Just when Baron Keen was carrying out large-scale agricultural experiments and water purification projects, and when Arkain was devoting himself to research that would make the Plague God regard him as his mortal enemy in the future, the Graystone Mountains and the Behemoth Mountains were facing each other. In the valley, the two armies of the Orc Empire and the Eagle Kingdom have also assembled and started a fierce war.
In the eyes of many, this war will be a lackluster one, no different from the many orc invasions that have occurred in the past. Humans relied on solid fortress defense, while the orcs relied on huge troops to storm each fortress.
It's been like this for a long time.
For example, the battle always starts in the "Iron City", the fortress closest to the north side of the valley. This fortress is the largest of all the fortresses and can accommodate the largest number of troops. The reserves of defensive equipment and military rations are enough to last for more than a year. In many past orc invasions, the orc army could only surround this fortress and was unable to conquer it. On the contrary, when the humans counterattack, the troops in the fortress will come out and stab the orc army in the back.
But this time, things are a little different.
Facing the fortified fortress, the orcs dispatched an astonishing amount of air force. The orcs who could fly, as well as the orcs who could control flying monsters, flew over the fortress carrying stones whose weight had been reduced by magic, and then threw them down when the magic was about to expire.
In just one wave of attacks, hundreds of large rocks fell from the sky and hit the fortress. The one that hit the city wall made a significant gap in the solid city wall that could withstand powerful magic; the one that hit the ground made the entire stone deeply embedded in the soil.
What would happen if such a horrific attack landed on a house or even a person
In this wave of attacks, about one-thirtieth of the buildings in the Iron City were completely destroyed, and several times that number of houses suffered damage of varying sizes. As for the number of casualties, it is impossible to accurately count.
Because with this wave of attacks, the entire Iron City fell into chaos.
The orcs immediately took this opportunity to launch a fierce attack. The steep wall could not stop the cat people's vigorous pace. They climbed up along the almost straight wall without any tools. Once you reach the top of the wall, hang down the thick rope prepared in advance so that subsequent troops can follow.
Originally, Iron City had a complete set of defense systems that could block an attack of this scale. However, due to the "rockfall attack", the soldiers in the Iron City were a little panicked, and the command system was also in chaos, especially in several places where the orcs had stoned them. Many of the brave soldiers who were originally guarding the city walls had turned into stone. The morale of the remaining soldiers has almost completely collapsed because of the tragic meat pieces that fell under the huge rocks from high altitude, and they are unable to organize effective resistance at all.
Although the lord of the Iron City, Marquis Roland Igor, immediately organized elite reinforcements for reinforcements, he was preparing for the attack while rushing into action. After all, the reinforcements did not have time to catch up, and the orcs successfully scaled these city walls. And a simple slope was quickly set up so that the follow-up troops could rush up quickly.
When the orc army rushed up the city wall like a tide and mixed with the soldiers of the Eagle Kingdom like canine teeth to fight madly, the outcome of this battle was almost decided.
At this most dangerous moment, Marquis Roland led his most loyal guards to the front line bravely, trying to save the defeat with his bravery. But even if they are brave, they can't take any advantage at all.
Marquis Roland himself had entered the legendary realm more than four hundred years ago. Among his personal guards, the lowest were high-ranking ones, and there were even two legendary powerhouses. At the beginning, with these three legendary strong men as the leading troops, they easily tore apart the orc army, defeated the orc army that had already entered the city and almost rushed to the city gate, and counterattacked to the city wall again.
But that's where it ends.
When Marquis Roland took the lead and rushed up to the city wall, he saw eight opponents standing in a row waiting for him.
They were legendary strongmen from various tribes of orcs. For this battle, the orcs and even the priests of the great temple set foot on the battlefield.
For example, Marquis Roland recognized his old rival, the famous strongman of the Lion Clan, "Iron Tooth" Iroh Lane.
Tieya Yiluo is a veteran strongman of the lion-man clan. When he was still an adventurer, he was good friends with the famous "Heavy-armored Crazy Lion" Leonard. Later, the two gradually fell in love due to their differences in beliefs and ideas. Far away, Leonard finally disappeared from the eyes of mortals, and it is said that he stepped into a realm that mortals could not imagine. Iroh became the commander-in-chief of the Southern Military Region of the entire Orc Empire, presiding over more than one Orc invasion, and had a great reputation. .
In the northern part of the Eagle Kingdom, the name "Iroya Iron Tooth" can even stop children from crying at night!
He and Marquis Roland had fought many times, winning and losing. Even if it was just one-on-one, Marquis Roland was not sure that he would be able to defeat him.
If he was the only enemy, Marquis Roland would be happy to swarm up with his personal guards and surround and kill this old opponent on the city wall.
However, Iroh is not alone, he has seven other helpers.
Marquis Roland glanced at the seven helpers one by one and quickly recognized them.
Every time he recognized one, his heart sank a little.
Especially when these eight legendary strong men separated from each other like guards to welcome an old werewolf onto the city wall, Marquis Roland's heart was like a stone, sinking deeply to the bottom of the water.
He didn't know the old man, but he recognized the wooden stick the old man was holding.
This wooden stick has no decoration and is very crude, as if it was just a large branch picked up casually on the roadside and whittled a few times with a knife. But the wooden staff contained a strong magical light. In his eyes with magical vision, it was like a sun coming in front of him.
What's even more terrifying is that there is a rope tied to the top of the wooden stick, and six fist-sized skulls are strung on the rope. These skulls also exude a strong magical light, and a ferocious and violent aura emanates from them.
"...The Staff of Imprisonment?" he asked in a harsh voice.
This wooden staff called the "Stand of Imprisonment" is said to have been used by the orc god Lefon before he became a god. It contains powerful and incredible power. After he became a god, he left it among the orcs. Whenever the orc clan kills a strong demigod, the wooden staff will refine the strong man into a skeleton and imprison it on the staff to increase its power.
In other words, the six skeletons on the wooden staff are the six powerful demigods who died in front of it!
The old werewolf did not answer, but as if he could not see him, he looked around at the city wall under his feet, and then at the almost undefended fortress in front of them.
"This time, let's occupy it." He said to Tieya Yiluo, "You can stay here."
The tall lion man with an outstanding reputation for fierceness bowed deeply and accepted this order with great humility.
The old werewolf nodded, turned around and left with satisfaction.
Marquis Roland could no longer bear it, roared angrily, and led his loyal and brave guards to charge towards the old werewolf.
Then, eight legendary orcs came forward.
The orc army broke through the Iron City Fortress in just one day.