Chapter 1960: That Man Had Finally Arrived
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
The burning rocks, with their fiery red tails, flew towards the ice slab. Some of them exploded after being ignited by fireballs flying over from below. The rare few that managed to escape the fireballs crashed into the ice, making a gigantic hole and smashing many knights.
Most of the orcs’ arrows could not pierce through the ice shield. Therefore, as the enemy started closing in, they chose to throw their giant rocks.
Although there were many strong orcs, they were still not catapults. The effect of the giant rocks after meeting with the ice shield was minuscule.
With the magic casters involved in the battle, the Uto Tribe, which had a geographical edge, suddenly became the passive side.
The path had already connected to the bottom of the wall. On top of that, the ground beneath the wall started to shake and rise. It was apparent that the earth magic casters wanted the path to connect all the way to the top of the wall so that the cavalry could rush up to the city wall, and take it down at the lowest cost possible.
The moment they broke through the defense of the wall, they would have broken through the Uto Tribe’s defense too.
The expressions of the orcs on the wall were ghastly. This was the first time they faced the Roth Empire’s army head-on.
No one knew that just the first 3,000 of their vanguard would render the Uto Tribe so pathetic and helpless.
The difference in their strength and tactics was magnified.
The vanguards inched forward steadily, and when they were around 200 meters away from the wall, the ice shield was replaced by a translucent light shield all of a sudden.
Immediately, thousands of archers started shooting at the Uto Tribe.
Arrows rained down on the orcs on the wall.
“Shields!” Haga shouted.
The orcs quickly picked up the vine shields beside them.
Dook, dook, dook!
The arrows landed on the vine shields. Many of them pierced through the thin vine shields and stabbed into the orcs. Moans and screams could be heard everywhere.
While the orcs were busy defending, and did not have the time to react, the first 1,000 cavalrymen suddenly accelerated up the slope. At the same time, the ground below the wall started rising steadily, and was about to connect to the top of the wall.
Whoosh!
Just then, an arrow flew past the knights, grazing past the ear of an archer, and pierced right into the neck of an earth magic caster who was raising his magic wand up high, and chanting a spell loudly.
The horrifying force brought him off the back of his horse, and pinned him to the hill.
The pathway was only two meters away from the top of the city wall, and was unable to rise anymore.
The fastest cavalrymen had already arrived at the bottom of the wall.
“Take out your blades and kill them!”
Haga threw the bow and arrow in his hands, picked up a machete beside him, and chopped off the head of the knight dashing right at the front.
The orcs all threw their shields away, picked up their weapons, and started hacking the knights below the city wall.
The remaining two-meter-tall wall was no longer a tall wall. A few horses and corpses were enough to form a stairwell up the wall.
This attack-defense battle had moved into the most brutal stage.
As the magic casters’ spells started to ring by the orcs’ ears, fireballs and icicles flew towards the tribe. Many of the orcs who could not dodge in time were killed instantly.
Haga and Habeng were each just like the god of death as they stood at the city wall with their machetes, with a pile of knight corpses beneath their feet.
“Second echelon, set off and take this small tribe down. We have already wasted too much time here,” Charlie ordered as he nonchalantly watched the brutal battle unfold.
3000 cavalrymen rushed right up the mountain once again, led by a captain to aid the vanguard in taking down the Uto Tribe.
Although they did not expect such a huge resistance from such a small tribe, this was still a small tribe with no powerhouses. They were still nothing in front of the strong imperial army. Charlie looked at the map in his hands, and was already planning the next target and the army’s route.
The Uto Tribe was in complete chaos at this moment. Houses were set ablaze by the magic fireballs, and orcs were running away from the fireballs and icicles crashing down from the sky. At the same time, they had to run towards the city wall to battle it out with the cavalry that had entered the tribe.
Half of the city wall had been taken over. Only Haga and Habeng, and a few other orcs by them, were fighting in the bloodbath. Everyone was stained with fresh blood, and had the corpses of their tribesmen lying beside them.
The feeling of hopelessness had started to spread. All the orcs knew they could not defend their tribe anymore. What they were about to face was the massacre of the entire tribe.
The Roth Empire’s cavalry was way too powerful, and it was not something the Uto Tribe could resist.
At the same time, they did not know where the reinforcements were. There was no one left to save them.
The Roth Empire’s cavalry could also see victory right in front of their eyes. Although this tribe was small, they were way stronger than the several previous tribes. Even if the orcs knew they were no match for their enemy, none of them retreated. That made the fight rather tough.
Habeng came to Haga as he sent a knight flying with a swoosh of his machete, and told him softly, “Big Brother, you bring the people with you and retreat from the back. I’ll block them!”
“I’ll clear up. You bring the people and retreat. I’ll look for you guys after that.” Haga intercepted a sword that was coming at Habeng, and his arm was slashed by another knight.
“I’m not leaving!” Habeng chopped off the arm of that knight, and looked at Haga. There would be no way to escape. He would just be using his life to buy time.
“Leave with the descendants of the Uto Tribe. That way, we will not be wiped out.” Haga pushed Habeng behind him, and rushed forward with his machete towards the captain that was giving commands.
“Big Brother!”
That captain saw Haga as well. He pointed to Haga with his sword, and said, “Kill that commander, and you’ll be rewarded handsomely!”
The knights around Haga quickly locked their deathly gaze on him, and rushed towards him with their swords. He was a moving chest of gold!
Everyone knew very clearly that the death of this leader would mark the end of this battle.
“For the tribe!” Haga shouted loudly, and held his machete with both hands, dashing forward without a care.
“For the tribe!!!”
The orcs all let out an angry cry, and launched their last attack on the knights.
Habeng turned and leapt off the city wall. He ran towards the back of the tribe with tears streaming down his face. He had to bring the children along with him to ensure that the Uto Tribe’s lineage would go on.
Boom!
Just then, thunder clattered.
A bolt of silver lightning slashed across the sky, striking the group of knights right in front of the Uto Tribe.
With the thunderous roar and lightning strike, everything within a 10-meter radius of the strike was reduced to ashes.
All the horses and knights were struck numb by the lightning.
At the bottom of the path, horses went hysterical from fear, and all of a sudden knights started falling off their horses, causing sudden chaos.
When the dazzling light from the lightning faded away, a sword stood right in the center of the struck area.
“Tian Du sword!” some of the knights exclaimed.
Howl…
Just then, a long howl echoed in the sky.
A purple-striped griffin descended, and stopped just above the Uto Tribe.
On the back of that griffin sat a man in silver armor.
That man had finally arrived…