The brutal siege had already begun.
All kinds of siege equipment had been deployed, some even reinforced with defensive runes inscribed by half-elf wizards.
Looking down from the city walls, attacking troops were everywhere.
The half-elf soldiers on both sides were skilled archers.
From atop and below the walls, they were engaged in a fierce exchange of arrows.
From time to time, someone was struck in the face by an arrow and killed upon the walls.
Among the besieging forces, people were also being shot dead one after another.
The casualty counts on both sides continued to rise.
Human soldiers pushed the siege equipment forward, steadily drawing closer.
From time to time, someone was shot dead, but the soldiers behind them stepped forward without hesitation to take their place.
Rumble!!
Explosive nature magic overturned a siege tower, killing the infantry nearby who had failed to dodge in time.
Crackle!
Rapidly growing thorns lashed out like long whips, smashing the surrounding infantry into mangled limbs and fragments.
Every area-of-effect spell inflicted considerable casualties upon the attacking forces.
But likewise, spells occasionally fell upon the city walls.
A dense shower of needles descended from the sky, piercing every soldier along a short stretch of wall to death.
The summoned treants charged wildly across the walls. Though they were ultimately blown apart, they still inflicted no small number of casualties.
The spells of both sides flew back and forth.
Streaks of magical light constantly flashed through the air. Some were ultimately unleashed, while others canceled each other out midair and were erased.
"Quick, quick! Carry the wounded down!"
Soldiers shouted as they carried their blood-soaked comrades down from the walls.
Some had been struck by arrows; others had been caught in the aftershocks of magic.
Corpses lay everywhere atop the city walls.
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