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Chapter 34
Chapter 34: Night Raid
As dusk approached, Lisa, exhausted from the day, washed the stench of blood from her body, put her mage’s robe back on, and arrived at the main military tent.
A soldier brought over a plate of meat and a stack of bread. Lisa took out an exquisite little knife and began cutting off large pieces of meat to eat.
“Miss Lisa, you are not going to rest?” The mages were all somewhat surprised when they saw Lisa.
After all, aside from eating and playing with magic, the thing Lisa cared about most was her daily rest. Every day, she went to sleep before the sky turned dark and woke before dawn. Her schedule was even more regular than some old men’s.
Éǹum̆а̊
“The city lord has given an order. Tonight, all soldiers are to sleep without removing their armor. Patrols will be reinforced to guard against a night raid from the demon race’s army.” After saying that, Lisa pointed at them with the tip of her knife.
“The same goes for us. Tonight, all mages are forbidden from leaving the barracks and must stand by for deployment at any time.”
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Hearing this, the mages’ expressions all turned bitter. Mages in night battles were practically living targets. The moment a staff lit up, it was like carrying its own infrared targeting mark, and archers would instantly focus fire and take them down.
Lisa understood what they were thinking. As a mage herself, how could she not know her own weaknesses?
But while they were in a military camp, military orders came first.
“Wrap a few more layers of black cloth around your staffs. If a night battle truly breaks out, everyone should watch out for one another.”
Ёn u m а.i ď
Lisa sighed helplessly and waved them away to make their preparations.
Her father was a veteran general of many years, and his battlefield instincts had always been accurate. Presumably, there would not be any mistake this time either...
A burst of hurried footsteps suddenly came. A messenger rushed in and said, “Report, Miss! The city lord orders you to head to the city wall immediately!”
Lisa hurriedly climbed onto the city wall with her staff on her back. As soon as she turned her head, she saw her father and the soldiers leaning out and looking down from the wall.
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She did not discover any sign that the demon race’s army had invaded. Lisa caught her breath, walked up to Camero, and said, “Father, why did you call me here?”
“Come. Take a look. What is that?” Camero beckoned to her and gave up his position.
W е́ b̄ n̊ov̀ еl Е nu̇ ṁ а̂
Lisa was puzzled. She stood on tiptoe, leaned against the battlement, and stretched out her neck. Yet with just one glance, she felt something was wrong. A layer of fluorescent liquid attached to the city gate and the area around it entered her sight.
Connecting it with the smell from the daytime, she quickly judged, “This is the fluorescent liquid produced after star mushrooms are ground down. It is not obvious during the day, but at night, it glows.”
“That is all?”
Camero felt that he understood the demon race’s thoughts even less now. What was this supposed to be? A mark saying, “I have marked this place”?
“Father, there is something you may not know. Demon race mages are skilled at using Black Mist Magic in battle, and this fluorescence cannot be concealed by black fog. Because of that, it is often used in battles between the demon race themselves.”
“Black fog...”
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A cold wind blew from the wilderness. The banners snapped in the air. Camero gazed at the northern night, feeling an icy chill run through his entire body.
Suddenly, he shuddered and shouted at the guards, “Quick! Sound the horns! Everyone enter the combat zone and prepare for battle!”
“Yes!”
The soldiers quickly returned to formation. Along with the mournful sound of the horns, lights came on throughout the entire city, and dense waves of footsteps rang out from every direction.
Lisa pondered for a while before suddenly realizing it as well. She hurriedly urged the messenger, “Order all mages to hurry to the city wall and prepare wind magic!”
Before she had even finished speaking, the north wind began to howl. Black fog that blotted out the sky swallowed the firelight on the city wall. In the blink of an eye, Lisa lost sight of everything around her.
W̊ ĕb nо̊ v е̃ l̂ Е n̄ u m̄ а_
“Do not panic! Hold your positions! Reinforce the city gate!”
In the pitch-black darkness where one could not see their own hand, Count Camero’s furious roar kept ringing in everyone’s ears.
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Lisa raised her staff high and murmured an obscure incantation. Specks of starlight radiated from the staff.
“Gale!”
As the spell was spoken, a warm south wind suddenly surged forth. The banners instantly changed direction, and the violent wind tore at the black fog. The view before everyone’s eyes gradually became clear.
However, the wind only pushed forward nearly a hundred meters before it reached its limit. The south wind and north wind collided with a thunderous rumble, and faint arcs of lightning flickered between them.
Ӗ n ú m а
With a whoosh, a sharp arrow tore through the air, aimed directly at Lisa while she was casting magic. Camero’s eyes were sharp and his hands were quick. He cut it down with one sword strike.
“Form ranks!”
Even though the enemy had still not revealed itself, everyone knew clearly that this war had already begun.
Squad after squad of guards raised their shields and formed a protective wall before Lisa. At this moment, they had only one mission: even if it cost them their lives, they had to ensure that Miss Lisa’s magic continued to be released.
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At this time, the mages were still on their way over. The reinforcement of the city gate had only just begun. Everyone was racing against time, carrying over bags of earth and piling them behind the city gate.
A soldier used all his strength to throw a bag of earth onto the pile. Before he could even catch his breath, he discovered a layer of dust trembling on the surface of the bag.
Ӗ n u m а ._і̄ ḋ
The earth was shaking.
BOOM! BOOM!
The demon race’s war drums sounded within the black fog. Every soldier on the city wall clearly knew what this meant. They drew their bowstrings taut, cold sweat streaming down as they stared at that unclear mass of black fog.
“Loose!”
The attackers finally revealed themselves. They were dozens of ogres clad in heavy armor. They had already completed their running acceleration and were charging at full speed straight toward the fluorescent patch, which was also the position of the city gate.
One hundred meters. The Northern Army had only one hundred meters of reaction time.
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Arrow rain fell, mixed with refined steel bolts. Instantly, one towering ogre was pierced clean through and died on the spot. Seven or eight other ogres also suffered concentrated attacks, turning into hedgehogs as they ran before falling to the ground.
But there was no time for a second volley. The closest ogre had already raised an elbow as large as an iron hammer and slammed it hard into the city gate.
BOOM!
The earth bags behind the city gate were sent flying. Then came the second impact, the third... The iron plates of the city gate groaned under the burden, appearing so fragile beneath the ogres’ frenzied blows.
Yet although the commotion was tremendous, the thickness and sturdiness of the city gate were guaranteed. For the moment, the ogres still could not break it open.
The soldiers on the city wall had long since switched to free fire. Even if the flesh of their fingers was rubbed raw, they still had to shoot arrow after arrow into the ogres’ bodies.
W é b n̂ оv̇ ӗ_l Еn u m̄ ӓ
Her robe fluttering around her, Lisa, who was focused on maintaining the magic, abruptly opened her eyes. She sensed an unusual magical aura. That aura was extremely faint, yet it made her hair stand on end.
“Father, what is the situation outside?”
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Camero, who was commanding the soldiers to focus their attacks, looked around. Seeing that the demon race’s army had made no next move, he said to Lisa, “Do not worry. We can still hold.”
Lisa frowned. “I mean, have you discovered any mages or magic arrays?”
“No. I only see that pack of damned ogres.”
Just as the two were speaking, a strange and complicated magic array suddenly lit up within the distant demon race’s army.
Еn̄u_m̊а̊.id_
Almost no one noticed that the four thousand goblin corpses the demon race had left behind during the day were rapidly melting and sinking into the soil.
An ancient and hoarse demon tongue chanted an incantation within the wind. “I offer the flesh and blood of a lowly race, and with absolute loyalty, I pray to my lord. May my lord grant the Water of Decay that rots all things.”
As the incantation fell, a stream of dark green water burst from the ground at the city gate. It splashed over the iron gate with a rushing sound, raising corrosive bubbles.
“Ah! Ah! Ah!”
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The soldiers blocking the city gate scattered in terror. They had witnessed that bizarre scene with their own eyes. Several people standing at the very front had even melted on the spot.
“Hold it! Hold it!” Camero was so furious his head ached. What exactly had happened? Why were the soldiers under him so useless?
Еn̄u m а.id
At the critical moment, the three thousand elite archers finally arrived near the city wall.
They faced the city gate, but spread out toward the surroundings, drawing their bows and nocking arrows in perfect unison.
Immediately afterward, five thousand veterans, likewise wearing full-body armor, came sprinting along the main road. Facing the city gate, they quickly built a shield wall and a forest of spears.
With a thunderous crash, the damaged city gate collapsed heavily. The ogres let out arrogant roars and charged straight into the city.
“Kill!”
Two torrents of steel collided violently. Shields shattered, armor flew, and the ogres were unstoppable. Yet the veterans did not retreat even half a step. Rank after rank of long spears thrust in succession, cycling forward like wave after wave.
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The elite archers released their arrows at the very moment the two sides were deadlocked. The arrows came down with a rustling roar like a violent storm. Flesh and blood burst apart at the front line, and the ogres howled one after another before being wiped out almost instantly.
“Demon race cavalry!”
On the city wall, Camero turned his head and shouted a reminder to them. He truly had not expected the forces under the Duke’s command to be so ferocious in battle.
The veterans responded almost immediately. They stepped over the ogres’ corpses and advanced quickly. Soon, they had rushed out of the city gate and continued building a shield wall and spear formation.
Before them was a dark mass of demon race cavalry, but the veterans showed no fear. Warhorses galloped and raised their hooves. Cold spearpoints interlaced. The instant the battle began, the formations on both sides shattered completely.
Warhorses neighed. Steel and flesh intertwined. Broken corpses piled up one after another. Every soldier fought with all his strength. Forward! Forward!
Wė b̆ no v̊еl̄ En üm̃ а̂
The demon race cavalry surged like a tide, while the Northern Army’s spear formation blocked them layer by layer and alternated with active counterattacks.
The sounds of slaughter shook the heavens. Only at this moment did people understand just how fragile the body of flesh and blood was. Thick blood and flesh splashed across sharp edges. Wails and battle cries tangled together until only pair after pair of hollow eyes remained.
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Once the meat grinder began turning, it would not stop. If the demon race’s army’s purpose was to wear down the Northern Army’s effective forces, then they had indeed achieved it.
But the Northern Army also used its strength to tell them that if they wanted to march south, they had to pay the price in blood.
The elite archers quickly climbed onto the city wall. Dense arrow rain continuously blocked the demon race cavalry that followed. The long-spear infantry’s line finally stabilized. They began to retreat and shrink their formation, blocking the city gate and constructing an even sturdier shield wall.
But with that withdrawal, what remained on the scene was a vast mountain of corpses and sea of blood, like minced flesh.
Ӗn̆ûm̌а̄
“Quick! Notify the craftsmen to repair the city gate!”
Only at this moment did Camero truly let out a breath of relief. He had raised his vigilance to such a degree, and the Northern Army’s reaction had been so swift, yet they had still fallen into the demon race’s army’s scheme.
Fortunately, the enemy troops were not many, and they had also wasted nearly four thousand servitors during the day. Otherwise, Starfall City truly would have fallen into danger.
Within the black fog, demon race general Colin quietly listened to his subordinate’s report.
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As expected, that Camero was no pushover. He had actually hidden an elite force...
Hearing the sound of horse hooves becoming increasingly sparse, Colin heaved a heavy sigh. This expedition could be considered to have perfectly accomplished the task His Majesty had assigned him.
Е̂ṅ ům ӓ .i ḋ
“Withdraw!”
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