Chapter 502: "The Truth"
With the lessons of the previous times, Samuel was much more cautious in his march this time, step by step, steadily and steadily marching towards the Bloody Mist Valley.
The effect of this adjustment was very significant, and after harassing the enemy along the way several times to no avail, they had to give up, and under the pressure of Samoel's step-by-step, the army of the imperial capital did not encounter much resistance, and advanced to the depths of the Black Mountain Forest with absolute strength, and the blood mist valley was ahead.
"Darkmoon has never dared to go head-to-head, either because of lack of combat power, or because he wants to lure us into a trap and ambush. Samuel said in a firm tone.
"General, with our current strength, if the enemy wants to break our bones head-on, we must dispatch at least the entire main force of one legion, which is equivalent to one-third of the total strength of the Dark Moon Territory. Lils frowned and said, "Now that His Royal Highness the Lord Regent is overwhelmed by a million troops, I don't think Darkmoon will take this risk, but the enemy is extremely cunning and will definitely use tricks, such as ......"
"Fire attack?" Samoel answered, looked at the dense forest around him, and shook his head: "Lils, your consideration is good, this environment is indeed vulnerable to fire attack, but this Black Mountain forest does not have extremely flammable fire wood, but mainly stone birch. Stone birch has a very high ignition point, and it is usually used to make certain fireproof materials, even if it is the fire type liliang of the peak demon emperor of the magic department, it is difficult to cause a large area of burning, so don't worry. ”
Zeta on the side bowed slightly, he himself was proficient in water magic and air magic, and he also had a deep study of fire magic, so he knew that what Samoel said was true.
"The general deserves to be a famous general in the imperial capital! Even this point has been observed, which is really impressive. A lord took the opportunity to compliment.
Another lord also echoed: "In this expedition to the Dark Moon, the general must be the most shining star, and we can follow the general on the expedition, but we have taken a big advantage." ”
In fact, the characteristics of the stone birch were learned by Samoel who deliberately asked the guide before leading his army into the jungle. Of course, for compliments like "shining stars". Samuel was modest. But in his heart, he thought so, and said: "After revealing those tricks that are not in the flow, Dark Moon's strength and combat power are actually nothing more than that! If Dark Moon really dares to invest one-third of his troops, then I will eat them all." A great gift to His Royal Highness the Regent. ”
As Samoel expected, the Darkmoon Army besieging the Valley of Bloodmist suffered successive defeats. Not daring to confront each other head-on, they retreated one after another, and the imperial capital army soon broke through to the vicinity of the Blood Mist Valley. I saw that the valley mouth in the distance was surrounded by layers of the Dark Moon Army.
It seems that he was informed of the arrival of reinforcements. There was finally movement in the Blood Mist Valley, and the shouts of killing were getting closer and closer, and the besieging Dark Moon Army at the mouth of the valley saw that they were under attack on their backs, and they scattered one after another, and saw groups of cavalry rushing out of the pale red mist.
Light horses, round shields, and scimitars, it is indeed the "besieged" Shadow Legion. At the head were none other than Nesta and Kanita.
However, the cavalry was far away before they saw the "friendly forces" coming to the rescue. Suddenly, a flying arrow shot from the sky, and the first few cavalrymen were caught off guard, and the arrows fell off their horses.
Nesta was taken aback and shouted, "Don't do it! I'm Nesta Lucifer of the Imperial Capital Shadow Legion, which general is in front?"
"Nesta!" Samuel signaled to pause the shooting, and rode out, a sneering voice resounding through the forest: "Do you still recognize me?"
"Samomeel!" Nesta frowned and shouted, "Thank you for the rescue, without further ado, we will immediately join forces and fight our way out of the encirclement!"
"Joining forces with you?" "Samoel's face became even more sneering: "Then you and the Darkmoon army should join forces with the outside, and then burn my army food to kill my soldiers, and Zuihou take my head?", "Samoel, what do you mean by this? Now the situation is urgent, while the enemy army has not yet closed ......"
Before Nesta could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Samoel's daxiao voice: "Haha!
Nesta said angrily: "Samoel! Now is the time of war, not the time to care about personal grudges! Do you want to declare personal vendettas? It doesn't matter if I give you this life! But there are still more than 4,000 soldiers' lives here!"
"Shut up!" "Shut up!" "The Demon Shadow Legion was defeated and surrendered to the enemy, the crime is unforgivable, I am ordered by His Royal Highness the Regent Obsidian to capture the rebellious leader Nesta and destroy the rebels of the Dark Moon and the Demon Shadow!"
As soon as these words came out, the cavalry of the Demon Shadow Legion was suddenly in an uproar, and rows of soldiers with spears appeared in front of the Dark Snake Legion, obviously setting up targeted tactics, and the archers behind pulled their bowstrings together and began to release arrows, and the cavalry of the Demon Shadow were forced to retreat. At this time, a horse rushed out of the shadow, and shouted: "Don't let go of the arrows! I am the ...... of the Red Shadow Territory."
An arrow flew out, hitting the chest, and the man's voice froze, and then countless arrows shot him and his horse into a hedgehog.
The man took a breath of exhaustion and shouted: "We have held on to the Blood Mist Valley for so long, we have fallen countless robes, almost exhausted all the supplies, and let the enemy attack or lure us to the death, weishenme......"
Before he finished speaking, he had already collapsed.
"Canita!" Nesta cried out in grief.
The man who was shot was Droche son and heir to the Red Domain, Kanita Alvin Samoel, who was taken aback, but he couldn't get it back, so he simply didn't stop doing anything and wiped them all out in the name of rebellion!
The Demon Shadow Cavalry retreated in the midst of the locust-like arrows, and Nesta was hit with three arrows in a row, and shouted in a mournful voice: "We did not hesitate to cut off our heads and shed blood for the sake of the Empire, and we held on to the onslaught of the enemy for so many days, and we never imagined that we would die under the suspicion of our own people today!"
The voice was desolate and full of unwillingness, and the soldiers of the Demon Shadow were all inexplicably sad and angry, even the soldiers of the Serpent Legion were touched by it.
"Samoel, you shameless villain, you actually framed me for personal vendetta!"
"Your Highness Obsidian, you just abandoned the Shadow who swore allegiance to you, is this your 'trust' and 'choice'?"
Samuel shouted angrily: "Shut up! You rebellious, no matter how clever your words are, you can't change the facts! If you don't tie your hands, you will be captured! Rebels will be killed!"
"If we don't resist, we will fall into your hands, and it will be a dead end!" Nesta looked up to the sky and shouted: "That's it, even if you bear the name of this rebellion, even if you really throw yourself into the dark moon, why don't you die! I'm going to get out of here alive with my soldiers!"
The cavalry behind him raised their swords in unison: "Swear to follow the general!"
Samoel did not talk any more nonsense and directly ordered the archers to shoot. Nesta was helpless. Forced to retreat to the area around Taniguchi.
Samuel was about to lead his army in pursuit, when he suddenly felt a flash of red light in his eyes, and then the air was filled with a terrible heat, and all the trees in front of him instantly burst into flames. Samoel's face changed drastically—how could this be! Shi Birch couldn't even ...... the peak Demon Emperor of the magic system
Samuel didn't know. His scope of understanding was limited to ordinary peak Demon Emperor mages, for a certain peak demon emperor who was proficient in all magic, magic arrays, and ancient runes. Not only is there nothing impossible to make birch burn harder than burnt wood, but there is more than one way.
Zeta whipped the swarthy wand in her hand. Hit the ground. A pure water elemental force spread forward, freezing in its path. ..., it stands to reason that when encountering such a strong water elemental power, even the most powerful flames will be suppressed, but something strange happened. When this water elemental power met the flames on the stone birch, it was like adding fuel to the fire. The fire suddenly became ten times more violent, spreading rapidly along the ice. The fire was so fierce that even the shadow cavalry in the distance did not dare to approach, so they could only retreat into the valley.
Zeta's face also changed, her figure flashed, and she had already left the range of the flames, and the shock in her heart was even more incomprehensible: this is a flame produced by using the principle of composite magic! And it is actually a combination of two incompatible elements, water and fire! Burning water in the fire! This is simply an unbelievable method! Dark Moon has such a powerful magician!
The terrifying flames stirred the soldiers, and Samuel immediately realized the greatest danger and shouted: "Quick! Evacuate the forest immediately!"
It was no longer possible to go forward, so we had to retreat, and behind it was a denser forest, hoping to get out of danger quickly before the fire broke out.
However, just as the worst was expected, just as the imperial capital army retreated in a hurry, flames began to burn in all directions, turning into a sea of flames.
Now even Zeta doesn't dare to use mana randomly, maybe it will add fuel to the fire like just now, and he can only use some auxiliary magic on the soldiers. Knowing that he had fallen victim to the enemy's poisonous plan, Samuel was filled with remorse, and led some of the stronger officers to open a passage with an attack at the front, but seeing that the fire was getting more and more intense, the stone birch seemed to burn inexhaustibly, and the terrible heat caused many soldiers to fall one after another.
Perhaps due to the heat, the road ahead was distorted in the sight of many soldiers, as if there was no end in sight.
A few hours later, after the panicked monsters had fled in all directions, a stumbling team finally appeared on the edge of the Black Mountain Forest.
There were a lot of people in this group, about 10,000 people, but compared to the number of people when they entered the forest, it can only be said that they are very small. These people have chapped lips, burns on their faces and bodies, and some of them are very serious, but almost all of them have an expression on their faces, and they are happy for the rest of their lives.
They finally managed to make it to Zuihou and escaped the scythe of death, but several times as many of their companions were buried in the fire, which was the result of Zeta's full protection with magic, otherwise the number of people who would have come out would have been much smaller.
Samoel's face was full of chagrin and frustration, this was an out-and-out fiasco, and without even touching the main force of the other side, only a tenth of the troops remained. This failure, I don't know how to explain to His Royal Highness the Regent when I go back.
At this moment, Zeta suddenly showed a look of vigilance, and Samuel also felt it, and saw a large number of figures appear in front of him, and it was initially estimated that there were at least 30,000 people.
The main force of the enemy!
Is it finally there?
If it had been a few hours ago, Samuel would have only felt excited, but now there are less than 10,000 troops left, and he is still physically and mentally exhausted, and he is not lightly injured......
Samuel showed a rare wry smile, he had been looking for the other party's main force, but he didn't expect to encounter it in this situation.
No! This is simply a trap set by the other side in every way! From the initial harassment and arrogance of the soldiers, to the later luring the enemy into depth, it is for the sake of this Zuihou fatal blow.
The battlefield is not a good hall, tolerance for the enemy is cruelty to oneself, the dark moon did not give the Hades Snake Legion time to breathe, and has quickly surrounded the surroundings, slowly compressing the encirclement.
At the forefront was a large group of cavalry from the Darkmoon Army, cloaked, armed with scimitars and round shields.
At the head is a knight in a cloak and a mask, unable to see his true face, holding a sword and a shield in his hands. With a strange horn blowing, a dark red light appeared on the bodies of all the cavalry, and the speed suddenly increased, and the distance between them and the Snake Legion was quickly closed. ..., this scene fell in the eyes of Samoel and Zeta and the others, and Qi Qi was taken aback, these cavalry were clearly the enemies who burned the military rations that night and fought against the Serpent Legion in the wilderness of Mordor Town!
"Rebellious" Nesta was in the Blood Mist Valley blocked by flames at this time, and it was impossible to come here, and the mental features and equipment characteristics of those cavalry could be seen clearly in this kind of broad daylight, and there was still a certain difference with the Demon Shadow Legion in front of the valley just now.
Many "insiders" looked at each other: in this way, the cavalry that night was really not Nesta's people!
Nesta and the Shadow Legion were wronged! Could it really be that Samoel had a personal vendetta and deliberately framed him?
Is this the truth?
Samuel's own heart was pounding, and he felt as if he was caught in a bigger conspiracy, but now was not the time to pursue this, no matter what, it was necessary to break through the enemy's siege as soon as possible and escape from this damn place!
Zeta let out a loud shout, floated up, and headed towards the cavalry, under normal circumstances, the Demon Emperor-level powerhouse would not take the initiative to attack the "ants", but now he can't care much about it.
As soon as Zeta flew up, a terrible sense of crisis suddenly arose in his heart, and he didn't care about dealing with the cavalry, the mana of his whole body skyrocketed, and four ice shields suddenly appeared around his body, each with several layers.
In the blink of an eye, several layers of ice shields behind her suddenly turned into powder, and the powerful aftermath of the impact made Zeta's eyes blacken, and her body fell forward, almost falling to the ground.
I saw that there was a woman in the air behind her, this woman was wearing a black cloak, a mask on her face, and her legs appeared to be very long, but her chest was a little inclined.
Zeta's pupils contracted, and he was another mid-stage Demon Emperor! And Liliang's aura was faintly above him, and he was only one step away from reaching the peak Demon Emperor! Didn't His Highness Obsidian make an agreement with the Shadow Empire? Why did Dark Moon still have so many Demon Emperor-level powerhouses?
The woman didn't give him time to think, and in the blink of an eye she had already flown in front of Zeta, her fist striking straight at her with a terrifying liliang.
"Miss Ben will turn into a meteor and disappear! for 10,000 black crystal coins!" Listening to the voice, it was a young girl.
Alternatively, the title of "money junkie" should be added.