Chapter 784: Volume 23: Rising Winds and Swirling Clouds, - 20: Uprooting the City
Uma stood coldly aside, for him, such a siege held little significance. According to his view, it would only take his controlled skeleton army and zombie horde to act as the vanguard, and no matter how strong the combat capabilities of Homer’s army were, they would crumble before this undead legion.
However, Komer decisively rejected his suggestion. This was not a fight to the death, but a full-fledged war of conquest. Although morally the Caucasus had no upper hand, they had, after all, received the vague approval of Katya, another heir to the throne. But to reveal the entire Dark Undead Power under the broad daylight, Komer was not sure whether such a stark contrast would immediately change the entire kingdom’s view of him and the Caucasus, and the Church of Light’s spearhead might instantly turn towards him. At this moment, Komer didn’t dare to take the risk, at least not before securing decisive power, he was not willing to irrevocably nail himself to the Dark Lineage.
The power of the Mage Corps had also gathered around Mihailovich as its chief. Clarence, Sheferley, Newman, and the three Guardian Mage Kings of the Great Mysterium Sect had all without exception covered their bodies with black robes. They stood on a slight rise and observed the battlefield, waiting for the moment when they would be called into action.
Fran stood by Komer’s side, unable to observe the defensive situation of Takros Fortress with Space Magic like Komer and the others could, but the Mirror of Thousand Miles had accomplished this. Faced with such a legendary magical tool, Fran found no fitting words to describe it. Every tiny detail on the fortress walls was clearly displayed on the magic mirror. By simply lifting the Mirror of Thousand Miles and gently moving it towards the fortress, everything was revealed without reservation on its surface.
It was too clear, too sharp, too meticulous! While carefully observing the combat on the fortress walls, an unexplained chill rose from the depths of Fran’s heart. He could no longer find the right words to describe the unfathomable Young Lord beside him. Even an object as divine as the Mirror of Thousand Miles could be created by him, which seemed to truly confirm what the Half-Beastmen believed: Komer was an incarnation of the War God, at least in their minds, the War God had firmly stood by the side of the Caucasus.
Fran didn’t know whether this object was actually created by Komer or not, but one thing could be confirmed, the Mirror of Thousand Miles Komer held in his hand was definitely not the only one. Such magic tools, which could see thousands of miles as if they were right in front of you, were undoubtedly of immense help to a battlefield commander, vividly and detailedly capturing the shifts on the battlefield and preempting the enemy, its ability to capture the right moment was irreplaceable.
The offensive and defensive battle on the city walls had entered an intense white-weapon combat phase. Homer Soldiers densely packed the wall like swarms of ants, and a torrent of rolling logs and hurling stones thundered down, while pitiful howls echoed back and forth along the ramparts. The Cloud Ladders placed against the walls had almost blocked every battlement, and this was when the Barbarian Warriors showed their fearlessness. With one hand, they hoisted a shield, and with the other, they clung to the ladders, spears were long forsaken, their only weapon was a short saber bitten in their mouths, they attacked the embrasures silently and launched waves of assaults.
The Homer Soldiers on the walls had come prepared, despite facing the Barbarian Warriors in combat for the first time, they showed no signs of fear. Their sturdy layered defense system demonstrated Homer’s determination to hold this fortress built specifically against the northern invasion from the Caucasus. Facing the fierce guise of the barbarians, as long as they defended this castle fortress, the Caucasus Army couldn’t smoothly pass through the Greenland Forest Plank Road northward. By controlling the Great Greenland Forest Plank Road, the throat of their supply line, Homer could sever it at any moment, trapping the Caucasus Army in a desperate situation.
Both sides were aware of this and had made meticulous preparations, but evidently the Homer side had underestimated the determination of the Caucasus Army so much that their preparations were not yet complete when they were confronted with this unexpected fierce battle. If the Caucasus Army hadn’t arrived so unexpectedly, almost overnight crossing the Great Greenland Forest and appearing at the edge of the Busen Plain, the defensive system of Takros Fortress would have been greatly reinforced — at least the two smaller fortresses flanking it could have been finished earlier, providing strategic support to Takros Fortress.