Chapter 112: Ice Cat
The group of white beasts that raided the lizard cavalry team had thick and dense fur, and dark stripes on the ribs on both sides of the back of their bodies.
I have only seen this kind of animal in the "Animal Illustrated Book", although the name is the Ice Cat, in fact, the group in front of me is all large creatures with a body length of more than 3 meters, they are a kind of carnivorous beasts that often hunt in the barren and cold mountain peaks, but the fourth family has raised dozens of them here, as a unique mount for the family cavalry.
The cavalry on the back of the Ice Cat was undoubtedly the elite of the Fourth Family's Psychic Warriors, wearing armor embedded with hedrons, wielding a crystal scimitar in their right hand and grasping the special handrail in front of the saddle with their left hand, driving the Ice Cat to leap from the huge stalagmites around it. After landing on the ground, he quickly drew another scimitar weapon, wielding and slashing with the knife in both hands, and only relied on his legs to clamp the cold cat's belly to fix his body on the back of the mount.
When the cavalry is huddled in a pile of hand-to-hand combat, and there is no room to sprint, the 3-meter spear is cumbersome and inconvenient. The lizard cavalry that approached the Ice Cat cavalry dropped their spears and drew their short swords at their waists to fight. It would have been wise to ditch the long lance in favor of a second weapon, but the dagger was too short and powerless until the two scimitars wielded by the Ice Cat Cavalry, which were only the last weapon the Lizard Cavalry used for self-defense. As mounts, the Ice Cat is fast, agile and fast, whether it is jumping and grabbing or dodging, and is very suitable for melee combat with the Psychic Samurai who ride on their backs and wield a double scimitar. And although the riding lizard has thick skin and thick flesh, and its climbing ability is far beyond that of the ice cat, it is useless at this time, and the reaction to move and turn around is much slower in comparison, and the weapons of the lizard cavalry are not easy to use, and for a while, although they are the side with a large number of people, they still fall behind. In addition, the soldiers of the rear defense line of the fourth family also rushed over to support, but the lizard cavalry was entangled by the ice cat cavalry and could not get out, unable to organize an effective counterattack, and it seemed that they had shown defeat.
The soldiers of the first family, who had originally retreated to the back, naturally would not watch their lizard cavalry rout, and they also pressed all their strength to attack.
A cold cat leaped to its feet, and the Psychic Warrior on his back leaned forward, slashing the neck of a nearby lizard cavalryman with his right scimitar, and slashing the enemy on the other side with his left scimitar. Several crossbow bolts fired, blocked by the transparent disc-shaped force field in front of him. But at the same time, the magic missile that targeted him bypassed the interception of the power shield, and although the damage of a single magic missile was not high, the continuous impact of magic missiles caused the Mind Warrior to lose the balance of his mount and knock him to the ground. Before he could get up from the ground, a huge mouth full of sharp teeth bit him sideways, and the short sword of the lizard master then pierced the chest of the Mind Samurai!
The Ice Cat, which had lost its owner, angrily pounced on the murderer, and the Lizard Cavalry pulled out a bloody short sword from the chest of the Mind Samurai, and stabbed it out along the Ice Cat's momentum, but it was stabbed into the air! The Ice Cat suddenly appeared out of thin air behind the Lizard Rider, its huge canine teeth were snow-white and sharp, and its powerful jaws snapped together, biting the back of his neck, and its two front paws were firmly grasped on the Lizard Rider's shoulders, and it kept raking and scratching at his back until it tore him to pieces. The poor lizard sensed that his master was under attack, but could not do anything, and in his eagerness he flicked his giant tail and knocked down an unsuspecting companion.
"Space Slide"! When the ice cat suddenly disappeared in front of the lizard cavalry and appeared behind him to attack, I recognized the beast as exhibiting a ability that I had not even been able to learn! Because my knowledge (psionics) skills are extremely high, I can get some hints when I see things related to psionic energy. Knowledge and skills are like I already have knowledge about this in my head, and they automatically pop up when I think of or encounter related things.
Level 3 psychic ability, Space Swipe, instantly moves you from your current location to a location within effective range of the ability that can be seen directly by the manifester. However, "spatial sliding" does not allow the manifester to pass through a solid object, or even to move behind a curtain. In addition, the weight of the items carried by the manifestee shall not exceed 6% of the maximum weight of the person, nor shall it carry more than 9 kilograms of living animals.
I've only had a chance to acquire a level 3 ability before, and I chose "Vampire Blade" instead of "Space Slide" because the manifester can't do anything for 6 seconds after it appears. Six seconds is not a long time, but if you can't make any moves in battle, even if it is short, there is no doubt that it will be fatal. However, the Ice Cat is able to attack enemies immediately after the spatial shift, presumably because it also has other special perks that work with "Space Sliding".
"Space Slide" is the Ice Cat's innate psychic ability, and although it can only move for short distances, it can play an elusive role in combat, making it difficult to watch out for. But it wasn't until the Psychic Samurai fell on its back that it showed this ability, as it couldn't move with others. The Fourth Family did not hesitate to take great pains to domesticate this beast that was not native to the Dark Regions to become a mount, probably for its innate psychic abilities. It's a pity that the Ice Cat's innate abilities as a mount are limited.
As the soldiers on both sides continued to enter the battle, the First Family, with the advantage of numbers and the support of the mages behind them, gradually turned the tide of the battle. But with the appearance of the Psychic Warlock behind the soldiers of the Fourth Family, the battle was once again even.
The Fourth Family occupies the advantage of the terrain, and the soldiers are fighting desperately. Also, a Psychic Warlock has a much smaller number of abilities than a Mage can master, and it's not like a Mage can work in any situation if he's prepared. However, when it comes to pure killing effects and casting flexibility, it is the psychic warlock who has the advantage. After all, a psychic warlock doesn't need to prepare in advance to manifest his abilities, as long as he has enough psionic points, he can manifest any ability he knows at will, but a mage can only cast spells that he has prepared in advance in his few spell slots.
But most of all, it's a battle between two dark elf families. The Dark Elf race is naturally spell resistant and has a great advantage against spells, but when it comes to psychic abilities, this advantage is greatly diminished or even ineffective.
A low-pitched burst of flames exploded among the Fourth Family soldiers, but only about half of the soldiers in the area were harmed; A powerful beam of lightning that was supposed to damage all creatures in its path until it was blocked by an obstacle or exceeded the maximum distance of the spell, but it only scorched one Fourth Family soldier and stopped the second soldier in his chest. And the soldiers of the First Family took all the psychic abilities that came at them!
Thus, although the First Family had far more soldiers than the Fourth Family, it repeatedly fell to the upper hand.
That's only temporary. I hid to the side and watched the battle, and I made a judgment. After all, the number of people on the side of the fourth family is still too small, and the final winner will be the first family, but it will be a pyrrhic victory!