Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 189 The Battle on the City Wall (4000 words)
After the man climbed onto the city wall, thick smoke rose from the flame behind him, and it didn't take long for it to be completely extinguished, and a layer of frost formed on the original burning position.

A Nord with silver hair and blue eyes, wearing a bearskin, and holding a hatchet in one hand also climbed onto the city wall. Wherever his feet stepped, thick frost formed there.

A large group of imperial soldiers swarmed up under the command of the officer, trying to block the opening.

Behind the two men followed a group of Nord soldiers, wearing metal chain armor, holding battle axes and round shields, screaming and rushing up the drawbridge on the siege tower.

The two leading Nords cut down all the surrounding imperial soldiers like cutting melons and vegetables.

Rhodes noticed that whether the imperial soldiers attacked the man wearing the black keel armor or the man wearing only the animal skin, they couldn't cause any harm to them.

The Nord who only wore animal skins seemed to be covered with a thin layer of hard ice crystals, and the one-handed swords of the imperial soldiers could not break through his defense at all.

The Nord warriors behind the two of them took this opportunity to jump onto the wall as well.

"Damn it, last year they didn't get close to the city wall within 500 meters, and they retreated because of the heavy casualties. After the death of Marquis Dempsey, the remaining idiots in the fortress don't know how to defend the fortress, that stupid emperor Not only did we send those experienced generals to the grasslands to the east, but we also kept coming up with some bad ideas every day to consume our own strength and morale. Sigh, it would be great if Duke Elvis was here." Rhode listened A veteran scolded through gritted teeth.

Pushing the barrel, he had almost reached the platform in the center of the city wall, and no one asked him what he was doing all the way.

Those knights were all hoisted to the place where the siege tower put the drawbridge, trying to drive the Nords off the city wall.

The heavy rain also had an impact on the Nords, and their archers stopped shooting, and together with ordinary infantry wanted to land on the city wall.

In addition to the position where the siege tower was placed on the drawbridge, some Nords stared at the stones and hot oil and climbed up the siege ladder. Although the imperial soldiers killed many Nords who climbed the city wall, the Nords continued Keep going up the wall.

Rhode felt that there was no need to hide his identity anymore. He used the mage ball to throw the wooden barrel in the direction of the emperor from a distance of 30 meters, and then used the flame mixed with internal force and magic power to palm the wooden barrel in midair. The barrel slapped away, and the heavy rain fell on the flaming giant hand, making a sizzling sound, and the flaming giant hand became smaller, but the barrel was still successfully detonated.

A loud bang resounded on the city wall, and the burning hot oil splashed in the air. The air wave of the explosion caused several unlucky soldiers to be thrown off the city wall. A few people were drenched all over their bodies by burning hot oil, turning them into burning men.

Rhodes drew out his two-handed sword and slashed at the surrounding imperial soldiers. They were killed by Rhodes before they could react.

He ran to the imperial soldiers who were besieging the city wall, and attacked them from behind. By the time they reacted, Rhodes had already killed several people.

Some of the surrounding imperial soldiers began to besiege Rhodes.

"I knew you mercenaries didn't keep their promises." An old soldier yelled as he slashed his sword at Rhodes.

"Use money to do things. If you don't give money, of course I won't do things." Rhodes let him chop the sword on his dragon scale armor, and chopped off the veteran's head with the two-handed sword in his hand.

Rhodes was surrounded by a large group of soldiers, holding a shield in one hand to protect his head, and counterattacking with a sword in the other hand.

Although he has practiced iron head skills and still wears a knight helmet with only a pair of eyes exposed, if his face is disfigured, he will regret it for the rest of his life.

He opened and closed the sharp long sword wrapped in sword energy, and chopped down several soldiers who were eager for quick success. The blood of the enemy was scattered everywhere, and his body was still stained with bright red under the torrential rain. Blood, the funny blood on the shield looks a little hideous.

When the other soldiers saw it, they raised their shields to deal with Rhode's attack cautiously. Rhode alone suppressed nearly ten soldiers around him, so that they had no chance to fight back.

A short spear suddenly appeared in front of Rhodes. Rhode raised his shield to block it, but the huge force from the short spear broke his balance, and a deep scratch appeared on the shield, and the metal layer covering the surface was also scratched.

Rhode took a few steps back, and several soldiers around him took this opportunity to attack him, and the white armored knight with the short spear and shield also took advantage of the victory to pursue.

Rhodes ignored the attack of the ordinary soldiers next to him, and blocked the stabbing short spear with his shield again. Rhodes lost his balance and fell backwards again. This time, he almost sat on the ground with his buttocks. He rolled over and wanted to stand up .

The surrounding soldiers tacitly pressed their shields towards Rhodes at the same time, trying to keep him on the ground, and the knight stabbed Rhodes in the head with a lance.

Rhodes used Dou Zhuan Xing Xing, and the short spear sank into the waist of a soldier next to him. The soldier screamed and stood staggering on the spot clutching his wound.

The knight quickly drew out his lance and stabbed at Rhodes again.

At this time Rhodes had stood up again, and dodged the shot.

There is something wrong with this knight's short spear. It has a magical power that can destroy the balance of a person. Even if he blocks it with a shield, his body will lose his balance.

Although Dou Zhuan Xing Yi is easy to use, it is the martial art that consumes the most internal energy of Rhodes. The more powerful the enemy's attack is, the more internal energy will be consumed.

The internal energy consumed by using the Star Shift on that knight just now is more than the internal energy consumed by using the Star Shift on those mercenaries at the same time yesterday.

Rhodes took a few steps back, distanced himself from the knight, and took off his helmet and lobster gauntlet. After he finished these people, he was going to take off his leg armor and wear a dragon scale armor It's enough, wearing too much will affect his flexibility.

And it was raining heavily, and when he rolled just now, dirty water flowed into his helmet, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

The knight with the short spear stood still and watched Rhodes take off his equipment, and reached out to stop the soldiers next to him.

"I can give you another ten seconds." The knight said.

Rhodes took off his leg armor after hearing this, but he didn't take off the steel shin on his leg.

"It's hard to see a knight who pays attention to honor like you. I will spare your life later." Rhodes threw away the shield and rushed towards the knight with swords in both hands.

Although he admired the knight in his heart, he felt that he was stupid. Even if the knight had confidence in his own strength, making such a move might kill the soldier next to him.For his own honor and principles, he would kill his companions.

"Stop talking big." The knight rushed forward to stab Rhodes.

Rhodes, who was not bound by armor, easily dodged, turned around behind the knight, and slashed at the knight with his sword.

The knight quickly turned around and blocked it with his shield, and Rhodes pressed his sword on the knight's shield.

Just as the knight was about to push Rhodes away with his shield, Rhodes took the initiative to withdraw his sword, turned around and kicked a soldier behind him with his legs.

The soldier was caught off guard and was kicked by Rhode's Vigorous King Kong leg. He took a few steps back and bumped into several soldiers who were approaching.

The knight raised his shield and rushed towards Rhodes.

Rhodes slashed at the unbalanced soldiers in front of him with his sword. An invisible sword energy pierced the air. Only one soldier raised his shield to block.

Except for the soldier who raised the shield, the iron armor on the other soldiers was scratched, and there was a shallow bloodstain on their bodies, and blood flowed from the wound. It seemed that they had only suffered some minor injuries.

Rhodes quickly rushed towards the group of soldiers after slashing the sword, followed by a knight raising his shield behind him.

He felt a little regretful, if the distance was closer, the sword just now should be able to kill this group of soldiers.

Rhodes stabbed a soldier standing in the middle with a two-handed sword. He raised his shield to block, and the soldiers around him took the opportunity to stab Rhodes with their swords.

The two-handed sword sank into the soldier's chest before he raised his shield. After he groaned, his eyes lost their luster.

Rhodes let the soldiers next to him attack him, and their one-handed swords felt like hitting him with ordinary branches. He pulled out the two-handed sword from the soldier's chest, and turned to face the knight who came in front of him.

This time the knight did not stab straight with the short spear, but slashed down diagonally.

Seeing this, Rhodes stretched out his hand to grab the short spear and pulled it forward, and stabbed the knight's throat with the sword with the other hand.

The knight raised his shield to block Rhode's two-handed sword. At the same time, Rhode's head was occasionally attacked by soldiers with swords. It is the position with the highest defense of the whole body, and the attacks of these three soldiers just make him feel very annoying.

After the two-handed sword was blocked, Rhode gathered his strength and kicked at the knight, and the knight pushed Rhode's two-handed sword away with the shield, and then smashed Rhode's nose with the shield.

Rhode's leg touched the knight first, kicking him back a few steps, and the short spear in his hand was also dropped, and Rhodes held the blade end.

Rhodes threw the short spear outside the fortress, then turned around and killed three soldiers who kept cutting him with a sharp sword aura.

If he didn't have an iron shirt with a golden bell cover, he certainly couldn't survive in this situation.

Rhodes pointed at the knight not far away with a Yang finger, and the knight raised his shield like a conditioned reflex to block the invisible air, and the shield made entirely of steel was also sunken into a small hole.

At the same time, Rhodes rushed in front of the knight again. He swung his two-handed sword continuously and slashed at the knight. The knight blocked them all with his shield.

He took the opportunity to punch Rhodes, and the fist in the iron glove hit Rhodes. Rhodes lost his balance again and fell backwards.

This should be the knight's combat skill, not the enchantment effect of the short spear.

The knight picked up a one-handed sword on the ground and stabbed at the head of Rhodes who was sitting on the ground. In desperation, Rhodes used Flame Palm on the knight in front of him regardless of the distance.

A house the size of a one-story house exploded in front of Rhodes, blowing Rhodes and the knight out. Rhodes used the mage ball in mid-air to let himself fall slowly on the city wall, and the knight fell off the city wall Life or death is unknown.

Although it was raining heavily and the archers on both sides had stopped shooting, there were still mages on the battlefield. Rhodes had thought about using mage balls to float directly from midair to the emperor's vicinity, but he was afraid of being shot down with magic.

Rhodes picked up his two-handed sword, picked up his shield, and walked towards a battle group next to him. The position they fought just now was some distance from the position of the siege ladders, so no one came to interfere.

The torrential rain gradually decreased, and then stopped in an instant. The sun tore through the dark clouds and shone on the city wall.

It should be the sound of the horn that caused the sky to rain suddenly. Rhodes has never heard of any mage who can use this kind of power, but an item can.

Rhodes felt that the horn should also be a fetish, and it might be able to upgrade his system to another level.

Speaking of the system, Rhodes remembered that the system sounded like a notification sound just now.

He opened the message bar that he hadn't opened before, and found that there were many prompts
[...Proficiency of Golden Bell Cover Iron Cloth +1...Proficiency of Golden Bell Cover Iron Cloth +1, Yiyang Finger +1, Flame Palm +1]

He thought he turned off this reminder before, but he just received a special reminder.

【congratulations!Admiralty iron cloth shirt successfully upgraded! 】

He stopped, opened the proficiency bar, and found that the iron cloth shirt with the golden bell cover was different from before
Admiralty Iron Cloth Shirt [Perfect]

Active effect: Defense power increases by 30% within 200 seconds after use.

Passive effect: Greatly enhance physical and magical defense, greatly increase the ability to unload physical attacks, and be immune to weaker physical attacks.

It seems that I have a lot of advantages over others with the martial arts system. Although I can learn martial arts through martial arts cheats, I can master them faster and upgrade my martial arts faster.

Not only can it be upgraded through practice and application, but also through some special methods.

For example, the iron cloth shirt with the golden bell cover can be upgraded by taking damage, no, it should be said that it is beaten.

However, it seems possible that the effect of the upgrade is related to the upgrade method. I am often cut with a sword, so the iron cloth shirt with the golden bell cover is more effective in defending against physical attacks.

In the future, if I have time, I will find a few mages to freeze and shock me every day.

Rhodes closed the system interface, recalled his thoughts, and rushed to the nearest battle group. He slashed left and right with his two-handed sword, tearing a hole in the large group of imperial soldiers surrounding the siege ladder.

The Nord warriors inside who climbed the city wall but were surrounded by groups also took the opportunity to fight back. Before they could only hold up their shields to block and protect themselves, the Nord warriors who stayed behind on the siege ladder could not come up either. stuck there.

A few minutes later, Rhodes finished off the group of soldiers. He now felt that it was actually raining heavily. Now that the rain had stopped, after some fighting, he was covered in blood, which was fishy and smelly.

Holding his sword, he walked towards another battle group under the awe-inspiring eyes of a group of Nord warriors...

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