Lord: Stripped of My Inheritance from the Start - Chapter 272 - 271: Taking Giant Stone Castle
Chapter 272: Chapter 271: Taking Giant Stone Castle
Giant Stone Castle’s defenses were indeed formidable. With the drawbridge raised, any Professional Knights attempting to charge and attack the main gate would have to endure an assault from the soldiers on the walls.
But with the Magic Energy Cannon, Ronin could attack Giant Stone Castle’s gate from over a hundred meters away.
BOOM! RUMBLE…
The massive impact made the earth tremble. The soldiers on the walls were thrown off balance, their very souls quaking.
Behind the castle gate, the Knights bracing the steel doors with large posts were hit particularly hard. The force from a single blast of the Magic Energy Cannon sent them flying.
“Hold the line!”
Brisot roared, commanding the castle’s Knights to secure the gate once more. He himself grabbed an iron post and joined them in bracing it.
“The Magic Energy Cannon drains a Knight’s Fighting Qi immensely! They can only fire it two or three times at most. If we can endure this, we’ll win!”
’Two or three times?’
If it were just Ridder alone, he could indeed only fire it three times to conserve his Fighting Qi.
But Ridder wasn’t the only Fire Attribute Knight on the field. Marvin and Toru were as well.
A Silver Peak Knight could fire this Magic Energy Cannon three to five times, to say nothing of Toru, a true Golden Level Knight.
“Quick, quick, let me take a couple of shots.”
Marvin rubbed his hands together and pushed Ridder aside. Toru also moved closer, showing great interest.
BOOM! BOOM!
One shot, two shots, three shots…
No matter how strong Giant Stone Castle’s steel gate was, it couldn’t withstand a continuous bombardment of Sixth-level Magic.
Finally, after the fourth blast, the iron gate could no longer bear the immense force. It tore away from the castle wall and was sent crashing into the fortress, propelled by a wave of searing heat.
The Knights behind the gate were blown away. Some were crushed to death by the gate itself, while others were thrown violently to the ground, unable to get back up.
“It’s breached!”
Everyone’s spirits lifted.
Ronin drew his Flame Stream Sword, his voice echoing across the battlefield. “Charge!”
Although Coren had raised the drawbridge, the gap of over ten meters was no obstacle for the Professional Knights. They could cross it in a single leap.
“Kill!”
Fighting Qi Armor flared to life around Viscount Marvin. He bent his knees, kicked off the ground with explosive force, and shot across like a cannonball, landing heavily on the other side.
He wasn’t the only one. Toru, Tarren, Philip, Solstein, and the others all moved at nearly the same time.
A host of Bronze and Advanced Level Knights also activated their Fighting Qi Armor and followed close behind.
Atop the wall, Coren’s face was pale. He never expected the situation to escalate like this so suddenly.
He had observed the forces from Wushan Castle and the Wubei Territory and hadn’t seen them carrying a weapon like the Magic Energy Cannon. How did they suddenly produce such a massive device?
The breached gate was a heavy blow to Coren, pushing him to the brink of death.
He knew in his heart that without the castle’s defenses, he had no way of contending with the Noble Alliance Army.
Defeat was certain.
But he hadn’t given up yet.
Coren grabbed a Longbow, nocked an Arrow, and drew the string. A Magic Energy Arrow shot out like a flash of light. Though its aim was slightly off, it still pierced an Advanced Level Knight’s shoulder, pinning him to the ground.
“Everyone, attack!”
Seeing this, the Archers, spearmen, and stone-throwers on the wall regained their confidence and launched a fierce assault on the forces below.
However, they were all ordinary people, not using Magic Energy Weapons, so they posed less of a threat.
“It’s a Magic Energy Arrow! Everyone, be careful!”
Toru shouted a warning, his eyes fixed on Coren on the wall. “Bronze and Silver Knights, cover me as I charge into the castle! I’ll get on the wall and stop Coren!”
The Magic Energy Arrow wasn’t much of a threat to them, but it was a major threat to the Advanced Level Knights.
They couldn’t let Coren fire unimpeded.
Immediately, a dozen or so Knights covered Toru as he charged into the castle, clashing head-on with Brisot and his Knight Squad, who were waiting inside.
Meanwhile, the Advanced Level Knights raised their Shields, dodging arrows as they rushed toward the drawbridge’s mechanism. They had to lower the bridge to let the rest of their army charge across.
“They’re in the way!”
Ronin glared at the arrow towers on the walls, which were firing continuously. Their presence was hindering the Knights from lowering the drawbridge.
’Then let’s give you a little gift.’
The Fire Elements between heaven and earth gathered before him, forming a giant fireball that hurtled toward one of the castle’s arrow towers.
While the fireball’s power couldn’t match the Sixth-level Magic fired from the Magic Energy Cannon, the arrow tower wasn’t as sturdy as the castle gate.
With a loud BOOM, the arrow tower was blasted apart, and the searing wave of heat instantly incapacitated the Archers inside.
“Damn it!”
Seeing this, Coren immediately locked his sights on Ronin.
He wasn’t sure how Ronin had cast that Magic, but he knew it had come from him.
“This is your fault!”
Coren drew his bowstring again, aiming a Magic Energy Arrow at Ronin.
SWOOSH!
The glowing Arrow flew swiftly, aiming to pierce Ronin’s skull, but it was snatched out of the air by Ridder, who was standing guard nearby.
At that moment, Ronin cast his spell a second time, blasting the other arrow tower.
“He’s a Senior Mage? How is that possible?!”
Coren froze, his mind reeling.
He had no time to think further, because Toru had already broken free from Brisot and charged onto the castle wall.
Two Flame Burst Skills greatly reduced the pressure on the Knights below. They protected each other with their Shields and forced the drawbridge down.
“Charge!”
As the drawbridge fell, the Basic Level and Intermediate Knights, along with the Infantry who had been waiting, all surged forward.
Just as Ronin thought the battle was decided, a beam of intensely compressed red light shot out from inside the castle. It pierced through the bodies of several Knights in its path, heading straight for him.
“It’s the Golden Level Combat Skill, ’Fire Flash’!”
Ronin remembered that Marquis Lurans had used this very move during his battle with Ossen.
He didn’t move. Ridder, at his side, had already drawn his Longsword and extinguished the remnants of the Fire Flash with a single use of Instant Flame.
“Ridder, there’s a Golden Knight inside. You go help out, too.”
“Yes, my lord. Be careful.”
Just then, Brisot, catching Marvin and the others off guard, unleashed an unexpected burst of powerful strength, clearing a path.
“Since I can’t trap and kill the Noble Alliance Army, I’ll just kill you instead!”
Taking Ronin’s life had been part of their plan from the beginning.
Now that Giant Stone Castle was finished, it was clearly impossible to count on them and Chishan Town to jointly annihilate the Noble Alliance Army.
So, Brisot decided to kill Ronin and then retreat.
That way, this joint operation would at least have accomplished something.
A Golden Knight was more than capable of taking an enemy general’s head from amidst an army of thousands, and Brisot certainly had that confidence.
“Oh no, he’s going after Ronin!”
Marvin and the others paled in alarm.
Toru had already charged up the wall to deal with Coren, so it was up to them to stop this Golden Knight.
“Stop him!”
The four of them immediately lunged toward Brisot.
“A bunch of Silvers think you can keep up with me?”
Brisot glanced contemptuously at his pursuers. He weaved through the chaotic crowd, burst out of the castle gate, and charged across the drawbridge, only to see a Knight by Ronin’s side lunging at him.
“Get out of my way!”
Brisot thrust his sword, aiming to pierce Ridder’s heart.
Fighting Qi Armor flared around Ridder as he raised his sword to block.
CLANG! A deafening sound rang out as their Fighting Qi erupted in a violent wave, blasting the surrounding Infantry backward.
Brisot was incredibly strong, and even Ridder was knocked backward, but his offensive rhythm had been broken.
’A Silver Level… and a Peak Knight?’
Brisot cursed Ronin’s cunning inwardly. This Silver Knight wasn’t on any roster; he was a hidden asset.
Marvin and the others were surprised when they saw this.
When Ridder was using the Magic Energy Cannon, they had suspected he was hiding his true strength. It seemed their suspicions were correct.
“Even a Silver Level Peak Knight won’t stop me!”
Brisot roared furiously, trying to break through Ridder’s defense, but he was halted by the latter’s relentless attacks.
This delay allowed the four pursuing Knights to quickly catch up and surround him.
Even though Brisot was a Golden Knight, he couldn’t fend off five Silver Knights at once and was quickly defeated.
Meanwhile, Coren was no match for Toru.
After only two or three exchanges, he had one of his hands cut off and was captured alive by Toru.
With the two strongest defenders of Giant Stone Castle captured one after the other, the siege was coming to an end.
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