Chapter 434
Nash fainted . Safilos sent him because he had a one-track mind and he definitely would not let Lex pass . He was one track minded and so, once he knew that he could not defend Fort Strand, he could not take it .
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Fort Strand had five thousand garrisons, according to Nash's understanding . If Lex wanted to attack, no matter how strong her army was, she must at least have a one to one destruction ratio . Lex would not dare to pay such a price .
Who knew when he gathered a large numbers of troops at the west gate, something would happen to the east gate .
Gurney was eager to contribute and he had implications of risking his life to rush to the city . At that time, the mage that Lex sent to contact Daniel had yet to return .
The white robed mage was killed by Gurney with a spike . No one was able to break the line of the iron shield defence formed by the Barbarians and that provided time for the magic chariots to come forward . When the magic chariots rushed into the city, no one noticed that the enemy had big amounts of mages . They released magic directly and massacred the soldiers .
There were about a thousand people at the east gate and some of them were distributed at the top of the city wall doing patrol . The two magic chariots blocked the sloping path at the city wall and cut through the defences at the east gate . Even if Nash sent backups then, it would be too late . The city door had been destroyed entirely and the skeleton warhorses were rushing into the city .
Death creature that could suddenly increase in speed were more suitable to fight within the city . The last ten vehicles arrived and the pirates started eliminating the remaining soldiers while the Barbarians quickly changed into magic armor .
The city gate battle went on for another five minutes, there were another twelve pirates and twenty Barbarians that died .
Such fruitful war results were because there was no one managing Nash's soldiers after they were injured . The moment Daniel's magic chariot arrived, basically all the Barbarians that were injured were healed . Daniel's party had no more dead once the magic chariots arrived .
Once the east gate was broken, Gurney started a fire with a bunch of pirates . They did not know that the battle on the west had exploded and no one was able to deal with this side . The fire was big and it almost burnt up half of the sky . Phoenix had too many wooden buildings unlike the middle part of the empire that had many stone houses .
The empire's army in the west could see the fire that was soaring up on the east of the city . Under the influence of Lex's magic, they lost all fighting will . Nash fainted and the command failed . Everyone was fighting based off instinct at the gate .
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Lex's trebuchet shot a cluster of magic stone bullets and they all showered down on the entire gate . Nash was dragged down by his bodyguard so he was not stoned to death, but he did not wake up either .
Sauron did not leave, but he did not heal Nash . He was afraid that Nash would be crazy when he woke up . Losing the city was not any loss to him . Safilos could not blame it on him as there were too many mages on Lex's side .
Looking at the trebuchet on the top of the city wall raised to counter attack . Lex immediately figured out that the other party's command system had a problem . She sent infantrymen to enter the city without hesitation . They pushed a huge roller extension ladder over and put it against the city wall .
Lex did not fly up to fight, she was afraid that there would be a soldier who would shoot her with huge crossbow when they panicked . It was definite that the city would lose defence and Lex did not need take the risk .
The top of the city wall was chaotic and their general had fainted, the war puppet beneath had started to climb upwards via the ladder . The low level officers were discouraged .
The battle had a drastic change all of a sudden . One of the soldiers threw his weapon down and surrendered . It was as though the practice was contagious, more soldiers threw their weapon and ran down from the city wall . They did not run far but gathered and waited for Lex to take them over .
If the enemy was any other country, the soldiers would not do so, but Lex was the princess of the Qin Empire and everyone heard her conversation with Nash . No one felt repulsion towards Lex and they knew that Lex would not kill captives as everyone there were people of the Qin Empire .
Bodyguards that were supervising operations saw such a situation and they drew out their sabres . They wanted to force the soldiers to fight, but there were too many soldiers that surrendered . The bodyguards shared a look and stopped their movement .
Nash did not pledge his life to resist before he fainted . If they were to force the soldiers then, they would ignite repugnance and even catalyzed a mutiny .
At the city wall, Lex sent a big troop made of Giants that were two meters tall who were holding huge shields to protect the mages . The fragmentary feather arrow could not hurt these mages, but these men of unusual strength were trying to let the mages control the war puppets in peace .
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The war puppets climbed up the city wall, waving their weapon to chase away the soldiers . Once the puppets got up, the remaining soldiers did not resist . They were all from the north of the empire and this was Phoenix, not their homeland . The one opposite was not the wicked Tanggulasi people, but the princess of their country .
By then, Lex felt at ease .
Even though setting up a huge magic array and trebuchets spent a lot of her money, there were no deceased soldiers and that was Lex's top priority .
It could not be said it was winning a military victory without shedding blood as the battle at the east part of the city had quite a number of sacrifices . The soldiers that were severely injured had yet to be healed . Daniel could not care less, he was there to break the city and usher Lex .
There were few residents in Fort Strand, the fire that the pirates set did not burn many to death . In actual fact, when they appeared, any courageous resident would have escaped when they saw skeleton warhorses .
Until the west gate opened and Lex's big troop entered Fort Strand, the war at the east gate had yet to end . The soldiers of the Qin Empire did not know who Daniel and the others were so they fought with their lives .
Lex's calvary rode through the city with a mage and they used sound amplification magic to announce that Princess Lex had taken over Fort Strand . Then, the battle stopped .
The battle at Daniel's side was tough . Although no one died later on, everyone was injured . Gurney had no experience . He commanded the pirates to attack the soldiers at the gate tower, but the soldiers of the gate tower defended with their typographical advantage . There was no progress even after multiple attacks because of that .
Lex straightaway took over the duke's residence and gathered all the surrendered soldiers at the square . They were surrounded by heavy cavalry . What made the surrendered soldiers calm was, Lex's soldiers did not tell them to strip away their clothing .
Qin Empire's clothing was made accordingly to their needs and the standard was complicated . The clothing of an army in the north protected against the cold . If they were to have their clothing stripped away, many of the soldiers would have frozen to death . The heavy cavalry, who was looking after the captives, were replaced with long spear soldiers .
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The long spear soldiers were not equipped with bows and arrows, the captives felt even more relaxed . Most captives were killed with bows and arrows traditionally . When a captive was killed with arrows, it would be difficult to find out how a soldier died from their corpse . Everyone was even feeling thankful towards Lex . That was not considered as ridiculous, but a common thing that could be seen at the battlefield .
There were two magic chariots that were stopped at the duke's residence and the Barbarians surrounded them in a circle to protect the war chariots . The mages around Lex were envious when they looked upon the two magic chariots . They thought it would be nice if they were to own them .
The magic chariots magnifying function would not be able to be compared with a magic tower, but they cost more than a magic tower . If one had not reached grade-6, they would not be qualified to build it .
Although Sauron was qualified to build a magic tower, he had no money . That was the sorrow of a mage like him, he followed the army because he had no money . Following Nash, he would not run into any trouble . He ran into Lex and Nash spat blood and fainted directly . That was very awkward for Sauron .
Every year he would received tens of thousands of gold coins from the empire, but he did not help Nash to fight when he needed him .
What other methods were there? A normal soldier dared to slash at Lex because it was a war . Even if he died, Lex would not take revenge at their family . He was different, he was a mage . If he were to attack Lex, he had to deal with the grade-8 sorcerers that backed Lex .
Daniel saw Lex and Lex kept a straight face and did not rage . Daniel killed hundreds of empire soldiers and among the soldiers that were injured, there would be a big batch that would die or be disabled . That was a war, Daniel was there to usher her .
In the hall, there was only one person standing before Lex, that was the grey robed mage, Sauron . The others were all seated and looking at the grade-6 mage .
Lex spoke, "Sauron, be my follower and I will not kill Nash . "
"Me?" Sauron was shocked . He replied immediately, "Your Highness, I am a poor mage, it would difficult for me to improve in this life . You should let me go . Nash did not do you any damage, just let him go . "
"No damage? If it wasn't for the battle at the east gate, I would at least have lost another two thousand soldiers, just to pass through here . I must have a reason to not kill Nash, otherwise, anyone would dare to block my way in the future . "
Sauron suddenly understood that Lex wanted him to submit to also to give him an out . If Nash was really killed, it would be a troublesome matter . There were another few hundred thousand empire soldiers within Phoenix and if Safilos gave another order, it would possibly crush Lex's army .
If she were to let Nash go, like Lex had said, the pride of a princess would vanish . There would be no one who respect Lex in the future .
If there were exchange terms, it would be different . If Lex let Nash go because she wanted to take a grade-6 mage under her control, everyone would think that Lex was hungry for talent and would not think that Lex took a loss .
If he himself, surrendered to Lex to save Nash's life would be considered as the last obligation that he did for Nash .
Sauron then had a high opinion of Lex . Lex was The Great Chanake's daughter after all . She could resolved difficult situation just like that .
Sauron smiled bitterly . If he rejected Lex's recruitment, he had to take partial responsibility for Nash's death . If Lex releasing him and killed Nash, he would have to leave the Qin Empire to live . No one would hire him with even one gold coin otherwise .
If Lex were to shirk responsibilities and shift the blame of Nash's death, spreading the matter around, he could only continue practicing magic in Tanggulasi Empire .
Such a scheme, such brutal stratagem!
Just when Sauron was overcome with grief and indignation, Lex spoke again, "If you follow me, I would let you promote to a sorcerer before you turn a hundred years old . "