YM778.TV Chapter 353 Siege Engines
He is wearing an armor painted in black, with a unicorn crest at where his heart is at. His piercing green eyes is so sharp, many tremble from his mere gaze.
He is also one of the strongest combatants of the Fortress of Soren.
"You spoke the truth, no matter how painful it is, Captain Nasyph," Geberal Soren said.
Captain Nasyph, the leader of the Blade of Beast, and an A-rank combatants shrugged his shoulder.
To him, why bother denying the truth. With the sheer numbers of soldiers, plus a demon thrown to the mix, it would be hard for them to survive, much less win the siege.
"Though, I wonder what they are planning encircling us?" he said outloud.
The behavior of the monsters showed they possessed great intelligence. It is to be expected as a demon lead them. Demon themselves possess human-level intellect, plus they are powerhouse in magic.
No stories have ever denotes demon as being that cannot use Magic. So, it\'s likely the demon planned on throwing some large fireballs towards the gates, destroying and allowing it forces to enter the Fortress.
\'However, don\'t think it would be that easy,\' General Soren thought. The Fortress have several powerful Magic Circle built inside of it. It not only weakened Magic Attack from the outside, but also create a barrier that will block the Magic Attack.
Aside from that, there are Magic Circle that allow members of the Mage Corp to unleash their spells at greater ranger as well as in more succession.
\'We are going to make you pay a heavy price in your attempt to attack the Kingdom!\'
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Gobruk looked at the Fortress with a frown. As a Demon Goblin King, he could feel the mana around him, though not the extent of dedicated Goblin Shaman.
From it, he could tell there is some Magic at work, likely weakening any spells thrown to the wall.
He put a hand under his chin, wondering what is the best strategy to win the siege. While the entirety of the monster forces are expendable, with some exception, he prefer to not incur heavy loses unless necessary.
The Demon Goblin King turned towards one of his master\'s women, one that was put with him to give him advise.
He took a necklace given to it by master before speaking to her,
"Blue lady, do you have any idea how to attack such large wall?" he asked. The necklace is a translation device, allowing him to communicate with the women.
"Blue lady? Oh well, you can use siege engines to destroy the walls. I will hand over a book about it as well as how to build it," the blue lady said, before making his way to his master\'s realm.
Few minutes later, she returned with a book, giving it to the Goblin who quickly took it. After reading through it, or skimming to be precise, he feel like he could build such thing.
"Thank you blue lady. I will talk to my master of your help," he said before heading towards the forces, ready to build such siege engines.
The blue lady seemed surprise by the sudden remark before shrugging and walking away, planning to leave it all to the monsters.
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The monsters make some sounds in the afternoon but did not launch any attack for some reason. While it is a good news, the General and Captain could not help but be wary, knowing the monsters are likely preparing something.
Sure enough, by the next day, a large catapult can be seen from the distance, causing the General and Captain to grimace.
"It seem they knew how to build siege engines," they have thought to use the walls as a buffer, forcing the monsters to climb up and engage in a very disadvantageous melee battle with them, but it seem to hard, if not impossible.
"Fire a spell and see if we can hit the catapult," the only way to force them to climb the walls are by destroying their siege engines. To do so, they could only depend on their Mage Corps. Thankfully, there are many of them, not to mention, there are some truly powerful mages in the mix.
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"Hmmm," Gobruk could see several robed people on the wall. He did not know what they are but their mana are strong.
Similar to Goblin High Shaman strong. If he had to guess, they are the equivalent of Goblin High Shaman. He watched as mana erupted from them before a spell began to be casted by one of them.
He wondered what they are planning to do when he saw their target.
"Grugh! Grakh! Wrarghu!" he ordered as nearby Goblin Shaman and Goblin High Shaman created a magic barrier, blocking the spell.
Sure enough, a bolt of concentrated fire come from the robed people, which was blocked by the barrier.
While the catapult survived for now, he knew it just the beginning as the human will not stop until their siege engines were destroyed. Thankfully, it just one of the many.
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"What the?" General Soren exclaimed, his eyes on the other directions. Orcs and it\'s vairant were pulling more siege engines closer to the Fortress.
"They have more. We underestimate them," Captain Nasyph spat. They could see about 5 siege engines in each directions, with boulders loaded into them, ready to reign terror to the Fortress and its defender.
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"Wargh!" Gobruk ordered, to which the siege engines were activated. Unfortunately, only some make it.
He watched as some of the weapons collapsed, destroyed by its load while some just not work properly. While there are some that worked as intended, it is not too effective in the eyes of the Demon Goblin King.
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"It seem despite being smart monsters, they are not expert engineers," Captain Nasyph said, trying to hold back the laughter welling inside of him.
The General similarly looked surprise but he use it for something more productive.
"Destroy the still functioning siege engines! We could not let it fire more boulders!" while the danger is minimal, there is some damages to the walls along with several soldiers being injured from being to close to the boulders.
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And so, day two of the battle ended up with siege engines failed in working as intended, though Gobruk manage to get some data. Namely, monsters suck in making things.