I, the Villain, Want to Save Myself, But the Yandere Heroines Disagree-Chapter 9 - Reinforcements Arrive (3/3)

In the morning, after the mobilization, the passionate beastman warriors waited for their commander to issue orders.

With a command from the commander, the brutal siege began.

War drums pounded. The first wave of beastmen roared, carrying ladders, and charged towards the city walls.

Then, another group of beastmen, carrying large and sharp wooden stakes, charged towards the city gate, intending to breach it.

The human soldiers on the city walls had already used up all their arrows and crossbow bolts in the siege battle two days prior. Facing the enemy’s attack, they could only resort to primitive methods – fighting the beastmen with brute force.

The results were naturally obvious.

In fact, letting the beastmen onto the city walls would result in fewer losses.

Soon, the siege battle became a brutal close-quarters fight. This time, not only the west city wall, but all four walls of Tralava City were witnessing the same scene.

Human soldiers and beastmen fought on the city walls.

With their localized numerical superiority on the city walls and their coordinated efforts, the humans were able to work together to push back the first wave of charging beastmen. However, human soldiers also had their limits in physical endurance. Soon, some soldiers made mistakes in their movements. The beastmen seized the opportunity, and the human side’s losses also gradually increased.

More importantly, their fall meant that there was more space for the beastmen on the city walls. The localized numerical superiority would eventually cease to exist, and the war would descend into a complete, brutal close-quarters battle.

At this point, regardless of race or combat power, if one was struck by a blade and fell on the battlefield, it was a dead end.

Balu remained in the central command post. He would not make a move first until a powerful fighting force appeared on the enemy side.

Watching the situation on the city walls gradually tilt towards the beastmen’s favor, Balu showed a satisfied expression.

The weather had dried up considerably in the past two days. Although the ground was still muddy, it was rare that it wasn’t raining. The clear sun was out, and the land was slowly becoming more favorable to the beastmen.

According to his estimation, before sunset, the beastmen would capture the city. At that time, whether it was plundering the human’s grain or using the humans as provisions on the spot, the beastmen would have follow-up sustenance. Then, they could retreat eastward and plan further actions.

On the west city wall, Virgil led the mercenaries in holding the line.

This was the city wall directly facing Balu’s army, and it was also the area under the most pressure. Virgil had volunteered to take on the task of defending this section of the city wall.

Virgil had just pulled his sword from a beastman’s chest, then immediately rolled forward, dodging an axe swung by a beastman behind him.

Then, a mercenary in front of him skillfully thrust his spear into the chest of the beastman who had ambushed Virgil from behind.

Just as he was about to boast to Virgil, another large cleaver swung from behind. The mercenary’s smile froze in mid-air, and his head flew off with the swing.

Virgil looked at the bloody scene before him and felt completely numb.

He roared, thrusting his sword into a beastman’s chest. The beastman wasn’t dead yet. He gripped Virgil’s sword with both hands, trying to pull it out. Virgil simply used force to push him off the city wall. Then, leaning against the parapet of the city wall, he gasped for air.

During this time, he had killed at least forty to fifty beastmen who had climbed onto the city walls. But the number of mercenaries by his side was decreasing one by one.

Although they weren’t close friends, they were comrades who had spent time together day and night. Seeing these comrades, who were usually lively and cheerful, and sometimes shared interesting stories from their hometowns with Virgil, now closing their eyes one by one and falling on the battlefield, Virgil felt a knot in his stomach.

Crucially, his strength was also almost completely depleted.

On the battlefield, as merely a Tier 6 warrior, it was still very difficult for him to change the situation.

At this moment, he thought for a moment, then decided to take out the potion Orson had given him and drink it down in one gulp.

Power instantly surged through his limbs and bones. Then, carrying his longsword, he rushed back to the battlefield.

A mercenary was facing a pincer attack from two beastmen. The polearm he used on the city wall was meant to be used in conjunction with allied shields, but his ally’s head had been split open by a beastman earlier. Now, he was single-handedly fighting against two beastmen, merely clinging to life.

Just as he thought he was about to die, Virgil charged over. Almost instantly, Virgil, with his strength fully restored, killed the two beastmen. Then, he glanced at the mercenary and gave him a look.

The mercenary understood and followed behind Virgil. The two of them worked together like this, engaging the beastmen in combat on the city wall.

Time passed more and more slowly. The number of beastman soldiers on the city wall also became fewer and fewer.

The beastmen’s first wave of attack was repelled.

At this moment, Virgil looked at the base of the city wall, where corpses were piled up like mountains. There were human bodies and beastman bodies, mixed together, making it impossible to distinguish one from the other.

He took a breath.

Then he went down the city wall to the command post to find Shuvas.

The situation in the command post at this moment was also not good. The guard who was supposed to be standing at the entrance had also gone to the battlefield. Shuvas was sitting alone in the command post, his face grim.

Completely losing the composure they had when they were chatting and laughing just three days ago.

“According to statistics, our troops have less than two thousand remaining after this wave of attack...” Shuvas sighed.

“Now, not only are the reserves gone, but we can’t even fill the city walls anymore.”

“Then should we abandon the city walls and fight the beastmen in street combat?”

“That might buy us time, but don’t forget, beastmen have a natural advantage in street fighting...”

“Anyway, Young Master Orson’s troops are on their way. We just need to hold out for a few more hours. As long as we hold out until they arrive, we will be victorious.”

“Let’s hope so,” Shuvas nodded upon hearing this. Subsequently, he began ordering the soldiers on the city walls to gradually withdraw, consolidating their defense within the city, relying on the buildings within the city to fight street battles against the enemy.

The lethality of street combat against the enemy would certainly not be as high as fighting on the city walls, but the crucial point was that street combat could effectively delay the enemy.

For both sides at the moment, what they lacked most was precisely time.

The beastmen needed time to break into the city and obtain the city’s grain supplies, while the human side hoped to delay until the main force arrived.

If the main force could not arrive, then Shuvas and the others would have to burn the city’s grain supplies.

Around two o’clock in the afternoon, Balu, seeing that the beastmen had rested enough, prepared to order the beastmen to prepare for the next wave of attack.

Just then, Balu suddenly noticed that there were no longer any humans on the city walls, which caused him to be suspicious for a long time.

Were the humans playing a trick of the empty city on him?

Or was there actually a trap on the city walls?

But Balu couldn’t worry about that much anymore. In the day’s siege, another ten thousand beastman soldiers had fallen here. He now had less than sixty thousand warriors left. He had to lead these sixty thousand warriors back to the desert for the beastmen to have more possibilities.

Otherwise, by the time the capital for the next invasion was ready, Balu’s age would not allow him to reach that point.

Subsequently, Balu ordered his army to enter the city.

And the moment he issued the order, a heavy sound of hooves echoed from the land behind him.

The appearance of the sun these past few days had alleviated the muddiness of the ground. Orson’s main force arrived at the front lines in less time than the beastmen.

And leading the charge was none other than the Silver Dragon Knights.

Prince Arthas charged at the forefront of the cavalry formation, leading the fully armored heavy cavalry behind him towards Balu’s main force.

And behind the Silver Dragon Knights were the Antica Duchy’s most elite troops, the Black Army.

The Black Army soldiers were also on horseback at this moment, closely following the Silver Dragon Knights.

At this moment, the other beastman soldiers in the encampment also turned their heads to look to the rear. Then, they saw a scene they would never forget in their lives.

Under the midday sun, armor of silver and black reflected different lights.

The heavy sound of hooves seemed to shake the earth, or like the whispered words of the goddess of death, all indicating the impending future defeat of the beastmen.