Chapter 395: Group Combat
The reaction of the messenger team was greatly unexpected by the robbers, and without any of them, the messengers began to attack, despising the robbers with strong self-esteem.
Suddenly, many robbers were furious, forgetting the difference in strength between the two sides, and wanted to rush forward immediately to kill each other.
In the far northern steppes, the reason why the bandit team did not kill all the passing caravans was because the other party did not resist and was willing to pay the toll. If the caravan is unwilling to pay the toll and desperately resists, then the robbers will naturally use violence to solve the problem, snatch all the goods of the caravan, and in serious cases, even kill everyone in the caravan. Therefore, the bandit team led by Wapefuri does not rely on a large number of people, and the robbers are fierce and fierce, which is the capital of this robber team's famous grassland.
"Everybody rush over to me." The little leader of the robbers gave an order, and suddenly more than 200 robbers rushed forward on horseback.
It was clear that the leadership of the small bandit leader was insufficient, and there were still more than a hundred people who did not follow the order and stayed where they were. They may not want to listen to the orders of the little leader, or they may not dare to move forward because they are afraid of the strength of the messenger team. However, the fight has not yet begun, and these robbers are not yet going to turn around and run away, they are just waiting to see what happens.
The robber who rushed forward was very experienced, and as soon as the horse started, he quickly increased the speed of the horse. They wanted to use the horse's powerful momentum to attack the swordsmen of the Emissary Force. The robbers were very good at horse warfare, and when they encountered difficult caravans in peacetime, they relied on horseback to open up the situation.
The two sides approached, and in a blink of an eye, they were only more than 30 meters away. Entered the range of the Swordsman and the Mage. When the robbers had just rushed forward, the swordsmen and magicians of the messenger team did not attack immediately, but waited for the other party to close the distance, because the distance between the two sides was more than fifty meters before. Except for the level 7 magician and the level 7 sword master, the others couldn't attack each other at all.
"The front row is defended by shields, and the back row is ready with sword blades." With the order of one of the leaders of the swordsman formation of the messenger team, all the swordsmen moved, and more than twenty large shields one person high were suddenly erected in the first row, and behind the shields, two or three swordsmen used their bodies to resist, forming a very strong barrier.
Behind the formation, fifty high-ranking swordsmen displayed their fighting spirit in unison. Immediately, the long swords in each person's hand formed blades of different lengths, ranging from more than three feet long to more than one foot long. Subsequently, under the command of the team leader. All the blades swung out together.
In an instant, fifty blades of different colors and lengths flew towards the oncoming robbers, and the scene was extremely shocking.
"Hiss...... Ahhhh......h
The blade of the sword struck a robber or a horse, and all kinds of screams were immediately heard. In an instant, more than twenty robbers who were running in front were hit by the blades of their swords and fell off their horses, and in the blink of an eye, they were trampled by the horses of their companions behind, and they were no longer alive.
The robbers are not strong. Most of them are low-level swordsmen, and a small number are middle-level swordsmen. There are only a few high-level swordsmen. In general, except for people who are desperate to do bad things. The stronger the person, the more opportunities he has to have wealth, and he will not be downtrodden to the point of being a robber, so many of the people who become robbers are not high-level swordsmen. However, don't think that the level is not high, just because they are not strong, the bandits who are often hovering on the edge of life and death are often much stronger than swordsmen of the same level.
This time, they faced the blades of high-ranking swordsmen who were several levels higher than them, plus the horses rushed forward with their bodies, and they couldn't dodge, so they naturally suffered heavy losses, and more than twenty people were killed at once.
However, the casualties caused in an instant did not have the confidence to repel the robbers, on the contrary, after seeing the blood, the robbers aroused their ferocity, and many robbers roared and rode forward even more desperately.
However, the bandits' nightmare had just begun, and at the same time as the swordsmen cast their blades, the magicians behind the swordsmen also followed closely to prepare the magic, and one of the level 6 magicians shouted: "Cast defensive magic to intercept." ”
Among the magicians, there is no clear leader, and the level 6 magician who opened his mouth is the most prestigious and experienced among the more than twenty magicians, so as soon as he speaks, all the magicians obey his orders. Ryan was no exception, he knew very well what type of defensive magic should be cast at this time, and almost without hesitation, he recited the earthen wall magic in his mouth.
After a few breaths, more than 20 defensive walls of magic appeared out of thin air in the open space in front of the robbers, with walls of fire, water, earth, and wind, with different attributes, different lengths, widths, and thicknesses, completely blocking the way of the robbers. Each magic wall is about five to ten meters long, and instead of being lined up in one row, it is arranged in three rows to form a triple defense, which is more powerful.
"Bang ......"
The bandits' horses couldn't stop the momentum and slammed into the magic wall, and the horses behind hit the horses in front, and many robbers were knocked off their horses, and the scene was chaotic.
All the robbers were blocked by the magic wall, and the magic wall in front of them was quickly dissipated due to the excessive number of horses that hit them, but the broken gap was blocked by the second layer of magic wall.
"The blade continues to attack." The swordsman leader ordered loudly.
"Mass Magic Free Attack." The level 6 mage continued to shout loudly.
Next, the swordsman and mage keep their position unchanged and unleash ranged attacks. Countless blades, countless magic, like a target, densely hit the robber who had no ability to fight back.
Ryan is like the other magicians, constantly casting group magic, no need to defend, no need to worry about being attacked, just attack as he pleases.
Other magicians cast fireballs, wind blades and other group magic, although powerful, although the coverage is very large, but the desperately defending bandits, with shields, with long swords, can always intercept some magic, making the mass magic lethal is not as strong as imagined. And Ryan is different, he has a wealth of combat experience, compared to the much more insidious, Ryan cast a group of ground spur magic, although the casting range is not large, the number of ground spikes cast at a time is not much, but in the densely packed bandit group, the lethality is extremely high, people can not be prevented, almost every ground thrust can cause robber casualties.
In the face of the incomparably powerful magic attack, the robbers were afraid, and before they could rush to the swordsmen of the messenger team, they were completely blocked and became the target of the opposing swordsmen and magicians to attack at will. The more than 100 robbers who had stayed where they had stayed and had not followed their companions had already turned their horses around and fled desperately. With the fire of their companions in front of them to attract the swordsmen and magicians, they fled with great ease, and soon ran away without a trace.
The robbers who rushed to the front and were attacked were killed, and the fate was terrible, with heavy casualties. Especially the robbers who run in front and in the middle, they can't just passively resist the attack. The robbers who ran behind were in a slightly better position, but under the countless sword blades and magic attacks, it was difficult for them to turn their horses around and escape.
"Hurry back! Come on! The little leader of the robbers roared hysterically, he did not run to the front, he was in the middle of the group, and at this time he could not advance or retreat, so angry that he kept yelling. However, many swordsmen and mages recognized him and fired attacks at him. In the blink of an eye, the little bandit leader was shattered by the blade and magic, and died a terrible death.
As soon as the little leader died, the leaderless bandits became even more chaotic, and all the robbers had no fighting spirit at all, and they didn't want to fight anymore, and their only thought was to run away and save their lives. All of a sudden, many robbers forcibly turned their horses' heads and fled, ignoring the oncoming attack, and some even jumped off their horses, turned around and ran, and as a result, many robbers died faster.
Only a few dozen breaths passed before the battle began, and all the menacing robbers were defeated, this gang of more than 200 robbers, in the end, only more than 20 robbers who ran fast escaped with their lives, and the other robbers were either killed on the spot, or were seriously injured and fell to the ground.
In just a few dozen breaths, at least thirty percent of the robbers were injured in Ryan's mass burst magic, and these people were unable to defend after being hit, and then they were attacked by other magic or sword blades, and the result was either killed on the spot, or seriously injured and fell to the ground.
"All swordsmen attack, all destroy the enemy." The swordsman leader gave the order again, and immediately all the swordsmen disarmed the overall formation, dispersed in a small formation of a team of three people, and quickly rushed forward.
The magicians in the back all stopped casting magic, and at this time, except for the robbers who had fled, there were no bandits who could stand in front of them, so naturally there was no need for the magicians to make any more moves, and the rest of the work of cleaning up the battlefield was left to the swordsman.
Every robber had a horse, and the indiscriminate attacks of the sword and magic also suffered heavy casualties, and some of the horses that were lightly wounded and had the strength to run had already fled in all directions, and the remaining horses had either been killed or fell to the ground with serious injuries, unable to stand up.
The swordsmen did not chase the fleeing robbers, because the robbers ran a few moments in advance and it was difficult to catch up, so the swordsmen did not bother to waste their efforts to chase, and were only responsible for cleaning up the battlefield.
The work of cleaning up the battlefield is very tedious, and only soldiers of these professions can do it well, and if it were replaced by Ryan, it would definitely be a terrible headache.
The swordsmen first captured the robbers who were seriously injured and fell to the ground, treated the prisoners who were not fatally wounded, and killed those who had already suffered fatal wounds but did not die, and could not be treated but could only wait for death, so that they could not be harmed. The emissaries could not take these captives with them, nor could they release them, but they could give them to the Hahu tribe as slaves, so that these bandits with blood on their hands would be punished.
As for horses, many of the injuries that could not be cured were killed, and only those who were able to move freely after healing were treated. Then there were trivial matters such as dealing with dead bodies and collecting loot, which the swordsmen all dealt with in an orderly manner
Ryan has been watching the swordsmen clean up the battlefield, which is a great experience.
Soon the sun rose, the battlefield was cleared, and the camp was restored to its original state. This battle ended with the rout of the bandits, and the envoys easily killed and wounded more than 200 robbers with no casualties, fully demonstrating the great difference between group combat and rabble. (To be continued.) )
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