Historically, Southsk was the union of several small and medium-sized noble domains. Because it is located in the hub of the main road, there are many tax posts and heavy fees, and the caravan is not only costly, but also very inconvenient. Later, led by several large chambers of commerce, the merchants bought a total of about 65 hectares of land around Sosk from the nobles in exchange for money and other benefits, and established a free trading town on this basis, which was jointly administered by a merchant association, which has gradually developed to this day.

Viewed from the air, the layout of Sosk is very regular rectangular, the internal buildings are quite orderly, and the roads are straight and smooth, which is suitable for the entry and exit of caravan goods. And because of the need to defend against thieves, a half-man-high town wall was built around the perimeter of the town, which was by no means comparable to the noble castle, but it was better than nothing. Naturally, this was also because the local nobility would not allow the merchants to actually build strong fortresses that might threaten their rule.

"Your Excellency, there is a high-level demon reaction in the town of Thorsk."

In the cockpit of the airship, Clausewitz coordinated and commanded the "Bloody Mary" on the ground to open a safe and stable landing ground for the landing of the Great Cloud, and at the same time gave early warning information to the commander according to the feedback from the magic sand table.

"Type and quantity?"

"Fire Sultan, one; Demon Overseers, II; The other mid-tier Horned Demons were around ten. The old werewolf immediately reported.

"It seems that there are also 'smart people' among the demons, who understand that Sosk is located in the heart of Kent, and occupying this place can completely cut off the noble connections in the county." Moriarty nodded, pursing her lips.

There is a fire sultan in charge. This battle will not be easy. In the previous battle to capture Rheinberg, Olympus concentrated almost all his strength, and Gregory's "eroticism-show" finally booby-trapped the reinforced Flame Chieftain in one fell swoop. Compared to this, the Fire Sultan is undoubtedly much stronger, and can be called the "Half-Step Extreme Path" second only to the Great Demon. In particular, its gifted spell "Fire Aegis" belongs to the fourth-level height in the official magic sequence, which can be called both offensive and defensive, and powerful and abnormal. However, what made Moriarty feel the most "uncomfortable" was that the Fire Sultan was naturally immune to fire-type spell attacks, which was a great natural suppression for mages with specialization-level fire elemental realm projections.

"Your Excellency, the other party seems to have discovered us. Troops are being actively mobilized to turn around. I think he wants to snipe us directly. At this time, Clausewitz reported loudly again.

"Well, a very offensive opponent, or is he too confident?" Moriarty looked out the window. Shake your head.

Now in Kent. The Great Cloud has become a living symbol of Olympus and Rheinberg. Few demons dare to provoke it. Even during the clean-up operation last month, there were several times when a small group of demons saw the airship flying from a distance and fled in a hurry, not daring to meet with it at all. And now. The Fire Sultan did the opposite, as if he wanted to take advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold to attack directly, which could be called brave.

"Put some more back on the landing field. Anyway, the demons are coming out, and we happen to settle the battle just outside of town. Moriarty ordered.

"Your Excellency, there are less than two hours before sunset, so please be careful to avoid night battles."

Olympus is a highly organized and disciplined corps with a high "technical content", which is suitable for dignified daytime battles. And once dragged into the night, the chaotic demon legion in the unclear state of sight will become much more advantageous.

"I see." Moriarty nodded.

When the command flag from the air was obtained, the wolf cavalry brigade on the ground did not retreat, but swept towards Sosk like a tide. However, in an instant, all the demon warriors who rushed out first were killed on the spot. Then, without pause, everyone immediately withdrew to the newly selected landing site, waiting for the landing of the Great Cloud.

Faced with a ferocious assault by "Bloody Mary" comparable to thunder, the follow-up demons in the town couldn't help but slow down, until the Fire Sultan coldly burned the five "cowardly" little demons into charcoal, and the demon army roared again and started to attack the enemy in the distance.

By this time, the Great Cloud had landed smoothly.

The Iron Fist Company of War and the Iron Infantry were the first to quickly step off the airship, taking over from the wolf cavalry to build a strong infantry defense line in the front of the landing field. Immediately after that, a relatively light half-body ballista crew immediately followed up and set up a firing position in the rear. In the end, it was three large Rafale-class heavy ballistas that slowly drove out from under the open deck passage.

Standing at the bow of the airship, Moriarty unreservedly opened firepower, and immediately summoned the projection of the specialized fire elemental realm and the magic guide aura, and began to bless the officers and infantry with a first-level fire-based spell "Fire-based Magic Defense" at an instantaneous speed. This will greatly strengthen the resistance of front-line officers and soldiers to the fire sultan.

Witnessing the "terrifying cocktail effect" of the field projection combined with the blue halo last month, whether it was the backbone of the legion like Bruno or Gustav, or those ordinary soldiers, they were all stunned in surprise, and it was only after a moment that they suddenly burst into fierce cheers, and at the same time, the morale of the battle soared to the extreme.

"Your Excellency, I have to say that you are already an extremely unfair deposit for other mid-level professionals. Even high-level warriors, when faced with a rainstorm of instantaneous magic, may have no choice but to avoid it. Standing erect beside Moriarty, Clausewitz sighed.

"Then do you think the Fire Sultan on the other side will leave without a fight." Drinking a "Blue Beauty", Moriarty asked jokingly. The elemental projection descended on the world, and it was impossible for the Fire Sultan to be unaware of it.

"I don't think so." The old werewolf shook his head: "For the truly strong, arrogance is a common disease that is difficult to eradicate. ”

"I think so, then let's get ready for battle." Moriarty nodded and smiled coldly.

When the vanguard of the Demon Legion approached the absolute cordon of a hundred meters of Olympus' landing ground, the twenty groups of half-body ballistas that had already been deployed by Zhu Yuan opened fire instantly. A large area of copper pellets and iron bullets roared down like a shower, covering the heads of more than a hundred little devils. But in the blink of an eye, dozens of demon warriors were knocked to the ground, dead or wounded, in a mess.

However, such casualties seem to have been expected by the Fire Sultan. I saw the dazzling flames hovering in the distance in the air only flickering indifferently. The following large group of demons roared and continued to charge, and even stepped on the body of their fallen companion to "forge ahead".

"Ballista positions maintain maximum fire output! Firepower platform ready! ”

At this time, the first heavy ballista finally moved into place. Gustav stood on the command platform and yelled desperately, then turned around and urged the two subsequent Rafale to follow as well.

Moments later, the demon legions, baptized by the heavy rain of ballistas, finally approached the Olympian defenses.

However, the several firepower platforms that were already half-crouched and lying on their backs, with the launch ports facing upwards, did not immediately fire, but allowed the little devil to engage in a white-knuckle battle with the heavily armed Iron Fist of War and Iron Infantry. At the same time, the 1st and 2nd squadrons of the "Bloody Mary" on both flanks were used to the old method of the Crolod wolf cavalry against the human infantry, interspersing and pulling back and forth quickly and elusively, causing continuous and considerable casualties while constantly confusing the enemy's formation. It can be seen. This offensive tactic was effective against the Erathian light infantry. It was also very successful when placed on the demons.

After a few more moments, a group of Gogo demons finally arrived on the battlefield and began to try to suppress the human ballista position with small spell-like fireballs. It's a pity that Moriarty, who stepped on the aura of the magic guide, also immediately began to use the "enhanced" fireball technique to make targeted strikes. However, there are two rounds of exchange. More than half of the Gogs were blackened by the sputter of the fireball. And the ballista position lost only two half-gun crews.

See here. The fire sultan in mid-air finally changed color slightly. To be able to win against a team of Gogo demons by one person is an out-and-out high-level level. In particular, the instantaneous fireball almost shook the Fire Sultan's confidence. If it weren't for its ontological talent "Fire Immunity". Probably then it will have to order a withdrawal. After all, no matter how confident and arrogant he is, a high-level demon is also a rational powerhouse.

And behind the Olympus line, Bruno also began to shoot freely. As long as a mid-level horned demon dares to approach and assist the little devil in attacking the Iron Fist of War or Iron Infantry, he will definitely be sniped by the Thorn Arrow as soon as possible. When three mid-level demons fell to the unsolvable demon arrows of the seventh-level magic archers, the other horned demons had to slow down.

As a result, the front end was blocked by the magic puppets and hoplites, and the two wings gradually fell into uncontrollable chaos and bleeding, and then they were attacked by the cross-range strikes of Moriarty and the three-flower elves, and there was no fire support, and in a short time, more and more follow-up demon warriors began to actively or passively squeeze into the narrow area in front of the Olympus position, as if they had entered an invisible pocket sardine.

"Firepower platform! Cover Shot! Finally, Gustav felt the maturity of the fighter and roared.

In an instant, a dense series of armor-piercing arrows roared out from the mouth of the huge double-barreled launch tube cannon carried by the magic puppet, forming a dark cloud of death, falling towards the most crowded area of the demon more than fifty meters away.

"Boom... Rumble... Boom..."

A massive amount of orange flames formed a terrifying wave of high temperature, instantly "surging" across the earth, scorching countless flesh and blood into charcoal. In the blink of an eye, half of the Sosk corps was reduced to ashes under the fire of the platform.

"Groove! Well done, Gustav! ”

Looking at the countless little demons engulfed in flames, swept into the air by the explosive storm, or torn to pieces directly under the shock wave, Guderian was as excited as if he were drinking wine.

In the current Olympus tactical system, the destruction of the enemy's living forces mainly relies on extravagant magic arrow bombardment and long-range strikes of various war machines. This will not only maximize the advantages of Olympus's powerful alchemy and mechanical manufacturing, but also effectively reduce the casualties of soldiers and prevent the rapid depletion of the family resources that have been accumulated with great difficulty. So, at the level of corps operations, Gustav, as the commander of the gun company, has begun to assume increasingly important responsibilities.

In the command just now, Moriarty didn't actually say a word, but only played a role as a single combat unit, and the orders issued on the front line were all decided by Gustav, and finally led to a certain excellent fighter plane to annihilate hundreds of demon warriors in one fell swoop. This kind of performance and cooperation, even if you don't consider the current results, is also valuable for the overall development of the Olympus Legion.

"Gustav, I'm satisfied! Are you satisfied? As if remembering the scene when he first met the magic swordsman, on the bow of the boat, Moriarty suddenly said loudly.

"Your Excellency, I am satisfied!" On the ballista platform, Gustav was stunned for a moment, then quickly turned around and gave a heavy military salute to Moriarty.

In the distance, I saw that half of the demon army was rapidly crumbling under the bombardment of humans, and the Fire Sultan was like a lightning strike. Even though he had heard of other demon armies being slaughtered and crushed under the Rhineberg, and even killed a great demon in battle, he still stubbornly believed that it was because of the fact that the humans had a towering castle and a dastardly arrow tower as a cover. If released into the wild, the mighty demon legions will surely be able to break through the weak defenses of the timid humans and wipe them out. It was with this concept in mind that the Sultan of Fire resolutely took the initiative to attack the distant Olympus.

But now the result is that more than half of the demon warriors under his command have been killed and wounded, but they have not even broken through the human defenses. The battle was fought like this, and the reason of the high-level demon no longer allowed him to continue. The only way to do this is to withdraw to Sosk and use street fighting to block the enemy's pace, and then consider whether to continue the attack or retreat after nightfall.

"Retreat!"

Immediately, the cold roar of the Fire Sultan instantly resounded across the battlefield. Immediately, the remnants of the demon who had been frightened began to flee frantically. It's just that compared to the difficulty of the attack, it seems that it is more difficult to get out of the battlefield safely.

"Bloody Mary, flank the wings!"

With Moriarty's order, the First Wolf Rider Squadron and the Second Wolf Rider Squadron immediately roared, like two torrents chasing the demon's fleeing back and roaring forward. This is the most accustomed and favorite mode of combat of the wolf cavalry, when the enemy formation collapses and begins to flee unorganized, the wolf cavalry, who is good at chasing and hunting, and extremely fast, directly incarnates into the sharpest scythe in the hands of the god of death, and chops off the heads of small devils with terrifying efficiency. There were even some Wolfgang veterans howling at each other and starting a "demon slaying competition" to compare who could complete the glorious record of "100 slashes" in the shortest time.

In just a few minutes, more than 100 demons died tragically under the scimitars that attacked from behind. And the striker of "Bloody Mary" relied on his strong and abnormal sprint speed to go in front of the demon, blocking the escape route to Sosk. (To be continued......)