The combat power of the Silver Hand is actually very strong, because all the members are tall, strong and extraordinary men.

Most of them wield swords, halberds, or sledgehammers - they are basically heavy weapons, and there is no shortage of lethality.

The defense on the body is not bad, most of them are wearing chain mail overalls inlaid with steel plates, that is, composite armor suitable for infantry - plate armor is not easy to make, it is difficult to build movable joints, and the water conservancy stamping equipment by the El River has not yet had time to be built, so naturally it cannot be fully equipped, only Klose and others wear their Mettenheim plate armor.

But a full set of composite armor actually has good defense, and in this era, the average noble knight can only afford to wear this thing.

Coupled with the fact that the core personnel are equipped with Mithril gauntlets, at least ordinary swords are not a problem for them at all.

In the hand-to-hand encounter with the enemy, in fact, few troops can defeat them, and many times the strength alone can eat the opponent - when the strong men wield the big sword and hammer, the shield in the enemy's hand is basically useless.

The hammer was an eight- to twelve-pound iron mound, which was actually used to knock on the city walls, and the shield could not stop it.

But now, they are facing a group of degenerates......

A group of inhuman monsters far superior to them in strength.

Of course, the sledgehammer is very lethal to the Canned Horseman or other humans, but when it hits the Fallen, it doesn't have much to do - at best, it causes a few fractures......

Unless you hit your head, you won't be able to kill at all.

After all, the Fallen are walking dead, whether they lack arms, legs or broken bones, as long as they don't die, they can retain most of their combat power!

And the hammer has a huge problem with this heavy weapon - poor balance.

You can't get it back when you swing it out, and you can't adjust it during the attack, so it's really not easy to hit your opponent's head accurately.

The great swords of the Metenheim people are okay, and they are very good at 'New Year's swordsmanship', and they are very skilled in business such as beheading.

But the problem is that the sword skills of the Metenheim people are wide open and close, and they are more unrestrained - this kind of swordsmanship requires a lot of space.

In other words, the Silver Hand cannot form a dense formation to attack.

- Of course, the same goes for halberds and sledgehammers, they need to be spread out a bit, otherwise they can easily injure allies.

Klose had his troops surrounded on three sides because they couldn't attack in a regular array, and they needed more space.

But in this way, the original numerical advantage was not so great - those fallen had kept the dense array untouched, and when faced with the attack, they even quickly formed a shield array.

As a result, when the Silver Hand came into contact with the Fallen, it was as if there were fewer enemies than there were—the enemies were densely packed, but the Silver Hand was relatively scattered.

At the same time, because the enemy formed a shield array, the first blow of the men with sledgehammers was aimed at the shield.

The sledgehammer is a shield breaking weapon, and it is reasonable to break one by one.

The shields of the Fallen were indeed shattered by a single blow, but the force of the sledgehammer did not move them in the slightest - not even the hand holding the broken shield!

And just as the enemy's shield shattered, the sledgehammermen faced the return fire of the Fallen.

As soon as they picked up the hammer, their whole body strength had not been withdrawn, and at this moment, they were temporarily unable to move under their feet.

The Fallen slashed at the Hammermen with a single sword—it was clear that the Fallen still possessed good swordsmanship, or some instinct.

The weapons in the hands of the fallen are actually nothing special, they are ordinary long swords or conventional weapons such as hand axes and machetes, but the seemingly gently swung counterattack actually cut many sledgehammer men and armor into two pieces!

Not even the Mithril Gauntlets of the Silver Hand could stop them - the power of these Fallen is terrifying!

They abandon their souls and gain inhuman powers, and many of the Fallen even cut off their swords with the first blow......

The composite armor, which was originally quite strong, was like a lake of paper in the face of the terrifying power of these degenerates!

As a result, after only the first wave of attacks and a brief contact, the troops led by Klose lost dozens of sledgehammer men, almost all of which were killed with one hit!

"Stand back! All back! ”

Klose realizes he's made a mistake, he shouldn't have faced the Fallen in the usual way!

Moreover, these Fallen are very different from those they have encountered in Long River before - they don't seem to have completely lost their minds.

Instead of chasing the retreating Silver Hand, the Fallen remained in a neat line, still silent.

After Klose led the men back a few dozen meters, the fallen ones even restored the circle to a horizontal queue, and began to slowly approach like a wall.

"If only those Noldor elves were here......"

Summer, looking at the flesh monsters approaching with some helplessness, said a word to Klose.

Indeed, if the Noldor Elves were here, the Fallen would only be shot through the skulls with precise arrows, and would not pose any threat at all.

But right now, there are only the Silver Hand and the Freikorps—there are not many means of long-range attacks.

The Silver Hand, whose main means of strength, is really not cost-effective to face a depraved whose strength is far greater than his own in melee combat, and he will definitely lose a lot......

Sometimes it's like this one thing descends another, and when facing the Dreaded Legion on the seashore, the Noldo's arrows don't do much; And when it comes to dealing with the Fallen in the wilderness, the Silver Hand is really difficult to handle.

"Throw a spear!"

Klose frowned and beckoned the Freikos to come forward.

The Freikorps did have a lot of men armed with throwing spears, especially those gladiators from the Bacchus Empire.

So a wave of javelins flew over.

But almost no one fell on the other side......

A lot of javelins did stick in the Fallen, but they didn't react at all - a puncture wound didn't matter to the Fallen......

It's obviously not easy to hit the head accurately with the javelin, and there are more than half of the fallen on the opposite side who have shields in their hands, and although they seem to be slow to react, they can still hold the shield to protect their heads.

As a result, after a wave of spears thrown, Klose immediately regretted it.

The Fallen on the other side had little to lose, and besides, they picked up the spears they had stuck at their feet or on their own bodies and threw them back!

Although their throwing skills were not very good, and most of the throwing guns were off target, the few javelins that were facing the target were invariably killed or injured - under the inhuman power of the Fallen, the javelins thrown back were so fast that they couldn't even see clearly!

The powerful javelin can even directly penetrate the human body completely - it can't be stopped at all, and there is no time to dodge!

Now it's really troublesome.

While the Brethren had seen the more difficult Legions of Dread and had little fear of the Fallen, all were aware of the troubles of these enemies......

Melee combat is not easy to fight, and throwing spears will be counter-killed......

There are a few crossbows, but only Sigismund's scouts are armed, and they are relatively few in number, and most of them are not very good at the right end, so it is difficult to make any effective results against the walking dead.

It doesn't seem to work to avoid it, Klose has made a detour to avoid it before, but they can still magically block a large army in the wilderness.

And the biggest problem is that at this moment, another group of enemies came in the distance......

It's still the Fallen, not many, maybe one or two hundred - but that means the Fallen will keep coming here!

"Zink, do you have any good ideas? If this continues, there will be more and more degenerates, and we can't seem to get rid of them in a short period of time! ”

Klose turned to Scout Captain Sigismund.

"We can't afford to lose time...... Why don't you let the big army disperse? Disperse into small teams to bypass them, I'll lead the scout team here to lure them, and you go straight to Fox Town! ”

Sigismund did give a reliable solution.

"You can give it a try...... With the squadron as a unit, all disperse and go to the vicinity of Fox Town to see the arrows gather! ”

Klose also thought that this was a good idea, so he immediately gave the order.

After all, the more important task now is not to take out these degenerates, but to get to Amy's side as soon as possible.

A squadron was actually composed of more than a dozen knights and thirty sergeants, and the Silver Hand and the Free Legion were scattered into thirty teams, each with about forty people, each of whom began to follow his captain in various directions.

Only Sigismund didn't move, and he had the scouts shoot a few rounds of crossbow arrows, temporarily pinning the Fallen in place.

That's a good idea, because the Fallen really didn't bother with the scattered small teams and didn't divide their forces - all the Fallen began to pursue Sigismund's scouts.

In this way, these degenerates may have been given the order to hold back a large number of troops.

They may be able to sense the location of large forces with some special guidance, and may even be able to perform simple tactics such as fighting in formation or ambushing in the forest.

However, they may only be able to follow instructions to a limited extent, and do not have any flexibility to respond to the actual situation.

After everyone dispersed, Sigismund's eighty-man scouts became the largest group, so the Fallen were still carrying out their original orders—to stop or destroy the massive forces......

So, Sigismund and his scouts began to retreat quickly - in the opposite direction of Foxtown, so that the army could get rid of these difficult monsters.

But it didn't take long for Sigismund to discover that his own idea had put him in big trouble - he couldn't get rid of these degenerates!

The Fallen are not very fast, and while they gain strength, they must also lose some of their dexterity and agility.

But here's the problem...... They are not afraid to get tired!

Moreover, none of them carry any weight—not even skin, which is less than that of someone who wears nothing......

Sigismund and the others are not this kind of monsters that don't get tired, and they have a lot of equipment on them.

Although they are faster than the Fallen, they can't get rid of the Fallen who have been chasing them when they run and stop, and they are basically turned into dogs.

As a result, Sigismund has been driven out for more than ten miles, and he feels that he can't go to Fox Town, so he simply leads the team straight to Talboa.

……

On the other side, after dividing his troops, Klose raised the golden griffin banner when he could see Fox Town from a distance, and shot arrows into the sky as a signal.

Here, he plans to reunite the scattered squads and make their way into Fox Town.

Klose has now realized that there is a big problem with the Silver Hand force at the moment.

But as long as they can join Amy, these problems will no longer exist, and Amy's griffon claws will just make up for the shortcomings of the Silver Hand.

However, before he could regroup his troops, several strange small teams appeared in front of him.

That's a couple of cavalry squads, and each one looks like pretty elite cavalry.

Although the equipment of these cavalry teams seemed to be varied, Klose could tell that each and every one of them should be battle-hardened warriors, but ...... The discipline of these people looks very poor, quite poor.

Each of them carried some messy things, such as vases with silver leaf, copper kettles, leather, and even women's skirts and underwear......

There were also people with them, all of whom were wounded with incomplete limbs, basically dressed as villagers, and among them were children, presumably their prisoners.

It was clear that the cavalry had just completed a split raid, and it must have been in a very violent way—most of the men of each cavalry team, including the horses, were stained with blood.

"Who are you?!"

Klose had a vague feeling that he might be in trouble again...... These cavalrymen were probably not good people, but the scattered troops had not yet been able to reach all of them.

"It's not our people...... Gather! ”

The cavalry on the opposite side did not respond to Klose's question, but began to merge with shouts.

It dawned on Klose that these cavalrymen had also come to gather after seeing the arrows......

Those cavalry were obviously enemies, and they were all cavalry, so they naturally gathered much faster than the Silver Hand.

Then, the cavalry released the mutilated villagers and uttered harsh words to Klose: "Surrender!" Or just like them! ”

The wounded limped towards Klose, as if trying to get away from the cavalry on the opposite side as quickly as possible.

The cavalry followed the wounded, laughing and driving their horses around, and from time to time they fired an arrow or two at the wounded, as if to make them flee faster.

"What's going on? What do they do?! ”

Klose drew his sword and asked the villagers who had fled to his side in panic.

"That's Oswood of Fowler! That tyrannical executioner! ”

A barely sane villager replied quickly, his face covered with tears, all kinds of scars all over his body, and one ear had disappeared, leaving only a bloody lake piercing.

Apparently he had been subjected to extremely cruel abuse before.

"What? Is that guy famous? ”

Klose had obviously never heard of the name, none of the members of the Silver Hand had heard of it - neither the Silver Hand nor the Freikorps had a single native of the Lion Realm, either a Metenheim or a Bacchus Empire, and Sigismund was also a Fieldweie born in the Raven Realm......