Seeing Samar's hesitant look, Wizard Scott secretly despised him.
Really, such a coward can actually become the commander-in-chief of a party. I really don't know what Duke Giles is thinking.
Scott thinks that with his own magic, he can easily capture the fortress.
He stood up slowly, bowed lightly to Samar who was sitting at the head, and then looked around at the officers present.
"Master Samar, and all the generals, please allow me to formally introduce to you the spell I am good at - enchantment."
"My magic can apply temporary or permanent enhancement effects to weapons, armor and other equipment. Taking defensive armor as an example, for a light leather armor, I can increase its defensive ability to the strength of a Scale Armor or Chainmail. For a light Chainmail, I can increase its defensive ability to the strength of a plate armor."
"I believe everyone has seen the performance of the scouts a few days ago. The five of them fought against the enemy's seven, but they achieved an overwhelming victory. Except for one person from the opponent who ran away, four of them were killed and two were captured alive, while only three of ours suffered minor injuries."
An officer shouted, "Yes, that is indeed incredible. Your magic is really amazing."
Scott gave him a satisfied look.
"I can enchant swords, turning ordinary iron swords into steel swords, and making crude weapons as powerful as those made by dwarf masters."
The officers present all exclaimed in exclamation and discussed with each other the significance of enchantment to battle.,
Samar asked, "How many people can you enchant? Is there no limit at all?"
Scott said proudly, "General, with the abilities of me and a few of my men, if we cast spells together, we can add effects to 500 Soldiers wearing ordinary leather armor, raising their defense to the level of plate armor. Moreover, as long as Soldiers wears leather boots and leather gloves, we can get the effect of a complete set of armor for the whole body."
Samar asked again, "Is this gain permanent?"
Scott's voice suddenly became much quieter. "Uh... no, the effect can last for about five hours, but if the enchantment is performed during the production process, a semi-permanent effect can be achieved."
Samar shook his head. "If we make it now, we will be too late."
"General!"
Scott's voice became louder again. "Four or five hours are completely enough. Think about it, 500 Soldiers equipped with plate armor. If we treat them as fist troops, gather them together to capture a certain point on the city wall, and follow up quickly. With the numerical advantage, we can quickly capture Thorn Fortress."
"Well..."
Samar hesitated, 500 Soldiers equipped with this plate armor? This is indeed a considerable force. You must know that the entire Auldo Kingdom may not have produced more than 300 sets of plate armor in the past hundred years. Most of the plate armors are passed down from father to son and from son to grandson, and are passed down as family heirlooms by knights or nobles.
Scott Seeing that Samar seemed a little moved, he continued, "General! My enchantment has another benefit. The enchanted equipment still maintains its original weight. An enchanted leather armor is still the weight of leather armor and will not be as heavy as plate armor."
"Okay!"
This last sentence finally attracted Samar. He had the perverted defense of plate armor, but was as relaxed as wearing leather armor. Samar himself wanted to try it out in person.
He turned to an officer beside him and ordered, "Within three days, select 500 strong Soldiers, and we will send an attack after five days."
The officer immediately stood up and responded, "Yes, sir."
Scott showed a satisfied smile, "The general is wise!"
If Thorn Fortress is captured with his assistance, his status within the organization will rise to another level.
Thinking of this, Scott felt very happy.
Five days later, the big alarm bell in Thorn Fortress kept ringing, indicating that the rebels were finally about to attack.
In the past few days, rebel scouts have entered the security area of the fortress more frequently to investigate the situation, and Lester caught several of them while patrolling in person.
But none of them found the situation mentioned by the injured scout.
The enemy's increasingly frequent reconnaissance made Thorn Fortress nervous, even though he knew that this day would come sooner or later.
On November 15th, the scouts reported quickly that a large number of rebel troops entered the warning area and headed straight towards the fortress.
Duke Dodge immediately ordered the alarm bell to sound, and the whole army was ready for battle. The fortress immediately entered a busy state. The Duke personally led Klein and Lester to the city wall to direct the battle on the spot.
It didn't take long for them to see the rebel flag.
"Since we were attacked at night last time, they have never had so many people come here at once!"
"It looks like it's going to happen for real this time."
"It's really hateful. If it hadn't been for the plague last year, I wouldn't have been able to gather just a few thousand troops as a duke."
The three of them were discussing in a low voice. Although the atmosphere was extremely tense, everyone's eyes were firm and showed no fear at all.
Duke Dodge pulled out his sword and raised it high in the air. This ancestral sword shone in the sunlight.
"Everyone! For the kingdom!"
Klein and Lester also pulled out their swords and raised them high in the air, colliding with the Duke's sword.
"For His Majesty the King! For Princess!"
The three of them shouted out their determination to kill the enemy, "Destroy the rebels to the death!"
Not far to the south of the fortress, the rebels had formed an offensive formation.
In order to launch this attack, Samar brought a total of ten thousand Soldiers.
In order to keep an eye on Thorn Fortress, Giles has assigned a lot of troops here. Although the previous plan was not to attack the fortress, it is still necessary to guard against the Kingdom Army from the north moving south.
Although Crystal Radiance's granary was burned, no one can guarantee whether Royal Family still has food stored elsewhere, so the defensive force in this direction is still indispensable.
Six Siege Vehicles stand tall and look very new from their appearance. They were made by the rebels in five days.
When the attack begins, Soldierss will brave the bows and arrows fired from the fortress, push them to the edge of the city wall, and then put the ladders on their cars on the wall. The attacking Soldierss will risk their lives to climb the ladders, break into the city wall, and fight the defenders.
Underneath a Siege Vehicle, Wizard Scott stood tall and proud, as if victory was within his grasp.
"I've finally waited for this moment!"
"History will remember this moment! Because this will be the starting point for my master Scott to take off!"
Many figures could be seen on the fortress. The defenders responded quickly and were already in position. It seemed that they had been training for a long time for this moment.
But the wizard didn't take them seriously.
"And you will all become my sacrifices! Become Secret Art Society's sacrifices!"