Chapter 190: Who Will Win

After climbing onto the City Wall, Old Xie immediately transformed back into Human Form, then pretended to wipe his hair coolly, but actually, he secretly wiped a handful of cold sweat from his forehead. Don’t look at how simple it sounds, but in reality, his escape was not easy. Just looking at the road he ran, at least hundreds of big trees were destroyed by the opponent’s Magic bombardment. In addition, there were thousands of sharp arrows inserted on Old Xie’s escape route. In fact, there were a few arrows that should have been able to hit Old Xie. But he actually used his own tail to deflect the incoming arrows.

The people chasing behind saw this and were all dumbfounded. Who could have imagined that a Magical Beast transformed by a Druid could actually use its tail to deflect arrows? If they hadn’t seen it with their own eyes, they wouldn’t have believed it even if they were beaten to death.

However, the other side was also battle-hardened elites. After seeing they couldn’t catch up with Old Xie, they didn’t blindly chase to the bottom of the City Wall. Because that would likely get them hurt by the Feather Arrows shot from above. They certainly wouldn’t give up just like that, but turned back to prepare on their own.

The removed saddles were put back on, swords were unsheathed, arrows were replenished, and then they lined up. Not much time later, they again aggressively and fully armed, killed their way to the front of the Castle.

The leading old man was furious this time, completely losing his previous elegant demeanor, simply like an enraged bull. He was also extremely depressed in his heart right now. Originally, he had thought about whether he shouldn’t have brought that Siren out here, just afraid of being seen by the people in the Castle. But considering the Siren had been locked up for several months, her body was extremely weak. If she didn’t see the sun, in case she died of illness on the later journey, then he would be finished. Plus, the water source Old Xie pointed out to him was several miles away from the Castle, separated by dense woods, and his own people were patrolling back and forth. The old man finally decided to bring the person out for some air, lest she suffocate to death.

But who knew, right at such a critical moment, he was still discovered. If he had known such a thing would happen, he would absolutely not have let the Siren out. Now that it was finally exposed, the regret in the old man’s heart was so great he almost wanted to bash his head against the wall and die.

Because he knew in his heart that this was not just a matter concerning one person or some people. If it were just this one Siren, relying on the power of the person behind him, although they would have to throw out a few scapegoats and pay some heavy compensation, they could more or less appease the anger of the Elves. But the problem was, in order to catch this Siren, they had directly wiped out a village where Sirens lived. More than 300 Sirens were killed just like that, leaving only this one.

Just to complete that mission, they had lost over a thousand men at once, and all of them were elites. After all, those Sirens were not easy to mess with! Fortunately, the Elf King recently sent out a large army to encircle and suppress Pirates, otherwise they would not have found a chance to strike.

Although killing people felt great, if this matter were exposed, one could completely imagine how furious the Elves would be. When that time came, let alone them, even the mastermind behind them would definitely not escape the fate of having their entire family executed. If it really came to that step, I fear the heads that fall would number in the tens of thousands!

Thinking of such extremely serious consequences, the old man’s cold sweat directly soaked his back. So after he arrived in front of the castle, he furiously roared at Old Xie in exasperation: “Young man, don’t you know that curiosity kills the cat?”

“Heh heh!” Old Xie smiled slightly and said: “I certainly know, but what I am clearer about is that curiosity only occasionally kills the cat, but most of the time, it is rats like you who cannot see the light that die!”

“Rat?” The old man laughed in anger and said: “I’d like to see what kind of waves you, this damned rat, can stir up!”

After saying that, he ignored Old Xie and directly ordered: “Attack! Thoroughly destroy everything inside. My only requirement is to leave no one alive!”

“Yes, sir!” The leading Knight immediately shouted in agreement. Then he immediately took over command. He first drew his longsword, pointed it at the city gate opposite, and shouted, “Mages, break down the city gate, then coordinate with Archers to suppress the ranged units on the city wall. Everyone else, form up!”

As he spoke, he rode his horse to the very front of the 500 cavalry on the front line, then slowly lowered his visor and drew his lance. Following his movement, the other Knights did the same.

After all the Knights were ready to charge, the leading guy shouted arrogantly: “Everything, for the honor of God!”

“Everything, for the honor of God!” The others followed and shouted in unison.

“Kill!” Then, 500 Knights converged into a torrent of steel and, with a speed as fast as lightning, charged straight towards the direction of the city wall. At the same time, the Mages behind them also began chanting their Magic together. And those 200 Archers ran hurriedly behind the cavalry, preparing to use arrows to suppress the ranged attack units on the city wall once they entered range.

Seeing the opponent attack the city like this, Old Xie knew something was not right and immediately ordered: “Get down from the city wall!”

At his command, the Imps and Cyclops on the city wall retreated one after another, giving the opponent an empty wall top. Let them shoot as they pleased.

The Imps and Cyclops had just run to a safe place when a loud boom was heard. The Explosive Fireballs released jointly by the opponent’s Mages instantly blew the wooden city gate into skyfilling wood splinters. The wide-open gate was like a seductive beauty, attracting those 500 strong men. They were as if they had taken aphrodisiacs, charging desperately towards the city gate.

After those Mages knocked down the city wall, they began to bombard the top of the wall, and the Archers also entered range at this time. Patches of arrow rain scattered onto the top of the wall. If anyone were there at this moment, they would surely become a hedgehog immediately. Unfortunately, Old Xie had long since withdrawn his people, so the opponent’s attacks were just for show and did not cause any actual damage. Their only substantial result was opening the city gate.

Seeing the city gate opened so easily, and that the opponent was so scared they didn’t even dare to stay on the city wall, the old man immediately revealed a sneer of contempt on his face. He thought to himself, so it was just a guy making a false show of strength, he didn’t have any real power at all? How did I get scared into paying to avoid disaster by such a waste? Could it be that my guts have really become smaller?

However, just as the old guy was feeling proud, an accident happened. He watched with his own eyes as his elite cavalry of 500 men had just charged to the front of the city gate, not even having time to enter. Several loud booms were heard, followed by a quake that felt like the sky was collapsing and the earth was cracking. Countless sands, stones, and severed limbs were thrown directly into the air. More than 500 strong men instantly turned into minced meat, never to be seen again.

It turned out that Old Xie had buried Goblin Mines in the open space in front of the city gate. He knew that the wooden gate of his castle definitely could not withstand the attack of Experts. Whether it was Spells or Battle Qi, both could easily destroy it, so that was the castle’s weakest point. Anyone attacking the city would definitely target that first. So he placed almost all the few Goblin Mines he had there, a total of 20 or so, which was already more than half of his current stock!

The power of so many landmines detonating densely together was absolutely terrifying beyond the ordinary. The open space in front of the city gate was blasted into many large pits several meters deep, and even the city wall suffered some impact, with a small part even collapsing. Judging by this power, let alone 500 human cavalry, even if a Sword Saint were there, they would probably lose a layer of skin even if they didn’t die!

Just like that, more than 500 Knights vanished into thin air. The people on the opposite side were all dumbfounded on the spot without exception. Even if they racked their brains, they could not figure out what exactly happened.

But just as they were in a daze, a heavy clatter of hooves was heard. More than a dozen fully armed Savage Bull Kings charged out from the city gate. These guys were each three or four meters tall, like elephants, covered in iron armor crafted by Imps and Cyclops. Moreover, six sharp blades, three feet long and a palm wide, were installed on their flanks. Even their bull horns were bound with sharp steel knives. Were these still ordinary Savage Bulls? Seen from afar, they were covered in glinting silver light, simply twelve metal monsters.

After the Savage Bulls rushed out, they charged straight towards the opponent’s Archers. The Archers saw this and hurriedly tried to shoot, but unfortunately, the power of their bows was too small to penetrate the iron armor on the Savage Bulls at all. It didn’t even count as tickling them. Seeing this situation, where did the Archers find the courage to fight? They turned their heads and ran one after another. They all knew that if they delayed a little longer, they would surely be trampled into meat pies by the Savage Bulls. Their only chance to survive now was to rush into the woods quickly. Relying on the dense trees to hinder the Savage Bulls’ movement, perhaps they could figure out a way to defeat these perverted beasts.

However, they were clearly happy too early, because behind the Savage Bulls, there were still 200 Steel Golems commanded by Imps. Taking advantage of the moment the Archers and Mages were in a daze, Imps and Cyclops holding Hand Crossbows appeared again on the city wall, and they also began shooting at the fleeing Archers. However, the range of the Imps was too short. Relying on the height advantage of the city wall, they could barely reach the Archers who were standing still. Once the Archers retreated, they could only let the Cyclops throw stones.

Seeing this formation, the old man also knew that his situation was hopeless, and it was impossible to defeat the opponent. Just these Savage Bulls were enough for them to deal with, let alone the 200 Steel Golems and twenty-some Cyclops eyeing them covetously from behind. So he also hurriedly retreated, planning to escape from here first. But when he turned his head, he suddenly saw a terrifying scene that made his soul fly out of his body!