343 Poly Spirit Beast Part 1 (1/2)

The headless riders retreated until they were out of the attack range of Aini's and Saleen's magic, while the snowman-shaped black puppets mounted an offensive on the snow ice castle.

The snowmen moved much slower than the headless riders, and even those of a higher grade were only nearly as nimble as an apprentice swordsman.

Saleen was very doubtful of the phenomenon before him. Back then, the black puppets had not been sluggish at all, and they could even jump over the walls of that colossal castle. But these snowmen right in front of him seemed to be a little too weak.

Zhi…

A snowman had wanted to sink its nails into the ice wall of the castle. However, it seemed more like it had put its hand into a pot of boiling water as it screamed in excruciation.

There were more than a hundred pirates battling against more than ten thousand black puppets. The black puppets were not afraid of extermination, as their mere existence was already a form of suffering. In comparison, the pirates were not willing to suffer a worthless death no matter how ferocious they were.

These over one hundred pirates, with the exception of those selected by Saleen to follow him around, were separated into dozens of small teams and then deployed to guard the perimeter of the wall. The snow ice castle had split walls and roads, and some pirates could even ride on the skeletal warhorses to execute their missions. With a two-meter wide gap between the walls, the pirates might not have been able to traverse that easily had they rode normal warhorses. A skeletal warhorse, on the other hand, was extremely stable, and even if one had poor horsemanship, he would not lose control of it.

The moment the snowmen came into contact with the wall of the snow ice castle, those magic patterns within the wall took effect. Rays of magic lights flashed, accompanied by a tinge of the power of life, thus repelling the snowmen. Witnessing this situation, the pirates broke out into wild laughter. Even though these puppets appeared in huge numbers, they did not really cause any psychological distress to the pirates.

The pirates were accustomed to fighting under the command of a captain, and as long as the captain was around, the pirates rarely cowered away. Such a practice made the pirates difficult to crumble, even in the face of such strange black puppets.

Observing from the entrance of the castle, Saleen did not want to waste his precious magic chords on those low grade puppets. He did not even want to consume his scrolls for them. Saleen always brought along a huge quantity of scrolls, but he knew that no matter how many scrolls he possessed, there would be a day when all of them were exhausted.

Sregl Island stored an astronomical number of scrolls which had been accumulated over a period of one thousand years. Henceforth, Saleen would face even more battles, and if he relied on scrolls every single fight, his supply of scrolls would quickly dry up. If it was a truncated battle, Saleen would be able to achieve victory by depending on scrolls, but the conflict with the Holy See was a war which had spread throughout the entire mainland.

After many invalid attempts to get close to the wall, hundreds of snowmen charged toward the wall on the western side, stacking themselves below the wall. These snowmen quickly melted into a single entity, unable to move anymore, as the imprisoned souls within their bodies shattered.

Then, another one hundred snowmen followed suit and charged forward. About less than a thousand snowmen were sacrificed. Beyond the western wall, a long slope had emerged, and all the snowmen congregated there, climbing up the slope.

Aini and Daniel stared at the headless riders in the distance, disregarding the snowmen.

The warhorse of a headless rider was a puppet in itself as well, and unlike a human's warhorse, these warhorses could accelerate out of the blue, just like death creatures. The headless riders were loitering at a distance of three hundred meters, which happened to be the distance which a steel crossbow could not reach. A distance of three hundred meters was already sufficient for them to accumulate enough energy to jump over the city wall.

The more than two hundred remaining headless riders were the real threat. After all, the pirates possessed the abilities of swordsmen, thus they could be considered to be a strong army. If they could not even deal with the weakest black puppets, then there was no point to them staying at all.

Aini and Saleen had the ability to fly, so they would not be trapped by those black puppets. Saleen had built this snow ice castle in order to conserve the power of the pirates in this battle.

Saleen and Aini were contemplating the same issue at the same time. It seems like the Holy See's people have left the Chaotic Swamp. Otherwise, how could the black mages have used this place as their lair? Both of them had a sense of loss in their hearts. If the people from the Holy See had really left, then the contractual trap for the three kings might not be activated at all. In order to subdue these three guys, they would already have to brainstorm for another idea.

However, there was still a glimmer of hope in their hearts. If the Second Dynasty relic still contained some items which tempted the three kings, then there would not be just one contractual trap.

The pirates wielded their lances, using their four-meter-long weapons to retaliate against the snowmen's offensive. The snowmen were using their razor-sharp nails to attack and were also ascending the slope. They did not have the slightest advantage whatsoever.

After some simple training, the pirates could also work in tandem. Only three lances were required to kill one snowman. The slope was not wide, and about twenty pirates would be able to hold the fort.

Whenever the tip of a lance, which was briefly refined, pierced a snowman's body, dark purple blood would spurt out. The dead snowman would then quickly crumble into a pile of snow, spilling across the slope.

The pirates took turns resting. They were segregated into three groups, while the remaining four teams surveilled the other three directions. And just like that, only sixty pirates were used to defend a wall, effectively containing the offensive mounted by the snowmen.