The brave man opened the coffin and rose

Chapter 180: First and last

The first step is to climb up the city wall.

It is a way to achieve success that tests one's courage.

Ever since he became a tiefling due to the tempering of his blood, Philip's fighting style has changed from his previous assassination style to become more and more wild.

Climbing the city wall can be said to be a goal and a concern of his.

And now, such an opportunity is presented before him.

Raven Castle is a well-known military fortress of the small kingdom of Wommza in the northeast region.

The soldiers stationed there were former subordinates of General Paddy, the leader of the Seven Generals.

Why was it once?

After all, General Paddy himself had been defeated once by Lord Abes, and now no one knew where he was hiding.

Without General Paddy in command, it is unknown whether these soldiers can display the same momentum as when they followed General Paddy in the Eastern Wilderness.

His confidence increased greatly when he saw his mentor and friend lock several siege ladders set up on the city wall into the bricks and stones of the wall.

Once, when they attacked the royal capital, they had no siege weapons. The way they climbed up the city wall at that time was to rely on Adeqi to shape the city wall into a high slope of steps.

Their weapons could only be buried inside the city walls, and could only emerge from the top of the walls when they climbed the city walls.

But now, the situation is very different.

With the preparations made in the capital, they naturally received the help of siege equipment.

And the soldiers under his command no longer had to fight on an empty stomach like the refugees before.

Now, every one of them is well fed and watered, and has sophisticated standard weapons obtained from the warehouse in the royal capital, as well as studded armor shipped from Sweet Leaf Town that is as cheap as it can be.

In terms of combat proficiency, he had received a certain degree of training and guidance from Lord Abes.

Except for the specialized grenadiers, even the ordinary soldiers have two throwing magic explosives called magic grenades.

The huge noise caused by the catapults before made it possible for them to defeat the enemy without suffering any casualties, so that they dared not climb the city wall again.

Compared with before, each of them has an absolute advantage.

“Although I don’t know why the Raven Castle didn’t activate its city defense force field as a military stronghold, I can’t care less about that.”

"The bombardment certainly kept them from coming out, but it still didn't lead to victory..."

"Are you ready?"

Philip didn't need to say much, as he was already prepared for the next battle.

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Empty city walls...

It was not until the leading group of people were about to climb to the top part of the ladder that the soldiers defending the city appeared.

“Roar…Kill!”

There was an indistinct roar, followed by a stubborn killing intent.

They were armed with spears or swords, and there were also guys with tower shields mixed in with them, and behind them were some people holding bows and crossbows.

"It seems that even though it's slow, the battle still needs to be fought."

Philip shook his head and slowed his climb slightly.

Although I don't know why the other party had to waste so much time instead of coming to the city wall immediately, but from the almost palpable murderous intent and murderous intention, the soldiers defending the city in front of me will not be broken by a single touch.

The siege began.

As recorded in countless historical books, it happened in a common yet tragic way.

Defense has advantages over attack. As long as you don't give up completely, there are still unlimited opportunities to save the situation.

People who were originally planning to cheer also began to become alert.

Sure enough, what followed was a barrage of arrows and boulders falling down in unison.

Outside the city wall, the offensive here was also launched together.

After being entangled in close range, using the catapult to continue launching those explosives would seem to be a bit of a betrayal to teammates.

But under the same conditions, using arrows would be better.

In addition, this is also an opportunity for extraordinary people to appear.

Adechi raised his finger. He was good at turning rocks into mud. Although he seemed particularly embarrassed after helping to secure the ladder due to too little mana, fortunately, the changed city wall did not require him to continue casting spells to maintain it.

A green light burst out from his fingertips and quickly flew towards the soldiers guarding the city wall.

Pathogenic rays... Although the effect was largely lost due to the need to delay the effect, its purpose was still achieved.

“Now, they experience blurred vision and dizziness.”

As soon as he finished speaking, as if to show the effect of Adeqi's spell, something else happened.

The soldiers who were holding boulders and throwing them down in an attempt to stop Philip and his men from climbing up the city wall using the ladders suddenly lost their balance and fell down for unknown reasons.

This "must" be the work of the pathogenic rays...

Thinking this way, Adechi did not miss this opportunity and quickly displayed his abilities.

His ability to turn fossils into mud was brought to its full potential. The stones and soil on the ground began to loosen, and then like a wave, it surrounded the landing point of the soldiers.

The place where they landed slowly turned into mud.

Under such an attack, even if the few soldiers who fell down were lucky enough not to die, they were destined to be unable to stabilize their bodies and continue the attack.

Seeing Adechi's wonderful performance, Anivia also applauded.

"That's great. Unfortunately, I'm just a functional druid. When it comes to attack methods, I can only rely on the magic arrows given to me by Lord Abes. They are made by lizardmen..."

As he spoke, the blond double-helix half-elf slowly stretched his hands behind him.

Anivia flicked her fingers and a bright beam of light shot towards the enemies on the wall.

The arrow flew through the air and accurately hit an enemy who was about to raise a rolling stone.

The enemy let out a scream, and the boulder slipped from his hands, hitting the ground with a dull sound.

He covered his bleeding palm, but because he was wearing a helmet that covered most of his face, Anivia couldn't tell whether his expression under the helmet was distorted and painful.

"Hey... why didn't this one have any magical effect? ​​Is it a delayed effect?"

It is useful to use other people's magic props, but Anivia basically has no idea what the arrow does before shooting it.

However, regardless of whether it worked or not, Anivia's eyes were firm and unwavering.

He raised his finger again, and a series of magic arrows flew towards the enemy like meteors, each arrow hitting their vital points.

This time, I can clearly know the flow of magical elements without feeling it.

Most of them are fire arrows, which, upon hitting the target, will cause blazing flames to burn near the target.

"Burn the enemies you hit into black..."

Occasionally, cold frost would condense on the arrows, freezing the enemies into ice sculptures.

Or you could summon lightning that splits the sky and strikes your enemies, causing them to twitch.

One of them even summoned a rare chain lightning, and the lightning bounced between the enemies like the dance steps of dancers in a never-ending party.

only……

After hitting many shots, Anivia hesitated.

"Each of my arrows has a different effect - I don't even know what the next one will be. It must be able to make the enemy exhausted."

But the enemies didn't seem to be flustered by Anivia's attack.

The shouts, roars and murderous intent remained unabated.

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Although there was no magic cannon to surprise the soldiers defending the city again, they had the help of the extraordinary people.

What's more, there are grenadiers.

You are only allowed to throw stones down there, but the people down there are not allowed to throw grenades up there?

The presence of grenadiers allowed the besiegers to attack the enemy from a long distance to a certain extent, avoiding the risk of close combat with the defenders on the city walls.

When these new weapons first appeared, there were naturally not many defensive measures.

Some of the soldiers on the city wall squatted on the wall and used tower shields to block the arrows shot by the enemy.

But there is not much defense against these small balls flying up from below.

If you are lucky, it may pop out just right, but if you are unlucky, it will be bad.

explosion!

An explosion similar to the one that occurred when the catapult threw the shells!

Some soldiers held their spears high, waiting to attack the enemy as they climbed up the city wall.

However, the formation was directly overturned by such an explosion, leaving countless gaps.

It was also with the help of this cover opportunity that the siege teams that were about to reach the city wall also rushed forward bravely.

Facing flying arrows and rolling stones, risking his life, he held on to the ladder tightly with both hands and climbed up step by step.

In the end, several holes were breached by three or five attacking soldiers who rushed onto the city wall.

Philip also seized the opportunity and immediately stepped onto the city wall.

Won!

Such a cry rang in Philip's heart.

The flash of swords or a life-and-death struggle?

That's not possible. Philip is extremely confident in his own fighting ability.

however……

"Let us endure until now... hehehe!"

Laughing?

After Philip casually knocked away a city guard who came to attack him, the other's face under the fallen helmet looked particularly hideous.

Their eyes were blood red and the corners of their mouths were raised in crazy arcs.

Are they... laughing?

They are laughing!

It seemed that climbing up the city wall was a good thing for them.

This is certainly a good thing. After all, for them, using props to defend the city is the most boring thing. What they crave are more intense collisions!

"Hahaha, kill!"

Their strength was so powerful that Philip and the others had not noticed it before they climbed up. After they climbed up, they discovered that those huge stones, which should have taken several people to lift, were easily thrown down by just one or two people, as if they were lifting a table.

His strength is amazing, and his fighting skills are not weak at all.

For example, the enemy who was just blown away by Philip, not long after, slid over with a pace that looked very mentally polluting, caught Philip in the blind spot of his vision before he had time to look back, and waved the "blunt weapon" in his hand to block him.

The blunt weapon broke under Philip's powerful kick, and the scarlet debris that spread over made Philip realize what it was...

That's not a flail, that's a human limb.

The several soldiers who followed him up the mountain also encountered terrible things.

Those who were lucky would just be hit by the powerful force and fall down again, which was the most likely situation to happen during the entire siege.

And those who are unlucky, or should have been, are...

Tear it apart!

It is torn apart like spicy strips, red in color, with "red oil" dripping out.

They were attacked with swords, with teeth, with all means of cruelty and violence, with means that had no limits on either themselves or their enemies.

This was quite consistent with the wild laughter on the enemy's face.

At the same time, the situation below began to become chaotic.

It turned out that the enemies who fell down were not falling down because they were dizzy and affected by the pathogenic rays.

They simply couldn't contain their madness and wanted to reach the periphery of life as quickly and as quickly as possible and start killing.

And the fastest way is... jumping.

Click, click, click!

Adechi controlled them by turning fossils into mud, but they suddenly struggled free.

Those are stones. They are temporarily transformed into mud through magic. After the spell ends, they are still stones.

However, they struggled out as if they were unaware of the pain, with their entire arms bruised and battered.

However, since I can no longer use weapons to attack, I'll just use my mouth to bite.

Then just laugh wildly and bite it with your mouth.

Every enemy burst out with powerful strength, a powerful strength that is usually not allowed to be used because of the restrictions imposed by the brain on its own safety;

At the same time, there were horrible roars and growls, and crazy laughter.

Use weapons, no matter if they are broken or not; even use yourself, use the enemy, use blood, flesh and bones...

Such a performance looks like a messenger from hell.

Everyone was shocked by this sudden change.

At this moment, the joy of the attacking soldiers who were about to climb the city wall suddenly fell to the bottom, and their original cheers of victory seemed to turn into desperate wails in an instant.

"Go! Go!" On the city wall, Philip shouted loudly, trying to organize the soldiers to retreat in an orderly manner.

But chaos has spread.

What should I do myself?

Despite his tragic past and training from the organization, he later became a fugitive who took the blame.

Then, he accidentally became the leader of a group of refugees and criminal soldiers.

But at this point, Philip seemed to have lost his mind and had no idea how to deal with it.

As expected... Was it just a coincidence that I became a leader?

That adult is the real...

Bang!

Several crazy soldiers who were surrounding them were cut off by a very familiar half-hand sword.

And the half-sword that was thrown over also pierced Philip's side.

Then, the voice that he trusted and respected sounded.

"Since you can't control your anger, let your anger control you..."

"Pick up my sword and fight!"