Chapter 612

"Is there something inside?"

"I don't know. It feels soft to the touch, like sand, or perhaps something like dust. Should I open it?" As the soldier asked, he had already taken out his dagger and cut open the gray linen package with one slash!

From within, white, gray, and black dust and gravel flowed out, and the air was accompanied by a strange, choking smell.

"This seems to be gunpowder." Yan Liu's memory gradually traced back to decades ago, to a thing called Black Fire that an old alchemist in the village had made. Its explosive power was immense; as long as there was enough of it, black gunpowder could blow through a small mountain.

However, compared to warriors with spiritual power shields, the effect of black gunpowder could only be effective against fixed buildings. Of course, it was also extremely threatening to ordinary warriors.

Now, perhaps it could help defend the city!

"Where did you find this? Is there more?"

"I found it in a corner under the city wall. If the ground hadn't been shattered by cannonballs, I wouldn't have discovered this thing. It seems someone buried it here on purpose."

The soldier led Yan Liu to the place under the city wall where the black gunpowder package was found. Yan Liu squatted down and pried away the shattered floor tiles, and soon discovered a long fuse. Following this fuse, he found a new black gunpowder package. It seemed that as long as one pulled up the floor tiles along the city wall, a new black gunpowder package would be found every certain distance.

Thinking of the Taji soldiers who had been stationed here and had retreated so easily before, could it be that they were the ones who left it?

Just as Yan Liu was daydreaming, another soldier came to report.

"General, similar cloth packages were also found under the city wall outside the city."

In an instant, Yan Liu understood.

If the Holy Kingdom coalition hadn't come, these black gunpowder packages could have easily destroyed Colin's defenses. But now the Holy Kingdom coalition had come, and the people of the Taji Kingdom seemed not to have told the Holy Kingdom about the black gunpowder, so it was discovered by them just like this?

"Everyone, hurry and dig out all the black gunpowder packages. Be careful, don't let them near an open flame. These are good things! They can help us defend the city! Maybe we even have a chance to survive!"

"Yes!"

Hearing that it could help them defend the city, the Nightless soldiers happily took action one after another. Before long, they had dug out all the black gunpowder packages buried on both sides inside and outside the city.

The guys from the Holy Kingdom must never have imagined that the Taji Kingdom had left such a contingency, and that it had been discovered by them just in time.

If they knew the truth, would they be furious?

"General, how should these things be used?" a soldier asked curiously.

Most of the soldiers were just like him, knowing nothing about what black gunpowder was.

"That's a good question. This black gunpowder... it was originally something created by the alchemists of our Emperor Tianwu Empire. It can explode, and its power is immense. It has great destructive power against low-level warriors and buildings, though it's of little use against the strong."

"Although this thing didn't cause much of a stir in our Emperor Tianwu Empire, it seems it was used as a high-power weapon in the Western Regions for a time... Now we can use it to defend the city."

"Just light the fuse with a torch and throw it at the enemy. It won't be long before it explodes... Wait, you bastard, put that torch down! Do you want to blow us all up? Use it only when the enemy comes to attack."

"Also, it's not safe to keep these explosives here. Move them all to the buildings in the rear." Yan Liu was naturally worried about whether the Holy Kingdom would give them another round of concentrated magic cannon fire. Once any magic cannonball exploded near the black gunpowder, it would likely trigger a chain reaction. He had to be cautious, cautious, and even more cautious.

They must not miss this opportunity to deal a heavy blow to the Holy Kingdom's army.

After everything was ready, the Holy Kingdom's army on the other side sounded their horns again, and then the main army launched its second attack.

"Everyone, get up and defend the city! Set up a double-layered shield wall at the breach and take turns fighting!"

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Once Yan Liu's order was issued, three rows of soldiers holding large shields rushed to the very front, using their own flesh and blood to set up a two-meter-high shield wall in front of them.

"Personnel on the left and right city walls, get ready! Those setting up shields, set them up; those throwing black gunpowder, get ready to throw. Just in case, we must use them up as quickly as possible."

On both sides of the city wall, three people set up large shields at a 45-degree angle. Behind the large shields were two soldiers throwing explosives, one holding a torch and the other responsible for throwing the explosives.

"Are you all ready?"

"Ready!"

The high-spirited response made Yan Liu very satisfied.

He had a premonition that once they started using explosives on a large scale, the next wave of attacks would likely see the enemy prioritize using magic crystal cannons to bombard them. Therefore, they had to use the explosives to kill more Holy Kingdom soldiers in this attack.

Only then could they reduce the pressure on them in the next wave of attacks.

Glancing at the Colin Fortress wall, which was already covered in cracks, Yan Liu knew that if another wave of magic crystal cannon bombardment came, the wall would definitely not be able to hold and would likely suffer a large-scale collapse. That would be the moment for the enemy's all-out attack.

— Author's Notes —

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