Chapter 296 146 Star-Like Brilliance

Chapter 296 -146- Star-like Brilliance

The official attack of the Bold-Violet coalition on North Port began at sea.

When the mighty Duchy fleet followed the army into the waters around North Port, the battle broke out again.

Because the Castel fleet led by the Roman-Fore family was all sent to patrol the Dorne River, Castel no longer had the power to directly confront the Duchy fleet on the open sea.

Of course, in fact, the Castel fleet, which had low firepower and was only suitable for sneak attacks, was not good at direct combat with the Duchy fleet.

Entering the Dorne River was both for defense and to maintain the strength of the Castel fleet.

But in the open sea, the result was that North Port lost the cover of the fleet and would directly confront the Duchy fleet.

Dozens of Duchy warships hovered in the offshore, almost surrounding North Port, with the sides of the ships all pointed in the direction of North Port, spewing out white mist in the thunderous roar.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Accompanied by bursts of whistling, one after another of the enchanted stone bullets flew out.

The meteorite-like stone bullets fell like rain, splashing water around Beigang or smashing into Beigang City, while the outer wall of the fortress surrounding the main island of Beigang and the port of Beigang were given special attention.

"Bang!"

"Boom..."

One after another of the stone bullets hit the thick outer wall of Beigang.

Fortunately, at this moment, the outer wall of Beigang had already activated the defensive magic shield.

The stone bullets did not successfully penetrate the defense of the outer wall, but only left a circle of ripples on the surface of the outer wall.

The outer wall was protected by the shield and was not damaged.

But the port exposed to the range was different.

The ships anchored in the port almost became live targets under the bombardment of the Principality's warships. From time to time, sailboats could be seen being hit and sinking with screams and cries.

As for the shallow water blocks outside Beigang, which were also exposed to the range, they had completely become hell.

Those simple houses on the water had no defense at all. Under the artillery fire of the Principality Fleet, they were easily torn apart, destroyed, and turned into pieces of ruins on the water.

If Charlotte had not ordered the forced evacuation of the poor in the shallow water district in advance, I don’t know how many people would have been buried in the first round of artillery fire.

"Dang! Dang! Dang!"

The harsh bells rang in various places in Beigang, and the alarm of the city hall sounded.

From time to time, huge roars could be heard from various parts of Beigang City. They were stone bullets that fell into the city over the outer wall. Each one almost meant that a building suffered a devastating blow.

However, Beigang was not just passively beaten unilaterally.

After the Principality Fleet launched the artillery fire, Beigang’s shore defense stone cannons also launched a counterattack, firing stone bullets at the fleet on the sea with loud noises.

This kind of shore defense stone cannon has a longer range and stronger power.

However, compared with Beigang, the scattered fleet is obviously more difficult to aim.

Although the coastal defense stone cannons of North Port were extremely powerful, the results were quite limited. Most of the stone bullets fell into the sea, stirring up huge water columns.

But occasionally, a lucky stone bullet hit the warships of the Principality, which was directly hit.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"..."

After a series of counterattacks, the warships of the Principality were also damaged, and the joint fleet also obviously felt the threat of the coastal defense cannons of North Port.

For a time, those galley warships and brigs that were too far forward retreated and were far away from the range of North Port.

Only the heavy three-masted warship Carrick, which had a longer range, continued to fire at North Port with its advantage in range.

"My Lord Earl, the magic shield of the Earl's Mansion has been opened. Please return to the Earl's Mansion to hide. It is too dangerous here."

On the tower of the outer wall fortress of North Port, the nobles responsible for defending the fortress came to Charlotte and advised anxiously.

Charlotte looked at the three-masted warship on the sea that continued to spew white mist towards the city, and then looked at the city that was damaged everywhere under the artillery fire.

The sound of solid bullets whizzing through the air above her head continued to sound, and smoke rose in Beigang City.

She heard the residents' terrified screams and cries mixed with the sound of artillery fire, and the vampires' keen hearing made people's fear and despair more obvious.

Charlotte frowned slightly.

"If I remember correctly, we also have a magic shield covering the entire city in Beigang, right? Why only open the magic shield of the Earl's Mansion and the shield of the outer wall of the fortress?"

She asked.

The noble hesitated for a moment and replied:

"My Lord, the peace in North Port has lasted too long. We lack enough magic crystals. The existing reserve materials should be given priority to the defense of the magic crystal cannon and the North Port Bridge."

"It consumes too much to open a shield covering the entire city. President Leighton estimated that if we want to open a shield covering the entire city, even with the magic crystals that the Mercenary Association can provide us, it can only last for five days at most. But if we only protect military fortifications, we can last for two months."

President Leighton is naturally the president of the North Port branch of the Mercenary Association.

After the war started, Charlotte has hired all the mercenaries that can be hired in North Port, and President Leighton, who is a Silver Moon Mage, is also among them.

Not only that, as one of the few second-level mages in North Port, he is also responsible for the support and operation of the North Port magic shield.

"Five days? That's enough. Tell President Layton to fully open Beigang's magic shield without worrying about consumption."

Charlotte said.

After hearing Charlotte's words, the noble looked hesitant.

Charlotte frowned and repeated:

"Do as I say, deploy all your shields, and protect civilians! If anyone asks, just say it was my order! Even if something goes wrong, I, Castel, will be the one to bear the responsibility!"

The noble hesitated for a moment, bowed his head in agreement, and then respectfully bowed out.

Soon, knights mounted their horses and rushed to various magic nodes in Beigang, shouting, "Your Majesty the Earl has an order, unfold all shields and protect civilians!".

Following Charlotte's command, dots of aqua-blue light rose from all around North Port.

Magic shields were opened with the mage tower as the center and the outer wall fortresses as the base points.

After the shield was opened, the principality fleet's bombardment of North Port became obviously ineffective, and few stone bullets penetrated the shield and smashed into the city.

Waves of cheers came from all over the city, and they were the voices of the citizens of Beigang.

It was obvious that they also recognized the shield spread over the city.

Not only that, with her keen hearing, Charlotte even heard some residents thanking and praising her.

At the same time, shortly after the shield opened, Charlotte seemed to see a bit of illusory light flying out of the city and converging towards herself.

Looking at the star-like brilliance, Charlotte looked surprised.

She couldn't help but reach out and touch them, and when they integrated into her body, Charlotte only felt that her soul seemed to have some inexplicable changes...

"Did you...see anything?"

Charlotte glanced at the knights following her and couldn't help but ask.

The knights looked at each other and shook their heads in confusion.

"Forget it, it's nothing."

Charlotte thought thoughtfully and gave up asking.

On the other side, among the Boulder-Violet coalition.

Looking at the magic shield that was completely lit up over Beigang, the third prince Philip sneered and said:

"The kindness of a woman who brings about her own destruction!"

Sorry, I didn’t update it last night. Our wedding photos were ruined and we need to retake them. I’ve been frantically visiting places these past two days, looking for new photography.

I have received the certificate, but the official wedding is at the end of April, with more than a month left. The new home has not yet been renovated due to the epidemic, so preparing for the wedding + decorating in a hurry has taken a lot of experience. avoid affecting updates.