Chapter 423
2021-01-06
Chapter 423 Thrilling and Dragonsteel MeritThe two flames surrounding the city wall really hinder the sea of corpses Attacking pace, but in the corpse tide that stopped outside the fire sea, a corpse mammoth suddenly rushed out of the army with a corpse Giant, rushing straight towards the gate.
After being transformed into undead puppets, these two big guys are no longer subject to the physical restrictions on their size such as extreme heart power, upper limit of breathing rate or insufficient stamina as they were alive, but their speed and endurance are on the contrary. Quite higher than before they died, they ran from the periphery to the fortress, stepped on the wooden stakes and trenches that had been almost flattened, and slammed into the gate of Shadow Tower against the active defense of the defenders' arrows.
Whether it is on the top of the Wall or on the wall, there are actually some equipment such as crossbows or trebuchets that are prepared to deal with such large-scale enemies, but it is the middle of the night, and the clouds are thicker than sunset. The density has thickened a bit. Despite the firelight and snow, the ghoul army outside the wall still looks completely black, and there is no difference between the individuals. When the two big guys are covered by the corpse tide He approached the fortress and suddenly rushed forward. It took less than ten seconds to cross the flaming isolation belt and rushed under the wall. Everything happened in a flash, and there was no large equipment to turn around and aim at them.
The thick-skinned corpse mammoth completely ignored the threat of ordinary Dragonglass arrows, while the corpse Giant was wearing a suit of armor that the Night King prepared for him, whether it was in his lifetime or after his death. He even held a long wooden stick in his hand, and the obsidian arrow hit it, and it all shattered into glass slag. In front of everyone's eyes, the huge elephant with various colors slammed into the Shadow Tower with a bang. on the door.
At the moment of impact, the gate sags inward, and thousands of hearts jump in unison with the loud muffled sound. Fortunately, the newly built Shadow Tower fortress is not a rubbish project. After the loud bang, the heavy door still stood firmly in the center of the doorway. Only the craftsmen who were planning to block it with rocks behind the door were all scared and fled.
If this were a living mammoth, this full impact would have caused a concussion for half a day even if the skull was not shattered and the blood splattered, but the problem was that it was dead.
Wildfire climbed up the mammoth's limbs along the mammoth's huge feet, and spread to its body along the fur, but giant beast didn't hesitate or panic, took a few steps back, and the corpse Giant was one to the left. Right, while launching a second blow to the gate.
It wasn't until then that the first bomb thrown by the frantic defenders at the top of the wall crossed the arc and landed under their feet.
There were two loud bangs again: one was the explosion of a bomb, and the second was the sound of two big guys hitting the door again. The shock wave from the bomb shook both the corpse elephant and the corpse Giant, but the flying Dragonglass fragments, which were enough to kill dozens of humanoid ghouls, were a little powerless in the face of these two big guys: most of the fragments were stuck in the Due to the huge elephant's thick fur and Giant's armor, only a small amount of them successfully penetrated the defense, and due to the lack of Fire Attribute magic power contained in the small head, it failed to cause a fatal impact.
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"Hey, Old Guy, stay away from the door, I don't want to pick up your shift so early!" Qhorin Halfhand, who was standing on the city wall not far away, said Make a call to remind Denys, who is standing opposite the door, to stay away from the dangerous zone.
But the Shadow Tower commander didn't move his footsteps, but quickly issued orders to call the reserve team within the wall around the door.
The third blow also came without stopping... The heavy wooden door and the thick latch are strong enough, but the hinges and iron bolts connecting the door panel and the wall are acting with tremendous force. The lower deformation loosens up. After half a minute of buffering, the two heavy crossbows whose shooting circles can cover the gate finally squeaked and turned, and two Dragonglass lances were launched in two peng peng shots, one shot into the snow, and one shot into the snow. The root slammed into the mammoth's belly firmly, and finally shot it to the ground when it hit the gate for the fourth time.
Watching the fallen mammoth slowly turn into a fire under the burning of Wildfire, there are sporadic cheers, but the mission of the corpse has been completed: it has become on after four impacts The gate of the verge of collapse finally collapsed inward in the last rage kick of the corpse Giant, opening the gate wide.
The corpse Giant, whose lower body was blazing with yellow and green fire, strode in from the door, scanned the scene inside the door with his blue eyes, and raised his thick and long wooden stick in his hand. , swept away the obstacles piled in the door a few times, and stumbled towards Denys Mallister ... and the guards around him.
The semi-stationary crossbow on the wall desperately moved its position and turned to the door, but more ghouls had followed in Giant's footsteps, rushing towards the gap that opened first.
"Brothers oath, stop it with me!" Less than ten minutes after the battle started, Shadow Tower was in danger of falling! Denys pulled out his long sword with glaring eyes, and roared in the face of the corpse Giant rushing towards oneself.
"Lord Commander, please leave quickly!"
Countless soldiers with Dragonglass lances surrounded them and tried to kill Giant, but the enemy was covered in leather and iron, Tattered but sturdy armor, sticks far longer than any human melee weapon, Dragonglass arrows are too fragile to pierce its armor, iron arrows can shoot but ghouls There was no lethality. In the screams, heroic and unfortunate soldiers were constantly being beaten out with blood spraying. Denys' bodyguards had to support the old man and back away to prevent him from being caught first, and the situation of the fortress defenders being leaderless. .
The breaking of the city gate itself is not terrifying, and it is even considered in the defense plan, but the bad thing is: the first enemy who broke the city gate and entered the fortress, the defenders could not stop it. !
Just at the crucial moment when the corpse Giant knocked down the first roadblock with flames and was about to tear through the inner defense line and wreak havoc in the fortress, a flashing naked eye, indistinguishable weak golden light, and fast speed The arrow that no one could see flew over the heads of everyone on the ground, penetrated the thick leather armor in front of Giant like a hot knife through butter, and buried it deep in his chest... This is mixed in the arrows in the sky. The unremarkable blow brought a completely different result: Giant, a full twelve feet tall, fell to the ground with a thud as if he had tripped, let go of his weapon, and fell asleep without a word. No sound.
Everyone looked at the direction where the arrow flew in doubt, and saw Qhorin Halfhand holding a wooden longbow of purple clothes, jumping from the fence to the roof of the nearest house, then down to the ground, and hurriedly fell to the ground. The corpse Giant ran away.
As the deputy commander of Shadow Tower and one of the best people, Qhorin has become the carrier and distributor of the two "Lightbringers" in this fortress without any suspense. The same is a killer specially prepared for Others, but the corpse Giant suddenly broke into the door, and he was in a hurry, so naturally he couldn't stick to the rules.
The whole set of Lightbringer claims to have 77 pieces, but it actually contains several counterfeit pieces... But Igor naturally dare not make fun of the soldiers on the front line of Wall. Although the number of Dragonsteel arrows he sent to each fortress is small, but All of them are genuine products melted from the "Dark Sisters", and one of them was taken out for use at a time of crisis.
"That kid...well, Lord Commander didn't fool us! This shit 'Lightbringer' is not a countertop!" Qhorin yelled as he ran, "Come on some people, help me get this shit out of me! Turn it over, this arrow is so beautifully packaged, it should be reusable. If you have nothing to do, go to the door and try to block it. Denys, tell the soldiers on the wall - use the bomb as it should, don't worry about Others! "
Killing Giant with one arrow, the morale of the defenders who raised their throats a moment ago was instantly boosted. But what Qhorin Halfhand is thinking about at the moment is: such a dive tool, of course, cannot be used as a consumable!
After shooting the target, he rushed to the fallen corpse Giant, not afraid of the danger of the big guy coming back to life, and with the help of several soldiers, he turned it over on the ground. Come, axe and sword, it took some toss to pull the Dragonsteel arrow from Giant's sternum - before the flames from his lower body spread to his upper body.
The roadblock that blocked the door was squeezed out of a hole. Fortunately, the swarming logistics personnel quickly moved the debris and piled it up. The open city gate became a weak point on the original solid wall that could not be ignored. , just looking at the big black hole, Denys Mallister felt bad: "Go on, let the brothers on the city wall use wildfire bombs at any cost, buy us time to regain the door!"
The first wave of humanoid ghouls covered in flames rushed into the doorway, stepping on the mammoth corpse that was blocking the door. All the free combatants who wanted to be within the wall all picked up all kinds of guys to greet them. In the roar of the ghouls and the angry roars of the Night's Watch soldiers, a continuous explosion began to come from the side of the gate wall - the sound of the bombs, the whispers of the Wildfire, these should be used in moderation Power consumption The product is now sprinkled into the corpse tide outside the gate like no money, and at any cost, an invisible city wall is formed with gunpowder and flames within ten meters of the gate, and an Absolute Death Region that is like a meat grinder to the ghouls. , cut off the possibility of the constant influx of ghouls, and provided precious working time for the craftsmen inside the wall.
Under the supervision of a pair of soldiers, the craftsmen reluctantly built a two-meter-high stone low wall at the doorway against the threat of sporadic ghouls, and surrounded the entrance. The layers of barricades in the shape of fish scales completely put the focus of defense on this place.
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"Bring two ballistas from the city wall and place them in front of the gate. Only aim at the opening. If Mammoth and Giant come in, don't Let them walk through the half step!" Denys looked at the city gate square, which was in a mess, and there was a Giant's body burning, and his heart sank to the bottom, "Let the children and old people who can't hold weapons start to pass the stairs first, Move to the top of the Wall!"
This pair of giant and mammoth broke into the door moments before the craftsmen blocked the doorway, which made the Shadow Tower commander suddenly realize that for a long time A point that was inadvertently overlooked: the enemies are not all mindless monsters, but Magic creatures with the same level of intelligence as humans, which can never be settled by chewing on a defense plan. If there are only ghouls outside the wall, then oneself can keep guarding until the ashes of the dead are piled up to the height of the wall, running out of ammunition and food... But will the enemy give oneself the chance to be a hero?
In addition to Mammoth and Giant, Others must have other means that oneself does not know yet to use... And in the case that the gate has been destroyed and the fortress defense is greatly reduced, when oneself knows the moment, most of them are When the Shadow Tower fell.
"Sir, the reinforcements and supplies for the sentry building have arrived, please instruct!"
"Transport the Wildfire and bombs to the city wall and send them to where they are most needed. Soldiers Bring them all to the door, and bring all your gear."
"Yes."
"Qhorin, come here!" Denys stopped, wiping "Lightbringer Sixty" like a baby. Wu"'s deputy commander broke his palm and handed him the new mission with a serious face, "Give this arrow to the other soldiers, I want you to bring a team of reliable brothers to the fifth layer of the stairs to the wall, and guard there. Once the Others have breached the Shadow Tower, I want you to make sure you destroy the wall steps, so that the fall of the Shadow Tower - becomes the fall of the Wall."
"What?" With a shocked expression of confidence, his gray eyes widened: "But we are not right..."
"We have stabilized the line of defense, the situation is very good, I am not blind! It is true now, but it will continue until Forever?" Denys interrupted the deputy commander. "If the brothers end up holding the fortress, I'll be fooled and paranoid. But if I can't hold it, I assure you, there will never be one more of you on the ground. Rangers, you can turn defeat into victory! It doesn't matter if Shadow Tower falls, but someone who has experienced the entire battle and can tell the cause and the consequences of it must tell the Lord Commander and the brothers in other fortresses: what kind of troops our enemy used in the battle , how many means and tactics have been adopted - especially how we fell in the end. We can't let the brothers behind continue to fight confused battles!"
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