Chapter 654: Wei-Jin North-South Dynasties (2/2)
Creak creak...
A bunch of mechanical noises later, a dozen or so giant rocks were tossed toward the walls!
Boom boom!
Two giant rocks slammed into the walls and violently shook the entire wall on this side. The rest flew into the city and terrorized a bunch of players. Unfortunately, it wasn’t quite enough damage to take down the wall, and catapults had two glaring weaknesses: one, it was incredibly difficult to aim properly. Two, its ammo was extremely limited. Every engineer could only carry 1 to 3 rocks on their person, and high-level engineers were a rare commodity.
Wei-Jin North-South Dynasties stopped in front of a catapult and raised his spear. He declared, ”Follow my command! Magic knights, raise your shields and stand at the front! Use Holy Shield to nullify the archers’ Far Shots and protect the catapults! When the catapults are out of ammo, protect the ladders until they are propped up against the walls! Those P2W arrow towers have extremely high Attack, so make sure you Guard against their attacks properly! Priests, stay close to the magic knights! Players, move in groups of 1 magic knight, 1 warrior, 1 mage, 1 archer and 1 priest. Push in waves so that we can bring our firepower closer to the walls! After that, magic knights will cancel their mounts, climb up the cloud ladders on foot and protect the squishies with your shields! Let’s take over the walls in one go!”
All the players under his command nodded affirmatively and fell into position.
Wei-Jin North-South Dynasties was definitely a talented field commander, although that wasn’t surprising considering that he was a CGL Hall of Famer. There must be a reason Hunting Moon Dynasty was able to remain a strong guild across both Spirit of Grief and Heavenblessed.
The united army launched hundreds of rocks at the city before finally running out of ammo. They were able to leave deep, shocking marks on the walls and kill thousands of players who were unfortunate enough to get crushed by the boulders from crumbling walls. Since the catapults had incredibly high attack power, anyone who took a direct hit was dead or almost dead without exception. The losses hardly mattered though. Hall of Immortality, Rose of the Holy Domain, and Throne Seeker’s players alone totaled up to several hundred thousand, but Bloodthirsty Battle Monarch also bought a ton of random guilds to defend his city. I wouldn’t be surprised if the players entrenched inside Immortality City totaled up to a million or more. Superior numbers were the source of Bloodthirsty Battle Monarch’s confidence. The attackers still outnumbered the defenders 7 to 1, but it wasn’t too big a gap to overcome considering that they were protected by fortifications. To be honest, it was impossible to conquer Immortality City without investing a considerable amount of effort.
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Meanwhile, Wei-Jin North-South Dynasties raised his spear again and shouted, ”Begin the assault!”
A cacophony of battles cries filled the air as the three guilds finally launched a united assault on Immortality City. A sea of people started swarming methodically toward the city.
”Archers, fire at will!” Bloodthirsty Battle Monarch yelled.
Arrows rained down from the sky and rattled against the magic knights’ shield. The magic knights kept their Holy Shields up and protected their mage, archer, and priest from harm. Practically every magic knight on the frontline was buffed by Death Match, Physique and other defensive buffs, so being on the frontline of the assault wasn’t impossible to endure.
Thud thud thud...
A dozen or so magic knights who were unlucky enough to be focus-fired dropped from their mounts and died. There were a lot of high-level archers on the walls, and the hail of Spiraling Arrow Blades they kept shooting was nothing to scoff at.
”Don’t panic! Hold the line and keep moving forward!” Wei-Jin North-South Dynasties shouted to raise his troop’s morale. He was standing at the forefront with his spear on one side and his shield raised in front of him.
Finally, the line of troops reached within 100 yards of the walls, and the arrow towers started raining havoc on them. The thick, long steel arrows penetrated the magic knights’ armor and shield with ease, but the quality of Hunting Moon Dynasty’s magic knights was way higher than Mad Dragon or Flower Room’s. Moreover, their party had a priest healing them and keeping them alive, so they were surviving despite losing health at a rapid rate.
Unable to stand this any longer, Rose Thorn pointed at the ground and ordered, ”All archers within 20 yards of me are to attack the center area with Spiraling Arrow Blades! Flip these goddamned turtles over!”
Bang bang bang!
The focus fire worked, and droves of magic knights fell to the ground and died. The loss of his most elite fighters pained Wei-Jin North-South Dynasties since there was no reviving them for this battle, but their sacrifice was worth it if they could reach the walls!
It was a bloodbath. People kept dying, and their blood turned into rivers. An entire layer of bodies, potions, and equipment covered the ground.
Five painful minutes later, the frontline players finally reached within 10 yards of the walls. The arrow towers couldn’t hit them there.
Wei-Jin North-South Dynasties shouted, ”Raise the cloud ladders and scale the walls!”
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Chiang!
Bloodthirsty Battle Monarch unsheathed his blade furiously and ordered, ”Fuck patience! Ghost Riders, ride with me and decimate our enemies!”