Wave after wave of undead army attacked the Steeple Palace without stopping. Under the lead of the carriages, the undead army attacked the castle's defenses again and again.
From early morning to noon, the four high walls of the Steeple Palace were covered in thick smoke. The undead army and the humans were caught in a fierce tug-of-war.
The war lasted until noon. As the sun was at its brightest at this time, the undead were temporarily weakened and had no choice but to reorganize their army.
Ma Xilong realized that he was in a predicament. If he wanted to continue fighting, he would have to invest in advanced troops near the city walls. The huge losses were unacceptable to him. However, if he continued to use zombies and skeleton warriors to attack the city walls, he did not know how long this war would last.
However, Laing and his army also exposed their disadvantages. First of all, because they attacked in advance, their army was relatively small and did not dare to take a step out of the castle. Second, because of the series of surprise attacks and the fact that they seized the opportunity to move the cannons up the city walls, the entire army lacked time to rest and was exhausted. After half a day of Ma Xilong's fierce attack, the defenders of the Steeple Palace were very tired. The undead had attacked the city walls several times, but they were all quickly wiped out by the guards.
Laing led the Holy Grail Guards to reinforce the battlefield. Every time the undead broke through the defense of the city walls, he and a dozen Holy Grail Knights would immediately appear. These tireless animals killed the guards who rushed up the city walls in a few moves. They were like a whirlwind of death, crushing all the chances of the undead winning.
"Hold on!" Laing smashed down with the Mjolnir in his hand, smashing a guard into a pile of iron slag. He swept with all his strength, and a dozen skeleton warriors were directly swept down the city walls. The champion of the Lady of the Lake directly crushed the throat of a tomb ghoul with her hand and threw the giant beast down the city walls. "Hold on! Soldiers! For the lady! For Brittany! "
"For the lady!" When the defenders saw Laing's bravery, their morale was high. The knights longed for glory and fought bravely. They knew that the Lady of the Lake was watching this war, and the serfs loudly cursed the undead. They could give up everything for promotion!
"Fire!" The dwarven gun team "Dugan's Black Powder Brotherhood" opened fire under the command of the dwarf engineer Dugan Man of Steel. The dense barrage of bullets cleared the tide of undead.
"Blizzard!" The sorceress Teresa chanted a powerful spell, and a terrifying blizzard froze all the zombies and skeleton warriors, greatly hindering the speed of the undead's advance.
However, even more giant ladders had climbed up the walls. The walls of the Spire Palace were not very high. The tomb guards were leading an endless number of skeleton warriors to climb up the walls, while the human musketeers and serf archers were giving them a resolute counterattack.
Seeing that the battle was still going on, Matthew Bard hesitated.
The swamp near the Spire Palace weakened the power of the cannons. The undead army had already climbed up the city walls and was fighting a bloody battle with the guards of the Spire Palace. However, the undead army had already suffered great losses. If this continued, even if they could drive the enemy out of the Spire Palace, Matthew Bard would have to pay the price of losing more than half of his men.
No! I can't give up here! Matthew Bard gritted his teeth and made up his mind. "Merovin!"
"Here!" Mad Duke Merovin led a large group of black knights.
"Follow me! I want to climb up the city walls and fight! "Matthew Bard pulled out his viper sword and roared," Blood Knight! Advance! "
Just as Matthew Bard was charging forward, the Lake Goddess Witch Morgiana had already reached the top of the Spire Palace. She also climbed up the city walls with a special dwarven super heavy cannon.
This cannon was branded with the sacred runes of the Lake Goddess and covered with scriptures. There were statues of the Lake Goddess on both sides of the cannon, and there was an image of a golden Holy Grail on the cannon.
This cannon was produced in Laing's dwarven military factory. The five Lake Goddess prophets and the Lake Goddess Witch Morgiana had blessed it. It was named "Morgiana's New Toy," and was loaded with magic bullets.
Two Holy Grail Guards were carrying a large box filled with twelve Magic Blossom Bombs.
"Mu Xilong's viper has decided to launch the final attack." The Lake Goddess Witch's expression was cold. She said to the chief engineer of the Angran clan, Harhafer, who was standing beside her, "I don't know how to fire the cannon. I'll leave it to you."
"Oh, don't worry!" Harhafer nodded. Around him, the two Lake Goddess prophets were blessing "Morgiana's New Toy," and the engineer himself gave a thumbs up and aimed at the target.
"Elevation 46 ° 48 ′!"
"Elevation 46 ° 48 ′!" The dwarf engineer immediately turned the cannon to the correct angle.
"Fire!" Harhafer opened his mouth wide, his long white beard fluttering in the wind.
"Fire!" The fuse was ignited.
Then, the entire battlefield was completely covered by the sound of a huge cannon.
"Boom!"
A fireball shining with the light of the Lake Goddess shot out from the top of the Spire Palace. This huge fireball landed in the middle of a group of graveyard guards and exploded in front of everyone's eyes, swallowing an entire group of graveyard guards.
Then, under the dazzling light and earth-shattering bombardment, the entire group of graveyard guards was drowned in the explosion of the cannon. Waves of fire and divine light enveloped the entire group of graveyard guards.
When the smoke and dust dissipated, more than a hundred graveyard guards had been blown to pieces on the spot.
"Die, evil undead, your sins are monstrous! In the name of the Lady, I sentence all of you to death! " Morgiana looked at the big pit on the ground and the miserable state of the undead with satisfaction. She did not stop what she was doing. On the contrary, wind of magic surrounded the Lake Goddess Witch. She held the holy cup of potion in her hand and loudly chanted a spell, swearing to bring the judgment of the Lake Goddess to the world!
"Sixth-circle spell, Regeneration!" Emerald green light enveloped the entire Spire Palace. All the troops were protected by the Lake Goddess Witches' magic. The injured knights and serfs only felt that they were wrapped in a soft green energy. Their wounds were healed under the enhancement of life magic, and their strength was restored.
"Dazzling Divine Light!" The shining yellow light exploded on the wall. The magic energy penetrated the skin and armor of the undead, and the dazzling light dealt great damage to the undead. Large groups of zombies and skeleton warriors were burned and turned into puddles of pus.
"Mist of the Lake Goddess!" The whole battlefield was shrouded in white mist. Except for the undead soldiers, all the human soldiers were protected by the mist. They only felt that they were faster and stronger.
The three large-scale spells that covered the whole castle consumed a lot of Morgiana's magic power. However, the Lake Goddess Witch did not intend to stop. Her eyes were like lightning, and she immediately saw the figure of Matthew Bard. This Duke of Musillon was planning to lead the elite troops into the battlefield himself.
The wind of magic blew, and Morgiana began to chant her most powerful spell. The Lake Goddess Witch lifted the holy cup of potion and released the power in it. Under her command, in the sky, a wandering comet was being pulled into the battlefield by Morgiana!
"Comet of the Potion Holy Cup, destroy my enemy!"
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