The battle for the Fortress of Rog is rapidly approaching.
It was afternoon. The orcs were busy following their orders. Rogar Axelord has been tasked with reinforcing and backing up Yeknom.
This defense was the order of the Orc Warchief, and he does not have any plan on failing his orders.
They made the Fortress of Rog with stone and steel. Steel pikes were planted in front of the walls and on top of them.
The castle also has three walls with equal thickness. Since the Fortress of Rog is on a mountain pass, the first wall is located on the lowest part of the mountain pass, and it is ascending to the third wall, which covers the path and castle on the mountain pass.
Since this is the only path to go through from the beach, they have spent years, even decades, fortifying this "gateway" to the Orclands.
Yeknom's savage orcs are already in position at their ambush points. Yeknom and his men will slowly take out the backline of the humans while the fort's defenders are attacking them.
Rogar's men rounded every projectile they had in the castle to the castle walls. Axes, javelins, bows, and arrows are on the walls. Rocks and crossbows too.
The Orcish race has very few magicians in their army; however, these Orcish mages are more powerful than humans in using
They have moved to strategic positions along the castle walls. Some are even at the savage orcs's ambush points.
Orc Archers and Mages were the main soldiers of Rogar Axelord's reinforcement army. They knew that in a castle defense, if they had more ranged units, they would have a better chance at winning.
These archers are not as accurate as human archers, but they carry heavy bows that can fire heavyweight arrows that can go through thick orcish armor. They can't hit their targets all the time, but once they did, it was not likely to get back up.
The mages that he brought were better than those garrisoned in the fortress. They are the elders of the Orcish race and mostly focus on orc and fire magic. They can empower their Orc comrades with buff magic that comes directly from their Orc God, Krodog.
Yeknom: "Rogar. These soldiers are not enough. I have seen their power, and they also have a huge monster on their side! We cannot win with these men!"
Yeknom was aggravated.
Rogar: "Shut up, Yeknom. You speak too fast without thinking."
Yeknom: "What!?"
Rogar: "Do you think I will back you up here when I do not have anything up my sleeve? I think things through, and you can go back to your ambush points and do your part."
Yeknom: "Grrr...."
Even though he was not satisfied, Yeknom followed his orders and went back to his position.
A bright light suddenly shone on the Fortress of Rog. The evening was approaching, but it seems that another sun has risen.
It was slowly floating towards the fortress. It was the "Monster." A gigantic angel. Or whatever that is.
Small lights in the distance that look like stars must be the "Celestials" that Yeknom was talking about. If they are using angels as foot soldiers, then we have a tough fight ahead of us.
The good thing is that they can harm them physically, but flying in and out of battle will still prove very troublesome for our Orc Warriors, who are used to fighting against enemies toe-to-toe.
The first wave of enemies is now in range.
Rogar: "Ready the ballistae."
Orc Warrior: "Yes!"
We've prepared a lot of long-range weapons to shoot down these angels.
Rogar: "Fir-!"
As I was about to signal them to fire, a bright light and deafening sound came from the giant.
The ground shook as he cast his spell, blinding everyone in the fortress for a short while.
However, once we opened our eyes, that short while was all they needed to close the distance.
Orc Warrior: "AGHHH!!!"
Celestials were swooping down on our walls and taking down the defenders. A vast number of celestials already overran the lower walls.
Rogar: "To arms! Bring them down!"
Shoom! Shoom!
Crossbow bolts, arrows, and ballistae flew in the air, taking down multitudes of these celestials.
Once they were defeated, they just turned into glowing dust.
Rogar: "Keep at it!"
Three celestials approached Rogar at the same time. They charged in with their holy spears from different angles.
Rogar: "Hmph!"
Rogar stood firm as the spears hit him.
Clank!
They broke down into pieces, leaving the Celestials weaponless.
Rogar: "Yagghh!!!"
Rogar took them out with one swing of his giant axe.
More celestials came after he took out three.
Rogar: "By the Ancestors..."
20 celestials are on him now. The others were charging, and some were casting spells.
Rogar: "Even with my skills, I can't block them all."
Before the Celestials were able to take Rogar down, fireballs hit them.
Rogar: "Orc Mages!"
Some made their way to Rogar. They are few, so they cannot be everywhere at the same time.
Rogar: "Let's go to the main gate!"
The main gate was being harassed by the celestials, hoping to bring down the gates or force the orcs to sally out.
The Paladin army is just standing outside our walls, watching while their celestials are invading us.
Orc Mage: "Do they not care if we wipe out these celestials?"
Rogar: "It seems that they don't."
Six men were with me while I made my way to the main gate. Taking down the occasional celestial, which would come at me with my axes.
The mages would shoot down anyone that came close. They will shoot other targets if they have the chance.
We were closing in on the main gate, and the orc mages stationed there were doing all they could to keep the celestials away.
"Hiyaaaa!!!"
I jumped to the top main gate from the walls.
Its top is a bit higher than the walls.
They have already breached the lower walls, and the Paladin Army is waiting outside the main wall.
Rogar: "Come get em!"
One by one, I took down celestials skillfully with my axes. My
After a few more minutes of battle, there were only a few celestials left, but a lot of us were injured. The mages are almost out of mana.
Just as we thought things were calming down,.
Orc Warrior: "Oh, no!"
Rogar: "What is it!?"
Orc Warrior: "R-rogar, the gigantic angel is upon us!"
It shot a storm of holy arrows. There were so many that you will think that you are looking at the sun. They were all glowing at the same time.
Orc Warrior: "We're doomed."
Rogar: "Raise your shields, Orc!"
Orc Warrior: "What!?"
Rogar: "This will not defeat us!"
Orc Warrior: "Yeah!"
In a desperate attempt to block the arrows, we raised our shields.
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Rogar: "AAHHHHH!!!!"
Orc Warriors: "YAHHHH!!!!"
We roared as we prepared to take the arrows with our shields.
However-
It did not come.
Orc Warrior: "What's happening!?"
A huge arm. A spirit-like arm blocked the holy arrow storm.
Orc Warrior: "What...?"
The gigantic angel was surprised. When we all looked at who the arm belonged to, it was
Rogar: "Tanul Gakk, the troll's guardian spirit." It was huge, red, and very troll-like. It is almost the same size as the enemy's "monster."
The trolls came. We thought they would not fight alongside us, but it seems that the Orc Warchief was very persuasive.
Crusade Lord Oren: "Take this!!!"
The gigantic angel drew its bow, and a large holy arrow was forming.
It shone a lot more than the other arrows; I could barely see anything.
It flew towards Tanul Gakk, who then drew his spiritual club to hit the large arrow.
Booommm!!!!
Rogar: "He was able to deflect it!?"
Rogar Axelord could not hide his surprise when Tanul Gakk sent back the large arrow.
Rogar: "This would be enough to keep the Celestials and Oren busy. Let's go, Yeknom!"
Yeknom, who was standing by with his savage orcs, ran together with me.
Yeknom: "RARRRGH!!! CHARGE!!!"
The entire Orcish army poured out from the gates of the second wall. The plan was to wipe out the Paladins in the field while the Celestials and Oren were busy with Tanul Gakk.
Paladin Captain: "Do not falter!"
A Paladin captain casts a ground spell, which will create an area that buffs the defensive skills of the Paladins.
Paladin Captain: "Shield wall!"
The Paladins in the field, just outside the second wall, formed a shield wall to stop the incoming wave of orcs. They are famous for their strong defense, but it was not enough.
The charge of the orcs was so powerful that it created an opening in some parts of the shield wall, which the orcs filled with their numerous numbers.
There was chaos in the ranks of the Paladins. A lot of them were going down quickly. With enemies on all sides, they were unable to fight.
Rogar: "We can do it! Finish them!"
The morale was rising! However, the sudden arrival of the Paladins halted its ascent.
They were falling from the heavens! It must be one of their skills. Because Paladins were landing on them, Orc Warriors and Mages were flying everywhere.
Rogar: "Keep them at bay! As long as we have Tanul Gakk, we can win!"
The troll mages were responsible for summoning the troll spirit, and they had to remain in their summoning circle to keep Tanul Gakk present. However, they also brought Troll Warriors that could help us.
These colossal lumbering beasts went straight to action and threw the Paladins into disarray. And also, literally throwing them everywhere.
Orc warriors were taking down Paladins. Paladins were taking down some Orc warriors...
Trolls were destroying a small group of Paladins. Skilled Paladins are taking down Troll Warriors.
It was absolute chaos on the walls now, and even inside the walls. Some Paladins landed in the courtyard, where the reserve unit was waiting. It was Yeknom's group.
They were able to surprise the unaware Paladins by hiding underground.
Once the Paladins landed inside the walls, a savage orc would rise from the ground and hold them. Another one would appear to smash them with their clubs.
The Paladins were relying on their "monster" to push us back, but Tanul Gakk is doing a great job keeping him busy.
They are exchanging blows even now. The "Monster" would shoot arrows, and Tanul Gakk would send them back or send them flying in other directions. Then he will rush towards the "monster" to land a few hits.
Even if the Gigantic Angel was able to shoot or cast a spell on Tanul Gakk, it seems that it does not take damage. None at all.
Paladin Captain: "How can this be!?"
Paladin: "How..."
Baffled Paladins could be heard on the battlefield. They would be taken down immediately once they lost confidence in their "monster."
Even if they looked away only for a short moment, they would be cut down by an orc warrior or a giant troll.
We can win. We just have to keep up this pace.
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(Hero POV)
The sudden appearance of the troll spirit alarmed the Circle of Light.
Hero: "I want an elite group to go inside the fort and do something for me."
Ganz: "What for? Let's just get into action!"
Hero: "Nep (Daggers), Yob (Scythe), and Gnom (Sword and Shield). Come with me."
Nep: "Right away."
Yob: "Sure. What are we going to do?"
Hero: "We are going to take down the mages behind that illusion."
Gnom: "Illusion? It's pushing back the ascended Oren!"
Hero: "They are not even damaging him. They are using an illusion along with some other spells to deflect his attacks. Also, when the "Spirit" lands, it will only push back Oren but not hurt him."
Gnom: "I see. To move forward, we need this."
Hero: "Right. Go, take them out."
Gnik: "How about us and the others? Ganz seems excited to dive in."
Hero: "I will give you the go signal once we take out the mages. They might have other tricks up their sleeves. We cannot underestimate them."
Ganz: Fine. Thanks, Gnik, for asking.
Gnik: No problem, Ganz.
(a few minutes later)
Nep's group was able to get through the chaotic battlefield to the side of the troll mages.
They had a few skirmishes before they reached this point, but they won easily.
Nep and the two were on their way to take out the troll mages inside their summoning circle, but...
BOOMMMM!!!!
Rogar: "What do you think you are doing here!?"
A huge orc carrying a lot of axes suddenly dropped down in front of us. The summoning circle is in the courtyard, so the orc must have dropped from the walls.
Nep: "Take him out!"
Before we even got near him, an orc came from under the ground and took hold of Yob and Gnom's legs.
Yeknom: "Take this!"
While I was distracted by it, the Axe Orc hit my armor with a huge axe and left a dent in it.
Nep: "Damn it..."
I flew a few meters because of its strength.
Rogar: "Stubborn fool! You weren't cut in half?"
The axe-wielding orc looked unconvinced.
Rogar: "Then... Take this!!!"