Chapter 154

One kilometer away, General Reed's eyes narrowed again!

It had never expected the war to turn out like this!

The immensely powerful Aldington had been beaten into oblivion by the enemy's mages—fiery balls rained down one after another, continuously smashing Aldington until he was completely obscured!

And the enemy even had those explosive arrows!

In one volley, at least several thousand Lion Clan warriors were killed!

The remaining Lion Clan warriors were terrified by the terrifying power of the explosive arrows and hesitated to advance!

"Prince Alding won't be harmed—when the enemy mages exhaust their mana, that's when Aldington will strike back. Their explosive arrows won't come endlessly; mages' mana isn't infinite. So far, we must take this city, or it'll be even harder later, and the Lion Clan will lose all face!"

After calculating in his mind, General Reed issued the order:

"Press forward! Don't retreat!"

"Grand General, the warriors dare not advance—Prince Alding's fate is unknown. Without Prince Alding to break the gate, no matter how many warriors we send, they'll only become targets for the enemy!"

A chieftain said.

"Hmph, so you're afraid to attack now!"

General Reed stood up: "Then I'll break the gate myself—the enemy mages are tied up by Prince Alding; I can still break the gate!!"

Saying this, it rose, shook its body, and its eyes blazed with furious energy!

"All guards, follow me!"

General Reed charged forward, sword in hand!

Beside it, a dozen elite guards followed closely behind!

As soon as General Reed appeared, the other Lion Clan warriors' spirits surged again!

"Kill!"

General Reed led from the front, charging ahead of everyone!

In the Beast Kingdom, the commanders of armies were almost always the strongest warriors in their units.

In battle, they often charged at the front—it was already a tradition!

"Shoot!"

On the city wall, seeing the Lion Clan warriors surging like a tidal wave, Sister Qing Ling gave another order.

"Swoosh!"

"Swoosh!"

Thousands of explosive arrows shot out again.

"Defend!"

General Reed roared, raising his shield.

Around him, a dozen guards simultaneously raised their shields, covering the space above their heads with layers of defense.

"Boom!"

The explosive arrows struck their shields.

These explosive arrows, fired by the Fox People, were perfectly blocked.

But the other Lion warriors weren't so lucky!

Their shields were far less sturdy, and their strength nowhere near as great as General Reed's and her guards', and they were instantly blown over again.

After weathering one wave of explosive arrows, General Reed led the charge once more toward the gate of Miraculous City.

Behind it, the Lion Clan warriors, seeing this, seized the moment when the flames from the explosive arrows had slightly dimmed and charged forward again, fearless of death!

"Swoosh!"

"Swoosh!"

Immediately, another volley of explosive arrows arrived!

"Defend!"

General Reed roared again.

Her guards still perfectly blocked the explosive arrows, but the Lion warriors behind were blown over once more.

Yet seeing General Reed pressing forward, the Lion warriors behind once again charged forward, fearless of death.

In the blink of an eye, General Reed and her guards had weathered over five waves of explosive arrows and countless mage attacks!

Behind them, the Lion Clan's casualties had already reached over ten thousand, yet more warriors kept pouring in from the rear.

They were simply too numerous.

By now, the Lion Clan's casualties in this battle were staggering!

So General Reed had no path to retreat.

If they retreated now, with such massive losses and still failing to capture a city that had suddenly appeared, the Lion Clan's ruling status would hang by a thread—the Old Lion King would surely sacrifice him to the heavens!

With the determination of a last stand, General Reed finally pushed through the magical attacks and reached the vicinity of the city gate.

Then, General Reed drew its great sword and slashed it against the city gate.

"Boom!"

The heavy gate trembled under the blow.

Though made of iron, this gate had been split open by General Reed's strike!

Though the crack was small, it had already given General Reed hope!

The might of a Fifth Rank warrior was plain to see!

If it had been Aldington, a Sixth Rank warrior, this iron gate might not have held him at all!

"Holy Maiden, the man below is destroying our city gate!"

On the city wall, Sister Qing Ling received a report from her subordinate.

She had already seen it.

Just as she was about to strike, Meng Ying, who was still casting her spell, gave a casual glance in that direction, then swallowed a "White Flame," and her fingers twitched slightly.

Immediately after, an incomparably huge fireball slammed down.

"General, look out!"

At the city gate, over a dozen guards abruptly raised their shields.

"Boom!"

The fireball exploded open.

"Ahhh—"

The dozen-plus guards were blown to pieces amid their screams.

They could defend against explosive arrows, even defend against one of Sister Qing Ling's fox-woman magical attacks, but they could not defend against the magic of Sixth Rank Archmage Meng Ying!

In a large crater by the city gate, General Reed stood inside, covered in blood.

The attack Oldington had faced—he had finally experienced it himself.

That… was an attack he simply could not withstand!

At this moment, he actually found himself worrying about Oldington.

"I'm about to die, and here I am worrying about him."

General Reed's consciousness gradually faded.

Before his consciousness faded, he seemed to hear the sound of the ground trembling.

"Centaurs!"

General Reed suddenly thought of something, his eyes snapping wide open!

On the city walls, the number of centaurs had never been large, and General Reed had always assumed the centaurs would hold their ground behind the city gate.

But now, he knew—he was wrong!

The centaurs had charged!