The goddesses attempted to gain my salvation.

Claire stood on the sandworm, watching the dark mass of people gradually appear on the horizon, and clenched her fists inwardly.

The sandworms had been fighting continuously for several days. Although they still had some energy left, facing such a massive force, including mages...

Even with Mentor Ryan stationed in the heart of the royal city, Claire still felt uncertain.

Mentor Ryan is very strong.

She knows this better than anyone else.

However, there were just too many people on the other side... and a large number of mages had also joined the battle.

Can I really withstand this attack?

The sandworm's scales trembled slightly after sensing Claire's emotions.

Claire, who had spent many days with the sandworm, understood that it was comforting itself.

"It's okay..."

"We can do it."

"We can definitely do it."

On the boundless wilderness, the first light of dawn had already appeared.

The sunlight slowly tore through the boundless darkness of the sky, and the last chill of the night blew across the city of Canosa from afar.

Claire's eyes were no longer filled with hesitation; her gaze was firm.

The magical circuits within his body began to activate, and flames burned all around him.

Her pink hair was dyed a blood-red hue.

The sandworm sensed the approaching danger, its scales emitting a series of ear-piercing friction sounds, and sparks bursting from them.

The only sound in the vast wilderness was the approaching hoofbeats.

A beam of light rose from the siege troops and reached the sky.

That's a signal to attack.

Subsequently,

More and more magical missiles gradually rose into the sky from a distance.

After reaching its highest point, the magic missile traced countless graceful parabolas in the air, falling like a meteor towards the royal city.

The assembled guards looked up at the magical missiles raining down from the sky, much like humans in the early days of civilization witnessing a catastrophe beyond their comprehension.

Aside from being stunned, they couldn't do anything at all.

Only then did they finally understand.

In the face of magic, all mortals can do is pray.

I pray that the magic missile, devoid of any emotion, will be lucky enough to avoid me.

Just as those magical missiles were about to fall into the royal city, causing countless casualties and destruction, a dazzling magical barrier enveloped the entire royal city!

Without exception, all the magical missiles struck the barrier.

The barrier only rippled slightly, without any damage.

This is the real reason why Ryan is stationed in the center of the royal city.

Ryan and Claire, one is responsible for defending against external enemies, and the other is responsible for defending the royal city.

This was a plan that was formulated on the very first day of the operation.

And the one in charge of defense is naturally the powerful Ryan.

With Ryan in charge, even if this magical missile attack lasts for three days and three nights, not a single one will land on the ground of the royal city.

However, this also means that the outside world will be completely left to Claire to handle.

Looking at the magical barrier surrounding the royal city, Claire took a deep breath and then looked at the approaching enemy.

I crouched down and gently stroked the sandworm's back.

"Mr. Sandworm..."

"This is our last battle."

"Please hang in there a little longer."

With the Duchy of Ferrante's battle flag slung over her back, Claire stood up and summoned the Red Queen.

Flaming arrows condensed on the bowstring.

"let's go!"

"Mr. Sandworm!"

After a sharp rustling sound of scales rubbing together, the sandworm plunged into the ground, heading straight for the dark mass of attacking troops!

Claire shouted as she faced the magical missiles and arrows.

"I am Phoenix Claire!"

"Please put down your weapons!"

Unfortunately, no one in the crowd responded to Claire.

The galloping horses split into two groups, and in the middle were more than a dozen earth-attribute mages.

They were the nobles' weapons against the sandworms.

With the combined spells of more than ten earth-attribute mages, the ground beneath their feet became as hard as concrete, and towering city walls rose from the ground.

They cleverly lured the sandworms, guiding them little by little into a pre-arranged spot, and then trapped them within towering, sturdy rock walls.

Sandworm and Claire were completely trapped in the labyrinthine rock walls.

Claire kept firing at the Red Queen, trying to shatter the walls, but the other fire mages neutralized her attacks with magic.

After several rounds of firing, nothing was achieved.

Arrows were constantly being hurled into the maze. The arrowheads of these arrows were imbued with water-attribute magic, and the ends of the arrows were fire-attribute explosives. They had strong adhesion and were also lethal.

Although it didn't penetrate the sandworm's scales, the secondary explosion after sticking to it still caused some pain to the sandworm.

Even Claire was stunned and saw stars after the explosion.

Before they could recover from the pain of the fire bombs, more and more magic missiles rained down into the maze from above.

The maze was already small, and the sandworm's enormous size made it impossible for it to dodge nimbly. In addition, the earth-elemental mage was slowly shrinking the space, and after several rounds of struggle, it was completely restricted.

Faced with the dense barrage of magical missiles, the sandworm was unable to evade them and could only let them bombard it.

Many scales were blasted into fragments, exposing the soft body structure, which was then subjected to magical bombardment.

This time, the suffering inflicted on the sandworms was unprecedented.

Claire could clearly feel the pain signals being released by the sandworms.

"Mr. Sandworm..."

Claire was about to speak when dozens of magic missiles came flying right in front of her!

Claire quickly retaliated with magic, but she still couldn't neutralize all the attacks, and several missiles exploded on her.

Despite the pain, Claire drew her bow and shot an arrow, but due to the towering rock face, she could not pinpoint the enemy's exact location and could only fire blindly.

However, this kind of shooting has absolutely no accuracy.

After all, the Red Queen needs to be able to see her target before she can lock onto it.

Conversely, the siege forces outside the rock wall do not need to aim; they only need to saturate the area with magic and arrows.

It would be worth it even if we ran out of magic and arrows, as long as we could kill Claire and the sandworm!

Under the relentless onslaught, the sandworm finally exhausted its strength. In its last moments, it shielded Claire with its body and was unable to move any further.

Chapter 159 Laying the Foundation for Victory

The bombardment lasted for nearly half an hour, until all the mages had exhausted their magic power, and then it finally stopped.

Finally, the lightning and wind elemental mages crossed the rock wall to fully understand the lives of Claire and the sandworm.

But just as they stood on the rock face, a very loud horn sound came from the distant horizon.

Accompanying the Beast Horn was the rising sun and the sky completely covered by its light!

Perhaps the soldiers didn't know what that sound meant.

However, the generals of the attacking force, as well as the nobles leading the troops, immediately tensed up.

That was the bugle call of the border guards!

The Beast Horn held by General Rick of Rubeck Fortress!

The cavalry of Rubek Fortress were already lined up.

General Rick drew his longsword from his waist and slowly pointed it at the towering rock wall in the distance.

"Princess Claire is inside!"

"Ferrant's cavalry! Charge with me!!!"

At Rick's shout, the elite cavalry of Rubeck Fortress, who had been fighting the Auguston Empire for years, launched an attack on the rock wall!

at the same time!

A colossal magic circle appeared in the sky, with countless magic circuits flowing within it.

In the next instant, without any warning, countless arrows of light rained down from the sky!

The soldiers, unable to dodge in time, were struck directly by the arrows of light and died before they could even cry out.

"So many people ganging up on my students, it's unbearable to watch."

Ryan, in his Radiant Flame state, hovered high in the air supported by two fireballs, looking down at the dense crowd below and the dying sandworms, his tone icy.

In the distance, the barrier of Canosa still stands there, only now the one supporting the magic has changed.

At this moment, the withered old man stood in the center of the palace, his expression clearly displeased.