Chapter Seventy-Three: The Prairie (5)
General Jonas looked at the corpses all over the ground with a grim face. He had sent enough scouts to keep watch around, but the Clay cavalry still attacked him, and what Jonas wanted most at this moment was to hang all the scouts in charge of the guard.
The sound of horses' hooves caught everyone's attention, but when they saw that it was one of Jonas's personal guards, the soldiers who were cleaning up the battlefield continued to busy. Jonas's guards came running from a distance, and he came to Jonas's side, jumped down and said loudly, "General, we have found the scout." ”
Jonas said fiercely: "What about people, I will hang him with my own hands! I actually let 5,000 Clay cavalry break through the cordon, causing such a huge loss" Jonas couldn't help but scold, the guard stood aside resignedly, not daring to speak again, for fear of being angered by Jonas.
Ryan gently patted Jonas on the shoulder, and the latter turned his head angrily, about to have a seizure, but when he saw that it was Ryan, he forcibly held back. "General Jonas," Ryan's tone was flat, but all the people around him could hear anger in that flat tone, "Let's hear him first." ”
"Go on!" Jonas took a few deep breaths and controlled his emotions as he said, "I'd love to know what these scouts are doing!"
"General, that's right," the guard said slowly, as if he was thinking about his words, "a few of us ran out for about a few kilometers and saw the captain of the scout, him, his corpse. ”
"What?"
"General, the Clay cavalry came from the west, and all the scouts we sent out to guard the west were all killed, and the scout captain was hit by dozens of arrows, and we already knew his identity from the nameplate on his body. ”
Jonas slowly closed his eyes, yes, with the speed of the Clay cavalry and the familiarity with the grassland, it is completely possible to hide in advance, and then suddenly kill, after all, his own scouts are temporarily transferred, and it is certainly more than enough to face the orcs without cavalry, but once they encounter the Clay cavalry, they will die in their duties.
Ryan shook his head slightly, in the sneak attack of the Clay clan just now, his magic couldn't hit that far at all, after all, only level 3 magic, the general range is only 30 to 50 meters, even if you add a spell to increase the range in the magic spell, it is impossible to exceed 100 meters at most, and the casting speed is more than 1 minute, which can be said to be completely useless.
The higher the level of magic, the more powerful it is, and generally the greater the range. For example, the level 8 magic flame storm, the attack range can reach a radius of several hundred meters, if the range is too short, won't you also involve yourself? And the legendary forbidden spell magic can easily envelop an area of several kilometers in a radius, and the natural range has also reached a terrifying number, otherwise the first unlucky person will be the magician who casts the spell.
It is precisely because of this factor that Ryan is powerless in the face of the Clay cavalry who maintain a 300-meter attack distance, after all, he will only have a few level 3 attack magic now, and his superior strength is based on the extremely fast casting speed and the number of magic is quite large, within a few tens of meters of attack distance, even a magister has to headache Ryan's multiple spells, but once the enemy can shoot from a few hundred meters away, Ryan can only consider how to protect himself.
"Head, come on!" was Colin's voice.
Hearing Colin calling to himself, Ryan walked over briskly and saw Colin, Thomas, and the others gathered around, while a person lay in the middle of them. Seeing Ryan coming, Colin and the others automatically separated, and Ryan saw at a glance that it was Bart lying there.
"Bart?" Ryan crouched down as he shouted Bart's name, but Bart's eyelids only blinked, but his body didn't respond at all. Next to him, Colin said in a deep voice, "He, no. ”
Ryan's heart was sour, and the scenes since he and Bart had known each other quickly passed through Ryan's mind.
"Hello, my name is Bart!" a childish soldier who was only twenty-one or two years old greeted Ryan with a smile: "I will be your guide during your time in Thor's Fortress." ”
"Wow, you're a magician! Actually, I really want to be a magician, but unfortunately I don't have the chance. ”
"Hee-hee, this ring is a pair, I gave one to Josha. When I get rid of these green-skinned fellows, I will go back to the imperial capital and marry Josa as my wife. ”
Ryan's eyes blurred, and he vaguely saw Bart's eyes looking desperately at his left hand, Ryan wiped his moist eye sockets with his sleeve, and looked down Bart's eyes, only to see the rough ring on Bart's blood-stained left hand, which was only worth 20 silver coins.
Ryan nodded at Bart, he fully understood Bart's mood at the moment, Ryan whispered, "Don't worry, we will take good care of Josa." With that, Ryan removed the ring from Bart's hand, and a smile appeared on the corner of Bart's mouth, tilted his head, and slowly closed his eyes.
Ryan raised his head slightly, trying to restrain the wetness in his eyes. Bart was hit by two arrows in the chest, and he was no longer saved, and he was able to hold on until now, maybe he couldn't let go of the girl he loved the most. It's really a pity to say, they have already reached the edge of the imperial capital, but at this last step, Bart will never be able to go back.
Although Ryan and Bart have not known each other for a long time, they regard him as their best friend, and this is the first time that Ryan's friend has lost his life. Even in the face of evil lichs, the immortal Alexander King, or thousands of orcs, Ryan did not feel as powerless as he did now, and for the first time he found that his magical power was also unable to protect his companions, this frustration made Ryan's heart very uncomfortable.
Ryan picked up a handful of dirt and gently covered Bart's face, and Colin and the others shoveled up the dirt and buried it. Since more than 5,000 people were lost in this attack, it was impossible to bring back the bodies of the soldiers who had died in battle, so they had to be buried on the spot.
Soon, Bart was laid to rest in the depths of the earth. Ryan wiped his eyes and said in a decisive voice: "The orc pursuers are behind you, and the Clay cavalry doesn't know when they will come again, we must go now." What we have suffered today will be returned to them tomorrow!"
The long convoy was set in motion again, but now, it took away endless sadness.
"Haha! It's so comfortable, it's so comfortable that 5,000 of us are attacking around an enemy ten times our size, and they can only be helpless!" shouted the captain of the Clay cavalry, who led the 5,000 men to attack the convoy of Thor's Fortress. And now, he had been running west with his men for six hours, heading straight for his camp.
"Captain, our camp is ahead, why don't we have a good night's rest, and then move west tomorrow!"
"No, Lord Kairim has said it, if you hit it successfully, you will immediately flee, and you will definitely not be able to stay!"
"What are you afraid of, just those guys? We can run faster than them on turtles!"
The captain of the Clay cavalry did not speak, and in his heart he also looked down on the army of the Thor's fortress. Seeing that their leader acquiesced to his proposal, the cavalry of the Clay clan burst out laughing, as if they had seen wine and barbecue in front of their eyes.
Not far away, the camp of the Clay tribe has been clearly visible, the Clay cavalry in the fast run have accelerated their advance speed, when these Clay cavalry ran to a few tens of meters away from the camp, suddenly flew out of the camp hundreds of short spears, running in the front of the cavalry captain was shocked, he desperately pulled the reins of the war horse, let the war horse man under his crotch stand up, blocking several short spears flying towards him. But these short spears thrown were so powerful that they penetrated the horses and smashed into the lower abdomen of the captain of the Clay cavalry.
With a scream, the captain of the Clay cavalry fell to the ground with his horse, the captain of the Clay cavalry endured the pain, struggled to stand up, saw dozens of corpses lying beside him, and then looked at his camp, but saw nearly a thousand green-skinned orc warriors with their upper bodies exposed.
The captain of the Clay cavalry was shocked, he didn't know how these orcs appeared here, but he also knew that the clansmen who stayed in the camp would definitely not be alive, so he shouted: "Leave me alone, all retreat immediately!" As soon as the words fell, a large army of black pressure appeared on the horizon in the distance, and the leader of the Orc Black Eagle Clan, Alexandra, the leader of the Wild Panther Clan, Anacista, and the leader of the Giant Serpent Clan, Ignati Woods, led their people from the south, west, and north to surround them respectively.
The captain of the Clay cavalry sank, and he once again said to his subordinates who were still a little hesitant: "Quick, go east, this is an order!" A Clay cavalry ran over on horseback despite the strict orders of his captain, and forcibly pulled their captain onto the horse with his hands, and the wound of the captain of the Clay cavalry bleed more.
"Quick, hurry up, while they haven't closed up yet" Before the captain of the Clay cavalry could finish speaking, he saw more than 10,000 orc warriors riding wolves coming from the east.
"It's over!" The cavalry captain of the Clay clan made a sad voice, when the Clay cavalry had just attacked the army of Thor Fortress, there were not many feather arrows left, after six hours of running, the horsepower consumption was also very large, and now it was the time to rest and replenish, but he was too careless, surrounded by the superior army of more than 100,000 orcs, he knew that it was impossible for his group to escape again.