Aztec Civilization: Destiny to Conquer America!
Chapter 898 - 515: The Sunset of Mountain Peak City

Chapter 898: Chapter 515: The Sunset of Mountain Peak City

"Oh, is there a sacrifice happening in Mountain Peak City?"

The sun rose to its peak, its scorching rays descending. Black Wolf Torc was clad in copper armor, holding a longbow, standing on a small hill, gazing at Mountain Peak City several hundred meters away.

Mountain Peak City wasn’t large, with small hills flanking its west and south sides, offering a slight geographical advantage. To the east, a few miles away, ran a small river, lined with vast cultivated fields, making it a fertile land. The city itself was encircled by an earthen stone wall five or six meters high, surrounded by a sparse fence. Although the wall was somewhat low and the fence quite rudimentary, they formed a rough yet complete defense protecting the city’s defending army. If the defending forces were sufficient and capable of an offensive, such a well-fortified city couldn’t be conquered in just a day or two.

However, at this moment, on the north battlements of Mountain Peak City, there were only several hundred Tlaxcala Warriors and two or three thousand terrified militia. The warriors of Tepeyacak City-State mostly perished in Water Valley City. Those left in Mountain Peak City included just one or two thousand warriors and five or six thousand urgently mobilized able-bodied militia.

Most of the defending army on the battlements held hunting bows, javelins, and slings, occasionally shouting to intimidate the Mexica legion outside the city. However, the number of warriors was far too few, revealing the emptiness within the city. Behind the city walls stood the towering central pyramid, where dozens of Priests of the God of the Hunt ignited the Sacred Fire, frantically dancing and chanting, offering sacrifices of human lives from unknown origins.

At one glance, Black Wolf saw the dark city walls, white cloth armor, yellow flames, and red bloodstains, resembling a picture of spring blossoms.

"Tsk, tsk, it does appear quite decent! But, what’s the point of sacrificing at this time?"

Black Wolf grinned broadly, revealing sharp teeth. Then, he waved his broad hand, excitedly wielding his longbow, his battle spirit burning like fire.

"Haha, it’s rare that His Highness is not around! This Mountain Peak City, is it a soft persimmon or hard stone? Let me personally find out!"

"Alright! Leader, the legion’s red-haired, will all join you! Once this whatever city is broken, the warriors will be... merry!"

"Hmm, pass the order down, let the warriors fight bravely! Break Mountain Peak City, plunder freely for two days, leave no nobility alive!"

"Awoo! Black Wolf Chieftain, good chieftain! Kill, kill, kill!"

Soon, the echoing wolf howls rose below Mountain Peak City, carrying undisguised murderous intent. Then, tens of thousands of Mexica troops surged forward like the tide, forming several military formations of varying sizes within two or three quarters of an hour. A banner featuring a Black Wolf was planted directly on the plain outside the north city, just two or three hundred meters from the battlements!

"Boom, boom, boom!..."

The deep war drums sounded, issuing the command to attack. The defending army on the battlements was terrified, watching the disciplined and advancing elite legion unfold.

Leading the way were two thousand Tlaxcala defectors, dressed similarly to those on the battlements, carrying simple wooden shields and ordinary short spears. They bore dozens of ladders, swiftly breaking through the wooden fence under the supervision of hundreds of Mexica warriors, rapidly approaching the battlements.

Behind the defectors were over six hundred armored red-haired Hunters, advancing almost simultaneously with the charging defectors.

These elite Divine Archers all wielded longbows, donned copper armor, wore copper helmets, showing no hint of wilderness barbarian lineage. Their equipment was far superior to that of ordinary Mexica warriors, all obtained by Black Wolf shamelessly requesting them from His Highness!

Black Wolf was high-spirited, standing right in the center of the red-haired Hunters. He personally led his armored personal guards in the attack on the north city wall, leaving the west city wall to Red Monkey Ozoma and the east city wall to Red Frog Kaka, simultaneously coordinating the assault.

"Hehe, this is called, uh, ’encircle three, leave one!’"

"Exactly! It’s the same as hunting wild bulls in the wilderness, encircle three, drive one!"

The trusted aide Miwa chuckled foolishly, his bronzed equipment changing his appearance to be both clumsy and vigorous.

"Boom, boom, boom!..."

The war drums gradually quickened, the Tlaxcala defectors closed in on the battlements, quickly reaching within a hundred paces. The nobility commanding atop the battlements shouted orders, the defenders desperately launched assaults, shooting arrows, regardless of who the defectors below were. Actually, each city-state mostly cared for themselves, showing no leniency towards warriors of the same clan from other city-states!

"Ah!..."

The defectors wore only thin paper armor, after several rounds of attacks, corpses littered the ground, losing two or three hundred men. They screamed incoherently, emitting frenzied shouts, braving the continuous arrow rain, desperately setting the ladders against the battlements.

"Whizz, whizz, whizz!"

A volley of fierce feathered arrows rose from the red-haired military formation outside the north city wall, falling onto the low battlements. This wave of feathered arrows was exceptionally accurate, directly killing a dozen or so defending warriors and numerous militia!

"Charge! Kill!"

Black Wolf stood sixty paces from the battlements, facing the defending army’s arrows. He raised his hand, shot an arrow straight into a defending warrior, then shouted fiercely, urging the defectors ahead incessantly.

"Kill! Survive the ascent, join the legion, become regular soldiers, then get promoted to Third Level Warrior!!"

If one could become a regular soldier, they’d leave the precarious defectors’ camp and join the Kingdom’s Warriors. Promotion to Third Level Warrior meant land and slaves granted, thus becoming a lord!

"Kill!"

The captured defectors shouted wildly as they climbed the battlements. Frequently, someone was struck by rocks or javelins from the battlements, screaming as they fell to the ground. But Mountain Peak City’s walls were relatively low, many defectors fell without dying, though their moaning continued.

"Kill!"

A large crowd of defectors climbed to the battlements, fiercely brandishing short spears, battling against similarly equipped militia. Arrow volleys continuously shot from the army formation below the city, killing both sides simultaneously. The defending warriors rapidly decreased, the militia’s morale plummeted rapidly, and within just two quarters of an hour, there were signs of collapse among the enemy on the north wall.

"Good! Good! Refreshing!"

Black Wolf laughed heartily. During these two quarters, he had consecutively killed more than a dozen warriors, and was also struck by several arrows. However, these soft feathered arrows merely lodged into his cloth copper armor, akin to feather decorations. Black Wolf neither dodged nor pulled out the arrows, only fixed his gaze on the battlements. Until the enemy on the battlements began to show signs of defeat, he roared violently, rushing toward the city wall.

"Red-haired personal guards, follow me up, close in for shooting! Shoot feathered arrows right in their faces!"

"Aim at their faces and shoot them dead!"

The Leader led by example, inspiring others the most. The red-haired hunters let out a collective yell, their battle spirit boiling instantly. They quickly ran to the foot of the city walls, pressing against the faces of the defending army at the city top, shooting fiercely with each arrow!

"Whoosh!"

Miwa squinted, aiming for quite some time, then suddenly released a copper arrow. The sharp whistling sound came instantly, and in just one breath, it struck the head of a noble of the Tlaxcala, adorned with a feather crown, standing several steps away on the city wall. The sharp copper arrow pierced through the neck, slashing the windpipe and blood vessels, with the arrowhead protruding from the other side!

"Hooo... ugh..."

The noble on the city wall opened his mouth, but couldn’t make a sound, only a torrent of blood gushed out. Then, with a painful shudder, he collapsed abruptly, dying on the spot.

"Ah! The noble descendant of the serpent!... "

In an instant, panic spread among the samurai on the wall. Some rushed towards the body, some retreated backward, while others howled in confusion, not knowing what to do.

"Good! Good! Now is the moment!... It’s time to break the city! Once we capture Mountain Peak City, the wealth and women are all ours!"

Seeing the chaos on the wall, Black Wolf was overjoyed. With a keen sense of timing, he threw away his longbow, drew a bronze axe from his waist, and started climbing towards the battle on the city wall.

"Awoo! Charge!"

"Awoo! Charge!"

When the Black Wolf Leader made a promise, it was like a thousand weights, never failing. The red-haired hunters let out exhilarating wolf howls, drawing their bronze axes one after another, and climbed towards the city wall. They were like a torrent of red, merging onto the wall, smashing the last resistance!

In less than a quarter of an hour, the defending army of North City was wailing frantically and crumbled suddenly. Large groups of militia dropped their weapons and knelt to surrender. Even more people panicked, fleeing towards the rear. Witnessing the terrifying scene of the city break, the priests of Tlaxcala on the Temple let out cries of despair. Then, they turned and ran towards the Temple of the God of the Hunt.

"Hula!... Wah!... "

Before long, blazing fires started rising from the Temple. It burned the wooden walls, scorched the ancient murals, consumed the feathered ornaments, melted the gold and silver sculptures... following that was a pungent smell, accompanied by inhuman cries.

"Oh, God of the Hunt!... Ah!... "

"Hmm?... These priests, they have strong personalities!"

Black Wolf stood tall on the city wall, wearing blood-stained armor, dropping his blood-dripping battle axe. He glanced at the burning Temple and suddenly burst into loud laughter.

"Haha! I recognize this word! A burning Temple is a pictogram for conquest!"

"Yes! It’s the same in the wilderness. A fire burning down an opposing tribe, that’s called that con... conquest!"

Miwa laughed foolishly, completely stained with blood. He looked towards the large numbers of surrendering militia in the city center, then towards the splendid residences, and asked expectantly.

"Leader, are we gonna do something fun next?"

"Hmm? Rushing for what?"

Hearing this, Black Wolf raised an eyebrow, smiled and reached out, giving Miwa’s head a hard knock.

"Fun? Following me, Black Wolf, conquering the world, are you afraid there’s no fun to be had?"

"Ah? Conquering the world?"

Miwa scratched his head, not quite understanding the meaning of the phrase. But it didn’t matter; only the Black Wolf Leader attended the Great Chief’s lessons, speaking in complex terms. Warriors just need to run and kill, why learn so much?

"Leader, then what are we going to do?"

"We’re going to do important work."

Black Wolf straightened, standing on the high city wall, shouting to his trusted aides on both sides.

"Send out five hundred men to block the south gate! Deploy two hundred men to control the city warehouses! And inform the resisting Tlaxcala warriors and militia, lay down your arms, surrender and you’ll live!"

Yes, surrender and live, but only to be enslaved. Black Wolf sneered in his heart. Then he looked towards the legion coming from the west and gave his final order.

"Miwa, you’re the fastest! Go, take a few people, and greet His Highness outside Water Valley City. Just say..."

"Leader, say what?"

"Haha! Tell them that I, Black Wolf Torc, took Mountain Peak City in just one day!"

"Got it!"

Miwa stood on the city wall, in front of everyone, took off his copper armor in a few swipes, then threw away his copper helmet. With a leap, he flipped effortlessly down the city wall and immediately sprinted towards the west! In front of him was the fiery sunset, and behind him was the burning Temple!