389 Invaders from the east Part 1 (1/2)

As there were one-thousand people scattered across a defense line which was about three miles long, the defensive power was very low. Fortunately, in the early stages of construction, Saleen had already regarded this place as a military-oriented city. Both sides of the port had towers which were built by piles of white rocks. Inside the towers were magic arrays which maintained a constant temperature. Aach tower had an alchemical crossbow with a range of over eight-hundred meters.

These white towers had two stories, and soldiers could be stationed on the first story. No basements were dug, they could only hold the fort until their last breath. Such buildings were not used for obstructing enemies. This tower could defend against a bombardment by a magic stone artillery. Once the soldiers hid inside, they would not need to worry about the attack from a warship anymore.

Now that more than one-hundred miles of the sea was frozen, the warships had no way of getting close at all. The towers' function was only limited to using the alchemical crossbows to seal off the frozen waters.

There were dozens of such towers, and each tower contained an alchemical crossbow. A temperature-maintaining magic array allowed crossbow-type weapons to be kept in a good condition. Since these towers were almost sealed, there was no corrosion from the moisture of the sea. The alchemical crossbows were maintained in a state of battle readiness.

At this moment, Daniel was hiding in one of the towers, and beside him was an intermediate-sized alchemical crossbow. This weapon was also the heaviest one Saleen could purchase. A large alchemical crossbow had a range of several miles, but Saleen did not have the ability to procure it yet.

Observing through the alchemical binoculars, Daniel saw a blinding shine of light, and on top of it was a dense formation of black dots approaching from a distance. Even without using magic to calculate, Daniel could also estimate that there were at least six-hundred people in this group of invaders.

If there were no grand swordmasters or grand mages in this six-hundred strong crowd, then Daniel would be confident of killing them all. The enemy had twenty ships. Given a fleet of such scale, grand mages were definitely present, not to mention the grand swordmasters.

There were far too many magic beasts at sea. Without a certain degree of power, the strongest of ships would also sink.

At this point in time, Daniel began to miss Saleen. If Saleen was around, Daniel would not have to be under so much pressure. He simply needed to wait for orders. Daniel was never a person who chased after authority. He just wanted to practice magic and become a free and mighty mage.

Currently, Daniel could only analyze the situation cautiously in order not to make any mistakes. The enemy had only deployed a ship's worth of manpower, they did not launch a large-scale invasion. This gave Daniel a choice. He could either kill all of them, or continue to bait the enemy to increase their manpower. If Daniel chose to kill all of them right now, the enemy might choose to retreat, or even flee right away with the two warships. If that was the case, Saleen would suffer huge losses.

Those two warships from Sregl Island were definitely worth more than a million gold coins. If they were to be rebuilt, Saleen would need several years. He did not have trained workers, a dock, or sufficient mages. Manufacturing a large warship was so much more challenging than producing a twenty meter long boat. If any problem occurred in any stage of the production process, the warship could simply disintegrate in water.

Saleen might own the Pan's Turtle alchemical boat at the moment. If it was spotted by the sorcerers, it would lose the element of a surprise attack. In order to solidify one's standing in the northern region, one would still need to own large warships. Since Lex had taken one warship and had yet to return, the two remaining warships formed the backbone of Saleen's foundation at the moment.

If the enemies managed to take off with the two warships, Daniel suspected that Saleen might break his bones and use them to build a new warship. Be that as it may, Daniel had only so much manpower, and he did not have any ships with him. In order to get back the two warships, he had to rely on his wits.

”Diyabannersa, pretend to be a grade-6 spirit. Then, go and capture two men. Take note, do not kill them.” When Daniel finished speaking, he wrote down his plan. Then, he sent some swordsmen to return to the temple and report to Kredian.

The swordsmen then left with Daniel's letter. Daniel picked up the alchemical binoculars once again, observing the situation on the ocean.

This six-hundred strong team was extremely close, and they did not have any intention to conceal themselves. When they were about three miles away, Daniel could finally take a good look at their formation.

This was obviously a well-trained army, there were three mages in these six-hundred men. According to the composition of the Qin's army, every brigade would contain a mage. Clearly, the enemies were neither normal mercenaries nor pirates. The three mages were clad in gray magic robes, this meant that they were at least at grade-4 already.

Daniel was upset. A grade-4 mage was very useful in a battle. The enemy only had a six-hundred man team, did they really need to deploy three grand mages?

Daniel might not know anything about the combat strategy of an army, but in a large-scale mercenary battle. The presence of a mage could influence the outcome. If the three mages blessed the swordsmen with some magical ability, this six-hundred man team would be a tough nut to crack.