Outside Eagle Claw Fortress, Li Ang is still sitting there.
But most of the troops have returned to him, only Raphael and Horn Caller Rangers are not here.
Everyone was quiet and no one spoke.
"Sir, there seems to be not much movement in the city... the sounds of fighting are very rare."
Wendilf has been standing next to Li Ang, listening to the movements in the city.
There were not many Gatu people left on the city wall. There were dozens of them standing sparsely, but they did not shoot any more arrows. Instead, they turned around and stared outside the city, looking at Li Ang's troops.
"Then it's time for us to take action..."
The Lord Lord stood up, turned around and picked up an arrow.
The arrowhead was wrapped in oilcloth, and Amy stepped forward and lit it.
This is a rocket.
"Wendy, did you see the package under the city gate? Shoot it."
Li Ang handed the rocket to Wendilf, and then pointed at the strange package that had been placed under the east gate.
Wendilf took the rocket in a daze, she didn't really understand what it meant.
But it was not difficult for her to hit a fixed target. Wendy took the arrow and took a casual aim before taking action.
At the moment when the arrow hit the package, Wendy discovered that the city gate seemed to have suddenly collapsed!
The corpses piled up at the city gate seem to be flying?
"Boom boom!"
Half a second later, she heard the most terrifying thunder she had ever experienced in her life, which could make her ears buzz from nearly two hundred meters away.
This is the sound made by lightning hitting a big tree!
The result was the same as lightning - the city gate of Eagle Claw Fortress instantly fell into pieces, and the horse corpses piled at the gate were even blown away more than ten meters away.
Huge thick smoke rose up from the city gate. After the smoke passed, the city wall near the city gate became scorched black.
The horses neighed in panic one after another. Fortunately, they were far away from each other, otherwise a large number of horses would have been frightened and ran away.
The Gatu people on the city wall were obviously greatly frightened, and several Gatu people even fell down the city. After that, no one could be seen on the city wall.
Obviously, this terrible sound frightened Gatu people, and no one dared to go up the wall.
"It's so powerful, I have to try it with a sealed can next time..."
Li Ang whispered to Amy, then looked at the stunned team behind him, and drew his sword. "Everyone dismount, get ready, and listen to my orders!"
Li Ang did not attack immediately because the troops behind him were a little frightened at this time. They all looked at Li Ang with a look of fear in their eyes. The only one who remained calm was Amy.
He wanted to wait for the troops to calm down.
But the reasons why these troops were frightened were different.
The female explorers of Griffin Sword Mercenary Group are relatively calm. These explorers have traveled far and wide and have seen a lot. They have heard about Barkley's new weapons.
Moreover, they had seen a musket in the hands of Amy, so they could guess that the explosion was related to gunpowder, but they didn't expect the movement to be so big.
They are also the fastest-reacting troops at present. After hearing the order, they all dismounted, drew their swords and held shields, moved forward, formed a formation dozens of meters away, and prepared to charge.
But Noldo Elves's expressions are extremely complicated...
They are not afraid of the power of this explosion, but they are suspicious of the cause of all this.
Wendilf also stood there in a daze, looking at the bow in her hand, and then at the city gate that was blown open in front of her. She was very frightened.
The other Noldo Elvess also looked at Wendilf with complicated eyes, and then looked at Li Ang - there was obvious awe in their eyes when they looked at these two people...
For the Noldo Elvess, the legendary thing that summons a thunderstorm and destroys the city with one strike does exist in their historical records, but it exists in another form - this form is called magic.
A magic that only Sindar Elves can use!
"Wendy... you... you can use magic?!"
Vendathir asked stammering, her throat was a little dry, but a look of surprise gradually appeared on her face.
"Sindar! Wendy, you're awake!... Haha... This is Lightning Magic... This is the top magic talent!"
Twilight Knight Noel's reaction was even greater than Vendathir's. He had already started laughing wildly, probably thinking that the elves were about to rise again...
"No, I... this is not..."
Wendilf looked at his right hand helplessly.
But Noldo Elvess all started to salute Wendy with their breasts at the moment.
"Hey... I... you guys... this was arranged by Lord Li Ang, this was not done by me!"
Wendy took a step back, looking uneasily at the elders who bowed to salute her, waving their hands helplessly.
The lord found the reaction of this group of Noldor very interesting, so he simply fooled him again, but it was actually a joke, "Ha! Wendy, you did it... Next time I will teach you a more powerful magic, I guarantee that you can shoot down the city wall with one arrow!"
Amy covered his mouth and laughed secretly.
Wendy was even more confused. "Lord Li Ang, what's going on... this magic... is none of my business?!"
Amy put down the hand covering his mouth, put on a serious look, stepped forward and patted Wendilf on the shoulder. "Lord Li Ang can guide your hidden magic power, Wendy, you are now a magician..."
Originally, Amy was just cooperating with Li Ang to fool around. She knew that after this battle, everyone would understand that this was gunpowder, but now she is also happy to let the Noldor misunderstand, after all, everyone has bad tastes.
However, Amy's words suddenly caused a sensation among the Noldo Elvess - almost all the Noldos looked at Li Ang and made the same sound, "Archmage!?"
And then, all the Noldo, including Vendathir and Noel, knelt down on one knee to Li Ang with pious faces, and bowed their heads deeply...
This is probably the highest etiquette of the Noldor. Even when facing Elf King, Noldo Elves will not kneel down and bow their heads like this. Touching their chests and bowing is already the etiquette of elves showing respect.
The Lord Lord looked a little confused. When did the proud elves bow their heads to humans?
He realized that his joke seemed to be too big...
But looking at Vendathir's pious look, Li Ang knew that he could never expose this joke, otherwise he might get beaten...
After thinking about Vendathir's fighting prowess and violent tendencies, the lord swallowed and turned to look at Eagle Claw Fortress.
There is already Gatu people poking his head at the city gate. At this time, we should march immediately.
So Li Ang did not explain any more, but raised his sword. "Everyone! Follow me! The whole army attacks!"
Afterwards, the lord took the lead and rushed towards the blown city gate.
All troops followed Li Ang and began to charge.
Noldo Elves seemed particularly active at this time. They all ran very fast and soon surpassed the female explorers who were running in front.
Vendathir and Noel rushed to the front to protect both sides of Li Ang, probably because they were afraid that this 'Archmage' would be in some danger...
Only Wendilf was still in a daze.
Amy is also at the same place. Of course she, a musketeer, has no need to rush in front, and Li Ang will not let her fight hand-to-hand.
Seeing Wendy still in a daze, Amy stepped forward and held her shoulders. "Wendy, what's wrong with you?"
"Amy...Lord Li Ang is really Archmage?"
Wendy was still looking uneasily at the horse carcass that was blown to pieces outside the city gate. His purple eyes were full of suspicion, and it looked like there was clouds and mist lingering inside.
"Ah... people who can make gunpowder can probably be considered... After all, gunpowder can probably be regarded as magic. Buckley Continent used to call it magic fire..."
Amy also feels that it is not easy to explain. She is only a beginner who only half understands it. It is really difficult to explain gunpowder to someone who has basically no scientific knowledge.
"But I don't want to be Sindar..."
Hearing what Amy said, Wendy nervously held Amy's hand. "It is said that after becoming Sindar, you will become emotionless! I don't want to..."
"Ah? Ha... don't worry, Wendy, you won't... you are not Sindar Elves..."
Amy laughed twice. She felt that it was even harder to explain now...
She knows the stories of the elves. With the help of her mentor, Sindar Elves will gradually master the ability to visualize magic, and become stronger and stronger as she grows older.
But it is said that as Sindar Elves possesses powerful magic power, their feelings will become more and more indifferent, just like the legendary dragon and other extraordinary creatures such as Titan Giant, which not only ignore life, but also have little humanity...
This is actually something that will inevitably happen after an individual life becomes powerful enough - when an individual possesses the power of a god, it is inevitable that he will regard himself as a god himself, and will naturally not value other small lives so much.
They will only show respect to beings with the same ability.
Even human beings whose individual strength can never reach this level will mostly ignore other weak people after they have abilities and power beyond ordinary people.
However, Amy at least knows that Li Ang is definitely not Archmage, and Wendilf is not Sindar.
"Wendy, let's go to the city first and talk about this later... Li Ang will make it clear to you..."
Seeing that Li Ang had led the troops into Eagle Claw Fortress, Amy carried Wendy towards the city. She felt that it was better to leave this difficult-to-explain matter to Li Ang himself, who would let that guy do whatever he wanted...
The various forces in Eagle Claw Fortress are now exhausted from the fight. They each guard one direction at the crossroads in the center of the castle. The fighting between them was not fierce originally.
However, after hearing the thunderous sound from the east gate of the castle, all parties in the city began to fight fiercely again.
Because Gatu people launched a violent attack like crazy at this time.
Gatu people did not immediately check the blown city gate - they did not dare.
In fact, the explosive itself did not cause any damage to Gatu people. Just as Li Ang said to Amy, there was a slight problem with the proportion of the explosive, and the power was smaller than Li Ang imagined.
Li Ang is originally an explosive made with a ratio of 75% nitrate, 11% sulfur, and 14% carbon. It is a granular gunpowder made by soaking the mixed material powder with nitrate solution and then drying and grinding it.
This is very close to the exact ratio, but obviously the materials of this era are not pure enough...
Sulfur can be purified, but charcoal cannot, and the charcoal produced by simmering different trees has different effects. Even moisture resistance is a big problem.
Therefore, even according to scientific proportions, the explosive power of explosives manufactured in this era is still difficult to meet expectations.
In addition, there is no built-in ignition device, and no container that can withstand high pressure is used.
If a high-pressure environment is not formed during detonation, the explosive will not be able to accelerate the reaction process, and the power of the explosion will be reduced by at least ten times.
For an explosive package that is ignited by external ignition, the pressure of the explosive is directly released during the detonation process. It is impossible to achieve full detonation, so the sound after the explosion is quite loud, but the city wall is basically not damaged at all.
Li Ang used ten pounds of explosives, and deliberately used horse corpses to restrict the explosion space, but it only blew through the city gate.
But even so, Gatu people is still afraid...
Gatu people I have never seen such a scene like heavenly punishment. The city gate shattered with a roar - who dares to look at it, what if it happens again?
Therefore, after Gatu people's east gate was blown open, his first reaction was not to rush out from the open city gate, but to launch a crazy attack to the west and north.
They want to stay as far away from the terrifying 'Heavenly Punishment' as possible. Even if the city is full of enemies that look like tin cans, at least they are humans and creatures they can kill...
And Li Ang did not rush into the city immediately after the explosion. He wanted to confirm the situation in the city. It was not until he saw Gatu people starting to poke his head at the east gate that he launched the charge.
When the lord rushed into the city, more than half of Gatu people was already dead or injured.
There were corpses everywhere, and blood pooled in streams on the ground.
It's not clear what the situation of Lion Knight Order and Raven Kingdom's troops is, but it's probably not much better.
The sounds of fighting coming from the center of the city seemed a little weak.
Gatu people near the east gate was exhausted at this time. Although they were still brave, they obviously couldn't withstand the new force of Li Ang. Li Ang's troops killed half of the street without much effort.
The troops advanced step by step, while Gatu people continued to retreat until they retreated to the center of the city.
Noldo Elves are now really fighting side by side with humans. In the street fighting environment, the teams are gradually mixed together.
In such a dense battlefield, mutual support from friendly forces is often subconscious.
The Noldor would use their tough shields to block fatal blows to friendly forces, and the human soldiers would also use war spears to pierce Gatu people who was about to pounce on the Noldor.
No one will mention racial hatred at this time. Gatu people is the common enemy.
"Vendathir, take the rangers to the roof, you use bows and arrows..."
Li Ang gave an order with some helplessness.
He was closely protected by a group of Noldor masters, and he didn't even have much room to develop.
Noel stood in front of him, Twilight Knight had no enemies in front of him, and not a single enemy was missed.
And Vendathir stayed by his side, even more like a bodyguard than Risadiran.
Vendathir looked around and saw that Li Ang was probably quite safe, so he nodded and led the rangers to the roof.
But the lord realized that he still had no work to do--Noel's several Noldor nobles surrounded him again...
In fact, the scene in the center of the city is quite terrifying.
The entire area of Eagle Claw Fortress, if placed in modern times, would probably only be equivalent to a medium-sized community.
But in such a small place, thousands of people died...
There were corpses everywhere, and there was almost no place to stay. The blood had turned into a thick paste, and one foot could submerge the ankles.
Every time you take a step forward, you will definitely step on a corpse.
Soldiers holding shields that blocked the view of their feet often fell down due to corpses or blood and mud.
But Li Ang didn't feel any danger at all. He was surrounded by Noldor masters holding shields.
"Roland! The troops are handed over to you!"
It seemed that he was no longer needed for things like killing enemies. Li Ang simply let Sir Roland take the lead. He climbed up to the tallest house in the center of the city with the flag and planted Griffin flag on the roof.
Then he took a piece of leather and rolled it into a trumpet, and began to shout to the other side.
"Brothers of Lion Knight Order, I am Li Ang! Are you afraid of being beaten by Gatu people? The Royal Knights are not so timid, are they? Lion Knight! Charge towards my flag!"
The Lord is not trying to boost Lion Knight Order's morale, he just doesn't want Lion Knight Order to retreat.
Li Ang led the team to attack from behind Gatu people. In fact, it was Lion Knight Order who was under the greatest pressure...
Because Gatu people was originally attacking Lion Knight Order frantically, and now Li Ang is attacking from the east, and Gatu people in the east is retreating step by step, and all Gatu people are being crushed into a ball in the center of the city. This is tantamount to further forcing Gatu people in the front row on the west side to fight harder.
At this time, Lion Knight Order was under considerable pressure. They were already exhausted and were likely to collapse completely.
So Li Ang has to cheer them up.
"... Have you seen that even Noldo Elves is supporting us! You are all men, don't be inferior to these girls! Charge! Don't tarnish the honor of Royal Knights! Kill those Gatu people!"
The Lord Lord shouted loudly.
"Honor is my life!"
The Lion Knights could indeed see Noldo maidens on the roof. I don't know if it was the power of the word honor or the reason of Noldo maidens, but they did muster up their last strength, roared and started fighting, and they seemed to be more energetic.
Then the lord turned his head and pointed the speaker towards the Raven Kingdom...
"Raven Territory warriors, the disputes between the kingdoms can be put aside. Now our enemy is Gatu people! As long as we are in this city, my troops will not attack you! Noldo Elvess will not attack you either..."
Gregory IV, who was wearing a crown helmet, looked up at Li Ang on the roof, pulled down his mask, and asked the people around him, "Who is that? Is he the leader of the previous unit?"
"It should be... the troops that intercepted our scouts were flying this flag. He seemed to have said his name was Li Ang just now."
A nobleman wearing highland armor answered.
"Remember this bastard... he's the one who dragged us into this mess!"
Gregory IV said with a frown.
"Your Majesty, while they are flanking Gatu people, we can try to retreat and then guard the city gate... Gatu people should be unable to spare his hands to attack us now! We can wait for them to fight until both sides are injured..."
The noble suggested to Gregory IV that Gatu people in front of them was indeed gradually retreating. Under attack from both sides by Lion Knight Order and Li Ang, Gatu people slowed down the pace of its attack to the north.
"Okay... let's retreat first!"
Gregory IV turned around and walked back.
But at this moment, he heard the voice of Li Ang again.
"Is King Crow here? Is the king of Raven Territory here? Your Majesty Gregory IV! You must not leave the city... I can only attack you if you leave the city. After all, this is the land of the Lionheart Kingdom... In order not to harm the peace, you'd better not let the troops withdraw from the city gate!"