Chapter 348 Black Forest Fortress - Dramatic Second Siege

Hold on until June 20, and the war will be over.

It only takes one month, equivalent to withstanding two large-scale sieges by the dwarf army, to complete the defense mission.

The order was distributed to the top leaders of the legion, and everyone had a happy smile on their faces.

The endless days of defending the city made people feel the most desperate.

On May 15, there was movement in the dwarf camp again, and a large-scale army began to gather.

Compared with the number and quality of siege vehicles last time, the siege vehicles displayed this time are even better.

In addition, there are three movable towers, each of which is equipped with six rune cannons.

It is really shocking that the group of dwarves actually brought their unique rune cannons to the battlefield.

Unlike the magic crystal cannon, which is light and highly mobile. The dwarf rune cannon is small in size, but weighs dozens of tons, and is cast with rare and expensive materials.

This may be a defect of the dwarf rune. Some special runes require specific materials to withstand the effects they bring.

With eighteen more rune cannons, it seems that the other party is going to make a real move.

"Pass the order, move the magic crystal cannon to the fortress tower, reduce the number of soldiers on the city wall by one third, stand by under the city wall, and be ready at any time."

"Yes."

As Weilin's order was issued, the magic crystal cannon troops dismantled the magic crystal cannon at the fastest speed and rushed to the tower.

The number of defenders on the city wall decreased at a speed visible to the naked eye, and only more than a thousand people were left on the city wall.

The dwarf Marquis Darrag looked at the movement on the city wall and did not react. After waiting for the 40,000 troops to gather, he began to order the advance.

Last time, more than 7,000 dwarves died in the 30,000 siege troops, and more than 3,000 were injured, which was a loss of one third.

But the northern end of the Black Forest Fortress Wall is only two kilometers long. Even if he has 80,000 troops, he can only send 10,000 soldiers to attack at one time. This is already the limit. Any more will just give the other side heads.

This time, the commander of the front army was replaced by the dwarf Earl Moshimi.

Compared with the reckless Karak, Moshimi's command was more methodical. The siege vehicles moved forward, but the catapult troops also followed, and at the same time, the tower rune cannon troops were placed in the center of the army to provide fire support.

Due to the structure of the rune cannon itself, it is not driven by magic crystals, but by biological magic energy.

Therefore, eighty slaves were imprisoned in each tower, including humans, half-elves, elves, centaurs, and even dwarves. Their strength was at the silver level, and they were used as biological magic batteries to power the rune cannon.

As for the dwarves who operated the rune cannons, they had dark skin and short limbs. Different from mountain dwarves, they belonged to the subspecies of cave dwarves. They liked to live in dark and humid environments, and were disliked by the dwarf gods. In the dwarf world, they did not have their own country and could only live in the territory of other dwarf countries. They were of low status and survived.

Most normal mountain dwarves used magic beasts and ferocious beasts to power the rune cannons.

But these resources were collected by the kingdom and sent to the northern battlefield to fight against the Kingdom of Bashio.

Therefore, Marquis Darragh suppressed his discomfort and activated the cave dwarf troops under his command.

For this reason, he abandoned his father's dying words that even if he reused foreigners, he should not reuse cave dwarves.

Making a decision that went against his father, this group of cave dwarves did not disappoint him. They collected slaves from many dwarf nobles in the province of Hagar and made the eighteen rune cannons that had stopped working move.

"Boom--"

The energy bombs fired by the rune cannons fell on the city wall with a scarlet breath.

On the broken city wall, the scarlet energy bombs left a foul-smelling mucus.

Dozens of soldiers were stained with this mucus, and their bodies were on fire, screaming in pain on the ground.

Their skin was burned, their hair was scorched, and their eyes were full of fear and despair.

Seeing this, many officers and nobles ordered the surrounding soldiers to stay away, and at the same time drew their swords to end the lives of these soldiers.

"What is this?"

On the tower, Weilin's heart sank to the bottom of the valley. The dwarf's rune cannon was not powerful, but the remaining mucus was so evil.

"My Lord, this should be the resentment of intelligent creatures."

Kel looked at the scarlet mucus and told Weilin.

"The resentment of intelligent creatures, it seems that there is a big problem in the three towers of the dwarves." Weilin looked at the three moving towers and clenched his fists.

The dwarf Marquis Darrag looked at everything that happened on the wall, his face was a little ugly.

The other dwarf generals and nobles were not much better, their faces were pale, and they kept reciting the scriptures of the mountain dwarf god.

"My Lord, this... It's better not to use it." Karak stood up and asked Marquis Darrag.

The dwarf Marquis closed his eyes. No wonder his father warned him not to use important cave dwarves before he died.

As for the reason and identity, his father told him that this was passed down from his ancestors.

Seeing this situation today, I finally know why this happened.

What's the problem with using this method with the evil god believers?

Even if it is used, it cannot be carried out openly on the battlefield, it can only be used secretly and not let others know.

As for why it is not recorded in history, the reason is very simple. This method is tantamount to expelling the cave dwarves from the dwarf tribe, which is not allowed by the dwarf gods.

After some deliberation, Darrag gave a difficult order: "Karak, execute all the 500 cave dwarves. As for the 300 slaves, take them to the rear and let them "go back" in peace. Move the tower and burn it on the spot."

"Tell Moshimi to stop advancing and withdraw the troops back to the camp."

"Yes."

The Dwarf Mountain God is a god who adheres to the principle of absolute neutrality. Even if they finally succeed in capturing the Black Forest Fortress, they must pay the price for their actions.

By then, these 80,000 dwarves, one by one, will face a catastrophe, and their souls will be thoroughly purified to appease the anger of other gods.

The first use can be said to be deceived by the cave dwarves. If the Dwarf Mountain God does not clean up the door, the Dwarf gods will deal with the Dwarf Mountain God and give an explanation to other lawful and neutral pantheons.

Karak took 500 dwarf hammer warriors and entered the mobile tower. He beheaded all 500 cave dwarves and took all 300 slaves of various races back to send them on their way.

After that, he asked people to find torches and burn them directly.

Weilin looked at the fire in the dwarf army and the three towers burning fiercely, and felt a little relieved.

Not long after, the dwarf army stopped, the front formation became the back formation, and the troops returned to the camp.

The second siege battle ended before it even started.

In this battle, 236 soldiers of the Black Forest Fortress died in the battle, but no one was injured. On the dwarf side, 500 cave dwarves were beheaded, but no one was injured.

Seeing this scene, Weilin breathed a sigh of relief.

As for whether there would be gods to settle accounts with them afterwards, that would be a matter for the future.

If the other party was determined to use that kind of weapon full of evil aura, the Black Forest Fortress would definitely fail, and he could only abandon the city and flee to reduce casualties.