425 An involuntary battle Part 1 (1/2)
Fifty miles, forty miles, thirty miles…
Both parties were getting increasingly close. A magic book was placed next to Kanuka, he was obviously doing some last minute preparations. It was a book introducing the death language.
Fortunately, the skeletons had evolved to possess intelligence. After Kanuka gave the order, the dragon skeleton warship began increasing its speed. The posture of the bow was also adjusted. It was now pointed ramrod straight, the pair of razor-sharp horns now resembled a rider's lance.
When both parties were at a distance of ten miles, the Eye of the Dead finally captured some crystal clear images. There were six metal-armored warships, without any markings of the Qin Empire. They were also not from the Alchemy City.
Kanuka heaved a sigh of relief. If the other party were warships from the Alchemy City, he would have been at a loss of what to do. Even though Sregl Island and Alchemy City did not have a subordinate-superior relationship, such a huge power would inevitably be offended if a battle was ignited. Kanuka would not wish for such an outcome.
The six metal-armored warships were in a bronze color. At a distance of ten miles, they suddenly separated and slowed down. That indicated that they were preparing the magic trebuchets. The rock flung by a magic trebuchet was itself a magic item too, some might even weigh thousands of catties. No matter how tough the dragon skeleton warship was, it could also get damaged in a frantic bombardment.
The Shadow Sail was withdrawn. Thirty-six skeletons stood within the magic array, activating the core power of the dragon skeleton warship. After a gentle twiddle, its speed increased abruptly, from seventy miles an hour to more than one-hundred miles an hour in that instant.
The Eye of the Dead had captured the flag language shared between the six warships. When Kanuka discovered the enemy's flagship, he gave the attack order without any hesitation. The target was the flagship. The flagship contained the highest ranking commander. Once it was sunk, the enemy would lose their commander.
The dense air vibrations sounded unusually piercing in the wind as dozens of magic stone cannons flew into the air simultaneously, descending in the direction of the dragon skeleton warship. The enemy was actually launching while on the move, they must be experienced and elite soldiers.
The magic stone cannons were stuck together in an abnormally dense formation, and their landing points were not scattered. The enemy's accuracy had exceeded Kanuka's expectations. Since the dragon skeleton warship had increased its speed out of the blue, the enemy misjudged. Dozens of magic stone cannons landed behind the dragon skeleton warship. A magic stone cannon was not a spell after all. It traveled slowly and could not pursue the target. Its power was slightly weaker than the bloodstone which was carried by a bone spirit.
The dragon skeleton warship was unharmed, but Kanuka's face was gloomy. He then said to Saleen, ”Sir, the enemy is able to employ the magic trebuchets while at high speeds. They must have grand mages on all six ships.”
”Six grand mages?” Saleen furrowed his brows, then said, ”Don't deploy the swordsmen. We will crash into them directly, to sink their ships. So what if they have the grand mages?”
In his heart, Saleen was mumbling, ”These six ships will never be the main force no matter where they go, so why are there so many grand mages? The news of me sinking those warships must have been leaked. Damn it, I have attracted the attention of the eastern sea allied army. These six warships must be the vanguards, there might be more trouble to follow.”
On this note, Saleen decided all the more he could not let any enemy escape.
”Nailisi, if the enemy mages can fly, you and Sika must take action. Kill all of them, I don't want any prisoners.”
”Yes Master,” Nailisi answered with a wide grin. She was fond of things like killing people. Saleen did not like it, so she usually got restricted. Now that Saleen was allowing her to kill everyone, Nailisi was pretty glad.
Saleen was not pedantic at all. The enemy might have more than six grand mages. If he did not surprise the enemy by killing a few of them, the consequences would be dire if he got besieged. Why did he not bring the three kings along this time around?
Saleen did not bring the three kings because the city was left with too little defensive power already. After bringing along the last two grade-4 mages, the city was only left with the Caucasus people and a few low grade mages. If the three kings did not stay behind, and the city got invaded, then Saleen's abode would be reduced to nothing.
The size of Saleen's city was not small at all, and he had little manpower. Every day, a few hundred people would ride on magic wolves or skeletal warhorses to patrol the outskirts. It was impossible to monitor every direction.
The best solution would be to emulate Holy Rock City, by constructing a small military town ten miles east and west of the Metatrin City. The best scenario was to build a magic tower in each town, otherwise, a lone city could hardly detect any approaching enemies. At this moment, Saleen could not even gather enough soldiers to guard the city walls, not to mention a small town. He could only concentrate his forces in the middle of the city, allowing the three kings to take command. As long as the enemy was not a grade-9 sorcerer, the three kings would have their ways to deal with them.
Warships on both sides had reached a speed of one-hundred and fifty miles an hour. A distance of several miles would be covered in the blink of an eye. Before the six warships could even react, Saleen's dragon skeleton warship had already collided with the flagship.
The flagship carried less magic trebuchets, it only had three of them. With this strike, the grand mage standing in the middle of the three magic trebuchets had fallen to the ground due to the impact. The magic puppets responsible for carrying the rocks were flung away by the impact also, causing dozens of soldiers nearby to be hit.