Chapter 24: The Wolves
Not far outside Versailles is a valley with a beautiful environment, but it is often infested with wild beasts, so few people come to this valley.
Because of the fact that few people come, this valley has always been peaceful.
But today, that peace is shattered!
Hundreds of steppe wolves from nowhere galloped toward the valley.
The steppe wolf is a ferocious carnivore, and they move up and down the grassland like the wind, often in groups of dozens or hundreds.
Hundreds of steppe wolves gather together to be the overlord of a grassland, and all animals flee when they encounter them.
The caravans also had to change their routes because of these animals, forcing nearby nobles to send troops or hire some powerful mercenaries to wipe them out.
The large-scale steppe wolf pack is one of the biggest hazards on the grassland!
A pack of hundreds of steppe wolves is the overlord of the grassland, but here, there are thousands of steppe wolves, and their target is the valley, and at the entrance of the valley, a group of Templar warriors are guarded.
The griffons hovering in the air brought the news of the danger coming, and the warriors were prepared early, quickly forming a phalanx and silently facing the wolves that were rushing towards them.
The distance between the Templars and the wolves was rapidly closing, and in the blink of an eye, the wolves were within range of the archers.
"Archer shoots!"
A swordsman suddenly shouted, and the next moment, the only seven archers in this team shot seven black shadows, which shot into the wolves with a sharp whistling sound, carrying the lives of several steppe wolves.
"Whew-"
The fall of his companion caused a loud wolf howl to sound in the wolf pack, and this howl contained a strange power, which made the eyes of each steppe wolf appear rich blood.
As a result, the steppenwolf's running speed has become a few points faster.
The swordsman commanding the battle estimated the speed of the wolves and gave the second order:
"Archers shoot freely, spearmen! Defensive Protective Formation! ”
"Stomp, stomp!"
The spearmen were at the forefront, and the rest were scattered at an angle half a meter long behind to form a herringbone battle formation.
After quickly breaking up the formation, the spearmen pointed their spears at the rapidly approaching wolves, and a series of movements were neat and unified, as if all the spearmen were the same person.
It was also at this moment that the archers drew their longbows again and fired a second shot at the wolves.
The wolves had no way to defend themselves against bows and arrows, so they could only watch as their companions were shot and fell.
If you fall under such circumstances, there is only one end, and that is to be trampled to death by the steppe wolves in the rear.
The death of their companions made the blood-red color in the eyes of the other steppenwolves more and more intense, and the rich blood-red color even permeated from their eyes, making them faster and faster, and their desire to fight became more and more high.
Before the archers could pull their bowstrings for the third time, the wolves finally approached the Templar warriors.
The steppe wolves who rushed to the front felt the threat from the spears, but they were not afraid, and dozens of steppe wolves jumped up at the same time and pounced on the spearmen.
Every time the Templars sent out an army to wipe out the steppe wolves, they would form a neat formation to deal with the wolves.
In battle after battle, the wolves learned a way to deal with the Templar formation, which is the method that the wolves now use.
This method is simple and crude, and it even looks a little like sending death, jumping in the air as a live target, allowing the enemy to attack, isn't this sending death?
But in practice, it works.
As soon as a soldier attacks a steppe wolf in the air, the steppe wolf behind will speed up and bite the soldiers' throats.
But neither can they be!
If you ignore these steppe wolves in the air and attack the steppe wolves behind them, the steppe wolves in the air will jump behind or on the soldiers, breaking the battle formation of the warriors.
Just as the gunmen were in a dilemma, a voice suddenly rang out.
"Spearmen! Forward Thrust! ”
The spearmen who received the order no longer hesitated, ignored the steppe wolves in the air, and stabbed forward without hesitation, penetrating more than a dozen steppe wolves.
At the same time, the steppe wolves in the air also approached the spearmen, and when they saw that these steppe wolves were about to pounce on the spearmen, the swordsman's voice sounded again:
"Swordsman! Attack! ”
The next moment, ten swordsmen rushed out of the battle formation formed by the spearmen, raised the giant swords in their hands, and slapped all the steppe wolves that jumped into the air to the ground like flies.
That's right, not chopping, not cutting, not thorning, but swatting like a fly!
"Archers, cover shot!"
"Priest, use support magic at the right time!"
"Griffons, protect the army!"
"Swordsman, charge with me!"
After a series of orders, the swordsman jumped past the spearmen and jumped into the pack to kill three or four steppe wolves.
With the entry of this swordsman, the other nine swordsmen joined the battlefield one by one.
The destructive power of the ten swordsmen was enormous, and they swung their giant swords on a rampage, often killing a steppe wolf with a single slap.
They also have times when they are accidentally approached by steppenwolves.
Whenever this happens, the archers who have been waiting for a long time will always shoot the long-standing feathered arrows with precision to ensure the safety of the swordsmen.
This is the shooter's cover shot, which is generally applied to close combat between the enemy and the enemy's melee units.
Of course, the covering shots of only seven archers are not enough to protect all warriors, whether they are spearmen or swordsmen, wounds will inevitably appear.
This is when the priests show their skills, and they will skillfully use auxiliary magic, use healing to restore the wounds of the warriors, and energetic magic to restore the strength of the warriors.
It is precisely because of the presence of the priest that the swordsman has the confidence to defeat this wolf pack.
Otherwise, with such a small number of soldiers, within twenty minutes, the soldiers would be wiped out due to physical exhaustion.
The battle between the Templar warriors and the wolves continues.
In the valley, a hydra entrenched next to a large white cocoon was awakened by the fluctuations of Taniguchi's magic.
It lifted one of its nine heads and saw the wolves at the mouth of the valley besieging the Templar warriors.
A flash of anger flashed through the hydra's vertical pupils, and it raised its other eight heads and ran angrily towards Taniguchi.
After a few steps, the hydra left the valley, leaving a large white cocoon standing alone in the valley.
After a few minutes, a steppe wolf the size of a wild elephant ran out of nowhere and came to the white cocoon.
It's the wolf king of the steppe wolves outside the valley!