Chapter 533: Unprecedented Invasion of Dark Creatures (Part 1)
Boom! Boom!
When Narant arrived at the defensive position outside the gentle slope of the castle, the meteor shower continued.
Every roar was like a heavy drum hitting the hearts of the guards. They had seen such a scene before.
"Is this... is this still an invasion by dark creatures?" One of the guards swallowed their saliva one after another. Even veterans like Quick had a look of horror on their faces.
In just ten seconds, at least eighty or ninety meteors had fallen around them.
And this quantity is still limited to the places they can see.
Further away in the grass and woods, they clearly saw more meteor showers dragging their brilliant tail flames and falling everywhere.
Such a scene made them wonder if they were dreaming.
After all, such a large wave of dark creature invasion is definitely unprecedented.
"So many!" Natasha, who was still standing on the city wall at the moment, couldn't help but cover her mouth and exclaimed when she saw this scene.
Although she already believed Nalant's words, she was mentally prepared in advance.
But from this height, we can see more clearly. There are at least hundreds of dark creatures landing in the Storm Territory.
With such a number, I am afraid that even the principality may not encounter so many dark creatures in a year.
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"Hold on, don't panic, spear guards, get in formation!" Nalant also immediately discovered the situation of his subordinates.
Especially the two hundred newly recruited spearmen. Although they are veterans who have been on the battlefield, few of them have experience in facing dark creatures.
Especially when they saw the meteorite falling as if it was free of charge, everyone was really unable to hold their spears steady.
If Nalant's majesty hadn't been deeply rooted in people's hearts, maybe they would have dispersed at this moment.
"Spear Guards, get in formation!" The two former captains who were captured were responsible for leading the spear guards.
Since Narant did not have a suitable backbone under his command, he chose to directly select from among them.
However, the two former captains performed well during training, so they were re-appointed.
Under the greetings of the two hundred-man team captains, two hundred spearmen quickly gathered and stood at the front.
Of course, Nalant was not planning to directly resist the dark creatures with his spear team.
In front of them was a long ditch four meters wide and five meters deep.
The long ditch blocks the entire defensive position from the wilderness, leaving only a five-meter-wide passage in the middle.
The spearmen hold spears that are five meters long. As long as the dark creatures are close, they can use the spears to kill accurately.
Even if they can't be stabbed to death for a while, they will still be useful when the dark creatures fall into the ditch.
Of course, these spearmen will most likely deal with the small minions of dark creatures, such as skeleton soldiers, hellhounds and other low-level beings.
Ho ho ho!
Click, click, click!
And just as the pikemen stood in formation, the dark creatures in the crater in front also crawled out one after another.
When they felt the presence of so many life breaths in the position, they all roared and gathered around the position.
Currently, the largest number of dark creatures are still skeleton soldiers, with more than forty of them, including three hell dogs and two headless horsemen.
"Vivian!" Upon seeing this, Nalant looked directly at Vivian on the arrow tower.
"Crossbow team, prepare in fifteen seconds!" Vivian received the order and immediately issued the order.
Now, Vivian, the leader of the long-range longbow team, has led 150 team members.
Among them were fifty people from the original long-range attack team, plus one hundred long archers.
In order to cope with tonight's crisis, Nalant asked the long-range attack team to abandon the trebuchets and replace them all with crossbows.
Following Vivian's order, the crossbow began to draw its bow and arrow under the operation of fifty guards, and the tight rattle of the rubber band was even more eye-catching.
It only took about ten seconds for the guards to finish loading the crossbow arrows, and then began to take aim quickly.
These crossbows were placed on temporary earth bags, so even though they were placed at the very back, their shooting angles would not be affected by the teammates in front.
In just a moment, all the guards beside the ballista raised their hands.
"emission!"
This raised hand meant that the loading and aiming was completed. Seeing this, Vivian did not hesitate and directly issued the launch order.
Buzz buzz!
Whoosh whoosh!
As a series of buzzing sounds were heard, ten crossbow arrows shot out at extremely fast speeds, shooting straight towards the gathering dark creatures.
Bang bang bang!
Wow! Wow!
The crossbow arrow is indeed a crossbow arrow, but its power is not comparable to that of a long bow.
We don't care about the accuracy for the moment, but when the thick arrow shaft hits the skeleton soldier, you can see the scene of people falling on their backs in an instant.
The skeleton soldiers fell to the ground like building blocks. Even though their heads were not hit, they were still alive, but they lost the support of their bodies. The glowing heads could only gnash their teeth on the ground feebly.
It makes a clicking sound.
There was even an unlucky headless horseman who was hit by a crossbow. His whole body was shot through and nailed to the mud.
In this wave alone, more than forty dark creatures were harvested, and this was because these dark creatures were not concentrated.
"Longbowmen take aim and prepare!"
This was not over yet. Seeing that most of the dark creatures were still moving forward, Vivian gave the order again and at the same time raised her long bow.
"emission!"
Whoosh whoosh!
As Vivian's command sounded again in the field, a hundred longbowmen instantly shot their arrows.
Whoosh whoosh!
Suddenly, a dense rain of arrows hit the dark creatures about a hundred meters away like meteors.
Tuk-tuk-tuk!
Bang bang bang!
And these longbowmen are indeed superb archers who have inherited Vivian's talent.
More than a hundred arrows were fired without missing a beat. Although only half of them hit the vital points of the dark creatures, they still harvested more than thirty dark creatures.
Even Nalant could clearly see that there were seven or eight arrow rains that had the same fatal blow effect as Vivian.
Following the wave of shots from the crossbows and longbowmen, the hundreds of dark creatures in front of them were about to disappear, and only about twenty fish that had slipped through the net continued to approach.
In an instant, the guards who were still a little frightened in the field came to their senses, with expressions showing both shock and joy.
In the past, dark creatures were as scary as the god of death in their hearts.
But at this moment, they actually thought that they were easier to deal with than ordinary enemies, and they actually killed sixty or seventy of them in one encounter.
Is this really a dark creature?
All the guards unconsciously had such thoughts in their hearts.
Of course, the answer is obvious. There are at least a dozen skeleton soldiers with their heads intact on the ground, and the ghostly light constantly overflowing from their exposed eye sockets shows that they are real dark creatures.
"The long-range attack team is mighty! Your Excellency is mighty!"
"The long-range attack team is mighty! Your Excellency is mighty!"
However, even if they really face dark creatures, their mentality has changed. If all the dark creatures that appear tonight are of this level, then they don't have to be afraid!
Seeing such a performance and hearing the shouts of the guards, Nalant relaxed a little.
In just one encounter, he was able to instantly eliminate as many dark creatures as the previous two combined, giving him greater confidence in today's battle.