Chapter 122: Battlefield

  When I woke up from meditation, the sky was already near dusk. I walked out of the room and found that Surina had dispatched a small team of guards outside. Xilu happened to come in from outside the yard, saw me coming out, and smiled: "You're finally awake? Do you want someone to bring some food?"

  I shook my head and asked: "What's the situation outside?"

  Xī Lù said: "I'm not too clear, I heard the servants discussing that the war situation seems to be at a stalemate, the Haishi troops are attacking the city with all their might, and your queen is resisting with all her might."

  I frowned and said, "Isn't it said that there are troops stationed tens of kilometers away? Has the reinforcement not arrived yet?"

  Xī Lù said: "I'm not clear about this."

  I turned back to the leader of the guards stationed here and said, "Take me to the city wall to take a look, maybe I can help out."

  The captain of the guard bowed respectfully and made a beckoning gesture.

  Xi Lu said discontentedly, "You've done what you needed to do, why bother with the rest? Don't you know how dangerous it is on the city wall? This is war... What are you going to accomplish by rushing into the fray?"

  I smiled at Xilu and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine. I'll help to the end. Doing this makes me feel better too. Besides... who says mages can't go on the battlefield? A mage can often change the outcome of a war. Listen, wait for me here, and when the war is over, we'll leave together."

  Xī Lù said disdainfully: "Don't you know how weak you are? If you want to go crazy, then go ahead, I'm worried and have to follow you."

  I nodded and said, "Okay, let's go together."

  On the road, I simply asked about the current situation of the guards. The leader of the guards was one of the "Capital Blood Night" guards who had fought side by side with me before, so he was very familiar with me and naturally gave me a detailed answer to my question. As a result, I quickly gained a general understanding of the current situation.

  This time, the Haishi tribe army attacking the royal city was led by their chieftain himself, with nearly 70,000 troops launching a frenzied attack on the royal city. The defending army of the royal city had about 40,000 people. Originally, if Sulina's reinforcements arrived on schedule, annihilating the Haishi tribe would not have been a problem. However, for some reason, the reinforcements that should have arrived long ago did not appear, and the Haishi tribe seemed to know that once Sulina's reinforcements arrived, they would be defeated. Therefore, they launched a frenzied attack on the city. Although the royal city's defending army was well-equipped with weapons, they were also struggling against such a crazy attack. Several places almost fell into enemy hands. Now, Sulina has led the guards to personally direct the battle on the city wall.

  As we spoke with the captain of the guard, we quickly approached the city wall where Sulina was located. This was the east side of the royal castle, and since the Haisi tribe couldn't attack from all sides, they chose to concentrate their attack on the eastern part of the city. As a result, both sides engaged in fierce battles here. We could already hear the sounds of fighting from far away, and as night gradually fell, the sky was illuminated by torches and various flying fire arrows, turning it into a fiery red landscape.

  I climbed up onto the city wall and came to Sulina's side, asking: "How is it? Has the reinforcement army not arrived yet?"

  "Sulina smiled self-deprecatingly and said, 'Reinforcements? The reinforcements have already arrived, they just haven't joined the battlefield yet.' As she spoke, she pointed to a corner of the battlefield. I followed her pointing hand and saw that there was a large army standing quietly in the distance, watching the battle on this side with indifference, but showing no signs of joining in."

  I curiously asked: "Since reinforcements have arrived, why don't we launch a counterattack?"

  Sulina smiled but didn't speak, I thought for a moment and suddenly realized, asking: "Could it be that the commander wants to wait until both sides are exhausted and then devour them together? Sulina, you have many enemies."

  Sulina closed her eyes wearily and said, "Only when I'm in a desperate situation can I see the hidden enemy clearly. Perhaps this is also a good side of things. Handal has always been a trusted general of mine, but today I found out that his ambition is not small. It seems he had long had the idea of replacing me."

  I looked at Sulina with a tired face and asked: "So, what's your good way to solve this matter?"

  Sulina shook her head somewhat despondently and said, "What can I do? Let's focus on defending the royal city first and consider other things later. With 40,000 against 70,000, it's still unknown whether we can hold out or not. If Handal's 30,000 reinforcement troops could fight alongside me, why would I be so passive?"

  I nodded and said, "In that case, let me help you then."

  "?" Surina asked in puzzlement: "Although I know you're an extraordinary magician, what effect can your power alone have on the current battle situation?"

  I didn't respond to Sulina, but instead gazed out at the battlefield. The army of Haishi was swarming towards the city gate like ants, with archers shooting arrows at the top of the city wall to cover their advance. Arrows rained down on the city like a swarm of locusts, and soldiers were constantly falling off the wall after being hit. The defenders of the royal city fought hard to push back the soldiers who had climbed up, and countless large stones and logs were pushed down from the city walls, crushing the soldiers who were climbing or crawling on the ground into pulp. The top and bottom of the city walls were covered in bloody scenes, with the cries of wounded soldiers everywhere. Several places on the city wall were already shrouded in smoke, and the soldiers who had climbed up were engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat with the defenders of the royal city. If I didn't take action, perhaps even more people would die here. Maybe ending this battle quickly was the best way to avoid more deaths.

  I let out a sigh, took out my "Staff of the Gods", and with my incantation, the huge gemstone on the staff head emitted a dazzling red glow. A strange, scorching heat emanated from the staff head, and the red light condensed into a straight beam shooting towards the sky. The sky was covered by a massive dark cloud that obscured the entire battlefield. Almost everyone stopped in their tracks, staring blankly at the bizarre phenomenon in the sky, with no one knowing what had happened. Fearful expressions appeared on every face.

  After a few minutes, the magic was finally completed. The long incantation had drained my energy and instantly depleted my magical power. I leaned tiredly against a pillar on the city wall. The magic I cast did not stop because of my halt. The dark clouds in the sky suddenly churned up, countless burning rocks fell from the dark clouds with terrifying flames and a huge whistling sound onto that empty space outside the city.

  Those rocky fireballs smashed the besieging army to smithereens, flames engulfed entire units, and the battlefield was littered with severed limbs and burning corpses. Those who had not been hit by magic were already consumed by fear, staring blankly at everything in front of them, completely unaware of how to avoid the fireballs that continued to fall from the sky.

  The battlefield was in disarray, with black smoke and red flames billowing everywhere. In an instant, the momentum of the Haishi troops' attack was crushed by this magic, and almost all of their remaining forces collapsed instantly, with soldiers fleeing blindly everywhere.

  Sulina stared blankly at all of this, muttering: "Is it going to end like this? ... Alick, what kind of magic is this... It's too scary..."

  "I said wearily: 'This magic is called "Meteor Shower", let the person you called chase after me, everything is over.'"