Chapter 139: Consumption

  The four Mages' Cannons continued to roar incessantly, in stark contrast, the Black Raven Castle seemed very calm, this was determined by its master's style. Zaganos thought that the best defense was offense, his old opponent Disemark was good at using defensive tactics to consume the enemy's living forces, so the Black Raven Castle didn't even have one Mages' Cannon, while Disemark's capital, Saint Crown City, had more than fifty Mages' Cannons. If they were to attack Saint Crown City, four Mages' Cannons would be far from enough, and in the blink of an eye, they would be reduced to dust under the enemy's counterattack.

  The Black Crow City seemed more passive, and could only silently endure, unable to counterattack.

  When the infantry phalanx entered a distance of two hundred meters, the evil eye troops on the city wall finally launched a volley. The scattered light was not very powerful, but hundreds and thousands of rays gathered together, making that strange red color particularly dazzling, even brighter than sunlight.

  Under the envelopment of light, the giant shield held by the soldiers began to melt at a speed visible to the naked eye. Then, rays of light penetrated through the giant shield and shot onto the soldiers' bodies, and finally, it was the flesh that began to melt.

  With just one volley, the Stormtrooper Legion lost over a hundred soldiers!

  But the phalanx of soldiers was still moving slowly forward, with an intimidating momentum, like a huge ferocious beast trying to fight the enemy at all costs.

  The second salvo of the evil eye fell on another infantry square, taking away hundreds of lives. Unfortunately, the morale of the Storming Legion had already been stirred up, and many soldiers in the front row were cursed, which stimulated their bloodthirsty desire even more.

  Killing enemies should be a joyful thing, but every time Cheryl orders a salvo, her heart will tremble. The attack power of the evil eye is much stronger than that of ordinary archers, but in order to kill the soldiers hiding behind the giant shield, the evil eyes need to work hard to maintain their own line of sight. The line of sight melted the giant shield, melted the iron armor, and killed a large number of soldiers, which takes time, although it's only a few seconds, but also makes the evil eye lose some physical strength, just like an ordinary archer shoots out a dozen arrows in a row.

  But Cheryl had no other way, the quantity can make up for the lack of quality, outside the city was dense with enemy troops, but the troops he could use were pitifully small, let alone the quality may not be comparable to the opponent's, if the enemy troops were allowed to approach the city, the consequences would be unthinkable!

  A wave of magical fluctuations came, and the mages of the Stormtrooper Legion began to cast magic shields for the warriors in front. However, there were too few of them, only a dozen or so mages, and the highest rank among them was only a fifth-tier mage. The magic shields they released could only slightly block the rays, and then collapsed.

  In the sweep of the death rays, the three infantry squares still advanced a hundred meters forward. At this time, they could already see those strangely shaped evil eyes on the city head, but their advancing speed suddenly slowed down a lot, and they were no longer passively taking a beating. When the rays fell within the square, the soldiers always tried to avoid them as much as possible. When the rays disappeared, they quickly closed in again, their movements not chaotic at all, enough to show what kind of training they had undergone.

  Dozens of large fireballs flew down from the city wall and fell into the phalanx, bursting into waves of flames. This was different from the death ray of the evil eye, which tested the individual strength of the soldiers. Some were knocked to the ground by the fireballs, while others could block them with their shields.

  Lang Ning sneered on the high platform, using magic from the start of the battle. If the enemy commander wasn't an idiot, it could only prove one thing: their defensive strength had already reached a point where they were grasping at straws.

  The infantry phalanx continued to advance, but the evil eye's firing speed became faster and faster. One by one, soldiers melted in the light, and the casualty rate rose linearly.

  When the infantry phalanx was less than fifty meters away from the city wall, the evil eyes had reached a crazy level. Those pieces of red light never disappeared and always followed the soldiers' footsteps.

  The torrential legion sounded the horn, and the three thousand-year-old infantry phalanx suddenly began to retreat. Whether advancing or retreating, their movements were in perfect order.

  The evil eyes on the city wall were still emitting rays, as if they were seeing off the enemy army. However, this performance had a somewhat hypocritical taste to Lang Ning.

  Two infantry battalions that rushed from behind inserted from the side and continued to push forward, their giant shields looked a bit strange, not only were they several times larger than ordinary infantry war shields, but also had a black cloth covering them, it was unknown what they were used for.

  Cheryl of Black Crow City vaguely understood the enemy commander's intention, which was to use continuous attacks to consume his defensive strength, find and create opportunities, and launch a general attack. But understanding is one thing, he had no other way out, in fact, those tactical things, saying them out loud were very simple, anyone could understand, the key was, to choose the right tactics in the right place.

  Now he can use an all-out attack to intimidate his opponent and make them give up on this idea.

  When the two infantry phalanxes approached within 200 meters, Sherry ordered all the Evil Eyes to launch a simultaneous attack, and a shocking scene occurred. The light fell on the infantry phalanx, and those large black cloths instantly turned into ashes, revealing countless smooth mirror-like giant shields, which were actually mirrors! When Lang Ning decided to attack Black Crow City, he had already realized that he would eventually have to fight against the Evil Eye Legion and the Snake Demon Legion. If he didn't make some secret preparations, he wouldn't be Lang Ning.

  Thousands of evil eyes launched a simultaneous attack, but all were bounced back. Coincidentally, four magic cannonballs landed on the defensive magic array at the same time. The light shield formed by the magic array suddenly shook violently. Even the sturdiest magic array has its limits; otherwise, building one would make you invincible.

  "Stop it, stop it!!" Cheryl shrieked.

  In the previous battle, the Evil Eyes had developed a habit of continuously releasing rays, and with the roar of the magic cannonballs covering Sheryl's cries, they continued to attack desperately.

  "Idiot......" Cheryl had to raise her whip again, fortunately, the magic crystal cannon in front of her had just run out of magic crystals and couldn't keep firing, otherwise the magic array would have been really dangerous.

  The soldiers holding the mirror shields were fearless of the death rays, advancing forward as if nothing was happening. Lang Ning had joined this unit ahead of time because he had already seen that there were no organized Snake Demon units in Black Crow City. In this situation, he could boldly put pressure on the enemy.

  The city wall was transmitting waves of magical fluctuations, and spells were pouring down one after another. There were large fireballs, lightning, wind blades, and ice cones. In fact, this wasn't scary at all. What was scary was the sudden appearance of swamps and quicksand. Warriors wearing heavy armor would often be submerged in the blink of an eye. However, the range of these magic releases was limited. The two infantry phalanxes weren't in a hurry to launch a siege, but instead slowly closed in from the outside. There were also several high-ranking professionals hiding among the soldiers, occasionally leaping into the air and releasing dazzling fighting skills to intercept the pouring spells.

  Today was the worst day of Cheryl's life, from noon till dusk, his heart had been stuck in his throat, the enemy troops took turns to launch an attack, not daring him to relax for a moment, he could no longer remember how many times he had repelled the enemy, it was said that they were repelled because he knew that the enemy was just making a feint, but if his counterattack was not sharp enough and did not pose a threat to the enemy, the feint would immediately turn into a real attack.

  No matter what his abilities were, as a general who had followed Zaganos Pasha for many years, he had every reason to make judgments. Today was the day of the great battle, but he couldn't understand why and couldn't find a corresponding solution. The troops in his hands were too limited.

  When the sun sets on the horizon, Lang Ning sends the Mirror Shield Infantry, who have been rested for two hours, back to the battlefield. At the same time, four infantry battalions that have been resting all afternoon also launch an attack. The crystal cannons, which had been firing intermittently, suddenly become active, and white-hot light balls continuously explode above Black Crow City.

  At the sight of this momentum, Cheryl immediately jumped up. He knew that the battle that would decide his life and death had finally broken out. However, when he turned around to look at the back, more than a thousand evil eyes were already exhausted, they could no longer release rays. The cow-headed people's spirit was very strong, but if they lost the city wall, their strong spirit couldn't stop the attack of tens of thousands of people. He left a reserve team, with about 400 evil eyes and more than 100 snake demons. Could they stop the enemy's attack? Cheryl only felt bitter in his mouth.

  Closer, even closer... Cheryl waited tensely, waiting for the enemy to enter the best shooting range. At this moment, the sky and earth suddenly lit up, and a soldier wearing heavy armor and a helmet emerged from the array. His body was burning with extremely pure golden light, dense like water, bright like the morning sun. In that instant, everyone's eyes were attracted by him.

  The next moment, the soldier began to sprint forward at an unimaginable speed, leaving behind a trail of afterimages in mid-air. He was like a bolt of lightning, yet even faster and more dazzling than lightning. The distance of hundreds of meters seemed to be non-existent, and in the blink of an eye, his war spear had already struck the magical shield of Black Crow Castle. The magical shield, which had withstood thousands of blasts from the magic crystal cannon without being damaged, was now violently distorted, like a bubble struggling in a gust of wind.

  "Ultra... Ultra Class Warrior?!" Cheryl suddenly jumped up, frantically shouting: "Attack! Attack!! Kill him..."

  A ray of light shot down, the snake demons also desperately pulled the longbow, fireballs, lightning and other magic fell like raindrops, that soldier had become the target of everyone's attack.

  Perhaps it was the golden light that made the mirror shield in his hand incredibly sturdy. If it were only to block out the evil eye's rays, this would not be strange, but the arrows shot by the snake demons and the magic released by the magicians were all blocked by the giant shield, which was truly astonishing.

  However, their efforts were not in vain, as the intense golden light began to fade at a rate visible to the naked eye.