Chapter 774 - Prelude to the Attack
Chapter 774 Prelude to the Attack
The remnants of the machines were a massive obstacle.
To avoid the machinery pieces from affecting their follow-up attacks, the invaders had no choice but to send out large groups of mule animals to drag away the still smoking metal pieces.
Though the battle was still raging in front, and the magical machines couldn’t possibly turn their attention toward these unarmed and unprotected servants, the stray bullets still brought them massive damage.
The metal bullets were the size of pigeon eggs and caused sparks to fly when they hit the volcanic rock walls, leaving small holes and craters on them. When these bullets hit the mules and the humans, they pierced right through and left large wounds behind.
The three days worth of back-and-forth battle had brought about tremendous casualties to both sides of the conflict!
Over two thousand of the noble army soldiers had died since the start of the battle, and as many as three thousand of the servants had died as well. Meanwhile, the Crimson Clan paid the hefty price of seven dozen magical machines.
Such casualties were more than worth it in the eyes of the adepts.
After the multiple rounds of battle, the soldiers of the Andorra Clan had already suffered severe casualties. They had gone from their initial seven thousand men to the current four thousand. However, the Crimson Clan’s magical machine army had also fallen from their peak of a hundred machines to its present thirty.
The two Second Grade adepts of the Andorra Clan placed the priority of their attack on the remaining thirty magical machines. If they were able to sweep away these obstacles with this attack, the next few waves would be able to strike at the tower itself.
Inside the tower.
Crimson Majordomo Gargamel was extremely busy right now.
The alarms from the energy room in the lower levels of the tower had caused him to go into a panic. Before he could figure out the reason behind the elementium altar losing its function, the Alliance adepts had started to move.
Gargamel’s face turned solemn as he looked at the Andorra Clan adepts that were slowly advancing toward the tower alongside the noble’s army.
“Lady Mary, what do you think we should do now?”
Gargamel had no idea what to do and could only seek their current leader’s opinion.
“What is there to be worried about?!” Mary appeared as apathetic as ever before, “You stay in the tower and manage the matter of the energy room. I will bring a few people out with me to fight! We have to conserve the energy in the tower. Don’t use it to attack the enemy actively; just have it bless us with some basic magical defenses.”
Mary waved her hand and called to her side the two blood knights and two blood elves. They prepared to go to combat.
Zacha was indeed a loyal servant. Mary hadn’t named him, and already he was the first to step up.
“Lady Mary, bring me along for this fight!”
Mary thought for a moment and slowly shook her head.
“Don’t be in such a rush to go fight. This attack of the enemy is a siege, and we have to be prepared for a drawn-out conflict. The vampires I’m bringing with me can all rapidly regenerate. They won’t suffer a reduction in their combat power due to drawn-out fights. That’s why you should let us fight the first few rounds. You and Tigule are both made of flesh. It’s best to reserve you two for when the enemy Third Grades join the fray. Otherwise, we don’t have absolute assurance that we can successfully return to the tower when attacked by Third Grades.”
“So keep your eyes on those two Third Grade adepts.”
Having said that, Mary proudly rushed out of the tower doors with her four vampire subordinates and the thirty surviving Archers.