257, ambush (above)
Judging by the scale of the attack on the round of crossbows in the forest, the number of crossbows held by the attackers was not much, at most thirty. The shooter's accuracy was not very good, and the casualties on Luna Maria's side after a round of arrows were less than a third.
But Luna Maria wasn't glad about the situation.
Because she found that they were now surrounded.
As the horses were stopped by tripping ropes and crossbow arrows, a group of centaurs rushed out of the field ditches in front of and behind the roadside and the woods where the crossbow arrows were fired, surrounding Luna Maria and the group.
The encircled Luna Maria and her party immediately drew their weapons and leaned against each other to face the enemy.
"Looking at the emblems on the clothes of these guys, it seems that they are ambush soldiers led by Manchado." Resa pointed her halberd at the enemy and whispered to Luna Maria beside her.
"You don't have to look at the badge to guess." Luna Maria, who was holding a sword in one hand, responded in a low voice as she glanced at the enemy in front of her, and suddenly found something in her eyes, and said hatefully, "What's more, it's an acquaintance who came." ”
As soon as Luna Maria finished speaking, a rampant voice came from the other side. "Ahaha! Who shall I fall into the trap? It turned out to be Kasha's little girl's little follower. ”
"The Earl's defeated generals dare to shout again, you are really not ashamed." Luna Maria replied coldly, "Or do you think it wasn't enough for adults to cut off one of your ears back then?" ”
Shi Jinxin and the other three traversers who accompanied Luna Maria looked at the young man on the opposite side with a rampant tone, only to see that the man was wearing a helmet, and there were no signs of disability (mainly on the side of the ear). But Luna Maria's words of return clearly hit him in the sore spot, and the man's face was now horrible and terrifying.
"Humph!" The man exclaimed, "Kasha, that slut! This time she's dead! And you and the rest of the slut's henchmen, they're all dead! ”
"Sano!" The enemy leader in the woods—a man with brown hair and slightly older than the Rampant Man—stopped his colleague's gaffes. "We don't need to talk nonsense with the enemy, let's kill them quickly!"
Apparently the brown-haired man had a higher status than the rampant man known as 'Sano', who shut up and stopped scolding, brandishing his mace for his men to attack.
"Gold!" Zhang Boyin looked at Shi Jinxin.
"Time is of the essence, so you don't have to show mercy." Shi Jinxin raised the long sword in his hand to face the enemy, and said succinctly: "Fight quickly." ”
"Good!" Zhang Boyin responded with his fists smashing, looking at the rushing enemy, his eyes full of coldness.
The battle broke out in an instant!
There were more than 100 enemies who ambushed Luna Maria and her party, and in addition to more than 30 people who were ambushed in the woods and attacked with crossbow arrows, there were more than 80 people on both sides of the road. Among them, there were three knights in combat - the first should be the brown-haired man, and there was also a man with a two-handed sword, and the other was the one-eared man Sarno with a rampant tone.
On the Luna Maria side, although there are also three knights (Sister Hawke and Raisa), there are only more than 30 people in total (including the wounded), and they tend to be absolutely inferior in numbers.
Judging by the number of participants on both sides, the situation on Luna-Maria's side is not optimistic. This is also the reason why the other side dared to show up after the attack - in the eyes of the enemy, the Luna Maria side, which was absolutely inferior in numbers, was doomed this time.
However, the situation of the battle is completely different from what the enemy envisioned.
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At the beginning of the battle, more than twenty crossbowmen on the side of Manchado's army (hereafter referred to as the 'Manchado Army') had just had time to adjust their bows again.
The shape of the crossbow in the world of Yber is similar to that of the early crossbows found on Earth, so it has the same drawback - the lack of an auxiliary winding mechanism makes the firing frequency extremely slow. It took nearly two minutes after the first round of attacks (during the sneak attack) until now (when the frontal battle began) for the crossbowmen to reload their bowstrings - of course, this was also due to the unfamiliarity of the crossbowmen on the Manchado side, who had not yet been trained to be proficient.
So, they lost the opportunity to attack.
With a wave of his hands, a swarm of bats flew out of his swept hands, flapping their wings and flying towards the crossbow team of the Manchado army opposite. In fact, if you look closely, you can see that those bats are not living creatures, but flying blades with a shape that is very similar to bats. And the reason why they are able to flapp their wings like bats is because they are not entities, but the product of embodied energy. From Zhang Boyin's Warcraft inheritance, the 'Dread Demon King''s natural skill 'Bat Swarm Killing'.
As the only attack skill among the natural skills inherited by the 'Dreadlord', the attack range of 'Bat Swarm Kill' is 60 degrees directly in front of it, and the killing distance can reach a maximum of 50 meters. And the lethality caused by the Lv2 level skill is used against ordinary fighters, and the word 'instant kill' is not enough to describe the crisp and neat process.
The bats roared and flew towards the crossbowmen who were ready to attack, and blood splattered everywhere they passed. More than 20 crossbow archers didn't even have time to react when they were slashed by bat-shaped blades that flew into their chests and waists, and many of the corpses still maintained the posture of holding crossbows when they fell.
As soon as the battle began, more than twenty crossbowmen on Manchado's side were wiped out.
The morale of the Manchado army fell as the long-range fire was wiped out, while the morale of the Prairly army was greatly boosted.
"Damn!" Sano raised his hammer and pointed it at Zhang Boyin, and said angrily: "Kill that guy for me!" With his angry shout, three enemies in armor different from most of the Manchado sergeants met Zhang Boyin.
"Three...... Is it? Seeing that the three people who rushed towards him each burst out with vindictiveness, Zhang Boyin whispered to himself, and at the same time, the corners of his mouth showed a hint of self-deprecation. I'm really underestimated. You think you can kill me with just three low-level fighters. ”
As he spoke, Zhang Boyin's body was like a cheetah and he pounced on the three opponents, and his hands were bent into claws to grab the enemy in the middle position. Seeing this, the enemy fighter hurriedly crossed his sword, and the long sword that was attached to the fighting spirit and emitted a faint glow slashed horizontally towards Zhang Boyin's claws.
In the next second, the blade and the claw fingers collided, and then there was a crisp 'crackle' sound. Debris splattered in all directions.
Zhang Boyin grabbed the opponent's long sword with one hand and turned his wrist at the same time, and the sword body between his fingers was crushed, and the long steel sword was as fragile as glass against Zhang Boyin's inheritance weapon, the 'Bloodthirsty Sharp Claw'.
The eyes of the enemy combatants whose weapons had been broken widened in astonishment, as if they could not believe what was happening before them. However, before he could make any more moves, Zhang Boyin's claws that shattered the opponent's weapon grabbed the opponent's front door. The five-finger spike pierced through the helmet visor and slammed into the opponent's face. The body of the enemy who was hit by the face convulsed for a while, and then lost its reaction. As Zhang Boyin withdrew his claws and fell to the ground, there was no movement.
"After healing, you can only be an idiot for the rest of your life." Zhang Boyin muttered a low word, and then dodged back to dodge another enemy's halberd thrust. On the other side, the enemy swung their tomahawks and slashed at them.
"What a death!" Zhang Boyin reached out and grabbed the stabbing halberd shaft, and with the other hand, grabbed the opponent's neck and pinched it vigorously. After hearing a 'creaking' sound, the spear-wielding warrior fell to the ground and rolled and struggled with his neck clutched. The steel neck guard on his neck was pinched and deflated by Zhang Boyin, and the deflated neck guard deck stuck his airway, allowing him to desperately try to open the deck but to no avail, and finally suffocated to death.
After pinching the neck armor of the low-level spearman, Zhang Boyin turned to face the low-level gladiator who was wielding the battle axe. In one round of fighting, the opponent's tomahawk was flying, and then Zhang Boyin unceremoniously broke the opponent's arms and tore the opponent's shoulder blades alive. The battered low-level gladiator immediately fainted in pain.