Chapter 819: The Battle Begins (I)
Chapter 819: The Battle Begins (I)
Their method of pairing up was warmly received by the mages as well. It also allowed the mages to quickly become a part of the big family that the Southeastern Fort was, merging with the warrior harmoniously.
On the battlefield, the mages were the sharpest spear, while the warriors beside them were the toughest shields.
As a result, as the spears of lightning rained down from the Birdy Demons, the shield warriors immediately made the defences above the walls as tough as a tortoise’s shell.
Hiding behind them, the mages could not even see the spears of lightning, covered up by the shields. The long spears directly bounced off the shields and fell back down the walls.
There was a special characteristic about the spears of lightning from the Birdy Demons. Towards the back, there were four small fletches, which would ensure the spears to fly straight and not horizontally. However, these fletches had now become a nightmare for the Berserk Demons.
The spears of lightning that bounced off the shields obviously could not identify friend from foe. Having just destroyed the three waves of magical beasts and suffered heavy losses, the Berserk Demons were now met with several thousand spears of lighting that rained down from the sky.
They really did come just too suddenly.
At the same time, the demons had gone berserk. The ones who discovered the falling spears of lightning were able to react in time, but those who failed to discover the spears or were careless became the unlucky ones.
Basically two thirds of the five thousand spears of lightning had been reflected below the walls. At least a thousand Berserk Demons died or were incapcitated by the spears of lightning. Miserable was no longer an appropriate word to describe this.
However, the Berserk Demons were still Berserk Demons after all. After suffering heavy blows after heavy blows and losing over four thousand of their clansmen, they continued to charge towards the walls of the Southeastern Fort. They arrived at the walls and immediately used the spikes on their arms to stab into the walls, so they could quickly climb up.
Although the walls of the Southeastern Fort were rather tough, the Berserk Demons could scale it as long as they could gain the slightest footing using the spikes. Now, the walls that stood a hundred meters tall were covered in Berserk Demons, while the Demonic Eye Soldiers behind had finally arrived as well.
There were over thirteen thousand Demonic Eye Soldiers, with plenty of powerhouses among them. Although they were not as fast as the Berserk Demons, they were not slow either. After all, they had three legs! However, the Demonic Eye Soldiers were not as mindless as the Berserk Demons. They were very clever. The reason why they did not charge into battle immediately was to let the Berserk Demons attack. Wouldn’t they be safer once the humans on the walls were busy with the Berserk Demons. They had calculated the situation extremely well, which was why they only reached the walls just now.
The leading Demonic Eye Soldier had a total of twelve eyes. It produced a sharp screech. Immediately, all of the Demonic Eye Soldiers fell into formation and all of their eyes became fixed on the walls.
Their demonic eyes could only launch straight beams. It was not particularly effective as they had to attack from below, but the leader of the Demonic Eye Soldiers was very clever. His objective was very simple, which was to directly attack the walls.
Even if the walls of the Southeastern Fort were a hundred meters thick, they would not be able to withstand several rounds of attacks from thirteen thousand Demonic Eye Soldiers. Once the walls were breached, what was the Southeastern Fort supposed to use to stop the army of half a million?
Their method of attack was sly. And, as soon as he had arrived, ten eyes on the leading Demonic Eye Soldier’s head unleashed attacks, leaving behind a charred patch a meter deep in the walls. Without a doubt, he was indicating to the other Demonic Eye Soldiers where to attack.
If the Demonic Eye Soldiers really did succeed in launching several waves of attack, it would definitely be quite a blow to the Southeastern Fort. The Berserk Demons had already begun climbing the walls now, while the Birdy Demons in the air responded cleverly as well, quickly dispersing from formation and looking for any opportunities to attack. How was the Southeastern Fort supposed to stop these Demonic Eye Soldiers now?
Of course they had a wave, because the Southeastern Fort was no longer the battlefield of the Warrior Temple, but the battlefield of the Temple Union!
A sharp whistle suddenly sounded from the walls and before the Demonic Eye Soldiers could understand what was going on, flocks of them collapsed like felled wheat.
Figures actually emerged from the ground one after another, slaughtering the Demonic Eye Soldiers at a close range.
Assassins. They were assassins.
There were over ten thousand assassins hidden below the walls. They had always been waiting patiently. They let the Berserk Demon pass them, as their target were the Demonic Eye Demons who used magic attacks!
The Demonic Eye Soldiers were huge and possessed three legs each, but they were truly magic troops. They were highly unskilled in close combat. They had never thought that the threat did not come from the Southeastern Fort, but from below their feet, launching fatal attacks at them just like the Slinkers of their own race.
The Demonic Eye Soldiers had definitely been outsmarted. If they had accompanied the Berserk Demons, then the Berserk Demons could have provided them with some support. However, they had already fallen behind completely and they were a certain distance away from the walls as well, so it was impossible for the Berserk Demons to realise they were in danger.
Ten thousand assassins! What kind of force was that? In basically under three minutes, all thirteen thousand Demonic Eye Soldiers were annihilated by the assassins without a single left alive. If magic troops encountered assassins, what other fate could they suffer apart from death? It was no different from an assassin standing right behind a mage, with his dagger around the mage’s neck.
Watching the battle from afar, Samigina became stunned by this sight. He never would have dreamt that the end outcome of his army of fifty thousand would be this. The humans clearly had prepared beforehand! The assassins clearly had been hiding there long before they had arrived, or how could he had been fooled?
Only then did Samigina realise the Southeastern Fort had been expecting their arrival and had made sufficient preparations. The Warrior Temple’s Southeastern Fort that he believed only required three waves of full-powered attacks to penetrated had actually become so tough. And, the aspect that threatened him the most was the appearance and numbers of summoners, mages and assassins.
Didn’t the six human temples fight alone? Why would so many powerhouses from other temples appear in the Southeastern Fort?
Just as the assassins launched their attacks, the Berserk Demons on the walls were devastated as well.
There were a portion of Berserk Demons that made it onto the wall, but what awaited them were the sharp blades of the knights and warriors. How were they supposed to pose a threat to the Southeastern Fort with such measly numbers? They would require much more time and numbers if they even just wanted to whittle down their opponents.
It was also at this moment that spikes grew from the walls of the Southeastern Fort.
Long, earthen spikes sprouted from the walls without any prior signs. The Berserk Demons had basically covered the entire wall when that happened! There were at least three thousand Berserk Demons simultaneously scaling the huge, wide wall, but in the next moment, all of them were pinned to death there.
The five hundred earth mages had help back until now. They had finally taken action.
When the corpses of Berserk Demons rained down from above, disturbing the demon army, the ten thousand assassins that had just ambushed the Demonic Eye Soldiers ambushed from behind. Cooperating with them were Bursting Fireballs that fell from the sky.
The Berserk Demons that amounted to twenty-five thousand in number had actually been surrounded under the Southeastern Fort. Even if Samigina wanted to save them, it was too late.
Streaks of golden light constantly rained down, illuminating the injured assassins. With the support from the priests, the strength of the assassins increased by several fold. They were stronger than the Berserk Demons in the first place and the Berserk Demons had already descended into chaos. There was also support from the fire mages and priests above, so it was pointless of the assassins to suffer any further losses.
The Birdy Demons in the air were not stupid. They cold not approach the Southeastern Fort at all, or they would just become sitting ducks to the mages on the walls! The remaining six thousand Birdy Demons immediately fled in terror, leaving behind a field of corpses below.
A cheer immediately rang out from the Southeastern Fort like a tidal wave. Ranging from Qiu Yonghao to the regular soldiers, their emotions and morale had been set alight in that moment.
Over all the years the humans fought against the demons, they had never been as elated like right now. As a matter of fact, even the original force that the Southeastern Fort possessed could not have been defeated by the wave of fifty thousand demons earlier. However, it was definitely impossible for them to handle this attack of land and air without suffering any losses at all. The battle prowess of the Berserk Demons and Birdy Demons was extraordinary, not to mention they were combined with a large number of Demonic Eye Soldiers as well. They were all elites among the demons.
However, it was different this time. Under the combined efforts of the six different vocations, the battle had already ended even without the priests fighting. It was a complete victory.
The Berserk Demons and Demonic Eye Soldiers were completely annihilated, while they had almost lost half of the Birdy Demons as well. With such great losses, even the commander of the army, Samigina, became rather furious. That was almost a tenth of their strength. Even though it was not truly their main forces, it was still a very important portion of their strength.
This was the advantage that came with the six vocations working together. The combination of multiple vocations was far more effective than the six temples fighting alone. This was the first time the advantage of the union had been demonstrated on the battlefield, which also brought ease to the powerhouses of the six vocations in the Southeastern Fort. Their overall strength was not as great as the demons, but under their combined efforts, it would be difficult for the demons to breach the mountain pass. The information that had arrived in time allowed them to make sufficient preparations.
Samigina’s face paled in anger as his eyes shone viciously, “Send the Dual Headed Demon Eagles into battle with the Birdy Demons. Also send the Blazing Lions, Demonic Wolves, and Panther Demons. Have the Demon Carriers support them. Have the Dyke Demons conceal themselves and head out. I’d like to see how many more traps they have.”