Chapter 697: 697

Chapter 697 Grey-Hounded Priests

Underneath the stone platform, four bearmen carried giant shields at the front . They were trying to protect the grey-hooded priest behind them . They managed to slip by the human’s attention . Because of this, the grey-hooded priest was able to come to the top of the platform very safely .

“Raise your shields!”

As soon as they came to the top of the platform, all four bearmen started shouting at once . They then dug the base of their shields into the pile of rocks they were standing on . There were two shields at both the front and back . This way, there were a total of two protections for the grey-hooded priests . Not only that, the bearmen also used their own bodies as another layer of defence .

It was already too late when Wizard Calder took notice . He only saw the grey-hooded priest when the spell rune in his hands was activated .

“Activate the defensive circle!”

Again, it was already too late . By this point, about a hundred corpses of the pecker knights were added to the miracle wall . This gave the grey-hooded priest a perfect environment to use the “corpse explosion” spell . The commanding knight knew this . In fact, there was a bloating corpse that was just about twenty meters away from him . It even looked like there was a red light that was sparkling from its inside .

“Corpse explosion! Throw the bodies down the wall!”

Still, sounds of explosion could be heard on the miracle wall . Many knights were killed before they even had the time to react . Some did live, but they screamed in agony as the skin on their faces started getting burned off . The experienced ones were quick enough, of course . They managed to throw the corpses away before the explosion got to them .

After five corpse explosions were cast, the miracle wall began to raise its defensive barrier once more . It did manage to stop the following explosions, but the humans had already paid too much price for their slow reaction . Three head knight commanders were lost . They couldn’t allow any more sacrifices .

Raising the barrier was a forced choice . There were still many pecker orc corpses down at the bottom, and the grey-hooded priest wouldn’t hesitate to bash the barrier with his explosive spells . It was only a matter of time before the defense would be forcibly opened .

Wizard Calder’s eyes were cold . He couldn’t allow the explosion to keep damaging the miracle wall, but there was simply not any easy solution to fix this .

A cold decision came after .

“Switch the catapults with fire shots . I want that stone platform turned into a torch . ”

Instead of the regular stone rocks, the catapult team switched to a very precious giant stone type . These were made with a very special type of wood . The inside was filled with heavy fire oil, and when ignited, they would lit up an entire area into a sea of fire .

When tens of the fireballs were thrown towards the top of the platform, many taurens had no choice but to jump down to their death . It was much better to fall to one’s death than to be incinerated alive .

The wooden ballistas were immediately destroyed . Some of the catapults were still alright, though, and some of the taurens were doing everything they could to suffocate the flames with mud . In the end, apart from the two catapults that were hit directly, no further damage was inflicted on the orcs’ war machines .

The grey-hooded priest had a “claystone guard” up as protection . He also had eight more skeletons beside him, which were all covering his body with iron shields . Even if the flames did heat up the shields, the skeletons would have no problem as they couldn’t feel the heat .

About two of the four bearmen were dead . They got burned alive . The other two didn’t move a single step away from where they were supposed to be . With nothing but their sheer dedication to the empire, they ignored the sizzling sound on their shoulders and the scorching pain on their skin and flesh .

Even now, the grey-hooded priest was not interrupted, and he casting the “corpse explosion” spell . The spell runes in his hands continued to flash, and the corpses within his sight continued to be detonated . As the only one would do the job currently, his objective was very simply: break through the Miracle City’s defensive barrier, and kill off the knights that were guarding there .

The stone platform was completely engulfed in flames . The taurens that were on top did everything they could to extinguish the flames with mud . They weren’t even bothered with themselves . They just wanted to make sure that the orcs could continue to attack the humans .

At the wishes of the orcs, a sound of shattered glass started to appear . The defensive barrier finally vanished in midair . There were still more corpses available . There was even a huge supply of death qi, so the orc priest had no worries about losing any energy supply .

The two sharpshooters hid themselves behind the four ice element knight’s head commanders . These head commanders tried to maintain the ice walls that they’ve created with their shields . Because of how strong the incoming hits were, blood started pouring out of their cheeks .

It kind of showed how wide this grey-hooded priest’s attack could spread . About a thousand knights had already fallen . That was about half of them that went down . Area attacks were just too efficient against knights . The orcs were very pleased to see this . About eight human head knight’s commanders were dead, but none of their matching warriors had even gone down .

Still, it seemed that the grey-hooded priest couldn’t hold any longer . The remaining two bearmen collapsed, and the iron shields his eight skeletons were holding were also starting to glow red . With no air to breathe, he dropped his bone staff with a painful smile on his face .

Wizard Clader asked with a concerned look, “How long before we charge the defensive circle back?”

A red-cloaked wizard replied, “Nine minutes, sir . I repeat, nine minutes . ”

“Nine minutes? They’ll be on the miracle wall after nine minutes! Call the second knight squad . I want the backup equipment teleported to the frontline . Get them from the warehouse we have . ”

With a flash of white light, a thousand more knights were teleported to the miracle wall in advance . They cleared off the war machines that were destroyed, and after that, they replaced them with new ones that were ready to be used .

Things were really dangerous now . The miracle wall had lost its defensive barrier . The orcs could attack in however ways they wanted . Meanwhile, General Gerald was speaking to Groat the worgen .

“I’ll leave the rest to you now . Remember, the worgens are the blades of the empire . I hope you can break through this line of defence . ”

Groat said with a vicious smile, “Yes, General . For the first time over the last few millennium, the worgens will be the first one to tread on the miracle wall!”

“Very well, very well . I will trust you, then . ”

Groat knew something very clearly . The humans had yet to use their strongest fighting force, so sending the worgens now would definitely not be beneficial to their own cause . Still, an order was an order . There was no way that he was sending the elitists to the front, but he did manage to get a lot of new recruits just recently .

Carol was actually satisfied to see this . After seeing many of his fellow taurens dead on the battleground, he thought that it was finally time for the worgens to get their turn .

It was a different story for Emory the werecat . He didn’t really trust Groat’s pretty words, because the look that he saw on Groat’s face suggested otherwise .

Clarence the vulpera was the only one that was saddened by the atmosphere of the tent . Even at a time like this, there was just so little that the difference races could do to settle their differences .

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