Path of light

Chapter 408 409. Difficult battle

Roy's fears were realized the next afternoon.

The Dark Moon Elf warriors sent out to investigate the situation outside a few days ago came back and reported to Roy that the two black iron mines in the south and middle had been breached by headhunters.

The plateau headhunters besieged the two black iron mines. The battle lasted for three days and two nights. Just yesterday evening, the two castles were captured by the headhunters almost at the same time.

All the mixed-blood elf warriors defending the city were killed.

The headhunters chopped off their heads, put them in wooden cages and hung them on the city wall.

After the headhunters occupied the two mines, the absconding mine owners returned to the black iron mines and took over the management of the mines.

Of course, the headhunters cannot give away the black iron mines in vain.

The headhunters help the mine owners take back the black iron mines, and the mine owners must build weapons and armor for these headhunters.

Of course, the current labor force in the castle is actually the gray dwarves, who are not only good at metallurgy, but also know how to forge.

The plateau headhunters did not continue going south...

For a week, headhunters from the north have been gathering in the castle in the snowy mountains. Almost every day, hundreds of headhunters pass through the mountain road at the bottom of the hillside of the North Black Iron Mine.

The mixed-blood elven archers on the arrow tower count these plateau headhunters from the north every day.

Roy was certain that there were at least 5,000 headhunters gathered in the two black iron mines.

Unexpectedly, there would be so many headhunters going south, and there were at least a thousand plateau headhunters surrounding the castle of the North Black Iron Mine...

Perhaps it was because the headhunters failed to attack the city last time that they were a little timid in their next action against the North Black Iron Mine.

In recent times, the headhunters have only besieged the castle of the Northern Black Iron Mine.

In fact, in the eyes of the plateau headhunters, Roy, the northern black iron mine castle, is like a nail stuck in their eyes. If they don't pull it out, the plateau headhunters will have no way to continue going south.

So when the headhunters captured the two black iron mines in the south and middle, the pressure instantly shifted to Roy's castle in the north black iron mine.

The number of plateau headhunters stationed on the hillside opposite the castle is also multiplying.

Almost overnight, more than 2,000 plateau headhunters gathered on the opposite hillside, forming a large, dark mass.

The second siege of the North Black Iron Mine broke out on the third day after the fall of the South and Central Black Iron Mines.

A large number of headhunters crossed the terraces and launched a siege on the castle from three directions.

Although the city wall has been meticulously repaired, it still cannot stop the agile headhunters. They hold war blades in their mouths and can rush to the top of the city using their hands and feet...

Then the headhunters discovered another thing, that is, the assassins rarely appeared during the day.

On the contrary, at night, headhunters become cautious and even go out in groups.

If they are not careful, their throats will be slit by assassins hiding in the dark.

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The fighting on the castle side of the North Black Iron Mine is getting more intense day by day, and the city wall is about to be broken.

Roy moved all the injured mixed elf warriors to the mine in the backyard.

The shouts of killing overhead could no longer affect the mixed elf warriors.

Except for the elite warriors on duty on the city wall, everyone else in the castle basically eats, sleeps, and recovers their physical strength...

From time to time some white ash fell from the roof in the restaurant, and Roy stood in line.

A piece of dirt fell in front of him. Roy raised his head and looked at the cracked vaulted ceiling, wondering how long the castle could hold on.

Days of fighting have left this castle scarred...

Roy took a cup of fruit tea from the cook's hand and walked to a dining table with scones in his hand.

Moira, Claire and Miss Tiffany are sitting around the dining table. The three of them look a little listless. It can be seen that the three of them have no appetite, and their eye sockets are all blue. They are already very tired, but they still have things to do. Do.

Roy carried the dinner plate, walked to the middle of the three of them, sat down on the bench, took a sip of fruit tea, and then said:

"The situation here has been getting worse and worse recently, but as long as you wait until night, the assassin team will be able to find a breakthrough. I want to send you out first. Just go south and find the Sudarso Mountains. You can follow the Return to the southern part of the Pagisto Plateau along the edge of the mountains, I hope you can leave here as soon as possible."

"What about you? Will you come with us?" Miss Tiffany stared at Roy.

"How is that possible? There's a lot of mess here that I need to clean up." Roy whispered.

"So! What are you going to do when we leave? Just wait for the North Black Iron Mine to be attacked by plateau headhunters?" Miss Tiffany asked again.

"Maybe he will bring a group of elf warriors to continue dealing with these plateau headhunters." Roy tore a piece of wheat cake into his mouth and said as he ate it.

"We still hope to stay, because we can still help you." Claire put her arm around Roy's shoulders and said to him.

"But Sabrina and Woods are both injured, and they need to rest for a while..." Roy hesitated.

"It's not that serious. As long as I don't meet the headhunter leader, I think I can still have a fight with them."

The voice came from behind Roy, Sabrina's voice.

With a tight bandage on her shoulder, Sabrina walked around the dining table with a dinner plate in hand, walked to sit across from Roy, and sat down.

The wound on her shoulder was caused by the battle with a headhunter leader yesterday. When the headhunter leader was about to die, he inserted a short flying spear into Sabrina's shoulder...

In recent days of fighting, Woods has been injured one after another, with large and small wounds accumulating on his body. Today he can only lie in bed to recuperate.

The wound on Sabrina's shoulder was treated by Roy himself. Sabrina's injury was not as light as she said. The short flying spear almost penetrated her shoulder. With such a serious injury, even if there was Roy's Holy Light Technique and Miss Tiffany's Hydrotherapy Technique will also take at least a week to recover.

Sabrina and Woods were both injured, and the defensive force on the wall of the North Black Iron Mine suddenly became much weaker.

"I'll check your wound again in the evening. Although hydrotherapy is very painful during treatment, it will never leave scars..." Miss Tiffany said to Sabrina while eating grilled fish.

Roy ate his lunch in a hurry, first went around the mine in the backyard to check on the health of the injured warriors, and then climbed up the city wall.

At present, plateau headhunters almost always choose to attack the city during the day, so that they will not be harassed by Dark Moon Elf assassins...

Roy climbed onto the city wall and saw several plateau headhunters who had just climbed over the wall, holding war blades in their hands, forcing back the mixed-blood elf warriors stationed on the city wall.

Skillfully opening the Book of Judgment, the sacred prayer was sung very smoothly, the divine patterns bloomed with brilliance, and a small hammer of holy light flew out, hitting the headhunter at the front so that he fell on his back...

Roy was very skilled in this move, but unfortunately the power of the Holy Light was drained from his body and he felt a little uncomfortable.

He quickly gave up the plan of throwing out another Holy Light Hammer, and took out the sacred scepter stained with a layer of black and purple blood. Roy rushed forward and blocked a half-blood elf warrior who was about to lose his support. A 'cleave'.

The sacred scepter in his hand bloomed with faint holy light. Seeing another group of headhunters scaling the city wall, Roy quickly moved closer...

Several mixed-blood elf warriors were forced back by this group of headhunters.

Roy gritted his teeth and chased after him to help the mixed elf warrior to rescue him.

A group of fresh troops came over from the castle. They were full of energy and held spears in their hands. As soon as they appeared, they forced the plateau headhunters to the wall.

Miss Tiffany, holding a wand, also came out of the stairs at this time.

Seeing the melee on the top of the city, Miss Tiffany pulled out a magic scroll without hesitation. As the magic scroll unfolded, a patch of white frost appeared under Miss Tiffany's feet. As the frost continued to spread outward, Part of the city wall was rendered white.

Miss Tiffany's eyes also overflowed with magical light.

These hoarfrosts continuously condense into leaf-by-leaf ice crystals, and these leaf-shaped ice crystals are as sharp as knives.

The mixed elf warriors wore armored leather boots, so these ice blades could not hurt them. However, the plateau headhunters were not so lucky. They climbed to the top of the city barefoot. Although the soles of their feet were covered with calluses, they stepped on them. There is still blood flowing on these ice blades.

The plateau headhunters immediately started shouting and calling for manpower.

Before the headhunters' companions could climb up, the mixed-blood elf warriors holding spears had already pushed these headhunters down from the city.

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It can be seen that these mixed elf warriors guarding the city wall are growing rapidly in the battle.

Many mixed-blood elf warriors were injured. After a little treatment, as long as the injuries were not particularly serious, they continued to stick to the city wall.

Although the castle side can still be defended for a while, it is unable to rush out at all.

There are too many headhunters outside the castle, and the leader of the headhunters planned to attack the city...

There were not many military supplies stored in the Black Iron Mine. After being guarded at the North Black Iron Mine for nearly a week, the supplies in the warehouse were also rapidly consumed.

Roy knew that if he couldn't find a solution, the food here would soon be exhausted.

Due to the lack of supplies, the castle was destined not to be defended for long.

Every day, the mixed-blood elf warriors on the city wall look forward to getting dark early. After it gets completely dark, the assassin team can freely enter and exit the castle.

The plateau headhunters will obediently retreat to the opposite hillside...

Nowadays, these headhunters are wiser and they rarely attack cities at night.

But even so, every night among the plateau headhunters, some soldiers would have their necks cut open for no apparent reason, and then die quietly.

Captain Timothy and Deputy Captain Tennyson led a group of assassins and took advantage of the darkness to attack the headhunters.

Assassin warriors and headhunters frequently fought around the Edas Snow Mountain.

The fierce counterattacks of the Dark Moon Elf warriors at night always leave the plateau headhunters unable to cope.

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Since the castle in the North Black Iron Mine has not yet been captured, the plateau headhunters dare not continue going south.

The siege of the castle at the North Black Iron Mine lasted nine days.

There are more and more plateau headhunters staying on the Edas Snow Mountain side. Roy also discovered that the important parts of the plateau headhunters who recently climbed to the top of the city had some armor metal plates tied to their important parts...

These metal plates are basically made of black iron and are very strong.

Seeing that the team of headhunters on the plateau on the opposite side continues to grow, some simple armors and armor pieces were added to their bodies.

Every time the two sides attacked the city, they suffered casualties from each other.

But there are only three hundred mixed-blood elf warriors in the castle. The mixed-blood elf warriors are frequently injured. There are fewer and fewer elf warriors who can stand on the city wall to resist the headhunters on the plateau.

The outer wall of the castle was riddled with holes by the headhunters, and headhunters continued to board the city until the headhunters captured all four arrow towers of the castle...

The headhunter stood on the arrow tower holding a short flying spear, and the city wall immediately fell into the hands of the plateau headhunter.

Roy could only retreat to various rooms in the castle with the mixed-blood elf warriors and dark moon elf warriors who could still fight.

The headhunters were not familiar with the inside of the castle. Nearly a hundred headhunters rushed into the castle and were defeated one by one by the Dark Moon Elf assassins. Not one of them could walk out alive...

The headhunters did not dare to enter the castle easily and could only break through the rooms of the castle one by one.

Roy led the elf warriors to guard some corridors and doorways. The two sides fought fiercely in the North Black Iron Mine Castle for two days. The headhunters captured the castle gate and a large number of headhunters poured into the castle.

As a last resort, Roy could only lead the remaining elf warriors to retreat to the black iron mine in the backyard.

There was not much food left in the store, and the mines were filled with injured elf warriors.

Roy is thinking about how to stop the vicious headhunters outside...

Captain Timothy strode in from outside the mine with more than twenty Dark Moon Elf warriors. He came directly to Roy and said to Roy:

"Boss, we can't continue to waste time here. Once the headhunters occupy the mine entrance, we will be blocked here. Come with us to evacuate the North Black Iron Mine at night. Even if we are fighting in the mountains outside, we We are also capable of fighting against the headhunters. As long as we can retreat to the Sudarso Mountains, we can reorganize a battle group to fight against the headhunters."

"..."

Roy turned his head and looked at Woods, who was sleeping soundly on the blanket. After this guy was injured, he was forced to turn into a giant bear and fight for most of the night last night. Then he fell unconscious and drank some life tree sap to no avail.

Roy looked at Sabrina, Moira, Miss Tiffany, and Claire who were also sitting next to the stone wall.

His heart was a little shaken...

Roy pointed at Moira and Sabrina and said, "Timothy, help me take them out..."

Before Roy could finish speaking, a huge earthquake suddenly occurred outside the mine, and the entire black iron mine was shaking.

A mixed-blood elf warrior ran in quickly and said loudly to Roy: "Boss, go out and take a look. There are many griffins outside the mine, and there are mixed-blood elf warriors sitting on those griffins..."