In the darkness, hundreds of giant shields intertwined, forming a tight metal shield wall, and the rain flowed silently on the shields, but the crossbow arrows fired from a distance could not penetrate these knights' shields.

Although Lordaeron had not experienced a major war for more than ten years, judging from the combat state of these knights, Lordaeron's armament was not wasted.

Song Zheng almost crawled to the vicinity of these knights, but it was impossible to enter the center of the knights' guards, so he and Sal could only find a discarded carriage next to him as cover.

There were many people who had similar thoughts to Song Zheng, and many merchants were desperately fleeing to the location of these knights, and then looking for something around to cover up.

At the same time, the Syndicate thieves who rushed to the front had begun to make contact with the knights' shield wall.

However, the swift swiftness of the syndicate thieves with short knives or daggers was unable to break through the heavily guarded shield wall, and they were greeted by the fierce knight's spear.

After losing more than a dozen men in a row, the syndicate thieves finally stopped their charge, but they did not retreat, but hid in the nearby woods.

Like a hungry wolf, he keeps an eye on his prey.

"It's just some little thieves who dare to attack us, I'll take someone to kill them all!" In the central area guarded by the knights, the young knight asked the nobleman in the carriage, and the sword in his hand flowed with holy light, and it looked like he should be a paladin.

"Don't rush to charge just yet, our mission is to protect Princess Gianna, even if you can destroy these syndicate thieves, if something happens to the person who needs to be protected, it will still be the worst defeat for you." The nobleman in the carriage said in a deep voice.

"But ......" The young paladin frowned, and was about to say something, but there was a commotion in the crowd behind him.

A hint of displeasure immediately appeared in his heart, and riots on the battlefield were a taboo for the Knights.

But when he turned his head, he didn't have to show surprise.

In its field of vision, a red fireball is rapidly coming from a distance!

In the darkness, the red glow of the fireball was particularly eye-catching, and unaffected by the rain, it rolled in the air and smashed into the knights at a rapid pace.

"It's fireball! There's a mage on the other side! Someone shouted.

But the huge fireball had fallen from mid-air and smashed right on top of the knights' shields.

There was a bang and sparks flying in all directions, accompanied by the knight's screams.

Song Zheng could see that the near-perfect shield wall had been blasted by the fireball, and there were two injured knights on the ground who were receiving emergency treatment.

"It seems that the power of this fireball technique can only be regarded as an ordinary ......" Song Zheng secretly assessed the attack power of this fireball, and it was estimated that it was not as good as the most rudimentary mortar on the earth.

However, this is still a great threat to knights who are still in the cold weapon stage.

"There is still a mage hidden among those syndicate thieves, Lord Earl, we can't defend like this passively, we must kill that mage first, I am willing to personally lead a small team of knights to kill the mage who has taken refuge in the syndicate!" The young paladin immediately asked for his life again.

"Well, be quick and don't fight those thieves in the dark." The middle-aged nobleman in the carriage finally nodded and agreed to his request.

The young paladin immediately led more than twenty knights into the dark and rainy night at a gallop, and his long sword was in the same direction that the fireball had just hit.

Song Zheng hid under the carriage and also saw these knights, according to his previous estimate, the location where the fireball was released was only two or three hundred meters away from these knights, and these knights could rush to the location where the mage was hiding with just a short charge.

However, to his surprise, there was no fight when the knights rushed to the target position, and it is estimated that the mage had left the place in a hurry after unleashing the fireball spell.

The knights wanted to search nearby, but suddenly a clear woman came from behind.

"Hurry back!"

The woman's voice was not loud, but it had a strong penetrating power in this chaotic battlefield, and almost everyone could hear it very clearly.

The knights hesitated for a moment, then immediately began to retreat.

Before these knights could completely retreat, a large area of fire suddenly appeared in their original position, forming a very complex pattern on the ground, and then there were flames rising into the sky, burning more than ten meters high, like a sea of fire, illuminating the surroundings as if it were day, and it took a while to slowly extinguish.

"This ...... Is this a firestorm? Song Zheng was shocked, the power of this magic was much more powerful than the fireball technique, if those knights didn't retreat in time, it was estimated that they would all be buried in the sea of fire just now.

Originally, he was a little contemptuous of the magic of this world, but at this moment, after seeing this flame storm with a burning range of tens of meters, he immediately became cautious.

The young paladin also showed surprise at this moment, and hurriedly led the knights who had escaped to return to the large army, if it wasn't for the woman's reminder just now, it is estimated that even he would not be able to escape.

In the other direction, another fireball appeared, and it struck the shield-wielding defensive knights, eventually causing another knight to be seriously injured.

This time, although the young paladin was angry, he did not propose to raid the other mage, and in this darkness, it was indeed not suitable for the knights to charge.

And the other party obviously wants to take advantage of this to slowly break through the knights' defenses.

However, the knights were not completely passive to be beaten, behind the knights, a similar fireball also quickly condensed in the air, and then flew towards the dark woods, to see that the direction and location of the attack was exactly where the fireball was sent out just now.

"I almost forgot, Gianna is a mage herself......" Song Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, Gianna herself is a powerful mage, and she is also a disciple of Antonidas, there will definitely be no shortage of mages around her, even if both sides use magic against each other to fight, they should not be afraid.

As the huge fireball fell, and after a dull explosion, the woods on that side burst into flames, and even though it was raining in the sky, the flames could not be extinguished.

But that's just the beginning of the battle......