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Chapter 781 - 781 28 Cheers for Victory Thanks to the alliance leader Yue Man Danxin for the reward!

781: Chapter 28: Cheers for Victory (Thanks to the alliance leader Yue Man Danxin for the reward!) 781: Chapter 28: Cheers for Victory (Thanks to the alliance leader Yue Man Danxin for the reward!) Leyan City, atop the city defense tower, Scott put down the charged rifle in his hand.

Although the air was filled with moist droplets, greatly reducing the power of the charged rifle, it wouldn’t be a problem to kill a scouting hawk.

As long as the enemy dared to show itself without any preparation, it was certain to die, but the problem was that they would not reveal themselves.

Gazing at the Mountain Troops’ positions, still shrouded in fog in the distance, Scott’s brow furrowed slightly.

Before the fog rose, he had already observed the Mountain People’s troops.

Albeit the spirits of the Mountain Troops were visibly scattered after being struck by heavenly thunder and Ian’s raid, the units centered around Sublimators remained very stable—two Sublimators had pursued Ian, and the one left behind seemed injured, but precisely because of this, the entire unit had just one voice.

A force with three brains and a force with only one core, at least in terms of executing orders, the latter was much quicker.

At that moment, from the distant positions, ten Mountain People emerged from the smoke, holding simple projectile tubes, and fired small black dots in the direction of Leyan City’s fortifications.

Beams from charged rifles were fired at these soldiers’ helmets and armored clothing, but a layer of moist ointment alleviated the heat released by photonic ammunition, causing the soldiers to be merely startled, burning two, but not killing anyone.

What they fired were not cannonballs, but concentrated smoke generators; large swaths of dense fog covered not only the Mountain People’s positions but also enveloped Leyan City’s fortifications.

Now neither side could use long-range precision strikes.

“Do you need my help?”

Adalbert stood beside Scott.

Although Ian hadn’t entrusted him with anything, the kind-hearted Deceased Monarch felt it improper not to lend a hand during wartime and thus volunteered to come to the front.

“I heard from the Lord that you are a Water Series Sublimator.”

The Iron Folk made no pretense of politeness, pointing in the Mountain Troops’ direction through the fog, “Can you see through the fog and know the enemy’s movements?

Or quickly disperse this fog?”

“Simple.”

Adalbert looked toward the Mountain People’s positions, a ghostly spiritual fire flickering in the depths of his eyes.

He skillfully counted off, “Two middle squads, a force of nearly three hundred men is moving.

They are wearing light armor and advancing toward the woods surrounding Leyan Lake.”

Scott looked at Adalbert, taking him seriously upon hearing such detailed intelligence.

Where had their Lord found another clairvoyant?

The friends he had made outside were really something – adept at both science and combat.

But in reality, Adalbert was even more impressive than he imagined.

“It seems they want to deploy an elite team to bypass the battlefield under the cover of the forest and launch a surprise flank attack by the lake while engaging us head-on,” Scott said.

Upon receiving the intelligence, Scott understood and turned to look toward the lake, “But that area is already a key defense zone.

There is a Magnetic Storm Coil there, as well as various trap fortifications – they’re going to have a hard time.”

“Korun, go and call Electric Blue to take his mercenary team to reinforce the defenses,” he ordered the messenger.

The messenger complied, and Scott continued to command.

The number of Mountain Troops still overwhelmingly outnumbered the Leyan City garrison, and since Ian and the Green Tide took most of the Magnetic Storm Armor on a raiding mission and hadn’t yet returned, the predominantly militia-based Leyan City had no possibility of offensive combat operations, only able to parry blows as they came.

But compared to the somber atmosphere in the city before the war, the spirit of the defending army was high now—our Lord can call down heavenly thunder to strike the enemy?

Such an event was too miraculous, whether it was a Sublimation Skill or some kind of weapon, or whether the Lord was truly the fated ruler of Leyan City, it was enough to boost morale.

Adalbert dispersed the fog on Leyan City’s side, and although soldiers continued to launch smoke blocks, attempting to block Leyan City’s fire support, Adalbert’s speed in dispersing the fog was faster than their launching speed.

Moreover, he possessed clairvoyance, calling out targets.

“Suppress the enemy positions.”

Following the intelligence fed back by Adalbert, Scott began to command artillery strikes, and the sound of cannons filled the air, as a dozen ordinary cannons inside the city continuously fired, bombarding the distant fog-covered area.

The cannonballs exploded on the ground, raising clouds of dust and sand.

However, the gunpowder weapons struggled to inflict fatal damage on the Mountain Troops.

The trenches dug and fortifications shaped by Earth Ascenders blocked the cannon fire effectively, and the Alchemical Cannons, each with a projectile cost nearly ten Talle and a complex manufacturing process, couldn’t be wasted as suppression tools unless Second Level Sublimators from the enemy’s side emerged.

The Mountain Troops also began counterattacks, originally intending to draw the attention of Leyan City to cover the elite squadron moving under the cover of fog.

For a time, gunfire roared across the sky.

To expect a normal war in Terra, where bows and spears decide the outcome, one would have to go to the dark forests of Terra’s north, where the true barbaric lands lie.

Even in Harrison Port at the world’s southernmost point, when fighting with Natives, it was the cannons’ suppression followed by the face-off between Sublimators from both sides that decided the direction of the war.

But what the Mountain People could never have expected was that their movements would be seen right through.