Another month passed very quickly. Finally, my skills as a master enchanter and rune-maker came in handy. I started making special runes with a sealed spell. Created a lot, about 120. Each has a level 5 strength. Because of the purity of my mana, it became easier for me to do this. Of course, if you charm them, they will come out stronger, but this requires special resources. So I started making runes. Runes, unlike enchantments, are mostly disposable, but they are charged with mana. It also requires fewer resources, just something that can hold mana. For just 5 dragon energies, a simple stone tile gets such power. And thanks to the purity of mana, not only do I spend less, but they are also stronger.

One morning, an observer guard from the tower noticed the enemy army. According to his calculations, they will come in 2 hours. All the soldiers were quickly mobilized. There are a lot of them, somewhere more than 10,000. But my people are not afraid. For now. I decided to stay in the shadows for now. They are slowly surrounding us, closing our escape routes. And they are preparing for a siege.

…

Tents were built on the front side. The generals and their adjutants were sitting there. There were also 5 magicians. They exchanged pleasantries and began planning the attack. General Brenga was in charge, followed by General Elvengala. Chief among the magicians was Heron. This magician was about 40 years old and was close to becoming a level 9 magician

- So, I have 8000 infantry, 500 elite, and 120 magicians. We also took siege guns. I would like to know the number of your men and whether you have taken anything that can help the siege. -Andrew said.

- We have 2,300 soldiers, 200 elites, and 10 magicians. Alas, we did not take the siege guns.

- As I thought. But it doesn't matter. So, how do we start the siege? -he said a little haughtily

- In my opinion, a colony of walls is the best tactic.

- I don't think it's possible - Said Heron - What kind of energy is on the wall. This protective energy is powerful.

- Hmm, it doesn't matter, tomorrow morning we start pushing using this.

- So be it - the magician agreed

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- Does anyone have an objection?

Everyone was silent

- Then we'll start tomorrow.

…

I was looking forward to the battle. I wanted to earn as much experience as possible. In a month, I have only risen to level 9. My wings are still just soaring. In the morning, the magicians formed up in a line, and a stronger magician stood in front. There were 5 such groups. Then the magicians of the lower level began to conjure the flame, and the main magician collected it and released it like an arrow. The compressed arrow was two meters wide, but the arrows are very unstable. When the arrow hit the wall, it dissipated as if it wasn't there. I think even if our wall had resistance to level 1 magics, the outcome would be the same.

But they didn't give up and started forming new arrows, to be honest, I was disappointed. They are so weak but dare to call themselves magicians? Despicable, I tried to control their arrows, successfully, I first turned their arrows into one ball, and then divided them into small arrows. I directed them to one of the groups

"You got 960 XP"

Almost half of them died, although they are suckers as magicians, at least meet expectations as alive experience points, it's a pity that half of them are only seriously injured but not dead. I see the face of the main magicians change and they retreated. To be honest, it looks pathetic. I was so looking forward to a battle with a worthy magician, there are only despicable ones here.

…

Everyone hastily gathered in the ward, Andrew's face twitched, it was obvious he was furious.

- Heron, what do you mean? The battle hasn't even started and we've already lost 12 mages! Are you doing this on purpose?

- General, it happened because they have a powerful magician, so strong that he can control our spells more skillfully than we are.

-What? You're a mage of Empire and you say THAT!? Are you saying that a half-naked magician without any education, which lives in the ass of the world still stronger than you? Yes, you are not the strongest magician in Empires, but you are strong enough to be the Strongest magician in a country like Elvengal. And you say that?

When he was talking about Elvengal, the people's faces twitched from there. But they were silent

- I don't believe it myself, but it's true. I'm afraid the siege won't be easy.

…

The siege, to be honest, was boring. There were skirmishes at times, but there were no massive battles yet. I wanted to practice in combat, well, guess it's not fate. There were a couple of attempts at surprise attacks, but all were unsuccessful. So a week passed, two, three, and finally a month. During this time, we watched them begin the construction of trebuchets. Slowly but surely they built them. While they were building, we had plenty of time to think about what to do in response. Finally, they completed them. They were 5-6 meters high and 4-5 meters wide. There were 6 of them. The real siege finally began.

They were located in different positions, surrounding. They were charged and they attacked different positions at the same time. The wall is strong, but I don't think it will withstand several blows. They were slowly but surely breaking down the walls. A couple of days later, we had a batch of new holes in the wall. Looking at this, I realized what they were planning and I had an idea. I immediately ordered my plan to begin.

…

- Hahaha, these pathetic scaly ones are just under my feet, after we finish we should put their heads on a stake to show others what will happen to them. Adjutant, how are the preparations going?

- Everything is going well General, the soldiers will be ready for the assault in 4 days. During this time, we will have time to make a couple of passages in the wall.

- Great, are there any movements among them?

- They seem to be trying to fix the walls.

-What? Fix the walls? Hahaha, as expected from these, they think about this. They're just destined to die.

- You're right, only idiots like them will start trying to fix the wall.

- That's right, let my army show them how pathetic they are. Hahaha.