Chapter 775
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The Holy See's attack on the south city lasted for an entire day . By the time evening came, both sides had already suffered heavy losses . Usually, the defending side would have the advantage, even if they had poorer soldiers because a twenty yard tall city wall was an obstacle that would be difficult for any army to overcome .
The soldiers of the Holy See were always able to continue fighting unless their limbs had been cut off or a huge hole had been blown open in their stomachs .
The alarm had already been sounded since morning and the reply they received was to hold the city and wait for reinforcements .
South city would already have fallen if not for the fact that they were facing the Holy See army . As long as the attacking side had enough soldiers, they would always be able to take the city sooner or later . Fortunately, the enmity between Qin and the Holy See had existed for the past ten-thousand years and the people of Bitter Water Prefecture born in Qin were no exception either .
As night fell, the attacks slowed down gradually and the armies in the main city began to gather .
Nailisi's demon army would lead the way while the two death mages were arranged in the middle of the five regiments of knights . There was a total of six-thousand men, including the death knights, that followed behind the demon army .
Behind the knights were the charioteers . Charioteers were practically non-existent ever since magic chariots became obsolete, so they were now just a type of foot soldier .
The charioteers' jobs was to protect the mages . Elemental mages were susceptible to attacks on the battlefield, mainly because of the white-robed mages' speed of reaction and defense abilities . Typically, grand mages would no longer be making any fatal mistakes . These charioteers would travel with the white-robed mages as forty huge chariots protected forty white-robed mages .
The role that these mages played was not insignificant as they had to continuously cast grade-0 and grade-1 spells, healing and boosting all the soldiers . Low-level mages were able to recover very quickly, their magic chords were short and small . The magic nuclei they used were also low-level ones, so they were much more valuable on the battlefield compared to heavy-armored knights and foot soldiers .
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There were too little accompanying white-robed mages this time around, so their main tasks were to detoxify and dispel divine spells .
Spells could affect divine spells just as the latter could interfere the former . The forty white-robed mages' main responsibility was to dispel any divine spells that had been cast on the officers .
Behind the charioteers and chariots were the riding infantry . Most of these infantrymen had horses, but the speed and endurance of the horses could not be compared to those of the knights' . The riding infantry of Sanlian City usually had to seize the opportunity to ride . Typically, they rode on chariots as the paths in Qin were wide and convenient .
There were only fifteen-thousand riding infantry in total . Aside from the demon army and heavy-armored knights, the main city did not send any elite soldiers as there were still one-hundred-thousand enemies in the north and west that they needed to guard against .
The main forces of Tanggulasi were only more than fifty miles away from Sanlian City . If they were all determined to cross the river, they would be able to gather below the city walls within a day .
Nailisi did not care about the intentions of the human armies behind them . All she needed was a group of people that were able to help her collect the spoils of war, such as the enemies' armor, weapons, crossbows, and warhorses . Demons were not used to transporting items, they were only good at killing .
No matter what army the secretive campsite was hiding, one thing was for sure, there were a lot of logistical supplies hidden there . Nailisi had decided to snatch the supplies, simple as that .
On the city tower, a white-robed mage turned the hands of the magic clock to indicate an hour past midnight . A faint white light shone from the top of the city wall and the city gate opened slowly . Nailisi leapt from the city wall and landed on the ground .
The demons rushed out from the city gates that had been opened wide . When the soldiers of Bitter Water Prefecture saw the demon army, they felt a mixture of emotions . At that point, only mages would be able to speak without going against any military discipline . Fortunately, a grand mage spoke to the white-robed mage beside him, "It has been tens of thousands of years since demons fought for humans to win over God's disciples . This is a good thing…"
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"Your Excellency, you are right . When humans were at their strongest, even the giants fought for us . If only humans are able to go back to those times . "
The conversation between the two mages was especially enlightening amidst the silence on top of the city wall . The soldiers could listen even if they could not interrupt . It resonated to varying degrees for almost all of the soldiers .
The poets used to sing about demons and other even stranger creatures fighting for humans . Most ordinary humans had no idea that all of it was true . Now that the mages had spoken, the people of Bitter Water Prefecture had chosen to believe .
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Of course, the gray-robed mage would never think of that out of the blue . He said what he said because the Marquis had asked him to . What he said would gradually spread within the armies and before long, the narrative would be prevalent throughout the entire Bitter Water Prefecture and even the Qin Empire .
Once such a narrative spread, it would be difficult to turn it around . The Marquis was extremely smart . After interacting with Nailisi, he began to think of how to execute this step by step .
When the knights emerged from the city gates behind the demons, the soldiers on top of the city walls felt a sense of pride . These iron knights were much more powerful than the Tanggulasi soldiers . If not for the blood knights, the battle would have been a walk in the park .
It was normal for the soldiers to think that way . When they first took down Sanlian City, they had a much easier time than the Tanggulasi soldiers even though they also launched their attack from a more advantageous point .
There were no horses in the demon army, but they sprinted at lightning speed behind Nailisi . The armor that was customized for the demons was not heavy at all and was much lighter than the crudely-made armor they wore in the demon dimension . One could only hear the sounds of the demons' footsteps and the clinks of their metal armor .
The two cities were only twenty miles apart so theoretically, there should be no gaps in their defense . If not for the fact that the cities were built from the gigantic rocks from the ground, probably no humans would build their cities that way .
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The catapults' attacking range was five miles and there was only a passageway that was ten miles wide between the two cities . The Tanggulasi soldiers had stationed themselves across the passageway . A distance of five miles was too close for the demons as nothing could be hidden between both sides .
When the demon army appeared, the Tanggulasi scouts retreated beyond the attack ranges of catapults and magic stone artilleries . On the other hand, the Tanggulasi blood knights rushed forward to meet them head-on .
Blood knights had no need for rest nor logistical support . They only needed the attention of the holy priests of the Supreme Court once in a while . At least half of the twenty-thousand blood knights had come forward to engage .
Deploying more than ten-thousand knights would usually take a long time . For example, the six-thousand knights of Bitter Water Prefecture had taken a few hours to prepare their armor, get into formation, put on the armor for their warhorses, and test their magic equipment . On the other hand, the blood knights did not require such preparations . Within a short time, the ten-thousand blood knights sprinted straight towards the demon army .
Neither side used crossbows . The blood knights did not know how to and at most could only hurl javelins while the demons were not proficient in crossbows at all . In any case, the people of Bitter Water Prefecture knew that ordinary crossbows were useless against blood knights anyway . In order to take a blood knight out of the battle, one's arrow must penetrate through their brain . Only an archer of the level of a high-level swordmaster would be able to achieve such accuracy . Archers of a lower level would never be able to draw the rigid strings on the crossbows properly .
A grin appeared on Nailisi's face . She only gave a simple order –'kill!'
Then, Nailisi took out her magic stone artillery and aimed at the incoming blood knights with her huge arms .
The advantage that magic stone artilleries had over catapults was that they were smaller so their recoil was negligible . Even in her devil form, Nailisi would not have been able to move about freely with a catapult .
The blood knights were so fast that they only took less than a minute to be within fifty yards from the moment they were first sighted by the demons . The red armor, rotting flesh, and empty look on their faces completed the appearance of the blood knights . To the demons, the impact of the blood knights' appearances was insignificant .
Nailisi squatted down and activated the magic stone artillery . Close to a hundred shells shot out from the thick barrel and straight at the blood knights .
In the defense of cities, magic stone artilleries would never be shot in a straight line . They were usually shot at projectile like catapults to disperse the enemy's foot soldiers or large equipment with their magic shells . The way Nailisi was using it was a unique technique .
The magic stone shells swept across the blood knights and wherever they passed, the blood knights fell with flailing limbs .
The magic stone shells that hit the blood knights directly would penetrate their bodies completely while those that brushed past their bodies would take away huge chunks of flesh . If they were to hit the blood knights' limbs, they would be blown off completely .
More than two-hundred blood knights, along with their warhorses, were completely taken out of the fight after the first blast . Nailisi laughed gleefully . How exciting it was to use it on the battlefield . If her enemies were not blood knights, the damage that the magic stone artillery could cause would be even greater .
Nailisi took out a complete magic stone shell and put it into the cannon . Her huge devil form provided her with unimaginable strength . Nailisi had the ability to trigger the magic array and focus the magic stone artillery's damage . Within ten seconds, she shot out the next blast .
There were no longer any more blood knights in the front row, but those behind kept charging forward . They knew no pain, nor fear . The magic stone shells shot down the enemies that were within hundreds of yards from Nailisi . By the time those behind rushed to the forefront, they were already injured and still, they had to face the next wave of attack from Nailisi .
This was a meaningless massacre! Nailisi shot at the blood knights from close range with her huge magic stone artillery . There was no way they could survive the attack even if they were as powerful as swordmasters .
The clumsy and bulky magic stone artillery looked light and nimble like a child's bow in the hands of a devil .
After six waves of attacks, Nailisi could detect that the magic array in the magic stone artillery was becoming unstable . Using the magic stone artillery to attack within short intervals was not something that was taken into consideration when designing the weapon . Nailisi had no choice but to put away the magic stone artillery and take out her thirty yard long lance instead .