Heir Of Yggdrasil 86 Dwarven Secrets

'They seem to be rather early.'

"I had expected them to be a little tardier too but it wouldn't make much of a difference now. We can only face them to the best of our abilities."

Once again, we scaled the high wall and went to meet the dwarven king. Various generals from last time were nowhere to be seen. Probably off to the other walls to defend them personally.

Only the one addressed as Windolf had returned, I took that as a sign that the secret stash had arrived too. Indeed, as I looked around on the wall, a mult.i.tude of machines was placed there along with mountains of stone boxes.

"Ah, the chosen ones! Perfect timing. Our scouts have just seen the hordes approaching."

As the dwarven king said that, he gestured towards a section of the wall. At first, I was a little confused as to why the scouts would be on the wall but one glance cleared up everything.

'Is that a telescope?'

"You know of it?"

'Well yes, but never for the use in combat. The one I know is used to watch the sky and see stars.'

"That is indeed the purpose it was invented for. However, over the years we noticed that it could be used to observe great distances as long as it is mounted in a high place. Admittedly, making it adjust and turn was very challenging. That gear below it can rotate into every direction. Quite impressive, isn't it?"

'It sure is!'

The horn sounded again and Durin switched from his pleased bragging face to a serious face in an instant.

"Trebuchets and catapults take aim and fire at will. Cannons and mortars take aim and hold."

Immediately a horrible cracking rang through the air as hundreds of gears shifted simultaneously. The air was filled with burning projectiles ejected by the dwarven war machines.

As the first undead approached, they walked straight into the burning projectiles that were raining down from the sky. Large gashes appeared in the undead horde as thousands of undead burned but looking at the whole horde, the damage was little more than a drop in the ocean.

As the undead drew closer to the wall, the cannons engaged as well. The giant iron barrels were aimed down as bright red inscriptions lit up on them. With a roar, the barrels spewed a column of fire as they ejected a burning ball that exploded as it hit the ground.

The horde's progress was halted temporarily but it soon resumed its advance. The first undead were now only a hundred meters away from the wall.

"Drop the golems!"

Golems? The dwarves upon the wall started kicking down the piled up stone boxes. While falling, the boxes unfolded and took a rough human shape. The landed before the undead and immediately engaged. They were terribly weak individually but with their great number, their strong defense, and the dwarven fire support, they managed to stop the horde from advancing.

The only ones getting through were undead at the marquis and duke level. They simply flee above the golems and avoided the projectile rain.

I was about to get worried but then a duke level undead was struck by multiple small things that ripped him apart. A rifle?

"Flare locks are truly a scary weapon."

Night Owl seemed to know about this weapon too. I couldn't help but compare it with the flint and mage locks of my previous world.

As the undead came into range, the various dwarves with their flare locks dispatched them one by one.

The situation looked to be fully under the control of the dwarves. However, the main danger had yet to arrive. If the king magi were left unchecked, they could tear this wall down within seconds.

Right on cue, a plethora of strong presence appeared on the horizon and closed in quickly. Both Night owl and I started shifting our weight, ready to shoot up and engage them.

"Don't go yet. Let us have a shot at them first!"