Chapter 160: Attack and Defense of the Fortress 2

Chapter 160 Fortress Attack and Defense 2
Scott turned around and said to the other few mages, “It’s time, let’s enchant the soldiers.”

Several of his companions nodded and followed him to the side of an infantry square.

The soldiers in this square were elite at first glance, most of them were tall and strong brawny men, making people think that each of them could fight ten men alone, and there were a small number of people who were not tall, but they were also the short, smart and agile kind.

These were the assault soldiers that Samar had ordered to be carefully selected.

They were all wearing well-made, good quality leather armor, and the parts of their limbs that were originally exposed were also covered by leather defenses.

This group of men would serve as the fist of the rebel army, breaking through the defenses on the Thorn Fortress and killing a bloody path for the following men.

After the four mages arrived, a man dressed as an officer in the square came out and saluted them.

“Lord Acolyte, we are all ready.”

Scott nodded at him, “Well, we will perform the prayers for you now.”

As a mage, but having to pretend to be in his nemesis’s church in front of these lowly soldiers, Scott felt a wave of nausea in his heart, but he knew that he had to hold back for a while now.

Scott and his three companions each stood on one side of the square, and with their arms outstretched and their palms facing the soldiers, they began to chant.

Along with their chanting, the soldiers’ bodies began to glow faintly, more specifically the equipment they were wearing began to glow faintly.

The soldiers, seeing this for the first time, all opened their eyes wide to scrutinize the equipment on themselves or their nearby companions. Some of them wanted to talk to their nearby companions for a few moments, but were immediately stopped by the officers.

Was this the effect of praying to the gods? Was this the blessing of the Lord of Light? Even though they had been told beforehand, the crowd still felt incredulous.

A few days ago, they were selected from their respective troops, and it was announced from above that they would be the first to ascend the walls of the Thorn Fortress as the sharpest troops, killing a bloody path for the following troops, and regardless of whether or not they could survive, they or their families would be rewarded handsomely, so much so that they could feed and drink their families without worry.

Some were very happy, as long as they survived they would be able to enjoy themselves, while others were very frustrated, being the vanguard in a siege was a very dangerous job, not to mention Thorns Fortress, which was known as the number one fortress in the south, what was the use of asking for so many rewards when their lives were gone.

Then the priest who accompanied the army suddenly came to them, saying that four acolytes had come from the Holy Capital, and they brought an oracle: the soldiers responsible for fighting in the vanguard in this battle are all warriors favored by the Lord of Light, and they shoulder the heavy responsibility of defeating the fallen royal family. And these four acolytes will pray for them before the battle, this prayer is extraordinary prayer, will be attached to their defense equipment with the effect of invulnerable to swords and spears.

Upon hearing that they were the Chosen Ones favored by the Lord of Light, everyone perked up, it was the Lord Priest’s own words, and even those who were dejected before recovered their spirits.

Moreover, with the blessing of the Heavenly Father, they would be invulnerable to swords and spears, so they could easily survive to enjoy the rich rewards, and the morale of these 500 people was greatly boosted for a while.

After about 20 minutes, the four “acolytes” stopped chanting and crossed their arms over their chests, as if they were adjusting their breathing, each sweating as if they had been doing a strenuous exercise.

At this time, the soldiers no longer glowed, and their equipment returned to its usual state. When the crowd saw the four “clergymen” adjusting their breathing with their eyes closed, they didn’t dare to utter a single sound so as not to disturb them.

After nearly two minutes, Scott opened his eyes, and said to the officer: “It’s done, now you have obtained the blessing of the Lord of Light, when the order to attack is given, you will fight to kill the enemy, and don’t let down the expectations of the Heavenly Father for you.”

He was still panting heavily when he said this.

The officer was thrilled, “Yes! Lord Acolyte, we shall obey the divine oracle!”

Just now he quietly pulled out a dagger and tried it on his leather armor. He was shocked when he tried it, was it still leather armor? The feeling coming from the dagger was simply a piece of steel plate, but the feeling of touching it directly with his hand was the same as before.

Aigoo mama! Could it be that I am really a person of heaven’s favor, no wonder our group of people one by one still have to be picked out from different troops.

Scott also instructed, “Don’t forget to take the holy medicine distributed to you, it will make you so powerful that the enemy will be as powerless as a baby in front of you.”

The officer immediately responded, “Yes, yes, my lord, thank you all. Praise the Heavenly Father, and all glory to the Almighty.”

Hearing these words, Scott had a bad taste in his heart, and with a soft hmmm, he led his three companions to Samar, the commander of the army.

“My lord, all things are ready.”

“Well, hard work you guys.” The general on his horse nodded as he looked at his subordinates on his left and right before slowly drawing his own saber and pointing it diagonally ahead.

“Attack!”

As the order was given, the bugler beside Samar puffed out his cheeks and blew the horn, which spread rapidly in all directions, echoing the battle flag that was hunting in the wind.

After hearing the sound of the horn, the five hundred people who had been enchanted each took out a small pill, which was very small, as big as a pomegranate seed, and in unison they put the pill into their mouths and swallowed it.

Soon every one of them felt that their body was hot, and their strength came out continuously, although they were wearing a leather armor, it was as easy as if they were naked.

It was too late to lament the miraculous effect of the holy medicine, these five hundred people split into two groups, each pushing a siege vehicle in the direction of the fortress, not far behind them followed by a large number of infantry.

The other four siege wagons also began to move, followed by a lot of infantry, but obviously not as many as the first two.

But running at the front of the whole army was a large number of archers, they approached the fortress at a trot, and after reaching a certain distance, under the command of the officers, they began to throw arrows at the walls of the city, suppressing the attacks from the fortress and covering the infantry approaching the walls.

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The moment the rebel horn blew, the defenders on the fort raised their hearts to their throats.

“Enemy arrows are coming! Take cover!”

The defenders crouched down to hide behind the battlements, and the rebel arrows fell from the sky like rain, and many of those who didn’t hide well were unfortunately hit by arrows.

“Quickly carry the wounded down. Counterattack! Counterattack!”

The archers immediately rose to their feet and hurled arrows in the direction of the rebels.

A lot of people fell on the rebel side as well, and there were even more injured as they didn’t have any place to take cover, but they also immediately started a second wave of attacks.

The archers on both sides started a parrying battle back and forth.

As the rebel infantry approached, some of the defenders’ archers began to attack the enemy troops close to the walls, but due to the cover of the siege wagons, it was not very effective.

Finally, the first siege wagon leaned against the wall, and almost the moment the ascent ladder was stretched out to the wall, there were rebel soldiers who immediately climbed the ladder and jumped up.

“Haaah!”

The first rebel soldier who jumped onto the city wall stared with reddened eyes and blocked the three or four swords that slashed at him with incredible strength.

He swung his own saber with such vigor that the four defending soldiers who surrounded him were bounced off at once.

However, a sharp knight’s sword crossed over the four defenders who had not yet gained a foothold, and stabbed the rebel soldier’s chest with a swift and hard thrust.

Bowman opened his own eyes wide, his face filled with an incredulous expression.

His own full force sword was blocked by a thin looking leather armor?

Originally, I wanted to code two chapters today, but plans can’t keep up with changes, so I can only do one chapter.

Alas, there are a lot of things bothering me lately, besides work, I found bedbugs (the blood-sucking kind) in my newly rented house, and there are quite a few of them.

Oh my god, I’m going to have a meltdown, I’m going to remove the broken bed from the agent and throw it away first after work.

(End of chapter)