Detonation
A resolute glint flashed in Roderick's eyes! He abruptly shoved the empty carbine behind him and swiftly pulled out a massive, heavy, forty-kilogram standard Gunpowder pack tightly wrapped in tarpaulin from his baggage! This was the maximum explosive charge they had originally planned to use to completely destroy the arrow tower's base!
"Damn it! I can't come here for nothing!" Roderick spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva and suddenly lit the long, exposed fuse! The fuse immediately hissed and burned fiercely, emitting sparks and white smoke.
With his arms straining and veins bulging, he spun around in place like throwing a discus, using centrifugal force to swing the heavy Gunpowder pack up with all his might!
"Go!!!"
With a roar, the heavy Gunpowder pack flew out of his hand, tracing a high arc, soaring over the heads of Andre and the sorcerer who were fiercely fighting below, and flying towards the base of the huge arrow tower dozens of meters away!
The sorcerer caught a glimpse of the passing black shadow and the flashing sparks out of the corner of his eye, and immediately understood what it was! He instinctively wanted to raise his hand to cast a spell, like he had done with the annihilation rocket before, to intercept this enormous threat.
However, in that very instant when his mind was slightly distracted...
"Your opponent is me!"
How could Master Andrei let such a golden opportunity slip by? He roared, his longsword gleaming with silver light, and unleashed a powerful slash with unstoppable momentum, aiming straight for the sorcerer's face!
This forced the sorcerer to fully utilize his Shadow Shield to block, leaving him no time to spare for anything else!
"Boom!!!"
The Gunpowder pack ultimately failed to hit the most critical load-bearing pillar of the arrow tower accurately. Instead, it crashed into the corner of the outer wall of the base, rolled a few times, and came to a stop.
Several Sauron soldier who had just gathered around after hearing the noise looked curiously at the huge package at their feet, which was emitting smoke and sparks, and for a moment they didn't know what it was.
What is that?
"It's... it belongs to the Broomflower Barbarians!"
"Fuse! It's burning!"
When one of the soldiers, by the light of the fire, saw the rapidly shortening fuse, an overwhelming fear instantly gripped him! He let out a heart-wrenching scream, "It's explosives! Run!!!"
But it was too late!
The fuse has burned to its last flame!
The next instant.
The world seemed to have lost its sound, leaving only intense light and heat!
"Boom!!!"
A deafening roar, like the collapse of the heavens and the splitting of the earth, suddenly erupted! A massive, orange-red fireball, a mixture of flames and thick smoke, shot into the sky from beneath the arrow tower's base! A terrifying shockwave spread wildly in a ring outwards! The ground trembled violently, as if an earthquake had struck!
The closest Sauron soldier didn't even have time to scream before they were instantly vaporized and torn to shreds! Soldiers a little further away were struck as if by an invisible giant hammer, their bones broken and their tendons snapped, and they were thrown away like rag dolls! Heavy timbers and stones were easily lifted into the air and then rained down like raindrops!
The massive base of the arrow tower shook violently in the explosion, the wooden structure near the blast point was shattered, and the entire tower groaned groaning as it tilted noticeably to one side! Although it did not collapse immediately, it had clearly suffered severe damage!
The shockwave from the explosion even reached the nearby battleground! Andre and the sorcerer were both pushed back by the immense force, forced to temporarily cease their fight and gather their energy to protect themselves.
Thick smoke, flames, dust, and debris filled the area, instantly reducing visibility to a minimum.
"Retreat! Now! Break through towards the tunnel as planned!" Andre, enduring the ringing in his ears and dizziness from the explosion, seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity amidst the chaos and roared hoarsely at his teammates, who were barely visible in the smoke!
Roderick's desperate attack, though failing to completely destroy the arrow tower, successfully created immense chaos and cover, giving his squad a glimmer of hope!
Just as the Sauron soldier blocking the pass were engaging in a futile long-range exchange of fire with the defenders on the mountainside, a deafening explosion came from behind, startling everyone!
The soldiers turned around in astonishment and saw the towering arrow tower in the distance shaking violently from the explosion. Wood and stones rained down, and the entire tower groaned as it tilted to one side at a terrible angle!
Everyone's hearts were in their throats, fearing that this project, which had consumed countless efforts and lives, would collapse.
Fortunately, after a few breathtaking seconds of shaking, the arrow tower stubbornly stabilized itself. Although it was clearly tilted and damaged, it did not fall down, and many Sauron soldier on the battlefield breathed a long sigh of relief.
However, before he could fully exhale, another change occurred!
From the still-lingering smoke and flames in the direction of the arrow tower, five blood-soaked, murderous figures suddenly burst forth like ghosts!
It was Andre, Roland, Roderick, Oliver, and Mark! Like two sharp knives, they charged fiercely into the rear of the blockade, into the terrified Sauron soldier were mainly armed with bows and arrows!
"Enemy attack! Behind us! Enemies behind us!" The piercing alarm was instantly drowned out by the sounds of weapons slashing and dying screams!
Before they could finish speaking, five Molotov cocktail were thrown, instantly igniting in the crowd. Then, Master Andrei's longsword moved like a dragon, its silver Battle Qi drawing deadly trajectories in the darkness, each strike precisely taking a life.
Roland followed closely behind, his Armed Sword slashing wildly, unstoppable.
Roderick, Oliver, and Mark, like mad tigers, used their absolute advantage in night fighting and close combat to frantically hack and slash at the Sauron archers who didn't even have time to draw their bows or see their enemies!
Night, close combat, chaos... these factors made archers, who were skilled at ranged attacks, lambs to the slaughter.
The five men moved like tigers among sheep, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake, with men and horses falling and blood and flesh flying everywhere! A huge gap was instantly torn in the Sauron's lines, and the soldiers panicked in the darkness, even trampling each other, resulting in heavy casualties!
"Charge! Back to the tunnel!" Andre roared, taking the lead and charging towards the tunnel exit, with the other three following closely behind, fighting fiercely.
The five worked together seamlessly and possessed formidable combat power, managing to break through the defensive line that was originally intended to block them in an extremely short time!
The surviving Sauron soldier were terrified by their ferocity, and for a moment no one dared to step forward to stop them.
Some Sauron Army tried to organize a pursuit, but they had barely rushed out of the position when they were immediately within the effective range of the city wall defenders' muskets!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Accurate bullets whistled through the air, instantly felling several of the pursuing Sauron soldier to the ground! Seeing this, the others were so frightened that they quickly retreated behind cover, and could only watch helplessly as the five men fled for their lives toward the tunnel entrance.
Escape seemed within reach!
Just as Oliver was about to step onto the gravel path at the entrance to the tunnel, a Sauron crossbowman, who had been calmly lurking in the shadows to his side and rear, finally seized this fleeting opportunity! He pulled the trigger!
"Whoosh!! Splat!"
A cold Crossbow Bolt, whistling menacingly, struck Oliver precisely in the back of his right knee! The sharp arrowhead pierced through his leather armor and muscle in an instant, possibly even damaging his ligaments!
"Ah!!!" Oliver let out a shrill scream as his right leg instantly lost its strength, and he fell heavily forward!