Chapter 138 Prologue

  Having understood this point, Han Jin's heart had a plan, and he said to Lang Ning: "Don't worry, I will have a good talk with Lei Zhe. He just hasn't found his place yet. Things have come to this point, having pity on the enemy may be digging one's own grave."

  Although Langning was still worried, after hearing Hanjin say this, he could only nod his head: "I hope that Lu Zhe can listen to your words, otherwise, I really don't know what to do next."

  Looking at Langning's worried expression, Han Jin smiled and comforted him: "It's a matter of life and death for everyone, Lei Zhe will understand your approach sooner or later, and... no matter what, Mr. and I are supporting you."

  "What do you think we should do about this battle?" Han Jin felt that Lang Ning couldn't stay depressed like this, so he changed the subject to something Lang Ning would be interested in.

  As expected, as soon as the battle was mentioned, Langning's spirit lifted: "Zagunade tried to use a curse to drag us down, he is indeed a very vicious person, but on the other hand, it proves that he can't come back to support, so this battle no matter how we fight, we will definitely win, it's just a matter of time.

  Han Jin shook his head: "What we lack is precisely time, no one knows when the curse will start to take effect, maybe tomorrow, or maybe in a few hours, so we must get that purification water as soon as possible."

  Langning's eyebrows were tightly locked: "In that case, we can only launch a strong attack, and the casualties will be very heavy."

  "Even the greatest casualties are far better than having thousands of curses unleashed at once, just look at the soldiers' expressions." On that night, amidst the turbulent emotions, Han Jin realized that people's hearts could be used. So he deliberately arranged for someone to spread the news that many people in the army had been cursed. And the only way to lift the curse was to capture Black Crow City and obtain the Purification Crystal.

  As expected, upon hearing the news, the soldiers were initially shocked and then immediately showed great enthusiasm for the upcoming battle. If not restrained by their generals, it is believed that a large number of them would have already rushed to the city walls.

  Actually, from a different perspective, it's not that hard to understand. Carrying an unpredictable curse on their bodies, which can be triggered at any time, is indeed desperate, but the glimmer of hope given by Han Jin is like a spark falling into hot oil, thoroughly igniting their passion for battle.

  Everyone is anxiously waiting, waiting for the horn of attack. At this moment, the power contained in such an army also surprised Guevara, who had experienced many battles. If this army can maintain this state, Guevara dares to say that if he is given a little more time, he will be able to turn the torrential army into a fearless iron elite.

  "Strong attack?" Langning looked at Han Jin.

  "Is there any other way? And as soon as Leizhe arrives, we have to launch an attack. Otherwise, if we wait any longer, the soldiers may lose control!" Han Jin looked at the team with concern.

  At this time, some subtle ** had already appeared in the army. However, it was soon suppressed by the leading officers. In fact, those officers were also equally anxious. With a deadly sword hanging over their heads, they didn't know when it would fall. This feeling was like a heavy boulder, weighing on everyone's chest and making them hard to breathe.

  If thousands of fully armed soldiers standing together would exert immense pressure on the opposing side, then what about thousands of piercing gazes that can see through people?

  Commander Cheryl of Black Crow City had just poked her head out from behind the city walls when she felt as if she had run into a gigantic, invisible wall. Her heart skipped a beat and she felt a chill run down her spine, as if a cold gust of wind had blown past the back of her head.

  "What the...! What kind of people are these?! They look even more bloodthirsty than a Minotaur!" Cheryl muttered to herself, unwilling to face so many murderous gazes again. She quickly withdrew her head. If gazes could kill, Cheryl would have been riddled with holes long ago.

  The sun gradually disappeared from the ground, and a bright moon rose slowly in the opposite direction.

  Logically, in such good weather with high visibility, it should be advantageous for defense, but the soldiers defending Hei Ya Castle felt an unprecedented sense of oppression. The reason was simple: the black army opposite them had been standing there motionless since dusk, and this silent silence was more shocking than the usual clamor during a siege.

  The next day at noon, Leizhe finally led the army to arrive under Hei Ya Castle. Seeing the arrival of the main force, all the officers let out a sigh of relief. Han Jin and others went out to greet Leizhe, who jumped off his horse and asked: "How is the situation?" without even looking at Lang Ning in the distance. Han Jin looked at Lang Ning standing still on the spot and couldn't help but sigh inwardly, but there was nothing he could say at this time. Everything had to wait until after Hei Ya Castle was taken down.

  The soldiers behind Lei Zhe, although they had just arrived from a long journey and looked tired on their faces, did not show any signs of low morale. The lower-ranking soldiers kept asking the officer in charge, and everyone's words only meant one thing: when to start attacking the city?

  "When will we start besieging the city?" Lei Zhe asked Han Jin, this was also what he wanted to ask.

  "Now then." Han Jin narrowed his eyes as he gazed at the Black Crow Castle, which was within arm's reach. Once they occupied this place, he would truly be drawn into the whirlpool of war on this continent.

  "Now?" Lei Zhe's dusty face showed a hint of surprise: "Not letting the soldiers rest first?

  "There's no more time, taking Black Crow Castle a minute earlier will reduce everyone's danger by one point." Although Han Jin didn't understand much about military affairs, he also knew the principle that exhausted soldiers couldn't be used. But at present, there was no better way, fortunately, the morale of the officers and men were all very high, making up for this deficiency.

  The surrounding generals also had a look of approval, since Han Jin personally investigated the cause of the curse, these generals who were usually arrogant no longer dared to underestimate this young man.

  "Alright!" Lei Zhe no longer hesitated and immediately gave the order to assemble.

  The generals all returned to their own troops, and as the orders were passed down, the massive army of tens of thousands began to move slowly and in an orderly fashion.

  From the moment Leizhe rushed to the city, Cheryl felt that something was wrong. With so many troops, it was absolutely impossible to resist with just a few people in her hands, of course, on the condition that the soldiers on the opposite side had a desperate determination. Siege warfare is not a simple short-weapon combat. When fighting on the plains, if the person who rushes to the first place is brave enough, he may be able to survive miraculously. But when attacking the city, if the person who rushes to the first place is not strong enough, there is no hope of survival.

  However, Cheryl was not a person who had gained fame for nothing. After discovering that the enemy's reinforcements had arrived, Cheryl made a series of corresponding measures. But just as he calmly issued order after order, he suddenly found that the enemy army at the foot of the city actually started to move!

  Have they gone mad?! This was Cheryl's first reaction, and immediately she became tense. What did they want to do? Let a group of soldiers who had traveled long distances not even rest before directly participating in such a brutal battle like the siege? Was the commander on the other side still human?

  Impossible! Cheryl comforted herself in her heart, even if she was sent to death, there was no such urgency. The enemy should just be making an attacking posture, trying to use pressure to make me surrender. Cheryl ordered the herald beside her, although based on his experience, the enemy would not attack the city at this time. Now it's noon, the scorching sun is high in the sky, even if they are anxious, they should wait until tomorrow morning. But Cheryl still gave such an order to prevent any unexpected situation.

  It wasn't long before Cheryl saw the opposing side push out several siege ladders, and her heart skipped a beat as she thought to herself, "They can't be serious about attacking the city, can they?" But in the next moment, Cheryl jumped up from the ground, furious and cursing loudly: "This group of lunatics, don't they know that attacking the city at this time would result in the greatest losses?!"

  The reason Cheryl was so tense was that the opposing team had slowly pushed out four crystal cannons!

  If someone told Cheryl now, "Don't worry, it's nothing," they're just pretending. I believe Cheryl would tear the speaker to shreds without hesitation, even using the magic crystal cannon - is it for attacking cities or listening to its sound?

  No matter what he thought in his heart, the war was about to start, and Leizhe still handed over the command to Langning. This is not the time for being arrogant!

  Four white light clusters rose into the air, opening the curtain of battle. Three neat infantry phalanxes slowly advanced forward, Lang Ning standing on a temporarily erected high platform, quietly observing the reaction of Black Crow City.

  Rumble... Rumble...... A massive shockwave centered on Black Raven Castle spread rapidly in all directions. The effort Zagunede had put into Black Raven Castle was far greater than that of Nuremberg, and this was only a probing attack. However, the magical defense shield around Black Raven Castle barely reacted at all, exceeding Langning's expectations by far.

  The infantry phalanx slowly approached, five hundred meters, four hundred meters... When the infantry phalanx approached to three hundred meters, there were more than a dozen rays of light sweeping over from the top of the city wall. Two soldiers in the phalanx were unfortunately hit by the rays on their faces and fell to the ground one after another. The other soldiers withstood the attack with their heavy armor and then raised their huge shields to block themselves.

  Lang Ning's eyes lit up, and the evil eyes didn't wait for orders before launching an attack on their own initiative. This proved many things - no matter how capable the commander of the opposing side was, he was commanding a third-rate army! In order to protect the underground city, Zagunede had already taken almost all of the elite troops from Black Crow City away!

  At the same time, Cheryl in Black Crow City was raging like thunder, frantically lashing out at the evil eyes beside him with his whip. In fact, he had a plan in mind - the scorching sun was unfavorable to the enemy, and even more so to himself. The Deep Ones hated nothing more than the blazing sunlight of summer days.