Chapter 212.1 |
The timeline goes back.
While Zeavert’s forces were holding off the Bicorns, Mubrial, one of the four heavenly kings, seemed to be slightly displeased with the surrounding chaos, but he did not stop and launched an attack on the royal capital.
Mubrial’s original goal was to steal and bring back the magic crystal of the royal capital. To be fair, he believed that he alone was more than enough to accomplish the goal. But the reason why he decided to bring his subordinates with him was not out of consideration for the resistance of the humans, but out of consideration for the time and effort it would take to search for the crystal, and also to strengthen the demons that accompanied him.
Recognizing that there was too much of a gap in their abilities, Mubrial showed little interest in the human tricks being played around him, preferring instead to slam his giant eagle’s talon into the walls of the royal capital.
Ignoring the screaming and scrambling of the soldiers on the ramparts, Mubrial brought his foot down.
Most of the buildings would have collapsed with this blow, but the ramparts didn’t break.
Mubrial’s eyes flashed with doubt so he stood up on his hind legs and then slammed both his front talons down again on the ramparts. The soldiers who were late to escape screamed and fell from the ramparts.
However, even with his powerful strike, the ramparts did not break. Not even the uneven hedges of the ramparts were chipped off.
One of the Kingdom’s knights, who had been slumped down in front of a huge foot that could crush several people at the same time, snapped out of it and ran away. Mubrial, not even looking at the escaping knight, tilted his eagle head in wonder why he was unable to break the city walls.
With his strong defenses and the size of a huge building, Mubrial should not have been affected by a crossbow or even an ordinary ballista. However, arrows shot from the ballista pierced not only Mubrial but also Cyclopes, and the arrow heads dug into Mubrial’s body.
Mubrial screamed in displeasure and struck his talons over the ramparts once more, continuously knocking down the soldiers there. However, soldiers were not intimidated.
Soon, arrows flying from the other side pierced various parts of Mubrial’s body. The soldiers, realizing that the walls themselves were unbreakable, were now on the offensive, determined not to let demons get over the walls.
Surprisingly, the Mubrial and Cyclopes suddenly started screaming in discomfort and pain. This was because the arrows that pierced their bodies were not ordinary arrows.
The arrows that the kingdom’s army were launching this time were made of metal, knowing that the arrowheads would be larger and heavier. Some of them were even designed in a manner to heat up using magic stones to increase their damage level. To put it extremely, it was as if an iron bar had been turned into an arrow and driven into the opponent’s body.
Because of the arrows’ weight and imbalance, even if they were launched with Ballistas, their accuracy was low and the range shortened. Therefore, they were being fired using ballistas from very close range.
The effect of this tactic was not so bad on a giant like Mubrial, but on Cyclopes, it worked extremely well.
In human size, it would be like a five-sided nail stuck in your body that keeps overheating and burning you from the inside out. Not only have Cyclopes suffered loss of vision, but they have also begun to burn from the inside out.
Mubrial, too, was furious and tried to strike the city wall in his fury, but was stopped in midair just before he hit the wall.
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The King and the surrounding ministers besides him breathed a sigh of relief after receiving a report from the watchtower, where there was someone monitoring the condition of the city walls.
“Mage Captain, you have done well. It appears that the barriers are functioning properly.” (King)
“I’m glad to hear that, your highness. If it weren’t for Miss Hearthing hearing about the issue in the city barrier, we would have been in danger.” (Mage Captain)
“So I heard. You did a good job, Miss Hearthing.” (King)
“I am not worthy of such praise, your highness.” (Lily)
Lily, who had been kneeling, bowed her head deeply, as if nervous, as she was praised by the King.
