Civilization: Beyond Two Worlds

179 Wood Gundam

The desolate horn swept across the ground.

After a more terrifying long-range attack than yesterday, the official attack of the elves was about to arrive.

The west wall was still the west wall.

This place had been violently destroyed by the elves’ spells yesterday. The durability of the city wall was relatively low. Moreover, the elves’ surprise battle yesterday had caused them to bleed and be quite injured. Their morale had also suffered a setback. With the pride and dignity of the elves, they had to regain their dignity and wash away their humiliation wherever they suffered.

Their special opponent was humans… humans they looked down on.

Attacking the west wall again was almost inevitable.

Regarding this, Nick and Hong San came to the same conclusion. In some aspects, elves were indeed easier to understand… especially when it came to dignity and pride.

Therefore, the western city wall was renovated and strengthened overnight. A portion of the relatively elite reserves were also subordinates in this area. Valentine gathered his superior troops here and made a large number of preparations.

Perhaps the elves also understood this and understood that Valentine could make the corresponding judgment.

However, they did not beat them at their own game and suddenly attack the other walls.

Instead, he was still prepared to attack the western city wall… and it would not change.

This was because regardless of whether the humans strengthened their vigilance, mobilized their advantageous troops, tilted their battlefield advantage, or determined their tactical choices—they did not care.

“They don’t care.”

On the city wall, Hong San and Kang De each took out a large shield and observed the situation of the elf army in the distance. The Cathayan said, “This is the hegemon of the world. A peerless country in the world naturally has peerless armies. Be it self-confidence, conceit, heroism, or arrogance…”

“In fact, they indeed have this strength… In fact, Valentine’s greatest advantage is to defend against the wall. If not for the deep wall of the city and the fact that they attacked in the field, even if the City Lord recruited all the men in the city, they would not be enough to fight the Dusk Battle Group in a round.”

Hong San slowly exhaled, “Master, just watch. This is only the second day. The Dusk Battle Group has rushed here and many methods are not ready. It’ll be more and more difficult in the future…”

At this point, his face naturally carried worry and uneasiness. He said in a low voice, “Reinforcements, reinforcements, I hope the Sword Orchid Army will arrive on time…”

Kang De’s heart was also pounding. Nervousness was inevitable. After all, emotions were contagious. He was not strong enough to defeat an army alone, or rather, he was far from it.

He raised his binoculars and looked at the elf army that had revealed the tip of the iceberg. They were neatly armed and armored. The silver-white waves were like fish scales arranged. Kang De saw neat square formations. Looking back, the army was enveloped in the vast fog and he could not tell what was inside.

Kang De felt uneasy and frowned, “What’s with this fog of war?”

“Fog of war?” Hong San was stunned, “This is a good term… This is the method of the elves. Their spellcasters are very rich and can specially mobilize astronomic mages to gather the fog. Because it’s far away, the mages are waiting solemnly. Our mages can’t disperse the fog and can’t see what’s in it clearly. However, don’t worry, it’s only used from afar. If we soar the fog nearby, it’ll be dispersed by the mages.”

He saw Kang De’s frown and comforted him, “This is good. After all, the scale of the mage group in the city is not weak. The magic advantage of the elves is never overwhelming. Otherwise, they would directly raise a fog and envelope the entire city. Not only will our long-range troops be unpredictable, but they can also attack calmly…”

Kang De said, “But in this fog…”

When Hong San heard this, he sighed, “It must be the methods of the elves to attack the city this time. For them to hide like this, they definitely have to take us by surprise and make us unable to prepare. Mayor Nick must have a headache because of this, but we have no choice. The Valentine garrison is really too weak compared to the enemy and doesn’t dare to leave the city at all…”

Kang De was about to speak when he heard a muffled bang in the distance.

Thunk.

It was as if a huge creature was walking.

Then, bangs sounded continuously.

It was as if more than one behemoth was taking steps.

There was a commotion on the city wall. The rain of arrows and spell attacks stopped for a moment. The elves were probably adjusting their movements. Everyone felt the vibration that continuously transmitted over and felt uneasy. They boldly looked out and saw that most of the elves’ army was still hidden in the thick fog. The unknown came from it.

“What’s that?”

Panicked whispers were spreading. The unknown was the most terrifying.

Dong, dong, dong.

The fear of the unknown was advancing step by step.

The fog of the elf army spread forward.

The spell battle began again. This time, it was the human mage who quickly attacked. Ice-type spells and fire-type spells reflected each other, and streams of light whistled out of the city.

They wanted to disperse this d*mned fog and expose the military goal of the elves. The sooner they revealed the true appearance of the huge creature opposite them, the more time the army in the city would have to prepare.

The mages controlled the power of nature and were powerful and strange. They could resist the spell attacks of the elves and form a magic deterrence against the enemy army. However, in the war, they were not the only protagonists. What blocked the terrifying attacks of the elves and protected the city wall was still an army made of flesh and blood.

On the balance of victory, swords and magic were always raised.

The elf army approached further and had already reached the dominant spellcasting radius of the humans. Even someone as powerful as the elf mages could not maintain absolute rule in the domain of humans.

The fog that rolled up could not take another step forward.

However, the elf army continued to advance.

The mysterious behemoth finally broke out of the fog.

They revealed their forms amidst the exclamations of the humans. The morning sun shone on the canopy-like leaf crown, reflecting an emerald light. This giant-like spirit monster took heavy and clumsy steps. Countless entangled thick roots coiled into powerful limbs. The rough and thick skin was like thick armor. With a heavy thud, they rumbled towards the city wall step by step. Their huge bodies covered the elves who were hiding behind and spreading.

Someone on the city wall shouted in horror, “Wild Wood Spirit, it’s the War Spirit! In the name of Sulla, oh my god!”

Shaken and uneasy were growing.

This was because the legendary lifeform in the legend and story had appeared in front of him as an enemy.

As the hegemon of the world, not only were the elves economically and militarily powerful, but the cultural radiation attached to them was also extremely terrifying. The popularity of Twilight, the poetry and drama of Twilight, and the rich and diverse culture of the elves invaded the various races of the continent forcefully, causing a series of transmissions and derivative creations. These Goethe soldiers on the city wall had grown up listening to many legendary stories on the elves’ side.

A peaceful race, a developed culture, a rich country, and the birthplace of democracy. This was the image of the elves continuously exporting out, subtly affecting people’s thoughts. Even in war stories, the elves were definitely the incarnation of justice. The enemy was either the villain who tried to destroy the world, or an invader from hell, outer space, or something. The elves would always be the guardians of world peace.

In fact, if not for the fact that the elves had invaded their motherland and burned, killed, and plundered, if not for the ironclad evidence and the danger of extermination, most Goethe people would probably not believe that the elves would invade their country.

If not for the fact that Goethe’s ancestors had once been rich and that many historical factors had led to the early formation of national cohesion, that Grand Duke Goethe was good at governing and the Tedrell family had an extremely good reputation, many Goethe people would even believe the nonsense of the elves and think that the other party was here to promote democracy and freedom.

However, even if they confirmed their resistance, the influence of the elves on them was very, very great.

Those huge creatures that were almost as tall as the city wall were clearly the Wild Wood Spirits in the storybook. They were the loyal allies of the Twilight Elves. Together with the Unicorn, they were indispensable characters in any elf legendary story. They were heavy and slow, guarding the forest. They had a long time and their wisdom stretched. They were not harmless. When they were angry, the entire forest would tremble and any enemy would be reduced to ashes.

Now, humans wanted to fight them.

—How could they fight?

Even the heroic veterans were in despair. If these big fellows approached the city wall and stretched out their arms to sweep a round, the elves behind would climb up the branches and swarm over. Then there was no need to fight this battle!

“Don’t panic!”

More than ten messengers rushed up the city wall from all directions and shouted, “This is not the Wild Wood Spirit! It’s not the War Spirit! Think about it with your heads!”

These people ran back and forth under the threat of a long-range attack to stabilize the morale of the army. It should be Preston’s idea. They roared, “Think of the story you heard when you were young. The elf army raided here. With the speed of the Wild Wood Spirit, how can they keep up? If it’s immediately produced, it’s even more impossible! How can there be such a large forest around this city? How can it produce such a big guy?”

“Even if there is, you’ve heard the story. How can the Wild Wood Spirit be completed overnight? That can only be done by many Druids who have been nurturing it! You’ve all heard the story!”

The messengers blushed and shouted forcefully, “The mages said that this is not the Wild Wood Spirit at all, but something produced by the elves through the fusion of an entire forest. It’s only an imposter, far inferior to the Wild Wood Spirit! It’s just a large-scaling cart. At most, it can walk on its own, and it’s a little larger!”

“There are also huge benefits. At the very least, the warlocks can fight more accurately!”

This comfort was reasonable. Moreover, it was very logical to start with the “setting” that everyone was familiar with, causing the city wall guards to gradually calm down. Only Kang De and Hong San looked at each other and saw the worry in each other’s eyes.

Such a huge guy could not be stopped with the swords and halberds of the guards on the city wall.

Only the mages and war machines could destroy them relatively easily.

However…

The quantity and quality of the mage group were limited. It was already quite difficult to passively deal with the attacks of the elf mages. He probably did not have much strength to deal with these Wild Wood Spirits.

As for the war machine…

The most important catapult covering this area had already been destroyed…

As expected, after entering the shooting range, the war machine in the city had already begun to roar. Boulders, stone bullets, and ballista whistled out and smashed into the slowly advancing Wild Wood Spirits, the No. 5 fire position was still silent. The long-range attack power in the city had already shown flaws.

Hong San said in a low voice, “Good lord, I thought that the first to be prepared would be the scaling cart, then the siege tower. I didn’t expect the elves to actually cause such a huge commotion…”

Kang De looked at the approaching natural giant in the distance and was momentarily helpless. He did not return to the white fog world yesterday because the battle was dangerous. He had to be careful and leave this opportunity to escape. Therefore, he did not replenish the explosion, leaving only one large and a few small ones. Facing such a huge creature, he did not know if a gas tank could overturn it. After all, he did not understand the principle of the other party’s actions.

Moreover, it was still far away and the gas tank could not be thrown over.

He frowned and pondered. If this thing approached the city wall and relied on his extraction superpower, could he deal with it cleanly?

However, in the next moment, this thought was dispelled.

This was because he clearly saw many shadows flashing between the leaf crown and branches of the Wild Wood Spirits. He could even sense sharp gazes shooting out from elsewhere. There were actually many elf sharpshooters hidden among them. He even saw a few fire spells in the city smash at one of the Wooden Gundams, but they were blocked by a hot Flame Divine Shield. There were actually spellcasters hidden here.

Moreover, there were many elf soldiers behind this Wooden Gundam. D*mn, they were even cooperating.

Kang De cursed in his heart, but he did not dare to have the thought of extracting and destroying the enemy. At the very least, he did not dare to unless it was a critical moment. This was different from the time on the slope. For example, in modern war, which ferocious warrior would carry an explosive bag and run to blow up the main battle tank with a complete anti-infantry module and infantry fighting together?

Then… what should he do?

At this moment, Hong San, who was beside him, muttered, “That’s not right, Master. The elves seem to be very anxious…”

Kang De turned around and said, “What did you say?”

Hong San said, “Even if this is not the true Wild Wood Spirit, but a war puppet fused and twisted from a small forest, it’s still a huge sum. It must have consumed a lot of magic power to make it overnight. I said that the attack of the elf mages today is not as sharp as yesterday. So that’s the reason. Therefore, Master, I said that the elves are very anxious. They seem to want to take down Valentine City quickly, so they created today’s commotion!”

Kang De’s expression changed, “They’ve already sensed the plans of the Sword Orchid Army?”

“Logically speaking, it’s impossible to be so fast. After all, they only arrived yesterday, but…”

Hong San shook his head. He could not figure it out.

However, the sharp and precise arrows had already attacked the city. The elf divine archer was hidden in the leaves of the Wild Wood Spirit and was no longer at a high disadvantage. He could even rely on cover to aim and shoot more calmly. Even the mage had the same advantage.

People were already being shot on the city wall, and the human projection troops began to counterattack. However, the archer troops were insufficient to begin with. They had to suppress the infantry and counter the arrows, so they were even more stretched.

As for the war machine, it had not contributed much. The number five catapult had been destroyed. The other war machines were either not powerful enough or had more missions. It was really very difficult to suppress all the Wild Wood Spirits.

Kang De thought for a moment. “This can’t go on. I’ll go to the fifth firing position to take a look!”

Hong San said in surprise, “Master, you have a way?”

“…There’s a way!”