We heard twangs again, but this time they came from inside the city, not our Black Tortoise Catapults. It was the Northern Alliance’s Fire Catapults launching their flaming rocks at us indiscriminately.

Bang bang bang!

The flaming rocks slammed into many magic knights’ shields and spilled burning oil all over the place. Several Dragonlight Cavalrymen had been sent flying into the air as their mount tenacity bars vanished, and their mounts let out painful whines before perishing. Some of the riders were lucky enough to survive with a sliver of health, and they quickly withdrew to let Moon Dew and the other priests heal them back to full health.

Boom boom!

When the rocks hit an archer party though, it was almost always a one-shot. Surviving was a matter of having enough health and not taking a direct hit as not even a super archer Beiming Xue could survive that. Long story short, it was a matter of luck. The good news was that Beiming Xue was as smart as she was swift. She shouldn’t have too much trouble spotting the projectiles and getting out of harm’s way with her high Agility.

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The entire battle line was engaged in combat at this point. The Dragonlight...