Chapter 395: True Prey
The movements of the dark elves not far away naturally couldn't hide from Levi, in fact, the other party didn't intend to hide it, they attacked so directly, a large number of crossbow arrows shot out like raindrops, occasionally mixed with sparse lala, then more than a dozen giant crossbow arrows fired by the Reaper ballista flew towards Levi's side of the position together.
It's just that this time the dark elves didn't see the heavy casualties they expected, in addition to the fact that the Poseidon Knight Venal had already applied the battle skills, there were also several younger brothers dressed as priests, who used the skills from the priest of the goddess of war, Mermitya, which was the reward that Levi had received for rescuing Reinhardt before.
Coupled with the many bonuses such as the battle attributes and battle treasures of the Chosen Heroes, although the Dark Elves' attacks caused a large number of soldiers to be injured, many of them were seriously injured and red-blooded, and they could not fight again in a short time. But the people who were directly killed by them in an instant were actually not too many, and most of the dead were the subordinates of the Chosen Heroes hired by Levi.
Sienna immediately commanded the mortars and other cannons, the range of these cannons is even farther than those Reaper ballistae, it doesn't matter if you don't know where the other party is before, now that the other party has launched an attack, you have to suffer the consequences!
With Sienna's command, soon the Reaper Ballista and Black Sharp Crossbowmen on the Dark Elf side were killed a lot, and they were not a mortal threat to Levi's troops, but now they have been killed a lot, and the threat has been further reduced.
The attacks launched by the melee troops were also very unsatisfactory, and the dark elves had to endure a constant rain of bullets, bows and crossbow volleys, and even the deafening attacks of the Iron Dragons, as well as the attacks of the Dwarven flamethrower team, and it took a lot of hard work to pass through this dense long-range firepower before they could actually engage the melee forces on Levi's side.
But after the actual engagement, the dark elves were a little desperate to find that those on the other side's flanks were used to fill up at a glance, and those main forces guarding the middle of the Valley of Hope were much stronger than their own!
Not only are the lowest levels 3, but there are even a lot of 4-order troops, and there are a lot of 5-order troops and even hero-level units hidden in them, regardless of whether they are God's chosen heroes, or hero-level units that are also aborigines, it is definitely not something they can deal with, Commander Hicks really wants them to die!
With the continuous attack, the total size of the dark elves' forces is shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye, and Hicks, who originally vowed to make Levi look good, has become more and more embarrassed, and he is no longer as arrogant as before.
Both he and Shatar seriously underestimated the strength of the other party, God knows how they have so many cannons? This kind of war machine is too advantageous in this kind of terrain, as long as it does not break through the melee troops in the valley, those cannons can comfortably attack his troops all the time.
No, this is no longer a normal attack, it is a massacre, just like they have done to other weak forces in the underworld!
Although he was extremely reluctant in his heart, and he didn't even know how to face the city lord when he went back, Hicks gritted his teeth and gave an order, "Adjutant, increase the reward again, let those God-chosen heroes go up and resist it, and give our team time to retreat!" ”
The adjutant immediately responded, but contrary to his words, his whole person was slowly approaching Hicks, and at the same time, several seemingly ordinary dark elves around him were also in a surrounding posture and slowly surrounded him.
was worried about how to go back to his life, Shatar, who had been greatly injured, was hit hard again, and how to develop nextHicks, who hadn't noticed this at first, but seeing that the other party had received the order, he didn't immediately carry it out, Hicks was shocked.
The brutal infighting that has always existed in the dark elf society made him immediately aware of what was happening, and he immediately pulled out the weapon at his waist and shouted, "Adjutant, what are you doing?" Why don't you go and carry out the order?! ”
The reason why he shouted loudly instead of attacking immediately was to remind everyone around him, especially his own personal guards, that something was going on here!
But the adjutant didn't give him any more chance, he jumped on him and started the battle, and shouted very feverishly, "Hicks, I brought greetings from Mistress Agatha!" ”
At the same time, some of the Chosen Heroes who had been staying nearby and seemed to be lazy fishing there also shouted loudly and launched an attack on the surrounding dark elf natives.
Vaguely, Commander Hicks heard a single word, and what they were shouting at the bottom seemed to be the name of Blood Raven City and Agatha's Mother Mother!
Now, how could Hicks not understand that he was being used as a gun by Blood Raven City?
As he began to fight back, he asked the other party very resentfully, "Why?" ”
"Why? Of course I don't want to be buried with Shatar! ”
Naturally, Levi would not know the details of the Dark Elves' civil unrest, but he soon discovered that there was a commotion in the opposing position, and as the ground shook slightly, more Dark Elf troops appeared in the distance.
Without any hesitation, they launched a surprise attack on the dark elves of Shatar directly from the rear, and watching the fluttering flag representing Blood Raven City rise, Levi immediately knew that the real prey had arrived!
Although it was not the same as he had imagined before, Levi immediately asked the military advisor to issue a new number to Changqing Jian and the others as ambush soldiers, and asked them to set off immediately to reinforce them.
Blood Raven City had endured it for so long before, and now as soon as it struck, it was a thunderous blow, directly attacking the vital point of Shatar, obviously planning to completely kill this old opponent first, and then come to clean up Levi, and then snatch the so-called treasure in the valley.
Levi immediately ordered the melee troops to shrink their defensive lines, preparing to rely on the favorable terrain of the valley to resist the attack of Blood Raven City, so that even if the opponent had an absolute advantage in troops, they could not easily defeat them.
Of course, Sienna's ranged troops don't need to stop, and now there are all dark elves in front of them, no matter which town is killed, all of them are their enemies.
Then he looked back at Mina and Zhou Jin and the other mage-type units, they were very important in the next battle.
Although Levi is confident that with his own army, he is enough to hold out until the arrival of the Evergreen Sword, and then flank these dark elves back and forth to achieve the final victory, but the loss will definitely not be less, and Mina, or the secret weapon controlled by them, can greatly reduce their losses, after all, it is the killer weapon left by Ophini!
Noticing Levi's gaze, Mina immediately understood, after all, this was an important matter that Levi had repeatedly told her, and she immediately nodded her little head, indicating that everything was in place and they were ready.
And Zhou Jin next to her bared her teeth and smiled directly at Levi, because the task assigned to them by Levi was really in line with his heart, and it could make him show off in front of everyone, especially Mina!
Levi picked up the signal, so he turned his head and began to check for any mistakes in other areas, after all, this battle was crucial, and there was no room for sloppiness.
Soon, the front had to endure a rain of bullets, as well as cannon bombardment, and the back was attacked by the Blood Raven City, this dark elf army from Shatar finally completely collapsed after losing more than four-fifths of its troops, and those chosen heroes hired by them had already run away without a trace not long after being attacked.
The army of Blood Raven City stepped on the corpses all over the ground and came to the front of the valley.
Like the Shatar Dark Elves before them, they also didn't have any nonsense, and launched a direct attack on Levi's side stationed in the valley, it seems that these dark elves are also some kind of action, not like many undead, like to talk about before the battle, and taunt first.
The forward troops on Levi's side were soon hit hard, and the menacing Blood Raven City army was far more powerful than Shatar in terms of long-range attacks, and even if Levi's younger brothers used various means, a large number of his subordinates inevitably died under the opponent's concentrated fire attack.
In the face of such a vicious and effective attack method of the dark elves, even if the strength is stronger than them, it is rare to achieve a beautiful victory, which is why many races are very jealous of them.
But now, Levi has no fear, because he knows that they are only temporarily falling into the disadvantage, once the reinforcements arrive and block the back road of Blood Raven City, it will be their turn to launch a counterattack, now let Sienna help him collect some interest first!
The army of Blood Raven City quickly pressed head-on, unlike the Shatar, whose power had already declined, although they had suffered heavy defeats before, they still maintained a perfect configuration of troops, in addition to the Dread Spearman, Gloomy Swordsman, Black Sharp Crossbowman, and Dark Cavalry and other regular troops, they also sent some quite elite units, some armed with scimitars or broadswords, dressed as pirates.
Compared with ordinary infantry units, their attack power has obviously increased by more than one level, because they are all 4th order troops, Levi had already seen them when he rescued Hemlock Fort before, and knew that they were all strong offensive and weak troops, so he immediately ordered Sienna to command the long-range troops to concentrate fire on them.
Sienna immediately responded, but when she commanded the half-elves to attack each other, and when the arrows fell on the pirates, Sienna and Levi frowned in unison.
Because the defense of these guys is unexpectedly high, the arrows of the half-elves have just pierced the armor, and they haven't even brought out a little blood, and they are directly slapped away by those smiling dark elves, looking at their appearance, they obviously don't care about the slightest bit of damage at all.
Doesn't that make sense? You must know that these half-elf archers have advanced to a third-order class after continuous battles, and there are many elite units among them, which should not have been such a result!
Obviously, in the last battle, these pirates were easily dealt with! I didn't see that they had such high defense at all!
While Levi was meditating, the dark elf female assassin Otilea who was mixed in the crowd exclaimed, "Damn, that's sea dragon leather armor, how can it be here?" ”
"Sea Dragon Leather Armor?" Leviston's mind moved, he still remembered that the Sea Dragon Yin he had obtained earlier was a legendary piece of equipment made of Sea Dragon Scale Armor and Sea Dragon Skin, if these pirates were also wearing Sea Dragon Leather Armor, it would be too extravagant, right?!
"Otilia, do you know these things?"
"That's right, Lord Levi, looking at the texture of those leather armors, I will never be mistaken, I have always wanted to get a sea dragon leather armor of my own, but usually only the deadliest pirates on the Black Ark have the opportunity to receive the reward of their superiors, how can they have?!"
Otilia stared at those pirates with some jealousy, and it seemed that she couldn't wait to rush up immediately and take those leather armors off the other party's body, which also roughly explained from the side that this kind of sea dragon leather armor was really very precious!
Levi is no stranger to the term Black Ark, because Grand Duke Albertic once said that he had defeated a fleet of dark elf pirates before, and the Black Ark was the most important part of it, and even Otilia herself was a member of it.
But this is the underworld! There is no sea nearby, even the closest ocean has to reach the Ryk River valley of the empire first, and then pass through the trading port of Fort Marion before they can touch the sea, how did these dark elves obtain the sea dragon leather armor that is only available on the Black Ark?
"Boss, could it be an ancestral heirloom?"
I don't know which little brother next to him suddenly interjected, Levi was stunned, and then felt that this made sense, after all, it is said that the dark elves in the old world were all abandoned here, and it is normal to have a few family heirlooms.
And this can also roughly explain why there is not even a decent river within one hundred and eighty miles of the Blood Raven City, but these dark elves still trained these pirates, it is estimated that there is a high probability that these sea dragon leather armor has equipment requirements, and the requirements must be equipped by pirates, right?
The pirates that Levi had seen before were probably not qualified to wear Sea Dragon Leather Armor, so their defense was so weak!
But in any case, these pirates, who were both offensive and defensive, and suspected to have been upgraded to the 5th rank, had already rushed into Levi's frontline position.
Like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, the Chosen Heroes who were hired by Levi suddenly howled one by one, and they were killed by them to the point of blood flowing all over the ground, and more dark elves behind also pressed over, and the pressure on the front-line troops skyrocketed instantly, and some gaps appeared.
Blood Raven City immediately seized this opportunity, and the black pressure was overwhelming, and at least two or three hundred harpies let out a piercing scream, which shrouded like dark clouds, and more than two dozen male lions with scorpion tails and wings let out a low roar, and then glided over from mid-air.
Although they belonged to different races, Levi quickly judged that their goal was the same, that is, to raid Sienna and the war machines around her, as long as they were cleared, the long-range firepower of Levi's side would be dumb in an instant, and the dark elves could let those cavalry units drive straight in!
Seeing that in order to resist the attack of these air units, Sienna had to temporarily suspend the attack on the enemy's infantry units, and instead shot arrows and bullets into the air, the dark elf infantry in front of him was greatly reduced for a while, and began to attack more bravely, Levi knew that he could not keep his hand any longer, otherwise I am afraid that the reinforcements would not arrive, and they would be defeated by the other party first!
Levi first instructed a few younger brothers to use magic such as sky turbulence to restrain air units to deal with those harpy banshees, and then asked Ironwood to take the dwarf Iron Guard Burke and other troops specializing in defense, as well as the dark elf beastbinders to assist Sienna against those manticores, and then he turned to look at Mina and Zhou Jin, "It's time, it's time to use our secret weapon!" ”
"Yes, Lord Levi!" "I can't wait, my lord!"
With two slightly excited echoes, Mina and Zhou Jin immediately began to cast spells, and at the same time, around them, about a dozen law units also cast magic in unison.
They hadn't participated in the battle just now, and they hadn't wasted any mana, just for this moment, they had been preparing for a long time!
It's just that unlike when they cast ordinary magic, this time they didn't recite any spells, nor did they choose any enemies as targets, and even most of the mages couldn't help but close their eyes in order to concentrate their energy on casting spells, even Mina was no exception, only Zhou Jin himself still had his eyes wide open, looking very excitedly at the place where those dark elves were!
"Boom!"
A sound like thunder suddenly rang out around the Blood Raven City troops, and the dark elves were surprised to find that the sound was not from the sky, but from the ground!
"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”
In the next moment, the originally flat ground suddenly exploded, and a large amount of rubble mixed with dirt smashed towards the dark elves, causing many dark elves to bleed in an instant.
But this is not the end, just when their faces are full of dazed and surprised, and they have no idea what is happening, huge pincers with a faint magical light, and scorpion tails thicker than human legs, mixed with the terrible sound of the wind, launched a deadly surprise attack on them!
This is exactly the backhand arranged by Levi, who has been ambushed underground for many days in advance, and the 5th order elite class created by Ofini who forgot to sleep and eat - the Tomb Scorpion!