Chapter 73 The Will and the Iron II
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These knights were all descendants of Odom, they were probably brutal and bloodthirsty, but they were also full of true chivalry, even in desperate situations, they still fought to the death, but the people who could order their evacuation or surrender had fallen
Richard raised his hand and ordered the besieging warriors to retreat, and then the heavy shields were re-displayed to form a ring of walls, and in the center of the ring were the last dozen knights, who were already covered in blood, and did not know whether their own or the enemy's mounts had been killed, so they stood back to back, facing an enemy dozens of times their size
"Surrender," Richard made his last effort
But the answer was a mouthful of saliva on the ground
Richard sighed, gave the final order in his consciousness, and threw his axe with a whistling axe, smashing into the center of the ring with great precision
The battle is over
Richard stood on the small high ground and watched his soldiers clean up the battlefield
The blood had stained the entire battlefield red, and the corpses were still in their pre-death postures, and Odom's body was carried out alone and laid flat on a piece of grass, the armor on his body was covered with sword traces, and there were countless burns left after the magic burst, probably the most illustrative of the cruelty of the battle was that he had twenty-three crossbow arrows on his body! The batch of magic crossbows brought back by Richard was within range, even the strong people in the Holy Domain did not dare to block it, but Odom used his body to take more than twenty arrows before finally falling
At this moment, the priests are the busiest, for many seriously injured warriors, the priest's magic is the single-minded hope for their lives, and the hands of quicksand and Clark are constantly shining with the light of magic, several fallen priests and even the little priest Sisso, who are constantly healing, the priest of the Eternal Dragon Temple, is fully displayed at this moment
Io was still radiant, and his magic seemed to not dry up, as if he was walking among the wounded soldiers, and pieces of sublime light were sprinkled from his hands, and countless eyes looked at him with hope, as if he were a god walking on earth
Now Richard doesn't look so bad at him
After receiving the news of the defeat of the main force, the elder Hogan immediately waved his army, turned around, and immediately withdrew
Richard's almost undamaged Sand Cavalry appeared on the battlefield at this time, and began to attack around this purely infantry team, and brought into full play the horse bandit tactics in the Bloodstained Land, but the old Sir Hogan used his troops to calm down and the formation was not chaotic, and after leaving more than 100 corpses, he finally successfully withdrew the whole army
The battle with Sir Odom was fierce, and Cheng Dù exceeded Richard's expectations, as he had to clean up the battlefield so that the soldiers could rest, and the fighting units of the brood, although they were not afraid of the pain, were still fatigued, and the will did not always surpass the flesh/body
During Richard's return to Norland, the brood continued to create a number of humanoid beginner warriors in the turbulent land, and the number of first-level warriors accumulated to more than four hundred, as well as ten elite-level warriors
With more than 500 humanoid warriors, a large number of throwers, and 200 barbarian warriors, Richard had an absolute advantage in terms of combat power, and the contrast in magical and magical power became more and more obvious
Counting the results of the battle, Richard's soldiers were killed more than 100 wounded, more than 200 were completely annihilated, and the opponent's 700 cavalry was completely annihilated, except for a few light cavalry who fled, and the heavily armed knights who fell into the battle formation of negative magic and steel barriers were given the most valuable mobility, and fought almost to the last soldier, on Richard's side, due to the large number of priests, the supply was sufficient, and the wounded soldiers were able to enter the battle again after a day or two
After this battle, although the Barony of Little Fontaine still had more than a thousand defenders, the main elite had been swept away
At nightfall, the warriors who had been fighting fiercely all day went to sleep, and Richard began to draw the construction after replenishing his magic in his tent, and now he had enough materials and a large number of construction plans, so the constraints were left with time
Holding the magic pen, Richard held his breath and quietly sketched the first line on the prepared matrix enchantment, this line is more than three meters long if it is straightened, it is very difficult to draw it in one stroke, it is the key to this life guardian structure, which indirectly affects the efficiency of absorbing the free energy around it
Richard's hand was as steady as a rock, and the accuracy of the scratches on the tip of the pen had reached one-tenth of a millimeter, which was something that a normal person could not achieve with just exercise, let alone maintain a steady and balanced output of magic at the same time
The first one was successful
Richard breathed a sigh of relief, this stroke is equivalent to completing a third of the construction, he quietly lifted this artifact-level magic pen and prepared to replace it with magic solvent, this pen can hold three magic yào potions at the same time, and switch according to the user's mind, and will never pollute each other, which invisibly deals with a major conservative problem of too many impurities in the magic array
Seeing this magic pen, Richard's heart warmed, and he couldn't help but think of quicksand, but when he thought of quicksand, he couldn't help but think of Io, who was as brilliant as the sun god
Richard suddenly felt that the exhaled air was already on fire, and he almost intuitively judged that Io must be by Quicksand's side at this time! So what was he doing there? Where was Quicksand?
There is no need to think about the quicksand, which should be in her camp now, because all the wounded soldiers have been treated, so Io is also in her camp?
"Impossible!" Richard tried to convince himself, but a gloomy voice in his heart said, "Wouldn't you know if you went and saw it?"
"I believe in quicksand!" Richard roared in his heart!
"You don't know her," the voice didn't give up
"Get out!"
"Why are you so angry? If you want to prove me wrong, you just have to go to her and see if you know? You're just afraid he's there, aren't you?"
Richard was silent suddenly, put down the magic pen, now his mood is no longer suitable for drawing and constructing, he must make a failure, this is the first time that Richard can not continue to work due to emotional reasons, he can improve the success rate, but he can't reduce the quality of the material, and failure once means that tens of thousands of gold coins disappear, and now every gold coin is very important to him
Richard simply took out the drawings of 'Life Annihilation' and began to study it again, this is a near-magical construction, by no means as simple as an ordinary third-order construction, and one of the most difficult magic arrays seems to be to link with similar magic arrays to connect the two formations into a whole
This magic array is so difficult to draw that Richard has never seen it on any third-order standard build, but it's not too difficult, Richard estimates that if he is in good enough condition, he should be able to make it within five trials, and now the problem is that his magic power is not up to the requirements of drawing this magic array, and it is only possible when he is promoted to level fifteen and can use eighth-level magic
The idea of the rest of 'Life Annihilation' is also brilliant and inspires Richard every time he looks at it
However, tonight is not suitable for doing anything, Richard stared at the drawings for ten minutes, but did not look at anything, and the voice in his consciousness reminded him repeatedly: "These hours are enough to do a lot of things, and if you go now, you will have time to stop it."
"Why don't you go over and have a look?
"It doesn't make a difference whether you go there now or not, but maybe there will be a second time......"
Smack! Richard slammed the drawings on the table
Tonight's time is destined to be wasted here, if he doesn't go out and take a look
When setting up camp, Richard specially ordered to prepare a separate camp for Quicksand, Io and Clarke, and the special treatment of senior priests and mages was a common norm in all planes, so Richard's instructions did not show any problems on the surface, and Gang and Oral, who were in charge of the army, never let him down in details
But......
Richard remembered the faint smile on the corner of his lips when he introduced Yio, and now he thought about it repeatedly, but he seemed to be able to taste too many meanings in it, and no priest would call another priest a partner, Richard's face came to mind again, and the priest who was as dazzling as the sun looked at him with interest, arrogance, and faint disdain, but now in retrospect, Richard saw a deeply hidden hostility
Io is a battle priest, and his divine power seems to be endless, and the battlefield is his paradise, and he is so brilliant and so brilliant, Richard feels that in front of him, it seems that the aura of his royal constructor has been suppressed to a dull level, as for the others, such as appearance and temperament, there is no need to compare them at all, and the two people are not on the same level at all
Constantly, Richard has only one person who has really felt frustrated in his appearance, one is Io, Nerius is really friendly to Richard, and his appearance is more and more inclined to be charming and beautiful, but Io is different, he is handsome, even Richard has to admit that Io's appearance is deadly to women, and the elven poet Oroar has become a farmer compared to Io
Richard finally walked out of the tent, and if he stayed like this, Richard was going to drink again, but after drinking, he didn't know what would happen, but at the moment of leaving the tent, Richard didn't know why he turned back again, grabbed a long knife, and destroyed Miè before walking out
As soon as he got out of the camp, he ran into Gangde head-on and almost bumped into each other, Gangde grinned and just wanted to make a joke, when he suddenly felt that Richard's demeanor was different, and there was an inexplicable murderous aura, he was stunned and immediately put away the joke, but asked: "Boss! How will you fight tomorrow?"
Richard said without hesitation: "Send Odom's body back first, and then tomorrow the whole army will enter the castle of dusk"
Gangde touched his head and asked with some confusion, "Isn't this giving them time to escape?"
"Just let them run!"
Gangde nodded, did not argue further, but turned to find Oral to plan tomorrow's march route together, and as he left, he glanced at the long knife in Richard's hand, and his eyes were very strange
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