BOOM!
The air vibrated violently, as if countless artillery shells were continuously detonating in the sky.
Yet, looking toward the source of the noise revealed nothing unusual in the sky, save for occasional flashes of blinding light and echoing roars.
Across the battlefield that spanned dozens of miles, the slaughter raged on.
At the rear of the Monster Legion, massive siege weapons like long-range trebuchets had already been assembled. On ground that had been deliberately leveled and compacted, the trebuchets—dozens of meters tall—were anchored into the earth with numerous ropes and wedge-shaped stakes nearly a meter long.
The most striking feature was the core component: the long throwing arm. Its surface was densely covered with a complex assortment of Magic runes. Anyone well-versed in the craft might have recognized the effects of some of these inscriptions—the Power Rune, the Fortitude Rune, the Air Flow Resistance Rune...
