War Lord: Rising from the Land of Misfortune
Chapter 375

Charge!

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Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Sure enough, Nalant and the others looked up the next moment and saw terrifying boulders tracing arcs through the air before whistling down toward their heads.

To be honest, Nalant had used ballistae to shoot enemies and catapults to fire at targets, but he had never experienced being attacked by an enemy's catapults.

Watching dozens of stones weighing over a hundred pounds each crash down from the sky, he could not help but feel a chill crawl down his spine.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The massive boulders fell like meteors, sending mud and debris flying across the field.

Aaaah! Aaaah! Aaaah!

Although the crowd had spread out as much as possible, there were simply too many people, and casualties were unavoidable.

As the boulders smashed into the crowd, wave after wave of agonized cries rose from the charging ranks.

Not far from Nalant, he watched helplessly as four or five guards were crushed to death by catapult stones, their bodies dragged across the ground in long streaks of blood.

Those guards who could still scream were considered lucky, because they had merely had their limbs grazed, leaving them severely injured.

The guards struck directly in the torso, on the other hand, were turned into piles of mush at once, blending into the grass beneath them.

"Everyone, pick up the pace! Vivian, Vini, stay close to me!" Seeing this scene, Nalant feared that the next barrage would land among his own guards.

If they were hit by boulders weighing over a hundred pounds, even Bronze Knights would be reduced to mush.

Fortunately, while the large catapults were imposing and terrifying, their loading speed was truly dreadful.

By the time Nalant and the others ran beyond the large catapults' range, the next volley from the city's large catapults had not

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