Chapter 956: Ambush (4000 words)
The "welcoming procession" of the Longhuang Empire entered the capital of Yangshao and was ceremoniously welcomed by King Roben XIX.
Although the Yangshao Kingdom is the famous "mercenary kingdom" of human Shijie, its territory is not very vast, and many territories border the Longhuang Empire. When Roben I founded the kingdom as a mercenary, he received strong support from the Longhuang Empire, so the Yangshao Kingdom has always existed as a vassal state similar to the Longhuang Empire.
Compared with the previous founders, today's Robben XIX has a big belly, a smile, and no half of the shadow of a mercenary, and is a complete king. Faced with the arrival of the three princes of the Longhuang Empire, Roben XIX did not dare to slack off and held a welcome ceremony with the highest reception specifications.
Not only because of His Royal Highness's status as a prince, but also because "Arthur" is the Lord of Jin Yao who controls magic games and rice wine, plus the title of one of the three great master of human weapons.
Such a big man is likely to be the king of the Longhuang Empire in the future, so he definitely needs to have a good relationship.
Chen Rui politely declined Robben XIX's offer to hold a grand banquet for him, and only made a short stop before taking his leave, heading towards the city of Garden.
Before leaving, Chen Rui gave Ron XIX a few bottles of the best yellow dragon wine, plus a long-term rice wine supply order, which made Ron XIX's fat face smile.
The route traveled by the party was through Garton City to Der Spiegel in the Kingdom of Loya, then through the portal in Spiegel City to the Starlight Kingdom, and from the Starlight Kingdom to the Emerald Grove.
The carriages were equipped with the finest mutated horses of the Longhuang Empire, which were the most haode in terms of speed and endurance, and could see clearly even at night. Far from being able to drive a civilian car, it can greatly save the trip.
Count it up. Because the magic game has the relationship of "assistance" from the Church of Light, Chen Rui has saved a lot of work. I'm going to leave earlier than Jihua, so I still have plenty of time at hand. It's not that he was in a hurry to get engaged to the Lan Yao Empire, but he wanted to go to the Jade Forest Sea and meet the two grandmasters again, as for what Fenoa said he wanted to give, he didn't really take it to heart.
These two were his true friends in the human Shijie, and when he first met the two, he had only just reached the realm of a quasi-master of the weapon, and the two grandmasters gave him selfless guidance and help. Eventually, he managed to become a Grandmaster, and as a result, he defeated Saman and Ucarius in the Doomed Battle of the Demon Maker Masters. Now Chen Rui's weapon-making skills have faintly surpassed the two grandmasters, and his combat power is far superior to the two, but no matter what his strength is, what his weapon-making skills are, friends are friends.
Friendship is not transferred because of high and low.
The speeding carriage suddenly stopped, and this pause was so abrupt that even Chen Rui in the carriage space felt it. Immediately informed Laura and the others, put away the space, and heard the sound of chaos and fighting outside the carriage.
"Your Highness, please don't leave the carriage!" said the saint-level powerhouse Beder in a deep voice, "We have been attacked by unknown sources. General Proyo is directing the battle. ”
Chen Rui stretched out his head, just glanced at it, and already had a full view of the surrounding situation.
This is concave terrain. It is flanked by tall peaks, and the ground in front and behind is covered with huge rolling logs. It was burning, and the air was filled with the scorching smell of the magic array after it was activated. The firelight reflected the corpses in the vicinity, both human and horse.
It seems that the enemy is using the terrain to launch an attack, blocking the way and way of the convoy, judging from the power and arrangement of the magic array, it is by no means an ordinary thief, but a premeditated ambush.
Under Proyo's command, the knights restrained their horses and shrank into a circle to protect the carriage in the middle.
In the darkness, there were countless sounds of breaking the sky, faintly flashing with light, which should be feathered arrows with magic attached.
The wand in Bedel's hand slammed to the ground, and the arrows seemed to hit the invisible shield, slashing and falling one after another, and a strange sound sounded, and in the sound of breaking through the air, there was another, more sharp whistling sound.
"Giant Ballista!" Bedel's face changed, the Giant Ballista is a giant complex ballista, originally used to deal with giant monsters such as dragons, it is quite time-consuming to load, but the power and destructive power are extremely terrifying.
Although the giant crossbow machine is strong, it is a dead thing after all, if it is alone, Beder has a way, but at present, his duty is to protect the carriage, which means that it can only be hard connected in place.
From hearing the sound of the giant balluca, to reacting to just lightning, Beder didn't have time to react more, his wand lit up with a brilliant light, the power of the realm surged, and several more thick surfaces of earth condensed into a shield in the air, suspended in front of him.
Almost in the next second, there was the sound of being pierced by the earth shield, and then, a popping sound sounded, and the ground trembled, and almost all the earth shields were shattered. Fortunately, there were only large cracks on the two floors of Zuihou, which barely resisted this "arrow", and many knights nearby were injured by the bursting liliang.
"Damn, it's a giant crossbow bolt with the strongest burst formation attached!" Another saint-level swordsman, Cardo, couldn't help but scold, "The giant crossbow machine is a strictly controlled contraband ordnance even in the army, where did these bastards get it!"
Proio immediately ordered the knight to dismount, put the horse behind him, and further narrowed the circle to prepare for it.
Bedel had just forcibly activated the power of the realm to block the blow, and he did not dare to slack off, and his wand danced again, the ground shook, and a thick and tall and hard wall rose in all directions, like a city wall to protect the carriage in it.
The sound of the machine and the shrill whistling sounded again, this time there was more than one giant crossbow, and the surrounding earthen walls were pierced through several layers, and they all collapsed under the bursting liliang, but the innermost layers were undamaged.
Bedel is proficient in earth magic, and his ability to adapt is extremely fast, and this kind of earth wall technique that condenses the power of the realm is indeed the best way to defend against the giant crossbow.
After a round of shooting failed, the sound of the giant crossbow machine stopped temporarily, after all, this kind of crossbow machine loading is the biggest weakness. However, ghostly figures began to appear behind the collapsed earthen walls, rushing towards the carriage - after shooting to no avail, the enemy resorted to close combat.
The knights near the carriage were all elite members of the Dragonscale Legion. There was no panic, and there was no recklessness. Just quietly waiting for the order of Captain Proyo.
The phantoms were already quite close, and Proio gave the order. The swordsmen in the front row swung their long swords in unison, slashing at an angle, slashing straight, slashing, slashing, slashing, slashing...... The strength of these swordsmen was also at the lowest division level, and rows of fierce winds staggered out neatly, like a huge net, and those phantoms turned into countless pieces before they could get close to their bodies.
Chen Rui could see it. These knights all have a liliang similar to a magic tattoo on their bodies, and when combined together, they can exert several times their own power.
Especially these well-trained, battle-hardened elites, well-founded in advance and retreat, as if they were a person, even in the face of a saint-level powerhouse, they also had the power to fight.
The formation of joint attacks is the best means of warfare for human beings. And in this regard, the demon world is much weaker, and sometimes it depends more on the strength of individuals. Generally speaking, due to the relationship between longevity and physical strength, the strong in the same class are compared. Demons are going to be better than humans.
The elites of the Dragon Scale Legion in front of him taught Chen Rui a lesson, and in the blink of an eye, it was like a meat grinder. Slay more enemies than you are.
As soon as the Bedel around the carriage looked up, he saw countless points of light appear in the night sky. Those points of light instantly magnified a lot, and they turned out to be meteorites with flames.
"Meteor Shower!" Bedell exclaimed. Meteor Fire Rain This is a powerful magic of the fire system, and it is extremely lethal to fixed targets on the ground, there are hundreds of these meteorites, even from this distance, you can feel the terrifying fire element fluctuations, it seems that there is a powerful fire mage among the enemies.
The carriage was now unable to move, and like the previous crossbow, Bedell had to hard-connect, raising his wand high and aiming it at the sky, chanting incantations in his mouth.
At this moment, an alarm suddenly appeared in his heart, and he saw a golden light light light up, like a lightning speed, flying towards him, and at this time the sound of breaking the sky sounded - arrow!
This arrow condensed the incomparably powerful realm Liliang, and the timing was extremely accurate, just when Bedel condensed his magic to resist the meteor rain in the air, he had no time to make a second reaction.
The mage's melee ability is almost equal to zero, and if this arrow is caught, Bedel's immortality will be severely damaged, and it will be unable to resist the meteor rain falling from the sky, and the carriage and the people nearby will be turned into melted meat sauce.
"Ding!" The arrow was blocked by a giant sword, and it was another saint-level powerhouse, Cardo, who was holding the sword.
Cardo did not live up to Bader's expectations and took the arrow for him. Beder's magic power surged, and the meteor rain in the sky quickly slowed down, as if it was against something, and it was frozen in the air.
The golden light lit up, and this time the target was Cardo. Lianzhu arrows, five arrows into a line, the arrow in front accurately shot into the tail of the arrow behind, equal to nearly five times the afterburner, the Kado giant sword horizontal, the whole person flew more than ten meters.
Before he could recover his strength, dozens of golden rays of light flew towards Bedel, who was holding the meteor fire shower with a sharp whistling, and Cardo had no time to rescue. Beder's heart was not good, and his figure instantly appeared in mid-air, this teleportation made the meteor fire rain fall a little faster, Bedel hurriedly stabilized the magic power to resist, and shouted: "Take Your Highness out of here!"
If you stay still like this, you can only be beaten passively, and you must give up the carriage.
However, as soon as Bedel's words fell, those missing golden lights seemed to have eyes, and they turned around in an arc and chased towards Bedel in mid-air.
Beder was shocked, and at this critical moment, the golden light suddenly stopped, revealing the original form inside, arrows made of golden metal all over.
The next scene stunned everyone, these dozens of glittering arrows instantly turned into flying ashes, and these flying ashes with a faint light quickly retreated, actually following the trajectory of the arrows when they came, as if they were replaying the footage.
In the blink of an eye, the light had flown back to the place where the arrow was fired, and a terrible cry rang out, only half a sound, and then it stopped abruptly, and there was no more sound.
Bedell could see it most clearly in the air, it was a slender figure, several times trying to avoid the regressing light, but never succeeded, the moment the light returned to the body, the moment he screamed, the body had turned to ashes.
Beder felt the pressure on his head loosen, and hundreds of meteorites with flames turned into ashes in the blink of an eye, and were scattered by the night wind in the sky.
What kind of liliang is this? It is so powerful! That slender figure is obviously a powerhouse of the peak saint level, and it turned into flying ashes in an instant, judging from that floating state, this liliang is not like magic power, but more like a kind of poison!
Everything just now was naturally the masterpiece of Pagliu sitting on the roof of the carriage, and these lowly assassins only needed to move their fingers to solve it.
Uncle Poison Dragon took a sip of wine, squeezed his eyes demonstratively to humans, and looked like a villain-Uncle Ben is amazing, how do you have the strength, you can only pretend to be a grandson......
Chen Rui had an indifferent expression, but Laura glanced at the poisonous dragon and withdrew his gaze, anyway, if Miss Ben made a move, ten Pagliou would also kneel, and she didn't bother to bother with this guy at all.
Only the amoeba looked depressed, so haode had an opportunity to pinch soft persimmons to make meritorious contributions, and he missed it because he was greedy for half a bottle of wine.
"The enemy has retreated!" Bedell could see clearly, after the strong man who shot the arrow was killed, the ghostly black shadows seemed to have received some order and quickly retreated, including the fire saint-level magician who released a meteor fire shower.
Cardo stepped forward and bowed to Pagliu along with the landed Bedel, their eyes visibly in awe. Others may not know it yet, but as a saint-level powerhouse, both he and Beder can feel that it was the man who looked big and grinning beside the Third Highness to solve the enemy.
With a wave of his hand, the peak saint-level powerhouse turned into ashes, and the strength of this "Arthur" guardian has far surpassed that of the saint-level powerhouse!
Seeing the enemy retreating, the knights raised their swords in unison and let out a shout of victory.
Laura whispered in Chen Rui's ear: "I felt the fluctuation of the water system teleportation, those people should have escaped with a one-time teleportation array." ”
Chen Rui nodded, revealing a thoughtful expression.
Proio didn't hear Lola's voice, just frowned, and said, "I always feel that something is wrong, I feel that the enemy is retreating a little too fast......"
"The general is too worried," Bedel shook his head disapprovingly. "I can see very clearly that the leader of the enemy was killed by the Guardian Lord with His Highness, and his morale has dropped greatly, so he retreated. ”
"It's just a commandant's instinct to hope I'm wrong. Proio nodded, and was arranging for the soldiers to clear the road, when Pagliu suddenly frowned and stood up. (To be continued......)