For example, the hundred thousand soldiers that had been sent to attack the east gates.
“Tonight, we will attack the city, no matter the cost. If by five in the morning, we still haven’t broken through, then we will use your final trump card.” Weiss Porter looked at Guillermo. “What say you, Guillermo?”
“Our final trump card?” Guillermo was silent for a moment.
He knew what Weiss Porter was talking about. Guillermo nodded slightly. “Fine!”
Actually, if they were to begin attacking at midnight and fight like wild all the way until five in the morning, even if they weren’t able to break through, they would exhaust the forces of the prefectural city of Cod. At that point, the Radiant Church and the Cult of Shadows would use their trump cards, making their victory utterly assured.
The countless warriors beneath the walls retreated like the retreating tides.
Watts stood atop the walls, his face expressionless.
Linley looked at Watts from nearby, his eyes filled with praise. Just then, he had watched the entire procession of battle. The enemy had attacked multiple times, at the east gate and the west gate, but Watts’ orders as well as his disposition of forces had been quite perfect.
“Watts.” Linley, Barker, Boone, Ankh, and the others walked towards him.
Watts bowed as soon as he saw the group of people.
Linley smiled. “Today’s battle has already concluded. Watts, get a good night’s rest.”
“No need, milord.” Watts had a very serious look on his face. “Today, the enemy attacked us several times with their armies. They used their elite soldiers to try and break through the east gate, then sent warriors of the ninth rank to break through the south gate. And they had their soldiers attack wildly…I can sense that the opposing commander isn’t a very patient person. I expect that his next strategy will be exposed later today or tomorrow. Tonight, they will probably attempt a sneak attack.”
Watts looked towards the enemy camp.
When two armies engaged in battle, if one could understand the personality of the opposing commander, one would be able to better predict the enemy’s actions.
“Oh?” A hint of a smile was on Linley’s face.
Gates laughed loudly. ‘Lord Linley, don’t have any doubts. Watts’ predictions are at least 90% likely to occur.”
That night, Linley, Barker, and the others were drinking wine in a courtyard. Because Watts had predicted that the enemy would attempt a sneak attack tonight, all of them were waiting.
“A secret pocket dimension room?” Boone seemed shocked by Linley’s words.
Barker nodded as well. “Right. Even I, someone who doesn’t have much of an affinity for the elements, would clearly sense all the elements in that mysterious room. That sort of feeling…was very unique. I felt closer to nature than ever before.”
“Ankh, Boone, Gates, Hazer. You need to train hard. In the future, when you are at the Saint-level, you will be able to train inside the pocket dimension room.” Linley smiled.
The room was ten meters wide. It could indeed permit multiple people to train inside at once.
Suddenly, fierce battle cries erupted from the south gate, immediately followed by the furious roars of magicite cannons. Miserable screams, arrows ripping through the air…Linley, Barker, and the others exchanged glances, then began to laugh.
“That Watts. He guessed correctly. Come.” Linley began to feel some admiration for Watts.
Their group hurried towards the south city gates. The closer they drew, the louder, the more terrifying the sounds of battle became. Illuminated by torches, the ground below the city was filled with corpses, while large numbers of soldiers were falling off the walls as well, as the soldiers below wildly shot arrows upwards.
“Siege escalades.” Linley suddenly saw a huge construct slowly make its way towards the city.
Each siege escalade was over forty meters wide, and was made entirely out of steel and cement. The massive mobile forts were slowly making their way towards the city walls. The part of the mobile forts facing the city walls were made entirely out of a thick layer of steel.
“Boom!” The magicite cannons belched forth their fury.
The blazing balls of fire only caused a layer of metal to melt, but the steel was several meters thick. The massive things weren’t budged at all. There were ten of these siege escalades, and they formed a line, slowly advancing towards the city walls.