Broad World

Seeing the failure of the first attack, Sim waved his hand expressionlessly. Hundreds of giants behind began to pull the oversized catapult and slowly pushed forward, followed by many guys responsible for carrying stones. Henry was taken aback when he saw this huge siege weapon. If he was hit by a stone of this size, he would probably be seriously injured even if he had protective spells.

Heim commanded the dwarves to pull the bowstring of the ballista without panic, and soon the thick arrows were shot down from a high place. A single volley destroyed several catapults, and after several rounds the enemy's equipment was lost by more than a third before it came within range.

Although these salvos were very effective, a large number of catapults entered the firing position. The orc quickly put the huge stone in his hand, and the giant in front pulled the rope vigorously. A piece of boulder was sent into the air by mechanical power, and flew towards the city wall in a long parabola.

"Everyone pay attention to dodging! The ballistas continue to fire, quickly kill all these catapults!" Haim shouted loudly to all the soldiers.

As soon as his words fell, a huge boulder fell from the sky and smashed on the city wall, and the five human soldiers turned into flesh in an instant. Seeing this situation, Henry didn't say a word, and immediately blessed himself with "flying" and "advanced invisibility", and then quietly flew over the catapult. He aimed at the catapult and released several "Fire Wall Techniques" in succession, and the wooden equipment was quickly ignited, and soon a raging fire burned.

Seeing that his attack worked, Henry turned around and flew towards the city wall. Suddenly, an arrow with blue magical aura flew from behind, pierced through the "protection against long-range weapons" stand, and directly stuck in the shoulder. The magical power on the arrow dispelled his invisibility, and everyone saw a wounded mage in midair. The orc archers opened their bows one after another, and the rain of arrows enveloped them in an instant.

Just when everyone on the city wall was sweating, Henry unhurriedly released a sixth-level spell "Death Spell" on the sneak attacking guy, and the power of the magic instantly killed this guy and the orcs with a radius of about ten meters. Seeing that the arrow was about to fall, he immediately activated the "Anywhere Door" scroll in his hand, and passed through the portal back to the city wall in the blink of an eye.

Sim's complexion became very ugly. The guy who was killed was a master archer he had carefully cultivated for many years. You must know that the guy who was killed by the "death technique" cannot be resurrected by the magic technique. People who die under this spell can only be reborn again through the "wishing spell". It's a pity that the orcs haven't had any mages so far, and there are few mage apprentices.

Seeing that the second round of attack failed, the one-eyed orc warrior crushed the wine glass made of skulls in his hand. He stood angrily and stared viciously at the distant city wall. After a while, the anger in his eyes gradually subsided.

"Retreat! Let everyone go back to the camp to continue logging, and wait for the next attack after the catapult is ready tomorrow." After speaking, Sim threw down the crushed bones in his hand and walked towards his tent.

Sackham followed carefully, but the corners of his mouth were still slightly upturned inadvertently. This defeat once again proved that the old shaman was right. It seems that this guy is likely to die here. When he thought that he could take Sim's place and become the leader of one-third of the tribes in the north, his heart became hot. In order to achieve this goal, even giving up the dignity of a legendary warrior for a sneak attack would not hesitate.

As soon as Henry returned to the city wall, Heim ran over. "Count, it's too risky for you to do this. In the orc camp opposite, there are a few sharp archers who can see through invisibility. They all use a kind of magic arrow, and the protective spell is almost useless."

"There's no way, we can't let these boulders continue to ravage above our heads. It can be healed if it is pierced by an arrow. If it is smashed into a pulp, there will be no chance of resurrection." Henry gritted his teeth while cutting off the arrow, and pulled out the arrow shaft. After checking and found that there was no poisoning, he directly cast a healing spell, and the wound slowly healed soon.

Heim was relieved to see that he was all right. "However, it was really good. Not only did it burn down a large area of ​​catapults, but the last spell even killed a sharp archer. You must know that it takes a lot of time to train such an archer, at least eight to ten years. I believe the orc chief opposite will be very angry. You must be more careful in the future, these guys are very vengeful."

Henry wiped the sweat from his forehead and stood up. "The orc leader you mentioned is the one-eyed guy, right? Is there any specific information? I think he must be a very terrifying warrior."

"He's called Sim, one of the leaders of the northern orc tribe. He hasn't fought in person for a long time, but it is said that when he challenged the previous chief, he tore him in half with his bare hands." Heim told the opponent's information while asking the soldiers to clean up the corpses and blood on the city wall.

Henry frowned, recalling the sharp eyes just now. "It seems that this is also a guy who is not very easy to deal with, but fortunately, he will not rush to the city wall easily. Today's attack should stop here. If there is nothing else, we will go back and rest first."

"No problem, go and have a good rest, I will instruct the kitchen to prepare a sumptuous meal for you." Heim waved at him as he spoke.

Henry took his companions back to the residence soon, and after eating the food from the kitchen, they began to busy themselves with their own affairs. Vaughn sat on the ground polishing his weapon, Zuvosa was maintaining the bowstring, and everyone was preparing for tomorrow's battle.

In the next few days, the orcs attacked as if they were on an errand. Follow the routine of the first day every day, and retreat immediately after all the catapults are destroyed. There is absolutely no intention to capture the city at all. This kind of passive sabotage attack made Henry, Heim and others very puzzled. After all, there were tens of thousands of elite fighters outside the city, and even sending two thousand at a time could cause them a lot of trouble.

Since we can't guess the enemy's intentions, we can only strengthen our vigilance at night to prevent these cunning guys from making a surprise attack. The days passed day by day, and when the siege time reached the seventh day, it suddenly snowed heavily. Large flakes of white snow covered the entire Northland, and the snow on the ground reached a thickness of one meter in just one day.

Heim stood on the city wall and directed the soldiers to shovel the snow down. Although he didn't think the orcs would attack in this kind of weather, it was still necessary to keep the road clear. Henry stood on the ground that had been cleaned up and chanted a spell in a low voice, ready to use the spell to check the situation of the opponent's camp.

Soon the "farsightedness" was ready, and he looked down at the entire camp from mid-air, and suddenly found that the orc camp should be in a mess, but there was no sound at all for some reason. Even the scouts in charge of guarding outside the tent were gone, and a large number of half-made engineering equipment were piled up in a mess outside the camp.

Henry immediately cut off the spell and told Haim the news. The latter considered for a while and called a ranger, telling him to go ahead to investigate the specific situation. Everyone stood in place with anxiety, and the Ranger came back quickly after an hour. He calmed down his breathing and hurriedly reported loudly: "Those damned orcs are all gone. They didn't take anything away. There are still a lot of weapons, armor and food left in the tent."

Haim frowned, the sudden disappearance of the enemy is not a good sign. He thought for a while and asked: "Could it be that there is no trace? So many people will leave a lot of footprints even if they retreat."

"There are a lot of footprints in the tent, but there is no way to scout outside. With such a heavy snow, even if there are footprints, they will be covered immediately." Said the ranger shrugged helplessly. It is impossible to track in this kind of weather.

Henry sighed, the form in front of him was really weird. He didn't believe that the orcs would come here to demonstrate if they had nothing to do. The other party must be hiding, so don't wait for the right time to launch a sneak attack. In this low-visibility weather, as long as one hits the city wall, it will soon fall.

"Get ready to send more people to patrol. I can guarantee that someone must be watching here with magic. As long as the defense is a little lax, these orcs will launch a surprise attack immediately."

Haim cursed in a low voice, then raised his head and said to Henry: "I understand these things, but this kind of heavy snow will last for at least a week. It is impossible for ordinary soldiers to patrol outside for a long time, and they will be frozen after more than an hour. It seems that these guys have thought of a dirty trick. We are too passive now."

"Then mobilize all the male residents in the city and distribute weapons and armor to them. We only need these guys to patrol for half an hour every day, and we must keep people on every five meters of the city wall." Henry referred to the ancient city defense experience on Earth and proposed a method of arresting strong men.

Haim thought for a long time with a bitter face, and finally gritted his teeth and agreed. "Damn it! If you want me to know who paid the orcs such shady attention, I will definitely screw his head off. You go to the tower to warm yourself up, and I will organize people to go door-to-door to find people. I think everyone will be scolded to death this time. This is the first time that Sandaba has recruited citizens to join the war." He shook the snow on his body, and walked quickly away from the city wall towards the direction of the city hall. (To be continued.)