Tome of Blood

The official Boulder-Violet attack on Northport began by sea.

When the mighty Principality's fleet sailed into the waters around Beigang following the pace of the army, the battle broke out again.

Because the Castel fleet led by the Romain-Fore family had all been dispatched to patrol the Dorne River, Castel had no power to directly confront the Principality's fleet in the outer seas.

Of course, as far as the facts are concerned, the Castel fleet, which has relatively small firepower and is only suitable for sneak attacks, is not good at fighting the Principality's fleet head-on.

Entering the Dorne was as much a defense as to maintain the strength of the Castres fleet.

But in the open sea, the result of this is that Beigang lost the cover of the fleet and would directly confront the Principality's fleet.

Dozens of warships of the Principality hovered near the sea, almost surrounding the North Harbor. The sideboards of the ships were aligned in the direction of the North Harbor, and white mist was spewed out with thunderous roars.

"boom--!"

"boom--!"

Accompanied by bursts of whistling, rounds of enchanted stone bullets flew out.

Meteorite-like stone bullets are like rain, either splashing water around Beigang, or smashing into Beigang city, while the outer wall of the fortress surrounding the main island of Beigang and the port of Beigang are given special attention.

"Boom!"

"Boom...!"

A stone bullet hit the thick outer wall of Beigang.

Fortunately, at this moment, the outer wall of Beigang has already activated the defensive magic shield.

Those stone bullets did not successfully penetrate the defense of the outer wall, but only left circles of ripples on the surface of the outer wall.

The outer walls, protected by shields, were not damaged.

The same is not the case for ports exposed within range.

The ships moored in the port have almost become live targets under the shelling of the Principality's warships. From time to time, sailboats can be seen being hit and sinking amidst screams and cries.

As for the shallow water neighborhood outside Beigang, which was also exposed within range, it had been completely reduced to hell.

Those simple houses on the water had no defense at all. Under the gunfire of the Principality's fleet, they were easily torn apart, destroyed, and turned into pieces of ruins on the water.

If Charlotte hadn't ordered the forced evacuation of the poor in the shallow water block in advance, it is unknown how many people would have died under the artillery fire in the first round of shelling.

"When—! When—! When—!"

Screaming bells rang all over North Harbor, and the city hall's siren sounded.

From time to time, a huge roar could be heard from all over Beigang City. It was a stone bomb falling into the city through the outer wall. Every shot almost meant that a building had suffered a devastating blow.

However, Beigang was not just passively beaten unilaterally.

After the Principality's fleet launched the bombardment, the coastal defense stone-shooting cannons in Beigang also launched a counterattack one after another, firing stone bullets at the fleet on the sea with a loud noise.

This kind of coastal defense stone-shooting gun has a longer range and is more powerful.

However, compared to Beigang, the scattered fleet is obviously more difficult to target.

Although Beigang's shore defense stone-shooting guns are powerful, the results are quite limited. Most of the stone bullets fell into the sea, causing huge waves of water.

But occasionally, a lucky stone bomb hits a warship of the Principality, causing serious damage directly.

"boom--!"

"boom--!"

"..."

After a series of counterattacks, the warships of the Principality were also damaged, and the United Fleet also clearly felt the threat of the North Harbor coastal defense artillery.

For a while, those galley warships and brigantines that were too far ahead retreated one after another, leaving the range of Beigang.

Only the Carrick heavy three-masted warship with a longer range relied on its range advantage and continued to bombard North Harbor.

"Master Earl, the magic shield of the Earl's Mansion has been opened, please return to the Earl's Mansion to take shelter, it is too dangerous here."

On the tower of the fortress on the outer wall of Beigang, the nobles in charge of defending the fortress came to Charlotte and persuaded him anxiously.

Charlotte glanced at the three-masted warship that continued to spew white mist towards the city on the sea, and then looked at the city that was damaged everywhere under the artillery fire.

The piercing sound of solid bullets whizzing past overhead sounded one after another, and gunpowder smoke rose in Beigang City.

She heard the terrified screams and cries of the residents mixed with the sound of artillery fire, and the people's fear and despair were even more evident under the keen hearing of the blood race.

Charlotte frowned slightly.

"If I remember correctly, we also have a magic shield covering the entire city in Beigang, right? Why only open the magic shield of the Earl's Mansion and the shield on the outer wall of the fortress?"

she asked.

The nobleman hesitated for a moment and replied:

"Lord Earl, Beigang has been peaceful for too long. We lack enough magic crystals. The existing reserves should be given priority to the defense of the magic crystal cannon and the Beigang Bridge."

"The shield covering the entire city consumes too much. Chairman Layton estimated that if we want to deploy the shield covering the entire city, even with the magic spar that the Mercenary Association can provide us, at most It can only last for five days, but if we only protect the military fortifications, we can last for a full two months."

President Layton is naturally the president of the North Port Branch of the Mercenary Association.

After the war started, Charlotte had already hired all the mercenaries available in Northport, including President Layton, who was a silver moon mage.

Not only that, but as a rare second-order mage in Beigang, he is also responsible for the support and operation of Beigang's magic shield.

"Five days? That's enough. Tell President Layton to open Beigang's magic shield with all your strength and don't worry about consuming it."

Charlotte said.

After hearing what Charlotte said, the nobleman looked a little hesitant.

Charlotte frowned and repeated:

"Do as I say, open all the shields, and protect the civilians! If anyone asks, they will say that I gave the order! Even if something goes wrong, I, Castel, will be responsible!"

The nobleman hesitated for a moment, bowed his head in response, and then respectfully withdrew.

Soon, some knights rode their steeds and rushed to various magic nodes in Beigang, shouting, "Your Earl has orders, deploy all shields to protect civilians!".

Following Charlotte's order, dots of aqua blue light rose from around Beigang.

With the mage tower as the center, the magic shields based on the outer wall fortresses opened.

After the shield was opened, the principality's fleet's bombardment of Beigang became obviously weaker, and few stone bullets pierced through the shield and smashed into the city.

Cheers came from all over the city, they were the voices of Beigang citizens.

Obviously, they also recognized the shield that spread over the city.

Not only that, with her keen hearing, Charlotte even heard some residents thank and praise her.

At the same time, not long after the shield opened, Charlotte seemed to see a little illusory brilliance flying out of the city and gathering towards him.

Looking at the star-like brilliance, Charlotte was surprised.

She couldn't help reaching out and touching them, and when they merged into her body, Charlotte only felt that there were some inexplicable changes in her soul...

"Did you... see anything?"

Charlotte glanced at the guard knights who followed, and couldn't help asking.

The knights looked at each other and shook their heads blankly.

"Forget it, nothing."

Charlotte was thoughtful and gave up asking.

On the other side, among the Boulder-Violet coalition forces.

Looking at the completely lit magic shield over Beigang, the third prince Philip sneered and said:

"The kindness of a woman who takes her own destruction!"

Sorry, I didn’t change it last night. Our wedding photo was hit by thunder and needs to be retaken. I’ve been frantically searching for new photos these two days.

I have obtained the certificate, but the official wedding will be at the end of April, and there is still more than a month left. The new home has not yet been renovated due to the epidemic, so it took a lot of experience to prepare for the wedding + decoration. Avoid affecting the update.