Chapter 139
After confirming, Gregor widely smiled and said,
“ALL HANDS, CHARGE!! BREAK DOWN THE CASTLE GATES!!”
“UOOOOOOOOOOH!!”
At his command, more than a hundred Obsidian Elves gathered by the southern gate began to charge at the castle walls!
“D-don’t let them get close, start firing!!”
Naturally, the first platoon commander, who was in charge of defending the gate, gave the order to attack, and dozens of guards fired their arrows from the top of the castle walls, but… A strong gust of wind suddenly killed the arrows’ momentum and swept them out to the horizon.
“Captain, it’s wind protection magic!”
“I can see that! Prepare for the next volley, but this time, don’t fire all at once and shoot them in squads instead! Ruin their wind barrier one layer at a time!!”
Following the captain’s immediate orders, the guards aimed for gaps in the wind barrier where the concentration of magic was weakest and fired several arrows which mostly found their marks.
Even though the concentration of the World Tree’s power was strongest around the castle, the burden of taking the earth’s life force into their bodies and converting it into magic at this scale became too much, and the Obsidian Elves soon realized that they could not continue using tactical magic.
“Gregor, we can’t hold out any longer than this!!”
Adre, who invoked the first layer of the Wind Protection barrier, shouted as he began to prepare for the next spell while the other elves in his squad turned their attention to the top of the walls and maintained the activated wind barrier.
“I won’t keep you waiting for long! Bright!!”
“On it!!”
The troops specializing in earth magic went near the 5 to 6-meter wall where the Porcelain Elf guards were stationed, thrust their hands to the ground, and cast the spell “Earth Flow” which made the earth beneath and behind the castle walls move vigorously.
“What!?”
“Whoaaaa!!”
As a result, a cavity was formed under the part of the castle wall where the Obsidian Elves invoked the spell, and the wall collapsed under its own weight.
“Uwah, sto–, augh!!”
“Guh….. Augh, dammit…”
At that time, two of the guards who slipped and fell were immediately surrounded by the militants who killed and cut up the defenseless men with their sabres.
“Tsk. Second squad, shoot directly below!!”
The guards directly fired their arrows at the earth magic users who continuously cast the Earth Flow spell to expand the sinkhole they created just beneath the castle walls
“Protect them, o wind!!”
In response, the wind users from the rebel group once again deployed their Wind Protection magic, but…
“Guuuh!”
“Kuoh!?”
“Uwaaaaah!”
They were not close enough to be able to break the momentum of the arrows, so most of the underpowered arrows pierced the limbs and torsos of the rebels who were trying to break down the walls.
Additionally, another dozen or so guards pointed their arrows at the bottom of the walls and attacked without pause, causing more and more of the militants to be injured.
“Dammit, don’t let them attack, prepare to fire!”
At Gregor’s command, the rebel side’s archers also returned fire, aiming for the guards positioned on top of the castle walls.
“Everyone, get down!”
At that time, the guards who were on top of the walls placed their shields over their heads and crouched down to stave off the attack, but… they could not remain completely unharmed, and while they were defending against the attack, the part of the southern wall the rebels were attacking finally collapsed and made an opening for the attackers.
“Shaaaaah!”
“CHARGE! FOLLOW ME!!”
Several dozen troops under Gregor’s command broke through and headed to the castle.
For his part, Gregor was concerned about the movements of the guards on the northern gate who were holding back the protesters. He also wanted to limit the loss and damage to the reformist militants accompanying him. Judging from the number of guards stationed at the southern gate, he surmised that there would be fewer guards inside the castle, so he prioritized seizing the central part of the castle first.
“Kuh, we won’t let you go any further!”
“Guaaaah!!”
“Ow… aaaah!”
From a corner of the collapsed wall, firebombs and wind blades were hurled at the rebels which killed several of the troop leaders who were trying to follow Gregor who had gone ahead of them.
As a result, the battle at the south gate stalled as Gregor and his men left, while the battle at the north gate, which had been more of a diversion since the main force had been sent to where the rebels attacked, faced a similar situation.
However, just before some of the radicals broke through the gates, a suspicious, masked Kobold was spotted watching the battle from the rooftops of the Bronze Elves’ living quarters…
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