Chapter 65 Seven Days War II

Translator: Isekai Shousetsu

Well, Fine. Lets just take this time to recover and send another assault later.

Tonino orders the siege equipment to be prepared in anticipation of the next assault.

Siege equipment are difficult to bring fully assembled so theyve only assembled a part in the capital city. They intend to put them all together after arriving at Fort Terrier.

They come in different varieties such as catapults, siege towers, stairs, battering rams, and ships.

If you brought this much then normally you would have enough force to be able to bring the enemy down.

Furthermore, they now have prepared countermeasures for the fire medicine.

Now then, let the siege begin.

(Almis POV)

The bowmen fire arrows as the enemy siege towers draw near the edge of the moat.

The arrows kept pouring like rain.

Alongside the siege towers, the enemy also used boats to cross the moat. They then set up ladders against the walls and try to climb over.

They also tied together boats like a bridge. Using that, they bring over their battering rams and begin attacking the fort gates.

What an intense assault, yes?

Perm mutters while avoiding arrows.

However, we wont fall with just this much, you know. We, too, have defensive siege equipment.

About the same time I said so, one of the enemy siege towers becomes engulfed in white smoke.

Then, the sound of explosions shakes the area and a second and a third tower gets engulfed in white smoke.

Fire medicine, huh

Yes, thats right. Courtesy of our catapults and ballista.

Ismere was quite knowledgeable in other areas apart from construction too such as regarding these siege equipments. These were made under her instructions.

Javelins dont have enough range after all.

Since Ismere was able to construct ballista, I asked her if she could make crossbows and I got an affirmative.

However, it seems mass producing them wouldnt be the best idea. They werent that much powerful, she said.

When I thought about it, the Battle of Crecy was an example of this. Furthermore, we probably wont be able to make much with the present level of technology.

While its unfortunate, the bowmen themselves arent in any real pinch so Ill just have to pass on the idea.

They arent breaking though.

Ordovices points ((at the enemy towers)).

Wha? Thats strange.

Several sorcerers probably put up a physical barrier!

Theyre also using countermeasures like damp cloth and fire-resistant pelt

The enemy commander has done his homework, huh. However

Tsk, They keep coming no matter how much you kill them!!

Gram curses.

Hes proactively killing commander-like enemies but their morale isnt changing.

They seem to have a proper system of command hierarchy. It only shows that theyre an army refined with a high degree of training.

Furthermore, because the enemy soldiers are furnished with metal shields, our arrows are having quite a hard time picking them off. 30% of our arrows are iron while the remaining 70% are bronze. We are indeed going to have a hard time.

In other words, its not going to go down like before with the battle slaves.

And because stones are being thrown every now and then, we also dont have the leeway to safely fire our arrows.

This wont doRon, sorry. Ill leave those who manage to come up to you. (Almis)

Understood. Its probably about the time they get sick of having their stairs fall off and having stones dropped on them, anyway. (Ron)

Ron draws his sword. About the same time, an enemy climbs over the fort wall. However

You did well! Eat some steel as a reward. (Ron)

Ron cuts him down with his sword right in half. The enemy falls into the moat dyeing the water deep red.

Alright, its our turn now!!

Ron and the others kill the enemy one by one and let them fall into the moat.

Look out!

A man repels an arrow heading straight at Ron.

Hes one of the new recruits from the DeBell Clan, Joseph.

Alright, I got a chiliarch to owe me one! (Are you alright, Sir Chiliarch?) (Joseph)

Yeah, Im alright butwhat you said and your true intention got reversed though. (Ron)

The South Gate.

The situation here is somewhat worse.

Hmmm, the enemys attack is quite intense, huh. It seems like theyre concentrating their assault here. (Bartolo)

Bartolo drinks a liquor bottle dry. He then drops it on an enemy soldiers head.

The enemy soldier instinctively protects his head with his hands.

Unfortunately, he was holding on to a ladder so down he goes.

Nows not the time to be drinking liquor, Sir Bartolo. (Bolus)

Bolus brandishes his spear over his head and strikes a climbing enemy soldier.

Everyones very busy.

The enemy commander has quite the unpleasant character too, huh. Instead of the vigorous and strong young commander in the north gate, hes attacking the middle-aged old-timer in the south.

While saying so, Bartolo skillfully moves and supports the bowmen. He doesnt give off pointless commands.

That being said, his orders are limited to what he could cover.

One after another, the enemy soldiers crossed the moat and are climbing up the walls. Its quite a bleak situation.

It cant be helped. Lets use the new weapon we received from Lord Almis.

Bolus ordered twenty soldiers to bring forth cylinders.

The twenty soldiers aimed them down at the enemy soldiers climbing up the ladders.

Fire!! (Bartolo)

Flames spout out from the cylinders.

The enemy receives the flames directly. They then fall as they catch fire.

A lot of them got so surprised about the sudden flames that they instinctively let go of the ladders and fall to their deaths.

The ladders, too, catch fire and then fall into the moat below. They sink into the water while producing steam.

Dang, what a great weapon. Its called a Flame Cylinder if I recall correctly? The one who made this is a genius. Was it Ismere? (Bartolo)

Why thank you for your compliments, Bartolo. (Tetra)

Tetra suddenly appears and answers.

Ah, Madame. Its dangerous here, you know? Youre a sorcerer, right? Be obedient an (Bartolo)

Five fireballs appeared around the circumference of Tetras staff. They then immediately fly towards an unsuspecting enemy just as he was about to climb over the rampart.

Sorry. I was wrong about you. (Bartolo)

Its good that you understand. (Tetra)

And once again, Bartolo inquires Tetra.

So, how does the thing work? (Bartolo)

Simple. You mix gunpowder with olive oil then you blow it with wind from a magic circle. Then you add fire from another magic circle this time attached to the mouth of the cylinder. Its important