PFC Chapter 1374 Desperate Situation and Helplessness
Chapter 1374 Desperate Situation and Helplessness
Chapter 1374 Desperate Situation and Helplessness
Under the pale and dim moonlight, the dense black magic artillery fire shooting from under the city tore through the night sky. In the blink of an eye, it was already within reach of our city wall.
boom! boom! boom! boom! boom!
The dark energy shock wave exploded with a deafening sound, stirring up a howling gale that immediately spread across the absolute defense barrier of Ice Stone City, causing the entire city to tremble.
As one pitch-black shock wave after another exploded, countless sticky black liquids spread wildly. Once they came into contact with the wall of the barrier, thick black smoke came out with a sizzling sound, which was obviously extremely corrosive.
As the enemy's artillery fire raged wildly, despite the barrier of the barrier, a pungent smell of decay and stench began to spread on the city wall, making many soldiers look as if they were about to vomit and their faces became paler.
"My Lord, the enemy's magical artillery fire is not only extremely corrosive, but also can spread poisonous miasma. Although the absolute defense barrier of Ice Stone City can completely block these, it cannot completely purify the pungent smell."
A trace of solemnity and shame surged on Shuang's fair face. He shook his head at Lei Xiao and said, "I'm sorry, Lord. Although the power of the Ice Stone City Energy Array has increased a lot under the blessing of the light attribute "wooden board", many damaged arrays and barriers have not been successfully repaired by my subordinates. I have lost too much memory, otherwise there would not be a stench on the city wall and the whole city would not be shaken by such an attack."
"Shuang, don't apologize, it's not your fault."
Lei Xiao waved his hand at the former servant of the god and said gently, "It is my great luck that you are still standing by my side after going through the blank era."
After saying that, Lei Xiao's solemn gaze moved and fell on the barrier wall above his head again.
Under the raging enemy artillery fire, the magical luster emitted by the barrier wall was obviously dimmed a lot, and this was only the enemy's first wave of attack.
But what is certain is that if the energy gathering array could not be further repaired, the barrier wall would probably no longer exist.
Not only that, at present, the entire city has been shrouded in the thick black smoke of the enemy, which has greatly affected our vision, and our previous attack has had little effect on the enemy's camp.
This undoubtedly means that in just the first round of attack and defense, our side was at an absolute disadvantage in the overall situation, and we were only facing a dozen or so vanguard legions of the opponent.
Thinking of this in his mind, Lei Xiao's gaze wandered again, and he focused his attention on the soldiers around him.
Qiduo was seen commanding the half-elves and human longbowmen of the Moon-Chasing Clan to fire volleys of sacred arrows, while the magician was trying his best to replace the magic light crystals and charge the magic cannons on the city wall.
The magic cannons on the city walls are all at the third level, and the magic power consumed when firing is ten times that of the second-level magic cannons.
In other words, the magic power contained in a magic light crystal can only be used to fire a third-level magic cannon once, which undoubtedly limits our firepower to a great extent. After all, the Ice Stone City has a reserve of only more than 10,000 magic light crystals, which is obviously not enough on such a huge battlefield.
As for the magician's active charging, it requires the joint efforts of at least a team of third-level elite mages or a squadron of second-level magicians. This is also a huge challenge for us.
"Fortunately, I still have two of the most elite third-level magic legions under my command. This has greatly alleviated the shortage of magic crystals. However, charging the magic cannon is also a matter that consumes a lot of my own magic power. I hope I can hold on for a while longer with the help of the magic potion."
Lei Xiao's forehead was covered with sweat as he looked towards the city through the thick smoke.
Although I tried my best to think positively, it was not difficult to see from the current battlefield situation that as the enemy's follow-up legions arrived one after another, they poured increasingly fierce dark magic artillery fire on us, and our disadvantage was further widened.
After all, we only have two third-level magic legions, and the opponent's magic power of the same level added together is probably at least ten times more than ours. This is a good example.
I could even clearly feel that as the enemy's offensive became more fierce, not only was the earth-shaking magic artillery fire becoming more deafening, but the morale of our soldiers was also rapidly declining.
"Your Majesty, the current situation is extremely unfavorable to us. I'm afraid we can't hold on for long."
Bing Lao's wrinkled face was full of solemnity. He whispered to Lei Xiao, "If this situation continues, I'm afraid Bingshi City will be breached by the enemy soon, let alone stopping them."
Old Bing, who has extremely close ties with Bingshi City, naturally knows the situation in Bingshi City best.
Old Bing could even clearly feel that even if all the energy-gathering arrays in Ice Stone City were operating at maximum power, the amount of energy that could be stored was still decreasing rapidly.
"I know, but like I said, we have nowhere to go."
Lei Xiao wiped the sweat from his forehead, his eyes not wavering at all.
The communication subordinates who had just been deployed at the friendly forces have sent news one after another. After Broy, Chris, Fanny and others returned to their positions in various places, the siege force, which had been in a panic, is quickly stabilizing, and the Tauren and Troll army that were attempting to break out have become increasingly passive, and have almost lost the space to break out.
But I don't know what means the other party used. Even though we covered it with powerful magical firepower, the absolute defense barrier still stood firm.
In other words, although our siege force has gradually stopped declining, the opponent's combat effectiveness has not been weakened. The two sides are temporarily in a stalemate where neither side can do anything to the other.
This undoubtedly means that at least before our siege force breaks through the opponent's absolute defense barrier and destroys the opponent's manpower, Ice Stone City still has to hold back this undead army, otherwise we will be defeated and have no chance of turning around.
By then, not only will the ancient mines be lost, but if the enemy continues to advance, not only our allies who have not yet recovered their vitality, but even the human territory will be completely exposed to the enemy's iron hoof. The consequences will undoubtedly be disastrous.
"So, I have to resist him no matter what, because I have nowhere to retreat."
Lei Xiao's gaze became more determined, but beads of sweat continued to drip down his forehead.
Faced with more than 50 third-level undead legions and such fierce magical artillery fire, even if dozens of sixth-level powerhouses came out together, they would probably be annihilated in an instant. It is simply hard to know how to deal with it.
It is no exaggeration to say that since his arrival, he has never encountered such a desperate situation on the battlefield.
"Holy Light Mist!"
Along with Ruth's cold shout, a dazzling golden light suddenly burst out, instantly dispersing the black smoke that affected our vision, and even the stench on the city wall was swept away.
But that was all. As the golden light spread, although the vision became much clearer, the power of the opponent's magic cannon did not decrease at all, and it still caused the ground to shake everywhere.
This is not the end yet. Under the city wall, there are at least 30 Undead Legions, trying to surround our city, and the following 20 Undead Legions are all over the mountains and plains, and are already very close to us.
Seeing this scene, Lei Xiao took a deep breath slowly.
The enemy's firepower continued to increase, while our magic artillery fire, which was obviously inferior, became increasingly weaker, and the morale on the city wall became increasingly low.
This is no wonder. After all, even though we used holy and light magic cannons to restrain the opponent, we still couldn't do anything to the opponent, and our absolute defense barrier became increasingly dimmer. The gap in strength is self-evident.
The enemy's indiscriminate bombardment of dark magic artillery is rapidly shattering the light of victory in the hearts of our soldiers, until everything merges into endless darkness.
On the ice and stone wall that is as wide as a square, an atmosphere of despair is quietly spreading.
Not only was Lei Xiao sweating profusely, but the generals around him who were giving orders at the top of their lungs also looked the same, including the light half-elves such as Ruth who were casting spells.
"Priests and magicians of the human race, please lend me your power again!"
Ruth was surrounded by golden light, and pointed her staff at the undead army below the city. She shouted coldly, "The wrath of the glorious dragons!"
As Ruth finished her chant, a giant golden magic circle unfolded, filling the entire Ice Stone City with golden light.
Then, one after another, giant golden magic dragons with bared fangs and claws suddenly jumped out from the magic circle, roaring and flying straight towards the enemy army formation under the city. Dozens of them flew out.
For a moment, the light emitted by the magic dragons illuminated the sky and the earth, making everything sparkle, and even the darkness and deathly aura that permeated the city were weakened a lot.
Seeing this astonishing scene, all our soldiers on the city wall couldn't help but become excited and their eyes widened.
However, before our soldiers had time to rejoice, dozens of deep black rays of death suddenly shot out from the enemy's formation, heading straight for our magic dragon.
As expected, the cold, pitch-black death light penetrated directly into the huge golden body and accurately hit all the golden magic dragons.
The next second, before the dozen or so golden magic dragons even approached the enemy camp, they whimpered and turned into countless golden energy particles, and were quickly swallowed up by the darkness without a trace.
"This……"
When our soldiers saw this, their pale faces immediately began to look at each other, and they all saw an obvious panic in each other's eyes.
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, this is the strongest group spell I can cast."
Ruth's delicate face was pale, and her chest, wrapped in a golden robe, kept rising and falling, obviously she had almost overdrawn her magic power.
Not only Ruth, but also the other light half-elf magicians and our priests behind them all collapsed to the ground, looking extremely weak.
"It's not your fault. It's just that the opponent is too strong."
Lei Xiao nodded to Ruth and instructed the priests to take out potions to restore their magic power immediately.
At this moment, Lei Xiao could clearly feel that after this attack was easily resolved by the enemy, the morale of our soldiers almost fell to the bottom, and many people's faces were filled with uncontrollable fear and tension.
This is not surprising. After all, the human race has just entered the outside world not long ago. They have not yet gotten used to the environment of the outside world and are facing an almost invincible and powerful opponent alone. It is not surprising that this situation has occurred.
"It's really a completely desperate situation."
Lei Xiao's eyes became more solemn, his brain was working frantically, looking for a chance to win, even though he knew that the hope was extremely slim.
Unknowingly, under the enemy's intensive magical firepower, tiny cracks have quietly appeared in the absolute defense barrier of Ice Stone City.
While Lei Xiao was in a state of panic on the ice and stone city wall, the other friendly forces who were besieging the Tauren and Troll army in Wangying Canyon were in the same state.
"What the hell does this happen?!"
On a towering mountaintop, the dragon face of Prince Davis of Spread Wings was filled with impatience. He looked at the Tauren and Troll army in the canyon whose absolute defense barrier was still shining, and almost roared, "The opponent's absolute defense barrier has not been broken yet?"
"Your Highness, this is indeed very strange. Logically speaking, it is impossible for the other party to persist until now."
Nar looked at the magical artillery fire and arrows pouring into the canyon, and said with a puzzled look on his face: "I'm afraid the other party has used some unknown means. Even our absolute defense barrier can hardly shake the other party. Instead, our barrier was easily shattered!"
At this point, Nar's dragon eyes lit up and he blurted out, "I know, it must be those liches who provided some kind of help to the other party!"
"I am very clear about this. The problem is that if we don't destroy the other party, we will be destroyed. Although the human emperor is very capable, the other party's reinforcements are the undead army led by the lich. Even if we use the power of our entire kingdom, we will never be a match for the other party's reinforcements!"
Davis's impatient dragon face showed a solemn expression, frowning and saying: "But the problem is that we can't even break the absolute defense barrier of the turtle in the jar!"
Not only Prince Davis of Zhan Yi, but also in other places in Wangying Canyon, Broy, Chris, Fanny, and Shult were all shouting at the top of their lungs, trying their best to command their soldiers to attack the enemies in the canyon from all directions.
However, as the attack continued, apart from the increasing impatience of our generals, it was obvious that there was little effect and we were completely helpless against the enemy.
At the same time when our generals were at a loss and the morale of the soldiers was quietly declining, in the huge canyon filled with smoke, the Tauren and Troll camps, which were completely covered by magical artillery fire and dense arrows, were in a completely different situation.