1284. Burst
'Hula ......'
The material management uncovered a large piece of bitter cloth next to the catapult, revealing the neatly arranged black powder keg inside.
Stored here were black powder kegs brought from the village of Wall, arranged like a wall, and a group of heavily armed soldiers swarmed up to load these black powder kegs onto flatbed trucks and push them to the battlefield in front.
Now the battle at the entrance of the anthill in front of it is still in full swing.
Every day, there will be some casualties in the lord army, but because of the proper handling, it is still within the controllable range, but the hunting on the side of the adventure group is a bit chaotic, and there are often some adventurers who are dragged into the anthill by the red ants, and in the end they can't find even a bone.
A strong hoplite warrior carrying a black powder keg strode to the entrance of an anthill in the core, and the hoplite soldiers lined up in a shield wall made a place for him, and the spearmen set up a plate inclined to the hole on the shield wall, and the hoplite soldier put the black powder keg on his shoulder on the plate, and when everything was ready, the warrior behind him ignited the fuse of the gunpowder, and the hoplite immediately let go.
The round oak barrel rolled down the slab towards the mouth of the anthill, and once the speed of this heavy black powder keg was raised, it was difficult to stop even if there were stones or something underneath.
As the black powder keg rolled into the anthill hole, the fuse at one end flickered with magnificent flames.
The ghost-patterned red ants crowded at the entrance of the cave did not know that it was a black powder keg that fell from the outside.
Seeing the black powder keg falling, a ghost-patterned soldier ant immediately bit down at the black powder keg with two scissor-like teeth.
The powder keg was cut to pieces in an instant, the black powder in the oak barrel was instantly swayed out, the fuse shining with sparks lost its restraint, and it shook and jumped back and forth in the wormhole, the sparks touched the black powder that was swayed, the dazzling light and scorching heat exploded instantly, the air in the entire wormhole was instantly drained, the flames spread out, and all the ghostly red ants crowded at the entrance of the cave were all in flames.
A charred lake of carbonization formed on the hard carapace, and countless ghost-patterned red ants let out a wail of fear and despair.
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The hoplite soldiers who were lying in ambush around the entrance of the cave only felt a flash of light burst from the entrance of the cave, and the smoke was steaming like a mushroom cloud.
The black powder keg did not explode, but the black powder gave full play to the power of burning, and almost burned through the hard armor skin on the ghost pattern soldier ants at the entrance of the cave.
At this time, hearing the whistle of the squad leader, the soldiers who were lying in ambush around the entrance of the cave immediately re-erected their tower shields.
The squad leader beckoned to the heavy infantry soldier carrying the black powder keg behind him, signaling him to carry the black powder keg to the front, and the team leader lit the fuse of the second black powder keg, and then rolled down the board again into the wormhole.
The ghost-patterned soldiers at the entrance of the cave were scrambling to retreat into the cave, not even noticing the black powder keg that had fallen.
The entrance of this anthill is a shaft, about ten meters deep, and it will dig parallel to the mountain, and it is crowded with ghost-patterned soldiers and ants after being burned......
Ten seconds later, only a muffled sound was heard from the depths of the wormhole......
As a thick cloud of smoke and dust erupted from the mouth of the cave, the smoke and dust that rushed out were mixed with the stumps and severed arms of some ghost-patterned red ants, which were scattered around like raindrops.
Some of the ghostly red ants, disturbed by the sound of the explosion, almost crawled out of the hole with all their might.
Their bodies were burning with flames, some of them were missing some legs, and they walked crookedly, although the heavy infantry soldiers waiting at the entrance of the cave were also affected by the huge earthquake, but when they saw the ghost-patterned red ant crawling out like this, they used sharp spears to stab the ghost-patterned red ant into the head from the jaw......
At the foot of the mountain, almost half of the anthill holes were playing out this scene, and for a while, explosions were heard again and again, and smoke and dust were everywhere.
Countless ghost-patterned soldiers and ants were killed and injured.
This operation of throwing powder kegs will almost make the adventure group that plays soy sauce on the periphery look stupid,
From the simplest fireball spell to the fifth-level magic meteorite, this kind of explosion damage has never been separated from mages, who either throw prepared magic scrolls or simply chant spells to cast magic, from fireballs, large fireballs, burst flames, walls of fire, hellblaze, volcanoes, ...... Each level that the fire mages break through, they can cast more powerful fire magic.
While many of the Grimm Empire's armies are armed with firescale bullets, the core of this firearm is also an improvised magic scroll.
For a long time, the members of the adventuring group thought that the black powder keg was like a flint that could be exploded, and it could only be used during the general battle, but this time they obviously opened their eyes to the fact that the black powder keg could still be used like this.
The destructive power of this thing is too great, most of the corpses of the ghost pattern soldiers and ants brought back from the battlefield have been burned black, this part of the hard armor can no longer be used, I don't know how much fresh meat can be removed from those stumps and broken arms.
In such a battle, the loss on the battlefield is too great, and the heads of some ghost soldiers and ants have exploded, and the demon cores existing inside don't know where they flew.
Just as the ghostly red ants were forced back into the depths of the cave by the sound of the explosion, some of the holes also began to collapse in the explosion.
And the hoplite warriors seem to be artificially controlling the number of cave openings.
Not only did they keep some of the holes used by the expedition group for hunting, but they also selected some wormholes that were not so deep and slightly inclined, and these retained holes were prepared for the general attack in the future.
The explosion went on for a whole day,
At dusk, there was finally a tank-like ghost-patterned male ant crawling out of the cave despite the frequent explosions of the black powder keg.
When they came out of the ground, their majestic bodies lifted countless huge stone slabs, and a large amount of acid putrefaction spewed out of the mouth of the ghost pattern male ants, which immediately stirred up the heavy infantry soldiers around them, and some of the soldiers were even stained with some acid putrefaction.
Andrew and Carrie. Decker saw a ghost-striped male ant popping up and immediately hurried to help.
Samira, on the other hand, sat on the console of a bed crossbow, aimed the giant crossbow arrow at the ghost-patterned male ant in the distance, and without hesitation, the crossbow bolt flew out at a very fast speed......
Andrew leaped high with his twin axes in his hand, and the moment the giant axe crackled in the air, the blade of the axe slashed through the sky, causing an arc of lightning to snap down.
The arc and the tomahawk smashed on the top of the ghost-patterned male ant's head at the same time, and the patterned hard carapace was suddenly cracked open by the sharp axe.
Hundreds of wormhole exits on this side of the stone arch bridge, except for some very good locations, there are also holes suitable for fighting ghost red ants remained, and the other wormholes were all blown up by black powder kegs.