Flames, blood, minced flesh, corpses - the cruelty of war was vividly displayed in front of the Lucian soldiers at this time. Although as a local garrison, these Lucians in front of them are not without blood. But the battle they had experienced before was nothing compared to the ambush in front of them.

Fight goblins, clean up bandits, and occasionally suppress budding cultists. Originally, the enemy faced by the Lucia local troops was not very strong. And with the addition of the beasts to Lucia's military system, it took over most of the hard bones.

As for the previous invasion of the dark elves, it was fought against by the Royal Cavalry Regiment and the Praetorian Guard of the Kingdom of Lucia, as well as the private soldiers of several Grand Dukes. It can be said that in Lucia today, the power of the royal family and several dukes occupies the dominant position in the political power map. The armed forces have also begun to implement an alternative policy of strengthening the cadres and weakening the branches.

This political structure allowed the Kingdom of Lucia to maintain its current domestic political stability, even though it did not have a special contract and power system to bind each other—although struggles were ubiquitous, the struggles and compromises between several large families were far easier to balance than the alliances of dozens of families before. Therefore, the Kingdom of Lucia will not be like the Kingdom of Cruze, and finally end up in the level of local powerful factions and royal families.

However, in this way, what is the combat effectiveness of the garrison troops in those places that are not in the lineage. It depends on whether the local governor is attentive or not, and whether there are enough training opponents there. The best of these can naturally be regarded as elite. But at the bottom of the list is the bunch of pus in Tallinn Castle.

And the Lucia soldiers who were ambushed in front of them were much better than those pus, and even seemed to be better than the performance of the Viper Cavalry Regiment that the players encountered. But being ambushed and facing an overarching blow from the start would have been fatal for most feudal armies. In addition, the junior officers who had just tried to regroup their ranks were defeated by the sniping of the halfling loiterers. By the time the remaining commanders arrived, the situation had become unmanageable.

Barrett, who is in a positive state of 'inertial conflict', has become a battlefield meat grinder, like no one in the cobweb-shrouded area. Every cold light must bring out a gushing of blood, and with every swing a Lucia must fall forever.

If the soldiers around him could calm down one by one, and according to the instructions of the usual training, they formed a formation and used the weapons in their hands to fight Barrett. Even if there is a cobweb, Barrett cannot be completely restrained, but at least it can effectively limit his killing efficiency and support the arrival of the relatively strong elites in the army. Not to be a trembling lamb to the slaughter, powerless to resist under Barrett's butcher's knife.

It's a pity that panic and fear have already taken over their hearts at this time, and these six gods and masterless guys can't hold their weapons at all. They struggled to get away from Barrett's blade, but the haphazard and powerless movement only made them get tighter and tighter in the cobwebs. As a result, he completely lost the ability to act, and became a dead soul under the 'broken peak'.

Just as Barrett picked up a kick and broke the neck of a Lucia soldier, he subconsciously fell down, and then the 'broken peak' in his hand swept backwards - a green ray hit the blade directly, and then seemed to dissipate into the air because he didn't hit the target.

'Ray of debilitation? With this first impression in his mind, Barrett immediately gave up on the big-headed soldiers in front of him, who had been completely demoralized, and began to look for the caster who had just shot the ray.

'Weakening Ray' is a ring spell of the necromancy system, which is easy to learn and cannot be exempted after hitting. The effect is not attribute damage, nor attribute drain, but attribute reduction. This would be a nightmare for most professionals who rely on the strength attribute. It is a good way to weaken the melee system by restricting the caster in the early stage.

Although for Barrett, even if he is hit by the 'Weakening Ray', he can use the 'Iron Heart Power' to easily dispel it. But then until the cooldown of the Iron Heart is restored, he will not have a hole card to protect himself. So when he had just blocked that spell with the 'Sword Blade Barrier', he was somewhat relieved.

However, when Barrett was looking for who was plotting against him, he only saw the crowd of people who still seemed chaotic. The caster seemed to be quite cautious, and immediately after completing the spell, he hid in the crowd, using his comrades as smoke to keep himself safe.

It was at this time that Rielly's second powerful fireball technique once again rose a dazzling rose in the crowd. The entrance to the col was once crowded, but after that, there were no knee-high objects to be seen. It's a pity that the previous enemy commander has already retreated into the col with his cronies. Temporarily avoided Rielly's powerful area of effect spells.

When the short-legged dwarf arrived this time, Barrett tried to rush into the col. But as soon as he came up, an axe and a long sword slashed at Barrett's chest, left and right. Almost at the same time, Barrett noticed that the green light that had appeared before was back on.

'Or a ray of debilitation?' Didn't that guy have any other spells in place? Or is this guy only going to use this one spell now? Barrett tiptoed and retreated from the enemy's ambush before the two blades could be added. At the same time, the green light that shot out was also dodged by Barrett's sideways.

Looks like none of those guys are completely unattractive! In such a chaotic situation, it was possible to arrange a blocking battle immediately. It can't be said that they are all incompetent, but unfortunately the overall strength is still insufficient. As he made his judgment, Barrett shouted to his companions behind him, "There's a spellcaster here, and it's likely a warlock." The big guy said he wanted to capture him alive for ransom. ”

Warlocks generally learn fewer spells than mages, but they become more flexible in their use. And Barrett's judgment just now was mostly based on the speculation that the caster inside used the 'Weakening Ray' twice in a row. Generally speaking, even those who are new to mages will not record their daily spells as 'Ray of Weakness', which is highly targeted. Only warlocks who don't have much choice will cast the same spells in quick succession - if they're using a scroll wand, of course, that's another story.

And once it is determined that there is a famous warlock among the members of the opposing party, according to the rules of war in the Western Continent, this often means a large war ransom. Because most warlocks are bloodlined, their families usually pay a large sum of money for them to stay alive.

Although it is true that there are non-bloodline warlocks, such cases are extremely rare. For example, someone was born in a vortex that injected chaos into his body without killing him. Or maybe someone survived a Silla Toad attack, but was planted with an embryo infected by Chaos. This allows them to extract the entropy from elemental chaos. Unleash those spells brutally by approaching the Ancient Source or drawing power directly from this Face. So most of the time the big guys will ignore this extremely rare lucky one.

"If it's a warlock, it's a lot of money. But Barrett, do you think we're capable of fighting with a captive right now? Rielly, who had put away the strange object, asked after making sure it had not suffered any damage.

Barrett, who heard this, seemed to remember something: "That's right! We haven't officially started a war yet! Skirmishes like this have to be wronged by them. ”

At this point, Barrett pointed to the entrance to the col, and then to the ground. Realizing this, Rielly took out a model of a small shovel from her waist, and when she used it as a prop to cast the spell, she heard a soft grunt from the other side of the rock wall and the sound of a heavy object falling.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Barrett and Anvil launched a surprise attack together, and the original flank attack on both sides was only the part on the right at this time. Most of the ambushers on the left had fallen into a pit that had suddenly appeared, and Barrett could even see a few fingers climbing the edge of the cave - it seemed that the quick-eyed Lucia soldiers at that time were not very successful in saving themselves.

But even the ambusher on the right, who was not affected by the spell, was half a beat slower because of the sudden change in his comrades. The dwarf holding the shield stepped forward and collided, and immediately forced the opponent's weapon to be unleashed with a powerful impact. And Lalu, who jumped out from behind Barrett, went straight to the only human in the cloth suit in his field of vision.

A small 'pit making technique' easily cracked the enemy's counterattack efforts. Because it allows the caster to create a dimensional pit that is 10 feet long and wide, and 10 feet deep for every two caster levels (up to 30 feet).

Although the caster must create the pit on a horizontal surface with sufficient size, because it extends into other dimensions, the pit has no weight and does not alter the original texture of the creation land. Creating a pit on a ship's deck is no more difficult than creating it on a dungeon floor or forest land.

And the moment the caster creates the pit, any mob in the area must perform a reflection waiver to see if it is safe to jump to the nearest accessible space. Additionally, the edge of the pit is sloping, and any creature that is in close proximity must perform a reflection immunity that grants an additional +2 bonus to avoid falling into the pit. If an effect (such as Dash) pushes a creature into a pit, it cannot be exempted from falling in.

Creatures that fall into the pit take normal fall damage. Without special props, it would be quite difficult to climb its rough stone walls. When the spell duration ends, the creatures in the pit rise with the bottom of the pit until they return to the normal surface, taking 6 seconds to ascend.

As a spell that separates enemies, the 'Pit Formation' is not outstanding, but it is still quite effective for targets that do not have the ability to fly or teleport. It is sometimes a suitable choice to disrupt the enemy's formation on the battlefield.

But just as Lalu was about to pounce on the cloth, the man without armor suddenly let out a 'whoosh' howl. Immediately after that, the other party seemed to have undergone a short-term development, and his body suddenly increased by half a head while his bones crackled. At the same time, the muscles on those bodies have become stronger and bigger than before. With the appearance of the wolf's head and claws, it seems to immediately inform the players that he is not an arcane spellcaster.

At this time, Lalu, who had already pounced out, had no time to stop his movements. Seeing that the original little white rabbit suddenly turned into a big bad wolf, Lalu's heart felt a chill for no reason—he found that this action seemed to be bad food. Barrett, who also found that the situation was wrong, was ready to rush to reinforcements as soon as possible, but the heavily armed plate armor warrior before blocked Barrett's way with his two deputies.

As the highest commander of Lucia's army in this operation, the tin cans in front of him are not just waste snacks to eat by status. Although he was also from a noble background, unlike his own peers who only knew how to mess around, this young man from the Lucia Kingdom still worked hard.

Whether it is the nobles or commoners in the game, or the second generation and ordinary people in reality. There are always those in a group who strive to move forward, those who get by, and those who are corrupt. Of course, there are only two extremes that are often remembered, and the 'middle layer', which accounts for the lion's share, is often overlooked.

And because they don't understand the social resources they have, there will be a huge gap between the two groups in terms of doing evil. So much so that if there are only one or two morally corrupt and inferior people among the so-called 'superior people', they will immediately cause great panic in society because of sensational events. So much so that it eventually affects the reputation of the entire group.

At the same time, it cannot be denied that after a group has self-motivation, it is accompanied by more resources. Those so-called 'superior people' tend to go further and further than the bitter ha—the two-handed greatsword of the Lucian nobleman in front of him makes it clear. Although Barrett could still find a few flaws in his eyes, the other two soldiers beside him managed to plug the holes with their own weapons.

'An assistant to the family arrangement?' Or is it a henchman he subdued after joining the army? It seems that this time it is not possible to take some risks. Thinking of this, Barrett immediately made up his mind. (To be continued.) )