Capítulo 2485: Chapter 1373: Despair and Helplessness
Under the pale moonlight, the dense dark magic cannon fire shot up from below the city, tearing through the night sky. In the blink of an eye, it was already within striking distance of our city wall.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The deafening explosion of the dark energy shockwave stirred up a howling gale, and instantly resonated on the Absolute Defense Barrier of Ice Stone City, causing the entire city to tremble.
As each dark shockwave exploded, countless sticky black liquids spread madly, and the mont they touched the barrier wall, they sizzled and emitted thick black smoke, clearly having a highly corrosive effect.
Despite the barrier’s protection, the enemy’s cannon fire furiously raged on, and a pungent stench of rot and decay began to perate the city wall, making many soldiers appear as if they were about to vomit, their faces growing increasingly pale.
“Lord, the enemy’s magic cannon fire not only has a strong corrosive effect but also spreads toxic miasma. Although the Absolute Defense Barrier of Ice Stone City can completely block these, the pungent sll cannot be fully purified.”
A look of gravity and apology erged on Frost’s fair face as she shook her head at Leo Ray and said, “I’m sorry, Lord, even though the light attribute ‘wooden board’ boosted the power of Ice Stone City’s Energy Convergence Array significantly, many damaged formations and subordinate barriers have still not been successfully repaired. I have lost too much mory, otherwise the stench on the city wall and the city’s trembling under attack might not be so severe.”
“Frost, no need to apologize, it’s not your fault.”
Leo Ray waved his hand gently at the forr God’s Attendant, his voice warm as he said, “Being by my side after the Era of Blankness is already a trendous fortune for .”
Then, Leo Ray’s gaze moved, focusing once again on the barrier wall above.
Under the enemy’s fierce cannon fire, the magical sheen emitted by the barrier wall had noticeably dimd, and this was only the first wave of the enemy’s attack.
It’s certain that without further repair to the Energy Convergence Array, the barrier wall might not exist now.
Moreover, the entire city is shrouded in the enemy’s thick black smoke, greatly affecting our sight, while our attacks earlier had little effect on the enemy’s camp.
This undoubtedly ant that in just the first exchange of offense and defense, we were in an absolute disadvantage in the overall situation, facing only a few of the enemy’s vanguard legions.
In his heart, as Leo Ray thought about this, his gaze wandered again, focusing on the surrounding generals and soldiers around him.
He saw Qiana directing the Moon Chaser Clan Half-Elves and Human Clansn longbown to launch holy arrows in a volley, while the mages were exhausting themselves to replace Demon Energy Luminous Crystals and recharge the magic cannons on the city wall.
The magic cannons on the city wall were all at the third tier, consuming ten tis the mana of a Tier 2 magic cannon when fired.
In other words, the magic power contained in one Demon Energy Luminous Crystal could only fire a Tier 3 magic cannon once, undoubtedly severely limiting our firepower as Ice Stone City had only over ten thousand Demon Energy Luminous Crystals in reserve, which seed quite insufficient on such a large battlefield.
For mages to actively recharge, it would require at least one squad of Tier 3 elite mages or a middle team of Tier 2 mages, which was also a huge challenge for us.
“Luckily, I still have two elite Tier 3 magic legions under my command, greatly alleviating the shortage of Demon Energy Luminous Crystals, yet recharging the magic cannons is also extrely mana-consuming for them, hoping the magic dicine lets them hold on a bit longer.”
Leo Ray’s forehead was already covered in sweat as he gazed through the thick smoke towards the city below.
Though trying hard to be optimistic in his heart, the current battlefield situation made it clear that as the enemy’s successive legions arrived, pouring increasingly fierce dark magic cannon fire towards us, our disadvantage was further widening.
After all, we had only two Tier 3 magic legions, while the enemy’s equivalent magic combat power was at least ten tis ours, so seeing such a disparity was not difficult.
He could clearly sense that as the enemy’s offensive grew more intense, both the earth-shaking magic cannon fire beca increasingly deafening and our soldiers’ morale was swiftly declining.
“Your Majesty, the current situation is extrely unfavorable to us, and I’m afraid we won’t be able to hold on for much longer.”
Elder Bing’s wrinkled face was full of solemnity as he whispered to Leo Ray, “If this continues, let alone stopping the enemy, I’m afraid Ice Stone City will soon be breached by them.”
As soone closely tied to Ice Stone City, Elder Bing was most acutely aware of its condition.
Elder Bing could even clearly feel that even with all of Ice Stone City’s Energy Convergence Arrays operating at peak power, the reserve energy was still rapidly depleting.
“I know, but as I said earlier, we have no way back.”
Leo Ray wiped the sweat from his forehead, his gaze steady and resolute.
The communications subordinates deployed at the various allied forces had successively brought back good news. After Broy, Crisis, and Fanny returned to their posts, the previously panicked encircling forces were rapidly stabilizing, and the Minotaurs and Trolls attempting to break out were being cornered, losing almost all room for escape.
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