Chapter 184: The Battle (I)
The soldiers were firmly staring at the beast tide less than two or three kilometers ahead, and they could already hear the angry roars of those beasts.
The knights held the knight's sword, the mages began to chant spells and cast spells, the longbowmen bent their bows and arrows, the throwers were ready to attack, the shield walls in the front row were also neatly arranged, the spears five or six meters long poked out from the gaps in the shields, and the great knight of Randall held the sword in his hand and reviewed the military formation for the last time.
Seven or eight hundred warriors formed a formation on this battlefield no more than three hundred meters wide, and the earth trembled as a hundred thousand beasts ran.
"Archers!, shoot down the bunch!" Randall shouted.
The first to attack were the monsters, and dozens of terrifying-looking and unphysiotic Riftbirds flew from the northern herd, carrying large stones made of rattan in their claws.
"Karma!"
The sound of a bowstring flicked up, and more than a hundred long arrows rose into the air and flew towards the Rift Bird in mid-air, the sharp arrows directly penetrated the Rift Bird's body, and the Rift Bird that was shot let out an ugly cry, and was no longer able to grab the stone, and struggled to fall from mid-air, leaving behind a red feather.
The rain of arrows shot down two-thirds of the Ripters, but the rest of the Ripters flew up with rocks.
"Raise your shield!"
The Rift Birds flew fast, and the longbowmen had no time to bend their bows and arrows again, and the remaining Rift Birds were already flying in front of them, so under the order of Grand Knight Randall, the shieldmen in the front row hurriedly raised their shields to resist the approaching rockfall.
But fortunately, although the low-level monster of the Rift Bird is extremely fast and can carry heavy loads, their IQ is very low, and they only threw what they grabbed in their claws in the front row and smashed it on the shield, but there were also a few unlucky spearmen who were smashed squarely, fell to the ground, and were directly smashed and fainted.
"Supply team! Go and be carried down by the stunned soldiers, and the spearmen behind them will be in the top position! There must not be a single gap!" The chief knight saw that the casualties were not large, and his heart was relieved, but his nerves continued to tense and continued to command the troops to fight.
The width of the battlefield is only about 300 meters, and the battle is destined to be extremely tragic.
"Cross, how is it? Can you contact the noble army in the north?" Rowling had a solemn expression, a magic had already begun to brew in her hands, and she asked Cross without looking back, also tense her nerves.
"The distance is too far, our communication spar can only contact the communication stone with the same vibration rate within a radius of two hundred kilometers around us, beyond this distance it will not be received, the noble army in the north is currently at least two hundred kilometers away from us, the speech is intermittent, but it can barely be heard, I think the side has already received the news that we have been attacked by beasts." Cross shook his head solemnly, and continued to fiddle with the communication hedron with his head down.
"Even if we hear it, it is not necessarily how many nobles will come to the rescue, we are the nobles of the royal capital, and we are not from the north, except for those nobles who have property in the royal capital, who will rush to the rescue of us? Moreover, even if someone rescues it, it will be too late, one or two hundred kilometers away, and by the time they come, the battle here is estimated to be over. Rowling sighed, "Don't fiddle with that communication crystal just yet, get ready to cast spells." ”
Cross stood the communication crystal into his pocket and raised his wand to cast a spell.
The distance between the beasts and the army formation is only about a kilometer, and at this distance, Cross can even see the saliva flowing from the corners of the mouths of the beasts in the front row, as well as their vicious eyes, it is simply a living monster illustrated book, all kinds of low-level monsters are readily available, and the appearance of some monsters will even make people feel uncomfortable both mentally and physically
Resisting the desire to complain, Cross's wand condensed into a spell, which was a group blessing type, waiting for the command of the Grand Knight Commander.
"Armor! Bless it!" Randall shouted, and Cross swung his staff with a third-level mage.
With a thought, the magic on the staff flew out in an instant, forming a shining and dazzling ball of light in mid-air, and the uniform aura connected to each warrior's body, making everyone feel angry.
The effect of this "Spirit Armor Technique" is equivalent to a short-term first-level "tenacity" enchantment, which directly raises the defense level of the warriors by a level, but unfortunately it can only last for about twenty minutes at most, but it is enough.
Randall continued to swing his sword, and the magic in the hands of Rowling and the other mage was released, after all, he was a third-level mage, and the casting speed was still slower than that of a fourth-level mage.
A flash of light flickered on the staff, and then it turned into a thin streamer and flew into the bodies of all the warriors.
Under the effect of "firm will", the morale of the warriors reached the highest point, unless the battle loss exceeded 50%, it was impossible to defeat these tough warriors, and at the same time, the strength of the warriors was also slightly strengthened, and the odds of winning against the attack of the beast herd were filled.
"Longbowmen!
The distance between the beasts was less than three hundred meters, and under Randall's command, the longbowmen opened their bows and arrows again, and wave after wave of arrow rain was thrown into the beast herd by the longbowmen who had blessed the power, and some of the low-level demonic beasts with relatively thin skin were directly nailed to the rain by this wave of arrows, and the beasts had some confusion because of this wave of blows, which slightly affected the speed of the demonic beasts' advance, and brought some time for the next wave of long-range strikes in the military array.
"One hundred and fifty meters to go, javelinmen!
Randall counted the distance of the herd at all times, and gave the order when there were still one hundred and fifty meters left.
Seventy orichese copper javelins rose into the air, bringing with them the sound of breaking wind, as if the air was about to be torn apart.
The spear head made of oylandalite even directly pierces some demonic beasts whose cortex is as hard as plate armor, and the power is not ordinary, but unfortunately the spearhead of oralbasum is still small, and the number of javelinmen is not much, otherwise these javelinmen alone are enough to deal with those demonic beasts that charge over.
"Roar!"
After two or three waves of javelin throwing, the beasts experienced a certain amount of chaos, but after a loud roar came from the distance, all the beasts and low-level demonic beasts rushed over firmly after being slightly stunned.
"Everyone!