Chapter 2788: City Guards

Star Fall Continent, central region, Royal Capital, Ifunlinge.

The Great Bell Tower stood in the center of Ifunlinge. Apart from the Duoyin people, few knew the name "Ifunlinge"; most people called it the Royal Capital.

The twilight sun shone from the horizon, and after being blocked by the towering city walls, it formed a band of dim yellow light above the walls.

At this time in the Royal Capital, the Great Bell Tower emitted a dull clanging sound, and the streets were very quiet. Two days ago, the civilians in the city had been evacuated one after another.

Not only the Duoyin Royal Capital, but the Chaos Legion's main city had also long since evacuated its civilians. Such power centers were the easiest to be raided. For both sides, the population was the foundation, and soldiers were the guarantee of development.

City guards were stationed on the walls. A substance resembling black rock had condensed on the inner side of the walls, forming a long, gentle slope.

In this way, it could not only significantly increase the defensive power of the city walls but also allow the city guards inside to rush onto the walls at the fastest speed, or withdraw from the walls to avoid the enemy's long-range methods.

A total of 500,000 city guards were stationed on the walls facing the four directions of the Royal Capital. All the city guards stood straight. In their left hands were round heavy shields. These large shields were entirely made of metal, convex on the front, concave on the inside, thinner at the edges, and nearly ten centimeters thick in the center area.

In addition to the round heavy shields, the city guards held all-metal war spears in their right hands. Conservatively estimated, the weight of these war spears alone was over 300 kilograms, not to mention that their entire bodies were covered in armor made of black armor plates.

Behind every city guard, three war spears were strapped, identical in specifications to the ones in their right hands. Even more deadly was that every war spear was engraved with a "Penetration Ritual."

Not only that, but toward the rear of the city walls, there were large wooden racks holding war spears engraved with the "Penetration Ritual."

Under normal circumstances, forces hostile to Duoyin would not attack the Royal Capital. During the Era of Chaos, before the Six-Race Alliance was established, the Elves, relying on the advantage of their bows and arrows, once sent a force of elite cavalry riding elk to raid the Duoyin Royal Capital.

The result was that 470,000 Elf cavalry attacked the city. Half an hour after the battle began, that elite Elf cavalry force was pierced by war spears until they doubted their lives, leaving behind nearly 170,000 corpses before fleeing in a panic.

Since then, no one had come to raid the Duoyin Royal Capital again. On these city walls, a full 276 types of reinforcement rituals had been added, along with 4 main rituals: Iron Wall, Star Dragon Power, Solar Flame, and Duke of Justice.

These four main rituals were developed for the defense of the city walls, and any one of them was something other forces dreamed of.

On the city wall facing the front of the Royal Capital, a giant man wearing full heavy armor and standing over three meters tall sat on an iron chair. He was the eldest prince of Duoyin, over 40 years old, but he had no interest in the throne.

"Be vigilant; our enemy is the War Demon."

The eldest prince just sat there like a small mountain, but he did not appear foolish because of his large size. In those brown-yellow eyes, there was only firmness and fortitude.

"As you command."

The 10 soldier captains all knelt on one knee. The soldier captains in the city guards were different from other units; each of them commanded 50,000 city guards. Below them were several tiers of officers. Defending a city was different from fighting on the front lines; orders were easier to convey.

The selection process for the city guards was very strict. It did not look at background or status, but it required meeting several points. First, one had to have 8–10 years of combat experience on the front lines. Second, one had to have performed meritorious service, and when participating in the selection, one had to be no older than 30.

That wasn't all. After screening a batch of veterans, they had to undergo 3–5 months of recuperation. During this period, they didn't have to do anything, and Duoyin would provide excellent treatment. This was to let the soldiers rest their scarred bodies from the front lines.

After completing the recuperation, they would participate in a second selection, followed by 1–2 years of harsh training. The 68% mortality rate made many people shrink back.

Did they think they could become official Royal Capital city guards just by passing the training? Not at all. Afterward, they had to go through a final round of selection: whether their trained bodies could withstand the power of the rituals.

The city guards' heavy shields, war spears, armor, etc., were all engraved with rituals. Using and wearing these, if one did not have a sufficiently strong adaptability to the rituals, one would suffer severe backlash.

Selecting city guards was difficult, but with Duoyin's population and years of war, the number of city guards was always maintained at a strength of 500,000.

Five kilometers outside the front of the Royal Capital, the Wolf Cavalry stopped here. It seemed that 530,000 Wolf Cavalry fighting 500,000 city guards meant his side had more people, but the enemy had solid city walls. Those hundred-meter-high walls, seen from afar, even gave people a metallic texture.

Barbatos flew in the sky. On the dragon's back, Su Xiao looked at the Royal Capital in the distance. As long as he captured this place, the Void Tree Fruit would belong to him.

It could be said that the Void Tree Fruit located in this world was simply a pie falling from the sky. Originally, this Void Tree Fruit was located in the Demon Sea, a place where fish and dragons mixed, and Ancient Gods, Contractors, and large Void races all had ways to enter.

Recently in the Void, a Void Tree Fruit was discovered, and the Guild Leader and White Cow both went to seize it. One could imagine how intense the competition there was.

Compared to that, the current Void Tree Fruit, even if it wasn't a freebie, was within Su Xiao's acceptable range of difficulty. As for the one in the Void, Su Xiao had no thoughts about it.

"Roar!"

Barbatos let out a dragon roar. Hearing this dragon roar, the Orc Hero Warpole, who was at the very front of the Wolf Cavalry army, took a deep breath.

"Sound the horn."

Orc Hero Warpole raised the war hammer in his hand, and the long horn sound spread. Warpole patted the mount wolf beneath him, and as the vanguard, he charged out.

"Kill!"

Hundreds of thousands of Wolf Cavalry shouted in unison, charging toward the Royal Capital. Five kilometers away were the enemy's towering city walls. The Wolf Cavalry didn't know how to break through those high walls, but as long as the order was given, they would execute it.

At the same time, on the city walls facing the front of the Royal Capital, the city guards used their war spears to strike their round heavy shields, producing a loud thumping sound.

After three strikes, all the city guards placed their heavy shields in front of their feet, locking them into the ground.

All the city guards on the walls retreated in unison. On the observation deck at the highest point of the walls, the flag bearers raised their war flags.

All the city guards on the front walls assumed a throwing posture. The rituals on their armor lit up, causing their muscles to bulge slightly. Wind patterns and fire patterns coiled and climbed onto the war spears in their hands.

With a 'whoosh', dozens of flag bearers waved their command flags simultaneously. After a one-second pause, the city guards on the walls rushed forward a few steps. When their left feet all stepped onto the round shields locked on the ground, an energy connected all the city guards together.

Thump, thump, thump...

War spears were thrown, totaling over 100,000. These war spears broke through layers of air waves and attacked the Wolf Cavalry charging toward the city.

During the initial flight, although these war spears were fast, they did not reach a level where the Wolf Cavalry could not dodge them completely. However, after these war spears flew a certain distance, the wind patterns on them were activated, and all the war spears began to spin. After bringing up spiral-shaped air currents, they suddenly accelerated a second time during flight.

Pfft!

Orc Hero Warpole, charging at the very front, felt a numbness in his abdomen. He pressed his hand against it, and just as he pressed against his abdomen, his three fingers pressed into empty space.

Warpole looked down at his abdomen, where a blood hole the size of a bowl had appeared, with spiral-shaped cracks around it.

Whimpers from the mount wolves came one after another, and some Gray Orcs who had been pierced in vital spots also let out cries of pain.

The Wolf Cavalry Legion, in the middle of their charge, suffered a volley of war spears and fell in large numbers. This thing was not an arrow; if hit by this, limbs would be severed, and if hit in the torso, it would at least be a severe injury.

Before even reaching the bottom of the city walls, the Wolf Cavalry had suffered over 30,000 casualties, and the ground was covered with blood and Gray Orcs and mount wolves nailed to the ground.

The Wolf Cavalry Legion had fought from the Western Border to the Southern Border, and then to the Northern Border, and had never suffered such exaggerated casualties. One had to know that the siege battle had just begun, and they hadn't even engaged in chaotic combat with the enemy, yet over 30,000 Wolf Cavalry had fallen.

On the city walls, the city guards who had completed the first round of war spear throwing were somewhat exhausted. They retreated from the slope on the inner side of the walls, and a new batch of city guards filled in.

They still locked all the round heavy shields on the ground, drew their spears, retreated eight steps, gathered strength, and prepared to sprint and throw.

A large row of upturned spear tips revealed a cold light. It could be said that these city guards in the Royal Capital were simply outrageously strong. ===== CHAPTER 2789 =====