Under the watchful eyes of Lu Xiao and Yongzhen, the mechanical troops controlled by Hades arrived near the city gate and launched an attack without hesitation.
"Boom!"
The missiles fired by the Death Messenger bombarded the outer wall of Ziwu City. Part of the wall section that was hit collapsed. The soldiers guarding the city screamed and fell from the top of the city, and were eventually buried under rubble.
"Fire!"
The defenders of Ziwu City were not to be outdone, and the self-priming continuous-fire artillery from Oselan's emergency support began to exert its power.
This individual hand-held artillery can automatically suck the shells piled on the city wall into the gun body for loading, and can fire ten fist-sized high-explosive shells at one time.
"Boohoo!"
Amidst the strange sound effects like the launch of fireworks, these continuous artillery shells blasted into the mechanical army. When the seemingly small shells hit the target, they caused a violent explosion.
Some small and medium-sized mechanical beasts lost their combat effectiveness on the spot under the impact of the explosion's aftermath, and even the Degenerates and Deathbringers designed specifically for war were affected.
Elsa shouted angrily: "Don't stop! Keep firing! Stop the metal demon at the gate of the city!"
"Bah!"
Thunder and lightning suddenly fell from the sky and aimed at Elsa. At the critical moment, Elend picked up her sister and jumped sideways, narrowly escaping the attack from the air.
A large number of Lightning Eagles and Storm Birds mixed in with them covered the sky above the city wall, creating a huge sense of oppression as black clouds pressed down on the city.
Yavid, who had been well prepared, remained calm in the face of danger. He turned his head and nodded to Mallard, and the old chief auxiliary officer immediately began to issue orders.
"Calgar's eagle, it's your turn to take action!"
During the reign of the tenth Sun King Nahassis, in order to obtain resources from the mechanical beasts more efficiently, the Kingdom of Karga established a special non-governmental organization, the Hunter's House.
Each generation of leader of the hunter family has the title of Sun Eagle, and the most effective assistant of Sun Eagle is uniformly called Eagle.
At first, people only hunted for resource needs. As the territory of the Kingdom of Calgar gradually expanded and its national power increased, hunting began to become a form of entertainment.
But the Hunter House has never relaxed in honing their skills. They are elite hunters who specialize in machines and are familiar with the weaknesses and habits of various mechanical beasts.
Following Mallard's orders, the contemporary Sun Eagle raised its hand and pointed at the mechanical bird in the sky.
"Knock them down! For the glory of the eagle!"
"Boom boom!"
Every hunter holds a rope gun that Aloy once used. Aloy obtained this weapon from the Hunter's House branch in the wild. Strictly speaking, she is also a member of the Hunter's House.
When the Storm Birds and Lightning Eagles descended to prepare for a dive attack, strong ropes tied their wings. Many mechanical birds were dragged down from the air in embarrassment and fell heavily inside and outside the city.
The Sun Eagle aimed at the landing Stormbird and fired armor-piercing arrows, and at the same time loudly ordered: "Attack! Don't let them take off again!"
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When the fierce battle to defend Ziwu City began, Lu Xiao finally completed charging the Xuanyuan Sword.
At the same time, an elite commando team composed entirely of war machines bypassed the defense line of Meridian City and was climbing along the mountain road to the top platform where the obelisk is located.
Although Yavid deployed multiple lines of defense at the key points up the mountain, under the powerful fire suppression of the Deathbringer, these defenses built with flesh and blood could only play a slight delaying role.
Now that preparations have been completed, Lu Xiao does not intend to let these loyal royal guards die in vain.
Lu Xiao turned to look at a royal guard captain with clenched fists: "General Kavas, ask your men to retreat to the top of the mountain and lure those metal demons over."
"As you command!"
Kavas took out a horn made of an unknown material from his waist, took a deep breath, brought it to his mouth and blew it.
"Woo~woo~"
The desolate sound of the horn spread far away from the platform on the top of the mountain. After receiving the order, the royal guards immediately put down their heavy Oseland weapons, turned around and ran towards the top of the mountain.
The war machines directly controlled by Hades are not interested in the lives of these humans. As long as they can seize the authority of the signal tower and wake up all the Faro fleet that has been shut down by Minerva, humans in the entire world will not be able to escape the fate of destruction.
Ten Death Messengers continued to rush towards the top of the mountain under the path opened by the Degenerate. The body of one of the Death Messengers was wrapped with a large number of black and red energy light bands, and it looked very different from the other companions.
"Da da da!"
Passing the last turning point of the mountain road, the Destroyer in front was the first to let his heavy machine gun roar.
The intertwined firepower knocked the bunkers near the obelisk into pieces, but their attacks consciously avoided the location of the obelisk.
"Whoosh!"
The arrow shot from the top of the obelisk sank into the formation of the Degenerates, causing an explosion when it hit the ground.
"boom!"
The special explosive arrows shot by Yongzhen blew up many degraders into the sky. Because the position where she stood was too sensitive, Hades did not dare to order the war machine to launch a counterattack, and could only watch Yongzhen pull the bowstring one after another.
The huge Deathbringer locked onto the Royal Guards hiding behind the bunker, launched the small missiles carried on it, and turned to attack the ruins scattered everywhere.
Due to the lack of satellite guidance and positioning, missiles cannot hit targets as accurately as in the old days, but the destructive power they cause will not diminish.
"Get away!"
"boom!"
Under Cavas's order, the targeted royal guard hurriedly jumped to the side. The bunker hit by the missile exploded, and the small stones ejected made the armor of the royal guard "ding".
While other death messengers were busy wiping out the living forces on the top of the mountain, the special individual in a strange state stepped straight towards the obelisk.
Lu Xiao stood in front of the obelisk, and the special bunker created by alchemy allowed him to see the whole situation through the gaps.
"oh?"
Seeing the unique death messenger, Lu Xiao's eyes flickered, "Is that you?"
Yong Zhen, who was standing at a high place, also noticed something strange here, and several explosive arrows bombarded the Death Messenger.
The thickness of the Deathbringer's armor, which is specially made for war, is not comparable to that of the mobile Degenerator. The power of the explosive arrows can only blacken the surface of its armor and cannot penetrate the armor.
"So……"
Changing the type of arrows, Yongzhen bent his bow and drew an arrow again.
Just when she was about to shoot the armor-piercing arrow, the Deathbringer attacked her uncharacteristically.
"Da da da da!"
The machine gun bullets that were accurate to the millimeter perfectly avoided the obelisk and hit Yongzhen.
Yongzhen jumped back while the opponent's gun was turning, and fell freely from the top of the obelisk.
Before landing, Yongzhen shot the armor-piercing arrow prepared in his hand.
The machine gun that had just retracted into the armor was shot through by a powerful armor-piercing arrow, and short-circuit sparks immediately flashed inside the armor.
"Wow~"
The magic floating cloak wrapped behind Yongzhen unfolded, slowing down her fall, and finally landed steadily.
While fighting Yongzhen, this special death messenger was distracted and released the red and black energy flow from its body, stretching towards the obelisk like a solid line.
Lu Xiao, who had completely calmed down, watched silently as several light strips wrapped around the obelisk.
'The last step of the plan, Hades, welcome into my trap.'