243.Chapter 243: Break the Deadlock and Control the Rhythm
Because of the protection of "battle qi" and armor, the defense of advanced knights far exceeds that of ordinary knights, and ordinary attacks can even be called "ineffective". Therefore, the existence of the three advanced knights can already be called "banners", and for this mixed army, as long as they do not fall, the morale will not be reduced.
However, at this moment, Roddy's arrow easily killed an advanced knight, and the knights who had just raised their morale were collectively dumbfounded...
Far from the end of the nightmare, this arrow is the beginning of a series of terrible blows.
"Poof!"
An arrow plunged into a knight's abdomen, and the [Frost Thorn] effect triggered, condensing a large hexagonal area of frost on the metal armor, causing the knight to cover his stomach with a muffled grunt.
Three seconds later, a second arrow landed on the head of the knight beside him - the metal helmet "clicked" through completely, causing the dead knight to fall from his horse...
When this happened, the other knights thought it was caused by the firing of the ten scouts standing on the roof, but then they realized that the scouts were long gone.
Muffled grunts rang out one after another, and every three seconds, one of the knights in the front row was hit by an arrow... Some were shot in the shoulder and cut down by scouts because they couldn't lift their swords, while others were shot straight through the throat and died instantly.
One or two were normal battle damage, but when five knights were killed and seven were wounded to varying degrees, they all began to realize that the archer standing in the shadows was probably far more terrifying than the cavalrymen in front of them!
The arrows were still shooting unhurriedly, and the interval of more than three seconds was very regular, but the knights became frightened birds, and the movements of the battle became cringe...
And after fifteen arrows hit the target in a row, Roddy naturally took the penultimate arrow in the quiver, looked at the cooling bar of "Concentrate Shot", and after the CD ended, he activated this skill again!
The effect of "Rapid Shot" is to "increase the base attack speed by 5%, increase the attack speed by 2% per hit, and stack up to 10 times", the previous point shot has completed ten stacks, so at this time, Roddy's skill release speed has increased by 25% on the basis of 2 seconds, and it only took one and a half seconds to complete the preparation!
The seemingly ordinary arrow actually increased its power by 52% (12% for contemplative shooting + 40% bonus for talent), and Roddy's arrow was shot at the advanced knight who faced Sodrore!
"Click!"
The arrows slammed into the knight's armarmor - Roddy had already noticed his presence after shooting so many arrows, so the blow had been expected and was firmly blocked by him with his metal armour...
But when the arrow was bounced off by the arm, the huge force still caused the center of gravity of the knight's body to suddenly deflect slightly.
It was only a short time to lose his center of gravity, and the advanced knight only frowned slightly, but he was not worried that the second arrow would hit at this time...
But he guessed wrong.
Not only did Roddy shoot the next arrow, but even the third arrow shot out under the buff of "Rapid Fire" - the previous series of slow shots was completely disguised, and the "Concentration Shot" combined with Extreme Rapid Fire is Roddy's real killer feature!
The last two arrows from the quiver landed almost in unison, piercing the advanced knight's neck one after the other at a distance of twenty-seven meters.
His body fell off his horse with a thud and fell in front of Sodrore.
Three advanced knights died two in a row in two minutes' time, and such a blow completely lost the newly raised morale of this team, and completely collapsed...
"Kill!"
On the other hand, the scouts, who had never flinched even half a step, instantly boosted their morale, and they roared loudly and angrily, pressing the enemy back with an almost frantic attack!
Roddy ran out of arrows, and the enemy on the battlefield began a complete rout with his last three arrows.
"Akasha!
"Reserves, assist in the evacuation!"
Orders rang out one after another, and the soldiers who had been shooting arrows on the rooftops immediately rode their horses into the battlefield to treat the wounded - the battle just now was so dangerous that it could even be called a hard battle that the scouts had never encountered. Of the fifty people who went into battle, more than thirty were wounded, and eleven of them were extremely fatal ...
On the other hand, thirty of the forty-three enemies were killed or seriously wounded - they had survived until now because they had the belief that "support would be imminent", but the death of two advanced knights was the straw that broke the camel's back, and the situation that had been hoped for collapsed in an instant.
Under normal circumstances, this battle would be a complete lose-lose situation.
However, the potion left behind by Ansaddin had a definite effect at this time, because not a single person in the entire team had died until the enemy fled!
Akasha knocked two bottles of "Intermediate Healing Potion" in a row, and tried her best to pull the seriously injured soldiers back from the brink of death - all the "Intermediate Healing Potion" that had been distributed had been consumed, and some even drank four bottles!
If calculated in terms of numerical values, the health restored by "Divine Magic" and "Potion" has reached twice the total health of the entire team.
This kind of thing can only happen to elite PVE players, but Roddy has made his team such a tough and "immortal" army with his own preparation!
However, potions and magic are not omnipotent, and their effects are greatly diminished by continuous use, so that many seriously injured soldiers have completely lost their combat effectiveness, although they have survived, they have completely lost their combat effectiveness - at least seven members of the entire team were forced to get on their horses, but until they left, this cavalry regiment did not abandon any of their companions, and all of them followed the team!
This time, it's a real retreat.
Whether it is a soldier or a war horse, at this time the physical strength is close to the limit, and there is no point in fighting any more - Roddy also rode a war horse, and was tied to the tail of the team with Ruger, he was also exhausted at this time, and he didn't even have much strength left to draw the bow, and even the fingers holding the reins were trembling slightly.
"Next!"
Seeing the huge wound on Luger's left shoulder that was open along with the armor, Roddy raised his hand and threw the healing potion he was carrying, and the latter reached out to catch it, and without talking nonsense, he pulled the plug and poured the sixth bottle of potion he drank today, making his pale face slightly return to a little blood.
"They're surrounding us, and the cavalry know where we're going!"
Ruger looked around and said loudly to Roddy.
"Hurry up, don't get left behind! If those guys had brains, we'd get out!"
Roddy's answer made Ruger a little confused, but he didn't have the heart to think about anything else at this time, just tried to coordinate his tired body with the war horse, and followed the team towards the south of the town...
"Letting them run again!?"
Earl Durant listened to the soldier's sighting report, and the consternation in his tone was no longer hidden.
Earl Owen's eyelids twitched a few times, and the other lords also looked at each other - they really couldn't think of it, how could an "elite cavalry regiment" with the help of elemental divisions, with thousands of soldiers, collectively besiege a team of no more than a hundred, fail repeatedly?
The surprise didn't last long, but the news that came one after another made these lords almost drop their jaws!
"Mage Cohen is dead!"
"The cavalry regiment suffered heavy losses, and only nine people returned!"
"Knight Follay is dead!"
"The Buffalo Knight is dead!"
These two knights are the advanced knights that Earl Owen has always been proud of, and when he just sent out three advanced knights, the worst expectation in his heart was just "tracking failure", but he never thought that the loss would be so serious!
"Both... Are they all dead?"
Count Durant swallowed, and his tone even had a trill, like a chicken pinched by the neck.
"The enemy is withdrawing outside the town. ”
"They remain full - there are no reports of casualties..."
If the previous news had already surprised the lords, this news made them feel an unspeakable chill in their hearts.
The lethality of the phrase "no casualties" is too terrible,
Three layers of defense, two sieges, a total of at least more than 800 troops, and not a single person has died so far... That sounds incredible!
Because they had not witnessed the battle of this team, the lords were never able to judge the combat effectiveness of these cavalry - but judging from the information reported so far, could it be that their strength... Stronger than an advanced knight?
Although they did not believe in such a possibility, they had to make a similar judgment when the facts were in front of them, and they quickly changed their tactics in fear.
"You can't fight them in the town... There's definitely something wrong with that!"
"Pull all the troops out of the town and besiege them in the open area!"
"Kill them in heaps! We can't let them escape!"
It's one thing to hate, it's another thing to weigh yourself... Every lord has suffered at the hands of this team, but if he really wants to fight, he definitely doesn't have the courage to fight hard.
This is the reason why Roddy is fighting a "war of annihilation" in the town: only by beating them with thunder can his team create the initiative in the disadvantage and pry the balance of victory!
The so-called "36 strategies, go for the best plan", many people's understanding is simply "run if you can't fight", but Luo Di knows very well that the real meaning of "go" is completely to prepare for a "counteroffensive" through "retreat".
From appearing outside Kieg to the present, Roddy has accomplished the three goals he originally set: "save his own soldiers", "get the weak troops out", and "concentrate superior forces to encircle and annihilate the enemy's elite forces".
Along the way, the lords were constantly revising their decisions based on Roddy's actions, and when they were finally intimidated by his madness and allowed him to leave the town and not dare to continue the siege, the rhythm of the battle... It's been completely controlled by Roddy!