Exploring Technology in a Wizard World-Chapter 1310 - 1308: Street Battle

Kasha City is the second largest city in the Sika Kingdom. Due to its central position in the kingdom, it has a geographical advantage, allowing it to connect conveniently to various parts of Sika Kingdom, making it a transportation hub that has developed into its current state of prosperity.

However, just like a silver coin has a front and a back, the prosperity of Kasha City is the front, while its poor defense is the back.

This city is not a military city like Reef Rock Castle, so it hasn’t been specifically modified for war. Against the attacking army, the only large-scale defensive measure is the city wall.

And the city wall is hard to defend.

After all, in this world, there are Magic Knights akin to tanks, and Wizards who can fly.

Thus, without spending much time, the Alliance Army successfully breached the city.

After breaching the city, it was street fighting.

This was a bit troublesome.

The Sika people harbor a deep-seated hatred for the Alliance, not only because of this war but due to the long-standing and endless border conflicts between the two nations. Therefore, even though they lost the city wall, the remaining Sika soldiers, Magic Knights, and Wizards persistently contested every inch of the city with the Alliance.

In the previous battle, because the Alliance attacked aggressively, they won the fight, but not without considerable casualties. Additionally, many pursued the surviving forces of Sika, leaving only a small portion to engage in the street fighting, which caused the progress in the early stages of street fighting to be quite slow.

However, despite the slow progress, the scales of victory steadily tilted toward the Alliance.

By tomorrow morning at the latest, the city should completely change hands...Richard watched the fighting for a while, made a guess, and then decided not to stay on the battlefield any longer, turning to head back to the Alliance’s temporary encampment.

His task was already complete, and staying longer served no purpose. It was better to go back and conduct research.

The previous speculations about the Blood Power Extraordinary Factor and Extraordinary Cohesion did not succeed in practice, which was a small regret. He needed to return and perform a small experiment as compensation.

As for the subject of this small experiment, let it be Bi Bi...if he wasn’t mistaken, Bi Bi had previously promised to work for him...and recently, she had been playing for a long time without doing any work, so it was time to make up for it.

With this thought, Richard took one last look at the battling Kasha City, soared into the air, and flew away from the battlefield.

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In Kasha City, the street fighting continued.

As time passed, the Alliance’s advantage became apparent, with more and more areas of the city being occupied by the Alliance people. Ultimately, the remaining Sika people were trapped in an area less than a quarter of the city’s size, making their last stand.

Night.

Within Kasha City, a precariously leaning and nearly collapsed two-story stone building stood resolute beside the street.

On one wall of the stone building, there was a huge breach, surrounded by cracks. This was the effect of being blasted by Earth Magic.

At this moment, in the corner of the first-floor hall of the stone building, a Black Shadow was gasping with his mouth covered, sweat streaming down his forehead. Occasionally looking up, his face revealed a look of grief and despair.

The Black Shadow was acutely aware of the situation he was in—a nearly hopeless situation.

The Alliance people had his area tightly sealed, continuously dispatching squads of soldiers, Magic Knights, and Wizards to search every corner. It was difficult for him and the remaining Sika people to resist, and surrendering might be the only rational choice.

Of course, he could also attempt a desperate breakout, but that did not guarantee safety.

Outside Kasha City, there were also encirclements—the Alliance army that pursued the defeated Sika forces during the day had returned, establishing a larger, more tightly woven encirclement. It was precisely because he hadn’t anticipated this that he was injured after successfully breaking out and had to retreat and hide here.

Thinking of this, Black Shadow touched a burnt wound on his right chest, feeling as if several fiery hooks were stirring his flesh. The intense pain caused him to furrow his brows, his expression turning dejected.

But soon, he looked to his left side, and his expression became determined again.

On his left side, a square wooden box lay on the ground, as if containing something. If opened, one would see that it held a human head—the head of "General Long Deshitaide," the commander of the Sika Kingdom’s army.

This old general, whose hair was partially gray, had set all the battle plans but didn’t personally participate in the field battle. Instead, he stayed within the city as the last line of defense. When the field battle failed, and the Alliance army breached the city’s defenses, this old general insisted on not breaking out, leading the remaining city forces in street fighting against the Alliance.

Because of his command and presence, the initial street fighting was extraordinarily intense, and the Alliance gained little advantage. However, the good times didn’t last long, and soon the Alliance realized his presence, laying a trap that left him gravely wounded and near death.

They did not let him fall into the hands of the Alliance people, for a high cost, they recaptured him, and according to his dying wish, cut off his head to be preserved in the box, attempting to take it out of the city for burial to prevent it from being used by the Alliance. Otherwise, if the Alliance displayed the head, it would be a severe blow to the morale of the Sika Kingdom’s forces fighting in other places.

With these thoughts, Black Shadow took a deep breath, murmuring to the square wooden box: "General Long Deshitaide, the Alliance dogs are guarding too tightly; fulfilling your last wish is extremely difficult.

However, I won’t give up so easily. I will continue to try and search for weak points in their encirclement...I swear, as long as there is a sliver of possibility, I will take you out of here.

But if it really proves impossible, don’t blame me for my measures—I will use Fire Magic to completely incinerate your head and Prediction Magic to erase all traces, to prevent the Alliance dogs from exploiting you. Please forgive me!"

After speaking, Black Shadow shakily stood up, carrying the wooden box.

Just as he stood up, his body trembled, sensing someone rapidly approaching his hiding place, he quickly turned his head towards the door.

"Swish!"

The next moment, a cloud of yellow mist rushed in. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Black Shadow’s eyes widened, raising his hand as a burst of fire emerged in his palm, ready to attack.

The yellow mist approached unabated, swiftly sweeping past Black Shadow’s body.

Black Shadow’s body stiffened, and the fire in his hand extinguished with a "puff," leaving him numb as he collapsed to the ground.

The wooden box dropped but didn’t reach the ground as a hand emerged from the yellow mist to catch it. Then, the entire cloud of mist contracted, transforming into a Gray Robed Man.

The Gray Robed Man, holding the wooden box containing the head, walked over to Black Shadow, shook his head, couldn’t help but say, "I have to say, you really disappoint me!"

"It’s you!" Black Shadow exclaimed, recognizing the Gray Robed Man’s identity as he regained the ability to move, standing up quickly, and said angrily, "Is it us who disappoint you? In fact, you’re the one who deceived us, right?"