Chapter 19 City Defense System
After Zhang Chao left, only people from the royal family were left in the meeting hall, and the atmosphere became much more relaxed. Wang Yuan said: "Master Wang Xing, don't be restrained. Sit down."
"Thank you City Lord." Wang Xing was not polite and found a seat to sit down.
As time passed, Zhou Cheng, the super-level spellcaster president of the Spellcasters Association, and Yang Mao, the president of the Mercenary Guild, walked into the meeting hall.
According to Wang Xing's understanding, the headquarters of the Spellcasters Association and the Mercenary Association have very weak control over these branches established in Eastern countries. The branch presidents are appointed by each country. In the event of war, the two major associations must participate in the war unconditionally.
The main purpose of establishing a branch of the Spellcasters Association is to assess the level of spellcasters to expand their influence, and to sell the animal skin paper and spell potions needed to make spell scrolls.
These animal skin papers and spell potions are made through special methods and earn a lot of money for the Spellcasters Association, which is the core secret of the Spellcasters Association.
The same goes for the Mercenary Association. You can see his presence in cities large and small on the mainland, mainly registering mercenaries and handing over tasks.
I don't know how much time passed, but there was a rush of footsteps outside the door. Zhang Chao walked into the meeting hall quickly and said: "We found a large beast tide, and there are also traces of the super-level magical beast Qingtian War Ape."
"There can't be only one super-level monster in a large beast tide. I'll prepare it first." Zhou Cheng stood up and said. He is responsible for the operation of the defense towers. There are a total of five defense towers in Luo City, forming a complete defense system.
As for Wang Xing, he was confused. He was very familiar with the Qingtian War Ape. Wasn't it a high-level monster? Why did it become a super-level monster in the blink of an eye?
Seemingly seeing the expression on Wang Xing's face, Zhou Qianqiao showed a smile, pulled Wang Xing's sleeves, and explained in a low voice.
The Qingtian War Apes are an extremely large group of Warcraft, spread throughout the Shiwan Mountains, and are famous for their strength. They have high-level combat power after adulthood, and it is rumored that the strongest one has reached the emperor level.
According to Zhou Qian, there is another ethnic group that will participate in the siege, and that is the one-horned thunder python that Wang Xing encountered before.
The one-horned thunder python has always lived near Luo City. When the Kingdom of Dachang opened up Luo City, it was forced to move to other places to live. It is an evolution and mutation of python-like monsters. The strongest one has reached the Grandmaster level. It is rumored that there is one in his clan.
A rare treasure that can mutate and evolve python-like monsters.
Finally, he was given a Warcraft Illustrated Book, which was a collector's edition of the Zhou family. It recorded a large amount of information on high-level Warcraft in detail. It was not comparable to the popular products in the library.
The next morning, just after dawn, Wang Xing was woken up by the noise. He listened carefully and only heard something related to Warcraft, so he immediately got out of bed.
Although they received news of the monster wave yesterday, it was still thousands of miles away. After setting up defenses, everyone went back to rest and recharge their batteries.
After washing up quickly, Wang Xing and Dian Wei walked out of the hotel. They saw people coming and going on the street, and the entire city was shrouded in a translucent energy shield.
Outside the energy shield is King's old neighbor, a giant bird, soaring in the sky, sending out fireballs from time to time, bombarding the energy shield.
"The Fire Cloud Bird is a sixth-level fire magic beast. It is good at fire spells. Especially when acting together, it can form a burning cloud and cast fireball spells, which is extremely destructive." Wang Xing recalled the information about this kind of magic beast.
The energy shield is Luo City's defense system. It is very powerful. It is rumored that it can resist the attacks of master-level experts. It is not something that Fire Cloud Bird can break through.
They walked quickly and soon arrived at the city lord's mansion. Only Jin Yujiao and a few people were there. Seeing Wang Xing greeting them one by one, Wang Xing sat next to Zhou Qian and whispered: "How is the situation now?"
"Fortunately, the vanguard of the beast tide is the Fire Cloud Bird. Fortunately, it was discovered in time and the defense tower was not destroyed. Otherwise, it would have been a hard battle." Zhou Qian said softly, obviously in a good mood.
"That's good." Wang Xing nodded.
"Brother Wang Xing had better stay in the city lord's palace. There is some chaos in the city right now." Zhou Qian promptly reminded her, but she knew very well that Zhang Chao wanted to capture Wang Xing as soon as he had the chance.
"I understand, but can you find Zhang Qianggong? Dian Wei is pretty good, let him go to the city wall and do his part!" Wang Xing gave her a look that said, "I know."
"Brother Wang Xing is such a good person, I'll go find him right away." Zhou Qian sent Wang Xing a good person card and walked out.
Wang Xing did not really want Dian Wei to fight against the monsters, but asked Dian Wei to find opportunities to collect some magic cores, especially high-level magic cores, which were the only source of original energy.
Soon, Zhou Qian, who returned to the hall, took out a long bow as tall as a person with a wave of her hand, and introduced: "This bow is called Split Wind. It is made of fine iron mixed with fine gold and mithril, and is engraved with fire elements."
Zephyr runes are extremely powerful and can kill seventh-level monsters and severely damage eighth-level monsters. Brother Wang Xing is best used to deal with high-level monsters and above."
"I know, thank you little sister Zhou Qian." Wang Xing smiled and took the long bow and a bag of fine iron long arrows containing a small amount of fine gold, and threw them to Dian Wei.
Watching Dian Wei leave, Wang Xing attached his consciousness to Dian Wei. It has been ten days since he came to Luo City, and Wang Xing has not visited Luo City yet!
With Jin Yujiao's token, Dian Wei climbed up the city wall unimpeded, and Wang Xing had the opportunity to look around.
The city wall is about thirty meters high and about one kilometer long. It is engraved with dense runes and is made of obsidian. Obsidian has certain magical properties. The runes can connect the city wall, ground and defense towers together.
A tall defense tower stands on each of the four corners of the city, and together with the central defense tower of the city lord's palace, they form the defense system of Luo City.
"The beast tide is coming." Someone on the city wall shouted, attracting everyone's attention.
Wang Xing also withdrew his gaze and looked outside the city, only to see dust flying in the distance, and all kinds of magical beasts coming like a tide. Everywhere he passed, the trees were broken and it was a mess.
"Ballista ready."
"Magic cannon ready."
Following the shouts, the ballistas and magic cannons were pushed out, peeking out of the city wall through the energy shield.
Wang Xing looked over and saw that the crossbow was similar to Basket Star's ancient crossbow bed, except that it had many more runes on it.
The magic cannon is a thigh-thick barrel with a large disc connected to the back. The disc is engraved with a large number of runes and emits bursts of energy fluctuations. It looks much more advanced than the magic cannons in the small town.
As the beast tide approaches, the crossbows and magic cannons fire one after another. The flying crossbow arrows are extremely sharp and penetrating. Each crossbow arrow can kill more than three monsters. You must know that this time the beasts
The weakest beasts in the tide are also mid-level monsters, which are not comparable to the beast tide that broke out in the small town.
What interests Wang Xing even more is the magic cannon, which is different from the magic cannons in the small town. The energy shells emitted by each magic cannon here are different. Some turn into a gust of wind and sweep across all directions, while some fall to the ground.
It formed a sea of fire, and some merged into the ground to form a thorn.
After asking, I found out that these magic cannons are intermediate-level magic cannons with various attribute attacks.
Under the city wall, the monsters rushing at the front had already entered the attack range, and they released spells one after another to blast towards the city wall. Unfortunately, their attacks were blocked by the energy shield, and they were destined to return in vain. Instead, they were attacked by feathers flying from the city wall.
Killed with an arrow.
Time always passed unknowingly. Countless monsters fell under the city wall. Even the frozen soil on the ground was melted by the warm blood and became a muddy mess. However, the monsters under the city continued to rush towards the city wall without hesitation.
The Golden Crow fell in the west, the sky was approaching dusk, and the sky dimmed at some point. Just when Wang Xing thought that the beast tide was over, Zhou Qian told him that the beast tide had just begun.
During the day, those who attack are all mid-level monsters. There are as many as there are in the Hundred Thousand Mountains. Even if there are twice as many dead, they will not be greatly affected. The reproduction ability of mid- to low-level monsters is extremely powerful.
When night falls, with the protection of the night, those hidden high-level monsters will make a sneak attack, and the casualties will be huge. Even a bad city may be breached.
While Zhou Qian and Wang Xing were explaining, a fire cloud suddenly appeared on the horizon in the distance.
The fire cloud slowly floated over, and Wang Xing could see clearly where the fire cloud was! It was clearly the group of fire cloud birds that raided Luo City in the morning, but there were more of them.
"Damn it, it's the Fire Cloud Bird. All weapons are aimed at the air. We must not let the Fire Cloud Bird get close." An officer in charge shouted angrily, with a hint of exhaustion in his roar.
After a day of bloody fighting, although not many people were injured, everyone showed a hint of fatigue on their faces, but they still followed the officer's instructions, adjusted the ballistae and magic cannons, and fired at the fire cloud.
The casters responsible for the operation of the defense towers were not much better. Zhou Cheng, the president of the Spellcasters Association, sat in the central defense tower, looked at the fire cloud birds flying in the sky, and said: "Let all defense towers be prepared."
There is a special communication method in the defense tower that can quickly transmit information to another defense tower. Unfortunately, the distance is limited and cannot be applied to the outside world.
The ballistae and magic cannon can kill a large number of fire cloud birds with each attack, but in the face of the huge number of fire cloud birds, the attacks of the ballistae and magic cannon are somewhat powerless.
As the fire cloud birds approached, the entire sky seemed to be on fire, and the people on the city wall also felt a hint of heat.
"All defense towers are operating at full capacity." Zhou Cheng ordered as he looked at the fire cloud flying over the city.
Suddenly, the energy shield emitted a blinding light, and the fire clouds in the sky also rolled. One after another, basketball-like fireballs fell from the sky and hit the energy shield.
The fireball rain lasted for a full five minutes before the fire cloud gradually became thinner, revealing the fire cloud bird hidden in the fire cloud.
"Check the rune array and prepare to replace the magic crystal." Zhou Cheng issued one order after another in an unusually calm manner.
In the defense tower, while everyone was busy, Zhou Cheng's expression suddenly changed and he shouted: "Switch to the backup rune array immediately and operate at full capacity."
Chapter completed!