The city of Lachish.
Only when the army of the Holy Egyptian Alliance faced this solid fortress city for the first time could they feel the shock it brought to them.
Even the tribe leader Marasia, who was sitting on the back of the giant elephant, couldn't help but frown nervously.
She knew very well that this fortress city was different from all the cities and buildings she had seen and was familiar with before.
From a distance, the Fortress City lives up to its name.
It is like a crouching giant beast, entrenched on the top of the black rock.
If you want to attack the city, you must first go through a long climb.
Not only that, except for its spacious main gate, other roads seem a bit narrow.
Even the giant elephants couldn't even take a step on the path and could only move slowly.
There is a path that is even more dangerous. It winds upwards, and if you are not careful while walking on it, you will fall vertically and hit the sharp black rocks heavily.
Anyone who wants to try this path must carefully consider whether to take this path to the city of Lachish.
Of course, in addition to the unique terrain here, there are other things that shocked Malacia.
That is the moat of the city of Raj.
The moat, which she had heard from Goliath and was about twenty meters wide, was just a slightly wider ditch with water in her imagination.
But when she saw it with her own eyes, she found that this was not the case at all.
This moat is not stagnant water.
It is almost a small river with a very fast current and eddies in different parts of the river.
That means the depth of the moat is also very dangerous.
For the army of the Holy Egyptian Alliance, even if they could successfully cross the moat, they would have to withdraw if they could not conquer the city walls.
And when retreating, this moat will become a huge risk.
Finally, there are the walls of the city of Lachish.
Although the city wall here is not as tall and thick as the one built by the giants, the color of the wall is dark.
Moreover, if you look closely, you can even see that the city walls emit a faint black light, which is fleeting like light smoke.
That's because the city walls here have been "enchanted". Simply put, any spell attacks or attacks from gods will be mostly absorbed by the city walls.
Not only that, in addition to the outer walls, there are also inner walls.
The inner walls are even thicker because large crossbows and some catapults are deployed on the top of the walls, and even some huge fire platforms can be seen.
The people of the Holy Egyptian Alliance had never seen these things before. After all, the things in the city of Lachish were built bit by bit by the powerful Hebrew Empire day after day.
It can be said that what it symbolizes is the powerful defense of the Hebrew Empire.
It can even be said that its defensive power surpassed almost all cities in the Hebrew Empire.
Because unlike the royal capital like Jerusalem which has the most powerful military force, this place is the last line of defense to block foreign enemies.
Once this place is breached, the heartland of the Hebrew Empire will immediately be exposed to foreign enemies.
Therefore, all the fortifications here were designed and built by the most sophisticated and ingenious craftsmen.
Not only that, Montezuma, who had a sharper eye, even discovered some clues.
"Rain God... The walls of the city of Laji are slightly tilted outwards!"
"Master Maracia! I'm afraid our giant elephants can no longer play a role in attacking the city!"
When Malacia heard what the other party said, she just asked quickly.
"Why do you say that, Chief Montezuma?"
"We have added steel to the tusks of the giant elephants and fixed their tusks more stably!"
"No matter how strong the enemy's walls are, our giant elephants should at least be able to cause some damage to them!"
"Why do you say that it is difficult to play the role of siege?"
"Could it be because of those large ballistae?"
"If that's the case, you don't have to worry."
"I can summon the goddess of hunting. With her superb archery skills, I will surely be able to..."
But before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Montezuma.
Montezuma's expression became more and more ugly.
"No! Lord Malacia!"
"Their walls..."
“It’s tilted outwards!”
"The impact of the giant elephant will be greatly absorbed!"
"Besides, even the siege ladders may not be able to get close to the city walls!"
"This means that the difficulty of attacking the city has greatly increased! If our soldiers launch an attack like this, they will only die in vain!"
"Master of Malacia!"
After hearing Montezuma's words, several leading kings of the Holy Aegis League looked seriously towards the outer city walls of Lachish.
And the truth is, just as Montezuma said.
This conclusion can be drawn if one looks closely and refers to the rocks on both sides of the outer wall.
"Even if you can lead your people to jump high from the back of the giant elephant and enter the outer wall..."
"But look at those ballistae! Those towers!"
"There is a ballista and a tower almost every fifty steps!"
"All our movements will be visible to the enemy when we attack!"
"I'm afraid our giant elephants can only survive the first round of attack!"
"By the time you and your people reach the outer wall, more than half of our elephants may have been destroyed!"
"Even if you can successfully enter the outer wall, you will face thousands of warriors and magicians!"
As Montezuma spoke, Bigtik, the Mayan lord, also interrupted.
"And those people from the Rose Order and the Alchemist are here too!"
"If there is no help later, you will definitely be trapped on the outer wall. It is very likely..."
Lord Maya stopped talking here, and all the kings and leaders frowned and looked at the leader of the Malacia tribe.
They knew very well that if she was trapped on the outer wall without any support, there would be only two possible outcomes.
Either die in battle or be captured.
But it was obvious that for a warrior and leader as courageous as Marasia, it was impossible for her to be captured.
Therefore, there is only one ending for her.
When Marasia heard this, she looked at the other side's city wall from afar again.
There are some reliefs about gods on the outer city, but the styles of those reliefs are very similar to those of angels.
Obviously, this place was guarded by angels before, but now that the angels have fallen, they may not get any help from any gods.
but......
Who knows?
All these reasons indicate that if a rash attack is launched, the Holy Egyptian army will suffer heavy casualties.
Even, destruction.
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