646 Flooding one with money Part 1 (1/2)

There were dozens of rounds of assaults, more than half had missed their targets even though Saleen had altered the coordinates beforehand. Coordinates for such large weapons were pretty useful against other large weapons, but if they were used against individual soldiers, the outcome was entirely dependent on luck.

The attack which dealt true damage to the expeditionary army was the blanket-like rain of arrows from the city entrance.

Saleen gazed at the savage-looking expeditionary soldiers as they carried ladders and sprinted towards the walls of Metatrin City. He felt as though they were ferocious ghosts.

Legend had it that only the beings from the ghost plane would be so insane and horrifying.

Those few hundred steel arrow chariots were the last skill the Holy See had, they could only be destroyed by a large trebuchet. The trebuchets which launched one stone cannon at a time could only strike the soldiers controlling the arrow chariots, they could hardly damage these huge steel machines.

The firing speed of an arrow chariot was slightly slower than a bow, but faster than a crossbow. It could launch dozens of arrows in one go and could execute more than ten consecutive launches.

These launches would be completed within one minute while the reloading of divinity-infused arrows would be finished within ten minutes. It could be said that the barrage of arrows from the expeditionary army was also pretty powerful. The arrow chariots, made from steel, were pushed to a location five-hundred from the city walls. They then began firing.

From this distance, a normal bow used by a soldier would not be able to shoot that far. The soldiers behind the steel arrow chariots would thus be able to attack and reload arrows calmly.

A large trebuchet could not strike such a small arrow chariot accurately, the shots from a magic trebuchet could not destroy it. The best method would be to use a powerful magic attack to destroy these arrow chariots swiftly.

To enjoy a range of more than five-hundred a spell would at least have to be a grade-9 single magic attack. It was impossible for Saleen to recruit so many grade-8 mages.

The manpower holding the first line of defense consisted of death archers and some skeletons. The death archers and skeletons stood at the pass and used their bows to injure the Tanggulasi soldiers who were carrying ladders. Many of those gigantic arrows launched from the arrow chariots struck these spirits.

A spirit did not move fast, but its perception was sharp. Many of them dodged the enemy's attacks earlier and only a few were hit in the head. Since their heads were not damaged, the Soul Flame was not dispersed. Despite their bodies being penetrated, the spirits could still continue battling.

The city entrance was very wide. Hiding within a fortification made up of colossal rocks, the second camp and mercenaries were unharmed. They were startled when they noticed the one yard long arrows hitting the city entrance from a distance of five-hundred yards. If normal soldiers were deployed to conduct retaliation at the city entrance, the number of casualties would have exceeded one-thousand.

”Let's begin.” Saleen noticed that the enemy's ladders could possibly get close to the city walls, ”This is the just the first wave of attack, if the enemy can breach the city just like that, then it is useless.”

The rear portion of Metatrin City's entrance was constructed using the Dante's Sequence, it resembled a row of uniform structures. Under Saleen's command, dozens of cracks appeared. These cracks were smooth as glass and they were expanding silently. Finally, dozens of metal battlements rose up from beneath the cracks.

As the dozens of battlements rose up, they reached a height of ten yards, forming sharp angles with the edge of the city walls. It allowed the soldiers to shoot their arrows downwards. A metal battlement had thirty-six firing holes and positioned behind each firing hole was a magic alchemical crossbow.

The enemy's soldiers charged forward while carrying ladders, there was not even a single large puppet paving the way for them. There were no devices like battering rams either. Due to Saleen's keen eye, Saleen managed to discover that a few teams were obviously powerful. These teams were hidden among the few thousand soldiers.

”I see that you are trying to take advantage of the chaos, heh heh.” Saleen snorted, ”Luckily I am at the city entrance. Using the few alchemical binoculars at one side of the wall, it will be very difficult to observe all the targets and profile of the enemies.”

Within the three teams, there were holy masters who were at least at grade-5. Usually, a holy master of this standard would not follow the infantrymen to invade a city. These three holy masters concealed themselves very well and they did not even use divine spells to enhance their speed. Given their usual speed, they could cover a few hundred yards in the blink of an eye otherwise.

Saleen's Elemental Eye was an instinct, it did not even attract the attention of the holy masters. As Saleen observed the situation carefully, he whispered the positions of the three holy masters to the mages around him. These mages then disseminated the order into the battlements.

At the core of the dozens of metal battlements was a magic tablet, it was just like the one Saleen had obtained from Raphael's magical tower. Atop each magic tablet was a three-dimensional image. The mages outside marked the targets, then the three magic disciples beside the magic tablet immediately produced three numbers.

Behind each firing hole was a group of soldiers and each group of soldiers was paired with one magic disciple. There was one group who was assigned to a grade-1 mage. This mage immediately adjusted the angle of the alchemical crossbow, then he spotted the targets through the observing hole.

This grade-1 mage swiftly altered the alchemical crossbow and locked the aim onto the holy masters. In every metal battlement there was a low grade disciple doing the same action. The accuracy of an alchemical crossbow was extremely horrifying in the hands of a mage.

The dozens of metal battlements fired arrows almost exactly at the same time. These arrows drew a red brilliance across the sky as it emitted a shrill sonic boom.