Six Wizard Apprentices in gray robes finally appeared atop the city walls. These six Wizard Apprentices were wandering apprentices whom Viscount Helu had gone to great lengths to recruit.
On the Durando Subcontinent, wizards wielded boundless power and wealth. Formal wizards were recruited by powerful wizard organizations. Very few formal wizards were recruited by nobles. Only great nobles of powerful empires might possibly recruit a formal wizard.
"Oily Art!"
A Wizard Apprentice pointed at a swordsman and cast a Level-0 Trick.
The Mechanical Swordsman slipped beneath its feet and fell straight to the ground.
Several heavy Alchemy Heavy Ballistas locked onto the Mechanical Swordsman. Three terrifying heavy bolts struck it in an instant, blasting it into countless metal fragments.
"Arcane Missile!"
A Wizard Apprentice pointed at another swordsman, and an Arcane Missile shot toward that Mechanical Swordsman like a bullet.
The Arcane Missile slammed into the Mechanical Swordsman's chest, knocking it back several steps and leaving its chest slightly caved in.
Yet the Mechanical Swordsman merely swayed, then charged forward again as though nothing had happened.
A single Level-0 Trick, Arcane Missile, could grievously wound a Knight-level expert, but it did little damage to robots like the Mechanical Swordsmen. On the contrary, the slashes of Knight-level experts posed a greater threat to Mechanical Swordsmen.
"Acid Splash!"
A Wizard Apprentice pointed, and a stream of acid sprayed directly onto a Mechanical Swordsman.
As though someone had viciously doused it with a basin of concentrated sulfuric acid, white mist rose from the Mechanical Swordsman as its body was corroded into a pitted, uneven mess. If an ordinary human were drenched in that Acid Splash, their upper body would be corroded away; they would writhe in agony, unable to fight. Yet the Mechanical Swordsman showed not the slightest reaction and continued its charge.
"Acid Splash!"
"Acid Splash!"
"Acid Splash!"
Only after four Acid Splashes struck the Mechanical Swordsman in succession was its head completely corroded away, causing it to collapse to the ground, unable to move.
The six Wizard Apprentices were simply too few in number. Although they joined forces to bring down seven Mechanical Swordsmen, the other Mechanical Swordsmen charged straight beneath the fortress walls.
As soon as a Mechanical Swordsman arrived beneath the fortress, it sheathed its Alloy Battle Blade across its back and raised both hands overhead. Another Mechanical Swordsman leaped directly onto its palms and likewise raised both hands. Mechanical Swordsmen repeated the process one after another, swiftly forming six human ladders.
Mechanical Swordsmen leaped nimbly across the six human ladders, jumping toward the top of the fortress.
"Arcane Missile!"
The six Wizard Apprentices could only cast this Level-0 Trick, relying on the powerful knockback of Arcane Missile to blast the Mechanical Swordsmen out of the air.
But the Mechanical Swordsmen were monstrously agile. After the first wave was repelled, the second wave leaped directly onto the city walls, swinging their Alloy Battle Blades and viciously slashing at Giant Stone Fortress's soldiers.
"Die for me!!" A knight clad head to toe in heavy knight armor and wielding a greatsword roared in fury. Exploding with powerful life energy, he launched a sneak attack from the side and cleaved a Mechanical Swordsman across the head, sending its head flying.
Before the heavily armored knight could even catch his breath, six Mechanical Swordsmen pounced on him. Twelve huge Alloy Battle Blades slashed viciously at him from six directions.
The knight's martial skill was formidable, but he blocked only two Alloy Battle Blades before the remaining blades chopped him directly into pieces.
There were thirteen Knight-level experts on the city walls. Under the siege of countless Mechanical Swordsmen, those thirteen Knight-level experts were swiftly chopped into pieces. Even with Wizard Apprentices supporting them from behind, those Knight-level experts still could not withstand the Mechanical Swordsmen that traded death for death.
After all thirteen Knight-level experts died in battle, the soldiers on the city walls suffered a complete collapse in morale. They fled in every direction or dropped to their knees and begged for mercy.
Before the six Wizard Apprentices could flee, they were surrounded by the swordsmen and chopped into pieces, with only their heads left intact.
"All who throw down their weapons and kneel to surrender shall be spared!"
With a command from Yang Feng, the Mechanical Swordsmen slaughtered the fleeing soldiers while shouting loudly.
Most of the soldiers in Giant Stone City's fortress were Viscount Helu's private troops. Both their combat strength and loyalty far surpassed those of Giant Stone City's ordinary army. Only some chose to surrender; all the fleeing soldiers who did not surrender were directly slain by the Mechanical Swordsmen.
Viscount Helu was merely a Knight-level expert. Under the siege of seven swordsmen, he was swiftly killed.
The entire Giant Stone Fortress fell into Yang Feng's hands as well.
The main forces of Giant Stone City's four great Lineages took advantage of Yang Feng's assault on Giant Stone Fortress to break out and flee Giant Stone City. Within Giant Stone City, many nobles also fled beyond the city with great quantities of gold, silver, and valuables.
Yang Feng lost fewer than twenty Mechanical Swordsmen in taking Giant Stone City.
After occupying Giant Stone City, Yang Feng immediately dispatched units of Mechanical Swordsmen to attack the villages and towns under Giant Stone City's jurisdiction.
Those villages and towns under Giant Stone City were easily conquered by Yang Feng's Mechanical Legion, while the lords ruling those villages and towns were eradicated root and branch by Yang Feng, leaving none alive.
Vast tracts of land fell into Yang Feng's hands. In every town, large numbers of Engineering Robots were dispatched to construct Solar Energy Absorption Umbrellas and Arsenals.
After Yang Feng took control of Giant Stone City's entire sphere of influence, the land under his rule instantly became more than a hundred times greater than before. The mineral resources around Giant Stone City were abundant. Once the basic facilities were completed, the number of Combat Robots he could manufacture each day would be more than fifty times what it had been before.
Moreover, the construction of vast numbers of Solar Energy Absorption Umbrellas meant that Yang Feng no longer lacked energy. He could gradually phase out Level-4 Combat Robots and mass-produce Level-6 and Level-7 Combat Robots.
Level-6 and Level-7 Combat Robots were the strongest Main Battle Robots Yang Feng could currently mass-produce. Yang Feng had previously chosen to mass-produce Level-4 Combat Robots because he had sufficient steel but lacked energy at the time. After taking Giant Stone City, the situation had reversed: energy was plentiful, while steel was insufficient.
On the second day after taking Giant Stone City, Yang Feng led the fully charged Mechanical Legion in the direction of the Black Hut.
The intelligence extracted from Viscount Helu's head showed that the Black Hut's master was an old monster who had lived for over a hundred years and possessed exceptionally broad connections. Not only was the Black Hut wizard organization on good terms with the wizard organization behind the Fein Deluo Principality, it also maintained close ties with multiple other wizard organizations.
Once the Black Hut mobilized its influence to seek aid everywhere, the enemies Yang Feng faced might no longer be just the Black Hut wizard organization.
Taking Giant Stone City had been within Yang Feng's expectations. The Black Hut was his true hypothetical enemy.
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