Chapter 12: The Bloody Wilderness

() Rewind time back to a few hours ago

Your Royal Highness, Princess, please don't leave alone again, especially in this dangerous place, where Leonard is nagging on the sidelines

Knowing that she agreed, Sophia smiled helplessly, and sometimes she really didn't know whether the uncle who stuck behind her like a dogskin plaster was a knight or a nanny

When the guest of honor returned to the camp for the second time, Cassius, Lyle, and Ischennova were still asleep, and Dani couldn't bear the exhaustion and fell asleep, and only Ray was standing guard

How was it going, Sophia walked up to Ray and asked

Very calm, Ray said yes, what did Joyka's brother find

I don't know, he said to explore farther away, don't come back so soon, Sophia Dorey, you go and rest, I'll take over

Leonard, who was not standing behind Sophia, said, Your Highness, please go and rest, and your subordinates should stand guard for you

How can it be

Sister Sophia, I agree with Mr. Green, who is much more experienced in marching and fighting than we are, and in such a situation we should take turns to recuperate according to the weary process

Sophia thought for a while, and felt that Ray's words made sense, and she was indeed quite tired, and temporarily handed over to this loyal knight to stand guard, and she hurried up to replenish her body, and this mention made sense, so Sophia nodded, and after Leonard took over, Ray and Sophia went to rest separately, Leonard was next to the caravan, faithfully carrying out his mission, and many years of military career had developed iron discipline

The camp was very quiet, the cold wind was howling, and the thick clouds obscured the nascent sun, and the occasional eagle or two swept in the sky, and nothing else—but beneath the calm façade was an unstoppable storm looming

Leonard's intuition is not much worse than that of Joika, and the ominous omen that Joika just felt is actually Leonard's feelings, but he seems to be more restrained than Joika, and his habits as a commander make him not bring bad information to the army without sufficient evidence, otherwise it will cause chaos in the army, although this adventurous team is very different from the army he led in the past, but Leonard's mentality has not changed

After about half an hour, this ominous omen grew stronger and stronger, Leonard felt his heart beat more and more violently, the knight who had returned from the Shura field noticed that the situation was different, in order to confirm his suspicion, he lowered his body, pressed his hands on the ground, through his palms, Leonard felt a faint vibration from the ground, he hurriedly plunged the dagger into the ground, and at the same time put his ear on the handle of the dagger, through the transmission of metal, Leonard faintly heard a continuous sound that was coming from far and near, quickly

A large number of horses were heading in the direction of the camp, and Leonard immediately woke up everyone who was sleeping in the camp

You heard me right, Cassius asked

I could not be mistaken, it must have been the sound of horses' hooves trampling the earth, Leonard said

Is it possible that other animals, such as the deer herd, are hoofed animals, and Dani also raised her doubts.

Miss, do you think the deer herd can be so disciplined, Leonard asked rhetorically

One by one, they were so neurotic, and Lyle yawned, very unhappy that he had been woken up twice

Don't be so careless, okay, looking at her lazy brother Ischenova reprimanded, This is also for our safety

I also think it makes sense, if there is really a large group of military horses approaching, let's avoid it first, Lei said

But Joyka hasn't come back yet, Sophia said

His Royal Highness couldn't wait, Leonard persuaded bitterly, that kid can't come back, we will definitely come to us, but if we don't make a decision now, the consequences may be very strict

We can't abandon our friend Cassius said

The same is true for having to wait until Joyka comes back before Ray goes

Are you just ignoring the safety of the princess, and Leonard is anxious about the stubbornness of a few young people

Just when everyone was at a stalemate because of their disagreement, black shadows appeared one after another on the northeast horizon, like waves rising on the sea, rolling over at a very fast speed...... The originally vague sound gradually became clear, it was the sound of countless horses' hooves trampling the ground, and then the sound of horses' hooves turned into the roar of the earth shaking and the mountains shaking, which was the majestic momentum of thousands of troops and horses

The barbarian army is coming

There is no doubt that all have confirmed this fact with the naked eye

The barbarian horse archer who rushed to the front shot an arrow in the direction of the camp when he was still more than 50 meters away from his partners, and the arrow was tied to the neck of a horse on the periphery, and the arrow made a painful wail and fell to the ground, in the stunned eyes of the partners, more than a dozen horse archers rushed over, they raised the bow and arrow in their hands, and dozens of arrows pierced the sky with a whistling and rushed to the camp

Wind mana moves with Cassius' thoughts, and an air shield of air elementals unfolds before his companions and mounted archers

But the first shot of these mounted archers was not aimed at the people standing in the camp, but at their horses, and in a few seconds the twelve horses brought by their companions had become huge hedgehogs and fell to the ground, and the horses were bleeding all over the ground

Oops, the barbarians, kill our horses first, and don't let any of us have a chance to escape, Leonard exclaimed, he's seen too much of this trick on the battlefield

Why did they attack us, we didn't do anything, Ishinova was stunned on the spot

Stop, Sophia shouted to the barbarian team, "We are just passing through and there is no malice, if you ask for a toll......

Sophia was answered by a second round of arrows

Be careful, Leonard quickly threw Sophia to the ground, and although Cassius opened an air shield in front of them, there were still two arrows that passed through the air shield's defenses, and if it weren't for Leonard's quick reflexes, Sophia would have been shot by one of the arrows

The barbarian archers rushed to a distance of about 10 meters from their companions, changed direction, and they outflanked the left and right sides, surrounding the seven, and as they ran around the crowd, their bows and arrows were not idle, and the arrows swarmed from all directions like flying locusts, and Cassius and Lyle, who were dressed in magic robes, became the focus of the arrows

Cassius changed the shape of the air shield to form a circular encirclement in all directions, protecting everyone, but the shield became thinner as a result, and several arrows shot at Cassius and Lyle through the shield's limits

Drinking thunder and roaring, he jumped in front of Cassius and Lyle, and danced the blood pact dragon spear in his hand into a ball, most of the dozen arrows were blocked, but two arrows hit Lyle's left shoulder and left hand, and the deceleration arrow chain through the air shield was not deep, and the young master still screamed in pain

Seeing that Lyle was injured, Cassius immediately urged his whole body magic power to infuse all the qi elements he could control into the air shield, the strength of the shield instantly increased several times, and all the arrows that came from him flew several times, under the care of Ischennova and Sophia's treatment, Lyle's injury was not a big problem, he simply bandaged the wound and sat on the ground to rest

As there were more and more follow-up cavalry, an inexplicable sense of fear was rising in the hearts of the companions, and the barbarian cavalry surrounding them had at least a few thousand people, and under the protection of the air shield cast by Cassius, most of the arrows shot by the barbarians were blocked out of the shield, and a very small number of fish that slipped through the net were also blocked by Leonard and Ray and others, and Cassius could not send and receive the air shield belonging to the air magic that he was good at like controlling the water magic that he was good at, and it was already good to be able to hold on to this journey. The barbarians' tactics were obvious, they knew that the magician's magic power was limited, as long as the fat mage's mana ran out, the troublesome air shield would not be attacked, so the barbarians still shot a large number of arrows when they knew it was useless, and they wanted to force the fat mage to deplete his mana earlier

During this period, the companions repeatedly shouted to the barbarians to express their willingness to negotiate, but the barbarians ignored them, and from the extremely resolute eyes of the barbarian cavalry, they saw that there was no room for negotiation at all, and they would not give up until they completely crushed the seven men in front of them

After more than twenty minutes of perseverance, Cassius was already showing fatigue, sweat was the size of a bean on his forehead, and more and more arrows were leaking through the net, he was about to reach the limit, and the air shield was approaching saturation, about to break through the critical point

Lend me my magic to you, and Sophia put her hand on Cassius's shoulder, channeling her magic to him in a steady stream

With Sophia's magic supply, Cassius's breathing gradually smoothed out, and he was even able to spare time to open the space to store the ring, take out a magic potion, and drink it out, Cassius's mental power quickly recovered to its best state, and the air shield became thick again

These barbarians never expected that this fat mage would have space to store such an incomparably precious treasure as the ring, who knows how many bottles of magic potions are hidden in the ring, isn't that equivalent to an infinite supply of magic power, seeing that the way Guò consumes Cassius's magic power will not work, and if you want to annihilate these invaders, you can only rely on the knives and guns in your hands

The Eagle Father was on the wolf mother, as evidence, and the barbarians' army was thunderous, and the barbarians in the first contact line threw down their bows and arrows, raised their sabers, spears and other melee weapons and rushed into the air shield

Originally, the partners did not want to kill the lives of the barbarians, but they wanted to leave room for negotiations, but now they knew that negotiations were the most unlikely, and if they wanted to survive, they could only fight their way through thousands of troops, and an incomparably cruel and bloody strangulation battle was staged in this wilderness and snow

In order to resist the cold arrows fired by the enemy from a distance, Cassius did not dare to slack off and continued to maintain the storage of the air shield, which made it impossible for him to use large-scale attack magic at the same time, and he could only take the time to release a few ice arrows, ice bombs and other things with low mana consumption. Single-block, low-level magic to support everyone, and the injured Lyle also obeyed Cassius's orders, and dedicated to blessing his companion's weapons with fire or lightning attributes, his staff was destroyed, and the casting speed of spells was greatly reduced, and the effect of attacking with magic was not as good as staying in the rear; Ischenova used her offensive potions and bee blades to provide limited ranged firepower; Dani was responsible for protecting Cassius, Lyle and Ishnova, Sophia blessed everyone with all kinds of blessings and healed the wounds of their companions in time, while Ray and Leonard rushed into the enemy line like two fierce tigers

Crimson spears and sharp swords flew up and down, the power of the dragon and the knight's spirit reflected each other, and the two brave warriors were surrounded by circles of barbarian and war horse corpses back to back, and in the rear position was even more flesh and blood. The miserable and arrogant barbarians originally thought that they would soon be able to chop these fellows into pulp as long as they rushed up, but they did not expect to bite on the steel plate, although there were only a few wingmen in front of them, but they were so difficult, they launched a charge again and again, and were driven back again and again, and instead of killing any of them on the opposite side, they left more than a hundred corpses on their side

However, the situation of the companions is not much better, everyone is injured, Dani has no strength to lift the sword, Sophia's magic is about to run out, Leonard's iron sword has been cut off, and he can only pick up a spear to fight, he and Ray have many colors on their bodies, fortunately they are not seriously injured under the protection of the armor, continuous spell casting and excessive blood loss have caused Lyel to fall, as for Ischennova, she has thrown all the bottles and cans, and the energy of the bee blade has long been exhausted- But the biggest dilemma for the partners is that there is only one bottle of magic potion left in the Cassius ring, and just now his right hand was stabbed again, and he endured the pain to maintain such a large-scale magic effect, which made his mental power deplete faster and faster, once the air shield disappeared because his magic power was exhausted, the seven of them would be immediately shot into hedgehogs by random arrows

The legendary Valkyrie, Alvet, please wake up with my body once again, and in such a desperate situation, Sophia turned to the powerful power that was attached to her

However, Sophia's plea for help received no response, as her master St. Angel said, with Sophia's current strength, she was simply not strong enough to control the Wagley Soul in her body

Kill--After regrouping, the barbarian army launched another charge

Everyone knows that there is no way out in this bloody battle, and they may not last long, but they have no choice but to fight......

At this moment, a powerful and confident voice suddenly came from behind the barbarian army: Stop me and stop attacking.