Bernando pulled out a gray sheepskin scroll. He opened the scroll and whispered a few times. In the next moment, red flames suddenly rose up in the scroll, and the entire scroll instantly turned into ashes. Leto was taken aback. But the flames did not reach the magician's hands. The latter just threw away the ashes.

"Your Highness, this is the Demon Breaking Scroll. Bernando explained. "It can cause the wind of magic to fall into extreme chaos in a matter of minutes, effectively removing any magical effects. If more than one is used at once, it may even cause an overall disturbance in the local magic wind, making it impossible for both mages to use magic for a certain period of time. ”

Leto was a little skeptical. But in fact, the effect of the Demon Breaker Scroll is very good. In a short period of time, the speed of the stone mound binding spirits, which had just clinged to the cavalry, slowed down, allowing the warhorses to easily leave them behind. The two sides have distanced themselves significantly.

In the mist, some figures have already faintly appeared. There is no doubt that it is the Legion of the Undead.

The musketeers were now in a fairly neat row, and all the knights were raising their muskets and aiming forward. And the hussars quickly bypassed the phalanx of the knights.

"There's another magic. Bernando said to Leto. "That should be an attacking spell. They plan to use magic to attack the musketeers. ”

"Can you stop it?" asked Leto.

"We'll try. But it doesn't have to be stopped. Distance is not in our favor, and if we want to make sure we can stop it, we must use the Demon Breaker Scroll. Bernando replied. "A scroll costs about three thousand gold coins, and we carried ten, and now there are nine more. ”

The Demon Breaker Scroll is a valuable commodity, as Leto had heard of before. Even the people of the church couldn't carry much into battle. Although 3,000 gold coins was not a particularly outrageous number for Leto, the fact that he said "only ten" made him mind. Now that the Musketeers have completed their mission, they can only be used as ordinary musketeers after retreating, which is of little value. At this time, it doesn't matter if you suffer some casualties. He'll need these scrolls when a vampire attacks his cannon with magic.

Once again, Bernando's judgment was confirmed. The magicians of the Church tried their best to stop the other from casting spells, but nothing seemed to come of it. A puff of gunpowder smoke from the firing bullets rose from the ranks of the musketeers in the distance, and just as they finished shooting and wanted to retreat, multiple black energy shot out of the mist and swept across the ranks of the musketeers. This black energy is corrosive, and everywhere it goes, whether it is a person or a horse, it instantly decays skin and flesh, turning into a pile of white bones. The armor of the knights was no match for this force. Just like that, hundreds, maybe hundreds of musketeers disappeared forever.

"Good. Leto thought to himself. He knew that the magician's ability to cast spells was limited, and that it was a good thing for the black mage to waste magic on these musketeers who had lost their value in battle, which meant that his main force was less likely to be threatened by magic.

It was too late, and the rest of the musketeers, including the hussars with pistols and the knights with reinforcing rifles, had retreated back to the front of the line. On the one hand, they had witnessed the power of the dark magic just now, and on the other hand, they had indeed completed the combat mission of harassing and consuming the enemy army, and these cavalry quickly penetrated through the gap in the phalanx that had been left in advance. There was no large-scale chaos in the whole process, and the true character of a well-trained elite soldier was fully revealed.

At the end of the horizon, the undead army has appeared.

"General, it's time for the cannon to fire. One of the heralds next to him said a little nervously.

Leto glanced up at the cannon he had arranged. These cannons look a little weirdly shaped from afar, and they resemble more of a lumberyard cart pulling wood than they resemble cannons in the usual sense. From the outside, these cannons look like multiple ordinary cannons simply overlapped, like a carpenter loading a cut tree on a cart, and are piled up into a "cannon mountain". A Hurricane Cannon contains more than a dozen barrels, which are thin and straight compared to ordinary cannons, so that they can accommodate as many barrels as possible in a limited space.

There really isn't much to boast about this idea, but a real gunner would be amazed by this amazing war machine.

This is because in order to make the cannon like this, it is necessary to work perfectly in the smelting technique. Everyone knows that the cannon needs a thick steel wall so that the terrifying power of gunpowder can shoot the cannonball out of the cannon instead of destroying the chamber itself. To meet this requirement, cannons are usually cast in a shape similar to wine bottles. It took the same craftsmanship to make these barrels so thin and yet able to withstand the huge amount of gunpowder. The firepower of a galloping cannon is worth more than a dozen cannons.

However, this cannon, although powerful, still has some flaws. For example, the technique of casting is still not mature enough, and fools understand that a trivial mistake in the casting process can lead to the scrapping of an entire cannon, and the method of fire control is not proper enough, which makes it difficult to empty all the chambers at once when the cannon is fired. It is precisely these shortcomings that make this weapon at the current stage can only be regarded as a "new experimental weapon" and cannot completely replace ordinary cannons.

"General, cannon!" the herald urged again.

"Nope. Leto decisively rejected the other party's opinion. In fact, in his heart, he did not see this battle as a life-and-death duel, but as a hunt. In fact, it should be. He already has all the advantages that a general can have. When it comes to danger, there are still dangers, but that level of danger is a pleasurable thrill rather than a debilitating stress.

"The enemy is already in range. The herald reminded him a third time.

Leto ignored it. The range of the Wind Cannon can cover the entire purple stone, and since the undead army has already stepped into the battlefield, it must have entered the range. However, due to the mist, it is not clear to see the specific formation of the vampires at this time, and it is impossible to tell whether the first line of vampires is scattered to attract firepower, or elite undead soldiers lined up in battle formations.

The fog obscured the vision, and it was not caused by the dark magic of vampires, but a natural phenomenon. If the mages were forced to dispel the mist, it would consume a lot of their energy, making it difficult for them to provide magical support later.

Of course, this was a minor nuisance, and Leto was confident enough that the fog would not affect his victory.

"General, vampires possess vision beyond humans. At this moment, he must have discovered the layout of our army's first line, especially our army's 'battery', which is too conspicuous. Another lieutenant general made a suggestion. "Since whether you can fire the artillery or not will expose the firepower of our army, it is better to fire the artillery first now, and you can kill and injure a little enemy. ”

"No, you don't. Leto replied. I'm going to show the vampire that he can't do anything!, he smiled. "Order the artillery to be on standby, and fire must not be fired without my orders. ”

Vampires must do that...... He had no choice...... That's all you can do. Leto speculated with interest about what would happen next. Vampires should know about the Storm Cannon—and even if they don't, they can immediately deduce the power of this new cannon when they see it. If the vampire wants to win, the only hope is to destroy the battery in time.

In that case, you might as well use the turret as a decoy to destroy the vampire army, which may not be the most dangerous, but definitely the most troublesome.

By this time, the retreat of the musketeers had been completed, and there were no more friendly troops in the way before Leto's battle formation.

"Your Highness!" someone next to him exclaimed, his hand pointing to the side of the battlefield. A black patch emerged from the nearby mountain, which looked like a cloud, but flew towards the location of Ryan's army at a very alarming speed.

"Bats, it's a swarm of bats!" exclaimed the herald earlier. The creatures summoned by the vampires literally rushed straight to the location of the fort.

"Sure enough, everything was as His Highness expected. A staff member who accompanied him said flatteringly.

"Ha Luha, it's here!" Leto chuckled. "I thought vampires were amazing. Is that all there is to it?"

"Your Highness, it's not because vampires can't do it, but because you're too far-sighted. Vampires don't have a choice. ”

"Huh. Leto laughed a few more times. "Command, as soon as the bat comes into range, the musketeer can fire immediately. ”

The swarm of bats flew straight from the spurt towards the position of the battery. As they approached, a burst of gunfire rang out from the rear of Ryan's army. But it must be said that for such a small animal as bats, the role of any long-range weapon is minimal. The lethality of this wave of bullets is a drop in the bucket, and it is better than nothing. Although some bats could be seen falling from the sky, it seemed that their numbers were not decreasing at all, and they continued to pounce on the fort. Once these critters get entangled with the gunners, it is quite difficult to bite people to death, but it is easy to harass the gunners from shooting.

In the mist, a miserable trumpet sounded. There is no doubt that the vampires have realized the arrangement of Ryan's army and launched an active attack regardless of everything. He wants to take advantage of the time when the gunners are entangled in bats to make the battle enter hand-to-hand combat, so that the cannon loses the advantage.

A large ball of flame appeared in the sky, enveloping a large portion of the bat. Magical flames burn in the air, releasing an astonishing amount of light and heat. Although the ball of flame was hollow, the bats swarmed desperately pounced on the wall of flames, and then fell from the sky as a black wreckage emitting heat. The number of these burned bats was so large that it caused a commotion among the greatsword warriors below.

The next magic ensued, and a ball of lightning fell from the sky. Although the effect was not as good as the flame cage just now, the bat was swept away in the trajectory of the lightning ball.

However, the critters that were dominated by the vampires did not know how to be afraid, and the remaining bats quickly regrouped and continued to pounce on their targets. There are still quite a few of them, and they can still entangle the artillery for a long time. However, by this time, the third magic had been successfully released. A hurricane-like mass of white light projectiles erupted from the ground, causing a whole field of glittering energy to form in the air, engulfing the black cloud of bats.

"Whew......" Bernando, who was beside Leto, let out a long exhale. The three spells just now consumed a large part of his energy. Although these spells appear to have been cast by the two mages on top of the turret, they are actually the result of the cooperation of all the mages in order to counter the interference of the dark mages. But in terms of results, it's worth it. Most of the bat colonies have been wiped out, and the remaining ones, although they have reached the fort, are far from being "threatened". The gunners on the turret began to use their sidearms against the critters, and it was clear that they would soon be able to eliminate them.

Leto looked at everything with a smile. My heart is full of joy that I hold the pearl of wisdom. The last factor of instability was also eliminated by him. At this time, the vanguard of the undead legion had already broken out of the mist, and unexpectedly, it was actually a group of ghouls.