Surdak held a dwarf chain shield, and a shield-shaped light appeared on the shield, knocking out a soldier ant in front of him.
The two Thunder Rhinoceros, surrounded by the cavalry, let out a low cry...
The archers on the side of Thunder Rhino fired arrows one after another. These arrows were still lethal to the ghost-patterned worker ants, but for this group of ghost-patterned worker ants, they were unable to penetrate their hard armor.
Only by hitting the weak points of the joints and a pair of eyes can the fine steel arrows penetrate the weak points of the carapace and nail the body of the ghost-patterned soldier ant.
The bed crossbows on the four platforms continued to shoot giant crossbow arrows. Each giant crossbow arrow flew out and almost took away the life of a ghost-marked soldier ant.
The giant crossbow arrows pinned the ghostly patterned soldier ants into the soil, and the huge inertia could drive almost half of their bodies into the soil.
The bed crossbow fires very slowly and cannot suppress the soldier ants at all.
The cavalry in heavy armor backed up the Thunder Rhinoceros, forming a solid shield wall on the slope to block the impact of the soldier ants in the ant colony.
These soldier ants are all extremely powerful. They use their tentacles to press against the shields of the cavalry, constantly compressing the cavalry's space. The shields of all the cavalry are stained with this thick, sour venom, and occasionally they can be seen.
The water bombs that landed on the back of the Thunder Rhino exploded in the crowd. These water bombs can wash away some of the acid rot on the cavalry.
Almost all of the cavalrymen had wounds caused by acid corrosion. When they saw Surdak rushing in, more than 600 cavalrymen burst into cheers.
Fireballs are constantly exploding in the ant colony. This magical flame sticks to the ghost-marked soldier ants and can continue to burn for a while.
These ghost-striped soldier ants are somewhat afraid of fire. Once their bodies are burned, these ghost-striped soldier ants will run up and down in the ant colony, disrupting the attack rhythm of the soldier ants.
The most conspicuous person on the battlefield is always a pretty figure wearing red tight-fitting leather armor.
The fierce battle caused the hood on her head to fall quietly, but Samira was completely unaware of it. Her face was covered with a black gauze, which could not completely cover her pretty face, especially her red hair and red star eyes.
There was a cold aura exuding from his body.
Samira's arrows are filled with wind and electric arcs. The strength of the epic-level sharp bow is very high. Even if the arrow is shot on the soldier ant's hardest forehead, it can penetrate the hard armor and nail it deeply.
On hard skin.
Her arrows seemed to have eyes, and each time she fired the bow, she could kill a soldier ant.
Not far away, two giant ghost-striped soldier ants were still struggling on the hillside. Their abdomens were penetrated by several giant crossbow arrows, and the parts were almost the same.
The giant crossbow arrows kept them in place, and no matter how hard they struggled, they could not break free.
Light brown blood and light green rotting fluid gurgled out from the wound, which seemed to be Samira's work.
Fortunately, she shot the giant soldier ants in the ant colony, otherwise the two giant soldier ants rushed to the front of the formation, and the cavalry would not be able to block their impact.
The aura of power under Surdak's feet continued to spread, and the cavalry around him felt the power rising from their feet.
He immediately replaced the blood-red crescent moon in his hand with a torch of holy light.
In this kind of battle, the sharp blood-red crescent is not as useful as the heavy Holy Light Torch.
Especially the sacred flame ignited by the torch splashed on the ghost-striped red ants, instantly making the hard armor as crispy as biscuits.
Surdak relied on the blood-red crescent moon to cast the rune word 'Eternity', which only temporarily blinded the surrounding ghost-marked red ants. However, the Holy Light Torch was able to cast 'Holy Thunder', and the arc it aroused instantly formed a bolt of lightning.
Snakes, scurrying back and forth among the ants.
The situation reversed at this moment, and the cavalry, led by Suldak, launched an attack on these ghostly patterned soldier ants.
Although there were still a steady stream of ghost-patterned soldier ants coming out from behind, Surdak led the heavy cavalry to rush through a gap, and a group of cavalry rushed out from the encirclement of the ghost-patterned soldier ants. They rode on the periphery of the battlefield, cooperating with Su
Erdak's infantry and cavalry charged at Ghost Pattern.
The ghostly patterned soldier ants formed an encirclement and were gradually torn apart by Surdak.
Although one cavalryman cannot fight against one ghostly patterned soldier ant on his own, ten cavalrymen can definitely defeat the ghostly patterned soldier ants if they charge against ten ghostly patterned soldier ants.
The thick knight's spear stabbed the weakest part of the soldier ant's neck, and relying on the force of the charge, the hard armor on the neck was able to tear open an unhealable wound.
The balance of war tilted towards the cavalry little by little.
The last hundred or so ghost-striped soldier ants finally lost their last bit of fighting courage. It may also be that the queen ant who controlled them from a distance cut off the connection with them. After these ghost-striped soldier ants were abandoned by the queen,
Flee quickly on a battlefield full of corpses.
The moment the ghost-patterned soldier ants retreated, almost all the cavalry collapsed on the battlefield exhausted.
The battle was very brutal. Almost more than 300 horses fell on the battlefield. Many cavalrymen were seriously injured. Almost all of them had minor injuries caused by acid rot.
Only Surdak was standing on the grassy slope holding the torch of Holy Light, and his figure looked particularly burly at this moment.
Surdak dropped the heavy dwarf chain shield in his hand, held the holy light torch, lifted the visor on his helmet, walked past these cavalry with a straight face, kicked these cavalry with his feet, and shouted:
"Get up quickly, wash off the rotten venom on your body with clean water, and then help me find all the seriously injured people who are not dead. Hurry up..."
Surdak strode into the dilapidated and mostly collapsed tent. Some cavalrymen quickly struggled to get up from the ground and began to search for their more seriously injured companions on the battlefield, carrying them into the camp where Surdak was.
In the tent.
At this time, Lance and four other magicians also climbed off the back of the Thunder Rhinoceros and began to treat the cavalry. Among the five of them, only Galena was a water magician, but everyone had a few in hand.
If you take out the 'Hydrotherapy' magic scroll at this time, you can also treat some seriously injured cavalry.
Although Suldak arrived back in time, more than 60 cavalrymen were killed in this battle, more than 200 cavalrymen were seriously injured, and the remaining 300 meters of cavalrymen all suffered minor injuries to varying degrees.
In addition to the wounded soldiers, the war horses also suffered heavy casualties. This time, at least two hundred war horses were bitten to death by ghost-striped soldier ants, and the remaining horses were also covered in scars.
Almost all the heads of the ghost-patterned soldier ants obtained in the battle were sacrificed to the Two-Faced Demon God by Surdak, and even some injured horses had the blessing of the 'Divine Blessed Body' on them.
Seeing the devastated battlefield, Lance and several magicians realized that this was not just a simple hunt, but a war between the Empire and the ghost-striped red ants. If they were not careful, they would be killed by these ghost-striped red ants.
Ants eat it up.
When Surdak began to treat the lightly wounded cavalry, Samira got into his tent.
Surdak did not use the Holy Light spell, but instead took the head of a ghost-marked soldier ant and sacrificed it.
When the ghost-patterned soldier ant's head turned into a dark red blood light and disappeared in the tent, a beam of light also fell on the wounded soldier.
Suldak lowered his head and inspected several wounds of the wounded soldier, and told him that after he went out, the first thing to do was to clean the wounds and bandage them well.
"What exactly happened here, where are Andrew and Gulitem?" Surdak asked the half-elf archer, his face looked very ugly.
He could not accept the heavy casualties caused by the cavalry battalion under any circumstances.
Samira sat on the box in the tent with a tired look on her face. The hair on her head was wet with sweat and stuck to her forehead.
Magic lines appeared on the arms, becoming thicker and swollen.
It seems that he was exhausted again and forcefully used the power of his blood, causing the old injury to recur.
She took out a bundle of bandages and wrapped them around her swollen right arm while saying: "The two of them ran to chase the ghost-striped male ant colony..."
A wounded cavalryman limped in from outside.
Surdak took out a soldier ant head from the wooden box and asked with a cold face: "How did you get ambushed by the ant colony?"
The wounded soldier felt the anger in him and stood beside the tent door, not daring to walk in for a while.
Suldak waved to the cavalryman and asked him to come closer.
Samira pointed to the hillside opposite and explained to Surdak: "They suddenly emerged from a hole in the ground, and many of them came out at once. The place where they came out happened to be the area where the horses gathered to rest. At that time, the war horses
They were all tied to the ground stakes, and there was no time to untie the reins. All the cavalry were eating breakfast, and so many soldier ants suddenly appeared that no one had time to deal with them."
The half-elf archer was a little depressed. It seemed that only holding the epic bow could give her some courage to speak. She continued:
"I asked everyone to give up their war horses and retreat to the two Thunder Rhinoceros. However, this also made the cavalry lose their mobility, and the ghost-patterned soldier ants are much more powerful than I thought. We can't break out, so we can only rely on the Thunder Rhinoceros and Thunder Rhinoceros.
They fight to the death."
"Then tell me, when did Andrew discover the queen ant?" Suldak said with a sigh.
The blessing of the 'Blessed Body' fell on the injured cavalry, and he waved to the wounded soldier.
The injured cavalryman quickly got out of the camp.
Samira whispered: "Andrew and Gulitem found a group of ghost-striped male ants passing by the camp at dawn. At first, we did not advocate chasing them, but when they saw that it was almost daytime, they felt that the ghost-striped red ants were
They probably wouldn’t choose to attack us during the day, so they pursued us with the elite cavalry and Gulitem.”
"It wasn't until dawn that these soldier ants emerged from their burrows..."
Surdak rubbed his swollen forehead and said: "It seems that we have met a smart queen ant. Maybe this queen has a very good IQ and underestimates the enemy."
In the evening, Andrew and Gulitum led a group of cavalry back from the windy and dusty hills and mountains.
When they saw the dilapidated appearance of the camp, they were shocked.
On the hillside, a group of injured cavalry were digging a hole. It was impossible for the dead horses to be abandoned in the wilderness like this.
As a cavalryman, he would not eat horse meat if there was enough food. All dead horses would be buried on the spot, and those injured that could not be healed would also be killed on the spot.
It was impossible to transport all the dead cavalry back to Dodan Town. They could only burn them on the spot and put their ashes in jars and take them back.
There are many bushes in the hills and mountains, and there is no shortage of firewood. After the firewood piles were piled up, they were all lit by Surdak himself. Now there are only a few embers left in these fires.
Blow by the evening breeze, some sparks kept flying out.
There is a parchment roll in front of each fire, which will record the cavalry's achievements and glory in battle, and also record the scene of his death in battle. In the future, this parchment, his property in the cavalry camp, and his pension will be recorded.
Together they were sent back to the deserted land of Hiranza and handed over to his family.
Andrew led the horse and strode to the front of the big tent, threw the reins in his hands to the cavalry beside him, got into the tent and asked:
"Has this been attacked by red ants?"
Surdak sat in the tent, lowering his head to treat Samira's arm injury.
Samira responded with a depressed look: "Well, not long after you left, a group of soldier ants came out of the hole in the ground."
She and Andrew came from the city of Wozhimara, and both experienced the siege of the Hell Dogs and saw many of their companions die in battle.
Therefore, their emotions are less affected by such small losses.
Andrew's face turned red and he shouted: "How stupid I am! I just wondered why these ghost-striped male ants kept leading us in circles in the mountains. I thought they were going to take the opportunity to surround and kill us when their war horses were exhausted, but they didn't
The thought of a sudden attack on the camp...it's really...the hills and mountains are full of mud, unlike the canyon where there are rocks everywhere. It's easy to dig holes here, these damn red ants."
Outside the tent, Gulitem poked his big head with a steel helmet in, took one look and immediately retracted.
He simply sat outside the tent, his huge body cast a big shadow, and the good brother named Naohuaer kept chattering: "I just told you to be careful, and there is nothing wrong with being careful! You see
What's in your head? A brain full of rot! You're going to be dumbfounded now..."
"Shut your stinky mouth, how did I know this would happen!" Gulitem immediately countered.
His good brother Nao Hua'er seemed to have his mouth covered and couldn't speak at all.
"Do you know what is the most fatal way to die as an ogre magician?" Gulitem said viciously.
"Ugh...what is it?"
"Death by talking too much!" Gulitem was in a bad mood, and even growled a little when he spoke.
Suldak paused and asked Andrew: "What did you gain today?"
"These ghost-striped male ants slipped away very fast and kept taking us in circles in the wild. We chased them all day long and hunted eight ghost-striped male ants." Andrew said, "By the way, boss, this time we
We also discovered a hiding place of a local indigenous tribe in the valley of the Spiny Mountains, and it seems that a group of ghost-striped red ants also discovered it..."
"Oh?" Surdak knew that he would encounter indigenous tribes when entering the hills and mountains, but he did not expect that he would meet in such circumstances.
After thinking for a while, he said: "After we clean up here, we will try to contact them."