Not a Witch

After the discussion was over for the time being, a general in silver-gray armor held a telescope to observe the battle ahead, and then gave new orders to the waiting messengers around him.

"Let the artillery on the hills on both sides prepare. When the turret in the middle sends out a firing signal, they will fire together, trying to kill a large number of enemy golems within the optimal range."

"Yes, General Saige!" The soldier immediately walked out of the hidden observation point and conveyed orders to the hills on both sides.

At this time, the resolute general put down the binoculars in his hand, and he looked at another young man in the room who was dressed very differently.

"What does Mr. Tuger think the outcome of this battle will be? Will we repel the enemy as before, or will we have to abandon this fortress?"

The young mage leaning against the wall was closing his eyes and meditating. He was wearing a dark blue and white mage robe, with a badge and a gold chain on his chest.

After hearing the general's question, Tuge opened his eyes, looked at the huge moving golems in the distance, and sighed.

"It's different this time. It seems that Frost Rose is determined to start the battle."

"Look." He raised his hand, pointing to the tall golem in the river valley that was constantly roaring and spraying torrents of magic power.

"That's the 'Resentment-3r' type golem. This high-level golem abandons the powerful shells and uses the impact torrent processed by mana infusion to shoot, so that it requires less logistics. Constantly rotate sequence 5 and above With a mage on board, it can attack without interruption. Just one golem can hold nearly 10 cannons, and its defense is also very strong."

"Even in the past Luerna, there were not many such elite and expensive golems. They used to be stationed at the border to defend against the invasion of Green. I didn't expect them to dare to take such a risk this time. dispatched here."

"If we continue to resist, I am afraid that the soldiers in the entire fortress will die under the fiery torrent of its bombing."

Hearing that Saige's expression became serious, he asked, "Then do you have any good suggestions?"

Tu Ge tapped his fingers and paused for a few seconds before continuing to answer.

"If the southern air route is not blocked now, we can still ask the group of Tyrannical Armored Dragons to help and destroy these golems, but now...we don't have a good way, and the power we can use is too much now. Weak enough to take down these sturdy golems under heavy fire."

"So, I still recommend that you prepare for the retreat in advance and try to transfer the soldiers in the fortress to avoid unnecessary casualties."

"Back, fuck back again." Saige said angrily, slamming his fist on the wall beside him, gnashing his teeth.

In the last retreat, many people he knew and knew died in the battle. He did not expect that after 2 years, the result is still the same.So what are the fortresses and defenses that I have worked so hard to build in the past two years?The familiar faces from the past appeared in his mind, causing waves of sadness to surge in his heart.

Is everything in vain? It is difficult for him to accept such a result.He slammed his fist heavily on the stone wall, one sound after another.

Several staff officers on the side were also startled by his momentum, stopped the previous discussion, and looked at the general who was out of control.

Time passed slowly, and the sound of artillery fire from outside continued. After a long time, the general took a deep breath before turning around.

"Sorry, I made you laugh. It's because I didn't control my emotions well." His pupils were red and his voice was still a little hoarse.

"It's nothing." Tuge shook his head slightly, expressing that he didn't mind. He understood the general's feelings.

Since coming to New Verga and Crancia, he had seen more than once the valiant and honorable warriors die in the field.These people may have never left their hometowns before, and they don't know those strange compatriots, but for today's country, they are willing to dedicate their lives and fight for their homes and dignity.

In the army, these comrades who have experienced life and death together have extremely deep emotions, which cannot be compared with the temporary recruitment of soldiers from other countries.

"If we still have to retreat in the end, what do you think we should do to inflict the greatest damage on the opponent and block it for a longer period of time." He asked again.

"About this..." Tuge pushed the glasses on his nose, opened the thick blue and white book in his hand, picked up a pen and began to sketch and calculate drafts one by one.

After that, the two continued to discuss with the digital staff in the room, and finally made a detailed plan one by one.

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Unlike the orderly Crancia defenders, Frost Rose's attack was much quicker.

Fiery torrents pierced the sky, submerged the shooting port on the fortress, and then under the cover of some cheap earth-rock golems, soldiers of the Frost Alliance began to approach the bottom of the fortress. They used the ropes ejected by the golems , Climb up along the stone wall of the fortress, and wear special shoes on his feet to prevent slipping.

These elite soldiers carried mechanical blunderbuss swords with them, rolled into the blasted shooting holes one by one, and took advantage of this to enter the inner lanes of the fortress, preparing to directly attack the garrisoned artillery and kill the vulnerable internal enemies.

"It's finally a success this time." Behind Frost United, a woman in her twenties put down the binoculars in her hand and said happily and proudly.

This woman's name is Hedley, she is the commander of this group of golem legions, and she is also a leader among the younger generation of the alchemy faction 'Black Red Flame'.Although he is only 28 years old, he has already reached the level of Magic Sequence 7, and is favored by all parties, who believe that he may reach the extreme of Sequence 9.

It was her first time to command a battle this time. Even though she was born in a famous family and had extraordinary strength, she still felt upset when she couldn't attack for a long time.

Although in the eyes of outsiders, this is already a rare genius, not only graduated from Emenas, but also the daughter of the leader of the Luerna faction, with a bright future.But she also faces competition from many more outstanding peers.

For unknown reasons, from the past few years, geniuses who were rare in the past have emerged in various countries. At the same age group, they are more dazzling and powerful than previous generations.

"After I go back this time, I will definitely slap that bitch Tirela in the face for daring to rob me of a man."

She watched the firing ports in the fortress in the distance burst into sparks, and then fell silent, with a slanted smile on her face.Recalling the genius of the same age with a figure that seduced others, she began to imagine the scene of how to become the opponent's boss by virtue of military exploits after returning home, and then wantonly suppress the opponent.

"Hahaha, Tireira, I want to see, besides that seductive appearance, what else is worthy of praise, isn't it that you have advanced to Magic Sequence 7 a year earlier than me, and I will tear your face to pieces in the future." A mask of hypocrisy that reveals your true colors."

As a genius who graduated from the same college as Tireira in the same year, the relationship between the two can be described as bad. Although Hedley has a lot of power in the family, more people prefer the gentle and understanding Tireira.And every time people around defend Tireira, Hedley will resent her even more, thinking that it is blocking her brilliance.

But just as this genius alchemist was thinking about the future, the battlefield ahead suddenly changed.

On the hilltops on both sides, the soil slopes growing trees suddenly collapsed, revealing the dark shooting forts inside.As an order came from among them, the fierce flames suddenly lit up, and heavy shells hit the golem army formation below directly from the side.

The gravel splashed, and some golems were directly blown to pieces by the gunfire fired from the rear side. Black smoke and broken metal were scattered everywhere, and bursts of gunpowder smoke permeated the valley.

The inferior earth-rock golems that had covered the troop's climbing attack before were also shattered by the artillery fire.It blocked the way for the Frost United soldiers to continue to attack the inner area.

Inside the fortress, Saige took the elite guards around him and began to mop up the enemy troops who came in to destroy them.

Several Frost United soldiers holding mechanical gun swords galloped in the alleyway. They kicked open the closed doors one by one, and then pressed the button on the handle of the sword. The magic spar in it was connected to the engraved circle, and together The dark red light covered the blade of the sword, increasing the armor-piercing effect, and then slashed and killed the enemies in the room, trying to catch them off guard, and greatly damaged the artillery and other materials in the fortress.

Ping pong pong, the sound of metal clattering sounded everywhere, bursts of explosions came from the room, and then they walked out of it, rushing to the firing port in the next fortress.

"You guys stop here!" Saige drew out the dark golden dagger at his waist, and looked at the small but elite enemy army in front of him.

"Kill!" With a yell, the red light marks and the golden sword light collided with each other, and the two sides began a fierce battle in the alleyway.

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A flash of bright sword light flashed, and several soldiers of Frost Alliance were directly sent flying to the wall behind them, and then slowly slid down, bleeding bright red blood, and there was no more sound.

Although the equipment of this group of people is very good, as Crancia's general and outstanding meritorious person, Saige is not only stronger, but has also received the gift from the sage, and has now reached the level of Sequence 7 , Dealing with such an enemy is naturally easy.

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Outside the fortress, under the crossing of the artillery on the hills on both sides, the golem army had to suspend their attack on the fortress and turn to deal with the bunker in the mountains.

As it stabilized its position and blew up the muzzles on the mountains one by one, the situation slowly turned to Frost United.What was even more deadly was that there were bursts of roaring and piercing sounds from the other side of the sky.

Airships approached slowly in the purple-red sunset, and then dropped heavy bombs one after another, directly blasting a huge gap in the center of the fortress.

Seeing this, the defenders in the fortress finally began to retreat, and the firing ports gradually stopped.

A group of cheap earth-rock golems stepped forward again to clear the way, and then the soldiers of the Frost Alliance and the follow-up elite golems entered the fortress continuously.

"Do you need to pursue, Lord Hedley?" A mage flew up from the side and landed next to the commander of the Golem Legion.

"Of course, these people must be slaughtered." A cruel smile appeared on Hedley's face.

"Yes." The mage returned to his golem, and then a rush of pursuit orders was sent around.

Under the towering fortress, there is a dark and dense valley jungle. Crancia soldiers are hiding in it and retreating to the north. They gradually spread out to avoid the enemy's bombing.

But the Frost United obviously didn't want to let these opponents go so easily. Their airships streaked across the sky like death gods in the night, and then huge flaming meteors fell from the sky one by one, crashing into the pitch-black earth, setting off countless orange lights and air currents .

The flames licked the air, crackled and burned, and the suffocating heat wave began to spread, reflecting the earth like daytime, and many soldiers howled and ran in it. Even though they had already made preparations and arrangements in advance, there was still no guarantee that everyone would be safe. survived.

In the face of this wanton destruction and burning, there was a whizzing sound of piercing the air in the distant sky.

When Hedley and other high-ranking mages noticed it, a group of rapidly flying figures appeared in the sky at some point. These birds, no more than half a meter wide, had dark blue sharp wing feathers, like flying sharp sickles, splitting the atmosphere and everything.

"That's..." They guessed in amazement, and in the dark jungle, a mage from the Southern Islands gave the answer.

"They're decapitated finches from the Tithilan Mountains."

With the help of the cover of the night, these decapitated sparrows dodged the indiscriminately released magic shots, easily splitting the metal shell of the airship, and the sharp sound of tearing sounded in the night sky, and then the fragile mechanical structure inside the airship was exposed, and then continue to be damaged.

More than 30 airships swayed in the sky as if they were drunk, and finally couldn't support them. They fell into the sea of ​​flames below and smashed to pieces. Various structures were set off in the flames, and then scattered. As the flames spread, Many ordinary people who had no time to escape wailed in pain one after another.

"Fuck!" Hedley couldn't help but swear.

She got into the huge golem under her body, and then a magnificent golem slowly rose from the ground. It stepped over the fortress covered with rubble and ruins, and walked into the sea of ​​fire and forest behind it. Looking at the night sky.

This golem has a sharp and sharp outer armor. As the brilliance of the lines on the surface flowed, steam spewed out, hatches opened one by one, and silver and blue swords flying rapidly flew out from behind, straight into the night sky.

These silver-blue sharp swords flashed with lightning, and their blades were extremely sharp. After sweeping across the night sky, they directly strangled the decapitated birds in the sky one by one, and rained down feathers and blood.

"We can't go on like this anymore." A sighing voice sounded in the dark mountains and jungles, and he opened the fluorescent book in front of him.At this moment, this ordinary book is as transparent as it is, bursting out with bright blue light. The pages of the book are turned, and spells emerge from the air, like hundreds of voices singing together.

But if you listen carefully, you will find that these voices are one person.

Tuge opened his hands, allowing the books in front of him to float up slowly, surrounded by bursts of emerald green and cool whirlwinds, and a striking beam of light rose from the ground, pierced into the sky, and continued to spread outward.

And such momentum naturally attracted Hedley to drive the giant golem. With a wave of her hand, hundreds of silver and blue swords pierced through the air, piercing the high-speed singing mage.

But the 'Iris Book' figure has also completed its spellcasting at this moment, and a light green transparent butterfly wing rises from the page.

"Secret Art of Fairy Township O wake up naturally." Following this call, the beam of light spread out suddenly, spreading out like ripples in all directions.

Afterwards, the land and forest in the sea of ​​flames seemed to come alive.

As if there were living creatures swimming in the ground, it kept churning, and many golems fell down in the swaying ground, and then struggled to stand up again.

"What, what is this!?" There was panic in the voice.

Tree roots pierce the ground to bring a damp breath, they spread like snakes, extinguish the flames, drag the golems into the depths of the soil, bury them under the soil, and then make them close and suffocate to death.

The gigantic golem roared silently, and a blazing beam of light spurted out from its chest, sweeping across the ground, cutting off hundreds of raging tree roots, and then gathered raging flame magic power, and as its fist hit heavily, A crimson shock wave erupted on the ground, shattering every tree root that was about to come out.

Seeing this scene, the roots in the earth and the soil also changed their scattered attacks. They continued to converge on this giant golem, entangled and climbed upwards, strangled and locked its movements, and dragged it into the depression step by step. and muddy soil.

The roaring war machine roared violently, and the vibrations and sawtooths cut through the evil and weird tree roots, vowing to burn this place to destruction.

The ever-growing plants are tightly entangled like immortal ghosts. Even if they are cut off, they will re-grow. It is bound to destroy and bury this ruthless machine that destroys nature.

In the mud and flames, the cold living and the scorching dead strangled each other.

—And now, nature and machinery are at loggerheads.

Chapter 160 Instinct and Knowledge ([-])

Crancia, the northern border counties.

The gray and dim sky flashed once, and then faint thunder came from the distant sky, and the drizzle slid down like silk threads and fell to the ground, making everything in the field of vision hazy.

The continuous black mountains are shrouded in mist and rain, and the cold waves are repeated. In this early spring season, the human body feels even colder.

Since the army of the Principality of Black Rock invaded the territory of Crancia, many passes were lost. Although there were moments of successful resistance and victory, they were still a minority.

After the Longhalberd faction defeated the Bow Hunter faction, the various mercenary leaders still failed to reach a unity, but formed their own factions, fighting openly and secretly.

Seeing this situation, the special mission of the Frost United also simply gave up the idea of ​​integrating them, and instead supported equipment, weapons, and money according to the number and strength of their subordinates, allowing them to attack Clancia from all directions.

So these long halberd factions each recruited soldiers in their territory, replenished them wantonly, and then poured into Clancia from every corner like locusts.The complex and changeable terrain in the mountains also gave them more room to maneuver, roaming and plundering border counties and provinces indiscriminately.