Tens of thousands of low-level demons suddenly appeared in an unexpected way and began the first round of attack on Star Wind City.
However, this flying legion was composed entirely of first-order monsters. Even if it was large in number, it could not shake Dewey's defense line. Instead, it suffered heavy losses under the bombardment of the explosive ballistae.
After leaving behind a large number of corpses, the monsters stopped attacking and began to retreat to the west.
There was a cheer on the city wall.
In this difficult war, the guardians of Starwind City rejoiced for their first victory.
However, winning one round of offensive and defensive victory cannot determine the outcome of the entire battle.
Commander Dewey, who was holding the battlements, looked solemn. He looked at the shadows of the monster army flying away in the sky, and fell into deep worry.
What arrived in the battle just now were only the fastest first-order troops among the 100,000 demon army. The number of monsters was only tens of thousands, but they were already able to pose a considerable threat to the city defense.
When a 100,000 vanguard army, including mid-level and high-level enemies, and even 400,000 demons from Talengard came to the city, what could he do to resist?
At this time, there are hundreds of thousands of residents in Starwind City, as well as people who have come to seek refuge, but most of them are untrained ordinary people and producers. Letting them fight against the devil is like hitting an egg with an egg and hitting a stone with only one result. It was a meaningless sacrifice. No commander was willing to sacrifice the lives of a dozen civilians to kill a first-level demon.
The nightmare that Starwind Leader has always had has finally become a reality at this moment.
This lonely city, like a tiny bird's nest, stands on the Wind Spirit Plain, which is surrounded by enemies on all sides, protecting hundreds of thousands of people from the Star Wind Territory.
But the enemies it faced came from the terrifying and strange purgatory.
The demon army is like a swarm of thousands of sharks in the deep sea, and a swarm of hungry wolves in the wasteland is bound to tear this fragile sanctuary into pieces and devour it.
The day Starwind City is destroyed, hundreds of thousands of Starwind leaders will lose their lives!
Dewey, who was rescued by Li Ran and had sworn allegiance to the Star Wind Leader, was determined to sacrifice everything he had to lead the 30,000 Star Wind Legion and 20,000 auxiliary troops and militia to defend the capital city.
But manpower is exhausted sometimes, and the light of the lone star is destined to be obscured by the dark clouds in the sky. The fledgling bird flying alone will never be able to compete with the evil dragon that destroys the world.
Starwind City is destined to be broken.
All Dewey could do at the risk of his life was to postpone the moment of destruction for a short while.
As the commander, Dewey changed out of his usual ranger uniform and wore a silver-white plate armor with the Silver Star Griffin emblem. He held the hilt of his sword and stood solemnly at the top of the tower.
The wind blew from the wilderness to the west, blowing Dewey's short black hair. The air was filled with the smell of demonic sulfur and became increasingly hot.
That is the impact that hundreds of thousands of demons have on the natural magical environment as they gradually approach the city.
Such a pungent smell couldn't help but remind Dewey of his past time as a ranger captain in Griffin's Claw, and also reminded him of a familiar person.
He was a tall, dignified, tough guy.
"Captain Umberto... you once said that the mission of the Griffin Claw Resistance Army was to liberate and protect the survivors of Talengard. After returning to Starwind Territory, it became the mission of liberating Talengard. And maintain the continuation of the Starwind Territory..."
"I took over your responsibility, but can I really complete it well?" Dewey said in a bitter voice, "It would be great if you were still here. You will definitely be able to make a more complete city defense deployment than me."
Four hundred thousand demons were like a huge burden, weighing down Dewey. He couldn't help showing a look of pain, and he gasped violently while holding on to the battlements.
After a long time, he controlled his instinctive fear and panic, stood up straight, and his eyes became firm again.
"Don't worry, the baton is now in my hands, and I will definitely fulfill my duties as the leader of the militant group."
Dewey looked at the crowd below who were busy preparing for the battle, then quickly walked down the steps from the city tower to the street behind the city gate.
Here, Mullen is talking to Pine, who has just arrived in town.
When the latter saw Dewey, he immediately said hello.
"Captain Dewey, the rescue just now was really timely. On behalf of all the residents of Beifeng Town, I would like to thank you for your superb command."
"Consul Pine, this is my duty," Dewey said: "I saw that the physical strength of those horses had been exhausted to the limit, and they did not rest along the way. The successful evacuation of Beifeng Town should be attributed to your correct actions. Decision-making, if the speed of the convoy is any slower, we will not have time to cover you entering the city."
"In short, we are safe for the time being, right? This is really something worth celebrating."
Pine was younger and still had the optimism and vitality of a young man. He looked at Dewey and Mullen with a smile and asked, "How is the current situation in Starwind City? Where are the reinforcements?"
When they mentioned this, both Dewey and Mullen changed their expressions.
In the end, it was Mullen who spoke first: "I'm afraid we don't have many reinforcements."
"No reinforcements?!" Pine's eyes suddenly widened and he said in a shocked voice, "Where are our legions in the Wolf Principality? Where are our fleets in the Emerald Ocean and the Desolate Sea?"
"They didn't have time to return to Starwind City."
Dewey explained in a calm voice: "One hundred thousand demon vanguard troops will arrive at the city tonight and launch an attack. We must delay as much time as possible before we can wait for reinforcements to arrive."
"Why is it possible?" Pine asked, "Didn't the Lord arrange reinforcements for us?"
Malen's voice was slightly embarrassed: "We are really not sure about whether there are reinforcements... The Lord issued an order to Starwind City, but due to time constraints, there was no time to use the gryphon to send back the message. , sent by the communication spell from Wilderness City, there are only three words."
Pine asked nervously: "What three words?"
"Keep it up."
...
At the same moment, on the other side of the world, on the Dawn Islands in the Elysus Sea.
"Keep on guarding? Why should we defend?!"
A young man in an officer's uniform was pacing anxiously.
"Brent, calm down," Felix advised. "Instead of worrying more, you should pick up a mining pick and help me break this rock into pieces."
The officer named Brent looked very haggard. He couldn't help but said loudly: "Felix, you know, my fiancée is still in Starwind City! I can't lose her!"
"Can you accept that Starwind City is breached?" Felix turned the mining pick, struggled to knock off a piece of rock, and said while mining, "None of us want to see such a tragic scene!"
In the dim mine tunnel, Brent scratched his hair frantically: "The lord said that we must find the dragon blood crystal no matter what, but we have been digging for so many days, and there is no shadow of dragon blood crystal on these islands!"
