Chapter 295: The Bloodstained Fortress (4)

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As one huge portal after another slowly closed, the entire Figaros Plain suddenly became silent. The full-text ad-free novel is all in Aishang Novel Network biquge.info everyone knows that they have been teleported to a place where birds don't, although the surrounding air is very good, but it is obvious that there is no store in front of the village, so everyone is a little at a loss.

However, the commanders of those armies will not let the players stand in the breeze like this, and the number of players arriving in each city varies, but the system, that is, the military headquarters of the Hansting Empire, has already adjusted the player team before the teleportation begins. The cities were divided into ten phalanxes of legions according to their regional origins, and then slowly advanced towards the north.

Nearly 100,000 people walked quietly on the land of the Figaros Plains, because most of the players had war horses or pack horses, and the officers in the army also rode horses, so the strongest smell in the whole team was not the smell of sweat but the ubiquitous smell of horse manure. As a result, the smell of horse manure was so uncomfortable that Chen Kai couldn't help but hide at the outermost edge of the entire phalanx.

Of course, on the march, the middle of the ranks is often the safest, and the outermost is often the most dangerous. Because once attacked, the outermost ones are often the first to be attacked, so most players who are afraid of death squeeze into the middle of the phalanx. But this safe place is also relative, once someone breaks into the middle, it will be difficult for the people who are crowded inside to escape. It is often the most dangerous time when people are crowded, especially when they are also riding war horses that are very inconvenient to turn around.

However, Chen Kai will not worry that he will be attacked when he comes to the outside of the phalanx, according to his estimation, the system will never let the player be directly attacked by the enemy without defense. And according to Chen Kai's understanding, the enemies this time are those terrible demons, as long as they appear, let alone be seen, they can be perceived by those senior priests who lead the team in the legion from a long distance. After all, those high-ranking priests were very familiar with the aura emanating from the demon's body, so Chen Kai was not worried about a sudden attack at all. And in his opinion, even if those demons were going to attack, they would attack the two surrounding legions first, not the central legion he was in.

Therefore, Chen Kai slowly swayed on the periphery of the legion, driving the listless Lal to slowly move forward with the large army. Behind Chen Kai was Xu Fei, who also couldn't stand the smell of horse manure in the center, and almost when they saw Chen Kai flash out of the central position of the legion, the others quickly followed. Fortunately, Lugers did not be more strict with the discipline in the march, otherwise Chen Kai's behavior would inevitably be arrested by the military judge and beaten a few boards.

"How far is Old Blood from Fort St. Zela now?" Chen Kai lowered his head and gently asked Xuehaifeng, who was not far from him, who was drinking there with a kettle. Although autumn is slowly coming in, the Figaros Plains are notoriously hot, and the scorching temperatures make many adventurers who come here think that they are about to go volcanoes. But as soon as you get out of the Figaros Plains, the temperature drops again, and this strange phenomenon makes the Figaros Plains even less popular. After all, there are no minerals in the Figaros Plains, and the hot environment is not very suitable for crop growth, so no one will come here to farm.

"Actually, I don't know how many roads there are, after all, even Anderson doesn't know the true location of Zelaburg. The Fort of St. Zela that he marked is about 5o kilometers away from where we are now, but if that is really the case, then we should already be able to see the forward of the demons, those demons can fly, even if they can't defeat the Zela Fortress, they will send some demon legions to the rear to destroy the transportation route" Blood Haifeng replied softly, he wiped his mouth that was still stained with clear water and looked at the northern sky, the whole sky was still as clear and blue as ever at the moment.

"So it's still a long way from that fortress?" Fei Yun urged his war horse to catch up from behind, as a member of the scouts in the legion, he was a thief hún a little worse than Chen Kai. In addition to becoming a scout thief in the team, you also have to work part-time as a member of the scouts in the entire legion, and follow those regular legion scouts to find out. Therefore, in the team, Fei Yun is definitely the first to talk about hard work, as for happiness, Chen Yi and Faye Wong are the first, and as for the other pastor Su Annuo who was assigned to Chen Kai's two teams, he was a little light by the way.

At this moment, Chen Yi was kept by the High Priests, protected behind the layers of soldiers as the key protection object of the legion, and she was still one of the few players who could ride in the carriage. As a holy sacrifice in the entire legion, Chen Yi's care can be said to make those high-level mages jealous, but there is no way to make the number of holy sacrifices in the entire empire pitiful. Although it has become easier for players to take up holy sacrifices after joining the game, the number of holy sacrifices has not exceeded 100 until now. However, compared to the number of holy sacrifices of the aborigines, it is too high.

However, Chen Yi's level is the highest among the holy sacrifices now, although she is only less than level 48, but it is no less than ten levels higher than another holy sacrifice that is lower than her, after all, the holy sacrifice does not have too many attack skills. At the same time, the aura consumes mana very much, and the consumption of mana will double almost every time it is too large, so without the support of a strong team or guild, it is almost impossible for a holy priest to level up well. Therefore, Chen Yi's high-level holy sacrifice close to the fifth order made those high-level priests very worried, but it was a pity that the holy sacrifice could only cast spells fixedly, and could not give much support to the army in the fierce battle. Moreover, Chen Yi's current maximum level aura shroud range is only a hundred meters in radius, and it can only be in the case of supporting one aura.

Of course, if there was the huge diffusion array at the beginning, Chen Yi would still be able to cover the aura even farther away, but it was obvious that there was no such condition. After all, Fort North is a defensive battle, and the defending army has time to build a magic diffusion array, but in the current situation, unless they enter Fort St. Zela, there is no possibility of defensive warfare at all. And if you're unlucky, you might run into a siege, as Fort St. Zela had lost contact with the Imperial Capital this morning.

As the leader of the entire corps and the actual actual commander of the two armies, Lugers almost fainted when he got the news. After all, he was tasked with leading the army to Fort St. Zela as soon as possible and participate in the defensive battle of the fortress, instead of running to the fortress to participate in the terrible siege battle. The most important thing is that although there are a lot of supplies in the military supplies that Lugers carries, there are no siege weapons, and those catapults and crossbows that are very sharp in defense are not at all powerful against the fortress walls that are 100 meters high.

At this moment, one of the things Lugers hopes most is that Fort St. Zela has not fallen, but the teleportation array that transmits the message has broken or lost the hedron for energy supply, and the second thing is that he hopes that even if Fort St. Zela has fallen, those terrible forts have been destroyed. If Lugers had to choose which thing would happen, he would not hesitate to choose the first one, because he was terrified by the fortification of Fort St. Zela, and he did not think that he would be able to lead a group of cannon fodder regiments to the fall of the lost fortress.

It's just that the reality is cruel, and the more Lugers is afraid of something, the more it will give birth and return to his imagination. As he led his ten legions out of the Plains of Figaros, Lugues almost fell off his horse with bad news. The scouts of the Third Legion found several corpses, and the corpses were the sergeants of Fort St. Zela, and most importantly, the sergeants rushed out to deliver the distress letter, which was still in the hands of the dead soldier.

Looking at the few sentences of bloody corpses and blood-stained letters for help, Lugers's heart was cold for a while, and the legion commanders beside him also looked ugly. Because the location of these corpses is only a few miles away from the route of their legion, and the most important thing is that the blood on these corpses is still warm, that is, they have just died. It was these demons who killed the sergeants who rushed out to call for help less than a few miles away from the legion, and this arrogant posture made several legion commanders almost jump out of breath, and they cursed fiercely in their hearts those priests who did not do their duty and did not perceive the demons in the distance.

However, although these legion commanders were very angry, they also knew that they had to come up with a solution immediately, otherwise letting the news spread would be a very big blow to the morale of the entire legion. It's just that they looked at the pale Lugers and knew that things were not easy, as the commander of the Imperial Capital Garrison Legion, Lugers was considered an old general, but because of this, he rarely came into contact with the battle with demons, after all, most of it was the work of the Temple Legion. It's just that this time the demon's power is too great, and it takes time for the Temple Legion to be deployed, so it is their turn to lead the cannon fodder army as reinforcements. But in this case, the possibility of defending with the help of the tall walls of the fortress has become very small, and there is a whole demon army waiting in front of them.

After exchanging ideas with each other, several legion commanders came up with a solution that was not a solution, that is, ignoring the corpses, treating the fortress as if it had not fallen, and letting the entire army rush towards the fortress as quickly as possible. At the very least, they must enter the confines of Fort St. Zela before the fortress is completely repaired, and the demons they must kill by surprise if they can lead the player cannon fodder army have a slight chance of victory. Lugers, who was a little more than 1 square inch, couldn't think of a better way, so he agreed with the other legions to be built, but he was a little uneasy, he added one more, that is, to shrink the legion, and rectify the military discipline so that the legion could enter the battle at any time.

After this order was issued, Chen Kai and the entire legion began to run high, and a trace of tension filled the legion, and Chen Kai, who could still breathe in the periphery, had to return to the entire cavalry column, leading the subordinate players he was not very familiar with to start preparing for battle. Picking up the riding spear that he hadn't used for a long time, Chen Kai suddenly had a feeling of sweating in his palms, he hadn't practiced riding a spear sprint for nearly a month, because he spent too much time feeding dragon eggs and continuous giant swords, so he put down the knight's riding spear skills for a long time.

It's just that in this situation, it's unlikely that Chen Kai just wants to hold his feet at zero time, fortunately, the skill system in the game doesn't have the function of forgetfulness, although Chen Kai's weapon skill proficiency has not increased but has not decreased. After grasping the feel of riding a spear a little, Chen Kai immediately mastered the use of this weapon again, of course, Chen Kai was much worse than the gun knight who relied on riding a gun to eat. However, fortunately, there is no such alien class in the team of players led by Chen Kai, and most of them are ordinary Templar Knights or Noble Knights.

Smelling the strong smell of horse manure around him, Chen Kai guessed what was what made the legion commander so nervous. It's just that due to the blockade of information, director Chen Kai didn't get much information and couldn't accurately judge the facts, so he could only ask Xu Fei to worry more about himself in the team channel.

Lugers rode on a mighty war horse, but his heart was extremely timid, the tall war horse could not make him have any sense of security, even under the protection of tens of thousands of people, Lugers still felt that his surroundings were full of danger. As he got closer to Fort St. Zela, Lugers' fear grew stronger, he always felt a sharp blade cutting through his blood, and it seemed as if he saw him among the dead soldiers. This fear made Lugers's eyes bloodshot, and he slowly began to become irritable. It's just that Lugers has a lot of self-control, otherwise he wouldn't have become a brigadier general at the age of less than fifty.

As the entire legion progressed northward, the demonic aura around them became stronger and stronger, and at this time, even the most sluggish players felt the tense atmosphere around them. At this moment, all the officers in the corps put away their horses, and cavalrymen like Chen Kai took their horses with them, so that they could jump on their horses and prepare to charge at any time. As for the Earth Knights and Shield Guards, as the backbone of the defense, they were arranged on the front and left and right sides of the entire legion, forming a huge defensive whole.

All the legions began to move closer to each other at this moment, and a huge phalanx of nearly 100,000 people slowly spread out on the flat ground. It's just that the road isn't particularly wide, making the whole party a bit narrow and looks like a rectangle. Chen Kai's central phalanx was in the middle of this huge rectangle, and on both sides were the Third Army Corps and the Sixth Army Corps. The hapless 1st, 5th, and 7th legions, the first line of defense for the entire army, were the most advanced in their position, and as the front of the entire march, they slowly marched towards Fort St. Zela.

At the rear of the entire corps were the 2nd, 4th, and 8th legions, and the 9th legions, as the logistics force, followed closely behind the central legions, and were also heavily protected. The whole phalanx of marching troops was like a giant turtle, nothing more than a very fast crawling turtle. And the turtle will soon be head-on with a terrible stone full of spikes, or a roadblock.

When Chen Kai raised his head and could vaguely see the shadow of Fort St. Zela more than ten kilometers away, what Lugers was most afraid of happened. A large number of demons appeared a kilometer in front of them, although they seemed to be some low-level miscellaneous demons or inferior demons of about the seventh or eighth order, but they were too advanced compared to the human legion with an average rank of only 4 ranks.

“…… Brother Shui, I really want to see the appearance of a fire demon, do you see if the tallest one at the end of those demon teams is a fire demon? Fei Yun's voice appeared in the team channel, although Chen Kai was the captain of a player cavalry team, he was still a member of his own team. Therefore, Fei Yun's words can be heard not only by Chen Kai, but also by the members of other teams who are in contact.

"What do you mean, isn't it, that guy is a fire demon, so isn't it this guy in the Fortress Nos who reached out and pinched Brother Shui to death?" Zhao Tiezhu swallowed his saliva, they had a good understanding of the horror of the fire demon, the terrifying flame and high temperature could instantly burn a living person into charcoal. At the beginning, Chen Kai and they died at the hands of this kind of demon in Fort Northhill, and they died a very horrible death.

"I'm just trying to make sure, right, what's behind it? Scythe monster or infernal mantis? Fei Yun pointed to the monsters with huge scythes lying behind the fire demons, those guys were red all over as if they were burning flames, and the two huge scythes in their hands were also rising with scorching flames. It's just that they're more like the Purgatory Scythe than they are like the Purgatory Mantis, and it's clear that they're new members of the demon species, but it's not known if their father is a Scythe Demon or if their mother is a Scythe Demon.

When Chen Kai and the others were studying the demon members, Lugers, as the leader of the legion, had a cold face, and his original somewhat irritable feelings completely disappeared the moment he encountered the demon. At this moment, Lugers has completely entered the role of a legionnaire, and he keeps asking the other legionnaires around him and the scouts who are in charge of finding out the news, as for the two leaders of the priest and the mage, they have been scolded by him. Because they were in charge of detecting the demons, they didn't show those demons at the first time, but waited until the demons were all gathered on the opposite side, and the two of them sensed the demons from the detection spell, but it was completely too late.

"You two dry eaters, why didn't those demons appear in advance, do you have to wait until they rush in front of us?" These were Lugers' words scolding the head priest and the head of the mage, and although this sentence was not particularly heavy, it was more uncomfortable for the two spellcasters who had been pampered than killing them. It's just that these two also know that it was because of their dereliction of duty that the demon did not appear in advance, otherwise with the arrogant temper of the two spellcasters, they would have stood up to Lugers.

"Okay Lugers, now let's think about how to deal with those demons, if it drags on, it is estimated that before the demon attacks, our agitated cubs will collapse on their own first," said Ruger, the leader of the second legion, standing next to Lugers, his eyes were firmly fixed on the fire demon in the distance, he knew that if he wanted to deal with the fire demon, he could not rely on the player at all, and could only rely on a few saint-rank powerhouses in the legion.

"What else can we do, if we don't fight the entire Zela Fortress, it will fall into the hands of the demons, and we can't afford to bear this consequences. Although the odds of winning are not great, it at least shows that we have worked hard, and I don't believe that more than 100,000 people can't even kill thousands of demons," Ai Long, the leader of the Fifth Legion, said fiercely, the long scar on his face exuded a cold murderous aura, and with the strength of his own Saint-rank powerhouse, this murderous aura filled the surroundings.

"If you want to fight, start fighting early, otherwise when we decide that those demons have already killed all the forwards" Hami Commander of the Seventh Legion looked ahead worriedly, in the distance, those demons had begun to run slowly, and the player in charge of guarding had not been ordered to panic at the moment.

"Damn, inform the earth knights in front of me to go up, all the cavalry detour outside to prepare to charge, even if it is for me to hit me with my body, I will also disperse the demon's attack" Lugers looked at the situation in the distance and immediately issued a battle order, and this order was the last thing Chen Kai wanted to hear, because as a member of the cavalry, he needed to participate in the charge, and the evil Andoha actually put him directly in the fifth legion, that is, the front of the entire charging team. Next to him is the equally unlucky Su Wan, and behind them are the team members who have been implicated.