Tiverley felt a chill run down his back. In the more than ten consecutive days of missions, they have fought more than one skirmish with the Scourge Legion. It feels like those skeletons and walking corpses don't have much combat power at all. A well-trained soldier can fight against three, or even more.

The most important thing is that these natural disaster soldiers don't have much intelligence. They seem to be able to take some sort of general command. However, in close collisions, there is no ability to respond immediately. Even in the face of abomination, they were successfully killed by them using chains and traps. They're even ready to capture a living abomination. With the IQ of those guys, it's not difficult.

But everything at the moment suddenly subverted his impression of the Scourge's Legion these days. They are outwitted, and they have set traps for their own team. It wasn't the same kind of mindless monster he'd seen before. Or rather, this is the real Scourge Legion.

All the 'residents' of the town came out. They weren't the same corpses as they used to be. The movements are obviously more flexible, and they are already close to about eighty percent of ordinary people. And most of them have weapons in their hands.

Countless 'residents' poured out of the town. Gather at the intersection of the town and look at the soldiers from afar. Pairs of blood-red eyes also appeared on the surrounding canyons. There are hundreds of ghouls that have blocked the remaining two directions. The number of enemies has become crushing.

The Scourge did not attack directly. Countless corpses gathered at the junction of the canyon, and then there was a unified split on both sides, revealing a passageway. A death knight dressed in black armor and riding a nightmare warhorse slowly walked out of the middle of the town. It was a knight with the form of a human, but his pale face and eyes that shone with an evil light meant that he was now a servant of the Scourge.

When the Scourge lacked a commander, they were just a bunch of disordered beasts, but when a Death Knight was in the middle of it. They will be transformed into the most perfect army in an instant. After all, what kind of soldier can compare to the characteristics of the Scourge Legion, which absolutely obeys orders and is not afraid of life and death? This is the ideal regiment in the commander's mind.

The moment the Death Knight appeared, Teverly realized that they might not be the average Vanguard. It's a legion that's just for them. In terms of time, the third team should have arrived in Canyon Town earlier than they did, but now.....

"All retreat, right now."

Teverly shouted, turned his horse's head, and began to run back. At the same time, a crimson smoke flew into the air. This is an urgent alert signal to Lyon.

It wasn't far away, and Leon saw Tiverly rushing back from a distance.

"What's going on, what about the third squad?"

"There's no third squad anymore. It's a trap to abandon all the cargo, throw away all the unnecessary equipment, and everyone goes full speed. We evacuated to the garrison of the Sixth Army. All in action. ”

By this time, a dense rustling sound had been heard in the surrounding woods. Countless ghouls spread all over the mountain.

"Everyone covers each other. Don't let them get close. Leon, signal, we need support. ”

"The nearest support also took more than two hours."

"Then you don't hurry."

A dazzling white light rushed into the sky. The white ball of light remained in mid-air for several minutes, dazzling enough to be seen from a distance of 100 kilometers. This is the highest level of distress signal that every vanguard carries. It indicates that the main force of the encounter is in need of the highest level of support.

The ghouls did not rush all over the place, but just surrounded them, constantly attacking in a harassing nature. This only made Teverly even more uneasy. The edge of the woods is right in front of you. Once out of the woods, out of the mountains. As cavalrymen, they have more options.

As the eyes lit up, a faint moonlight shone on the knights. Tiverly couldn't believe how easily they had broken out of the woods. In such an open environment, without more than ten times the number of troops, it was impossible to retain the most elite cavalry regiment of Lordaeron.

But the next moment, he understood why the enemy did not react to their movements. A piercing scream came from mid-air. The original moonlight quickly dimmed, as if it was obscured by something.

Tiverly looked up, and his heart tightened. It was a myriad of bat-like monsters, and Teverly remembered them as gargoyles. The air unit of the Scourge Legion. Countless gargoyles are overwhelming, and there are thousands of them. In the face of a cavalry regiment of less than a hundred people, it was in an overwhelming advantage.

"Captain, we can't deal with air units. In less than a quarter of an hour, they'll tear us all to shreds. According to intelligence, there should be no high-level Scourge Legion in this position. We're dead. ”

"No, there's still a chance. We've signaled. The Griffin Knights of the Sixth Legion will arrive in less than two hours. Everyone turned around and we went back to the woods. ”

"Despite the desperate situation, all the knights are not in the slightest. He quickly turned his horse's head and ran towards the woods on one side. ”

This is a northern coniferous forest. The entire hillside is densely covered with tall cedar trees. It's a rather unfriendly terrain for huge bats.

Behind him, the ghouls, and the army of skeletons were slowly approaching. This time the cavalry team turned back and almost passed by the other side. But he finally seized a small hillside before the other side closed in. occupies a relative vantage point. The top of the hillside, also overgrown with cedar wood, is dense enough to almost obscure the sky. Therefore, it can effectively weaken the air superiority of the gargoyles.

"Everyone dismount and defend the formation." The woods were likewise no longer suitable for cavalry activities. All the cavalry quickly dismounted, took off their shields, and formed a circular defensive formation.

The first to surround were the fast-moving ghouls, and the sporadic gargoyles that broke through the dense forest.

But the knights quickly taught them a lesson.

"Flame Elixir." As Tiverly shouted, the knights on the periphery took out a bottle of crimson alchemy potion and threw it into the air. Then everyone neatly drew their swords and slashed at the alchemy potion. The crystal bottle cracked, and the crimson potion touched the silver sword, and a flame-colored rune light flashed. Immediately, the entire sword body burst into flames.

More than twenty flaming swords formed a flame defense circle, which formed a considerable deterrent to ghouls and gargoyles for a while.

But as the countless skeleton corpses slowly approached, the death knight in black armor parted the legion and rode his horse to the front of the formation.