"Hold the line! Everyone, hold the line!" On the city wall, Fatis's shouts had already resounded throughout this section of the wall.
He wasn't standing at the top of the higher arrow tower nearby; instead, he was behind the city wall's battlements, leading the Swadian Infantry, light infantry, and Sergeants beside him, together resisting the continuous assault of the Skeleton Legion.
"Kill! Kill! Kill! For the Kingdom of Swadia! For Lord Shen Mu!"
And right beside him, whether it was the third-tier Swadian Light Infantry, the fourth-tier Swadian Infantry, or the fifth-tier Swadian Sergeant, they were all shouting along with Fatis.
They raised their spears and long pikes, held up their fan-shaped shields, and counterattacked the endlessly arriving Skeleton Warriors.
Because just beyond the city wall beneath their feet was a vast area where, in a short span of time, a mound formed of white bones had appeared before their horrified eyes.
This allowed the Skeleton Warriors, Skeleton Pikemen, and Skeleton Archers outside to walk step by step up this bone mound with their weapons, quickly reaching the city wall to directly launch an attack on them.
Moreover, before this, they were outside the moat below the city wall, helpless and only able to shoot arrows.
But they hadn't expected that in just a brief moment, they would see the scattered bone fragments around them being gathered by a special magical force, forming this slope, 10 meters wide and 20 meters long, extending all the way to the top of the wall.
This immediately plunged the Swadian defenders on the city wall into the most intense offensive and defensive battle.
And it was the most fierce battle for control of the city wall.
"Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!" At the very front of this mound were the 5th-tier Swadian Sergeant and 4th-tier Swadian Infantry; they were elite heavy infantry wearing heavy chainmail and chainmail, a crucial force used to maintain the front lines in the Kingdom of Swadia.
At this moment, on the city wall, they were also the key soldiers in preventing their section of the wall from being occupied.
After all, these Swadian heavy infantry were not as outstanding compared to the elite heavy cavalry of the Kingdom of Swadia, only ranking as average on the Calradia continent.
Compared to the Rodok Sergeant, who had split from the Kingdom of Swadia and specialized in holding the line, their defense and line-holding capabilities were significantly inferior.
However, with their excellent equipment and armor, holding the line was already sufficient.
What's more, they were only facing a group of Skeleton Warriors, whose true combat power was only around the third tier.
They were only barely defined as a third-tier troop type because their numbers were so vast and they had no stamina or morale limits.
If individual combat power were considered, they would only be at the lower second-tier level.
Therefore, when this 10 meters mound appeared before these elite Swadian heavy infantry, even though the city wall was only three meters wide, these Swadian heavy infantry were still able to easily withstand the impact of these Skeleton Warriors.
Furthermore, the three-finger-thick battlements in front of them were still serving their purpose, and they only needed to lay their heavy pikes, spears, and lances flat and thrust them outwards to effectively repel the Skeleton Warriors appearing on the mound.
In addition, the archers and Crossbowmen on the towers to the left and right were continuously shooting at the mound formed by bone fragments.
And the light ballistas, ballistas, and light catapults on the towers were still continuously firing, bombarding the huge ramp made of bone fragments and the clusters of black mist outside.
Therefore, the defense of the eastern city wall was relatively safe.
Fatis also gathered the Swadian Militia and had them use their hunting crossbows as ranged attackers, continuously firing at the Skeleton Warriors surging up the mound.
For a time, those Skeleton Legion, seemingly having surged onto the mound and fiercely rushed towards the city wall, had no real effect; they couldn't even truly get onto the city wall.
Halfway up or when nearing the wall, they were already shattered into even more useless bone fragments by the Swadian soldiers, scattering and rolling down the ramp with a clatter.
Even due to the slope of this mound, the Skeleton Legion behind them accidentally stepped on the already scattered bones, causing unstable movements, and many Skeleton Warriors fell backward and tumbled down together.
This created an even better defensive effect.
"Pay more attention, never relax your vigilance. Everyone, be ready for battle. Others, pay attention to moving forward, taking over their positions, and doing a good job of rotation."
Fatis was still giving instructions on the front line at this time.
After all, he understood that for the Skeleton Undead, who had no stamina limits and were entirely driven by negative energy, stamina was not an issue at all, and morale had no fluctuations whatsoever.
These long-dead Undead simply raised their weapons and rushed forward one after another; that was enough.
As long as the sun didn't rise, they could launch endless attacks every moment, continuously assaulting them.
Even if all the Undead Skeleton Warriors in front died, it would be nothing to fear for the Undead and warriors behind them.
Perhaps this was one of the terrifying aspects of Undead creatures.
What he and his Swadian soldiers were facing now were these terrifying Undead Monster.
Although they had encountered these monsters under the death spirit rules before, this was their first formal siege battle of this kind.
And as soon as he came into contact, Fatis discovered the terrifying nature of these Undead creatures, which had no morale or stamina limits.
Compared to the Blue Star Humans and their Spiritual Realm Follower who had attacked them before, or those Abyssal Demons or Hell Devil, they all actually had morale limits and stamina.
Although the ferocity of their attacks was several times stronger than now, this continuous assault still made him feel some pressure.
This truly was pressure, because the continuous attacks, using the lives of their Undead creatures to constantly exhaust the stamina and spirit of the defenders, would indeed bring immense pressure.
The battle had been going on for about half an hour now, and Fatis had already seen the Swadian soldiers defending that section of the city wall beginning to pant.
Even though these Swadian Sergeant, Swadian Infantry, and Swadian Light Infantry were still powerfully defending against and counterattacking the Skeleton Legion's assault, it was obvious that their attacks had become sluggish compared to their initial swift and deadly strikes.
Compared to the initial attacks, the current attack frequency had slowed down by about two or three times or even more, and the Skeleton Legion was already getting closer and closer to the battlements on the city wall, even accompanied by the decaying arrows and splashing feather fragments still shooting up from behind.
These Skeleton Legion had already reached the three-finger-thick wooden battlements, swinging their equally decayed scimitars or longswords, and hacking at the battlements with a clattering sound.
They made thudding sounds.
Of course, when these thudding sounds appeared, the Swadian soldiers behind would directly shatter these Skeleton soldiers who had approached the battlements but couldn't climb over, turning them into bone fragments.
This was also the weakness of these Undead, the low-level Skeleton Skeletons.
That is, they were not flexible enough.
Unless it was a stronger Undead Monster with a certain degree of intelligence, or a special Undead form and Undead race, then they would know how to climb over obstacles or use tools to overcome them.
For example, those intelligent and powerful high-level Vampires, or those low-level Vampires and Vampire puppets.
However, for these Skeleton Skeletons, it was impossible to directly climb over this two-meter-high, thick, and angled battlement.
After all, for these Skeleton Skeletons, being able to reach this city wall was thanks to the extraordinary power spell released by their general, which formed the bone slope, allowing them to reach the city wall and stand before this battlement.
As for climbing over the battlement or attacking the human soldiers behind it, that was certainly impossible, because the Skeleton Legion's main task now was to first shatter these battlements.
This is also why these Skeleton Legion would take their decaying weapons and directly smash them deep into these battlements, even if their already decayed weapons would shatter upon impact, they would not hesitate.
Unless it was those Skeleton Skeletons wielding equally skeletal weapons, only then could they smash these battlements with bone tools that shimmered with a metallic luster, making thudding sounds.
But even so, these Skeleton Legion, appearing here, were still unable to destroy these wooden battlements in a short amount of time.
This resulted in them being trapped on the mound outside the battlements.
"Fatis, how are things looking?" At this moment, Shen Mu also quickly arrived at the eastern city wall from the western city wall, and his face showed worry, because he had not expected that at such a critical moment, a mound formed of bone fragments would appear, directly reaching his city wall from the ground, allowing those Skeleton Skeletons to directly attack his city wall.
This was clearly the power of magic.
"It's fine, Lord Shen Mu, please rest assured, we can still hold it for now." Fatis saw Shen Mu approaching and nodded, then pointed to the Lake Rat Gang Destroyers who were still waiting by the stairs.
He said confidently, "And these Lake Rat Gang Destroyers can be deployed to the city wall at any time to relieve the Swadian soldiers, as their defensive capabilities are also trustworthy."
"Good, good. You must defend this eastern city wall well, as it is truly too dangerous here." Shen Mu also breathed a sigh of relief at this moment.
Since Fatis had already made arrangements, he could naturally relax. He would leave this side directly to Fatis.
Furthermore, he had already drawn some troops from the western city wall, which Lezalit was defending, and brought them mainly to the eastern city gate, precisely to prevent the eastern city wall and gate from being breached by the Skeleton Legion.
"Oh, by the way, Lord Shen Mu, how has the matter of those Blue Star Humans in Deherim's Town Area been resolved?" Fatis suddenly asked at this moment.
"Hmm, about those Blue Star Humans, let them resolve it themselves. I've already sent Zhang Bo over." Shen Mu frowned, then remembered that when the Undead Monster first began the siege, Zhang Bo had reported to him.
The content of the report was that among the Blue Star Humans he had taken in, some remnants of the Diesel Company had appeared and were causing trouble in Deherim's Town Area during this crucial defensive moment.
Why was Fatis asking this now?
Of course, he was afraid that they would be attacked from both inside and outside while defending, leading to problems with their defense, which would be disastrous.
After all, many strong castles are not directly conquered by enemies using the simplest military force from the outside; many are breached with the cooperation of spies inside.
So, one must be careful.
"Let Zhang Bo handle it. After all, he is also a Blue Star Human, so it's better for him to deal with things. And I've already told Zhang Bo to find Zhang Caidong; they should be able to resolve it themselves." Shen Mu frowned, not concerned about the Blue Star Humans in the Town Area of Deherim.
After all, to him, Blue Star Humans could manage themselves. Even if they caused unrest, what impact could it have on him?
After all, it's important to know that if Blue Star Humans truly cooperated with the Undead Monster outside to attack his city wall, would those Undead Monster spare the Blue Star Humans after entering Deherim?
It should be known that Spiritual Realm races and Blue Star Humans are true allies, while the Undead Monster outside have always served as executioners and slaughterers.
Shen Mu didn't believe those Blue Star Humans would be so foolish.
This was also why he relaxed his vigilance.
And just at this moment, Zhang Bo had also quickly arrived at the area where the conflict was occurring, but his face at this time showed a look of astonishment, especially as he looked at the blood-stained, highly excited senior managers, his face showing a shocked expression: "Those, those, middle-level managers? Where did they go? What on earth happened to you all?"
Zhang Bo felt a hint of unease in his heart.
Although he indeed wanted to stir up chaos between the middle-level managers and senior managers, making them fight among themselves, if things went too far and these senior managers directly annihilated the middle-level managers, then his subsequent plan details wouldn't match up.
And now Zhang Bo found that it seemed this was indeed the reason, and it was truly possible that the very thing he least wanted to see had happened.
Moreover, Zhang Bo also discovered that the plan seemed to have gone beyond his control. (End of chapter)
