Chapter 845 - 356: Why Is the Swamp’s Army So Strong?!
Chapter 845: Chapter 356: Why Is the Swamp’s Army So Strong?!
Woo~woo~
The war horn let out a deep roar, resounding wantonly in the sky.
The army ahead surged forward like the rising tide.
The formation of Centaur Warriors, Giant Bear Warriors, Giant Snake Warriors... approached the city walls with a powerful sense of oppression.
A series of low growls, roars, and curses formed immense sound waves.
It felt like a tsunami was coming.
In this siege, the opposing side only used a quarter of its forces, yet even so, it exceeded 500,000.
The magnitude of such an army is terrifying; as far as the eye can see, there’s nothing but the army, the ground is covered.
At the same time, over a thousand Titan war pigs slowly approached from the rear.
They halted at a distance of fifteen hundred meters.
All around, Eagle Knights soared in the sky, guarding these massive siege beasts.
Kada~kada~
The Titan war pigs initiated the first attack, their tusks pulling downward, the chains attached began to rotate, pulling the winch to its limit.
Then... boom~
A giant stone was hurled.
It traced a curved trajectory through the air.
Carrying an unstoppable downward plunge, but just as it was about to strike the city wall.
Whoosh~ A giant stone flew out from behind the city wall, meeting it head-on.
Bam~
Crack~
It collided directly in mid-air, shattering apart.
The sky was scattered with large pieces of debris.
What is this?!
The attacking soldiers were stunned, before they could react, they saw a thousand giant stones rising from behind them...
If it were ordinary city walls, one wave would shatter them!
But the next second, more giant stones soared from behind the city walls, directly colliding with them with unstoppable force.
Thousands of giant stones collided and exploded in the sky, the dull and terrifying sounds echoing like rolling thunder across the heavens.
This scene looked extremely impactful visually.
In this round of attack by the Titan war pigs, only a dozen or so stones managed to breach and fall on the city walls, but... they were useless.
Those soldiers clad in thick Armor roared and leaped, their sharp war sabers bursting forth.
Crack~
They directly sliced the stones apart.
The shattered fragments scattered, clattering against the Armor of the surrounding troops.
But they could no longer inflict substantial damage.
Seeing this scene, the pupils of the Centaur God in the palace atop the Titan war pig contracted, surprised.
"This city... seems far stronger than we anticipated!"
The deer-man with golden antlers pressed both hands on the railing in front, his dark eyes deep.
"This is exactly what we want... If it were too weak, how could it entice the Goddess of Misfortune to appear?"
"How is the preparation of that Treasure?"
"Ready for use at any moment... Once its aura is sensed, the Goddess of Misfortune will definitely appear!"
"Good, await my command."
As the two conversed, the second and third waves of giant stones were hurled out... but again, to little effect.
As soon as they flew close to the city walls, they were struck down by stones hurled from the platform behind the walls.
The heavy siege weapons behind the Titan war pigs were fierce with extravagant range, but the Ancient Tree Guardian’s manually-thrown stones were more precise.
After failing to achieve any results after a dozen rounds, the army in front pushed to within a hundred meters of the city walls.
Black and oppressive like a tidal wave.
Yet, the warriors at the forefront did not look optimistic... the cactus-covered walls were far too visually overwhelming.
Those sharp spines sent shivers down one’s spine at just a glance.
Imagining themselves climbing the city, they felt prickly all over.
Especially those warriors with bare chests flaunting scars to display honor, turning pale and flushed in turns.
Wouldn’t it be better to wear some Armor? They end up like this for the sake of appearances...
If they were to climb the walls, they’d likely be stripped to the bone before they even made it halfway...
Woo~woo~
The war horns in the rear sounded again.
This time, the horn’s call carried a spirit-lifting power, dispelling the unease in the warriors’ hearts at the front.
This heated their heads, causing them to rush to the wall’s base and start... climbing.
Crack~
The sharp spines pierced flesh, even reaching bone, causing those leading the charge to fall after climbing just a few meters.
The scene was quite awkward.
Without external aid, this wall alone could make them stuck...
Some warriors struck in anger, but it felt like slashing steel.
The recoil made their hands numb.
Damn... how the hell do we deal with this?
At that moment, large semi-cylindrical barrels, thousands in number, were pushed from the rear.
Bearman Warriors forcefully opened the lids, then triggered the mechanism below... the next second, bang~ a sharp cross-hook fired, with a sturdy retractable climbing ladder attached, soaring through the sky at terrifying speed.
Whoosh~ The cross-hook pierced tens of meters of empty space, landing on the walls.
With a click~, it latched onto the wall’s parapet.
Then, the ladder attached to the long hook tautened suddenly, clattering down to the ground.
The warriors below scrambled to climb up.
With footholds, they no longer faced the spines, significantly improving efficiency...
From afar, it looked like swarms of ants surged up the sixty-meter high walls, a magnificent sight.
The Cold-blooded Cavalry on the wall, however, looked on indifferently.
Once they climbed to forty or fifty meters, they swung their war sabers violently!
Crack~
The cross-hook of the siege ladder was sliced through... whoosh~ the warriors climbing up swiftly plummeted, thud~ crashing to the ground, bones shattering, mouths gushing blood.