283.Chapter 283: The Invisible Hero
Wheezing, horses' hooves, swords and armor, screams, howling wind...
The white snow reflected the harsh sunlight, and his body was numb from the cold, and his hands were almost unconscious.
Can't stop, can't stop.
Hanks, who was on a horse, kept repeating this sentence in his heart - it was not that he didn't want to turn back to fight, but the cavalry was not infantry, and the infantry could fight when they turned back, and if the cavalry wanted to fight back in the process of escaping, it would only usher in death.
How many knights were left, thirty or twenty, I couldn't count, because the screams of the fallen knights had been heard too much... The running speed of the skeleton war horse is not as fast as that of a human war horse, but the endurance is far beyond - at first Hanks thought he could get rid of the other party, but after running out for a kilometer, more than forty undead knights who had been chasing him directly chased after him!
One knight after another was slashed by swords from behind, and even more terrifyingly, the necromancer in the opposing team, Hanks watched his two guards being killed by bone spears but didn't dare to look back...
Time was ticking, and he was already in despair.
The palm of his hand touched the hilt of the sword, and Hanks opened his mouth to speak, but his lungs were tingled by the cold wind. But just as he pulled out his long sword, the action that he had planned to turn around and fight was completely frozen because of the scene in front of him...
Above the white wilderness, a knight holding a flag suddenly appeared in view.
Hanks didn't see the pattern on the flag at first, but when a gust of wind blew, and when the fluttering wolf's head sign on the huge banner was displayed in front of him, the desperate commander burst into tears.
It's the Duke's troops!
There was no time to judge why there was a knight with a banner here, and Hanks almost immediately took the other party as a lifesaver, and pointed his sword at him, "Go over there!"
At this time, the remaining twenty-five knights had no choice, and suddenly followed Hanks with all their strength to slowly turn - and the knight in the distance also began to accelerate, and the wolf's head banner fluttered in the wind, leading these fleeing knights towards the edge of the forest in the distance...
The undead knight followed behind unhurriedly, and the necromancer named Karl narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he was wondering why there were other human knights here.
With a little wariness in his mind, Carl hesitated for a moment whether to "stop". But seeing that Hanks and the others were fast because of the turn, he clenched his wand and ordered the undead knight beside him: "Chase them and kill them all!"
But after saying this, he felt that everything in front of him disappeared in an instant.
"Damn it!"
The burning sensation instantly made Carl understand that this was the effect of the "Holy Light Technique", and he reached out to cover his eyes, but the skeleton warhorse also slowed down - the same was true of the undead knights who were traveling with him, their movements were more or less affected, thus slowing down the time to catch up with the human knights for a few seconds...
"Insect carving skills. β
It was difficult to cast spells on the bumpy horses, but with a wave of his hand, a black mist erupted, condensing around the entire team, blocking out the continuous appearance of holy light and restoring vision.
But then a cavalry team suddenly rushed out of the edge of the forest, and charged straight at them from the side!
What's going on?!
Karl's face changed instantly, but he immediately settled down: the number of cavalry teams rushing over was only sixty people, and his team covered all the way, although there were only forty-six undead knights here, but with the advantage of his "necromantic spell", he had no reason to be afraid of the other party.
Maybe it was because the previous "victory" gave him strong self-confidence, or maybe Hanks's escape made him think that all humans are so cowardly, at this time, Carl chose to fight hard without hesitation!
"Turn! Prepare to meet the enemy head-on!"
He abandoned Hanks' troops and prepared straight for the new cavalry.
And Hanks, who got rid of his pursuers, only then remembered to think about the origin of this cavalry team - but after watching it for a long time, he couldn't find a suitable answer at all...
In this era, many "knights" just have an empty title, in fact, many of them only have a set of tattered armor that has been passed down for decades, and when it comes to war, they often wear such a tattered copper and iron to fight.
And what about these knights in front of you? Each of them is worth a lot of money!
But he couldn't help but see more, and the two teams were already on the final leg of their frontal charge...
"Come on, come on..."
Karl, the necromancer, raised his wand with a feverish gaze, blessed the undead knight in front of him with a series of buffing necromancers, and then took out a scroll and held it in his hand...
"Come on, grow Baron Belom's ranksβ"
The corners of his mouth were grinning, and he reached out to tear the scroll, as if he had seen the scene of these cavalrymen turning on their backs.
But in the next second, the mage's head exploded out of thin air.
"Phew!"
Karl's head was lifted directly from his nose, like a watermelon that had been blown in the air, and his brain and black blood splattered everywhere - the shadow of the arrow flickered, and the corners of his mouth even maintained the sneer from just now.
Then, the headless corpse fell from the skeletal war horse, and was instantly swept into the torrent of iron hooves behind.
This sudden change made the undead cavalry dumbfounded, and in just three or four seconds, the arrows in front of them smashed the heads of several knights one after another!
The fallen corpses and horses hindered the knights in the rear, and the formation was destroyed in an instant, and before they had time to adjust, Sodrol had already crashed into the enemy formation with five cavalrymen in the first row!
"Boom-"
The strongest frontal skill of the "Ghost Knight" was unleashed, and three phantoms appeared in Sodrore's riding spear, and the undead in front of him were slammed into the sky with the battle qi...
The sound of horses' hooves was instantly drowned out by the sound of the impact of weapons, and the shouts were incessant. The undead fought back, but they didn't expect to be greeted by a large flickering golden light!
The eighteen knights in the first three rows are covered with "holy shields"!
The ineffectiveness of this attack made the undead's attack almost ineffective - none of them expected that their strongest charge would be fruitless, and Karl's death caused the team to lose their souls, and the morale of the unled team collapsed in an instant, and there was no fighting spirit to speak of...
Sodrol is wearing that excellent tank armor, his health has directly broken through 13,000 after the BUFF, and the defense has reached an incredible level, at this moment all the way forward, the sword is bounced away, the "Guardian Fang" drinks blood to kill the enemy, and plows the enemy's formation out of a ditch!
Although the remaining knights were close to each other's level, their equipment, attack power, defense and morale were all stable over the undead, and after the first wave of charges, the army of sixty people still had forty-six people to maintain their combat strength, and they did not hesitate to turn their horses' heads and start the second group of charges.
At this time, one hundred and twenty soldiers had already driven out of the forest, surrounded the battlefield, and began to encircle and suppress.
Roddy did not participate in the charge, after changing his equipment, his attack power increased by several steps, at this time, the "rapid shooting" combined with the "concentrating shooting", regardless of the cost, the "burst arrow" had already killed thirteen knights.
At the back of the fierce battle of the team, Akasha, Ika and Mason were constantly unleashing their magic under the protection of Hu Su, and they had already taken nine bottles of potion after their mana value was exhausted several times, and their faces were pale at this time, trying to endure the discomfort caused by the potion.
Roddy pursed his lips and scanned his gaze around as he made sure there were no other enemies.
His psychological pressure is greater than anyone else's.
He made the decision to "save people", which meant that it was not only his own men who might be sacrificed, but also more likely to catch himself - and after making such a decision, Roddy realized... I and those politicians who play power are completely at two extremes.
Sacrifice, dedication. Selfish and unscrupulous.
Most of the monarchs in history are the latter, and the former is often nowhere to be found.
Roddy will be willing to repay any losses he has suffered, but he will also take risks for someone like Hanks who he has never met. He didn't know what kind of person he would end up becoming, he just knew very well that after making such a decision, he did not have a trace of remorse in his heart.
Sodrore didn't ask Roddy why he made this choice, but he did say this to Roddy before charging - "Wherever you are, there are always some heroes you can't see saving the country... I will not regret going to them, because every soldier at the Sola post deserves it. β
So Roddy was relieved.
Fortunately, in front of Akasha and the others and the healing potions, no one died.
Three healing group "holy shields" that took great mana to achieve, all buffs plus all "excellent" armor and "fine" weapons, and so on, this battle eventually resulted in seven serious injuries and sixteen minor injuries to the knights and servants.
It sounds like a "zero death" record to be proud of, but the consumption behind it is too amazing: hundreds of bottles of buff potions and more than 30 scrolls, war horses with serious physical exertion, damaged weapons and armor, etc., if converted into money, nearly a thousand gold coins.
And this is only the first step of the rescue operation, Roddy has already received the news that Nata herself has brought back from the front line, and he knows very well that if he does not take the "Sola Sentry" back from the hands of the undead, his troops will have to starve to death in the wilderness due to the lack of food.
"Hurry up and regain your strength!"
The figure of "Frost Baron" Belom has not yet appeared at the Sola Sentry, and Roddy knows the gap between himself and the other party, so he can only prepare for a surprise attack as soon as possible - if the Sola Sentry is not recaptured, the team without food reserves can only wait for death in the wilderness...
Hanks and more than twenty knights, who had been rescued by Roddy's team, rushed over at this time, apparently the commander did not understand who the young man in front of him was, he jumped off his horse, and even gave a very formal military salute, and asked in a loud voice: "Hanks, commander of the Sola sentry, thank you for your rescue, may I ask who you are..."
He glanced at the wolf's head banner as he spoke, and did not hide the confusion in his eyes.
"The Duke of Angmar has sent me to help you. β
Roddy said as he gave way to the side, and then pointed to Sodrore who was walking just over and said, "Introduce yourself, he is Sodrore, and I am Roddy." β
Hanks' eyes widened instantly, and he stammered, "Y-You're not..."
Dressed in heavy armor, Sodrol stopped with a "clang" noise, took off his blood-stained helmet, and said in a low voice: "Someone did want us to die, but it didn't work. β
"So... We are here to send them to hell. β
Roddy said this calmly, and then stretched out his palm: "I want to take back the Sentry of Sola, Commander Hanks, will you help us?"