Chapter 116: Sandstorm
Judging by his common sense, with the speed of his cavalry, he would soon be able to break through the area of influence of these smoke and dust. In addition, although you can't see the enemy's movements on your side clearly, the enemy shouldn't be able to see the movements on your side.
It was because of this, which was absolutely correct in most cases, that Giroud did not notice the anomaly of the smoke in the first place. Under normal circumstances, the dust stirred up by heavy objects falling on the ground should move within a fixed range, and spread out to the surroundings and continue to fall.
The smoke was coming towards Giroud and his cavalry from the other direction, and they were moving significantly faster than the normal winds of the weather around this time, and they were still accelerating.
By the time Giroud realized something was wrong, his vision was so dark that they could barely see even their companions, and even the enemy's movements could barely be seen.
'This sudden and strange sand dust is obviously man-made, and there are orthodox knight professions on the opposite side, is there still a magician hiding around?' Giroud guessed the identity of the enemy as he thought about his current countermeasures.
If it is a magician, then at least a magician above the second ring can appear in this kind of battle, after all, the magician of the first ring is too weak to survive on the battlefield. As far as Giroud knows, if it is a battle at the level of a wing or brigade, even some magicians of the second and third rings are usually located in Zuihou, and their physical defense capabilities are relatively weak.
And a magician who is at least a second ring, dealing with himself and these ordinary soldiers who have no magic power at all except himself, there is no need to sneak around like now, with the protection of the five knights just now, he alone is enough to repel us.
'Well, the only explanation is......' Giroud recalled in his mind the introduction of the tripled camel in Wepa in the data, and basically confirmed the culprit of this small sandstorm, 'it seems that it is the high-level demonic beast, the 'secondary sandstorm' of the elemental system!'
'Secondary Dust Storms' are elemental faction magic that can extract coarse particles such as dust from the surface of the soil on almost all terrain except for special terrains such as swamps and forests, forming dust storms that resemble small-scale dust phenomena.
Of course, although it is claimed to be a sandstorm, the effect of this magic trick is actually to raise a violently thick dust and other particles in a small area.
The caster is able to severely affect the vision of all creatures within the area of the Sandstorm, and over time, the vision of enemies in the area will be affected by the magic contained in the raised particles, and the visibility will continue to decrease, and after a period of time, even the companions around them will not be able to see clearly, and gradually lose their way in it. Even advanced magic skills such as the 'Magic Ring' are affected by the magic power in the dust, and the range and accuracy of the action will be suppressed to a certain extent.
However, as a caster, it is not affected by vision, and even the caster in the dust has more sentient abilities than usual. Because the dust contains his magic power, he has a certain sense of the creatures moving in it, so his perception ability is strong enough even if his vision is blocked.
At the same time that the cavalry squad was trapped by the sandstorm and the vision was blocked, and the formation became confused, Weipa and his men also rushed into the range of dust released by the three-legged camels of the Gogar Mountain.
However, they are worthy of being the elite who can enter the Knights, although the visibility is very low, but they still rely on each other's tacit understanding to firmly maintain the formation and distance between each other and follow Weipa.
Soon, however, he rushed to the vicinity of Giroud, which had become somewhat chaotic, and by this time his cavalry had lost a lot of his cavalry due to the problem of visibility, and there were only about twenty or thirty men left with him.
'Hah! good chance!' Seeing this great opportunity, Wei Pa decided to capture the thief and capture the king first, so he ordered the four subordinates in a voice that could barely be heard around him in the dust: "I'll go and separate that squad leader from the others in a moment, and I'll take care of him, and you can drag the rest of the people, no problem, right?"
Weipa's calm tone revealed an irrepressible look of excitement, as he himself said, he hadn't fought like this for a long time.
"Yes! The four knights whispered, and without hesitation, rushed to their target.
Weipa looked at Giroud, who was still unconscious, let out a low laugh that only he could hear, and slowly but steadily raised the sharp-bladed hammer in his hand, which he had said was a long-handled weapon that could be used as a spear, and charged at his opponent.
"Don't panic, the rest of the people immediately find their commanders, each team leader and squad leader to maintain their own troops, there are many of us, don't panic, it's just ordinary dust, calm down!" Giroud thought about countermeasures while trying to maintain the stability of the troops behind him.
Although he knew that most of his words were useless, it was difficult for a low-ranking officer to maintain the gradual establishment of his subordinates when his vision had become almost nonexistent, and even some of his words were outright lies, ordinary dust?
"I'm still announcing the name of the squad leader nearby, and now we're starting to confirm the ......," Giroud shouted so that everyone around him could hear it clearly, and he wanted to confirm the small leaders like the team leader and squad leader who were still around.
This was one of the several effective countermeasures in the current situation that he knew as a former officer, one of the tactical maneuvers written in the officer's tactical manual, and of course only the manual for junior officers.
Unfortunately, however, his standard tactical moves are clearly out of use.
"Ahh......h Attack ......" A short, hurried voice rang out behind Giroud.
First there was a scream, then a faint alarm or cry for help that gradually decreased in volume.
Giroud felt a violent uneasiness in his heart when he heard this unexpected scream, and his subsequent alarm confirmed Giroud's premonition.
The screams were made by a squad leader named Abidal.
As a squad leader commanding fifteen cavalry, he was one of the strongest in this group of cavalry, although he was not a knight professional, but he had the physical combat ability equivalent to a knight of the third or fourth level.
Like Olivier Giroud, he is a former career officer with extensive combat experience.