Dragon Emperor Chaplin His Majesty actually wanted to answer the question of the King of the Star Realm, but not a single coherent word ca out. His tongue was tied.
The reason for his sudden speechlessness was simple: the combat power that suddenly erupted from Erald was just too powerful!
Previously, the clumsy Demon Clan air force stumbled upon a dead mouse, accidentally tearing off the abyss projection veil shrouding Erald. This had delighted the Dragon Emperor, who was closely watching the battle, because only then could he clearly and intuitively understand Erald’s combat lineup, prepare preemptive asures, and find weaknesses to defeat the enemy. However, the subsequent fierce battle made the Dragon Emperor regret why he had been so eager to see Erald’s true strength. If only the abyss projection iron curtain remained, his heart might have remained steadfast.
Facing this fully enclosed 3D-style gigantic military fortress, with only one stairway leading up and down, the first fierce attack launched by the Demon Clan soldiers was swiftly declared a failure.
The overlord’s hall of Erald directly faced the only step path of the Red Earth Highland, guarding this easily defensible choke point. At most, only two at grinder chariots were needed to block the road with the warriors, but today Erald arranged a strong mixed firepower at the entrance of the grand conference hall cave gate: four at grinder chariots, twelve crystal chanical Gao Cen, ten winged Fei Lian crossbow chariots, and one Sonic Spiral Boat. In addition, the two permanent fortifications built beside the main stairway housed the Tang Zang Empire’s friendly-supplied super weaponry "Bee Swarm Crossbow Chariot" and turtle-shell-style dwarf flathrowers.
It wasn’t that the Demon Clan warriors didn’t try charging up these stairs of death, but it was more like they were rushing to their deaths in waves rather than a strong attack!
Leading the charge were Abomination warriors cloaked in thick layers of crystal armor, with robust and towering figures. Yet, even these excellent cannon fodders were, like wheat fields swept by a hurricane, knocked down in patches by the unrivaled lateral cutting power of giant crescent blades and the formidable piercing power of huge crossbows. Their crystal armor was simply incapable of withstanding close-range firepower assaults.
The "Bee Swarm Crossbow Chariot" is not a luxury weapon that an ordinary country can afford to use. This type of crossbow chariot employs beehive hole configurations, powered by spell wind pressure, capable of firing six hundred and sixty-six bolts at once. Even if every arrow-making craftsn in the Beamon Kingdom was devoted to manufacturing bolts, it couldn’t sustain half a day’s consumption by one "Bee Swarm Crossbow Chariot." Without the Tang Zang Empire, which controls an entire continent’s population and resources, it’s unlikely such an insane dense firing weapon would have been researched or equipped. Since it was free to use and logistics were provided by the Tang Zang military workshop, using it felt like the Sumr Palace Warriors didn’t treat it with the gravity it deserved. Including the eight crossbow chariots set on two Sky Gardens and high hill terraces, Erald’s ten "Bee Swarm Crossbow Chariots" emptied three large war chests in just ten seconds, launching nearly twenty thousand bolts at the Demon Clan army. Due to the high usage frequency causing tal fatigue, two crossbow chariots were declared scrapped on the spot.
The Demon Clan warriors didn’t want to charge that one pathway of stairs under a storm of bolts, flas, and crescent blades, but they had no choice. The Flying Cars, Cloud Ladders, and other climbing equipnt ant for attacking the fortress like ants were all pinpointed and destroyed by the priests’ magic pets after entering the Red Earth Square.
Today, Erald had assembled half of the kingdom’s priests. Although over five hundred higher-ranked priests were dispatched by King Sal to Caiyu City, the five hundred plus priests left in Erald, even if of lower rank, seed overqualified to deal with ordinary Demon Clan warriors’ wooden equipnt. Just two rounds of volley fire reduced the climbing equipnt carried by Demon Clan warriors entering Red Earth Square into scattered wood chips. Aside from those warriors biting weapons and holding grappling hooks and ropes, the dense mass of Demon Clan soldiers could only line up in batches, waiting to take turns charging the main stairway. One could only imagine the treatnt they would face next!
The arcane range of most Beamon priests’ magic pets and plant pets was between five hundred to eight hundred yards. Such a range, when faced with Demon Clan Arcanists, was only enough to barely protect themselves, and counterattacks required continuously advancing their position. However, today in Erald, the priests didn’t need to deal with enemy mages. The orders Old Liu gave them were to use magic pets and plant pets to target those conspicuous siege equipnt!
Flying Cars, Tower Bridges, Cloud Ladders, and battering rams - such gigantic siege equipnt had to be built on Red Earth Highlands to be effective. In close-range firing, magic pets didn’t even need to lock on visually to hit accurately. As for those wooden-structured siege equipnt, no matter how large, they remained vulnerable in the face of magic.
In fact, by this stage, even a rookie Demon Clan novice should have sensed that this city couldn’t possibly be conquered by them. The disparity between both sides was just too great! The Demon Clan was disadvantaged in every aspect: timing, terrain. The three major siege elents: troop deploynt, siege equipnt, and long-range fire support, only the first could be plentifully guaranteed. As for siege equipnt and long-range fire support, the reality showed it was a fanciful dream not worth entertaining.
Undeniably, from any perspective, seventy-five hundred Demon Clan Arcanists plus five hundred coal Goliaths form an imnse magical army, but War God Sumr Palace was no frail little shepherd boy to be easily bullied. Counting Dubin and Druid reinforcents, the three Fallen Elf Mages, Green Giants, Difeng Giants, Mudfoot Giants, and the Guard Flag Team’s one hundred and forty Ents, the elental attackers in Erald exceeded even the formation of two regints without counting the priests. Moreover, there were an additional fifteen hundred Burekin Demons assisting - that’s half of Beamon Kingdom’s active Dowers!
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