Mercenaries Under the Sky

Rattlesnake is the only snake that lives on four continents at the same time. It can go deeper into the tundra region of the ice and snow continent.

The rattlesnake's slender fangs are hollow and filled with venom sufficient to make the dragon fall to the ground. Unlike most other snakes, the rattlesnake's huge fangs are folded. Only at the moment of his attack, the four sharp teeth Suddenly burst.

The rattlesnake's head has a cheek socket that can feel infrared rays. No matter how careful the enemy is in the limelight, how careful the footsteps are, even if it is sleeping, the rattlesnake can be easily found, and, waiting quietly, it emits a fatal attack.

Humans are often confused by the beautiful patterns of rattlesnakes, and even more ignorant girls run to the side of the road to find the charming and pleasant harp sound.

... and these are often the beginning of death.

― "The Dark Night Rattlesnake. Title Page"

Among the great cities of the empire, Hamburg is definitely ranked in the top three if it is ranked in terms of dangerous terrain.

Originally, at such a high altitude, only low-level races such as gnomes came to live. When gnomes operated their caves 780 years ago, they suddenly discovered an extremely wide iron-rich mine. What's more exciting is that the iron-rich mines are accompanied by black coal mines.

The gnomes were extremely excited. Because living in a crypt, the body has a heavy smell and is less than 1 meter in size, so the gnome has always been at the bottom of the entire social structure of the continent, often living in a precarious life. The gnome thought that such a rich mine would bring them wealth. What I didn't expect was that the first to come was the disaster of extinction.

The interested person soon discovered the secret from the iron ore provided by the gnome, and then a large mercenary regiment washed the gnome village blood.

In fact, this mercenary group also became a victim of this mine-a few dwarf children who went out to play in the grass to escape the catastrophe. And among the dwarves who ran hundreds of miles away, the dwarf king was notified. As we all know, there is a very close blood relationship between the dwarves and the dwarves. For whatever purpose, the dwarf king revenge for the dwarves-the large mercenary group of more than 6000 people collapsed, and at least more than 3000 mercenaries Soldiers died on snowy mountains.

The mountain dwarf country has a population of more than 400,000, and still has a 3,000 professional soldier. Such strength forces mankind to adopt a cooperative model.

Later, after hundreds of years, a large city with an average wall height of 20 meters was built in the blood-stained dwarf village. In addition to nearly 100,000 dwarf city residents, there are more than 200,000 human residents and nearly Thousand gnome.

All soldiers who have been to Hamburg will marvel at the city's strong defense. Hamburg sits north to the south, and on the north side is one of the main peaks of the west foot of the snow mountain-the Yelumei Snow Peak, which is 3,700 meters high. This snow peak rises at a 70 ° angle and is snow-capped all year round. There may be a very small number of snow-capped indigenous people who can climb such high peaks. Large-scale soldiers are simply impossible. There are two cliffs on the east and west sides of the city. The east side is more than 600 meters deep and the west side is more than 1300 meters deep. There are only 90 days of snow and ice in the west side cliffs every year. When building the city, the designer cleverly built barracks on both sides of the cliff, completely cutting off the idea of ​​any soldiers attacking from here. The south of the city was originally a 30 ° ramp with a width of more than 300 meters. During more than 700 years of operation, the city was cleverly dug out by the city guards of the past (filled in abandoned mine pits to prevent collapse). Continuously sinking large steps, each step is 30 meters wide and 15 meters high, a total of three steps. Only the middle 30-meter wide corridor was left.

There are also 120 super-large catapults on the city wall. Since they do not need to be moved or adjusted, these catapults are more than ten times larger than the same equipment in the warehouse of the Imperial Armament Department. The catapult that can't adjust the angle used by the army can only throw 150 kg at a time, while the catapult that can adjust the angle can only throw 10 catty, and the distance of the catapult is generally 100 to 300 meters. One of the largest stone throwing carts in Hamburg City, it is difficult to find such a large stone basket. There are 35 stones in the basket, each with an average weight of 120 kg. The smallest one of the catapults was a 7-piece catapult basket. The throwing range is 350 meters. The elasticity and shear force required by such catapults are unbearable by any tree, and in fact, UU reads www.www. uukanshu.com All the catapults in Hamburg City are made of pure steel, and they are not launched by human power. Instead, they slide out a slide on the glacier on the north side that has not changed for a long time. To a height of 40 meters, and then use the sliding force of the stone to launch.

Since the completion of the city, no troops have enjoyed such treatment on the ground. It's just that most soldiers have this kind of years after they saw it: "I'm afraid that dragons and dragon knights and even a fly will be hit from the air by projecting up to 2,000 stones at a time."

Time, place, harmony, Hamburg is the city that never falls.

At such a high distance from the ground, looking at the sky, the stars in the sky are like being at hand, you can reach it with your hand. The warriors from Fanos have been living in tropical rain forests before. The humid air and rainy weather, it is a good luck to see the stars. Where is it fortunate to see such a scenery? If it were n’t for the temperature difference, these soldiers would sit and chat by the campfire just like the human soldiers who had just joined their ranks.

Also, because of the cold, watching the night on the city wall became a big problem. The army staff officer arranged as many human soldiers as possible on night shifts, but after all, there were only 1,000 human soldiers. Orcs and half-orc soldiers who need to take turns are wrapped in bedding for all the clothes they can find every time. Even so, the cold wind still pierces the bone marrow. The legion allows the soldiers to change their guards every half hour to roast fire.

In the eyes of soldiers, such a careful defense is undoubtedly unnecessary. On such a clear night, the orc soldiers can see a distance of more than 500 meters. The front of the city wall is completely covered with snow, and there is no trace of human or animal activity-no soldiers can attack such a dangerous peak.

The coming of death was far faster and more accurate than the soldiers belonging to the Fanos Legion expected.