Mage Veigar

Chapter 368 Starfall
The city of falling stars.

This is an ancient town. Legend has it that a meteor fell here, so it got the name "Xingyun".

As a meteor that has lost its light and heat, the Falling Star City plays an insignificant role in the Saint Laurent defense system. Because it has three level 3 satellite cities in front of it and two level 2 satellite cities, Holy Glory and Twilight, behind it, it has become the stardust with the weakest presence in the entire Saint Laurent defense system.

How do the stars compete with the sun and the moon?

As an inconspicuous example, the defenders of the Falling Star City also inherited the character of ordinary people. Although they are called the backbone troops, they have put themselves into the role of logistics troops.

This is also a matter of course.

The troops they come into contact with most every day are not the armies of the dynasty and the empire, but the logistics corps that come to transport supplies. When they are too busy, they even have to put down their swords and help these people load and unload goods.

Over time and over time.

This defending army had forgotten their own identities. Some soldiers even took off their combat uniforms and standard rifles to facilitate the loading and unloading of goods. Some even didn't know where they had lost their weapons.

In short, they have no sense of crisis.

Most of the soldiers here do not think that the war has anything to do with them. There are three level 2 satellite cities in front and two level 2 satellite cities behind. No matter if the enemy attacks from inside or outside, there are other troops to support them.

Therefore, victory or defeat has nothing to do with them.

So when Vega's army arrived at the city gate at night, the soldiers on guard thought it was a food-shortage troop coming to ask for supplies, and almost opened the door on their own initiative.

Fortunately, the moonlight is nice tonight.

Therefore, with the help of the moonlight, they could see clearly that the people coming were not friendly troops, but enemies wearing imperial uniforms.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

The alarm was sounded, and when the alarm echoed over the city dozens of times, the defending soldiers realized that this was not just the guard troops joking around, but that there were real enemies attacking their city.

"Where's the spear? Where's my spear?"

"Damn it, who wore my combat uniform by mistake?"

"Where's the commander? What, the commander is drunk again?"

"Someone tell me which direction the enemy is in."

"..."

Due to the usual lax discipline and free-range mode, the camp was in chaos amid the warnings. After dozens of minutes, the group of soldiers finally gathered and rushed towards the north gate.

The soldiers are like this, and the officers are not much better.

As the supreme commander of the entire army, Colonel Lek Redes had just fallen asleep due to drunkenness. When he heard the echoing alarm bell, he did not think of quickly assembling troops for defense, but was ready to teach these soldiers on duty who disturbed his sleep a lesson.

However, when the roar of magic sounded, Lek woke up.

He rushed out of the house and bumped into the scout.

If this happened at any other time, he would have made the scout pay for it, but now he had no time to pursue it. He said incoherently: "Second Lieutenant, tell me, what happened?"

"Enemy attack!"

The scout said breathlessly, "Yes... huhu, it's an enemy attack. An imperial army appeared out of nowhere and is attacking us. The enemy's magic attack is very fierce. Our city gate was lost in just one round. I'm afraid the enemy has entered the city now. Please give instructions as soon as possible."

"W-what?"

Lek's voice rose an octave: "You mean the Imperial Army is attacking the city? And has already entered the city?"

"Y-yes, sir."

"How is this possible?"

Lek muttered to himself with a pale face: "Why would the people of the Empire take such a big risk to attack Starfall City? Could it be that Shenghui and Twilight have been lost? But there is no news."

After Lek muttered to himself, an idea suddenly occurred to him.

"Could it be..."

As if realizing something, Lek quickly issued an order: "Let the defenders stop the enemy. Never let the imperial people get close to the logistics warehouse, otherwise we will all die."

Pointing to the guard next to him, Lek continued, "And you, immediately send a distress signal to Shenghui, Twilight and other level 2 satellite cities, and ask them to come to support as quickly as possible. Tell them that I will fight to the death until dawn."

"Yes, Captain."

After completing the basic work, Team Leader Lek personally rushed towards the warehouse.

On the way, he kept praying that the logistical supplies were safe. If anything went wrong with those warehouses, he dared to guarantee that he would be killed by the commander-in-chief. These warehouses contained enough war supplies to support 20 troops for a year or two.

boom!
They were only halfway there when flames shot up into the sky.

It would have been better if Lek hadn't looked. When he did, he was almost scared to death on the spot. The place where the explosion sounded and the smoke billowed was where the logistics warehouse was located.

"It is so. It is so."

Lek quickened his pace. He finally confirmed his guess that the enemy was coming for their logistical supplies. Once all the logistical supplies were destroyed and new supplies could not be mobilized in a short time, the huge number of 20 would no longer be an advantage, but would become a time bomb.

What does it mean for an army of 20 to be short of food?
This will not only reduce the combat effectiveness of the entire army, but also plunge the entire army into chaos, and even lead to bad situations such as ignoring discipline, disobeying orders, desertion..., which will cause the entire army to collapse.

If the enemy launches a general attack at that time...

Even 5 men could easily defeat their 20-strong army, so in order to prevent the enemy from taking advantage of the opportunity to launch a general attack, they had to abandon the Saint Laurent defense system and withdraw their troops urgently.

Lek has realized that this huge crime will fall on his head.

but why?
Why was it possible for the enemy to bypass the lines of sight of Shenghui, Twilight City, and the four camps for two days, break through to the extremely safe middle area of ​​the Saint Laurent defense system, and launch an attack on them?

unless……

Lek's eyes flashed with madness: "Unless the enemy marches on a small scale, the number of soldiers entering the city will not exceed 3000. Does this mean that if I fight with all my strength, I can delay the enemy until dawn?"

Yes, there are a lot of logistics warehouses.

It would take at least 5 or 6 hours to destroy all the logistics warehouses. As long as he could lead his troops to delay the enemy now, he would be considered victorious if he could preserve 1/3 of the supplies before dawn.

The letter for help has already been sent.

After receiving the order letter, the reinforcements can arrive to support in just half a day via the national highway.

"Pass on my orders."

Lek issued a remedial order without hesitation: "Abandon all city defense work, and gather all soldiers, including the city defense department, logistics department, urban management department, reconnaissance department... near the warehouse. Even if the whole army is wiped out, we must hold on until dawn."

"Yes, Captain!"

This was Lek's decision. Without knowing the number of enemy troops, he had to defend the warehouse even if it meant giving up all the city defenses. He had already risked everything.

The idea is beautiful, but the reality is extremely cruel.

While Lek and all his soldiers were on high alert in the warehouse area that had not yet been destroyed, Vega led a high-level force of more than 1000 people to charge the enemy. This was simply a one-sided massacre.

How many mages are there in a group?
At most two.

Even the elite group of mages can only have one mage team at most.

However, Vega used the mages as ordinary soldiers, so the Kingdom Army was unable to stop them even for a second.

There was no suspense in this war from the very beginning.

As its name suggests, Starfall City once again bloomed with brilliant light and heat under the magic of Vega's troops, but when the heat was completely lost, it also foreshadowed its demise.

Yes.

Although shooting stars are dazzling, they only last for a moment.

Vega didn't want to be a meteor that shone for a while on the Galan Continent like the United Kingdom. What he wanted to do was -

"The whole army retreats!"

Reaching out and grasping the first ray of dawn on the Galan Continent in his palm, Vega gave the order to retreat.

(End of this chapter)