A Realistic Mount & Blade Game

‘Boom!’

‘Boom!’

As the two spear-bolts slammed out, among the throng on the ramp, those fat, pig-headed humanoids writhing like maggots, two lines over ten meters long instantly erupted in clouds of blood mist!

Along those two ten-meter lines, any pig-headed humanoid caught within them had bowl-sized holes blasted through their bodies.

Whether it was a leather-armored chest, a head with a hideous, twisted face, or limbs like arms and legs, even the fat, oily belly full of dung, all were pierced with bowl-sized holes.

Without exception!

“Awoo—!!!”

Below, those pig-headed humanoids with arms or legs severed stared blankly at their limbs being instantly pierced and severed by the black streaks, before finally howling in pain.

But those pig-headed humanoids who only had their limbs severed or mostly chopped off were actually the lucky ones.

Because along the same line as them,

there were others with half their heads gone, chests ripped open, and guts churned out of their large bellies, who stood stiffly for four or five seconds before finally losing all strength and collapsing onto the crawling ramp, utterly silent.

As for the very bottom of the ramp, there were now two spear-bolts, each over a meter long and shaped like the sharpest javelins, deeply embedded in the ground.

Moreover, because these two spear-bolts were fired at close range by light ballistae,

the terrifying force they carried, after killing at least five or six pig-headed humanoids, still had enough residual power to drive the last pig-headed humanoid's corpse half a meter into the ground, pinning it firmly there.

This finally caused the surrounding pig-headed humanoids to react in terror, looking up at the top of the city gate.

Behind the raised shield, two light ballistae that had finished firing were being quickly cranked, attempting to re-cock and fire again as soon as possible!

‘Bang!’

‘Bang!’

But even before these pig-headed humanoids could react, two siege ballistae from the northern great tower, also ready and awaiting orders, launched their spear-bolts!

Directly, from over 200 meters away, they slammed heavily into the ramp, into the hundreds of pig-headed humanoids swarming there.

Once again, as if piercing candied haws, two or three pig-headed humanoids were skewered together!

The ballistae were having the effect they were supposed to.

The visual impact and the boost to morale were both significant!

Cheers erupted from the city walls.

“Long live the Kingdom of Vaegirs!”

“For the Kingdom of Rhodoks!”

“Long live war!”

These were the cheers of the 100 Vaegir archers, 200 Vaegir marksmen, and the 50 Rhodok sharpshooters and 50 mercenary crossbowmen.

At the same time, their actions became even faster, drawing bows and firing arrows, pulling triggers and launching bolts.

The dense ‘whoosh, whoosh’ sound on the city walls rang out almost continuously.

The resulting downpour turned more and more pig-headed humanoids climbing the ramp into hedgehogs, howling as they were finally struck in vital spots by arrows or bolts, completely losing consciousness and dying on the ramp.

In just under ten minutes, over 200 pig-headed humanoid corpses littered the entire ramp.

Even the once rampant roars of these howling pig-headed humanoids had turned into anger and deep-seated rage.

Because of these ranged attackers on Shen Mu's city walls, and the good protection provided by the city defenses themselves,

these pig-headed humanoids suffered heavy losses and knew pain!

“Ranged attackers, all stand by!”

But at this moment, Bandak pulled the trigger, shooting a steel bolt from his heavy crossbow straight through the skull of a pig-headed humanoid.

Then he strode quickly to the top of the city gate, not reporting to Shen Mu, but instead loudly ordering:

“Crossbowmen! All begin to move north! Enter the castle district's city walls and stand by!”

As he spoke, Bandak waved his hand, signaling them to start moving immediately.

“Understood!” The 50 Rhodok crossbowmen and mercenary crossbowmen, who had just finished firing the bolts from their crossbows, upon hearing Bandak's order, did not hesitate, immediately putting away their hands that were about to draw bolts from their quivers, and quickly ran towards the northern side of the city walls.

Then, following the rugged and steep ladders on the square tower, with the help of experienced Lake Rat gang thugs who had been guarding there beforehand, they opened the blocking shield, reaching out to pull them one by one onto the castle district's city walls.

The castle district, with its stone base, was 5 meters higher than the town district, with a total wall height of 11 meters!

Then they stood one by one behind the shields, began to look through the gaps at the hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of pig-headed humanoids still attacking the city gate, charging more and more fiercely and ferociously.

And finally understood why Bandak, this siege defense expert, had them leave.

On the ramp outside the city walls, as the number of dead pig-headed humanoids increased, they had actually begun to use the corpses to raise the ramp, which was already 4 meters high, by almost another 2 meters.

It was already allowing those pig-headed humanoids climbing up from below to howl and raise their flails, heavily striking the shields in front of them.

Making huge ‘bang, bang’ sounds, and causing the shields to begin to shake!

That section of the city wall was showing signs of being breached!

“Sir, you should also move to a safer place to command the battle.” Bandak, seeing the crossbowmen leave the city walls, then turned his head to report to Shen Mu: “It's starting to get dangerous here!”

“Lord Shen Mu, you represent the hope of all of us, please don't risk yourself here!” Even Marnid, holding his crossbow, ran over to dissuade Shen Mu from staying.

“Okay, I'll leave it to you here, Bandak.” Shen Mu nodded directly, patting Bandak on the shoulder.

Then, escorted by Marnid and Lake Rat gang destroyers, he turned and quickly ran towards the northern side of the city walls, towards the castle district's city walls where the crossbowmen had retreated.

Of course, Shen Mu would not personally take risks in this dangerous, almost meat-grinder-like siege defense battle.

The greatest role of a high-level commander is not even tactical command.

But to just sit there.

In the eyes of all the soldiers and mid-level or low-level commanders, still alive, standing there calmly in the face of danger.

Is equivalent to a living benchmark for boosting morale, a banner symbolizing that they have not yet been defeated!

“Sir, please be careful.” Just as Shen Mu climbed the 5-meter-high stairs and arrived at the castle district's city walls, a Rhodok sharpshooter personally helped Shen Mu up, and also assisted others.

“Okay, thank you.” Shen Mu nodded his thanks, but had no time to say more.

He also turned around, looking through the gaps in the shields, watching the increasingly numerous pig-headed humanoids in front of him, who had all begun to reach the top of the ramp, and even began to climb onto the city walls, standing on the uneven battlements outside the shields, attempting to climb over the shields and completely enter the city walls.

The already extremely fierce battle became even more anxious at this time because the ramp was completely formed.

The pig-headed humanoids took advantage of the crossbowmen's departure to climb the ramp even faster.

And also because of the crossbowmen's departure.

The promoted 300 Vaegir archers and marksmen, although they could still quickly draw their bows and nock arrows, shooting pig-headed humanoids to death on the ramp one by one.

There were even experienced Lake Rat gang thugs operating the light ballistae, seeing the pig-headed humanoids who had already climbed up next to them, drawing sharp harpoons from behind, and throwing them hard at the pig-headed humanoids standing on the battlements, waving their flails and hammering the shields, with no way to dodge.

The sharp harpoon easily pierced through the pig-headed humanoid's leather armor, deeply piercing into its body.

Then, causing the pig-headed humanoid to lose its balance due to serious injury, and heavily fall off the city walls.

Becoming one of the experienced Lake Rat gang thug's battle achievements.

Making the surrounding experienced Lake Rat gang thugs operating the light ballistae cheer even more excitedly.

Then they slammed the raised hammer down again.

The light ballistae's trigger was activated.

‘Boom!’

‘Boom!’

Two more spear-bolts, carrying two lines paved with blood and life, shot and killed seven or eight pig-headed humanoids, nailing them hard to the ground!

This drew even more cheers from the Mount \u0026 Blade soldiers, who were thrilled by the swift and decisive killing of the enemy.

"Lake Rat Gang Breakers! I need you to come here immediately! Block this section of the wall!" Bandak, however, showed no hint of a smile. Instead, he directly drew his spiked mace and pointed it at the level 4 elite heavy infantry of the Lake Rat Gang family below, who were already prepared, fully clad in heavy armor, and issued his command.

"Understood!" The Lake Rat Gang Breakers didn't hesitate even for a moment, all filing in one after another.

Each carried a heavy round shield on their left arm and held a jagged spear in their right arm, more than 2 meters long, capable of thrusting, slashing, chopping, and sweeping.

They quickly arrived at the northern side of the city gate.

Which was also the location of the ramp!

Outside these two huge shields, more than a dozen Gnolls had already climbed up. They were even stepping on the observation holes and firing ports of the shields, trying to climb over them and jump onto the city wall.

Obviously, during the brief interval when the level 4 Vaegir archers and level 3 Vaegir skirmishers had spread out to make room for the Lake Rat Gang Breakers, the Gnolls had seized the opportunity to reach the crenellations of the city wall in greater numbers. The number of Gnolls climbing the shields was also rapidly increasing.

If these Gnolls were not quickly dealt with on the crenellations outside the shields,

sooner or later, more and more Gnolls would climb onto the crenellations, then find gaps in the shields, or climb over the mere 2-meter-high shields, and jump directly onto the city wall to engage in a true melee with the Mount \u0026 Blade soldiers, exploiting their advantages of tenacious vitality and immense strength!

At that time, the advantage that allowed the Mount \u0026 Blade soldiers to slaughter these Gnolls so easily, thanks to the city defenses, would be completely lost.

Furthermore, Shen Mu's Mount \u0026 Blade soldiers, already few in number, with each individual being precious, would suffer losses.

Therefore, Shen Mu would not allow this to happen.

And Bandak, understanding this, would certainly not allow these Gnolls to actually climb over the shields!

"Lake Rat Gang Breakers! Eliminate those ugly Gnolls!" Bandak pointed his spiked mace towards the direction of the shields.

"Understood!" The Lake Rat Gang Breakers, who had already rushed over, each wearing chainmail and wielding a jagged spear, these top-tier heavy infantry of level 4, also responded loudly.

Then, they raised their jagged spears, holding the shafts closer to the front, aimed at the gray-black bellies, chests, or leather armor wriggling outside the firing ports of the shields, and even the bloodshot eyes of those looking inside through the firing ports, and thrust them in fiercely!

"Aaaaargh!!!"

Immediately, the Gnolls, who were originally trying to climb over the shields and rush into the city wall, let out screams of agony.

Before these wails could even disappear, the Lake Rat Gang Breakers, who had come behind the shields and replaced the Vaegir archers and Rhodok crossbowmen, easily used their 2-meter-long jagged spears to thrust out through the firing ports, stabbing those Gnolls who dared to linger on the ramp.

Stabbing them to death on the ramp!

The jagged spear, with its length of 2 meters, neither too long nor too short, was a very useful polearm on the city wall or in complex environments.

Holding it slightly closer to the front, the jagged spear, with its adult forearm-length blade, could wound and lacerate enemies.

Holding it further back, it was a true spear.

In this narrow and complex environment, these Lake Rat Gang Breakers truly used it with ease and effectiveness!

Easily thrusting those Gnolls who dared to approach the crenellations away from the city wall.

Even thrusting all these Gnolls off the crenellations.

Sending them crashing down!

These 50 Lake Rat Gang Breakers, guarding this 20-meter-long section of the city wall alone, cooperating with the two light ballistae still bombarding the base, had actually successfully defended against the Gnolls on the ramp.

Trapping these Gnolls who were still frantically climbing upwards on the ramp!

"All Vaegir ranged archers! Immediately find your firing positions! Continue firing!"

At this time, Bandak, watching the Vaegir archers and skirmishers retreating towards both sides of the city wall, remained calm and loudly issued the order: "Also! Notify the crossbowmen in the castle area! Fire immediately!"

"Understood!" Immediately, soldiers began to relay these orders, and they quickly reached the ears of the archers and crossbowmen.

Immediately, they took action again, using their weapons to rain down deadly arrows or bolts on the ramp.

Turning those Gnolls who wanted to continue rushing to the top of the ramp into hedgehogs again!

"Sir, it won't be that easy for those ugly Gnolls to rush onto the city wall." Marnid, at this time, pulled the trigger, sending a steel crossbow bolt flying, nailing it far away into the round shield of a Gnoll, regrettably failing to cause any casualties.

Marnid pursed his lips at this, but still said optimistically: "Perhaps they'll be worn down by the city wall and the shields, who knows!"

This wasn't Marnid celebrating prematurely.

Instead, he had personally witnessed such scenes many times before, when participating in many defensive battles.

The defending side inherently occupied an absolute geographical advantage, especially when the opponent didn't have any real siege weapons. They could only use the lives of their soldiers, this most foolish method, to forcefully attack the city.

Then the final outcome would definitely not be good.

Unless they had an absolute numerical advantage, capable of compensating for the cost of this forced siege.

Otherwise.

There was also the absolute difference in combat power.

Therefore, Marnid, looking at the Gnolls falling in droves, and the Gnoll corpses already lying all over the ramp, both sides and above, spoke so easily.

They truly had the feeling of seeing the dawn of victory approaching.

"No, we must still be cautious." But Shen Mu's face didn't show the slightest bit of ease, watching the Gnolls constantly rushing up on the ramp, at the crenellations of the city wall, in front of the shields, only to be killed by the Lake Rat Gang Breakers and shot down by the archers and crossbowmen.

His mood was even more solemn.

Because Shen Mu still clearly remembered the power that the owners of those Gnoll followers, who had completed the soul-level synchronization, had unleashed back in the apartment.

If it hadn't been for the light ballistae and the fact that the opponent's numbers were originally small at the time.

He would have been in real danger.

And now, with the Gnolls suffering such heavy casualties, yet still not seeing those true Blue Star humans take action, transforming into spirit realm creatures, displaying the formidable combat power under the dual rules of the Blue Star rules and spirit realm rules.

Shen Mu didn't feel so relaxed.

And was very uneasy!

"Tell Bandak to be careful, and have the Swadian sergeants advance into the city wall direction for support at any time."

Thinking of this, Shen Mu gave his instructions and deployments: "Also, have the other experienced Lake Rat Gang thugs pay attention to supporting the city wall at any time, using the harpoons in their hands, ready to accurately throw them at the enemies that appear on the city wall!"

"Yes!" Beside Shen Mu, a Swadian light infantryman responded as a messenger and turned to relay the order.

Under the city wall, at the location of the stairs, the Swadian sergeants were all holding spears, waiting for orders.

And not far outside the city wall.

Those experienced Lake Rat Gang thugs, holding harpoons, eager to try, were already playing with the throwing weapons in their hands, impatient!

They even seemed to hope that the Gnolls would break through the protection of the shields and come to the city wall.

So that they could throw javelins from below the city wall... at the top of the city wall!

After all, the city wall was only a mere 6 meters high.

For these experienced Lake Rat Gang thugs, it was just a matter of waving their arms to easily throw them up, and with extreme accuracy.

The effective killing distance belonging to the Lake Rat Gang members!

'Bang!'

But at this moment, at the top of the city wall, the originally thick shield suddenly let out a loud bang.

Then, a Gnoll, its entire body glowing faintly, seemingly even larger, was swinging a flail hammer, smashing a corner of a shield to pieces, squeezing half of its body in.

That fleshy face, resembling a human yet bearing many pig-orc features, was now filled with distortion and madness:

“I! Fan Changbo of the Diesel Company! Was the first to charge onto the city wall!”

At this moment, on the city wall of the castle district, Shen Mu's eyes narrowed slightly, and even the expression on his face shifted from the previous seriousness and solemnity, revealing some worry.

Indeed, the thing he feared most had finally happened!

‘Bang!’

With a few heavy blows, the three-finger-thick barrier finally couldn't withstand the Blue Star human's attacks, who had swallowed the fragment of the mark containing the power of the spirit world's rules, resulting in a surge in strength, power, and combat effectiveness.

Cracks appeared, spreading throughout the entire barrier.

Even with the final blow.

With a ‘crack,’ the upper part of the barrier, weakened by the three firing ports, was completely shattered by the immense force.

Creating a huge gap in the barrier, which was originally only two meters high.

Just enough space for the Blue Star human, wearing more leather armor, wielding a thicker round shield in his left hand, and swinging an even larger flail hammer, who had completed the spirit world transformation into a pig-orc, to directly climb over!

“Don’t let it through! Block it!” Bandak pointed his spiked mace directly at it.

“Kill!”

At the instant the barrier shattered, the Lake Rat Gang Destroyers who were already guarding the surrounding city walls reacted instantly.

Grasping their serrated spears tightly, when the Blue Star human-turned pig-orc let out an excited roar, wanting to climb over, they thrust forward fiercely, directly hitting the Blue Star human's neck.

‘Puff!’

The fragile neck couldn't withstand the sharp, serrated spear.

Three Lake Rat Gang Destroyers, two on the left and one on the right, coordinated perfectly, using their serrated spears to sever the entire neck of this Blue Star human-turned pig-orc.

Blood spurted out instantly.

‘Whoosh!’

Behind them, one of the more violent Lake Rat Gang Destroyers, unable to thrust his serrated spear forward due to the narrow city wall, actually drew a hooked javelin from his back and threw it on the spot.

With a ‘smack,’ the slender, sharp, hooked javelin, capable of piercing even plate armor at close range, pierced directly into the temple of the Blue Star human-turned pig-orc and exited from the opposite cheek.

Dripping with white brain matter and bright red blood.

Causing this Blue Star human-turned pig-orc, who was originally the first to break the barrier, climb the city wall, and had the merit of being the first to ascend, to die a death beyond death!

After all, the reason was simple.

Being the first to climb the city wall, although one could obtain great merit and rewards.

But whether one could survive after being the first to climb the city wall, and be qualified to receive this reward, depended on the intensity of the resistance on the climbed city wall, the determination to fill the gap in the city wall, and the strength of the defending soldiers!

Coincidentally.

The soldiers guarding here were famous soldiers in the Mount \u0026 Blade world, a typical example of high morale, and the top-tier Lake Rat Gang Destroyers from the Lake Rat Gang family, a secondary family with considerable combat power!

Extremely high resistance!

Extremely determined to fill the gap in the city wall!

Very strong combat power!

All conditions and elements were fully met.

Therefore, facing the destroyed gap in the barrier, and after killing this Blue Star human-turned pig-orc, who was glowing faintly all over, and was obviously more elite, they unhesitatingly pulled out their serrated spears and continued to thrust them outward towards the back of the barrier gap!

“Aooo!!!”

The pig-orcs who had followed closely behind this Blue Star human were caught off guard and were stabbed in the head and eye sockets, howling and falling down the slope.

Even reaching out randomly to grab something to avoid falling, they directly grabbed the corpse of the Blue Star human.

As a result, the two of them, like wooden stakes being smashed down, rolled down with seven or eight pig-orcs!

“Don’t stop! Continue attacking!”

However, Bandak, standing on the seven-meter-high gate tower, which was higher than the six-meter-high city wall, could clearly see that more pig-orcs were climbing up behind.

Inside, there were also seven or eight Blue Star human-turned pig-orcs, glowing faintly all over, with mad faces, pushing aside the pig-orcs in front and rushing over!

Obviously, the pig-orc just now was just the first appetizer.

With more pig-orcs rushing over, and the Blue Star humans who had eaten the mark fragments leading the charge, the impact on these Lake Rat Gang Destroyers on the city wall was so great that daring to relax even a little would lead to the danger of gaps and loopholes in the city wall!

“Kill!” Then these Lake Rat Gang Destroyers realized that the situation was not right, and thrust their serrated spears outward again.

Even a dozen Lake Rat Gang Destroyers on the left and right, specially held their serrated spears, guarded in front of this half-destroyed barrier, and fiercely used the advantage of two-meter-long polearms to stab outward.

To prevent the pig-orcs from rushing the city wall too fast and too fiercely, making it impossible for them to defend.

‘Boom!’

‘Boom!’

But along with the close-range direct fire of the light ballista.

Including the long-range shooting support of the two siege ballistae on the distant great tower.

And the Vaeigir archers and skirmishers, as well as the Rhodok sharpshooters and mercenary crossbowmen, would occasionally shoot arrows and bolts at the slope and below the slope.

Still on the gate tower, Bandak, who was replacing Shen Mu in commanding the front line, found that the pressure was even greater!

“Aooo! Charge!”

The pig-orcs let out roars, their bodies glowing with waves of gray-black luster, and even the arrows and bolts shot from afar seemed to hit stones, constantly bouncing off.

Even when the light ballista directly fired at close range, killing those pig-orcs glowing with gray-black luster, one could hear a crisp sound as if stones were shattering.

Although it could still use the shooting spears to kill the pig-orcs.

However, compared to the previous terrifying power that killed all in a straight line, regardless of what part, regardless of how many pig-orcs, there was only one dead end.

At this time, the pig-orcs killed could actually withstand the shooting spear infused with terrifying power with just two of them.

Two pig-orcs strung together like candied haws could intercept the main body of the shooting spear.

Then howling and falling down.

Even blocking the close-range shooting of the light ballista, it reduced the power of the light ballista by several times!

“This… what’s going on!!!” Bandak's face was extremely solemn at this time, and his eyes were even more puzzled.

But in the castle district, at the top of the great tower, Elder Perro, beside Liu Na, looked at those frantically attacking the city, Blue Star human-turned pig-orcs glowing faintly all over, and couldn't help but loudly remind:

“Lord Shen Mu! That’s magic! That’s Stone Skin! Magic that can increase defense! Don’t fight hard!”

As a halfling elder, he was knowledgeable and of course recognized that classic defensive magic.

And looking at the ferocious pig-orcs, and the pig-orc corpses piled up outside the city wall and in the moat, based on his understanding of this ferocious and barbaric creature, Elder Perro absolutely hoped that Shen Mu's troops could win this battle.

Otherwise, if those pig-orcs really entered this town, they would probably massacre the city!

Even if the city is massacred, it’s okay, the main thing is that their own corpses will become food for these pig-orcs to gnaw on, just thinking about it makes people shudder, and in their hearts, they are extremely disgusted and angry at this behavior that would even desecrate the remains of the dead!

Of course, being killed in a city massacre is not that okay either, these halflings don’t want to die.

“Mm, I know.” Shen Mu turned his head at this time, saw Elder Perro who was reminding him on the great tower behind, nodded to him, his face was calm, and he looked quite calm and composed, without much panic.

This also made Elder Perro feel a lot more relaxed after seeing it.

Gritting his teeth and looking at the human soldiers who were still fighting hard around him.

Elder Perro, pulling Liu Na beside him, whose face was still pale and bloodless, left the balcony of the great tower that used to be the castle's main building and came to Shen Mu's side on the city wall.

"Miss Liu Na, use your natural powers to nourish the weary arms of these archers, restoring their strength!"

Elder Polo nodded encouragingly to Liu Na: "I know you can do it!"

"Of… of course!" Liu Na immediately raised her hands, circles of green light glowing around them, and reached out to touch the arm of a Vaegir Marksman beside her.

As the green light entered his arm, the Vaegir Marksman, whose right arm had been aching from rapidly drawing his bow and shooting arrows, felt a refreshing coolness spread through it, and couldn't help but sigh in surprise: "This is so comfortable!"

Immediately, he moved his shoulders and arms.

His face was filled with joy: "My strength has returned!"

Not just strength, but also damaged muscles, including those from his right arm to his waist and abdomen, as well as the muscle groups throughout his body, were repaired in a short time by this touch of green light and the cooling sensation!

"Well done, Miss Liu Na." Shen Mu, seeing Liu Na's actions from the side, couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

He couldn't resist asking: "Miss Liu Na, how many more times can you cast this type of restorative spell?"

"Ah? This isn't a spell, but rather the mobilization of natural power to repair damaged muscles," Liu Na quickly replied. "I haven't yet grasped the true power of spells, so I can only mobilize the power of nature's will to help these humans recover their strength and repair damaged muscles, and so on."

"Not a spell?" At this critical moment, Shen Mu couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

Not a spell, yet it can heal and repair.

This kind of power…

He hadn't expected it!

"Miss Liu Na is a genius, and Druids inherently possess the power to soothe and repair. They only need to use the power bestowed by nature's will, without strictly adhering to the limitations of spell slots to release spells."

The Halfling Elder Polo explained with a tone of extreme emotion:

"Spell slots are merely a form of assistance from the Goddess of Magic for mages. Before the Goddess of Magic established the magic net, everyone still needed to rely on their own research into mana and elemental powers to release spells, including the restorative powers of nature now."

"Mm." Shen Mu didn't understand the past stories of the fantastical crystal wall system, nor did he particularly want to understand.

Therefore, he simply nodded to indicate that he understood.

He looked at the Vaegir Archers and Vaegir Marksmen on the city walls of the castle district on both sides, who happened to be using this southwestern corner to extend beyond the city walls of the town, forming a protruding section of the wall, raining arrows down on the slopes of the town's walls.

Shen Mu looked at Liu Na again and said in a deep voice: "Miss Liu Na, if possible, I hope you can help restore the stamina of these archers as much as possible during this battle!"

"Ah, I understand!" Liu Na immediately nodded, once again condensing orbs of emerald green light in her hands, and imprinted them on the arms of the archers who were still drawing their bows.

As the emerald green light entered the archers' arms once more, the power of nature began to nourish them.

Their depleted stamina began to recover.

These Vaegir Archers and Vaegir Marksmen began to rapidly draw their bows and shoot arrows again.

They continuously fired the feathered arrows and bodkin arrows from their quivers!

However, as for the slope of the city wall, the Pig Men, their bodies shimmering with a gray-black color and having been imbued with the Stone Skin spell, had once again arrived at the barricade.

'Bang, bang, bang!'

The sounds of heavy impacts occurred one after another.

These Pig Men, seemingly turned to stone, were completely immune to the attacks of ordinary feathered arrows, bodkin arrows, and crossbow bolts.

After these ranged weapons were fired from a distance, they were basically deflected by the gray-black stone skin, leaving only a faint white mark, and causing no damage to these Pig Men whatsoever!

Which is to say, these originally powerful archers and crossbowmen, during the duration of the Stone Skin spell…

Had actually lost the ability to harm the enemy!

Even those Lake Rat Gang Destroyers on the city wall, who were holding their jagged spears and fiercely stabbing or slashing at the approaching Pig Men, now realized that each of their attacks was really no different from attacking stone!

Even the force of the attack reacting back on the jagged spears caused their hands to ache faintly.

That reactionary force instead injured the tiger's mouths of their hands!

Therefore, on the city wall, more barricades were destroyed, and more Pig Men, panting and wheezing, climbed up from the slope. Led by those Pig Men transformed from Blue Star humans, their entire bodies shimmering with a faint light, obviously more powerful, they finally reached the city wall!

"Kill!" These Pig Men transformed from Blue Star humans roared maniacally.

The surrounding Pig Men, looking at the clusters of human soldiers and recalling the suffering and hardships they had experienced before finally climbing onto the city wall, roared even more excitedly, raising the flails in their hands to begin a slaughter!

Now that it had come to close-quarters combat.

These Pig Men, undeniably the strongest infantry warriors in the wilderness, even among the pyramid-level groups of the Beastmen.

Finally felt like they were entering their rhythm!

'Puff, puff, puff, puff!'

Before these Pig Men could make any moves, hooked javelins were thrown directly at them from the city wall, shattering their seemingly stone-like skin with a crack.

The seven or eight Pig Men who had just broken through the barricade and jumped onto the city wall were instantly taken down by a wave of hooked javelins, three or four of them falling.

At this moment, the Lake Rat Gang Destroyers on the city wall, who were throwing the hooked javelins out of anger, were surprised to find that the gray-black luster that had been shimmering on these Pig Men's bodies was now rapidly fading.

When that luster completely disappeared, when there was no gray-black light.

These Pig Men became easy to kill again!

"Continue! Throw the javelins!"

Bandak didn't hesitate at all, seizing this opportunity directly, raising the spiked mace in his hand and pointing forward again.

And beside him, each of the Lake Rat Gang Destroyers and Lake Rat Gang Veterans had already taken out the harpoons and hooked javelins in their hands, throwing them at the Pig Men.

With the whistling sound of the wind rushing past.

Whether it was the Pig Men who had just stood on the city wall, thinking of going on a killing spree, or the Pig Men who had jumped over from behind, also arriving on the city wall.

They were all instantly wiped out by this wave of javelin rain!

That was thirty to forty Lake Rat Gang Destroyers throwing hooked javelins.

And at the bottom of the city wall.

There were also twenty to thirty Lake Rat Gang Destroyers nearby, throwing harpoons together!

At close range, within a distance of no more than 10 meters, throwing javelins.

The terrifying damage this produced.

Was comparable to a ballista!

After all, throwing weapons are effective weapons for harming and striking enemies at such close range!

And at this time, Shen Mu, standing on the city wall of the castle district, saw the scene of the Pig Men finally attacking the city wall, his eyes full of solemnity.

He knew that the battle had begun to enter a fever pitch.

Then he now…

Could no longer continue to hide!

"Use the props!"

"The trebuchet squad… provide support fire!"