Chapter 694: Archer
"Open the shield!" The middle-level wizard Calder ordered again, seeing that there were fewer and fewer Peak orcs.
The understanding of the orc tactics let him know that the next thing is the crazy "corpse explosion" of the priest. This is a test of the miracle wall's defense circle, and the two archers' miracle wall is based on this consideration.
Sure enough, twenty orc priests in black robes approached quickly on their mounts, and had already caught up with the last peak orcs. It seemed that they didn't care about the life or death of these peak orcs at all.
Before all the Peak orcs are dead, they want to use the 'corpse explosion'. Then these Peak orcs who rushed up at the end will not die in the hands of humans, nor will they die in the suicide attack hitting the miracle wall. Instead, they will die in the 'corpse explosion' of these black-robed priests.
At this time, the two master archers were already standing next to the two huge war machines covered in coats, and beside each master archer were two great ice knights, nervously watching the possible attack outside the wall of miracles.
"Manuel, let's see which one of us has the most kills today!" Although Hector, the archer, is old, he is full of energy. He said to Manuel, another archer ten meters away said loudly.
"Hector, you old guy is no match for me, I'll bet you a good bottle of wine!" Manuel Archer said with a big laugh, at this time he also forgot his white hair.
The coat on the war machine was torn off, revealing the huge war crossbow inside. These two war crossbows are much larger than ordinary city crossbows.
"We're using this big guy again!" Hector laughed and said, pointing at the War City Crossbow.
The prefix of the word war means that the following items serve the war, and every item prefixed with war is extremely precious.
Today's weather is already gloomy, and it has been almost a day and a night of fighting at this time, it is the darkest morning of the day, the sun does not appear, only the lighting circle on the miracle wall emits a strong light, which makes the orcs Attacking against the light becomes more difficult.
The work of loading crossbow arrows will not be done by two archers. After all, they are old. Next to each archer are two powerful knights who will specially load crossbow arrows for them.
Hector the Archer stood behind the giant war bolts, now loaded and the giant wheels pulling the strings to the firing position.
His eyes did not decline due to the growth of age, but became more acute because of the increase of years. His calloused hands gently moved the war crossbow, and his feet stepped on the trigger, ready to fire the first arrow at any time. A crossbow bolt.
He heard the sound of a bowstring and a sound of piercing through the air, and he knew that it was his old friend Manuel Archer who shot first.
However, this did not affect his aiming process, his hands were still very steady, his eyes froze for a moment, and then he stomped hard, the same bowstring sound followed by the sound of breaking through the air.
The two crossbow arrows, one in front of the other, are inconspicuous among the constantly flying arrows. The most important thing is that the lighting circle on the miracle wall is aimed at the orcs, which makes it difficult for the advancing orcs to see them flying towards them. arrows.
The crossbow arrows flew a long distance, and a black-robed priest riding a warg was approaching the miracle wall. As long as he got within 200 meters, he could trigger the 'corpse explosion' and exert the maximum power of the 'corpse explosion'.
It's almost there, he said in his heart, the sudden palpitations made his hair stand on end, but the warning from his body came too late, a crossbow bolt pierced his body,
Penetrated into the pile of corpses at his feet.
The moment he fell, he saw his other companion was also hit by the crossbow and fell to the ground.
There was neither sadness nor joy in Hector's sharp archer's eyes, and he was as accurate and ruthless as a machine when he entered the state.
Two giant knights loaded the crossbow bolts for him again, and his war city crossbow turned again.
At this time, more than a dozen black-robed priests had come within 200 meters of the wall of miracles, and four black-robed priests died in the hands of the divine archers, while only one black-robed priest was shot and killed by other knights with city crossbows.
On the one hand, the orc priests who came to perform the 'corpse explosion' were all very experienced and agile orc priests. Coupled with the speed of their mounts, it was not easy to snipe them from a long distance.
On the other hand, it also reflects the importance of the archer to defense. With the existence of the archer, the strong among the orcs will have scruples when they intend to approach the miracle wall.
More than a dozen black-robed priests already knew about the existence of the Archer, but they had already received military orders. In this kind of battle, anyone's life was worthless, even for priests like them.
If they return without completing the task, then what awaits them is the same military law. If they go forward, they will die, and if they go backward, they will also die. They chose to complete the task forward.
Before this great war, all the orcs knew a news, a news that made them desperate. If the task of capturing the miracle wall failed, most of them and their families would starve to death.
And the Miracle Wall is their only hope, to seize the Miracle Wall to obtain human resources.
Rumor has it that Miracle City has countless grains and countless weapons. Humans, a weak and infighting race, occupy the most fertile land in the entire Holy Continent, while the brave orcs guard the poor and cold place, struggling to survive. .
Only the Miracle Wall stands in front of the orcs. As long as the Miracle Wall is occupied, everything will change.
The sound of 'corpse explosion' sounded, and the shield of the huge miracle wall was shaking constantly. This shaking became more and more obvious as the number of 'corpse explosions' increased.
Hector's Archer and Manuel's Archer cleaned up the black-robed priests who were casting spells one by one in the flames of the explosion, and the black-robed priests who had stopped casting spells were also attacked by other city crossbows at the same time.
In two minutes, there was a dead silence on the miracle wall. All the black-robed priests died on the battlefield, and the shield of the miracle wall had lost more than half of its energy.
This dead silence didn't last long, and countless ox carts appeared from the orc battlefield. These ox carts were very simple, and many of them could barely be pulled.
These bullock carts are almost the result of collecting all the bullock carts in the entire orc empire. The task of the bullock carts is to pull the stones and stop 250 meters away from the miracle wall, then unload the stones, and then the bullock carts return , and then move backward again.
And at 400 meters away, dozens of black-robed priests were standing there ready to trigger the 'corpse explosion' at any time, and the corpses of the Peak tribe orcs all over the place provided them with a lot of materials for casting spells.
The middle-level wizard Calder knew what the orcs were doing, but he couldn't do anything about it, because those orcs pulling the carts were just ordinary orcs, and the distance of 250 meters could only be reached by city crossbows.
If city crossbows were used to attack those orcs pulling carts, no matter how many ordinary orcs died, it would have no effect on the orc empire, and the crossbow arrows shot might be recovered by the orcs.
At the same time, mid-level wizards can't go to cast spells, because the black-robed priests 400 meters away are waiting for the appearance of human mid-level wizards. These black-robed priests don't care about hundreds of thousands of ordinary orcs dying.
As long as an intermediate wizard can be killed and the protective power of the Miracle Wall weakened, no matter how many ordinary orcs die, it is worthwhile.
The orcs used stones to build a high platform two hundred and fifty meters away from the miracle wall.
A steady stream of stones were piled up, and the middle was filled with soil. This is a high platform for war, a way of attacking the city. Building a high platform that is the same as the city wall can gain the same attack advantage as the city wall.
The premise is that there are countless logistics forces to transport these materials, and can protect the building from being attacked.
And the orcs did it, they built the high platform under the eyes of human beings, and human beings can only watch from the wall of miracles.
Of course, it’s not that human beings have no means. No matter how high the platform is, the difference in weaponry between the two races is still too great. When the war machines are fully activated, no matter what large war machines appear on the platform, the human side has the confidence to destroy them.
"Don't let the orc build too easily, let the trebuchet attack for five rounds, otherwise our morale will be affected!" Calder's middle-level wizard had a different perspective from others, and he ordered in a deep voice.