The sandworm "Bena" sensed that the witch had killed her master, and angrily shook her body to wrap her around, and was just about to exert her strength when the opponent's magic shield bounced off, and a thick layer of frost condensed on the surface of her body, freezing her whole body stiff.

"Stupid bugs, dare to struggle!" Jenna was about to pierce the sand worm's head with her sword in her backhand, when a thunderbolt suddenly fell from the air, and it hit her back solidly, and her smooth and delicate skin was scorched and blackened by the lightning strike, emitting a pungent smell.

The "Red Widow" contorted her face in pain and looked angrily at the sky. In the dawn sky, a sharp-tailed swift hovers in the air, surrounded by a shiny electric snake.

There has never been a creature like swifts in the desert area, and Jenna immediately guessed that the other party was a druid transformation - transforming into a bird and releasing a "thunderstorm" in the air is exactly the usual trick used by high-level druids.

"Get the hell out of here!" Jenna grabbed a javelin and threw it into the air. The half-scorpion man is already born with divine powers, and with the assistance of "Transformation Technique" and "Tamson Transfiguration", Jenna's current strength is comparable to that of a giant elephant, and her javelin throwing is impeccable.

However, this is doomed to be in vain. If you don't count the magical or supernatural creatures, Tonya's changing sharp-tailed swift is the fastest bird in the world of Vares, traveling at nearly 400 miles per hour, like a dazzling phantom!

Easily dodging the javelin thrown by the "Red Widow", Tonya flapped her wings and let out a crisp and solemn chirp, once again activating the 5-ring natural magic "Summoning Thunder and Lightning Storm", and a thick lightning bolt slashed down, hitting Jenna again.

At this time, Sand Rose also realized that the sharp-tailed swift that summoned the thunderstorm in the air was the junior sister Tonya Change, and she barely stood up with the Oasis Staff, and raised her hand to blast out the last "Flame Strike Technique" of the day at Jenna.

Lightning and flames struck Jenna at the same time, and the half-scorpion sorceress was tumbled and tumbled into the distance. This flanking attack not only caused serious injuries to her, but also disturbed her mentality. Wiping the blood from her face, she glared resentfully at the sharp-tailed swift in the air, and suddenly fell down, the half-scorpion's body swinging rapidly, digging through the soft sand and burrowing into it.

Sha Rose saw that the female bandit was the first to escape, and hurriedly called her sister to chase after her. Tonya landed and turned back into her human form, and when she got closer, a thick scorpion tail was exposed in the sand, and without thinking, she raised her hand to shoot a "fire strike", and the pillar of fire containing divine power rose 40 feet high.

Sand Rose heard a strange scream from the depths of the sand, and despite her serious injuries, she reluctantly cast a spell and threw a handful of nuts into the mouth of the fiery hole. The fruits of the 6-ring "Tinder" fell into the sand pit and exploded violently, blasting the cave Jenna had dug into a large funnel-shaped sand pit.

When the fire subsided, Sand Rose and Tonya walked up to the sand pit and saw a charred scorpion corpse.

"It's a pity that the cunning woman ran away." Sand Rose sighed in disappointment. Both she and Tonya were attracted by the giant scorpion summoned by Jenna, and Jenna took the opportunity to drink the "invisibility potion" and slipped away from the other direction.

"Without most of her men, even if she can escape back to Canaan, she won't do anything." Tonya casts a spell to heal her sister's wounds.

Sand Rose looked around and found that the sand bandits were retreating, and her long-hanging heart finally fell to the ground, and a relieved smile appeared on her tired face.

"Win this battle, and Sweetwater will no longer have to worry about harassment from sand bandits in the future."

……

After leaving the battlefield, the "Red Widow" first cast a spell to send a message to Mayer and Manfred, telling them that the "Blade Regiment", "Undead Regiment" and "Jackal Regiment" had been disabled by the Far Eastern Army, and her "Scarlet Regiment" was also killed and wounded more than half, so she could only retreat first, and by the way, she advised Mayer and Manfred to retreat decisively to stop the loss, and if they continued to fight, they were afraid that they would not be able to protect themselves.

At this time, General Manfred, the commander of the "Sand Knights", was still leading his knights on the river beach against the Second Armored Knights Regiment of the Far East and the Half-giant People's Army, and the sand bandits who provided cover behind them fled the battlefield one after another, he knew very well that the situation of the "Sand Knights" was very dangerous, and retreat was the most realistic option, but without Meyer's order, he could only continue to insist.

At this moment, a red magical aura appeared out of thin air, circling and flying in front of him. Manfred's sweat and dust-soaked face showed a hint of excitement, and he quickly reached out to hold the ball of light to read the information, and the expression on his face quickly changed from anticipation to disappointment.

He thought it was an order to retreat from Mayer, but it turned out to be bad news from Jenna, which made him even more restless. This battle has continued until now, and it has completely deviated from the pre-war plan - although the plan of Chief of Staff Steig to capture Mochizuki Castle was completely ruined, and his own operation to rescue the "Four Great Kou" was almost completely defeated. If Jenna's message is to be believed, then she is the only one of the "Four Kou" who escaped by luck, "Blade" Tars, "Axe" Chuck and "Mad Demon" Koze were all killed in the battle, and his sand bandits were also annihilated, and now only his "Sand Knights" are still struggling to support the siege of the enemy army on the Gobi Desert.

In addition to disappointment and anxiety, Manfred also felt a deep helplessness in his heart. This battle should not have been fought like this. The Sand Knights' initial battle plan was carried out very smoothly, and they successfully launched a surprise attack from behind the Far Eastern Armored Knights, destroying the defense line formed by the Iron Giants and the Half-Giants. According to his pre-war advice, Meyer should have ordered the four major sand bandits to withdraw to Canaan, and the sand knights could retreat calmly after completing the task of relieving the siege.

Unfortunately, it backfired, and at that fleeting turning point, the Sand Bandits did not retreat, but launched an attack on the Far East position at the urging of Meyer, a mistake that caused Manfred to abandon his original plan and lead the Sand Knights to cooperate with the Sand Bandits in besieging the enemy position. As a result, Meyer lost the bet, and when he had the upper hand, he did not choose to accept it when he saw it, and the next battle situation took a sharp turn for the worse, and all the chips he won were lost not to mention the capital, and now he does not retreat to stop the loss, I am afraid that he will lose all his money with profits.

Manfred barely suppressed the loss in his heart, and resolutely picked up the high communication stone and issued orders to the squadron leaders:

"The 1st Guards is moving closer to me, and the rest of the squadron is immediately withdrawn to Media!"

Ordered the withdrawal of the army without the authorization of the governor Meyer, and Manfred was not allowed to be sent to a military court after the investigation, but he couldn't care so much, the top priority was to preserve the vitality of the "Sand Knights", the cost of training a sand worm knight was equivalent to training twenty ordinary knights, and he could not bury the precious elite army of Medes in vain in this war that was already impossible to save defeat.

PS: The sharp-tailed swift (sift) usually flies at a speed of 170 km/h; With a maximum speed of 352.5 km/h, or 100 m/s, it is the fastest bird in the world to fly long distances, but it is not the fastest bird to dive – peregrine falcons are said to dive at speeds of up to 385 km/h.