After Xiao Chen summoned Master Kona and his two companions, there were four mages in their group. Each of them used the flying technique to fly quickly with the three warriors.
The distance was seven or eight kilometers, and Xiao Chen and his companions accelerated at full speed and arrived in less than ten minutes. However, a big battle had already begun.
The north of Heimu Pass is a funnel-shaped opening. It is relatively narrow about one kilometer away from the checkpoint, with steep mountain walls and few trees on them. But one kilometer outward, the mountains on both sides become narrower and covered with dense forests. The imperials hid secretly in this part of the forest and avoided the detection of Xiao Chen and his team.
The imperials fought methodically. They first arranged for the mages to take off to provide cover and suppression. Looking from Xiao Chen's direction, more than thirty black-robed mages had already flown to a higher position than the Black Wood Pass in the sky above them, and began to release magic from top to bottom towards the top of the city.
The spells cast by these mages were obviously carefully selected. Most of them released ice storms, with wind and rain carrying icicles rolling towards the top of the city. The rest released electrical magic, with rain, snow, ice and frost covering the city to double the power of lightning. An ordinary lightning spell would also jump to several people around.
The guards on the city wall also fought back with bullets, but they were in an extremely harsh environment, and the air guns had to shoot upwards, so both the hit rate and power were greatly reduced.
The soldiers of the new regiment used bows and crossbows to fight against the mages together with the Chinese, but they encountered the same difficulties as the soldiers of the guard.
Moreover, every Imperial mage was wearing a shield. Even if they were hit by someone below, the shield would stop the bullets and arrows. On the other hand, the Chinese had very few shields. The ten mages in the Second Battalion's mage squad could not cover much area if they were scattered on the city wall. Most of the soldiers could only use the battlements to avoid the enemy's attacks. As a result, the losses on the city wall were much greater than those of the Imperial mages.
"This is the Black Guard's mage! Why haven't Shi Hao and the others activated the defensive barrier on the top of the city yet?" Xiao Chen asked as he continued to fly quickly.
"It takes time to activate a large barrier, so the enemy must have appeared very suddenly." Master Kona said.
"These imperials know very well the locations to activate the defensive barriers on the city walls, and they focus their attacks on those directions, making it very difficult for our people to activate the barriers. Your soldiers are not familiar with opening barriers, and are slower than mine." said Orgas.
Under the attack of aerial magic, the artillery fire on the checkpoint became sparse, and it was no longer a threat to the troops on the ground. Behind Xiao Chen and the others, the assembled Black Guards had already begun to charge. Sixty or seventy Black Guards, who had burst out their fighting spirit, or activated their bloodline power, and were blessed by acceleration magic, rushed towards the Black Wood Pass. Behind them were countless beast warriors.
"Look! The door of Heimuguan is open!" shouted Evelyn, who had dark vision.
Everyone looked down at the checkpoint and saw that the city gate had been opened and the iron bridge had been built. They could vaguely see four or five people guarding the iron bridge, holding up a shield, ready to respond to the imperial soldiers rushing over from afar. According to Xiao Chen's estimation, it would only take less than two minutes for the first few soldiers to rush onto the iron bridge at the city gate.
Although the soldiers on the tower tried to throw shells down to blow up the iron bridge, they were hit hard by the mages in the sky. Most of the shells that fell would be destroyed by the people below, and the rest would fall on the shield and would not damage the bridge at all.
"The city gate was actually opened. What on earth is going on?" Olgas said anxiously. "In the past, the imperial people rarely sent out a large number of mages to attack the city. Even if they caused us losses, they would not be able to take the checkpoint and would face great risks. But now they just need to protect the people below and let them rush into the city."
"It must be that the imperial people found a way to sneak into Heimu Pass. The previous negotiation was just a trap from beginning to end." Xiao Chen said.
Olgas looked back at the black guards charging up from behind, "The man in the lead is so fast, he's a great knight! Could it be Lennitt? But he's Emperor Alfred's personal guard, right?"
"Yes, did you see the great magician in the sky who released a chain of lightning? That is Edel who is guarding the emperor." Cona said, "These two people have been guarding the emperor for so many years and never left. It seems that what Earl John said about the emperor arriving at the camp is true."
"We don't care about that! We have to stop them no matter what!" Olgas said to Master Kona who was holding him, "Kona, let me go. I want to destroy the bridge."
Master Kona said: "You have just become a master for a short time, you are no match for Lennitt."
"In this world, there are always battles that you have to fight with your life. I have guarded Blackwood Pass for more than ten years. As long as I am alive, I will not let the imperial people pass!" said Orgas.
Master Kona said to Xiao Chen, "Xiao Chen, if this is the case, I want to help him, otherwise this guy will just die."
Xiao Chen said: "Then let's go down together and try to kill those people quickly and close the door."
Olgas said, "It's too late! We will definitely be attacked from both sides. If Connor and I still have a chance to escape from the Black Guards led by Lanit, you guys will basically be trapped there.
Leave the rest to us, you go deal with those mages, and make sure the defensive barrier on the top of the city has a chance to rise. But be careful of Edel!"
Kona nodded to Xiao Chen, and without waiting for him to speak, he dived towards the iron bridge with Orgas.
“Okay, we must have a plan.” Xiao Chen and the others stopped in the air and let go of Roger, and Elena also let go of Evelyn.
Roger and Evelyn both have a levitation spell on them, so they won't fall. They can also use their fighting spirit to propel themselves forward, but their endurance is not as good as that of the mage.
There was still some invisible magic power on their bodies, and their figures were a little blurry.
Xiao Chen once again cast the group invisibility spell, allowing them all to hide in the night sky.
Above them, the battle between the Black Guard mages and the city guards became more intense. When the hit rate could not be guaranteed, some people in the guards organized a tactic of concentrated shooting. Dozens of guns used shield-breaking bullets to concentrate fire on one person, and finally began to shoot down the mages in the air.
But they were unable to shake Master Edel who stood among the many mages. His shield was the most powerful. His chain lightning caused the most damage to the guards. He alone suppressed the release points of three defense barriers and killed more than a dozen guards and mages who wanted to open the defense.
"If you want to do it, do it big. If you don't deal with that great magician, the situation on the city wall will not change." Xiao Chen took out a magic-breaking arrow from the Traveler's Heart and handed it to Evelyn. "This arrow has corrupted a god and assassinated a super saint. It will not humiliate this great magician." (To be continued)