"Attention! there are monsters in the sky!" the non-commissioned officer shouted at the top of his throat, "Get a heavy crossbow!"

The monsters in the sky resembled small pterosaurs, staring at the crimson eyes and screaming, the creature that had killed the soldier dripping blood from its claws and letting out a strange laugh like a mockery.

Soon soldiers with heavy crossbows arrived.

......

The battle lasted for a full hour, and as the last dragonman fell at the foot of the city wall, the non-commissioned officer in charge of the battle breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that all the strength in his body was gone in an instant, he sat there weakly, leaning against the city wall, inhaling the cold air in his lungs that cooled his lungs like an explosion, and he felt a slippery liquid running down his forehead.

I don't know if it's blood or beads of sweat.

He wiped it with the back of his hand, and soon the soldiers in charge of counting the battlefield arrived.

"My lord, there are a total of one hundred and thirty-five monsters in this wave, of which thirty-seven are flying-type monsters and ninety-eight are reptilian-type monsters, and all of them have been annihilated. ”

"What about our damage?"

"Nineteen soldiers of the second squadron were seriously wounded, thirty-three were slightly wounded, and twelve were killed. The soldier replied crisply, "The wounded have been sent for treatment, and we are preparing to clean up the battlefield, do you want to report the battle to the priest?"

Nineteen were seriously wounded, thirty-three were lightly wounded, and twelve were killed.

This data can't help but make the non-commissioned officer's heart heavy, these casualties are the most elite crusaders in the temple, not those miscellaneous armies who eat and wait for death, they have many years of experience in fighting monsters or other warlords, and they are definitely the top in the continent in terms of combat strength, but even so, with the advantage of position, there are still such large casualties.

These monsters are a little too fierce.

In the middle of the battle, the non-commissioned officer saw with his own eyes that the small pterodactyl-like monster swung out with a claw, directly tearing the shoulder armor of the crusaders, the half-inch-thick layer of protection was as fragile as a blank sheet of paper, these guys were extremely lethal, and the mobility was too high, if there were more of them, I am afraid that even the heavy crossbow would not be able to suppress them.

The non-commissioned officer, watching his wounded companions being carried off the city walls on stretchers, remembered a phrase that His Majesty the Pope had once said.

Compared to monsters, the human body is still a little too fragile.

If you want to kill monsters, in addition to filling them with human lives, you can only kill them with more powerful monsters.

Hence the Paladin.

......

Three days later, when Xilan's army stepped into Iron Rock City, he felt a sense of urgency, and the whole city was on alert, five steps and one post, and the heralds looked panicked, galloping through the streets.

"Is the situation in Iron Rock City already so bad?" Xi Lan muttered to himself, he glanced at the brown sky in the distance, there seemed to be countless black dots flying and carnivaling in the depths of the clouds, even if it was hundreds of kilometers away, Xi Lan could still feel the feeling of depression on his face.

"Archbishop, Priest Tano is waiting in the cathedral. The young priest who had come to greet Xilan saluted respectfully.

Priest Tano was the old red-clothed priest stationed in Iron Rock City in the temple, considering his advanced age, Xilan didn't care about his sin of not coming out to greet him in person, he just frowned, nodded and said, "Let's go to the church first!"

The environment in Iron Rock City is so harsh, why would an old man be stationed here thousands of miles away?

Xi Lan was a little confused about His Majesty the Pope's intentions, why he didn't use so many young and talented priests, but instead appointed an old priest who couldn't even walk, Xi Lan had been in the temple for decades, and he had never heard of this old priest's outstanding ability in governing the army, nor had he ever heard of how profound his talent was, so it was a little too inconsiderate to hand over Iron Rock City to him in such a hurry.

However, Xilan did not get the answer he wanted to know from His Majesty the Pope, but he believed in His Majesty's decision, since His Majesty appointed Priest Tano, then there must be a reason for him, and he only needed to do a good job of auxiliary work.

An archbishop to assist a cardinal priest, hehe, kind of interesting.

Xilan smiled silently.

......

"As you can see, my lord, Iron Rock City has been invaded many times recently, and just yesterday morning, more than three hundred monsters attacked the city gate in the night, and they almost managed to cross the city walls and enter the city," Priest Tano sat in front of the fireplace, staring at Xilan, "Their recent state is crazy and difficult to contain, and because of the recent heavy snowfall, we can't send out Rangers." ”

"We were blindfolded, and in the icy environment, the Rangers could not escape the pursuit of monsters, and once they ventured out of the city, they were quickly reduced to corpses in the snow. Another cleric added: "As for the protection of the city, there is no problem at present, but the main thing is that we don't know what is going on inside the Shadow Mountains, and if something happens, I'm afraid we will be very passive without knowing the situation at all." ”

"Don't worry about that," Xilan said in a deep voice, "I brought the paladin. ”

When Xilan's voice fell, it was obvious that Priest Tano breathed a sigh of relief.

Paladin is like a magical name, no matter how difficult the situation, as long as you hear the word paladin, it seems that you can get infinite power, which makes people full of confidence.

"Also, among those monsters, there are small winged dragons that can fly, they are very fast, and their attacks are extremely strong, and our heavy crossbows can't catch their tracks unless they are struck with a covering blow," said one of the commanding officers. ”

In the previous defensive battles, it was these flying monsters that dealt the most damage to the Guards, ignoring the terrain and fighting in a manner very similar to that of the Assassins.

One hit missed, and immediately fled thousands of miles.

When the soldiers are fighting the dragonmen with all their hearts, they give you this cold from behind, and no one can stand it.

"The biggest threat is these little pterosaurs, fortunately, their numbers are not too many for the time being, and their IQ doesn't seem to be high, but they are very skilled in forming a cooperation with the dragons on the ground, and they have to find a way to deal with them. ”

Swift and ignorant of terrain.

This kind of flying monster is the most difficult to deal with, and it is small, so it is not easy to hit the target even with a heavy crossbow.

"Under the command of the Judgment Temple, there are quite a large number of red eagles in captivity," Xilan pondered for a moment: "This is the most powerful flying bird on the continent, and it shouldn't be a problem to deal with these little monsters." ”