Chapter 105: 30. Siege in the Rainy Season (I’m writing this forcibly, as if I suddenly can’t write anymore.)
"Go and see if there are any more of these lenses in the city. Clear out the manure and bury it in the swamp. The rainy season is coming soon, so we'll have to stay here for a while. Also, be careful, there seem to be ghosts in this city."
Daxus assigned the tasks one after another, and Duruchi and the lizards began to act separately.
At this time, Kallion was still floating in the sky, but there were not only four pterosaurs led by him. More than 20 pterosaur riders from Taraxlan also gathered together. Under the instructions of Tito Ikao, they began to scout the northwest of the city.
The Savage Orcs marched out of the Creeping Forest in a chaotic and mighty force, seeking a fording point in the Piranha Swamp to cross the Amazon River.
Calien gasped as he looked at the Savage Orc army. The army was so densely packed that he double-checked it several times, estimating its number to be close to ten thousand. Furthermore, the Savage Orc army also included numerous War Pigs and Spider Riders, and even an incredibly large spider was slowly moving in the rear.
The pterosaur riders who received the intelligence quickly dispersed, leaving only a team of pterosaur riders from Taraxlan to monitor.
The Moon City, Taraxlan.
After receiving accurate information, Taito Ikao was sure that the omen had become reality. He decided to wake up Shi Lan. This matter was no longer something he could handle.
The sealed chambers or observatories within the pyramids where the Slann meditate are equipped with not only a circulating gas system to keep the air fresh and habitable, but also a comprehensive steam fumigation system. At the command of Teto Ikao, the Skink priests and attendants began wielding giant feathers and banana leaves like oars, while the entire room was filled with the fragrance of lotus flowers mixed with a hallucinogenic potion.
Soon, Lord Slantaztek was awakened from his meditation. After a brief period of discomfort, he recovered. After eating a few dried Ehi grubs, he slowly spoke a few words.
"Rally the troops."
The Skinks of Taraxlan set out from the Silvermoon Gate, attempting to slow down the Savage Orcs in the swamps and jungles. The Winged Dragon Riders also set out, seeking support from the more distant southern temple cities and the nearby Echo City, Zahuitak.
Dacus was still slowly excavating and clearing the area. Akkadan discovered a severely damaged Gods Engine buried deep within the ruins of a mountain defense tower. Ryan and his team found a lens within the secret chamber of the Pyramid of Taybok, but the size of the lens was only sufficient for the instruments at the top of the pyramid. A suitable lens for the main system had yet to be found.
However, Walter discovered a green bronze horn inlaid with gold, shaped like a lizard, in a secret chamber. He wondered if it was the legendary Horn of K'Gol. Darkius blew on it and discovered that it indeed had a beneficial effect on Triceratops and Lizardmen. He could also use it to remotely command Triceratops. Whether it was a K'Gol or not no longer mattered; Darkius named the horn "Spekazuma's Horn."
Kallion flew back. He circled several times at the junction of the creeping jungle and the mountains before he found the city in the mountain nest.
Dacuus looked at the slate map and listened to Kallion's report. He nodded calmly when he heard the number exceeded ten thousand. He didn't think the Lizardmen garrison at Taraxland couldn't handle a group of Savage Orcs. This incident wasn't even recorded in the annals, and it was only the year 2010 of the Imperial Calendar, and there was still a second-generation Slann in charge there.
In the next few days, Daxus and Kallion began to ride on pterosaurs and blow horns everywhere over the Creeping Jungle. They blew the horns when they heard the howling of Triceratops and Ankylosaurs, and blew them again when there was no sound. When the rainy season came, three Triceratops and two Ankylosaurs joined the team one after another.
The Skink Army used traps, darts and javelins in the jungle and swamp to delay and block the Savage Orc Army, which made the Savage Orcs very annoyed, but in the end the Savage Orc Army still arrived at the city of Taraxlan.
The Savage Orc Warlord Goribaz Bigboy led his Savage Orc army in a direct assault on the city, braving the rain. He figured that once they entered the city, everything would be solved. The Savage Orcs, also living in the jungles of Lustria, were not particularly affected by the rainy season; their adaptability had already made them accustomed to it.
The shamans in the tribe began to beat drums and dance in the rain. They would arouse the bloodthirsty rage of the wild orcs, who would then wave their big sticks and stone axes, roaring wildly and violently to vent their anger. The warriors could not wait any longer, and the strange colors painted on their bodies began to light up slightly under the shamans' chanting.
The brutal siege began.
The defense towers standing on the walls of Taraxlan kept spraying laser beams, and from time to time, a whole team of charging wild orc boys were burned to ashes by the high temperature of the laser beams.
Soon, the first wave of attacking troops composed of Savage Orc Boys swarmed to the bottom of the city wall, howling in the rain and laser beams. They tried to set up ladders to climb up the towering city wall, but the stones of the city wall were so flat and huge that the Savage Orc Boys had to climb carefully in the rain to get on the wall.
The Skin Lizard Brigade, responsible for defense, rained down javelins and darts on the city wall. Soon, the second wave of attacking forces composed of Savage Orc boys began to attack the city wall. The situation on the city wall began to become shaky. After the Skin Lizard Brigade had used up their ammunition, they began to be replaced one after another. The Lizardmen warriors behind the city wall began to drive up the city wall in groups and fight with the Savage Orc boys who climbed up the wall.
Behind the city walls, a Skink Priest directed the Skinks as they deployed an Ancient Triceratops equipped with the Engine of the Gods.
The Skink Priest excitedly pressed down the shimmering hieroglyphic plaques in the correct order, muttering a garbled incantation. The aroused magical energy gathered around the Engine of the Gods. The air around them was filled with magical energy that began to surge out of control, as if the sky and earth were being torn apart, the laws of physics collapsing. The next moment, the Engine of the Gods unleashed its immense, long-storing energy!
A beam of light suddenly fell from the sky, its scorching rays streaking through the ranks of the Savage Orcs outside the city. Even the most traditional and savage of the Savage Orcs had never seen anything like this before. They began to flee in all directions, falling from the city walls and ladders, screaming in terror, but many were burned to death by the scorching beams.
Also because of tradition and barbarism, after the scorching beam rays disappeared, the wild orc boys organized an attack again without the supervision of the supervisory team.
The few big wild orcs from the two tribes, led by Butlika, the wild orc warrior of the Bonestick Tribe, began to carry siege stakes and attack the Silvermoon Gate. They wanted to break down the gate and rush in to chop people down.
I forced myself to write, just forced myself to write. After I had a serious illness, I seemed to be unable to write anymore. I had laid out the outline of the chapters, but I just couldn't write. What I wrote was unreadable.
