Moncas held command over two battalions, while his paternal uncle Olcott commanded one. With the Magic Energy Cannon unit and Grev, a Soul Intent Low-Tier powerhouse, joining the battle, taking the outskirts of Iron Tower City would be easy.
The 135th Legion had only thirteen Earth Elemental Mages, the strongest of whom was merely Silver Low-Tier. It was simply impossible for them to directly use magic to create a thirty-meter-tall earth mound.
For the next five days, Moncas could only have his subordinates build siege engines.
Because there were pitifully few Magic Craftsmen in the army, and their skills were lacking, they could only inscribe the most basic Magic Arrays onto the siege engines for reinforcement. They did not know how to create Magic Arrays such as Partial Solidification, Unshakable, or Flame Isolation.
Velin understood Moncas's predicament, but he had no solution either.
Without the necessary talent, they could only rely on the most primitive methods to attack the city.
Fortunately, Iron Tower City was merely the territory of a Dwarf Viscount and did not possess overly formidable strength. Otherwise, the difficulty of taking the city would have risen considerably.
With the combined efforts of eight Magic Craftsmen, two hundred ordinary craftsmen, and three thousand soldiers, they spent five days and four nights constructing six ordinary siege engines.
On Iron Tower City's stone walls, both Dwarf soldiers and Dwarf officers could only watch helplessly as the enemy completed its siege equipment.
It was not that they had not sent troops out to raid the Human Army, but without exception, they had died without a sound.
In the end, they could only wait for the Human Army to attack the city.
Viscount Iron Tower stood atop Iron Tower City, on a platform eighty meters above the ground. Watching the Human Army's