Chapter 402: Battle of Nissei Fortress (II)

Witnessing the tragic scene of their comrades being burned by rockets, the angry Asa hunters also put on alchemy arrows to fight back.

However, the defenders were in a downwind position, and the wind and sand that howled from the Brass Pass in autumn was so violent that the arrows they shot were blocked by the airflow, and the range was greatly shortened. It was almost impossible to fly 300 yards against the wind, let alone hit them Gnoll hiding in the forest.

On the contrary, the arrows shot by the jackal archers with the help of the wind easily drifted over 300 yards, and rained down over the city wall, igniting several barracks, forcing Lieutenant Colonel Vasa to personally lead the guards to put out the fire.

Compared with the long-range confrontation between the offensive and defensive sides, Joan was more worried about the enemy's follow-up actions.

General Jumonville, riding a black steed, was commanding troops to lay wooden tracks along the hillside, as if he was going to push several heavy catapults up the hill.

If these dangerous siege machines were successfully installed on the top of the mountain, they could throw stones to destroy the walls of the defenders, and even throw wooden barrels filled with alchemical gunpowder directly into the walls.

A hundred pounds of gunpowder exploded violently, causing far more destructive power than the "fireball technique". At that moment, the fall of Nissei Fortress would enter the countdown.

"We must try to disrupt the enemy's siege plan!"

The sense of crisis forced Qiao An to use his brains desperately, trying to find a way to defeat the enemy.

At first, he wanted to fly over to destroy the catapult of the sea blue man, but he saw a red figure hovering above the catapult position from a distance, so he had to give up this idea——with his own strength, challenging the red-haired warlock Diego Antonioni head-on would be tantamount to committing suicide .

Joan didn't dare to get close to the airspace guarded by the red-haired warlock, so he had to retreat to the next best thing, staring at the hill where the gnolls were stationed to make up his mind.

After thinking for a while, he turned around and flew back to the top of the city, landing next to a trebuchet.

A soldier stood guard by the trebuchet. Since this section of the wall was not in the area of ​​​​the enemy's attack, he had nothing to do here.

He was hesitating whether to throw down the trebuchet and go to help on the opposite city wall that was being shot by jackals, when he suddenly saw a half-man, half-eagle figure descending, and he took two steps back in fright.

Joan waved his hand, indicating that he didn't need to be too polite, and asked straight to the point: "Can you transfer the trebuchet to the opposite side and bombard the enemies hiding in the forest?"

"Mr. Master, I'm afraid this will be very difficult to do."

The soldier looked troubled.

"The trebuchet is too heavy, and it is very troublesome to carry. In order to prevent the trebuchet from shaking during the process of throwing ammunition and affecting the aim, it has been fixed on the position with wooden stakes and iron chains. If you have to move the trebuchet, you must first It will take at least half a day to untie the chains to complete the deployment again."

"If the enemy launches an attack during this period, this section of the city wall will become very empty and may become a breakthrough for the enemy."

Joan nodded heavily, not surprised by his difficulties.

"I need barrels of gunpowder, do you have any here?"

"Yes, but this trebuchet is only equipped with eight barrels of alchemy gunpowder. How much do you need?"

"Give it all to me."

"Uh, okay, please wait a moment!" The soldier hurried to the nearest ammunition depot.

Joan looked at the opposite part of the city wall. The wolf man on the opposite hillside was bending his bow and nodding his arrows, and a wave of dense arrow rain was about to hit.

At this time, one's own barracks were still burning, the flames were raging, and thick smoke spread.

If this wave of arrow rain falls, the officers and soldiers who are fighting the fire do not know how many people will fall...

Joan resolutely flew into the air, hovered above the city wall, and quickly made a series of spell-casting gestures.

"Súré!"

A gust of wind was summoned by Qiao An in time, and the roaring air flow blew towards the arrows flying from the opposite side, causing them to deviate from their original flight trajectory, and they fell one after another before they approached the top of the city, splashing circles and ripples on the moat.

Seeing this scene, the defenders on the top of the city cheered in unison, and countless eyes of gratitude and even admiration turned to the tall figure standing in the wind.

Joan's face was still heavy.

The gale generated by the "Wind Breeze Technique" lasts up to one minute, and the wind direction returns to normal after that, which is still not good for one's own side.

The Gnoll can wait until the gale created by magic subsides before launching an offensive, but he cannot endlessly release the "Wind Breeze Technique", he must find a countermeasure that can be done once and for all.

The call from below interrupted Joan's thinking, folded his wings and landed, and saw the young soldier in charge of operating the trebuchet waving at him profusely with sweat.

"Mr. Master, everything you want is ready, and it's all here!"

Joan walked over to take a look. There were eight wooden containers like wine barrels beside the catapult. A group of young soldiers were wiping their sweat. It seemed that it took them a lot of effort to move these barrels over.

Joan tried to lift a wooden barrel, which weighed hundreds of pounds. With his current strength level, he could barely lift two wooden barrels at the same time. However, it was very difficult to walk under such a high load. Can't fly.

"Mr. Mage, be careful. This thing is very dangerous. It will explode when it is hit hard. The power is terrible!" A soldier reminded.

Joan nodded, gently put down the wooden barrel, and began to prepare for casting. He first activated a "Sid Mana", converted a bundle of strong enough cables into "Activation Ropes", and threw them on the ground casually.

One end of the "activation rope" was lifted up, wriggling on the ground like a boa constrictor, and quickly connected the eight gunpowder barrels together and tied them with slipknots, which looked like a string of thick sausages.

Joan then activated 3 "mythical powers" to continuously cast the "myth shield", "myth mage armor" and "myth enlargement", which were successfully developed not long ago.

The optimization results of these spells have perfectly fulfilled his expectations.

Among them, the defense of the "mythical shield technique" has increased by 50% compared with the ordinary "shield technique", which has surpassed the level of the "tower shield" and reached the level of the "shield wall".

The defense power of "Mythical Mage Armor" has been doubled, from the level of "scale armor" to the level of "full body plate armor".

With these two layers of magic protection, coupled with the natural defense brought by the eagle's feathers, Joan's comprehensive defense has surpassed everyone on both sides of the battlefield - including those knights holding tower shields and wearing heavy armor.

The effect of the "magic enlargement technique" is to increase Joan's size by four times, and at the same time increase the strength attribute by 4 points.

The Jotunheim Eagle was originally over seven feet tall, but at this moment, under the blessing of the "magic enlargement technique", it inflated rapidly like an inflatable ball, becoming a behemoth nearly 30 feet tall and weighing more than 2,000 pounds. It was almost flush with the sentry tower of Nissei Fortress, and immediately attracted the admiration of the surrounding officers and soldiers looking up.