The witch thought I am a Demon God-Chapter 58 - The Iron Son Shepherd and Animals

Chapter 58 -58 The Iron Son, Shepherd, and Animals’ Betrayal against Humans (Please continue reading)_1

Chapter 58 -58 The Iron Son, Shepherd, and Animals’ Betrayal against Humans (Please continue reading)_1

In the darkness of the night, from the heights of the castle, Ivita and others could see three nearby villages being consumed by tongues of fire.

Even further away, there were places where the fires seemed to reach up and merge with the sky.

Ivita knew, this was the work of the sons of the forest setting the land on fire.

And if their plan succeeded, this scene they saw tonight would happen all over Ambros.

The fires were still burning as the sky began to lighten, and smoke billowed into the dawn sky.

At the same time, the sons of the forest had finally launched their first attack.

First, a volley of arrows from the centaur troops was aimed at the horde of carnivorous flowers.

The simultaneous barrage from over two thousand centaurs clouded the sky. Like a rain of arrows, they struck the Old Witch’s magic.

Atop the city walls, the Old Witch, who hadn’t slept all night, kept her eyes wide open, vigilantly watching the army of the forest children.

At that moment, she burst out laughing, her shrill voice startled awake some drowsy farmers. “Carnivorous flower magic cannot be undone by arrows.”

“Ahahaha…”

“Only weapons of the iron children can harm my carnivorous flowers.”

Ivita asked curiously, “Who are the iron children?”

The Hearthstone Grand Witch said, “As recorded in the forbidden book, when humans first brought iron weapons into Ambros, the sons of the forest called humans ‘iron children’.”

“Only iron can break my magic.”

The first round of the arrow shower fell on the horde of ogre flowers. The moment the arrows landed on the ogre flowers, the wooden stems of the arrows seemed to come to life, turning into a type of flexible plant and merged with the ogre flowers.

After this wood stem merged with the ogre flower, half of it sunk into the leaves of the ogre flower while the other half stuck out.

The ogre flower needed some time to merge with it.

But they didn’t get that time.

Because the second round of arrows was already here.

Under the second round of arrows, more than half of the ogre flowers still in the merging phase could not withstand and were directly severed.

Then came the third volley, almost annihilating the remaining half of carnivorous flowers.

After three rounds of arrow showers, the magic carefully arranged by the Hearthstone Grand Witch was surprisingly broken.

Demon hunter Black Wolf crossed his arms and said, “You seemed to have forgotten that the children of the forest stole their weapons from humans. The arrows’ tips are made of raw iron.”

The Old Witch looked displeased, but retorted, “They wasted over six thousand arrows just to counter my magic.”

“That’s three times the amount of our arrow reserve.”

Black Wolf was speechless. “They only consumed about sixty gold pounds of their materials, I’m sure they have a lot more. This place is in the middle of the mountains, their materials are likely transported through the mountains.”

Ivita stopped their quarrel. “They are coming to siege the city.”

Luckily, a half-dug trench had been dug the previous night.

It was not very deep, just over one meter deep, and two meters wide.

But it was enough to stop the cavalry from freely coming and going beneath the city.

The first to siege the city were the Tauren warriors. Under the command of the snake women’s flutes, the Tauren roared with all their might and pressed towards the city walls step by step.

Among them, some started to use their hands to dig the earth and fill the trenches that were dug by humans the day before.

Seeing this, the Old Witch fell silent. “The one giving commands for the forces of the Sons of the Forest is truly cunning! I prefer straightforward people!”

“The physical strength of these Tauren far surpasses that of adult humans. I must admit, in terms of physical strength, the Sons of the Forest indeed have an advantage over humans.”

Ivita was not concerned about this; humans were able to defeat the Sons of the Forest not because of their physical superiority.

In war, individual bravery is no longer the most important factor.

Tactics, organization, legacy, faith, and economy: these are what determine the course of a war.

What concerned him was, without any siege equipment, how were they planning to capture the city?

If it were a regular human army, ladders, shields, and catapults would be essential for a siege.

However, it seemed that the Sons of Forest were not adept at utilizing engineering techniques combined with military tactics.

How were the simple-minded Tauren and centaur troops supposed to siege a city?

The next moment, Ivita got her answer.

Some Snake Women emitted remarkable power, so much so that it warped the air around them. Among these were novice and formal priests.

Under their serpentine tails were ritual patterns of ram heads drawn with human blood. On the pattern were also the blood and flesh of the Sons of Forest and humans.

This was the priestly ritual.

However, the object of their worship wasn’t the ancient tree soul of the Treants, but instead… the Agricultural Ancient Soul!

The Snake Women started to grow larger, as if they were mini-giants.

The novice priests were about three meters tall.

The official priests were a staggering five meters tall.

They stood out uniquely among the army, with the Tauren and centaur troops looking weak and small by their sides.

The Snake Women began to play the flute, and the sound seemed to possess a magical allure, making people want to join them.

A multitude of animals began to gather from the surrounding mountains towards the town wall including tigers, boars, black bears, hunting dogs, forest wolves and even sheep and cattle that had escaped from the countryside.

A Knight Griffin trotted over quickly and said to Ivita in a low voice, “Sir, the horses in the castle start to behave erratically after the snake women started playing the flutes. They are trying to break out of the stable.”

“We might not be able to use our horses.”

“We have no cavalry.”

The Old Witch opened the Forbidden Book. “This is the work of the priests of Pan. Pan’s priests are known as the ‘Shepherds’. They have the ability to guide the animals.”

“During the era of the Sons of Forest, Pan could make animals cheer, follow him, and even urges trees and rivers to dance to his song.”

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“In the era when humans and the Sons of Forest were friends, Pan often guided humans who lost their way in the forest.”

“Among the Ancient Souls worshipped by the Sons of Forest, Pan is definitely the most special Ancient Soul, other than the Tree God. The Forbidden Book even says that our ancestors suspected Pan is neither a Son of Forest nor an original Ancient Soul because his earliest footprints appeared in the territory of an ancient prehistoric civilization.”

The Old Witch suddenly grasped something. “That’s right, the ancient prehistoric civilization was most famous for their temples. It’s been so long since the temples were active that everyone has almost forgotten about them.”

Ivita turned and saw the animals, who had been lured by the whistle, stormed the walls like they were committing suicide.

The dead bodies began to pile up.

Ivita immediately realized the opponents’ plan: the Sons of Forest’s troops would step on the piled up animal corpses to climb the city wall!

This was the answer given by the Sons of Forest.

A siege method unique to the Sons of Forest.

Ivita said, “If the horses are temporarily being unreliable, so be it. After all, we only need to hold the castle, we don’t need cavalry. If the horses are too disobedient and uncontrollable, simply kill them and use them as food.”

“Prepare the catapults, aim and drop the rocks.”

The human side of the city wall began their counterattack.

In Moro castle, there were ten catapults left in the warehouse. The Sons of Forest had no interest in these, so they were left untouched.

The fact that they had learned to use iron-headed arrows was already a step towards learning human civilization.

But for them, a catapult was a step too far.

The militia loaded the counterweight catapults on the city wall with rocks, triggered the switch, and launched the rocks.

The rocks landed among the Tauren troops, killing and injuring many.

The troops of the Sons of Forest, in fact, lacked practitioners of career pathways other than priestly ones.

At a distance from the castle, the Agricultural Ancient Soul opened its sleepy eyes. “Humans, feel the wrath of the forest and animals. You have occupied this land for too long, have you ever considered the existence of the animals?”