648 Meaningless Deaths Part 1 (1/2)

When one was being burned alive, the pain was unimaginable. That was the reason why all the records related to hell in the Holy See's Ancient Classics described it as a fiery place.

All non-believers would have to be tortured by the flames of hell.

The soldiers that were climbing the city wall were clearly believers of God. Flames were spurting out from between the cracks in their armor. These soldiers continued climbing anyway. They were numb from pain and single-mindedly wanted to continue climbing for God.

The city wall was thirty yards high. Even without the flames, it was not an easy task for the soldiers to climb the city wall successfully. Once the kerosene started burning, the sticky liquid on the soldiers' gloves began to evaporate. More than one-hundred soldiers were about to reach the top of the city wall, but the sticky liquid on their gloves finally lost all effects and they fell back down again.

The spirits of the dead on the city wall used bows and arrows as their weapons. A rain of arrows was shot by the iron arrow vehicles, shooting down all the spirits of the dead that had dared to venture out. The unlucky spirits of the dead that were shot in the skull and the flames of their souls would dissipate with an explosion and they would fall onto the ground. No one knew if they would return to the death dimension due to their serious injuries or if they would just die on Myers Mainland.

Saleen did not mobilize all his forces, at least he did not order all the catapults to destroy the iron arrow vehicles. He was not afraid of dragging out the fight. In fact, the longer he dragged, the less tricks the enemy would have up their sleeves. He would allow the enemy to hold onto some hope first, hence he did not even allow the mages to release war puppets to kill the foot soldiers beneath the city wall yet.

The Tanggulasi soldiers that were covered in flames began to reach the top of the city wall successfully and fought with the spirits of the dead. The embrasure on the wall of Metatrin City was built very high. When the enemy shot their arrows at an angle, only the soldiers that revealed their heads would risk getting shot. Only by shooting in a lob would the people hiding behind the wall have a chance of being hit. This was when Saleen deployed heavy-armored soldiers to fight against the enemy.

In actual fact, there were only about three-thousand spirits of the dead within a circumference of two miles. Their main combat skills included archery and fighting with humans. Although their technique was terrible, their strength was on par with humans.

There were few knights in Metatrin City mainly because the training for riding was difficult. The number of heavy-armored soldiers had never been low because the barbarians and Caucasus people did not require any training to battle in heavy armor. Most of the soldiers recruited by Saleen were those that already knew swordsmanship. He rarely recruited peasant soldiers.

Saleen treasured these farmers very much. It was easy to learn how to plant seeds into the soil. In order for grain to be mass-produced, he would need farmers with at least a decade of experience, and magic fluid.

Under Saleen, even slaves could become professional soldiers.

There were five types of heavy armors and the ones that Saleen had just deployed were soldiers fully clad in metal armor. Such heavy armors were suitable for keeping the enemies at bay, but other than that, they were difficult to wear, bring around, take it apart, and construct. If they continued to stay on the city wall, these heavy-armored soldiers would be able to stop the enemy knights' charge.

Full metal heavy armors would be able to stop normal crossbow arrows easily. Each soldier wielded a short blade in the left hand and a short spear in the right. The moment Tanggulasi soldiers climbed over the city wall, hundreds of heavy-armored soldiers charged forward to engage them.

These soldiers did not need to conserve energy. With the help of the mages' potence spell, hundreds of soldiers ran at full speed. Even as they wore armors of more than fifty pounds and wielded metal short spears they crashed into the Tanggulasi soldiers.

The Tanggulasi soldiers were wearing light armor. The impact alone flattened more than one-hundred of the Tanggulasis soldiers that successfully climbed over the city wall. It was as if they were a tsunami that fattened everything in its wake. With thunderous footsteps, hundreds of full metal heavy-armored soldiers charged past their enemies. They then steadied themselves and turned back to get ready to charge again.

The Tanggulasi soldiers that had managed to climb over the city wall were already burning in flames. Their vision was blurred and they were no match for the heavy-armored soldiers who had also been boosted with a Potence spell. It was no wonder. Saleen's side consisted of so many low-level mages and they were the defending side. Their city walls were thirty yards high and Saleen could suppress any of the enemy's spells or divine spells. If they could not even contain the enemy from climbing over the city wall while they were at full strength, then they would be too useless.

Underneath the city wall, more than ten low-level holy priests combined their efforts to cast Glorious Impact. A beam of white holy light shot violently towards the city wall. Momentarily, a passageway that was more than fifty yards wide opened and the flames that were burning on the city wall were extinguished by the holy light.

The surrounding soldiers rushed towards these fifty yards of safety and climbed for their lives.

The spirits of the dead that were guarding this stretch of fifty yards were having a tough time now. Although they could shoot arrows much faster than humans, they were also less accurate. It was not surprising that low-level divine spells could extinguish fires. Even with the effect of Dante's Sequence on the city wall, the Tanggulasis still screamed at the top of their lungs while charging under the holy light.

Five-hundred yards away, the iron arrow vehicles were still shooting. More than ten of these vehicles had also adjusted their angle and began to shoot at a lob. By doing so, they began to pose more of a danger to the soldiers on the city wall. Saleen was aware of this, but did not activate the knights. He knew that heavy-armored soldiers would not be hit so easily, but it was much easier to hit knights due to their larger surface area. Even if the arrows hit the warhorses instead of the knights, the latter could still suffer heavy injuries from the fall.

More and more uninjured soldiers began to climb over the city wall, but were all stunned when they finally succeeded. There was a ten yard wide passageway on the city wall. This passageway was wide enough for warhorses and chariots to travel on. Behind the passageway was a cluster of complicated and strange buildings.