The spacious and deathly silent street was densely packed with our soldiers who were preparing to break out.
Under the mottled battle helmets covered with blood and mud, pairs of confused but frightened eyes were revealed.
"Trap! It's a trap! Get out quickly!"
A panicked voice finally broke the silence, causing the already panicked soldiers to explode and began to retreat like a tide.
Caught off guard, a large number of soldiers who were slow to react were pushed to the ground by the panicked crowd. Then, what was reflected in the frightened eyes of the fallen soldiers was pairs of heavy boots that gradually enlarged and covered the sky.
Screams and wails immediately echoed through the streets.
But this is just the fatal beginning.
On the ground crowded with panicked people, a dense crimson magic array quietly appeared, gathering fire energy particles that filled the air at an extremely fast speed.
In the blink of an eye, the crimson magic array with more and more energy particles gathered began to flash rapidly.
As the magic array flickered with increasing frequency, the surrounding temperature also rose sharply. Finally, earth-shaking explosions sounded.
Our group of soldiers who were panicking immediately erupted into balls of rising flames. Also rising into the sky were countless broken limbs and splashes of bright red.
At this point, the situation is self-evident.
Just like what the cry just said, our beleaguered soldiers who were eager to break out obviously plunged into the opponent's deadly trap.
For a time, screams and wails were mixed with earth-shattering explosions in an endless stream. The deadly flames devoured everything, leaving only vague lumps of scorched black and molten iron from the melted armor, still emitting the slightest trace of thick iron.
cigarette.
However, until the last moment, a pair of eyes that were gradually losing focus were still full of brightness and hope.
"Stupid things."
On an inconspicuous dark platform, the fourth prince, who was in an invisible state, looked coldly at our soldiers sinking in the scorching flames, and spat disdainfully.
These magic traps are naturally made by the Lancaster family and the Yorkman family. Compared with magic traps of other attributes, the fire type is the most violent and simple.
"Okay, let's get ready to leave. There is nothing more boring than watching these stupid things destroy themselves. As long as these stupid things are completely eliminated, the scum of the other world will not be far away from death."
The fourth prince shook his cloak and nodded to Stone and Kent who were hiding in the shadows.
The rich smell of blood and burnt smell in the air made him extremely uncomfortable and even made him feel nauseated.
However, for him who left the royal capital at a young age and was not as pampered as other royal heirs, that was all.
"Your Highness, something is wrong."
Stone gently stroked his gray beard, and with a pair of old wrinkled eyes, he stared at the block covered in blood and fire below, frowning and said: "Although these merchant soldiers who broke into the trap seemed to be panicking, they just fled to the rear.
, and were not dispersed into the surrounding narrow streets, which is obviously inconsistent with common sense."
"So, are these illusions cast by those despicable scum from another world?"
The fourth prince's eyebrows knitted together, and the gloom on his face became even more intense.
He stretched out his palm, and a small light yellow magic scroll appeared.
Immediately afterwards, the fourth prince tossed it casually, and the moment the small scroll came out of his hand, it directly merged into the air and became completely invisible.
When the invisible scroll fell into the burning street, it reappeared physically, causing a wave of gray energy that seemed to be invisible.
Wherever the gray energy wave went, our soldiers who were struggling in the flames suddenly became ethereal, but soon returned to normal again.
"Sure enough, it's another deception of that despicable alien scum!"
The fourth prince clenched his fist until it crackled and spat hard again.
I have been observing here for a long time, and all I saw was a scene carefully presented by the despicable scum from another world!
When Lei Xiao first used illusions to hide the truth, the fourth prince already knew about it.
This kind of illusion reaches five levels, and even ordinary fifth-level experts cannot easily detect it. It is undoubtedly extremely difficult.
But the outer city is different from the central city, but it has a perfect illusion interference barrier, which is enough to make fifth-level illusions have nowhere to hide. How on earth does this despicable guy continue to hide the truth?
Just when the fourth prince was doubtful, Kent's low report sounded.
"Your Highness, the scouts have just reported that several illusion-interfering barrier magic towers around have been secretly destroyed by the despicable aliens at some point, and they have been using illusions to pretend they are intact!"
After hearing Kent's words, the fourth prince finally couldn't help it, and became furious again: "It seems that that bastard has already noticed our attack target, and then made arrangements in advance!"
"Your Highness, don't be impatient. In the subsequent magic traps deployed, I have specially arranged an extremely elite detection barrier."
Stone gently stroked his beard, his old face full of calmness.
"Although this kind of detection barrier cannot directly see through the illusion, it can accurately identify the aura of the soldiers. If the illusion enters the coverage area of the trap, I can see through it at a glance."
"At that time, the opponent will still have nowhere to hide. We only need to let go of the illusion and wait until the real breakout soldiers arrive to launch the trap. We will use the phantom soldiers to open a path in front to break the trap, and then use the real soldiers to break through. This will definitely happen.
It’s the other party’s plan.”
Old Stone nodded to the fourth prince, grinned sternly and said: "In addition, although the illusion counterattack used by the fifth-level helper invited by the old minister has been broken by the other party, the helper has already made secret preparations.
A killer move."
"Your Highness, although the other party has seen through our goal, we only wasted some hastily deployed traps and there is no actual loss. This is what we expected."
A gloomy look also appeared on Kent's face, and he echoed: "In the final analysis, these defeated generals are still the turtles in the urn, and I have countless ways to eliminate them."
"You two are right. This prince has already set up a dragnet around these trapped soldiers. If you want to break through the encirclement with these phantom soldiers, that despicable alien scum is just dreaming."
The fourth prince smiled disdainfully, and soon he and the two wealthy family heads moved and disappeared from the place in an instant, leaving only a solemn word that was still echoing in the anxious air.
"I would like to take a closer look and see what other tricks the despicable alien scum can do apart from these illusory deceptions. The cleverness that has already been played in front of me once will never succeed again!"
…
Just as the Fourth Prince and his group merged into the darkness again.
The explosions that had been ringing in the surrounding streets gradually stopped, causing everything around to become silent again.
"Thanks to Your Excellency Keqing's deployment, otherwise we, who were preparing to break out in one go, would have been torn apart in the fire."
Under the bright moon, a middle-aged pokemon commander with mottled armor wiped away the beads of sweat on his scorched forehead and swallowed unconsciously.
His name is Andy, he is one of the main generals of the besieged Merchant Army Regiment, and he is also Lorna's brother.
At first, Andy was not optimistic about this guest from another world who suddenly gained military power.
After all, this guy is just an alien of unknown origin, so what qualifications does he have to command their well-equipped and well-trained army of wealthy people?
However, when he learned about the miraculous battle situation in the central city, and when His Excellency the guest minister and Princess Ariel led the army to come to the rescue, Andy had unknowingly changed his view.
And now that he had escaped from death again, he began to admire the guest you had not yet met from the bottom of his heart.
It is undoubtedly their greatest honor to be commanded by Your Excellency Ke Qing!
"Lord Legion Commander, Your Excellency Ke Qing's latest order is here!"
I saw a capable communications staff officer not far away, after completing the magic communication, he quickly bowed and reported: "We only need to continue to follow the phantom troops to fake the truth!"
"Very good, then let's move on."
Andy did not hesitate at all, waved his hand and said: "Soldiers, this main army is the vanguard specially selected by Your Excellency Ke Qing. We must not disappoint Your Excellency Ke Qing's expectations!"
After hearing Andy's order, although the Phytolacca soldiers around them looked tired, they still clenched their weapons, raised their battle flags high, and took another step forward.
In front of and behind them, there are phantom legions that can be easily confused with the real ones. Even if they are facing each other head-on, the enemy will not be able to immediately detect the clues.
All in all, with the arrangements made by Your Excellency Keqing, they will definitely turn danger into safety and successfully pass through this dangerous trap area!
However, what Andy didn't know was that they, who had just escaped, were entering another fatal situation that had already been set up.
As the legion commanded by Andy advanced, their vigorous figures soon came into view of the Fourth Prince and his group.
"Your Highness, I can vaguely sense that even though most of this huge enemy army is an illusion, there must be a powerful force hidden there."
Stone's old eyes narrowed slightly, staring closely at our army that was marching at high speed in the block below. He smiled sinisterly at the fourth prince and said: "The magic trap this time is perfectly deployed with the detection barrier that the veteran just mentioned. Then
The little tricks of despicable aliens can no longer be hidden from my eyes!"
"Then it all depends on Qing Shi."
The fourth prince nodded slightly and watched the developments below closely.
The fourth prince clearly understood that his highest-level illusion-seeing scroll was only at the fourth level, and the same was true for the two wealthy family heads.
If it is under the influence of the magic trap explosion, some clues can still be seen, otherwise it will be impossible to directly see through the opponent's phantom soldiers.
This means that when the illusion interference barrier has failed, if you want to annihilate the opponent at the minimum cost, you can only rely on the detection barrier set up by Stone.
Theoretically speaking, although the phantom soldiers can be fake and real, and can even be touched, they are all inanimate illusions after all, so Stone's breath detection barrier is indeed enough to make the opponent unable to hide.
In addition, these magical traps set by Stone also spent a lot of money to strengthen the fifth-level concealment barrier. Even the fifth-level strong ones cannot see any clues.
"Haha, everything is ready, despicable scum from another world, since you have regarded illusion as a means of concealing the truth, let me personally crush your ridiculous fantasy."
The fourth prince also narrowed his eyes, staring closely at the development of the block below.
It is true that with his current means, it is not impossible to annihilate these defeated generals by force.
And the reason why he insisted on using magic traps, apart from the fact that it was the most convenient way, another important reason was to break the Merchant Army Regiment's trust in Lei Xiao.
It can be imagined that the reason why these merchant army regiments obeyed Lei Xiao, a lord from another world, was mainly because of Lei Xiao's series of arrangements, which indeed gave the originally weak merchant army regiments a lot of advantages.
But if these remaining defeated generals are still annihilated under Lei Xiao's arrangements, what will be reduced by other merchant army regiments rushing to the rescue is not only their morale, but also their trust in Lei Xiao.
At that time, no matter how clever Lei Xiao's methods are, he will be at his wits' end and completely lose the war.
"It seems that it won't be long before those despicable alien scum and that greenhouse glass flower from Lao Wu will all fall into the hands of this prince. When the time comes, this prince who is crowned king will make sure you live and die!"
The fourth prince had a sinister smile on his lips, thinking this in his mind while continuing to pay attention to the developments in the neighborhood below.
At this time, under Stone's close monitoring, the front phantom army had successfully passed the area where the deadly trap was located, and continued to move forward without noticing.
Behind this phantom army, another Merchant Army regiment, which looked obviously much more tired, was quickly approaching the deadly trap area.
Once these deadly magic traps are activated, they are enough to destroy an entire legion and an entire neighborhood.
"Um?"
Stone, who was sensing and detecting the barrier, moved his cloudy old eyes, apparently sensing something.
I saw a trace of contempt and jest slowly appearing on the old face of the head of the Lancaster family. He smiled sinisterly at the fourth prince and said: "Your Highness, this legion approaching the trap is the despicable alien scum.
The real legion hidden!"
"When all the enemy troops enter the trap, let's start."
The fourth prince's gloomy eyes suddenly lit up and he nodded to Stone.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, just leave everything to me."
Stone seemed to be at ease. He first grinned at the fourth prince, then calmed down and continued to pay attention to the development below.
And the tired army that was unaware of it soon completely entered the coverage area of the magic trap.
"Haha, the feast of blood and wailing has begun."
Seeing this, Stone, whose old face was filled with strong anger, decisively activated all the magic traps, causing continuous explosions to immediately reach the ears of the fourth prince.
Listening to the earth-shattering explosions and shrill screams, the fourth prince, full of excitement, decisively used another illusion detection scroll.
This time, there was no trace of emptiness in the scorching scene of rising flames, which undoubtedly meant that they had indeed hit the real legion!
Looking down at the chaotic streets where severed limbs and broken bodies were flying, the smile on the fourth prince's face grew stronger, and he quietly watched as our soldiers who were caught off guard were completely destroyed in the sea of fire.