CHAPTER 295: CHAPTER 295 KNEELING DOWN

The enemy’s surging army charged toward the fortress walls.

The warriors rushing toward the walls, ignoring all dangers, maintained their formation even under a barrage of arrows and magical projectiles.

The mages exerted all their efforts to protect the knights, but despite their best efforts, the barriers gradually failed.

The barriers were breached, the mages fainted from exhaustion, and the knights’ advance slowed down.

Without the barriers, they could only use shields to protect themselves and the mages.

Blood flowed freely, explosions tore people apart, and shields were shattered by a hail of bullets.

Yet the knights, including those seemingly mortally wounded, still charged into battle recklessly.

Some tried to flee, but they couldn’t.

Retreat not only meant certain death for the knights but also doom for their entire families.

However, the warriors had a secret weapon—

A special potion,

which could heal their wounds, restore physical strength, and even make them stronger.

The knights drank the energy potion and desperately pushed toward the walls... but behind the walls was a wide, water-filled moat.

This could have been a significant obstacle for heavy infantry, but... they had mages.

A stone staircase rose from the ground, extending up to the top of the wall.

Elsewhere, the moat froze, and an ice staircase emerged from the river.

A nearby squad didn’t have Earth or Ice Element mages, but they had Air Element mages.

The knights threw shields, and the mages levitated the shields in the air.

The knights used their "presence" to keep the shields balanced, while others nimbly jumped from one shield to another.

They confidently approached the top of the wall.

However... the soldiers of the fortress suddenly intensified their attack.

Dozens of fire walls rose, higher than the walls themselves.

Taller by a factor of two.

A raging wind howled, engulfing the entire vanguard in a flaming tsunami.

The stone staircase, ice staircase, and floating shields were all swept away.

At least a thousand knights and thirty mages were killed, the barrier severely weakened, and the chimeras didn’t even know what happened before they died.

These creatures, so formidable that even knights feared them, proved utterly useless in the battle except for potentially drawing some enemy fire.

The mages didn’t even have a chance to launch an attack.

If they managed to cast a spell, the devious soldiers would immediately hide behind the battlements.

They might suffer some damage now and then, but it was negligible compared to what they were enduring.

The enemy mages weren’t even sure if they hit the soldiers of the fortress.

Any mage attempting a powerful combined attack would immediately become the focus of concentrated cannon fire.

Something truly terrifying happened!

A squad appeared about fifty meters behind the knight’s main force.

This squad consisted of 500 small warriors clad in steel armor and wielding strange weapons.

Their peculiar devices suddenly spewed blazing fire, and the rear knights fell like flies.

Barriers, shields, armor—like paper in the face of these flames.

Once all the mages were killed,

The attack ceased.

They turned and aimed at another target.

Total chaos ensued.

Without mages, the knights couldn’t scale the walls.

Every attempt was immediately crushed by enemy mages and archers.

The mages also had to protect themselves and the knights.

Needless to say, their magic value was depleting at an astonishing rate.

The only thing keeping the mages going was their potions.

The knights tried several times to climb the walls using their strength, their so-called "presence."

They threw shields, embedding them in the wall every 3 to 5 meters.

However, they couldn’t swim in their armor.

Every time the mages froze the moat, the defenders would break the ice with magic or explosive arrows, depleting the mages’ magic value instantly.

What’s worse, the army hadn’t received any orders to retreat! They were only commanded to attack, nothing more...

The knights had given up hope of breaching the walls, so they used all their strength to protect the mages.

Because only the mages could fend off the enemy’s attack and have some impact on the battle’s progress.

However, the mages were already panicking!

They had no idea what to do...

No new orders came in!

Their rear was also under attack!

"Ahhh!" A loud roar echoed.

"Dragons! They have dragons!" A knight shouted in panic.

Two dragons attacked one of the squads.

First, the red dragon spewed a flame, and then the green dragon lunged directly at the mages.

The already weak barrier was breached, and the mages were torn to shreds by the green dragon’s teeth and claws.

The Da Chuan Dragon dove down, as close to the enemy as possible, spewing flames at them.

The knights reacted, setting up their shields to create a barrier.

But their exhausted presence wasn’t strong enough; the barrier shattered within moments, and a dozen warriors were burned alive inside their armor.

The two dragons retreated to a safe distance.

The remaining members of the enemy squad were then attacked with magic arrows and bullets.

Surprisingly, those knights were hard to kill; their armor could withstand small-caliber bullets, and their bodies were incredibly strong.

Injuries that would be fatal to ordinary people were only severe wounds to them, and magic potions could almost "revive" them within seconds.

Their presence and shields provided them reliable protection, warding off magic and magic arrow attacks.

But the shelter seemed to have endless arrows, while the knights’ presence weakened with each passing second...

Five fairly complete squads decided to attack the rear of the shelter, but they soon were unable to move quickly.

They were attacked from two directions simultaneously.

The shelter received reinforcements from mages.

The ground in front of the knights started exploding, and the firepower of the strange weapons doubled.

The knights abandoned all defenses.

Disregarding formation, they charged towards the enemy.

It proved to be a path to destruction!

Those who weren’t killed but seriously wounded encountered beastman warriors clad in steel armor.

These beastmen were burly, with strong limbs, wielding shields and axes.

"Die, you monsters!"

A knight roared, channeling his presence into his sword, attacking a beastman.

But the beastman easily dodged and swiftly struck back, deflecting the knight’s attack and knocking the sword from this seasoned warrior’s hand.

The beastman struck again, leaving five claw marks on the knight’s armor.

Remaining calm, the warrior attacked the creature with his shield.

Two more knights joined the battle, covering their weaponless comrade.

The beastman took a hit and screamed, but it was a roar of anger, not pain.

Three knights used their shields to block the beast’s attacks, preventing it from flank closing on them.

But the beastman hammered their shields with force, and the knights’ hands began to numb, the barrier weakened.

With another fierce strike, the pale yellow barrier cracked, then shattered into pieces, dissipating in the air.

The knights did their best to fend off the beast, waiting for support, but the support didn’t come.

Though their numbers far exceeded the enemy’s, still...

One knight glanced to the side, helplessly watching his comrades being gutted before his eyes.

The beastman warriors fought ferociously, breaking through the knights’ barrier, shattering their armor.

Meanwhile, ordinary humans wielding strange weapons covered them from behind, making it even deadlier.

Blood flowed continuously...

Most of it was the knights’!

"Knights of Argonan, surrender! Your leader is dead! Your mages are dead! Anyone who lays down their arms will be spared."

Lin Yi’s voice echoed from all directions.

No knight believed their general was dead, but the mages...

They glanced around, confirming it to be true.

The knights knew they had no chance of breaching the walls without mages.

They couldn’t even cross the moat...

Some attempted to float across using shields, others tried climbing the walls with their fingers and presence, but few succeeded, and all were shot dead instantly.

The battlefield fell silent.

The soldiers stopped attacking the knights who had no means to fight back.

The knights awaited orders from their commander, but most had already died... they were prioritized targets after the mages.

Lin Yi’s men captured 89 knights from the reconnaissance team and obtained information about their army’s organizational structure.

Surprisingly, the knights revealed important information swiftly, even before punishment.

They withheld some things, but thanks to Chen Youyou’s second-level Mind Sensing Skills, they still extracted useful intelligence.

In short, Argonan Kingdom was a nation run by vampiric creatures, with humans as their property.

The knights didn’t know how they were ruled by vampires, as this regime had existed for hundreds of years.

Only a small portion of knights were brainwashed into willing to sacrifice their lives for Argonan.

Most fought for their families, to prevent them from suffering "blood harvesting."

"I’ll say it again! Knights of Argonan, surrender! Your leader is dead! The mages are dead! Anyone who lays down their arms will be spared!"

"Don’t believe them! For Argonan! For our country!" a knight shouted angrily, but three bullet holes immediately appeared on his head.

More than twenty snipers scanned the battlefield, searching for and eliminating any resistance.

Moments later, weapon-bearing Children of the Sun appeared on the battlefield.

They looked like savages, bare-chested, muscular, wielding melee weapons.

Their appearance was intimidating, they fiercely stared at the 4000 surviving knights.

To enhance intimidation.

Two dragons soared into the sky, circling above the confused humans. People on the walls emerged from their cover, showcasing high-tech weapons and armor.

[Alert!]

Your Ark has been captured! All Ark inhabitants are officially defeated.

This shocking news finally broke those knights down.

Realizing resistance was futile, they dropped their weapons and knelt down...