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Chapter 694 Sharpshooters

“Re-open the barrier!”

Given that the number of pecker orcs had decreased, Wizard Calder decided to re-open the miracle wall’s defense . The orcs would definitely go with the “corpse explosion . ” They were planning to detonate the piles of the dead pecker orcs’ bodies to do that, which were exactly why the two sharpshooters went up .

Soon, twenty black-hooded orc priests came closer with their mounts . They didn’t even wait for all of the pecker orcs to die . They were planning to use the corpse explosion even when some were still trying to make it to the miracle wall .

On the other hand, the two sharpshooters were standing next to two giant war machines . Each of them was accompanied by two ice element knight commanders, who were supposed to keep a close watch in case the enemies attacked .

The sharpshooter Hector called towards the sharpshooter Manuel, “Hey! You up for another competition today? Let’s see who gets more heads . ”

“Ha!” Manuel laughed out loudly, “You old idiot, Hector! When’s the last time you’ve ever beat me? Fine, I’ll bet a bottle of good wine on this one!”

When the covers were taken off, two giant war ballistas were revealed on top of the Miracle City wall . They were many times bigger than normal ballistas .

Hector continued to laugh, “Good to see you again there!”

It was not a sunny day today . The clouds were up all day and night, and that was how long this battle had taken so far . The only bright thing was the lightning circles that were placed on the miracle walls . While the orcs found it hard to look at it directly, it gave them a very good sense of direction .

And no, the two sharpshooters weren’t going to be reloading the arrows . They were too old for that . Instead, each of them had two very strong knights to do the loading .

Hector was ready . He was standing behind his own giant ballista . The arrows were loaded . The gears were turned so that the string was right in front of him . His eyes were just as sharp as him during his younger days, if not sharper . With his hands full of warts, he grabbed onto the handle and placed his foot on the activation petal .

And there . A quick, deafening streak went piercing towards the enemy . It wasn’t from Hector, though . It was from Manuel . He decided to take the first shot . Hector wasn’t too distracted by that . His aim was still steady, and so were his hands .

Two shots flew, one after the other . They weren’t all that visible whilst midair . The lighting circle was directly in the orcs’ face, making it hard for them to defend against the incoming wave .

One black-hooded priest was just about to get closer to the miracle city with his mount . If he was about two hundred meters close, so he thought, it’d be possible for him to take full advantage of his “corpse explosion” spell . One of the arrows went through his heart, however . He only realized as he felt his hair standing on his skin .

Before he fell, he saw another of his comrades being hit by the same arrow . His life ended then . Hector was not very affected when he saw this . He was like a machine, neither gladdened nor sad to see two soldiers being stopped by his shooting .

Soon, two strong knights loaded the arrows for Hector again . There were about ten or more black-hooded priests that were getting closer to the miracle wall . There were about four that were killed by the sharpshooters . However, there was only one that was killed by other knights that were using the city ballista . These orc priests were really something . Not only were they experienced, but the speed of their mounts also made it extremely hard to snipe them from afar .

Still, even after knowing about the sharpshooters’ existence, the remaining black-hooded priests marched on . The command they received told them to do so . In a war of this magnitude, even the highest-ranked soldiers must put their lives on the line . They could return if they wanted to, but that would be a betrayal of the army, and the punishment would be execution .

There was even a more devastating fact than that . All the orcs heard about it before they participated in this war . If they failed to seize Miracle City this time, most of them and their families would starve due to a lack of food . There was literally no turning back for them . They were the most combative race on the Holy Continent, but the humans had all of the lushest pieces of land . If Miracle CIty was taken, they would finally be able to take control of this desperate situation .

Which was why the black-hooded priests didn’t stop using “corpse explosion” spells . The more that it was triggered, the more the giant miracle wall began to shake . The sharpshooters were all that affected by this, though . The ground below them started to tremble, but they continued to fire at the black-hooded priests that were making this happen . One by one, they went for the heads of the black-hooded priests that were in their sight . Two minutes passed in total . After that, the miracle wall went from being deafeningly loud to dead silent . All of the black-hooded priests were taken down . The sharpshooters managed to do it when the barrier was still barely on .

Unfortunately, though, the quietness lasted shorter than they wanted it to be . Countless carts started to appear on the orc battlefield . They all looked very simple in their design . Some of them looked like they could barely be pulled .

The purpose was very simple: once these carts were about 250 meters away from the miracle wall, they would drop the rocks they were carrying and return to the back . Meanwhile, about 400 meters away from the miracle wall, tens of black-hooded priests would prepare themselves to cast even more “corpse explosions . ”

Of course, Wizard Calder knew exactly what it was that the orcs were trying to do . He couldn’t do much about it, however . The orcs were simply too far away . The ones pulling the carts were just regular orcs . It wasn’t worth it to shoot them with the ballistas . Worse yet, if they decided to waste the arrows on these orcs, there might be a chance that the enemy would be able to use them back .

And no, it wasn’t like the intermediate wizards could go attack them . There were just too many black-hooded priests to risk making them go on the front . Even one intermediate wizard was enough to sacrifice thousands of the regular orcs in the orcs’ mind . It was this same reason that they would use a strategy like this one .

While the orcs were about 250 meters away from the miracle wall, they began to pile up a tower with the rocks that they brought . They were trying to build a siege tower, which was supposed to be about the same height as the miracle wall itself . There had to be an endless supply of back-ups that would come and carry the needed materials for it to work . The orcs didn’t lack that, and as a result, they managed to build a whole building right in front of the humans’ eyes .

It wasn’t like the humans couldn’t do anything about it . They did have an advantage in their military technology . Once the war machines were turned on, they were pretty confident that they could destroy whatever buildings that the orcs could build within seconds .

Wizard Calder commanded, “Don’t let them do this too easily! Use catapults! I want five rounds thrown towards them, or else they will continue to damage our morale!”

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