296 Blood Tides
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Except for Ruth, Jiaxi, and Yashna, the three mages who have been imprisoned and have not been fully rested, the other mages of the mage group who entered the dungeon through the portal opened by Guò Gordon are still in good condition. When they attacked the Black Spider Fortress, they only encountered a few low-level undead creatures, so most of them had plenty of spell slots.
Now in the face of the cluster charge of the wolf cavalry, it is the time for them to show their strength.
Generally speaking, mages assigned to the army, due to their noble status, high value, rarity of numbers, etc., will not be engaged in frontal battlefields, but will be responsible for intelligence, reconnaissance and other auxiliary work. After all, for ordinary mages, the most suitable is the kind of small battle of more than ten people in the adventuring team. On a large battlefield where thousands of people are thrown in at a time, the role of a single mage is very small.
But if you can use mages intensively, it's a different concept. Rob. Antelo was born as a field mage, so he also favored military use for the construction of his mage corps. Whether it is daily training or the spells learned, almost all of them are based on the standard of being applicable to the battlefield.
Unless it is a noble child with status such as Ruth, Jiaxi, and Yashna, he is qualified to freely choose the exhibition route.
The commander of the wolf cavalry unit must not have imagined that this gray-faced and exhausted Ferreton force that suddenly appeared would be so powerful and have so many mages in the array.
The eight mage corps mages have undergone rigorous training in spellcasting concentration, and can complete spell chanting even when arrows are flying over their scalps, so they can complete the spell preparation in their hands accurately and quickly in the face of the orc wolf cavalry, which is far less powerful than the human heavy cavalry.
A total of eight fireballs.
In Elder Ages, there is a very extreme and very eccentric guild. It's called "Five Fireball God Cult". The members of the guild are all mage players who believe in the simplest and most direct spells of the Shaping School of Energy, and are the strongest spells. And the most practical, cost-effective, and wide-ranging fireball spell of the Plastic Energy School is the one they most admire.
With five fireball techniques, you can destroy a qiē cow, ghost, snake and god! If it is not destroyed, it must be that the fireball is not big enough and not strong enough!
Although the views of these followers of the Five Fireballs Cult are very extreme, Gordon also admits that if there is one spell that is most suitable for the battlefield, it must be the fireball technique. Not only because of its excellent lethality and range, but also because of its ability to cause a huge psychological shock to the enemy.
Eight fireballs flew out of the array. Like eight burning new stars of death, they fell straight into the wolf cavalry. A series of violent explosions shook the ground slightly, and even made people mistakenly believe that the aftermath of last night's massive earthquake had not yet dissipated.
Even when he was about 30 meters away from the explosion site, Gordon's cheeks could feel the heat wave.
The wolf cavalry did not have the discipline of a human heavy cavalry, and could not charge in a neat and dense formation. This has always been something that has been on the minds of the various orc chieftains. But now. This shortcoming saved the lives of many orc cavalrymen.
It is precisely because of that sparse and undisciplined charging formation. So that the power of the fireball technique was not swung to the maximum. But nevertheless. Directly killed by the explosion of the eight fireball spells, there were still at least fifty wolf cavalry. Then, the cavalry that was swept away from the wolf's back by a powerful shock wave also numbered thirty or so. Even if they hadn't fallen to their deaths on the spot, they wouldn't have been able to wield their effects in this fight. In addition, it was impossible to avoid it because of the crater left by the eight fireballs in the ground. There are also more than a dozen wolf cavalrymen who fell or collided with each other.
The rain of arrows and spell attacks add up to a large number of casualties, allowing the wolf cavalry to engage the enemy before they can do so. More than 150 people were lost.
More than one-fifth of the casualties, if this situation had been born in the second-line troops of Ferredon, I am afraid that it would have collapsed long ago. Even if the tundra orcs are strong and brave, it is impossible to be without impact.
Gordon had keenly observed that there was a look of fear in the eyes of many orc cavalrymen, and the charge was far less decisive and ferocious than just now.
Bite!
Finally, after paying a lot of casualties, the orc cavalry who rushed to the front, the boning long knife in their hands collided violently with the Templar Knight's pure gold vulture-shaped shield.
Just now, he showed off his might and slashed the orc cavalry of the fortress defenders like chopping vegetables, and he was shocked to find that this time the opponent was different. The enemy they faced was like a mountain, standing still, but it was their own hand holding the hilt of the sword, which was faintly numb.
The shortcomings of the wolf cavalry, which were weak in impact and could not effectively deal with the hoplites in formation, were exposed at this time.
A giant wolf with sharp claws is like encountering a hard boulder, and it has no way to get its mouth down, and if it does, it will be broken out of its teeth.
Compared to the orcs who did not attack well, the human side did not spare any hands. The crossbowmen still used the crossbows in their hands to call the wolf cavalry one by one, as calmly as if they were conducting target training.
In order to avoid accidental damage, the mages have abandoned the area-of-effect fireball spell and used a single attack spell instead. Although it didn't have the exhilarating feeling of killing a bunch of people as before, this kind of precise and sharp spell strike was still rapidly reducing the number of wolf cavalry.
And the priests are always able to bless the warriors in front of them with various magic or heal their injuries in time. Even when the gap in the front line was exposed, he personally took the mace to fight.
After observing for a moment, Gordon finally made a move.
He used a new spell that the Blood Mage had learned at level three: Blood Tides. This is actually the group version of "blood sucking", which can absorb blood from all hostile creatures within a radius of 10 meters to replenish itself. This is a great opportunity for a Gordon who has no chance to get a replenishment after a battle with four strangled golems.
The blood of the wolf stinks, and the blood of the orcs is viscous. If Gordon were a vampire who had to suck blood to survive, he might be fussy about these low-quality foods. However, the blood mage directly extracted the blood, purified the life source energy contained in it, and converted it into arcane energy, so he didn't have any psychological barriers.
The wolf cavalry that appeared in groups was undoubtedly the best target for the blood tide, and after casting the spell, he could feel the unstoppable life source energy surging like the tide of the sea, pouring into his body to replenish the previous losses. After the two blood tides were used up, his blood mage mana pool had been completely replenished, and he even had a large amount of temporary health, which could resist considerable damage for him for a certain period of time.
Although the main function of the Blood Tide is to provide blood mages with life energy for spellcasting, the lethality should not be underestimated. Now, after various bonuses, Gordon casts a blood tide, which is equivalent to the power of a four-ring sculpting school spell. After regaining his perfect state again, there were more than a dozen wolf cavalry who died in his hands.
However, against an enemy who still had a numerical advantage, this result did not turn the situation around.
In the absence of supplies, if the crossbowman's ammunition is used up, the mage's spells and the priest's magic are also used up, those warriors alone will definitely not be able to sustain themselves for long.
"Gordon, are you there?" Viscount Demont asked.
As early as when this commander encountered this wolf cavalry team, he knew that with his own strength, it would be difficult to defeat the opponent head-on. The best way to hope for victory is to use your superior personal strength to kill the commander of the enemy army.
The orc army, which lacks a complete system of grassroots officers, mainly relies on the brute bravery of its commanders to fight in battle. Moreover, when dividing the troop establishment, it is usually based on the tribe, and the commander is usually also the tribal chief, who is not only the leader on the battlefield, but also the elder in life.
Therefore, in the case of absolute disadvantage in troops, using slashing tactics to deal with orcs is to choose.
Gordon, Renus, Antonov, Jude, who had just awakened with the help of magic, and Ashna, were all on the chaotic battlefield trying to find the leader of the wolf cavalry unit.
"Mr. Gordon, look there!" Suddenly, Ashna's crisp shout sounded a little abruptly on the battlefield that was fighting the heavens.
The little girl's pupils shimmered with an emerald green magical aura. This is the effect of drinking two magic potions, "Insight of the Owl" and "Keen Vision".
Although the three of Yashna were caught by the Three Holy Baptists after the scuffle with the Eisenstein family in the camp, and still haven't been given enough rest to re-prepare their spells, they still have some magic potions in their dimensional bags that can come in handy.
Now the little girl is like a high-precision humanoid sensor, scanning the entire battlefield to find the orc who commands this wolf cavalry unit.
Due to the scarcity of supplies and racial traditions, the orcs were not keen on distinguishing classes in the army with ornate costumes. Similar to the complex rules in Ferreton's army, the squad leader wore a feather helmet, the centurion wore a cockscomb helmet, and the thousand-commander wore a winged helmet.
However, with the rich experience of distinguishing between ordinary orcs and elite orcs in "Ancient Era", Gordon can easily find the leader who is deeply hidden among the many wolf cavalry.
In the direction Yashna pointed, there was a tall orc with three layers of hair facing the sky. His armor and clothing are indistinguishable from other orcs, and no one in the team studies the connection between orcs and tribal status with the exception of Gordon.
"Very well, that's him."
After receiving Gordon's affirmation, the little girl cheered and felt that she had helped a lot.
Gordon and Renus glanced at each other, and the two nodded at the same time with a tacit understanding, and then began to prepare. (To be continued......)