Warhammer: Return of the Dragon

Chapter 21 Manticore

Masnow on the city wall is organizing the defense line. As the person in charge of this operation, he has a very heavy task.

A dragon prince who has served for more than 200 years, is familiar with military law, has outstanding command ability, plus personal bravery and family loyalty, these are the reasons why Imrik takes a fancy to him.

Although there is no dragon partner, Masno still has a good reputation among the dragon princes. In this operation, he has [-] dragon princes to assist him. After Imric gave him the prince's warrant, he Then he summoned the Dragon Princes around the dragon palace to serve as the instructors of the reformed unit, and now is the time to test the effectiveness of this unit.

Standing next to him is the heavy assault force that Imrik wants to build. Wearing a full body of plate and chain armor and holding a two-handed sword, it is definitely Imrik's ideal chopper team.

In the past, as professional soldiers, most of them held a spear or a sword and shield in the center of the position to resist the enemy's attack. Although the use of the big sword is completely different from that of the spear and shield, it is much better than other kingdoms. The quality and Azul's decades of training generally allowed them to initially learn how to use this two-handed sword in a short period of time.

As a man who loves soldiers like a son, Imrik spared no effort to support the establishment of this army. When Vaal Anvil was able to mass-produce magic equipment with Horadric Malus at the beginning, he ordered The cost of forging a batch of plate chain armor and large weapons is a bit embarrassing for the high priest and Coster.

If you want the top-level equipment, it is natural to use Iselama silver as the raw material, which can provide good protection while keeping it light, but the cost is too high. The current reserves of Vaal Anvil can equip An army of 500 men.

But the order of the Dragon Prince had to be obeyed. Ever since Horadrim Malus and a batch of dark gold equipment were taken to Vaal Anvil by Coster, Vaal issued an oracle that Vaal Anvil would fully support Imri It doesn't matter if he takes any action of Ke, even if it costs him nothing.

So the high priest used his brains and chose the traditional way to forge the most important part of the breastplate using Iselama silver, while the shoulder armor and skirt armor were forged with the technology brought by Koster from the dark world. , So he got a suitable plate and chain armor. With the full efforts of two hundred Vaal priests and thousands of auxiliary blacksmiths, more than 2000 sets of brand new equipment were obtained in one month.

The new plate and chain armor is made of Dragon Prince's dragon armor as a template. The fancy dragon wing decorations are removed, and it looks simple and clear. There is only a small Caledon fire dragon coat of arms on the right chest, indicating that they are Iraqis. Merik's direct-line troops, the armor should be regarded as blue equipment in the dark after Imrik's identification, and it has two enchanting effects, which are to increase defense and reduce physical damage.

And the big sword in his hand is 1.2 meters long in terms of the blade alone, plus the hilt and grid, it is 1.6 meters long.

This thing can only be controlled by two-handed heroes, and the magic on it is unified to increase damage and increase accuracy.

However, the number of times the hammer can be enchanted every day is limited. Now there are [-] sets of equipment enchanted, all of which are given to these two-handed heroes, and the other halberd-wielding troops are still training.

The halberd troops will be the backbone of resisting the enemy's charge. In addition to the strong equipment on their bodies, the more important thing is their psychological quality. Not even psychological immunity.

Looking at the boy Azul who was waiting for the battle, Masno couldn't help feeling that the dragon armor made of Iselama silver on his body was still a treasure left by his ancestors, and after Imrik succeeded to the throne, These people who were born as commoners all have magical equipment, which must be the blessing of the dragon trainer and the three Phoenix Kings. Under the leadership of the prince, Caledon will surely restore its former glory.

Just when he was feeling emotional, the sharp-eyed Dragon Prince suddenly saw some movement in the mountains not far away, and ordered others to be vigilant. Although relying on the city wall to fight has a great advantage, the Azul of the Anuli Mountains thinks that it is not There will always be some unexpected situations in the chasm that may be crossed.

As the screams kept ringing outside the city, it was very noisy. Masno judged that it was a harpy. These monsters would always attack the village under the call of the evil moon, leaving a mess and flying Back to the lair.

A large group of harpies flew in the air, and among them there were a few shadows that looked extremely large, obviously they could not be those thin and thin banshees.

The sharp-eyed Masno saw what those shadows were, and immediately commanded loudly, "It's the Manticore, Eagle Claw Fort, shoot those monsters first."

Although the appearance of the Dragon Prince gave Masnow a reassurance, the proud Dragon Prince hoped that this defense would not require any assistance, so as to show his ability to the Prince.

Take the long sword and shield in your hand, if the manticore comes to the city wall, then he will be the first to rush to attack.

A total of twenty eagle-claw ballistas were fired first. As an engineering creation learned from the dwarves, the eagle-claw ballista had been used in the Azul army for thousands of years. A siege ballista as tall as a person could easily knock The charging giant broke his stomach, and in addition to this kind of siege bolt against large targets, the Eagle Claw Ballista can also fire more than ten crossbow bolts at a time in the form of shotguns against small targets.

Under Maslow's command, gunners with decades of experience operating ballistas first adjusted the ballistics to target the flying Manticore.

These monsters are one of the most evil among the creations of chaos. They are extremely fierce in nature. Manticores will attack any creature that enters its territory. They are extremely aggressive, and it is almost impossible for several scorpions to appear at the same time in the wild state. Lions attacked Asur's gathering place together.

But under the call of Moslib of the evil moon, these monsters gave up fighting their ugly fellow monsters and instead roared at the civilized world.

With a sound of piercing through the air, the crossbow arrows were fired at the manticore. As long as the cold meteorite arrow hit the manticore's body, it would definitely have a serious impact on them. The first round of salvo achieved good results Three of the five manticores that Masno saw fell first, and different numbers of crossbow bolts hit their heads or abdomens, achieving a fatal blow.

But the remaining two did not achieve any results. Only one or two crossbow bolts hit the legs and flesh wings, and this obviously angered the two bloodthirsty monsters, roaring in the air, faster than before rushed to the city wall.

But at this time, a man wearing a blue robe next to him raised his staff high. The mages of Asur usually use the color of the robe to determine what kind of spell they specialize in, and the blue robe is unique. A mage belonging to the high school of Azul.

After raising the staff, mobilize the chaotic wind of magic around. Under the shroud of the evil moon, the wind of magic will be extremely chaotic, and the chaotic energy is the most abundant time in the mortal world.

And a clear-headed mage would definitely not use spells frequently in this situation, otherwise not only himself would be affected, but if some existence noticed this, he would have to face the attacks of monsters and demons at the same time.

This is also the reason why the Warcraft invasion caused headaches for the countries of Ulthuan. The spells they are proud of cannot be cast casually, otherwise, once the waystone network is damaged, it will be extremely troublesome to repair.

A magic composed of pure energy envelops the manticore, and it spins like a vortex from under it. It is difficult to escape under the action of the central attraction, so it can only roar to break through the spell, but the vortex is not only unable to move The role of the manticore, the magical energy on it is like a blade, constantly attacking the manticore, this is the eight storms in the high-level magic.

Seeing that the manticore had been dealt with by the mage, Masnow ordered the Eagle Claw Ballista to change its shooting method, "Switch to shotgun, and shoot those harpies."

Nodding to the mage next to him, Masno planned to deal with the last manticore himself, and opened the aura of faith, but there was no green light under his feet. After returning to Ulthuan, for some reason, Imry After the three of Ke turned on the halo, there was no light under their feet.

Standing on the city wall, Masno picked up the dark gold shield Storm Union obtained from the Dark World. This shield can provide extremely high physical defense and lightning resistance. Even when he picked it up, Masno felt It can withstand the simultaneous attack of dozens of people without any retreat.

This is also one of the reasons why he dared to charge directly against the manticore. Behind the shield was Caledon, and he would never take a step back.

　PS: Because I don’t want to be talked about, I will put the specific data of Diablo equipment in the author’s statement, so that friends who have not played Diablo 2 or haven’t played Diablo [-] for a long time can roughly know what the effect is. The specific effect is based on World of Warhammer prevail.

　　Storm Union
　　+50-60% Defense Reinforcement
　　+30 defense
　　+30% increased chance to block

　　Lightning Resistance +25%
　　+1-6 Lightning Damage
　　Attacker takes lightning damage 3
　　Spell damage reduced by 1
　　
　
(End of this chapter)