Mage Legend-Chapter 824 - 57: Return

The war drums resounded once more, and the snake-man army retreated backward. However, they only moved back a dozen meters and then transported the Fire-Resistant Rune Plates from the trenches.

Using these shields, they erected a solid steel wall. At this time, the front of the Five Realms Fortress had already turned into a sea of fire. To prevent an enemy charge, the guards poured a large amount of Fierce Fire Oil from the walls and then ignited it. Occasionally, many logs and dry grass were thrown down from the city walls, making the flames burn even fiercer.

However, this sea of fire was halted before the Fire-resistant Plate and could not advance even half a meter further. The arrows flying through the air also found it difficult to cause effective damage. For the sake of prolonged combat, apart from those highly skilled sniper archers, the Five Realms Fortress had not launched large-scale arrow rain attacks for some time.

"What are these guys trying to do?" On the city wall, the soldiers took this opportunity to allow the injured soldiers to rotate out. Continuous fighting had consumed a lot of their energy, and now, gnawing on some jerky and washing it down with hot, strong liquor could help them regain their strength.

The officers looked out, hoping to find the real purpose behind the enemy's actions. The beating of the snake-man drums grew stronger, yet there was no other movement from them.

Soon, the snake-man forces gathered in front of the wall parted, opening up a pathway. The great serpent, donned in vibrant armor, with five Snake-man Mages, slowly walked forward from the rear of the battlefield.

Every snake-man who saw the great serpent pass by collectively cheered his name. If translated from the language of the snake-men, it meant "True Dragon." With a smile on his face, the great serpent accepted such praises with peace of mind, stepping over lands strewn with corpses and flowing with rivers of blood, moving step by step toward the walls of the Five Realms Fortress.

"Shoot this bastard! Archers!"

In an instant, countless arrows whistled through the air, drowning out the drums and shouts from the other side, becoming the sole resonating sound on this battlefield. A dense barrage of arrows covered the line of sight completely, turning into a black lightning bolt, rushing straight toward the body of the great serpent.

The great serpent raised his hand and waved gently, as if brushing away floating feathers. The arrow rain immediately split into two paths, bypassing the area where the great serpent stood. In the air, they exploded successively, and by the time they hit the ground, they had already transformed into fragments of wood and metal.

Seeing this spectacle, the cheers of the snake-men grew more exuberant.

The great serpent stopped before the fortress, unharmed by any flames.

The soldiers on the city walls all held their breath and stared, uncertain what this man before them intended to do. Not everyone understood the name "great serpent" and what it represented, nor did they know this was actually the leader of the entire snake-man army. But they couldn't help but feel awe for the power that the great serpent displayed before them.

"How did he do that?"

Not all soldiers had witnessed the power of magic, and even Paladins, who possessed Divine Arts, had only a very rudimentary understanding of such mysterious forces.

The great serpent raised his hand, pointing at the city walls, and began chanting a spell in a language no one had heard before. His expression was very relaxed, as if gently educating his child, patiently persuading it to follow his command. But the soldiers standing on the walls felt the ground beneath them shake continuously, and the obstacle constructed of hard rock began to tremble precariously. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

The few Witch Doctors who followed the great serpent stood around him, also muttering incantations. Their master's spell equally protected them, preventing incoming attacks from afar from affecting the spell's release. A layer of purplish-red cover quickly enveloped the battlefield corpses, causing them to wither rapidly. As this process continued, the great serpent's power grew stronger, his spell filled with an impact that could cause mountains to crumble and earth to shatter, striking wave after wave at the Five Realms Fortress.

The meticulous construction of the dwarven craftsmen finally displayed its might, even though the massive rock barriers in front of the walls had been shattered, the walls themselves still remained intact. However, not a single soldier on it could remain standing, all forced to crawl on the ground, incessantly struggling to rise again.