Chapter 451: Then Let the City Walls Collapse!

"My lord, the city gate has been sealed shut. What should we do?"

Listening to the arrogant words of the orcs atop the city wall, Knight Mi Gen and the others were both furious and alarmed.

Taking that fortress so easily and swiftly earlier was entirely because the cannons had blasted open the enemy's gate.

But now, that earlier method can no longer be replicated.

Are they really going to have to mount a scaling assault?

"Don't panic! These orcs really think that blocking the city gate means they're completely safe? Then they are gravely mistaken!"

"Mi Gen, do you want to see an unprecedented, breathtaking spectacle?"

Facing this seemingly dead-end situation, the corner of Gervas's mouth instead curled upward.

Because, he had already thought it over before setting out — if he were to encounter a city in the future, what method could break through at the smallest cost.

And such methods had plenty of ready-made precedents in his previous life.

Combined with his mother's situation, though, the available options would be greatly reduced.

But Gervas had figured out two methods that suited him and could take a city at the smallest cost.

The first, naturally, was the one used when taking the fortress.

Now, since the first won't work, naturally it's time for the second.

"My lord, what do you mean by an unprecedented, breathtaking spectacle? Is it worth watching?"

"Let me put it this way! Do you believe I can make the walls of Snowfield City collapse in the blink of an eye?"

"This… this can't be possible, can it?" Knight Mi Gen and the others hesitated.

If the speaker had been anyone else, they would likely have immediately scowned and refuted it, feeling they were being deceived.

But the one before them was their own lord, so naturally they were half-believing, half-doubting.

"It seems you don't believe me. Now, follow my instructions and prepare what I need. Today I'll let you witness what true shock really means!"

Afterward, Gervas began making arrangements.

First, he had men build a wooden frame with a roof made of planks and damp cowhide.

Then, he sent thirty laborers, shielded by the roof, to the base of Snowfield City's wall to begin digging a tunnel.

Of course, for sufficient safety, fifty crossbowmen, twenty ballistae, and three cannons were all assigned to provide cover.

The main goal was to ensure the orcs could not inflict any harm on the laborers beneath the wooden shed.

After arranging the laborers to dig, Gervas personally went to find Isabella.

In the current company, aside from the cannon squad having Blue-Scaled Sea Beast scale powder, there was Isabella's stock.

In fact, with the cannon consumption along the way, Isabella's Blue-Scaled Sea Beast scale powder now exceeded that of the cannon squad.

"Greetings, my lord!"

"Isabella! When we set out you brought five barrels of Blue-Scaled Sea Beast scale powder — is it still all here?"

"My lord, it's all here. I haven't used any of it these past days!"

"Good, I need all of it taken away now!"

"Yes, my lord!"

Afterward, Gervas took all five barrels of Blue-Scaled Sea Beast scale powder, packed in wine barrels.

And when he returned to the front battlefield, Knight Mi Gen and the others also hurried back.

"My lord, do you think this log will do? This is already the largest trunk we could find nearby!"

At this moment, behind Knight Mi Gen and the knights followed a cart pulled by three draft horses.

On the cart was a tree stump three meters long, with a diameter of at least one and a half meters.

This stump, requiring at least three people to encircle it, was the key to taking Snowfield City next.

If there were another transmigrator from the modern era here, they would naturally know exactly what Gervas was preparing to do.

But Knight Mi Gen and the other natives were still watching, completely baffled.

Gervas didn't bother explaining much, but instructed these men to carefully hollow out the stump, digging out a cavity of roughly eighty centimeters.

This task was quite simple for Knight Mi Gen and the others, who possessed battle aura. After all, in the face of a longsword reinforced with battle aura, this hard trunk was not much tougher than flesh.

With Knight Mi Gen and Lei Meng working together, in less than half an hour the center of the stump was hollowed out.

"Come, pour everything from these few wine barrels into it."

Gervas continued giving orders.

Knight Mi Gen and the others naturally didn't dawdle, immediately opening the wooden wine barrels, then lifting and beginning to pour.

"This… this is Blue-Scaled Sea Beast scale powder?"

When the contents of the wooden wine barrels poured out, Knight Mi Gen and the others immediately recognized it as Blue-Scaled Sea Beast scale powder.

After all, the effect of this substance on cannons was astonishing, and now the knights of the Storm Legion were extremely familiar with it.

"That's right, it's Blue-Scaled Sea Beast scale powder."

"My lord, doesn't Blue-Scaled Sea Beast scale powder only unleash its great power when used in cannons? Putting it inside this stump — will that work?"

"Of course it will! Enough, pour in the remaining four barrels, and in a moment you'll understand exactly what's going on!"

Gervas didn't want to explain too much — everything would be demonstrated with facts shortly.

"Yes, my lord!" Knight Mi Gen and the others dared not dawdle any longer, hurriedly pouring the remaining four barrels of Blue-Scaled Sea Beast scale powder into the hollow of the stump.

Soon, the eighty-centimeter hollow in the center of the massive stump was completely filled.

Knight Mi Gen and the others swallowed nervously, faintly brimming with anticipation and excitement.

The powder loaded into a cannon was roughly one-twentieth of a wine barrel.

And the amount of powder inside this stump was already a hundred times that of a cannon.

So, with such a quantity of powder, just how great a power could it unleash?

"It can be sealed!"

In fact, Gervas was also very much looking forward to it.

After confirming that all the blue-scaled sea beast scale powder had been loaded into the tree stump, he ordered the previously removed tree stump core to be used for sealing.

To ensure the seal was sufficiently tight, Gervas even had people secure the tree core with iron nails, leaving only a small hole in the center of the stump core just large enough for the fuse to be inserted.

With the tree core sealing complete, the first super-large 'firecracker' in this other world was finished.

"My lord, the laborers have already dug a cave more than four meters deep and over two meters wide. Should we continue digging deeper?!"

Coincidentally, at this moment, Lauren also returned in haste.

It turned out that the excavation progress of the cave ahead had already reached the scale Gervas originally required.

"Enough! No need to continue digging!"

This size is already sufficient to stuff the super-large firecracker inside.

Immediately, Gervas did not delay, ordering Knight Mi Gen, Lei Meng, and others to personally carry the super-large firecracker to the base of the city wall.

Subsequently, the super-large firecracker was sent directly into the excavated tunnel.

Of course, still for sufficient sealing, after the super-large firecracker was placed inside, the gaps within the cave also needed to be backfilled.

Fortunately, the loose soil originally excavated was ready-made material, so backfilling was not difficult.

Another half hour passed, and all gaps between the underground cave and the cave entrance had been backfilled with loose soil and thoroughly tamped down.

Only a hollow thin bamboo pole extended out from underground; this was to ensure the fuse would not be crushed by the soil.

"Everyone, retreat!"

With all preparations complete, Gervas issued the retreat order, leaving only Knight Mi Gen behind to light the fuse!

For this thrilling task, Knight Mi Gen was very much looking forward to it, because he very much wanted to know what exactly would happen in a little while.