Path of light

Chapter 346 347. Melee at the top of the city

On the fortress wall, a cold wind howled past.

A group of elven warriors came out of the fortress. They were to replace the elven warriors who had been guarding the city wall all day.

"Be careful, the captain said there might be something going on tonight."

The elf warrior on the city wall whispered to the elf warrior who came to hand over.

The leading elf warrior hurriedly said:

"I know, Team 10 just blocked a group of plateau headhunters in Warehouse No. 2, and we went to help."

"How is the situation? Are any elves injured?"

"That group of plateau headhunters was very ferocious. During the melee in the warehouse, several of us were injured. However, those plateau headhunters were even worse. They left more than a dozen corpses before they escaped from the secret passage." said the elf warrior who came to change shifts. .

After the two teams of elf warriors chatted for a few words, they smoothly handed over and changed the guard.

The wind blows through the cracks in the rocks and makes a howling sound of "woo-woo".

This team of elf warriors circled around the defense zone and found nothing.

"Did you hear that?" The elf warrior walking at the end asked his companions in front.

"What?" his companion asked in confusion.

"Why did I hear the sound of rocks rolling down..." said the elf warrior walking at the back.

The companion in front said, "It's so windy tonight that a rock rolled down from the top of the mountain. Isn't it strange?"

"I gonna go see."

The elf warrior walking at the front stopped, walked to the brazier, and used iron tongs to pick out a roll of linen cloth from the oil barrel.

This tattered linen cloth was rolled up on a piece of wood. The linen cloth roll was soaked in kerosene. When it was pinched out by the elven warriors, the oil continued to drip down.

He put the oilcloth roll next to the brazier, and with a 'whoosh' sound, the flames in the brazier ignited the oilcloth roll.

The elf warrior walked to the wall and threw out the oilcloth roll held on the tongs.

The ignited oilcloth rolls were thrown from the city wall. The flames of the oilcloth rolls were suppressed by the wind and seemed to be extinguished soon in the air.

The roll of oilcloth hit the rocks and exploded with a 'snap'.

The flames suddenly spread and burned violently.

The fire instantly illuminated a small piece of mountainous land below the fortress. The elf warriors on the high wall quickly looked down and saw flames swaying in the wind on the dark rocks in the night. There were no suspicious figures around. .

The flames would continue to burn for a short while, and the elven warriors breathed a sigh of relief, as if nothing had happened.

…

After a while, the roll of oilcloth that fell on the rock finally burned out, and the flames slowly died out.

Just behind this cold rock, a pair of snake-like eyes slowly opened...

A plateau headhunter raised his head and stared at the wall above the fortress with his cold eyes.

Just below the fortress rock wall, a group of private soldiers from the mine shivered in fear of the fire.

The silhouettes of the Silver Moon Elf warriors paused vaguely on the wall for a while, then retracted their heads.

The private soldiers in the mine below were hiding under the rock wall. Seeing that the elven warriors did not notice them, they continued to insert iron drills into the rock wall. The iron drills were inserted into the holes that originally existed in the rock wall, and unexpectedly formed A suspended staircase.

Several plateau headhunters followed these private soldiers in the mines, waiting silently for them to set up the steps.

Behind the rocks not far from the fortress, the Grantham mine owner was lying on the cold stone ground. Although there was a blanket underneath him, the blanket was not warm at all.

His face was pale, his eyes were closed, and his breathing was weak.

His knees and palms were bruised to pieces, and the cold wind blowing from the cracks in the rocks took away the little heat left in his body.

The headhunter came over with a sullen face and squatted next to the Grantham mine owner.

Seeing the dying appearance of the Grantham mine owner, I reached out and patted his plump face twice, and found that he still hadn't woken up. This confirmed that the Grantham mine owner was not pretending to be ill.

He said in a deep voice to the old headhunter who looked like a witch doctor behind him: "Give him a bowl of concoction, don't let him die."

"Yes, chief."

The old headhunter quickly took out a container made of argali horns from a dirty back basket, pulled out the cork from the bottle mouth, and poured a drop of turbid and dark concoction into the Grantham mine owner's mouth. In the mouth.

The headhunter leader looked at the Grantham mine owner lying on the ground, snorted coldly, and led a team of plateau headhunters towards the fortress rock wall.

These headhunters hide in the shadows and walk silently.

A group of private soldiers from the mines were building stairs on the rock wall in front. Only these private soldiers from the mines were familiar with the structure of the fortress. The headhunter leader needed them to build a passage into the fortress. Obviously, this matter went smoothly.

There is also a private army from the mine that has sneaked into the vicinity of the main gate of the fortress. They want to take advantage of the chaos at the top of the city to use a giant log to break open the city gate.

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Inside the castle, in the dormitory of the 10th Reconnaissance Team, Rambo excitedly walked in from the door wearing a set of light armor.

He spent a day blowing the cold wind on the city wall, and unfortunately missed the battle in Warehouse No. 2.

"Roy, I heard that you encountered a group of plateau headhunters in the warehouse tonight?" Lambo asked.

He is now a guard on the city wall, standing from noon to midnight every day.

Captain Jones got him a set of light armor. This standard metal armor was very magical when worn on the body.

He walked to the head of the bed and couldn't help but show off a bit, spinning around in front of Roy.

"Um."

Roy was lying on the bed resting, but was not asleep yet. When he heard Lambeau talking, he agreed casually.

"Oops! It's a pity that I wasn't there at the time and didn't catch up with this battle, otherwise I could have killed two headhunters." Lambo said with some pity.

He took off his light armor and hung it on the wall.

While sitting on the bed, Rambo had to take off his sheepskin armor...

Roy sat up from the bed, put his head over his head and said to Rambo:

"Rambo, just sleep in your armor tonight!"

Lambo raised his head and glanced at Roy lying on the upper bunk, and found that he was still wearing a thick leather armor with magic patterns. He immediately understood that Roy was worried that something would happen at night.

Rambo walked to the wall, quickly put the light armor back on his body, and said to Roy with a smile: "We sometimes sleep in leather armor for several nights in a row at the gathering place. Although it is a bit uncomfortable, there are circumstances. When it happens, take up arms and fight.”

Seeing that Lambo understood what he meant, Roy stopped talking and lay on the bed again.

The reinforcements from the valley camp have never arrived at the mine, and everyone is a little on tenterhooks every day, especially since the owner of the Grantham mine who was supposed to be escorted to Padstow City actually appeared in the plateau headhunting team. , which made Roy more cautious.

"Lambaud, did you find anything on the city wall?" Roy asked in a low voice.

"No, everything is normal on the city wall." Rambo said.

Roy lay on the bed, closing his eyes but not feeling sleepy.

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The elven warriors on the city wall were extremely cautious. Every two-quarters of an hour, they would throw a burning linoleum roll under the city wall.

Although I always heard the sound of rolling gravel, I never noticed the plateau headhunters outside the city.

Every night, the captains of the reconnaissance team on duty would patrol the city walls.

Tonight, the 14th Reconnaissance Team is responsible for guarding the city wall.

So Captain Linglan of Team 14 was very late and had to climb the city wall to check the situation.

He led four elf warriors to the top of the city. He happened to see the elf warriors observing the situation under the city wall, and strode over.

A flame burned on the rocks below the city wall, and the light gradually became fainter.

Captain Linglan asked his elf warriors in a low voice: "Did you discover anything tonight?"

The elf warrior replied: "Captain, we haven't found anything yet. It's just that the wind is a bit strong tonight and there are a lot of rocks rolling down the rock wall. Every time we hear a sound, we will drop a fire tarpaulin to observe!"

Captain Linglan nodded. Just as he was about to say a few words of encouragement, the sound of a string of rocks rolling down came again.

Although the sound of falling rocks was hidden in the sound of the wind, it still made Captain Linglan alert.

He held the wall with both hands and looked under the dark rock wall. Then he grabbed an elf warrior who was about to light the fire oil linen roll and took out a magic scroll from his arms.

This is the most common 'Fireball' magic scroll, which can be found in any ordinary magic grocery store.

In fact, many magic spells evolved from ancient Elvish language.

Many elves have magical talents, and learning magic is not difficult.

Captain Linglan is an elf with both magic and martial arts skills. He is not only an elf guard, but also a magic apprentice.

Although he is not very proficient in fire magic, he still has no problem using a basic fire magic scroll.

He stood at the top of the city and recited a short series of magic spells.

Then he unfolded the magic scroll in his hand. After the spell key was activated, the magic scroll burst into flames.

A magic pattern array appeared in front of Captain Linglan, and then countless fire elements gathered into a fireball the size of a coconut, with waves of fire constantly gathering on the fireball.

Captain Linglan points to the city...

The fireball rotated and slowly flew down the city wall.

The fireball flew very slowly, and the hot flames continued to spread, lighting up a large area in front of the fortress.

The plateau headhunters and mining private soldiers climbing up the rock wall were instantly exposed to the bright flames.

The elf warriors on the city wall saw that there were many plateau headhunters hiding under the mountain wall, and hurriedly blew the whistles hanging around their necks.

'Shhh...'

The sharp whistle pierced the night sky and woke up all the elf warriors in the castle.

The private soldiers of the mine hanging outside the rock wall first saw an exploding fireball appear behind them. Under the dazzling firelight, their figures were clearly visible.

Then a series of warning whistles were heard coming from the top of the city.

The private soldiers in the mines who had been frightened by the Silver Moon Elf warriors all wanted to escape from the steps hanging on the stone wall outside the fortress, but behind the steps were hiding a large number of plateau headhunters, holding war spears and sharp blades. , targeting the private soldiers in the mines who were preparing to retreat.

The headhunter standing at the front said in a vicious voice:

"No retreat is allowed. Whoever dares to escape will be the first to die..."

The private soldiers of the mine stood on the newly built steps on the rock wall. When they saw the cold eyes like poisonous snakes, they screamed in fright. I don't know who shouted:

"Let's fight with the group of elf warriors above..."

The private soldiers in the mine screamed and inserted the few remaining iron drills into the holes in the rock wall. Forced by the plateau headhunters, they rushed up the city wall one after another.

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Captain Linglan never thought that a group of private soldiers from the mine would secretly hide on the rock wall less than three meters below their feet.

A fireball actually illuminated so many enemies lurking in the darkness.

These private soldiers in the mine were about to climb up from under the rock wall. God knows how they managed to reach such a high place silently.

Captain Linglan immediately drew out the sword from his waist and stabbed a private soldier in the mine.

When these private soldiers in the mines escaped from the hands of the logistics group, they knew there was no way back.

Once they fall into the hands of the Silver Moon Elves again, they will definitely be sentenced to severe punishment.

And they were blocked on the steps paved with iron drills, unable to advance or retreat...

Seeing that they were about to climb to the top of the city wall, the private soldiers in the mine were also furious. The private soldiers in the front desperately inserted the last few iron drills into the rock wall and climbed up the city wall desperately.

The headhunters on the plateau are all a group of desperadoes. On the last few meters of the rock wall, they did not step on the iron steps at all. They used their hands and feet to grasp the protruding rocks and climbed up the city wall like lizards.

The Silver Moon Elf warriors on the city wall calmed down from their initial panic. They hid behind the wall stacks. When they saw the private soldiers of the mine and the elf headhunters emerging from under the city wall, they stabbed them with their swords.

The private soldiers in the mines only wore linen robes and held iron drills in their hands. As soon as they showed their heads, they would be stabbed off the city wall by the elven warriors.

But those plateau headhunters were able to leap onto the wall. They held war spears in both hands and nimbly parried the long swords of the elf warriors. The two sides fought at the head of the city, and the plateau headhunters took the opportunity to occupy a position on the city wall.

A steady stream of headhunters from the plateau climbed up from under the city wall.

The pressure on the elf warriors on the city wall suddenly increased...

Captain Linglan led the Elf warriors of the 14th reconnaissance team to kill the plateau headhunters who climbed up from under the city wall. The Elf warriors stood in a neat row and moved in unison, cutting down some of the plateau headhunters who rushed to the front.

The headhunters from the plateau who followed rushed up one after another and mixed with the elf warriors on the city wall.

The defensive formation of the elf warriors was overwhelmed and could no longer stop the plateau headhunters from climbing up the city. Several elf warriors were thrown to the ground by the plateau headhunters.

At this time, dozens of elf warriors poured into the city wall stairs. These fully armed elf warriors rushed into the battlefield and forced the plateau headhunters into a corner of the city wall.

The elf warriors on the arrow tower shot sharp arrows, and even if those ferocious plateau headhunters were hit by several arrows, they would pounce on the elf warriors with their teeth and claws.

These plateau headhunters succeeded in occupying a corner of the city wall with their ruthlessness...

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