Green Monster Epic

Chapter 874: The Sea of Fire Before the Fortress

After a night of rest, the elven army was full of energy the next morning, reforming their battle formations and putting pressure on the tall and majestic Nasir Fortress.

More elves scattered out to hunt down lurking wilderness natives, but more importantly, they gathered materials on the spot to build large siege equipment.

Nasir Fortress was a sturdy castle built by the former Ajinaga tribe over thousands of years, using countless precious materials.

Although it certainly wasn't as sturdy and powerful as Mansa City or the human royal capital, its sturdiness in the Mansa Wilderness could at least rank in the top twenty.

And this was also an important factor for Allen and the others to head north with confidence, leaving the city to be defended by ordinary warriors of the three races.

The elves had naturally figured out the defensive strength of Nasir Fortress, so when they arrived here yesterday, they didn't rashly test the defenses with an attack, but instead rested on the spot.

Even now, the elven commanders were very calm, not as anxious as they had been on the road, because they understood that without large siege equipment, sending brave elven warriors to challenge the dozens of meters high city walls would only be sending them to their deaths.

“We don’t really understand military matters, so we’ll leave it to you to handle. Leave the probing to us!”

Alicia and a group of more than twenty legendary powerhouses followed the army all the way, and the anger of being played and schemed against by the drow and the wilderness had not dissipated with the passage of time, but instead showed signs of intensifying.

Now that they had arrived at the home ground of the wilderness, the victim, it would be unreasonable not to let everyone vent their anger, so the meticulous Alicia directly granted their wish after noticing the thoughts of the powerhouses in the army.

“Then we’ll have to trouble you, Earl!”

Jeremy was not polite and nodded to express his gratitude to Alicia and the others.

More than twenty elven powerhouses flew into the sky and flew directly towards Nasir Fortress. When they flew more than a thousand meters high above the majestic city, a group of powerhouses either began to chant spells to cast magic, or took out bows, arrows, spears, and other ranged weapons, aiming at the figures on the city and preparing to launch an attack.

Buzz!

A faint aura of magical shockwave rapidly expanded from the city wall to the surrounding area. When this shockwave, similar to the power of a knight's domain but with magical vibrations, enveloped the space where the twenty-odd powerhouses were, the energy in everyone's bodies suddenly experienced bursts of turmoil, and then a group of elven powerhouses uncontrollably crashed to the ground.

The wilderness powerhouses and ranged combatants on the city wall seized the opportunity, taking advantage of the elven powerhouses in the sky being caught off guard, using various means to drown out their location and trajectory.

Thump! Thump!

A series of muffled collision sounds came from the ground not far outside the city wall, accompanied by a wave of dust, and many houses and buildings in the outer city collapsed.

The usually elegant elven powerhouses climbed up from the ground in embarrassment. With their physical fitness, falling from this height would naturally not hurt them at all, and even the spears and arrows shot by the wilderness ranged combatants had little effect on them. However, having lost face in front of so many people, many elven powerhouses' originally handsome faces became distorted after climbing up, and they recklessly slashed out waves of energy blades.

The energy blades shot at the city wall of Nasir Fortress, but the city wall, constructed entirely of magic-sealing stone bricks, didn't even leave a trace, directly absorbing the power in the energy waves.

Alicia raised her bow and nocked an arrow. When the bowstring was fully drawn, a green light arrow quickly appeared between her fingers. Then, she released the bowstring with two jade fingers, and the green arrow flew like lightning towards the city.

Thwack!

The demigod-level longbow, combined with the full blow of a demigod-level archer, immediately left a deep arrow hole in the city wall, and at the same time caused the city wall to shake slightly.

Seeing this, Bobier and Tim quickly stuck their heads out from behind the parapet and looked down at the city, and after confirming that the city wall remained intact, they breathed a sigh of relief, but when they looked up again, a few traces of caution finally appeared in their eyes.

“Fortunately, we still have Eric's anti-air domain, otherwise it would really be difficult to deal with that group of elven powerhouses!”

Bobier tilted his head, and said with rejoicing and envy to the human powerhouse beside him who rarely showed his face at Nasir Fortress.

“Who says it isn’t!”

Tim was also very pleased. Their biggest concern was that there were not many legendary-level powerhouses in the city. Most of the representatives of the other tribes in the alliance followed Allen to the north to fight, and the remaining powerhouses either needed to be stationed in their own tribes or were traveling far away and had not returned. It was somewhat difficult to come and support Nasir Fortress.

Currently, there were only 5-6 legendary powerhouses in the fortress, such as Ted and Swala, as well as a golden golem that Swala had brought with him.

The defensive strength of Nasir Fortress's city defense architecture was not bad. Not only was the physical defense excellent, but the magic defense was also very good, but in the face of high-intensity attacks from powerhouses above the legendary level, there would eventually be flaws, such as the demigod-level powerhouse among the elves now.

Eric just looked at the front indifferently. When Allen went north, he didn't bring himself with him in order to provide an insurance for the fortress. Compared to the role of showing the power of the domain in the killing of powerhouses, Eric's domain power could play a role in the natural danger fortress of Cartor Canyon, comparable to a team of powerhouses.

Swoosh!

Another emerald green light arrow shot over, and then there was a muffled sound on the city wall, and a huge humanoid puppet, golden all over, crossed the city wall and met the light sword head-on.

Poof!

The golden golem collided with the green light arrow in mid-air. The golem's original falling posture suddenly climbed several meters into the sky due to the force, retreating back.

Seeing that it was still more than two meters away from the city wall, the golem's heavy body fell towards the city in a parabolic manner again, but just as the seemingly clumsy golem was about to hit the city wall, a pair of big hands slapped on the city wall to borrow strength, and the body suddenly rose a few meters, and then landed firmly on the city wall.

Looking at its body again, the light arrow shot by the demigod powerhouse only left a faint white spot on the front of its body surface. If you didn't pay attention, you couldn't even see it clearly.

The golden golem was also shown in front of the public for the first time. As soon as it appeared, except for the few Green Field members who knew of its existence, even Tim and Bobier couldn't help but take a few more glances. It turned out that there were such powerful defensive means in the Green Field tribe. After the two of them self-evaluated, they somewhat颓废ly admitted that they might not be a match for this golem.

However, if they knew that Allen had seized an even more powerful diamond golem when he attacked the royal capital of the Rose Kingdom this time, they would probably go crazy!

The brick golem had no time to repair, but the golden golem, the top magical creation, had been in Allen's hands for many years, and had long been repaired by the Green Field tribe at a great cost, but it had always been hidden in the Muer Fortress treasury and not shown to others.

“.”

The elven Countess Alicia, far away, saw her arrow blocked by the suddenly appearing golden golem. She stopped her attack, knowing that without getting close to the city, their current means of destruction would have limited effect.

Her first arrow was to test the city's defenses. Although it seemed like a simple shot, it was actually her strongest attack. The result was unexpected; it didn't cause much damage to the city walls, showing that the fortress's defenses were far from ordinary.

The second arrow was still to confirm the information from her first, but unexpectedly, this golden golem appeared. This meant that after losing the ability to stay airborne, the golem's effectiveness would become even more pronounced.

Originally, the golden golem had the strength to rival a legendary powerhouse, especially its powerful defense. Even attacks from demigods couldn't break through it. The legendary powerhouse's advantage lay only in agility and speed.

However, their greatest advantage was now diminished with the loss of aerial capability, forcing everyone to fight on the ground, naturally affecting their speed and agility.

"Let's retreat! We'll make plans after our supply train arrives!"

Alicia put away her bow and didn't even bother to have her twenty-odd warriors make a probing attack on the city's defenses. She directly ordered a retreat.

"..."

The elven powerhouses were unwilling, but now they were like birds with broken wings. Facing this majestic and solid city, they really didn't have much confidence.

In the elven camp, the commanders Jeremy and others had also come out of their tents, wanting to see if Alicia and the other powerhouses' probing attacks would yield any important gains.

But they didn't expect the methods possessed by the city to be beyond their expectations. When they saw the elven powerhouse Hark, who had charged forward aggressively, falling from the sky like a dumpling before even getting close to the city, followed by ineffectual probing attacks, Jeremy and the others looked somber.

"Losing their ability to stay airborne greatly diminishes the Countess's influence on the battlefield!"

"It seems we'll still have to rely on our army's strength to launch a strong attack!"

"How long until the rear supply train catches up?"

"About five more days. The war ancient's speed isn't slow, but the siege rams, siege ladders, and other equipment we're transporting are slowing us down."

"Then, we must use these few days to send out more manpower and build more siege equipment. To gnaw on this hard bone, we can only force our way through!"

Although it was a discussion, Jeremy keenly saw a hint of regret in his colleagues' eyes. Perhaps they had chosen the wrong target this time and shouldn't have targeted the Nasir Fortress, but instead the original true target of the southern expeditionary elven army.

"Don't be discouraged, everyone. The city ahead is just a facade. The information provided by the kingdom's wilderness intelligence system clearly states that the city's current number of regular troops isn't large. The rest are just a temporary rabble."

"As for the strength of their wilderness army, it's not like we haven't seen it before. Does the kingdom's most elite Snow Cedar Legion lack confidence against such opponents?"

"Alright! Let's gamble big this time. As long as we can achieve victory this time, we'll make up for our previous mistakes and be able to give an explanation to the kingdom!"

"Everyone, get moving! For the glory of the kingdom!"

After giving the order, Jeremy didn't forget to encourage everyone. He could understand everyone's mood at this time. The previous defeat had greatly impacted everyone's confidence. Now, launching another war that concerned their careers, everyone wanted to be more secure.

Time passed quickly. With the arrival of the supply train and a dozen war ancients that had been left behind, the main elven army used local materials to create more than twenty simple but effective siege devices.

With everything ready, the elven army, which had long been waiting, blew the horn for the siege. Squads of neatly arranged elven warriors quickly advanced forward.

Behind them were catapults, bird-wing ballistae, and other ranged siege devices made on the spot and transporting supplies. In front of them were giants and dragons transformed by druids, as well as a dozen tall war ancients.

From the start, the elves pressed on with all their strength, obviously intending to take the city in one fell swoop.

On the high walls, Tim, Ted, and Schifenqi, who had finally arrived, looked far into the distance at the vast elven army and the huge dragons and giants in front of the army. Everyone's expression was solemn.

Wooo... Woooo...

The melodious horn continued to flutter, and a stream of sharp arrows and huge stones burning with raging flames were mixed in the sky full of arrows, heading straight for the city wall!

"Pay attention to dodging!"

Swala shouted loudly, and countless wilderness warriors hid their bodies and waited quietly for the first wave of impact.

Boom! Boom boom!!

Heavy falling rocks, giant arrows, and the fruits projected by the war ancient bloomed into clouds of dust on the city wall, and set off a gust of strong wind. Many wilderness warriors were unfortunately killed under this attack.

"Prepare!"

Bobier and others occasionally poked their heads out, quietly observing the approaching army, until the other party came to their effective attack distance.

"Fire!"

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!

Countless boulders and giant arrows flew out from the city at the same time, whistling and smashing towards the elven army under the city.

"Release!"

On the city wall, teams of warriors stuck their heads out and raised earthen jars to smash them down the city, and then they shattered on the solid ground, flowing out a mass of black liquid, which was flammable oil.

As soon as the fire oil spread, countless rockets shot out from the top of the head, immediately igniting the fire oil and spreading towards the surroundings.

Many houses originally built by the Sno Mir and Crow Claw tribes in the outer city have now been transformed into a sea of fire under the harassment of these clusters of flames, engulfing the area within a few miles under the city wall.

The war ancient suffered such a loss last time, but this time it learned to be smarter, projecting seeds far outside the safe range, and its body also became a natural arrow tower for the elven archers, completely avoiding the burning of the sea of fire.

It was the giant dragons, giants and other powerful phantom bodies at the forefront, as well as the elven army behind them, who had to retreat at this time, and the first wave of offensive ended without success.