Chapter 120 (2/2)

The artillery units were large in size and possessed a wide variety of guns, including the large-caliber and the small; as well as the rapid-firing and the motor ones.

‘Volga seems to have put more emphasis on the artillery rather than their knights.’

Unlike the Baroque Empire and the other kingdoms, which emphasized on the knights’ templar, the Volga seemed to have emphasized on the artillery troops.

Although the role of the ordinary soldiers had been reduced due to the large amount of Gigants and artillery units on the battlefield, the greatest reason Volga tilted towards it was due to the various checks the other kingdoms had when it came to selling Gigants to the Volga.

There were times when the Volga Republic had thought of numerous ways to overcome the situation.

Among them, were the plans to introduce large-scale firearms such as guns.

However, the plan had soon come to a halt.

With the low number of Gigants, the infantry unit would have to fight directly, and the firepower from the canons and guns couldn’t cause any serious damage to the Gigant.

And as a result, the Volga Republic worked very hard to improve their canons.

They not only used them for the defense but also developed them for a variety of attacks.

They even used the Gigants which couldn’t be used for the war; for the purpose of towing or loading the large shells.

“Oh my God! Those men tried to block the attack and bring out their canons?”

“If they start shelling, the fortress would fly away in seconds!”

Seeing more than 200 canons outside, the Imperial soldiers turned nervous.

Luke spoke to them, to calm them down,

“Don’t be scared! Only a few of those canons would be able to hit the Fortress directly!”

Torlot Fortress was situated directly on the hill.

The large-caliber artillery from the Gigants could do direct fire, but they would be unable to attack upwards.

If there was any threat, it was the medium-sized canons with the adjustable angles and motors.

The motor-based ones were particularly dangerous because they could even shoot the large shells.

Buon!

Along with the sound, a stream of smoke rose from the Volga army camp.

The shell, which soared high in the sky took a curve and went several tens of meters away from the Fortress.

And then, another shell was fired, but it was closer this time.

‘Are they measuring the aim?’

As Luke had expected, the third shell fell right into the Fortress.

Fortunately, there were no soldiers who had been injured as the shell fell into the parade ground, and the shell was just a boulder.

The problem came after that. The Volga Republic artillery began to move in unison.

The Volga’s artillery controlled the direction and the angle of fire along with the gunpowder. And they began to fire twenty feet into the air, right at the Fortress.

“Incoming!”

“Everyone get down!”

And right before the soldiers and knights could avoid it.

Luke suddenly manifested magic on the falling shells.

“Fire Bolt!”

Arrows and balls of flame began to go in and hit the shells which were falling towards the Fortress.

Bang! Poong!

The magic properly hit the shells in the air and the ones which had missed the trajectory flew to the other side, the enemy grounds.

Anna who was witnessing that spoke not realizing it,

“Kya! That was so cool! Lord!”

“You’re the best!”

“Commander Luke! Woohooo!”

Anna, as well as the other knights and soldiers in the Fortress, burst into cheers.

Unlike the Imperial army, which was full of hope, the Republic army couldn’t understand what had just happened.

Someone or something had just intercepted their twenty shells all at once!

“Can you do that too?”

The Volga Artillery officer asked a warlock from the Dark Moon, who answered by just shaking his head.

It was virtually impossible to hit the shells coming in with acceleration and stop their drop.

The trajectory and magic manifestation had to be calculated correctly and they realized that there was one monster who could actually do that!

Moreover, it wasn’t just one shell but several of them!

However, the warlock didn’t get flustered.

It was common sense that what had just happened could be a plain coincidence, and it wouldn’t happen again.

“Do not panic and keep shooting. Even if he could, how many hundreds of shells can he stop? He won’t be able to.”

The artillery officer nodded his head at the words of the warlock and waved the red flag.

The shells of the Volga had begun to fly once again.

‘They’ll keep doing this?’ Thought Luke.

Luke too fired the Fire Bolt and intercepted the shells which were flying towards their Fortress.

Philip shouted at the army, who was busy admiring the scene instead of doing their work.

“What the hell are you doing? Don’t stand still and attack the enemy when they aren’t in a state of attacking us!”

Understanding his words, the artillery began to take aim and fired at the Volga artillery.

The Fortress was on the hill and Luke’s hit rate had been high. Thanks to the drills that Luke made the soldiers perform, they were able to work properly.

As soon as a dozen shells were released; the Volga units went surprised and the warlocks turned busy trying to defend the units and the army from the falling shells by using a defensive spell.

In the end, Meister Marquis Tyron gave them the orders.

“Gigant troops, get ready!”

“Infantry troops follow the Gigants!”

While both troops had heard the orders, the Gigants which had been standing still, began to charge forward at once.

The battle, which had been difficult since the beginning, was not going to be easy as both sides showed no signs of withdrawing.