63: How to deal with harpies

Air superiority is extremely important in any world, and perhaps even more so in a world with spatial equipment.

Because as long as you can fly, if you hold a space ring and drop a hundred-meter-wide boulder from thousands of meters in the sky, the power is no less than a missile.

Of course, something that massive...

It's not something just anyone can take out or put into a space ring.

After all, the larger the item being retrieved or stored, the more energy is consumed.

Only a Gold Knight can barely manage to store and retrieve items a hundred meters in size, while ordinary people without cultivation cannot use spatial equipment.

Moreover, the higher the elevation from which something is dropped, the worse the accuracy; dropping it from thousands of meters might cause it to miss the target by hundreds of meters.

Even with immense power, the effect wouldn't be significant unless enough items were dropped!

In this regard, the Meteor Shower magic scroll that Arthur previously drew had its special use.

Meteor Shower magic can not only aim, but with the enhancement of magic, its power far exceeds that of an ordinary hundred-meter boulder.

Most importantly, the Meteor Shower appears suddenly, delivering an unexpected blow, and it originates from tens of thousands of meters in the sky, making it impossible to intercept.

If an ordinary person tried to use a space ring to drop stones on people, not only would the aim be poor, but they would probably be discovered before they even flew over the enemy!

All in all, air superiority is extremely important, and being targeted by dropped stones is very dangerous.

On the other side, David, understanding that Arthur implied he still possessed those astonishingly powerful magic scrolls, asked in surprise:

"This method is indeed feasible, but those magic scrolls are extremely rare. Arthur, how many do you still have?"

Arthur had as many Meteor Shower Scrolls as he wanted, but he didn't want to waste Gold Coins for nothing, since he wasn't afraid of the Orcs anyway.

Furthermore, defending the Initial City wasn't solely his responsibility, so he smiled mysteriously:

"How many Gold Coins can you offer? Since the situation is urgent, and I am personally involved,

this time the Meteor Shower Scrolls won't cost two million Gold Coins each like last time. This time, they only require one million Gold Coins each.

I personally suggest at least five scrolls, considering there are thirty thousand Harpies."

As soon as he said this, everyone looked at Arthur with increased admiration, because in their estimation, Arthur was practically bleeding money this time!

A Ninth-level Magic Scroll cannot be bought for just one million Gold Coins; it requires at least over a million.

In other words, Arthur was losing nearly two million Gold Coins this time just to fight the Orcs. How could they not admire him!

If Arthur could make such a great sacrifice, how could they be stingy!

Holding this thought, everyone contributed money.

Of course, the minor lords who didn't attend would also have to pay, but as the situation was critical, David and the others had to cover the cost first and claim it back from the minor lords after the Harpies were repelled!

Fortunately, David and the others did not know that Arthur would profit another 4.5 million Gold Coins from this transaction, otherwise, their impression of Arthur would likely shatter.

After collecting five million Gold Coins, Arthur took out five fiery red scrolls marked with mysterious patterns.

However, this time he did not hand over all the scrolls; he kept one for himself, preparing to use it to satisfy his craving.

David and the others had no objection to Arthur's decision.

"Is this a Ninth-level Magic Scroll? It is truly extraordinary!"

Aside from David and Arthur, many people present were seeing such a high-Rank Magic Scroll for the first time, so they all took the time to examine it closely.

After a moment, Arthur spoke only after seeing that everyone had gained some insight:

"What I fear most this time is the Harpies holding space rings and dropping stones on us from thousands of meters in the sky.

Although the Orcs are poor, and the vast majority of ordinary Harpies cannot use space rings, there are at least dozens of Harpy powerhouses who possess space rings.

If they simply drop stones on us from an altitude of over two thousand meters, we will be helpless!"

"Ah, if that's truly the case, what should we do!"

Hearing Arthur's words, someone immediately snapped out of the joy of obtaining the Meteor Shower Scroll and became flustered.

Fortunately, there were quite a few knowledgeable people present, and David immediately explained:

"According to what I know, Harpies are unruly and extremely arrogant. In order to inflict casualties on us more quickly,

they won't waste their energy flying thousands of meters away unless we display weapons that can threaten them.

They will most likely fly at five hundred meters, which is outside the range of our gale repeating crossbows, to attack us!

To avoid greater casualties, as soon as the Harpies enter the one-thousand-meter range, we will use the scrolls and wipe them out in one fell swoop!"

As soon as he said this, everyone's confidence immediately recovered significantly.

Considering that eliminating the Harpies this time must succeed and not fail,

the remaining four Meteor Shower Scrolls were distributed to the powerhouses within the group.

Afterward, everyone discussed the specific timing for using the scrolls.

While Arthur and the others were discussing, the temporary Leader of the Orc forces, Gnoll Hank, also rushed to welcome the Harpies who had come to provide support.

Henke was extremely excited at this moment, as the total population of Harpies was very small, less than five hundred thousand in the entire race.

Coupled with their unruly nature, Henke had thought it would be good if the Harpies sent ten thousand people to support them this time, but unexpectedly, there were thirty thousand.

Now he was even more certain of breaking through the Initial City... Thus, amidst the respective plotting of humans and Orcs, the war began once more.

The thirty thousand Harpies covered the sky, darkening a small section of it.

With the support of the Harpies, the Orcs' morale finally returned to its Peak.

In contrast, the human side's morale was much lower, as Arthur and the others needed to use the scrolls by surprise.

This was also to confuse the Harpies.

The human side did not know that they still possessed a Sharp Weapon capable of dealing with the Harpies, so their morale was naturally low.

Seeing the contrast in morale between the two sides, Gnoll Hank was brimming with confidence and shouted spiritedly:

"All-out attack!"

The Orcs launched their attack again, a dense mass charging towards the Initial City.

This time, the people in the Initial City had to face not only ground enemies but also aerial enemies, causing a moment of chaos.

To deal with the Harpies, Arthur split half of his twenty thousand crossbowmen to counter the aerial attacks.

This was necessary, otherwise, the Harpies might suspect Arthur and the others were plotting something!

At the same time, the reduction of ten thousand crossbowmen meant that a certain number of ground Orcs could finally start climbing the City Walls, unlike before.

Previously, they could only throw stones and javelins at close range to attack the humans on the City Wall and inflict some casualties.

However, only a limited number of Orcs managed to climb the City Wall; even with only ten thousand crossbowmen, supplemented by other humans defending with spears and stones, it was barely sufficient.