Chapter 321: Magic and Fire

The unfolded mage armor was like broken glass. When one piece was broken, there was another piece to fill it. They intertwined and filled it, blocking the incoming lead bullets.

Mage armor loss, 60%.

Humans are so fragile, they don't rely on tools or auxiliary devices.

The temporary mage armor can only barely resist an incoming... shell?

The human mage looked at the lead bullets that stopped in front of the defense shield built by the mage armor, and the gravity pulled them to the ground. The overly soft bullets had already deformed when they hit the first mage armor.

Every time a mage armor was broken through, it would make it more like a drop of water splashing on the ground, and the soft lead mud would stretch its plane like liquid.

He knew that this was a cannon/stone cannon, a technology that had long been abandoned by the magic empire.

Slow, bloated, and short range.

Its performance in the war was far inferior to that of a trained war mage. The basic prism array could already kill array infantry at a distance of 200 meters.

There is no need for gunpowder to exist. Its flames were extinguished by the booming magic and rune technology as soon as they rose.

This is just one of the reasons.

Elves like precise and controllable energy. They don't like this extremely violent and uncontrollable form of energy release.

Even humans, tree people, orcs, and even mages born from trolls don't like this technology.

This violent and uncontrollable technology that can be used by anyone.

He is more certain about one thing, the other party, the enemy. It is definitely not the native troops of this world, but outsiders like them.

Hunters can restore the shape of prey based on the fur of the prey, and botanists can also infer the shape of plants based on the leaves of plants.

He took a breath. If it was a stone cannon, they would have a few minutes of breathing time. Some of the arcane focusers that reacted began to counterattack the direction of the artillery attack, and those light streams often dissipated before they could reach the target.

The flickering bright yellow light stream seemed like a searchlight sweeping across the sky, and it was like a headless fly trying to tear open the moonless night sky with its weapon in its hand.

Rather than a counterattack, it was more like a stress response after being attacked.

A stress response to the unknown.

The human mage was too lazy to scold them, and issued an order to protect the arcane focus generator on the tower as much as possible. He didn't know the enemy, but he knew the battle very well. He was also a war mage who survived a war.

After the enemy's long-range attack, it would definitely be accompanied by infantry, constructs, or monster infantry. They would all be thrown into the battlefield when the long-range attack ended.

"Don't stand there, where is your traction spell? Where is your object movement spell?"

The human mage turned around and roared at the stunned elf mage. He couldn't care about his face anymore. In the previous round of shooting, the human mage had confirmed that at least four were destroyed. If he hadn't spoken in time to let the war mages launch anti-long-range attack spells, there would be more losses.

Long-range attack.

A long-range attack that exceeds the attack range of their prism.

"I'm reassembling the mage armor, you move this thing down quickly."

They must retain more arcane focus generators, which can effectively counter the enemy's steam machine soldiers. The attacks of the line infantry are not painful or itchy.

"But, there are still..."

The elven mage glanced at the line infantry lying in a pile below, gritted his teeth, and put the spell model into a ready state.

They were able to quickly install the arcane focus generator on the tower thanks to the object movement spell. Only two war mages were needed to pull this war machine weighing several tons up and down the stairs smoothly.

Those guys below, let them fend for themselves.

"Huh..."

The first round of shooting was just calibration shooting. After confirming the location of the smoke and dust in the distance, the gunners began to adjust the gun position. The distance of 800 to 900 meters... Even the Eagle Eye spell was a bit too much.

Five minutes, 360 rounds of 75mm lead bullets were poured along the route and poured onto the tower that was still active before. The heavy lead bullets were thrown across a distance of 800 meters onto the prism array composed of a large number of runes, and the operators on the tower were also blown to pieces.

Each round of shooting can take away more than one arcane focus generator, and the bursting and dazzling elemental energy group is the best indicator for the artillerymen - they confirm that they have completed the hit.

When the enemy withdrew the siege equipment and the line infantry stationed on the city wall, the 75mm gun revealed its shortcomings of insufficient power.

The 75mm smoothbore gun also seemed powerless in front of the hard stone wall.

Rocks and soil, building walls can treat small-caliber artillery as nothing.

The thick structure is enough to deter the kinetic energy of small-caliber artillery, and the soil and rocks will crack and break under continuous shooting.

But they cannot be penetrated.

This power will be exhausted as the wall continues to thicken. Even if the rock and soil are shattered a hundred times, they are still rock and soil. The accumulated gravel and powder will be an excellent buffer.

Until the attackers switched to more powerful weapons.

When all the arcane focus generators were extinguished, the artillery cruiser approached to a distance of 600 meters. It was confirmed that the arcane focus generators on the towers and walls were either damaged or removed, and the enemies in the castle temporarily lost their ability to fire external fire.

Infantry and construct forces began to advance under the cover of high-altitude artillery bombardment.