Chapter 240
Baron Keane’s territory was expanding to a larger scale of agricultural experiments and water purification work . Arcaian fully immersed himself in the study that would make him the archenemy of God of Plague in the future . As they were working and improving, both the Orc Empire and Eagle Kingdom had finished gathering their armies in the valley between the Graystone Mountains and Giant Beast Mountain . They had started the ferocious war between them .
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According to most people’s opinions, this war would lack interesting points and be similar to the many previous Orc invasions . Humans relied on their stronghold fortresses, whereas Orcs relied on the attacks of their huge army troops to break through each of the fortresses .
It had been like that for a long time .
For example, the war usually started in the City of Iron’s fortress, located near the north side of the valley . This was the biggest of all fortresses . It could hold the most troops, and the defense equipment and military food in storage could last for more than a year . During the many Orc invasions in the past, the Orc army had this fortress surrounded but could never take it down .
But this time, the situation was slightly different .
Up against the sturdy fortress, the Orcs sent out an enormous number of Air Force troops . Orcs who could fly and control flying demon beasts carried huge rocks, made light by magic spells . They threw them over the tops of fortresses just before the spells expired .
With just one attack hundreds of big rocks were dropped from the sky into the fortress . Those that hit the city walls broke the strong magic shield and left a significant indentation in it . The rocks that hit the ground became embedded deep in the mud .
With such horrible results, what would happen if rocks fell on houses and human bodies?
Approximately 1/30th of buildings inside the City of Iron were completely destroyed, and even more houses were partially destroyed, with different magnitudes of destruction . The number of people who were hurt or dead could not be accurately tallied yet .
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Following the wave of attack, the entire City of Iron fell into chaos .
The Orcs took this opportunity to immediately launch ferocious attacks . The steep walls could not stop the agile pace of the catmen . They climbed all the way up along the almost-straight wall, without the help of any tools . Once they sprinted to the top of the wall they let down a thick rope to let the troops behind them follow .
Initially, there was a complete defense system in the City of Iron that could have blocked such a scale of attack . But due to the falling rocks, the armies of the City of Iron were feeling quite panicked . The command system had fallen into chaos . Brave soldiers who were originally defending the city walls had been smashed horribly, made mincemeat by the huge rocks that had fallen from the sky . While the morale of the remaining soldiers was almost deflated, it was impossible to organize any effective defense at all .
Marquis Roland Igor, the city leader of the City of Iron, grouped an elite troop immediately as backup . But they still could not get there in time, as they were getting ready on one side and hurriedly taking action on the other side . The Orcs had successfully bombarded the city walls in a few different places . They quickly set up simple slopes to allow the troops behind them to charge .
The Orc armies kept marching up to the city walls like tides that never relented . They engaged in battle with the soldiers of the Eagle Kingdom, biting down like canine teeth that never let go . They fought to kill each other madly . The outcome of this war had almost been decided .
At the moment when it was the most dangerous, Marquis Roland had led his most loyal personal guards charging to the front line . He tried to save the battle through valiant effort . But they did not gain any advantages .
Marquis Roland himself had already stepped into the Legendary Realm over 400 years ago . Amongst his personal guards, even the lowest of them was already at a high level, along with two more legendary experts . Usually, these three experts could easily tear the Orc armies apart if they were on the frontline . They rushed Orc troops that charged into the city and were almost at the city gates . They fought the Orcs back up the city walls .
But that was it .
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When Marquis Roland took the lead and rushed onto the city walls, all he saw were eight opponents standing in a row, waiting for him .
These were legendary experts who came from several Orc villages . Even Orc priests from big temples had joined the battlefield .
For example, Marquis Roland recognized his old rival “Iron Teeth” Yiloh Lion, a famous expert of the lionman tribe .
Iron Teeth Yiloh was already a renowned expert in the lionman tribe . When he was still an adventurer back in the day, he was best friends with the infamous “Heavy Armored Mad Lion” Leonard . In the end, both of them drifted apart because of their differences in belief and philosophy . Leonard disappeared from sight . According to hearsay, he stepped into a realm that was unimaginable by mortals . Yiloh became the general of the entire South army of Orc Empire; he led more than one Orc invasion, and his fierce name was well known .
In the north side of the Eagle Kingdom, the name “Iron Teeth Yiloh” could even scare the babies’ midnight cries to a stop .
He had battled many times with Marquis Roland . Each had their wins and losses . Even when facing him one-on-one, Marquis Roland had no confidence he would win for sure .
If it were only him and only him, Marquis Roland would gladly lead his personal guards to charge towards his old rival, and have him surrounded and killed on the city wall .
And yet, Yiloh was not alone . He had seven other helpers .
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Marquis Roland scanned through the seven helpers and recognized them very quickly .
Every time he recognized one of them, his heart sank one notch .
These eight legendary experts spread out to the left and right, as if they were guards who welcomed an old werewolf who walked up to the city wall . Marquis Roland’s heart sunk even deeper, like a rock that had fallen into the water .
He did not recognize this old man, but he recognized the wooden staff in his hand .
This wooden staff was not refined . It was ugly and rough . It looked like a big tree branch picked up from the side of the road and carved by hand, using a knife . But the wooden staff contained strong magical light in it . In his magic eyesight, it was as if a sun had come to rest in front of him .
More horribly, there was a string attached to the top of the staff . The string had six fist-sized skeletons tied to it . These skeletons had the same strong magic light shining from them and even dispersed a vicious aura .
“The Staff of Imprisonment?” He asked aloud .
The “Staff of Imprisonment” was rumored to belong to Lefon, Orcs’ Main God, back when He had not yet become a God . It contained strong and impossible power . When He became God, He left it amongst the Orcs . Every time the Orcs killed a demigod expert, the wooden staff morphed the expert into a skull and imprisoned them in the staff to increase its power .
In other words, the wooden staff had six skeletons, meaning there were already six dead demigod experts inside!
The old werewolf did not reply . He acted as if he could not see him, and was only interested in the events beneath the city walls, under his feet . Then he looked at the fortress in front of him that had almost no defense left .
“This time, we will take hold of it,” He said to Iron Teeth Yiloh . “You will be stationed here, then . ”
The tall lionman whose fierce name was so famous bowed deeply and accepted this order with an extremely humble attitude .
The old werewolf nodded and was satisfied . He turned to leave .
Marquis Roland could not hold back anymore and growled . He led his loyal and brave personal guards and charge towards the old werewolf .
The eight legendary Orc experts welcomed them .
The Orc army had only needed one day in total to break the fortress of the City of Iron .