Chapter Thirty-Six: Laying the Ground
Soon, Gianna had her spells ready and unleashed a firestorm, rarely using fire magic that she thought was too cruel, but she needed no mercy when facing the demons.
A ten-meter-thick pillar of fire fell from the sky, burning several demon guards in the center to ashes at the same time, the pillars of fire that fell to the ground scattered into waves of fire and split, and the demon guards within a range of tens of meters centered on the pillar of fire were all burned and ignited, and a demon was emptied in an instant.
Archmage Modra also struck, and more and more purple arcane light began to surround her, and with a strong swing, the overwhelming arcane energy arrows flew towards a dense group of demons, and the explosion triggered by each arcane energy arrow hitting the demon guardian could seriously injure or even kill the demon guard, and a large number of demon guards also fell to the ground.
He is worthy of being the top archmage, and can kill dozens of demons with a single blow.
Claudia watched with some envy as the two archmages made a move, there was no such long-range mass destruction type of holy light spell in the holy light spell she had learned, if she had this kind of lethal spell when she faced a large number of demons in the Fywood Forest last time, it would not have been so embarrassing, and the girl then made up her mind to ask the Silver Hand after the battle if the guardians had studied similar holy light spells to learn.
Archmage Crassus and Tvorsh also led other mages to make a move, hundreds of red, blue, and purple spell lights flashed, and many gaps appeared in the demon guard army, although ordinary mages could not reach the power of archmages, but there were many ordinary mages, and the damage caused to the demons was also huge.
Varian saw that the mages had achieved excellent results, but he didn't have much smugness, and his face was still grim: the mages had limited mana after all, and the mages' spells were aimed at the most dense positions in the demon army in order to achieve such a big result, and soon the Hellhound and some demon guards who had not suffered much loss at the front would crash into the Alliance soldiers.
Gianna, who is good at statistical analysis, has already reported to him the data of the battle between the soldiers and demons of Kurtilas a few days ago:
"A Demon Guardian can kill almost four or five soldiers in close quarters, Hellhound can kill almost two soldiers, and the Demon of Destruction, Dread Guardian, and Doom Guardian all have to be killed by an elite powerhouse who can only kill dozens of soldiers."
Those giant two-headed dogs that appeared for the first time in the back row of the demon army today, burning with green flames, were even more demonic types that had never been seen before, just by looking at the size and flames, you knew that ordinary soldiers couldn't even get close to them, and I don't know how many people had to die to test the combat power of this demon. ”
Although the war is not a simple number crunch, and the soldiers of the First Legion of Stormwind are far more elite than the soldiers of Kul Tiras after several years of training by Varian, it seems that the Alliance is still not sure of victory.
Bang bang bang!
In the face of the group of hellhounds that were close enough, the muskets behind the first row of human soldiers began to roar, and the number of hellhounds in the first row instantly thinned out a lot, and a large number of hellhounds were knocked high as if they had been smashed by sledgehammers, this kind of firearms invented by the dwarves have begun to be popularized in the army of the Storm Kingdom, except for a few high-level hunters who also use bows and arrows, the human long-range army has eliminated the bow and arrow.
Although the power of the musket is fixed and far less lethal than that of the bow and arrow among archers, the bow and arrow require years of rigorous training to train an archer, and the musket can train a qualified musketeer after a few days of training by pulling a farmer, making it a unique choice for the populous kingdom of Stormwind.
The first row of musketeers quickly retreated, and the second row of musketeers began to fire muskets and aim a salvo, and after three consecutive rows of muskets, although the hellhound group in front suffered heavy losses, the demons had finally rushed to the melee distance.
"Engage! Don't let these demons get past the lines! General Hammond in the front army began to order, and the human warriors began to form in formation, raising their shields and raising their spears in unison, crashing into the oncoming horde of cerberus.
Yes, in the previous few days of fighting, the generals have already discovered that although there is not much difference for high-level soldiers, if you want ordinary soldiers to have enough lethality against demons while ensuring their own safety, the most effective weapon is the spear, so although the soldiers in the front rows this time also have swords, their main weapons are all spears.
With the sound of sneering spears into the flesh, several Cerberus who had been sparsely hit by muskets were quickly pierced through the body by multiple spears and died, but as more Cerberus began to impact the human front, human soldiers also began to suffer casualties.
The cause of casualties is not only the fangs of the hellhound, but also the corrosive blood of the hellhound, after being bitten by the fangs of the hellhound, there are four more holes or fractures in the body, but the green blood will immediately emit white smoke and be seriously corroded, many priests have also begun to release healing spells from afar, they dare not get too close, the hellhound is born to be the nemesis of the caster, but even so, there are many people's healing spells that have been interrupted and counterattacked.
Claudia also noticed the deaths and injuries of the soldiers on the front line, and she was a little reluctant and wanted to approach and treat the soldiers, but she didn't go to treat them, and she couldn't leave the queue without being ordered.
At this time, the battle alliance still has a great advantage, the hellfire that fell from the first wave of chaotic rain has been killed, and the hellhounds have been hunted in large numbers, but the real test has just begun, and the demon guardians who have lost many of their companions are beginning to approach the human warriors' defenses.
These demon guards are generally about a foot or two taller than human soldiers, muscular, martial, silent, and extremely tough, they are perfect soldiers, and they are armed with a variety of two-handed weapons to ram human warriors, and human front-line soldiers have begun to suffer massive casualties.
Boom!
The sound of the axe smashing sounded, and a demon guard smashed the arm of a human soldier to block the door wide, and then an axe slashed into the human soldier's chest, and the place where the human was struck immediately sank deeply, and shortly after the human soldier fell to the ground and died, the demon guard was also pierced by two spears and fell to his knees and was killed by the sword.
This scene happened over and over again on the battlefield, although most of the human soldiers were equipped with shields, the power of the demon guardians was huge, and the smashing effect of wielding a battle axe or war hammer was enough to smash the opponent through the shield and make the opponent incapacitated. However, Demon Guardians also have their own weaknesses, they don't use shields and have no armor on their upper bodies, so their defense is weak, and human attacks can effectively kill them, so the battle loss ratio is basically close to two soldiers for one Demon Guard.
Looking at the battle on the front line, Varian quickly made a judgment: "This is just the beginning, now with the advantage of formation and numbers, this exchange ratio can be achieved, but if it is in a melee, I am afraid that three or four soldiers can kill a demon guard." ”
"Compared to the demons, our human soldiers' physique is still too weak, we must find a way to use weapons to make up for the disadvantages of ordinary soldiers, it's a pity that the artillery and cannonballs here are too heavy to be transported, otherwise the battle situation can be a lot more advantageous, it seems that we will have to find time to go to Ironforge and Nomorigen in the future to see if there are better weapons."
At this time, Varian was impressed by the large number of casualties among the soldiers: the soldiers of the First Legion were already elite, but the Demon Guard, the grassroots soldier of the Burning Legion, was still at a disadvantage after getting close, which showed that there was not much room for improvement that training could bring, and he had to find a way to do it from the weapon.
After Varian made up his mind, before he knew it, the future of history began to shift again.
Claudia, who was beside Varian, couldn't stand it anymore when she saw the increasing number of casualties in the distance, she was not one of those battle-hardened generals who could be so heartfelt about the casualties of the soldiers, she wanted to go to the front line to help the soldiers heal.
"Your Majesty, I want to ---。"
"Stop." The king raised his hand to stop the girl's words, and there was a faint majesty and irresistibility in her tone, and the girl had no choice but to shut up.
More and more demon guards rushed up later, and high-level demons such as the Guardian of Wrath and the Dreaddemons, Destroyers, and Doom Guards were also approaching, and Varian finally ordered: "Let Grayson bring the paladins to support, and let Kenrito help kill the demon officers with magic assistance as much as possible." ”
The soldiers, who were faintly overwhelmed, regained their strength after receiving the help of the paladins, and by this time the demonic officers had also entered the battle, and the huge two-headed hound had already strode from a distance, but in the heat of battle, an accident happened.
---The horn sounded, and a large number of lilac-skinned Night Elves appeared from the side of the battlefield and rushed towards the middle of the demon army, with the giant bear and the huntress riding the moonblade leopard and holding the moonblade at the front, followed by a large number of archers, a number of dryads, and finally a small number of priestesses.
The Night Elves rushed into the middle of the demon army, these giant bears were thick and thick and brave, ordinary demon guards did not have much to do with them for a while, the huntress and archers behind the giant bear began to wield their might, and as the rain of arrows and moon blades flew by, the demons began to fall.
In front of the Night Elf army, a female Night Elf riding a black moonblade leopard, long blue hair, and holding a longbow suddenly knelt down and prayed, and a full moon suddenly appeared in the white sky, and then countless purple lasers began to fall from the sky one after another, accurately penetrating the figures of hundreds of demons, and the middle section of the demon army was almost cut into two sections for a while.
"Your Majesty, this is the Night Elves." Claudia hurriedly said to Varian.
"Good chance!" With the appearance of the Night Elves, Varian has already found an opportunity to win, and he immediately issued two orders:
"Pass the order, the purple-skinned ones are friendly troops, and they are not allowed to attack!"
"I'll lead the Royal Knights to charge, and the rest of the troops will follow!"