Blood Holy Scripture: True Ancestor Charlotte de Castel
Chapter 399: -147- a sudden turn for the worse

Chapter 399: -147- a sudden turn for the worse

The offensive over the sea entered a stable stalemate, and the battle on land erupted.

The battle horns sounded, and the Bolder-Violet Alliance’s artillery troops started a cannon battle with the Castel Fleet in the Don River.

Amidst thunderous booms likened to furious thunder, white gunsmoke spread over the riverbanks and the battlefield, occasionally revealing pale blue ripples from stone bullets hitting the magic shields.

It was a competition of ammunition and Transcendent material reserves.

In North Port, the towering Mage Towers shined brilliantly, casting magic shields that glittered in the sunlight.

Within the Allied Forces, stone bullets inscribed with Anti-Magic Runes were stuffed into the dark muzzles by soldiers and, amid a series of explosive sounds, shot towards the Castel sailboats in the Don River and the outer wall of the North Port bridge, engulfed by a magic shield.

"Boom——!"

"Boom——!"

The earth trembled, magic power surged.

Although protected by magic shields, the stone-shooting cannons carried by the Bolder-Violet Alliance were clearly stronger than Castel’s cannons.

Even though most of the stone bullets’ power was diminished by the magic shields, some penetrated Castel’s defenses, either hitting the walls or piercing through the hulls of ships.

Especially the outer wall of the North Port bridge.

As the first line of defense for North Port, the wall, standing ten meters tall, received special attention from the Duchy Alliance Army.

Dozens of Stone-shooting Cannons, each over seven meters long, spewed white smoke, each shot signifying a stone bullet weighing over 900 pounds (over 400 kilograms) whistling past.

Even with the weakening by magic, these weapons of war that ended castle dominions during the Star Moon War remained dreadful. The stone bullets inscribed with Anti-Magic Inscriptions still held a terrifying kinetic energy after piercing through the shields, each shot leaving gruesome cracks in the walls.

Finally, after an unknown number of rounds of bombardment by the Alliance, the tall outer walls could no longer withstand the relentless bombardment.

Accompanied by a loud explosion, another Anti-Magic Stone Bullet penetrated the crumbling shield and struck a segment of the outer wall already full of cracks.

Amid a series of shocked exclamations, a segment of the North Port bridge wall, along with bricks scattering in all directions, collapsed with a thunderous crash!

Behind the billowing dust, a huge gap four meters wide appeared in the wall.

Through that gap, the Duchy’s troops could already see the bridge behind, and the Castel forces on the other side of the bridge.

Mounted on horseback, the Third Prince Philip put down his telescope, revealing a satisfied smile:

"The defenses of North Port... are nothing more than this."

Looking at the crumbling walls, Count Linte, standing beside the Third Prince, showed a complex expression and sighed softly:

"Since the Stone-shooting Cannon, the era has already changed."

Nobles have ruled the world around their castles for thousands of years.

And now, even the most robust castle will become history in front of the Stone-shooting Cannons with Enchantments.

It can be said that with the development of the times, since the late stages of the Star Moon War, the refinement of enchantment techniques, and the optimization of Alchemy, many of the means of warfare in the world of Mireya have been quietly changing.

"The wall is breached, order the vanguard troops to launch the attack!"

The Third Prince squinted his eyes, giving the command.

The clear yet weathered sound of the battle horns blew once again, this time... signaling the charge and the siege.

The Duchy Alliance Army’s vanguard troops, who had been waiting for some time, raised their shields, braving the rain of arrows and cannon fire from Castel’s side, and roared towards the outer wall of the North Port Bridge.

A breach appeared in the city wall, and the magic shield that enveloped it followed suit.

The magic defense system connecting all of North Port had developed flaws, and the soldiers from both sides quickly engaged in battle at the breach in the wall.

The conscripted soldiers were the first to enter combat.

As the cannon fodder unit for the siege, these soldiers with the lowest combat strength served to deplete the enemy’s transcendent forces.

Like a tide, soldiers flooded towards the gap, and ladders were set up against the remaining intact sections of the wall. The fight for control over North Port Bridge... had officially begun.

The breached wall no longer offered any defensive advantage. Facing the numerically superior Duchy Alliance Army, the outer wall of North Port Bridge soon fell.

The soldiers of Castel fell back while fighting, quickly centering the battle on the bridge itself.

Arrows fell like raindrops, and the light of magic was dazzlingly multicolored.

The narrow North Port Bridge became the most brutal battlefield, akin to an enormous meat grinder, crazily devouring soldiers from both sides.

Amid the continuous boom of cannon fire, the clashing and shouting soared to the heavens, while the blood flowed like streams, staining the entire bridge and turning the river waters of the Don below crimson.

The Third Prince picked up his telescope and peered at the situation on the bridge.

A moment later, he put down the telescope and furrowed his brow slightly:

"It’s too slow."

"Deploy the Transcendent Army Formation. Take over North Port Bridge quickly and establish the Defense Magic Array to prevent Castel from destroying the bridge in desperation!"

Count Linte hesitated before saying,

"Your Highness, the magic defense system of North Port is still intact, capable of protecting our soldiers. Sending out the Transcendent Army Formation now exposes our elites to targeted attacks..."

"Still, we must fight. We don’t have much time, and... we must also guard against them destroying the bridge. That bridge is the gateway to North Port. If they are determined enough to destroy it, it will cause us major trouble in our offensive,"

the Third Prince shook his head and said.

As he spoke, he narrowed his eyes and looked towards the magic shield above North Port:

"As for North Port’s magic defense..."

"Hmph, notify the fleet to adjust their firing angle. No longer aim at North Port’s fortress; all warships are to barrage the city of North Port!"

"Besides the Anti-Magic Stone Bullets, also use those Enchanted Stone Bullets that were newly made by the Alchemy Workshop brought from the Royal Capital!"

"Heh, our dear Earl intends to protect all of North Port, does she? Let’s see if she chooses to expend more effort to protect the city district, or if she abandons her own subjects under the bombardment!"

"These magic defense shields, the wider they are spread, the easier they are to break... I don’t believe the Silver Moon Mages of Castel who maintain the shield can withstand such an onslaught!"

Following the Third Prince’s command, the Duchy Joint Fleet’s cannons swiftly changed targets.

Amidst the roar, stone bullets like meteor showers crossed the sky, targeting North Port.

Unlike the city walls engraved with inscriptions to facilitate the expansion of the magic shield, the dome of the shield covering the skies of North Port was much weaker and required more magic power to counter the external assault.

Faced with the incessant attack from the sky, the entire magic shield of North Port flickered, becoming increasingly unstable.

Inside North Port’s Mage Tower, the insignia-bearing Layton from the Mercenary Association’s North Port Branch who had been hired to personally oversee the shield’s operation felt the pressure most acutely.

As the Duchy Fleet directed their firepower to cover the city district, with stone bullets pounding the weakest parts of the shield, the immense magic pressure and tidal surge of energy caused the experienced Silver Moon Mage’s complexion to change almost instantaneously.

Meanwhile, an army composed of elite standing forces from the two duchies deployed their Magic Energy Formation and, with orderly steps, began their assault on North Port Bridge.

The situation for Castel then took a dramatic turn for the worse.

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