Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 430: Chapter 178: Time to Settle the Score with One Blow

Although under the strong deterrence of the Hesse Territory’s 225th Order, the human coalition did not retreat a step, barely holding the ground.

But the situation remained grim, under the twilight’s afterglow, Su Li and Oerstein patrolled together on the blood-stained city wall.

He scanned the battlefield, the fortifications had become riddled with holes, Su Li had still underestimated the impact of the Fantasy World on warfare.

Sieging didn’t necessarily require ladders, the Tree Demons could completely construct a path to the wall with vast amounts of vines, in a variety of ways. Some clung to the walls like ivy, with monsters climbing up them like ants. Others had built sturdy straight ladders securely fastened in place, impossible to be knocked over like ordinary ladders, with monsters climbing these tightly entwined ladders directly onto the wall.

Truth be told, when they first encountered this scene, the human coalition was caught off guard, and to retake the wall, they had to deploy their most elite reserves right from the start.

This is also why the humans soon lost the ability to rotate and rest, having to order the soldiers to hold to the death.

Of course, the most effective way for the monsters to besiege was still to directly smash through the wall, the large number of Giants and Trolls gave the monsters the ability to breach the wall without any preparation.

To withstand these monsters, humans paid a brutally high price, when the monsters retreated, the entire fortification was littered with bodies in disarray, a sea of blood covering everything in sight, countless human and monster corpses piled together, burning banners, broken long lances, and numerous broken swords, shattered arrows were poignantly stuck into the blood-soaked remains.

In just a few days, human losses were in the thousands, initially, the death of a squadron would pinch Su Li’s heart to the point of convulsions, but soon he became numb, the death of squadron after squadron becoming just cold numbers in his eyes.

He had become heartless, able to coldly watch as Oerstein hammered the table mercilessly, yelling at the Knight Commander: ”I don’t need casualty numbers, I want the Black Peak Building!”

The Black Peak Building was the tallest building in the South City Pest Area, formerly a tavern notorious for its danger, also operated by the infamous Hook Gang. It often hosted eel contests and was known for a very cheap, very repugnant inferior alcohol named ”Lucky Garbage Water”.

After the war broke out, the building’s unparalleled strategic value emerged, located at a crossroads in the south city and serving as a high point, any party’s ranged forces could greatly support their side’s battle at the southern gate, whether they were Dwarf Thundering Musketeers or Gnoll Crossbowmen.

Moreover, it was near the Black Water River at the southern Butcher’s Wharf, crucial for transporting the wounded, delivering supplies like medicine, ammunition, and arrows for the Hesse Territory.

Here both sides engaged in a fierce battle for control, the building changed hands five times, at the bloodiest moment, a dozen Trolls had taken over the tavern’s kitchen and main hall, with the human and dwarf coalition desperately defending on the second floor.

To hold this place, humans had already lost two Champion Knights.

Respectively, Risky Lance Knight Aymanrique and the Church Knight Order’s Red Guard Rein Boente.

In this battle, Champion Knights fell like a stream, four known to Su Li alone had perished, with countless more wounded.

The last battle for Black Peak Building ended with Handsome Gilles leading his ace elite combat group to the second floor, killing the four Tree Demons guarding above and dozens of Gnoll hunters. Now, Dorglin was personally guarding it with troops, dozens of Dwarf Rangers and Thunder Gunners had solemnly sworn in the name of their ancestors to ensure the building’s survival.

Even if Su Li gave the order, they wouldn’t withdraw.

This finally stirred Su Li’s numb heart after many days with a trace of sadness, if the battle situation didn’t experience a fundamental turn, then Dorglin, this Mountain Dwarf friend he had known the longest and interacted with the most, would inevitably die in the Black Peak Building, with a high probability of not seeing the sunrise tomorrow.

For the Daily Intelligence system had already warned Su Li that tonight the Forest Legion would launch the fiercest assault since the war’s outset, with four Divine Chosen Level monsters leading a far superior and enormous legion to launch a comprehensive assault.

The immense pressure was truly enough to drive one to despair, the humans were already exhausted from days and nights of continuous fighting, both in spirit and casualties, they were on the brink of collapse.

But the monster army, relying on its vast scale, could still launch an unprecedented fierce assault.

The intelligence system, although revealing this information to Su Li, provided no solution whatsoever.

At this moment, Su Li undoubtedly faced a future as desperate and dark as the Green Dragon.

Even knowing everything about the future, what could he do? Without power, this situation was a certain death.

Thus, after another patrol around the battlefield, Su Li turned to Oerstein and asked, ”My Marshal, we need to do something to change the situation. If we keep going like this, we’ll have to abandon Hesse Town and retreat to Heisen Castle.”