Chapter 665: An Unexpected Enemy (Part 2)
Chapter 665: An Unexpected Enemy (Part 2)
Chapter 665: An Unexpected Enemy (Part 2)
Chapter 666 An Unexpected Strong Enemy (Part 2)
In the very center of the battlefield, the second round of charge launched by the eldest prince, who had suffered a slight loss of heavy cavalry and assault cavalry, was within easy reach of the second prince's front army and the light cavalry on the left.
Facing an unstoppable opponent like a torrent, the light cavalry who had long been in a mess couldn't organize an effective resistance at all. Many soldiers even fell to the ground uncontrollably because of the frightened horses under their crotches. .
Those who were barely able to control the horse were only pulling the reins in vain, and their gradually dilated pupils were full of fear and panic.
The battle flags of these light cavalry, which symbolizes honor, have already been broken and crushed, just like their formation riddled with holes.
On the other side of the battlefield, the second prince's right-wing cavalry who were stopped by the swamp were completely defeated by the eldest prince's left and right cavalry.
After the initial rain of arrows, the soldiers on the two wings of the first prince kept attacking the soldiers of the second prince who were not stuck in the swamp. As for those who got stuck in the quagmire, they were greeted by bows and arrows.
After several rounds of charging, the Second Prince's soldiers around the swamp, except for a few who escaped by chance, left only corpses on the ground and wounded soldiers crying in pain on the ground.
"My lord, the 3,000 light cavalry on the right flank of the second prince have been completely defeated, and the 7,000 soldiers from the front and left flank may not last long."
Burt's old eyes narrowed slightly, and he bowed to Lei Xiao and said, "Under such an absolute disadvantage, it's time for the mysterious commander of the Second Prince's faction to make a new move."
"There are still 10,000 people left in the second prince's forces. The ratio of light cavalry, assault cavalry, and heavy cavalry is about 5:3:2. If we send out the most elite heavy cavalry troops, we may be able to restore some of the decline."
Ju Bai nodded thoughtfully, and echoed: "In addition to the strong man in the magic system who can use the wind barrier spell, even if the wind wall cannot be released continuously, as long as it is used properly next time, it is enough to deal damage to everyone. The prince's cavalry caused considerable psychological pressure."
"That makes sense."
Lei Xiao stared at the middle and rear troops of the second prince's camp that were still slowly advancing, and pondered: "However, if the mysterious commander was only acting routinely, he should have started to act the moment the decline appeared. There is still no movement until now, which is a bit puzzling."
"Your lord is right. Just as the so-called fighter plane is fleeting, what is the mysterious commander thinking?"
Ariel tilted her head, frowning her eyebrows and thinking: "Could it be that the mysterious commander of the second brother is planning some kind of unconventional countermeasure?"
"It's very likely."
Looking at the misty middle army in the second prince's camp, Lei Xiao said slowly: "And, if it's not what I expected, it's probably a thunderbolt method that can turn the tide of the battle again, which makes it look like it's more than capable. A state of unhurriedness.
"Currently, the cavalry on the side of the eldest prince is in the limelight, and the losses are relatively minor. In addition, there is the illusion master Jin Wen sitting in the command, and the commander is still a strong white knight at the town level..."
Bert frowned and thought for a moment, then shook his head helplessly and said, "It's hard to imagine what kind of turnaround the mysterious commander who commands the Second Prince's forces can do."
"From the point of view of the means of severely injuring the prince's magic knight from the beginning, this mysterious commander is indeed extraordinary."
Ju Bai lightly stroked a strand of black hair hanging from his ear, and said in a deep voice, "Just like what the lord said, it's really puzzling that such a character didn't react at the first moment of his decline."
"So, the mysterious commander is indeed planning some kind of method."
Following Lei Xiao's line of sight, Ariel also stared closely at the middle army of the Second Prince's forces that was filled with gray mist, and Liu Mei frowned even more: "It looks so unpredictable, it always makes people have a bad feeling."
Just as Ariel finished speaking, a change occurred.
The originally clear sky was suddenly filled with wind and clouds, and the black mist condensed.
In the blink of an eye, the two suns in the sky had already disappeared.
Instead, it was a thick black haze, as if it had changed from day to night in an instant.
For a moment, even the **** air around seemed to freeze suddenly, making people almost breathless, causing a great sense of oppression to arise spontaneously from the bottom of my heart.
Sensing this abnormal change, Lei Xiao's expression froze, he tightened the invisibility cloak on his body, and looked around.
I saw that thick black mist, like Mount Tai pressing down on the top, pervading directly above the battlefield.
Although not to the point where you can't see your fingers, it still greatly affects the visibility of the battlefield.
"Pupil of Holy Light!"
Under Lei Xiao's signal, Ju Bai immediately cast this auxiliary spell that can obtain the effect of night vision.
As a rare advanced profession of the Holy Light Priest, Jubai's control over this auxiliary spell has already reached the point of perfection.
Auxiliary spells hardly produce energy fluctuations, and the energy flow on the battlefield is extremely chaotic.
Therefore, Lei Xiao, who was standing on the top of the mountain, naturally didn't have to worry about being noticed by other people on the battlefield.
Under the double blessing of "Pupil of Holy Light" and "Pupil of Star", Lei Xiao noticed.
This sudden change of circumstances immediately caused an uproar on the battlefield.
In addition to the increasingly chaotic second prince's camp, the cavalry of the eldest prince's original military formation also showed obvious loosening.
Many light and heavy cavalry who were charging even subconsciously tightened their reins, slowed down their progress, and looked at the sky in a panic.
All of a sudden, a breath of uneasiness began to spread quietly on the battlefield.
However, under the call of their respective commanders, the scattered formation quickly recovered a little.
"This is obviously not a sky illusion, is it a precursor to some kind of magic?"
Seeing the surroundings suddenly darken, Xiaoya who was at the side couldn't help but blurted out.
Judging from her shortness of breath, it was obvious that she had also been oppressed just now.
"Indeed, the flow of energy particles in the air has become more and more chaotic."
Lei Xiao took a deep breath and stared intently at the battle situation down the mountain.
After being promoted to the double-material fourth-order powerhouse, Lei Xiao's perception ability has been qualitatively improved compared to before.
"My lord, my subordinates know what kind of spell this is."
Lena, who is a Mandela tribe, had a rare trembling of the leaves on her head, and said with amazement on her wheat-colored face: "It's the "Traveler"! And the strength is extremely terrifying! "
""Traveler"? So, is this a sign that necromancers are launching necromancy? "
Lei Xiao was startled, and asked Lina.
"My lord, that's exactly the case, these black mist are the embodiment of death!"
Leaf on the top of Lina's head was still trembling, swallowed involuntarily and said: "The death energy on the battlefield is already extremely strong, and those who can mobilize such momentum, I am afraid that their strength can almost match that of their teachers." !"
"oh?"
The surprise on Lei Xiao's face became more and more obvious.
According to Lina, her teacher, Flemingken, was one of the nine dragon-slaying heroes back then, and his strength was extremely good at the fifth-order seven-star.
From this, it is not difficult to infer that the strength of this sudden "human master" necromancer is very likely to be close to or reach the level of a senior strongman above the fifth-level five-star level.
"A fifth-level senior expert? This is much stronger than the knotweed and Hongye. Why did it suddenly appear here?"
Surprised, Lei Xiao's brain began to work rapidly.
From the analysis of the current situation, it is impossible to launch this kind of spell that disturbs both the enemy and us at the same time when the eldest prince's forces have already taken the absolute advantage.
In this way, there is only one possibility left.
"Is this the means by which the Second Prince's forces reverse their disadvantages? I didn't expect that there would be a fifth-order powerhouse hidden in his camp, or a very tricky necromancer. Where did such a guy come from?"
Just as Lei Xiao thought of this, an orange-white voice of astonishment rang out immediately: "A fifth-level necromancer... Among the famous fifth-level powerhouses in the human race, there is no such person. Could it be the same as Fleming? , are all hidden powerhouses?"
"That's the only possibility."
Lei Xiao nodded, a serious look appeared on his face.
Before that, I had already collected a lot of information about the fifth-order powerhouses in the human race countries.
Not only those loyal to the royal families of various countries, but also the powerhouses of the fifth rank, including neutral organizations such as the Temple of Light, the Mercenary Guild, and the Alchemist Guild, have done detailed investigations themselves.
Among them, there is indeed no fifth-order necromancer.
"After my careful comparison, the No. 7 black-robed man and the No. 9 black-robed man I encountered before also do not meet the characteristics of any known fifth-order powerhouse. They can gather so many hermit powerhouses for them. Efficiency, this is the truly terrifying aspect of the mysterious organization."
Lei Xiao opened his mouth slightly, and slowly took another deep breath of the **** air.
"Originally, a white knight is tricky enough. I didn't expect that a fifth-level necromancer with terrifying strength popped out of the second prince's camp out of nowhere."
Thinking of this, Lei Xiao moved his eyes and found that the subordinates of the main force beside him also showed surprise, staring at the battle situation at the foot of the mountain.
Lei Xiao noticed when his eyes fell back to the crowded battlefield.
As the dark clouds became thicker, more and more horses began to disobey the orders of the cavalry on the side of the eldest prince who had an absolute advantage, which made the rhythm of the battlefield slow down significantly.
Although the Second Prince's camp was still extremely chaotic, they had a chance to breathe.
And all this is just the beginning.
Without any warning, a vast black death energy visible to the naked eye suddenly surged out from the camp of the second prince's army, and then spread rapidly.
On the huge battlefield, wherever the vast black death energy went, the soldiers and horses who had no life were all completely shrouded in a dense black mist.
For a moment, the battlefield was filled with groups of unsettling black mist.
And the extremely strong death energy itself demoralized some soldiers with fragile hearts, and even their bodies began to tremble.
"My lord, that "Traveler" is about to start summoning a large number of undead. "
Lina's wheat-colored face was full of seriousness, and she said: "For the "Traveler", the soldiers who have just died in battle are obviously the best material for skeleton warriors! "
"Is it finally about to start?"
Under the protection of the energy barrier of the knotweed and the red night, Lei Xiao would naturally not be affected by the death energy, he nodded slowly and said.
And the other main subordinates around Lei Xiao are also within the effective range of the energy barriers of the two fifth-order powerhouses, so there is no need to worry.
Sure enough, it wasn't long before Lina's crisp sound fell.
The real mutation begins.
One by one, the white skeleton soldiers began to scramble to break free from the black mist. The mandibles moved up and down, as if struggling to break out of a cocoon, which was extremely suffocating.
After the transformation was completely completed, these skeleton soldiers, who moved at the same speed as ordinary people, began to quickly assemble with weapons and shields in their hands, and then lined up neatly.
I saw that the movements of the undead were uniform, and the blood-stained armor of many skeletons had been damaged, exposing the ribs in them, and some of them had more or less feathered arrows stuck in the armor.
Some skeletons without helmets had exposed skulls, and they could even see the cracks in the bones that had been deformed and dented due to severe injuries in the battle.
As for the light cavalry who had just been killed, they remounted their skeleton warhorses and gripped their bloodstained lances tightly.
The few skeleton flag bearers also raised the broken battle flag again expressionless, as if they were rediscovering the glory of the warriors.
All in all, on the battlefield below the mountain, the densely packed skeleton soldiers climbed up from the black mist, and then gathered together, the grand scene is quite shocking.
Not long after, including the soldiers who died in the camp's offensive and defensive battles, a neat army formation consisting of various skeleton infantry at the front, center and rear, and skeleton cavalry on both wings appeared before everyone's eyes. .
Estimated from the number, this army of skeleton soldiers has obviously reached the scale of 10,000 people.
"Is this the strength of a fifth-level necromancer? In an instant, a legion-sized army of necromancers was ~ Looking at this disgusting but heart-shattering scene, Lei Xiao's throat rolled, and he swallowed again.
As a Tier 4 powerhouse, if the ordinary soldiers saw this scene, it would probably deal a fatal blow to their morale.
Thinking of this, Lei Xiao moved his eyes and refocused his eyes on the soldiers who had almost stagnated in the center of the battlefield.
I saw that the light cavalry who were only wearing ordinary semi-closed battle helmets were already speechless by the scene of the gathering of the undead.
The other part is heavy cavalry and assault cavalry wearing fully enclosed helmets. Although their expressions cannot be seen clearly, judging from their sluggish movements, the degree of surprise is undoubtedly no less than that of the former.
At this moment, the charge of the undead army began.
The white hand bones clenched the blood-stained sharp blade, pointing directly at the stunned soldiers of the Grand Prince's forces.