Chapter 21 Masno on the Manticore
City Wall is organizing a defense line. As the person in charge of this operation, he has a very heavy task.
A dragon prince who has served for more than two hundred years, he is familiar with military law, has outstanding commanding abilities, coupled with his personal bravery and family loyalty, these are the reasons why Imrik likes him.
Although he did not have a dragon partner, Masnow still had a good reputation among the dragon princes. In this operation, he had thirty dragon princes to assist him. After Imrik gave him the prince's warrant, he He summoned the dragon princes around the dragon palace to serve as instructors for the restructured unit. Now is the time to test the effectiveness of this unit.
Standing next to him is the heavily armored assault force that Imrik wants to build. They are wearing full plate chain armor and holding two-handed swords. They are definitely Imrik's ideal chopper team.
In the past, as professional soldiers, most of them held swords or swords and shields in the center of the position to resist the enemy's attacks. Although the use of big swords was completely different from that of spears and shields, their military capabilities were much better than those of other kingdoms. Their quality and Asul's generally decades-long training allowed them to initially learn how to use this two-handed sword in a short period of time.
As a man who loves his soldiers like his own children, Imric spared no effort to support the establishment of this army. When the Anvil of Vaal was able to mass-produce magic equipment using Horadric Malus, he ordered that he spare no effort to produce magic equipment. Forging a batch of plate chain armor and large weapons at a high cost is a bit difficult for the high priest and Coster.
If you want the most top-notch equipment, then naturally use Ysrama silver as the raw material to make it. It can be lightweight and provide good protection at the same time, but the cost is too high. With the current reserves of Vaal Anvil, you can equip it with the most An army of fifteen hundred men.
But the orders of the Dragon Prince must be obeyed. Ever since Horadrim Mallus and a batch of dark gold equipment were taken to the Vaal Anvil by Coster, Vaal issued an oracle that the Vaal Anvil should fully support Imri. It doesn't matter if he takes any action, even if he loses his capital.
So the high priest put some thought into it and chose the traditional method of forging the most important breastplate using Israma silver, while the shoulder armor, skirt and other parts were forged using the technology brought by Coster from the dark world. , so he got a suit of suitable plate and chain armor. With the full efforts of two hundred Vaal priests and thousands of auxiliary blacksmiths, more than two thousand sets of brand-new equipment were obtained in one month.
The new plate and chain armor was built using the Dragon Prince's dragon armor as a template. It removed those fancy dragon wing decorations and looked simple and clear. There was only a small Caledor fire dragon emblem on the right chest, indicating that they were Yi. Imric's direct troops, the armor has been identified by Imric as blue equipment in the dark, and has two enchanting effects, namely increasing defense and reducing physical damage.
The big sword in his hand was one and a half meters long just for the blade alone, and with the hilt and sword grid, it was a full one and six meters long.
Only heroes with two hands can control this thing. The magic on it is to increase the damage and increase the accuracy.
However, the number of times the hammer can be enchanted per day is limited. There are currently 600 sets of enchanted equipment, all of which are given to these two-handed heroes. The other halberd-wielding troops are still training.
The halberd-wielding troops will be the backbone of the enemy's charge. In addition to having strong equipment, the more important thing is that they have strong psychological quality. They cannot be like some troops that are insignificant and useless. As the most important line of resistance troops, But he doesn’t even have psychological immunity.
Looking at the Asur boy waiting for the battle next to him, Masno couldn't help but sigh. The dragon armor made of Ysrama silver on his body was still a treasure left by his ancestors. After Imric succeeded to the throne, These people who were born as common people all have a set of magical equipment. This must be the blessing of the dragon tamer and the three Phoenix Kings. Under the leadership of the prince, Caledor will surely restore its former glory.
Just when he was sighing, the Dragon Prince with outstanding eyesight suddenly saw some movement in the mountains not far away, and ordered others to stay vigilant. Although relying on the city wall to fight has great advantages, Asur in the Annuli Mountains thought it was not possible. There will always be some unexpected situations when crossing the natural chasm.
As the shrill screams kept ringing outside the city, it seemed very noisy. Masnow judged that they were harpies. These monsters would always attack the village under the call of the evil moon, leaving a mess behind and then fly away. Return to the lair.
A large group of harpies were flying in the air, and some of them looked extremely large shadows, which were obviously not the thin harpies.
The sharp-eyed Masnuo saw what those shadows were, and immediately shouted, "It's the Manticore, the Eagle Claw Battery, shoot those monsters first."
Although the appearance of the Dragon Prince gave Masnuo a It was a reassurance, but the arrogant Dragon Prince hoped that this defense would not require any assistance, so as to show his ability to the prince. Pick up the sword and shield in your hands. If the manticore comes to the city wall, he will be the first one to rush up and attack.
A total of twenty Eagle Claw Ballistas were launched first. As an engineering creation learned from the dwarves, the Eagle Claw Ballistae has been in service in the Assur army for thousands of years. A siege crossbow that is as tall as a man can easily destroy The charging giant was gutted, and in addition to this siege crossbow bolt against large targets, the Eagle Claw Ballista can also fire more than ten crossbow bolts at a time in the form of shotgun shells against small targets.
Under the command of Masnot, the gunner with decades of experience in operating ballistae first adjusted the trajectory to aim at the flying manticore.
These monsters are one of the most evil creatures of Chaos. They are extremely ferocious in nature. Manticores will attack any creature that enters their territory. They are extremely aggressive. In the wild, it is almost impossible for several manticores to appear at the same time. The lions attacked the Assur gathering place together.
But under the call of Moslieb of the Evil Moon, these monsters gave up fighting against their ugly fellow monsters, and instead roared towards the civilized world.
With a burst of sound, the crossbow arrows were fired at the manticores. As long as the cold-light meteorite arrows hit the bodies of the manticores, they would inevitably have a serious impact. The first round of volleys achieved good results. , three of the five manticores that Masno saw fell down first, and different numbers of crossbow arrows hit their heads or abdomens, achieving a fatal blow.
But the remaining two had no effect. Only one or two crossbow arrows hit the legs and flesh wings. This obviously angered these two bloodthirsty monsters, roaring in the air, going faster than before. rushed towards the city wall.
But at this moment, a man wearing a blue robe next to him raised his staff. Asul's wizards usually use the color of their robes to identify which spells they specialize in, and blue robes are unique. A high-level mage belonging to Asul.
After raising the staff, it mobilizes the chaotic wind of magic around it. Under the shroud of the evil moon, the wind of magic will become extremely chaotic. Chaos energy is at its most abundant in the mortal world.
A clear-minded mage will definitely not use spells frequently in this situation, otherwise not only himself will be affected, but if some beings notice this, they will have to face attacks from monsters and demons at the same time.
This is also the reason why the invasion of Warcraft has caused headaches for the countries in Ulthuan. The spells they are proud of cannot be cast casually, otherwise once the guide stone network is damaged, it will be extremely troublesome to repair.
A magic composed of pure energy enveloped the manticore, spinning like a vortex from under it. It was difficult to escape due to the central attraction. I could only roar to break through this spell, but the vortex was unable to move. The magic energy on it is like a blade constantly attacking the manticore. This is the eight storms in the advanced spells.
Seeing that the manticore had been dealt with by the mage, Masno ordered the Talon Ballista to change its shooting method, "Switch to shotguns and shoot those harpies."
Nodding to the mage next to him, Masnow planned to deal with the last manticore himself and turned on the aura of faith, but no green light appeared under his feet. After returning to Ulthuan, for some unknown reason, Imri After the three of them opened their halos, there was no light at their feet.
Standing on the city wall, Masnuo picked up the dark gold shield obtained from the Dark World of Storm Guild. This shield can provide extremely high physical defense and lightning resistance. Even when picking it up, Masnuo felt It can withstand the attacks of dozens of people at the same time without any retreat.
This was one of the reasons why he dared to face the manticore's charge. Behind the shield was Caledor, who would never take a step back.
PS: Because I don’t want to be criticized for word count, I will put the specific data of Diablo equipment in the author’s statement, so that friends who have never played Diablo 2 or haven’t played Diablo 2 for a long time can roughly know what the effects are. The specific effects are based on Warhammer World shall prevail.
Storm Guild
+50-60% Defense Enhancement
+30 Defense
+30% Increased Block Possibility Resistance
to Lightning +25%
+1-6 Lightning Damage
Attacker takes 3 Lightning Damage
Spell Damage Reduces by 1
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