The Magician's Journey

  Dakuru led us day and night, finally bringing the news of the rebellion to Krim City before the enemy vanguard arrived. The city lord was a middle-aged beastman who was very familiar with Dakuru. After receiving Dakuru's message, he immediately dispatched wolf riders to send his handwritten urgent military report to the imperial capital of Derima, while urgently seeking help from surrounding cities and dispatching light cavalry to gather all tribes within a radius of ten miles around the city, regardless of age or strength, and relocating them into the city.

  Krim City is a port city, where a fleet of the Beastman Empire is stationed. Supplies and transportation are not to be feared being cut off, and the cannons and strong crossbows on the fleet can also provide some support during the defense of the city. The only worry is that Krim City's walls are not high enough, if the enemy is too powerful, it may be possible for them to break through by force, so the city guard, Relic, immediately became worried after receiving the news. Fortunately, materials were readily available, and he could only quickly organize manpower to reinforce and heighten the city walls.

  The various ethnic merchants gathered in Krim City were very astute, and they quickly sensed the smell of gunpowder from various clues. Many merchants quietly withdrew before the city was closed, while those who reacted slightly slower were soon trapped by the closure order. All supplies stopped transportation and prohibited export outside the city, and all supplies were only allowed to enter but not leave.

  A port city that had been peaceful for many years was soon shrouded in a warlike atmosphere. The local residents were surprisingly calm, and Xiluo even suspected that every beastman's bones yearned for war, because she couldn't see any fear or panic in their eyes. Instead, their eyes seemed to gleam with a bloodthirsty light and a longing for war. Although foreign merchants were mostly anxious and restless, under the constraints of wartime control laws, they could only wait patiently in the city for this sudden war to end soon.

  The city wall reinforcement project had just begun when the rebel beastman army arrived outside the city. First, there were wolf cavalrymen holding long knives and wearing light armor, followed by scouts who discovered countless black dots on the horizon after a few days. As those black dots approached, it became clear that they were the main force of the rebels.

  I had the good fortune to follow Dakuru Station and watch from the city wall as those beastmen retreated beyond bow range. Those enemies were surprisingly calm, unhurriedly gathering for a while. The beastman army has never been very disciplined, unlike human armies that have rules and formations. The beastman army basically relies on individual bravery and martial prowess, divided into several legions according to their tribes, without any particular formation. The only exception is the wolf cavalry, which is naturally separated from the infantry due to its much faster speed.

  Although the beastmen's way of fighting was very primitive, with so many powerful beastmen rushing forward, the scene was also quite shocking. Some simple siege equipment was set up on the city wall, and countless fearless beastmen rushed towards the city wall, while the beastmen defending the city were also willing to sacrifice their lives without hesitation, not using any shields, but directly wielding heavy weapons such as double-handed axes and hammers, smashing down, either I smash you off the city wall or you smash me into a pulp, with blood flowing everywhere, the scene was extremely brutal.

  Dakuru soon joined the defense battle, his healing totem provided a huge help to the defenders, many minor injuries were quickly healed, agility and strength were also enhanced, and the situation facing the attacking city wall was greatly improved. The first wave of attack was quickly repelled by the defending soldiers as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

  But when the second wave of attack unfolded, we found that something was amiss. The soldiers on the attacking side seemed to have also received some kind of enhancement, with their attack and defense powers greatly increased. At first, we all thought it was because there were also Shaman-like magical members in the opposing team, but thinking again, it didn't quite add up. A Shaman's Totem has distance limitations, and no matter what, a Shaman at the foot of the city would not be able to extend the influence of their Totem to the top of the city wall. I couldn't help but observe carefully.

  Soon, I found that there were human figures in the enemy's camp, and after letting Dakuru use the View technique to observe, I discovered that those humans active in the enemy camp were actually pastors of the Church! In the scene presented by Dakuru, I saw that although there were not many pastors, they were constantly casting large-scale blessing spells on the attacking troops. It seems that these fewer than ten pastors should be relatively powerful magic-capable pastors.

  "This should be the high-ranking clergy of the Holy See, look at their attire and they are still the elite among the high-ranking clergy. You see, on their white clerical robes, an angelic image is embroidered, which is undoubtedly the elite among the high-ranking clergy. Look over there, next to that beastman leader, the red-robed cleric should be the Red Cardinal of the Holy See. Hmph, it's unbelievable. It seems that after a series of failures, the woman from the Holy See has finally revealed her fangs openly. The Holy See, which was previously controlled by her, didn't dare to support the rebellion so blatantly. Look at the situation now, the mainland will experience no small amount of blood and rain from now on." Evan said with a cold smile.

  The situation on the city wall became increasingly severe, the blessed beastman soldiers were extremely powerful, and the defending guards were struggling to resist. Dakuru's lightning arrow had turned into a lightning chain, although its power had increased, it was even more consuming of magic power, if this continued, Dakuru would soon be unable to hold on.

  Frey has begun to take on some of Dakuru's healing tasks, and the wide-range healing rain allows injured or even heavily wounded city guards to recover their combat strength more quickly and rejoin the battle. After nearly four hours of back-and-forth fighting, the second wave of attacks was barely repelled, and the rebel army's dream of taking down the city through a quick attack has been shattered.

  The enemy was repelled and began to retreat, gradually withdrawing to the rear and pitching camp at a sufficient distance, and today's battle finally came to an end.

  After coming down from the city wall, Dakuru looked worried. If things went on like this, the most important port city of the empire would be taken in a few days.

  We settled down in town for the time being under Dakuru's arrangement. When Dakuru came back from the city master, we were chatting together.

  Dakuru bowed deeply as soon as he entered, and said to us with a puzzled expression: "I didn't want to trouble you all, but the enemy is too strong now, I have no choice but to swallow my pride and ask for your help. If they break into the city, countless innocent civilians will lose their lives. For the sake of these innocent lives, I formally request your assistance. If you have any requirements, please let us know, as long as it's feasible, I and the Lord of the City will do our best to satisfy them."