730. Line Up and Get Shot

What attacks could humans launch in the absence of metal?

To be honest, the players weren't exactly geniuses.

During the early days of human warfare, when metal wasn't strong enough, wooden weapons had indeed been the mainstream.

But in all of human history, they probably had never hunted such a massive land creature before. Besides, this wasn't made of flesh and blood. It was a colossal beast with an iron hide.

Strictly speaking, without any supernatural enhancement, the weapons in these players' hands might not even be harder than their opponent's hide. If they really clashed head-on, it couldn't quite be called mutual destruction, but it certainly qualified as striking a rock with an egg.

Using normal human combat methods, they could only carry out a group annihilation.

The players were well aware of that, of course.

They built some simple war machines, such as catapults.

Before the Middle Ages, catapults had always been the mainstay of siege and defensive warfare. By using the torque generated by twisted ropes, these machines could hurl heavy stones at distant enemies and structures, causing damage.

At that moment, over a dozen small catapults were ready at the edge of the forest, above the pits.

With a command from the leader, the stones flew out, following gravity in parabolic arcs as they smashed toward the heavy iron lizard.

Clang, clang, clang—

Dull sounds rang out. The stones had clearly caused some damage to the iron lizard's metal shell, leaving dents in many places. If they could fire a few more times, they might even be able to breach its defenses.

Facing the attack, the enormous iron lizard slowly shifted its body and looked toward the little things around it that were causing trouble.

Its movements could hardly be called swift, sluggish like those of