Chapter 40: Spell Arrows
Weiyi adjusted the shooting scale of the hard crossbow. He aimed the base of a catapult at the groove marked above the hard crossbow at a distance of 500 meters.
After seeing Liana lifting the stones with magic, Weiyi immediately had an idea in her heart. He wanted to use Liana's magic to make the arrows of the hard crossbow hit the catapult car about 500 meters away. With the power of the hard crossbow, the arrows could completely penetrate the wooden catapult car, thereby reducing the threat of the catapult car to the city walls and the soldiers guarding the city.
Except for the large hard crossbows on the city wall, the range of other crossbows will not exceed 300 meters at most. Therefore, although the high-level officials of Doro City hate the giant catapult car arranged by the goblins 500 meters away, they have no way to deal with it. After discussing with the thin little soldier and Liana, he decided to try his inspiration. If it is really successful, it will greatly reduce the threat of the catapult car to Doro City and also give the city some more security.
Because of the magic on the arrows, the soldiers who had operated the hard crossbow had to retreat and take over the action for Vie.
Weiyi took a deep breath, held the black handle with both hands, and aimed at a catapult. With the archery skills that Oia taught him before, she naturally had an understanding of the direction of the arrow shooting.
Aim, pull the diaphragm, and press the trigger. The whole process is done in one go.
The strings that were pulled up on the hard crossbow suddenly bounced, and the arrows in the groove disappeared instantly. The huge vibration of the fire made Vey, who was operating the hard crossbow for the first time, numb. However, at this time, he did not care about his arms, but kept staring at the catapult that he was aiming at before. In addition to himself, Lianna also stared at the catapult with hope.
Almost the next second after Weiyi pulled the trigger, a catapult pedestal in the goblin army suddenly exploded, and fragments of wood were hit and flew into the air. The entire movable arm of the catapult tilted to one side and collapsed into the dense group of goblins, overwhelming more than a dozen goblins.
"Success!" Liana beside Vie waved her arm in the air, her tone slightly excited.
She gave Vey a hug and shouted excitedly: "Little guy, you are really a lucky star in our legion! I must ask the commander for you!"
Wei Yi's eyes were also full of excitement. This successful attack with magic arrows also meant that the defenders of Doro City finally felt helpless at the long-range attack of the goblins. Wei Yi didn't know that he had already set a precedent in the history of the imperial military without realizing it.
Lianna didn't say anything more. They quickly walked down the turret under the respectful gaze of the soldiers and returned to the area where they were stationed. Because the army of goblins outside the city walls showed signs of launching a new round of charge.
"How is it?" The thin soldier said with hope.
Liana gave him a thumbs up and signaled that Wei Yi's idea was successful, which was indeed useful. The soldier took a deep breath to suppress his excitement. He patted Wei Yi on the shoulder and said, "Little guy, why don't you come to our army. I would like to volunteer to give you the title of senior soldier directly."
Weiyi smiled bitterly and said, "Thank you for your trust, but I have to go somewhere else."
The thin little soldier said nothing, patted him on the shoulder again, and returned to his position.
The previous several rounds of arrow rain attacks by the soldiers guarding the city effectively curbed the charge of the goblin army. However, after retreating more than 100 meters and replenishing the troops behind the army, the goblin army pressed towards the city wall again, and it was much more fierce and faster than the first wave of attacks. Soon, the goblin had approached about 300 meters away from the city wall.
"Suppress the rain of arrows! The mage is ready!" the thin soldier roared.
Two rows of archers on standby behind the city wall quickly took over the soldiers' positions. The first row immediately retreated to the rear after shooting from the battlement gap. The second row of archers took over the shooting. The two rows of archers attacked in turn, greatly increasing the attack efficiency on the city wall.
Wei Yi observed the attack of the goblins in the gap, but he soon discovered anomaly. Although this wave of goblins fell down by the dense rain of arrows, they still waved their weapons and roared at the city wall, feeling like they were not afraid of death. Moreover, the goblins attacked this time were obviously much more manic than the goblins who attacked the previous one. Wei Yi narrowed his eyes and saw that the goblins' eyes were red after careful observation, as if they were controlled by something.
In just a few dozen seconds, countless goblin corpses appeared on the battlefield, and the blood instantly dyed the ground red. Even on the tall city wall, Wei Yi seemed to smell a strong smell of blood.
After the arrow rain, nearly a thousand goblins still rushed towards the city wall. The moat outside the south wall was only five meters wide. The ladder carried by the goblins army easily allowed them to cross the moat.
The thin soldier head did not let the archers continue to attack. At a distance of about two hundred meters, he was no longer responsible for the bow and arrow. He squinted his eyes and stared at the goblin army constantly approaching the moat. Once they crossed the moat, there was only a clearing space left from the city wall.
"Master, attack!"
The thin soldier waved his hand suddenly, and in the observation mouth about two meters below them, a dazzling light lit up, and countless magical attacks flew out of the observation mouth and fell into the goblin.
As soon as the white magic ball landed, it exploded violently, and the white light instantly engulfed the goblins within two meters. The flames spread on the battlefield like snakes. After many goblins were stained with white flames, their skin and muscles were swallowed up by the flames, leaving only the thick white bones. The magic flames were more than several times higher than ordinary physical flames, and burned more violently and rapidly than ordinary flames. Suddenly, a white area appeared on the battlefield under the southern city wall, and no goblins survived in this area.
However, the magic flames only cover the battlefield of about a hundred meters. On the front line of nearly a thousand meters, they did not launch a fundamental attack on the goblin army.
Almost at the same time when the South City Wall launched a magic attack, the other three city walls also launched magic attacks. There were not no magicians among the goblins, but their number was extremely small, and most of them were in the rear of the army for support and treatment, and very few went to the battlefield.
The white magic flame temporarily curbed the continued attack of the goblin army. They hovered outside the flame, waiting for the flame to disappear and continued to attack the city wall.
A round of spell attack caused heavy losses to the goblin army, but they still showed no sign of retreat. Instead, reinforcements were sent continuously in the rear, and the number of goblins surrounded outside the southern city wall was increasing.
The thin soldier's first glance condensed and sighed softly. He pulled out a long sword with double-edged sword from his black cloak, turned his head to look at Vey, and said in a deep voice: "After the damage of magic becomes smaller, they will definitely launch a general attack. Our soldiers are at least twice as few as them. In addition to guarding the city wall, we also have to rush out of the city wall to attack them, otherwise the south city wall will be unable to protect, so just stay on the city wall to support us."
Wei Yi drew out his sword, with a little more confidence in his eyes: "No, I'll go with you. I agree to come to Doro City with you just to train myself. If I'm afraid of this and that for my own safety, how can my strength improve?"
A glimmer of light flashed in the soldier's eyes and said, "I have the courage, you will be by my side later!" After that, he faced the soldiers of the Lei Falcon Legion on the city wall.
"Lei Falcon Legion, go to the battlefield to meet the enemy!" the soldier shouted.
"Invincible! Invincible!" The soldiers raised their spears and roared in unison, their voices shaking through the city walls.
The Lei Falcon Legion has strong combat effectiveness, but it is not suitable for garrisoning the city wall. The limitations of the city wall will instead suppress the combat effectiveness of the legion. Only on the battlefield can the legion be fully exerted. This is also the reason why the senior soldier named the Lei Falcon Legion.
After explaining a few words to Liana, the thin little soldier led the Lei Falcon Legion to the city wall and walked down the wall. Wei Yi followed the soldiers, and there were six senior soldiers. As for the senior mage, because the wizards were not as physically as soldiers, all the senior mages stayed on the city wall and were always ready to provide cover and support to the soldiers.
After a moment, the magic flames on the battlefield gradually became smaller. As the flames dissipated, the goblin army waved their weapons and rushed towards the moat.
Some goblins responsible for carrying the stairs placed the stairs horizontally on the moat, and the goblins jumped over the moat from the stairs and rushed towards the city gate.
Chapter completed!