Chapter 175 War in the north 5 (1/2)
”looks like a tough nut to crack...”
Mars stood next to a magic cannon battery that fired at the formation rune enhanced walls of Irker, the town which the main force had laid siege to earlier on the same day before he let out a yawn
”...you sure look calm Mars”
Mars looked over and saw Karen looking at him with a weird expression on her face
”well what can I say... I'm just relaxed that's all”
as Mars and Karen were talking the magic canon battery finished their reloading and let lose another barrage of high level spells which lit up the surroundings more than the moon light ever could, Mars let lose another yawn as he watched the barrage of spells fly and eventually hit the walls which shock slightly under the force of the high level spells, Mars looked over at Karen again and asked
”do you need something?”
”it's the twins, the cannon fire woke them up and then they realized you were missing...”
”oh I see... let's head back then”
Mars and Karen left the magic cannon area and walked back to their carriage were Mars was jumped by the twins that were very much awake despite the time was almost midnight, Mars carrying the twins climbed into the carriage and sat them down just as another barrage was shot off from the magic cannons in the distance that briefly lit up the night sky outside the carriage, Mars disagreed with the higher ups decision to do a full 24 hours bombardment of Irker but what could he do? as far as they were concerned he was 'just' a member of the tactical class of Destra's magic academy. After calming down the twins he laid down on the floor of the carriage and closed his eyes meanwhile Lee and Lily found their sleeping spots on top of him and also laid down and closed their eyes, Mars mentally counted down
'...3,2,1'
*BANG*
the magic cannons fired off another barrage like clockwork and the twins jumped slightly, Mars gave a wry smile and opened his eyes and spoke softly
”...there's nothing to be afraid off”
””but...””
the twins settled down again and Mars began lightly stroking them on the head to calm them down and closed his eyes again... after a few hours passed the twins gradually got used to the magic cannons firing off in the distance and fell asleep, Mars also regulated his breathing and soon fell asleep himself...
The next morning Mars woke up late, when he opened his eyes the twins and Karen were already gone from the carriage Mars sat up and stretched then he noticed something strange
'...the magic cannons have gone silent'
Mars thought for a moment and remembered that the magic cannons specialized for breaking the enhancements on the walls and after they were done more traditional siege warfare would commence after the magic formations on the walls were broken
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'...guess I'm late then'
Mars began jogging towards the walls and soon saw the walls of Irker
'...now this is proper siege warfare'
giant magic enhanced siege engines flung rocks at the walls of Irker and a constant rain of arrows and spells filled the air as the troops form Destra attempted to storm the gates protected by magic spells, Mars stood and watched for some time until a pair of small hands tugged his clothes and he looked down and saw the twins, they carried nervous expressions on their faces, Mars gave a sigh and patted them on the head
”it will be fine”
”but...”
”we received some scary orders...”