Chapter 30

"Magician?"

Tax officer Mado's face turned pale. Although he had always lived in an ordinary border town and had never seen a noble magician, he had heard from the lord and the merchants about the power of magic.

"What can we do?"

Ushige, the fur and herb merchant representing the merchants of Cedar Town, was also a man of the world and naturally understood what a magician meant.

He felt a chill in his heart!

A squad of soldiers plus a magician could easily break through Cedar Town's current weak defenses.

The stone walls protecting the town were nothing in the face of powerful magic.

"We, can, eliminate, him!"

Li Muxin said in her still unskilled Silan Empire language. She keenly sensed the growing despondency among the people around her, which was not a good sign.

In such a short time, the Gemini sisters, known for their quick learning, had memorized some Silan Empire language pronunciations and began to use them. This was not an easy feat for the intelligent sisters.

"You?!"

The people in the inn looked at this foreign "female ranger" (though some still insisted that the twin sisters were the dragon knight's female slaves) with strange eyes.

They had not personally experienced or witnessed the skills of the twin sisters or the power of the Type 95 assault rifle, and even the credit for killing the Portland flying dragon knight was attributed to the dragon knight.

In fact, most of the time, the twin sisters had been strategizing behind Lin Mo or hiding to take potshots.

If they were to face off in a fair fight against the powerful warriors of this world, the twin sisters would likely be in grave danger.

The two previous victories of the Gemini sisters were due to the enemies' unfamiliarity with firearms and lack of preparation.

Once prepared, the effectiveness of firearms would be greatly reduced.

"Lord Morin!"

Old blacksmith Asun turned his puzzled gaze toward Lin Mo.

In his eyes, Li Muxin was exaggerating, and he did not have high hopes for the combat abilities of the twin sisters. They were just rangers, not dragon knights or magicians.

If Lin Mo had said such a thing, Asun and the others would have believed it more, as a dragon knight was different from an ordinary warrior and had some special means, especially since Lord Morin had already demonstrated his magic in front of everyone.

This meant that they would not be completely at a disadvantage against the enemy's magician.

Lin Mo looked at Li Muxin, who nodded slightly at him, then turned to Asun and the others, nodding and said, "We can try!"

Although the Gemini sisters were elite intelligence officers of the "Night" special operations team, their combat skills were no less than those of any warrior in the combat squad. Stealth, disguise, assassination, hand-to-hand combat, and the operation of various weapons and equipment were essential skills for intelligence officers.

Taking advantage of the Portlanders' lack of familiarity with firearms, the Gemini sisters' sniping skills might achieve another remarkable feat.

As for the ammunition consumption, to deal with the current situation, using one less bullet was inevitable. Once this crisis was over, they would try to avoid using firearms as much as possible, using them only as a surprise weapon or a trump card.

Old blacksmith Asun and tax officer Mado exchanged glances. With the dragon knight's assurance, their expressions improved slightly, and they tentatively believed that the twin sisters, who looked identical, had special means to deal with the magician.

"Flying dragon, the Portland flying dragon knights are here again!"

A shout came from the town. Although this method of human relay was slow, it was faster than running.

Previously, Lin Mo and others had seen two flying dragon knights riding their mounts fly past the edge of Cedar Town. Clearly, the three flying dragon knights and dragons that had been killed earlier had given the Portlanders a warning. They did not dare to approach the town too closely and were only conducting reconnaissance from a distance.

"Enemy air reconnaissance detected, two in number, estimated altitude 800 meters, awaiting orders!"

Li Mubing, standing behind the stone wall, heard the shouts of the town guard, peeked out to look at the sky, and reported the situation to her sister and Lin Mo through the earpiece of the mini single-soldier radio communication device.

If heavy bullets were used, it might be worth a try.

At a height of 1000 meters, the 5.8 mm heavy bullet fired by the Type 95 assault rifle could barely be considered within range.

"Continue to observe, do not act rashly for now, avoid exposure. Note, a magician has been detected among the enemy combat units, one has been identified."

Sister Li Muxin's voice was transmitted to her sister's ears via radio waves.

"Understood, clear!"

Hearing the word "magician," Li Mubing couldn't help but roll her eyes. Trained in modern warfare, she felt a strange sense of dissonance when she heard that magic existed in the enemy's combat sequence, as if she were participating in the filming of a movie with a mishmash of elements, which felt absurd.

"Knew it, without fighter jets, pilots are like tigers without teeth! Had to get involved, if only there were tactical missiles, a single mushroom cloud would do the job."

Li Mubing, who had been dragged into this by Lin Mo, muttered to herself while taking out a telescope to look beyond the stone wall.

About 200 meters from the stone wall, most of the trees had been cut down and transported into the town to build stone-throwing machines.

The design drawings were drawn by the Gemini sisters. If quality and durability were not a concern, construction was quite fast.

Moreover, the town was not short of stones, which could be wrapped in cloth and doused with oil to increase their power. At this moment, about seven or eight stone-throwing machines had been set up in Cedar Town.

A row of soldiers holding half-shields and long spears appeared in the sight of the people guarding Cedar Town. The well-trained formation made everyone who saw it draw a sharp breath.

"Take cover! Take cover! Hide behind the stone wall!"

Li Mubing suddenly moved the telescope away from her eyes and shouted to the left and right. She saw the numerous archers behind the shield and spear soldiers.

The town guard soldiers guarding the stone wall were stunned and had not yet reacted when a dense rain of arrows suddenly whistled through the sky, accompanied by the buzzing of bowstrings in the distance.

"Ah!~"

"Arrows, take cover!"

With the first cry of pain, the town guard soldiers on the stone wall scrambled to jump down, raising their tower shields or wooden boards to find places to shelter from the arrow rain. Despite this, more than a dozen young and strong soldiers were still shot like pincushions and fell off the stone wall.

"Report, the enemy has just launched a dense arrow attack, 17 casualties on the eastern front!"

At this moment, whether using a wooden whistle or human relay to pass messages, it had lost its meaning. Li Mubing, who was hiding behind the stone wall, similar to a reverse slope fortification, immediately reported the situation to her sister in the inn.

The arrow rain replaced the artillery barrage, a tactic that the Gemini sisters had expected. After all, such cold weapon tactics had been perfected in Earth's history.

Besides the physical damage, the main purpose was psychological intimidation, to weaken the defenders' will to fight.

"Prepare to counterattack!"

Simple Silan Empire language was not too difficult for Li Mubing. After three waves of arrow rain, she began to command the town guard soldiers to re-ascend the stone wall and prepare to repel the next attack.

If everything went as expected, it was just a probing attack.

So far, on one hand, the town guard, motivated by the generous rewards offered by the merchants, and on the other hand, to distract the Portlanders and buy time for their families to reach Lian City safely, had performed commendably despite their initial sluggish response to the first attack.

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