Chapter 418 Burning Lava City (10)
The battle on the city wall lasted from noon to midnight, and the thirteen hours of battle exhausted all players. Although Ratamitheus's oil-adding tactics were very inferior, it was very effective for Seen City. Even Engels did not realize that this tactic was just used by Ratamitheus to delay time and preserve his strength.
In the eyes of all players, the bone demon who lets tens of thousands of recombinant undeads rush to the city wall little by little to engage in a war of attrition is the most hateful. Because of his reasons, most players don’t have time to rest. They need to be ready to rush up the city wall as a reserve team at any time. Although more than 100,000 players are not so tired, they are very tired if they are continuously taken care of by the undead. More than ten hours are not a few minutes. It is a miracle that the player’s physical strength can support half an hour of battle, so every half an hour, a group of players cannot support it and need to rotate.
In fact, after only less than half an hour of watching, Chen Kai knew the end of this battle. Either the players in the city were dragged down by the undead, or the walls of the Ernest City were captured under the undead's oil-added tactics. Even if there were more than twenty holy dwarves on the city wall, they still couldn't hold on for too long. Maybe they could hold on for an hour or two, five or six hours, or even one or two days, but the bones that fell under the city wall would soon assemble into new undead to attack the city wall. The dead players' bodies also turned into enemies under the control of Ratamitheus. Although overall, the number of undead troops in the demon camp was decreasing, the total number was still 30,000 to 40,000.
What attracted Chen Kai the most was that the thousands of strange-shaped undead troops around Ratamitheus had never participated in the battle. They seemed to be auxiliary soldiers specially used to transport corpses to help Ratamitheus transport the players' corpses back. But Chen Kai knew very well that these undead who looked very inconspicuous would never have low combat power. Not to mention that their appearance was strange, the silver-white bones on the other party's body alone were enough to prove that these undead were Ratamitheus's trump card. Even though they could not see clearly because the distance was too far, Chen Kai still roughly judged the strength of these undeads with the help of the magic crystal illumination flash.
However, even if Ratamitheus' core troops did not launch an attack, just such a tactic of adding fuel was enough to exhaust the dwarves of the City. Even if the undead army occasionally had insufficient strength and the resurrected undead did not have time to reach the battlefield. However, the players on the city wall were also exhausted due to continuous battles. If Ratamitheus's undead troops had not suffered any losses and replenishment, there were more and more undeads that were smashed later, and fewer undeads were recovered. It was estimated that this battle would last longer. But in just half a night, Ratamitheus replenished most of the lost troops, and the battle the next day was like this again.
For three days, the demons launched the attacks of the undead. Even if there were occasional demons mingled in it, they only released some fireballs in the distance. The fireball attacks of these flame demons did not cause too much chaos on the city wall, but their joining caused the players on the top of the city of Ernest City to damage the players on the city. Of course, the day after Ratamitheus used the oil-adding tactic, Engels had to order the magic crystal cannons on the city wall to launch shells to attack the scattered undeads to reduce the pressure on the city wall. However, in this way, the stored shells were consumed a lot. Even though Ernest City still maintained the productivity of the shells, it could only survive at most dozens of shells every day, and the output and consumption were not proportional.
Although Engels tried hard to save, the inventory of shells was still reduced at a speed visible to the naked eye. By the third day, there were only less than 2,000 pure shells left. At the current rate of 3 or 400 shells per day, it only takes five or six days to consume the shells stored in the city. Of course, the consumption of shells by continuous shells is secondary. The most important thing is the loss of the magic crystal cannon barrel. Even the most solid metal cannon barrel is fired continuously by firing hundreds of shells. It will take several days for the dwarves to recast a magic crystal cannon barrel, and because of the lack of materials for casting the cannon barrels, they can even use old cannon barrels to melt them before casting them. Although under the control of the dwarves' craftsmanship, the quality of these cannon barrels is still good. However, there are always some problems with the barrels cast by new materials.
During the third day of the battle, two cannons exploded. The explosion of gun barrels directly tore the players guarding the city wall and several dwarf gunners into pieces. The flying gun fragments almost killed Engels. In this case, Engels had to reduce the frequency of artillery attacks. Even so, the players around the two destroyed magic crystal cannons were still quite frightened.
On the fourth day, all the players were in a very bad mood. They had already started to run up the city wall mechanically to fight with Ratamitheus's undead troops, but there was another doubt in the hearts of all players, that is, why the huge demon troops had not appeared. At first, everyone thought that those demon troops had to wait until the player was most tired, so many players were always on guard. But for a few consecutive days, let alone sneak attacks, most of the time they didn't even see the shadow of the demon. At this time, the player's vigilance had been reduced to a very small point.
It can be said that on the walls of several directions of Rencheng, except for the main wall in the west, the battle in other directions is almost very peaceful. Most players and black dwarf soldiers rarely go out of the wall to explore except for occasionally patrolling. Therefore, the black dwarfs in Rencheng have no idea that they are in the dark underground passage. A large group of demons are slowly digging the road, approaching towards Rencheng bit by bit. In fact, when the battle broke out to the third day, they were less than a few kilometers away from the southern wall of Rencheng, but because the dwarfs did not dig out new passages after the underground passage collapsed, these demons could only dig by themselves.
Therefore, it was not until noon on the fourth day that Qiqigela saw the southern city wall of Rencheng. The narrow underground space was not suitable for large-scale troops assaults. Moreover, the city defense facilities were very complete in terms of weapons guarding the southern city wall. Of course, the so-called southern city wall is not particularly accurate, because according to the layout of Rencheng's urban area, the demon troops led by Qiqigela should actually be in the southwest corner of Rencheng. The real southern city wall is actually facing the huge Renhuo and Renhu, and there is no road to go. However, there are not many guards in the southern city wall, because it is a very important workshop area, and most dwarf craftsmen are there. Therefore, the southwest city wall chosen by Qiqigela as an attack point is actually easy to crash into the area guarded by the dwarves and heavy troops, and it will be bloody.
Of course, that was when the dwarf craftsmen were full of energy. Because of Latamitheus' continuous attack, the dwarfs in the city were already a little tired, especially the craftsmen responsible for weapon casting, and they were extremely tired. They not only had to repair damaged weapons, but also manufacture shells for counterattacks. The most important thing was that they had to complete the order for weapons to trade and obtain materials while supplying weapons to the city. Each dwarf craftsman worked for more than six hours a day, and spent six hours on the edge of the lake for a day. After a day, the dwarfs' skin was blistered, and many dwarfs had various diseases due to continuous work.
However, for their own home, these dwarf craftsmen worked hard and provided these sufficient weapons to the compatriots fighting in front. When Qiqigra appeared outside the city wall, the battle in the western city wall had just come to an end, and these craftsmen had just packed up their things and walked home. As for the guards on the city wall, they were also in a relatively relaxed atmosphere because the war in front was over. Although this relaxation was relatively speaking, it was certain that the patrol black dwarf soldiers and players were not very serious. So this gave the demons who were preparing to attack a sneak attack, which almost put the entire city in a state of doom.
With three great demons who have been abused several times as the pioneers, Medra, who still had a war hammer on his head, was completely ignited the moment he jumped out of the underground passage. Thousands of small demons flocked out of the underground passage under the leadership of the three great demons, and almost rushed to a place that was only a few meters away from the city wall in an instant.
"Demon!~~" The dwarves on the city wall shouted in an instant. Several players who turned their heads almost bit off their tongues, and their necks also had a cervical sprain due to a sudden turn. But soon these players didn't need to find a doctor to treat them. Because the figures of the three big demons gradually enlarged in front of these players, they finally turned into a weapon with black flames.
"Stop! Block it for me!" Black Dwarf Commander Brando, who was attached to the defense of the southwest city wall, roared wildly, but his words did not have much effect. Fireballs released by the little demons hit the city wall hard, sending the dwarf gunners and players who ran out of the movement to the west. The explosion soon drowned Brando Black Iron. Before the black Dwarf Commander could command the dwarfs to shoot a shell on the city wall, they were sent to meet the dwarf ancestors.
The death of the commander of the city wall almost instantly laid the conclusion that the battle would end with the failure of the dwarves. If the dwarves could block the demons outside the city wall, they might have some force to rely on the magic crystal cannon, but when thousands of small demons rushed into the city wall, their wanton attacks made the dwarves not have the power to fight back at all.
Fireballs exploded the heavy machine gun before the dwarfs fired the steam heavy machine gun and fired the sky. Thousands of little demons burst out with dive bombers. The defense line of the entire southwest city wall declared a complete collapse in less than five minutes. When Thram received the news, the demons had turned the entire southwest city into a sea of fire. The completely collapsed black dwarf guards and player troops mixed together like headless flies and ran around the city. Although most of the dwarfs rely on the city to finish.
The prepared escape facilities fled to a faraway area. However, thousands of dwarf civilians still died under the attack of the demons. Needless to say, the black dwarf troops and the player troops were almost wiped out. The five hundred dwarf troops and two thousand player troops guarding the southwest walls were almost wiped out, and subsequent reinforcements also turned into headless flies in the demon's attack. In less than ten minutes, the dwarf general Glenn Copper Ingot, who was commanding the front line, filled nearly three thousand dwarfs and 20,000 players into the southwest city, but even a bubble did not appear.
Looking at the increasing casualties, Thram's face looked extremely ugly. His gray temples even showed a tendency to spread. The flames of anger burning above his head flashed lightly and darkly, but Thram knew that he could not fall down, as long as he was still the king, so even though he was exhausted and wanted to die, Thram still insisted on dealing with things. However, the casualties report in his hand made Thram difficult to decide, because he knew very well what would happen if the demons were allowed to break into the southwest city. Glenn? The copper ingot had no problem in command. The only problem was whether the dwarf troops could block the demon army.
"Tell Glen? The copper ingot asked him to withdraw the troops entering the southwest city! In a minute, let Vivichra use the roar of the fire dragon to attack the southwest city! You must not let the demons break through the inner city wall!" After Thram's order was issued, he fell into a limp instantly because he knew that his order was equivalent to erecting the destruction countdown clock on the Seminar City. If it weren't for the desperate reinforcement of the earth element wizard, the entire city might have buried it in a short time.
The shelling of the southwest city now means that the work of the earth element mage has become in vain. But Thram has to do this. If the demons break through to the inner wall, the dwarves' defensive ability is now difficult to resist the unstoppable army of demons. The most important thing is that at this time, the undead troops that had originally retreated actually mixed with thousands of demon troops following Edmons to join the battle. The battle at the western wall also broke out in the southwest city area with huge explosions and sounded at the same time.
If there weren't a large number of rock barriers between the southwest city and the west city, maybe the two war zones were already connected. At this time, if the demons stabbed the defenders on the western city wall from behind, the city walls in both directions would collapse. So even at the cost of turning the entire city into a sea of fire, Thram would block the demons from the inner city wall.
"At the same time, the tribesmen in the eastern city are ready to evacuate! Write me a letter to Baron Berkner, asking him to temporarily host the black dwarf refugees!" This was the second decision made by Thram. When he heard the demon breaking through the southwest city defense, he knew that relying solely on the power of the dwarfs could no longer stop the demon's offensive. The appearance of Edmons has already put the battle on the brink of losing control. If the demon dragon had not been injured in the previous battle, the defense system of the city would have collapsed long ago.
Elder Mithra, sitting on the left of Thram, suddenly paused when he heard the pen in Seram's words. But soon he obediently began to write letters to Chen Kai. In fact, Mithra knew that writing letters was just to make things more formal. If Rencheng really couldn't be kept, then he only needed to send a message to Chen Kai through the traveler. Perhaps Chen Kai would receive it and increase the transportation of dwarf refugees. However, it was impossible to send 100,000 dwarves to the ground in a short period of time. In fact, even if Rencheng could not be defended, the dwarves would not be able to withdraw all of them. They had to buy time for their tribe to evacuate.
"If possible, please go to the dragon's nest! If Lord Dilla Marian can participate in the battle, maybe we will be much more relaxed!" The Lord Dilla Marian mentioned by Thram is actually the giant dragon living in Rencheng, the old grandmother who reproduces the huge dragon creatures of Rencheng. A female black dragon with a thousand-year-old age. Although she has a bad temper, she is still very good to dwarves. The most important thing is that Edmons attacked the city last time she attacked the city, it would be difficult for her to seriously injure the crazy dragon. Of course, Dilla Marian was not safe and sound. It is good to fight against Edmons, a abyss demon dragon with half foot that stepped into the dominant realm. It is enough to fight against such a high-level dragon as a holy dragon, which is suppressed by the rank, which is enough to scare the old lady Dilla Marian, the black dragon.
In fact, at the beginning, Dilla Marian wanted to reason with Edmons. After all, the other party was the best thing that could reason with the legend of the dragon clan. But at that time Edmons fell into a deep sleep, ignored Dilla Marian and directly pressed the female black dragon to the ground and beat him up. If it weren't for the powerful props left by Dilla Marian's black dragon husband, it might have been forced by Edmons who had lost his mind. Therefore, Thram was not sure whether Dilla Marian, who had the last tragic experience, would help the dwarves through the difficulties, but he still needed to notify the other party. After all, the demons would never show mercy to the Dragon Nest after occupying the city.
Chapter completed!