Chapter 822 The Independence of Narcissus Principality
March 30th, Star Antimony.
The heavy snowfall has not stopped after the winter division was upgraded.
The fighting on the Black Hawk battlefield on the front line has completely subsided - under such heavy snow that can obscure sight and sound, the execution of any tactics is impossible.
Many times, as long as you take a step forward, you will suddenly see no one and hear no sound. But you cannot stop where you are and wait for the snow to bury you... you can only walk around in a lost state. Then it becomes easier
He accidentally entered the opponent's camp and was immediately arrested.
The result is that the more defensive a side is, the greater its advantage will be.
The mages of Narcissus Principality are good at positional warfare. They can also control the power of these magical snows and integrate the power into their own spells.
At least 70% of the army composed of Black Eagles was seriously short of spellcasters. The soldiers had no choice but to use ritual circles to protect the camp and obscure spell searches.
In this situation where roads are blocked by heavy snow, supplies cannot be delivered to the front line at all, and the only water source is frozen by magicians from a distance. They can only rely on alchemists to melt ice to draw water. Demonologists can only maintain concealment rituals.
Have tried their best.
The alchemy puppets are also completely unable to be driven due to lack of magic power - the mana of the alchemist's body alone is not enough to support the actions of so many alchemy puppets, not to mention that the heavy snow that can obscure the perception has completely turned the alchemy puppets into
The blind man is completely unable to move autonomously and can only operate at close range.
Even the power of the necromancers has been greatly weakened.
Since the promotion of the Winter Division... just overnight, the mana required for most necromancy spells has suddenly become water attribute. Although the mana pool of the profession itself has changed from pure earth to half earth and half water,
You cannot go back to the path characteristics you have chosen.
Most of the path characteristics built around the earth attribute mana pool...such as earth affinity or earth container were instantly useless. Nowadays, earth attribute mana can only be used to use preservation and petrification spells.
, and cannot be used to drive the undead. Staffs and other equipment that increase earth attribute mana have also lost most of their meaning.
They are obviously the attacking party, but at this moment it seems like they are in a siege.
After a week of heavy snowfall, they have not been dispatched for three or four consecutive days. The morale of the frontline troops who suppressed the Narcissus Principality's rebellion has dropped to freezing point, and they are only half a step away from mutiny.
Originally, at this time, the military police should have dealt with these disciplinary soldiers to suppress them... But at this time, even the military police stopped and maintained a wait-and-see attitude. They seemed to have some ideas of their own.
At this time, the herald who had been lost in the heavy snow for several days finally arrived belatedly and issued a retreat order.
They breathed a sudden sigh of relief and began to prepare to retreat.
After they evacuated the camp, such a large movement of personnel caused their specific location to be immediately detected by the mage tower.
More than ten kilometers away, the mages launched a wave of bombings against them - they used their spells to roll up heavy snow, condensing it into a blizzard mixed with invisible wind blades, and an ice storm mixed with high-speed boulders. They also summoned them from afar.
The elemental life army came out and continuously fired ice guns to harass and intercept.
Even if there is a magic tower that increases the distance of spells, the accuracy of spells at this distance is already close to zero. Only large-scale spells that do not select targets can be somewhat useful. However, they can actually only have a little effect.
Interference effect, actual lethality approaches zero.
But the result is - too useful.
The retreating Star Antimony Army lost its final morale due to this wave of spell attacks, and was defeated directly. Then it quickly evolved into a rout. All commands were almost completely ineffective, and some spell casters were even trampled to death, while more casters were
Unable to keep up with the speed of retreat, he was left behind and completely lost his way.
In addition to the spell casters, there were many soldiers who chose to disperse because the direction was unclear and they were afraid of falling behind when they fled, and naturally they also got lost.
Compared with the people who were directly killed by these long-range strategic spells, there were far more people who lost their way.
The first batch of soldiers who returned to the fortress in front of Black Eagle Territory was actually less than one-third!
At this time, the chaos in the rear finally reached the frontline soldiers.
Valentine VII and VIII died consecutively - although Valentine VIII's external excuse was that he was "severely ill and needed to stay in bed for a long time", everyone knew that he was killed and was about to be transformed into a son of the moon.
.The so-called being bedridden is just an excuse that no one believes.
Compared with letting a month-old son inherit the throne, what the soldiers could not accept even more was the fact that Valentine VIII "died of illness" within a week of taking over.
After going out to fight once, the monarch changed twice - so who are we fighting for?
In the most critical counter-insurgency battle, the entire army chose to retreat, and a rout occurred during the retreat, which also meant that the independence of the Narcissus Principality was unstoppable.
As a result, the generals of the Black Eagle Territory also began to have their own ideas.
——Compared to the local army of Star Antimony, they themselves are the main body of the entire Star Antimony army. Originally, they still lacked high-level extraordinary people, but now after the reappearance of the "warrior" profession, the number of extraordinary people in the Black Eagle Territory, as well as the high-level people
The number of extraordinary people suddenly increased.
How long has passed, Black Hawk has already given birth to two fifth-level warrior extraordinary beings of his own, and the number of fourth-level extraordinary beings has tripled!
Originally, most of them were hunters - a profession that was particularly good at long-distance strikes, able to attach will and mana to long-range weapons for precise strikes and enchanted strikes. Whether it was a bow, arrow, hand crossbow or pistol,
Rifles and even cannons all fall into this category of "long-distance weapons".
They were able to turn the powerful but inaccurate artillery weapons invented by the alchemists into precision strikes. The alchemists also created powerful hand cannons for them as individual weapons, which were completely untargeted.
Combining the powerful weapon with the hunter's professional ability, it can be turned into a long-range strike with a high hit rate within a certain distance... because the cannonballs can turn.
Just like the crosshair will stick to people.
Although at extremely high speeds, this subtle bullet adsorption cannot achieve a 100% hit. However, it is definitely enough in a battlefield environment.
However, a big problem is... they are "hunters" after all.
They are extraordinary beings who have adapted to the path, and were originally hunters who were supposed to hunt wild animals such as beasts, monsters, demons, and dragons.
Although their abilities are suitable for war, this is not considered practicing the path at all, and it is not in line with the conditions for improving their professional level... In other words, they cannot gain experience from this mode at all. The vast majority of hunters stop at
reached the third level - and they were already at the second level when they graduated.
But now, a large number of hunters have transformed into warriors.
Although they have lost the ability to induce long-range weapons, the experience accumulated has not been in vain. The warriors themselves have various abilities that are beneficial to combat - strong vitality and innate proficiency in weapons are the key.
After all, they have been engaged in the profession of warriors, but there is no corresponding profession. Once employed, almost everyone is a "genius".
Just like an old artist who has accumulated many years of artistic experience, if he is over fifty and has just entered the path of transcendence, he will definitely be able to continuously advance on the path of beauty.
Except for those who are on the front line and where the battle is the most intense, they dare not advance for fear of being attacked at night... Anyone else who has the materials to start the ritual can basically advance immediately.
Today's Black Eagle Territory is completely different from before - they no longer have to be used as cannon fodder due to the lack of a large number of high-level transcendent beings. At the same time, they are not afraid of being attacked from both sides by Narcissus in the north and Star Antimony in the south.
In fact, on the same day that the army retreated... Narcissus Territory had already announced its re-establishment as a nation.
The mages used spells to immediately send the news directly to the surrounding countries. Avalon and Iris immediately sent messages to express their congratulations reservedly.
Without sending anyone to ask questions about Lionheart City, several military nobles from the Black Eagle Territory led their teams to the Narcissus Principality on the second day of their retreat to discuss the release of the prisoners in diplomatic terms - those who had been captured during the rout.
Most of the casters who fell and were frozen in the heavy snow were caught.
After all, for the Narcissus Principality, which has a large number of Moon Children, it would be the biggest loss if these high-quality blood sources were allowed to die outside.
And these military nobles did not encounter any obstacles or difficulties in the Narcissus Principality... Even though they had only officially withdrawn for a day or two, one-third of the soldiers had not even returned to the frontline fortress.
Because long before the withdrawal order was issued... they had already made preparations for peace talks.
They just had to wait for the first batch of soldiers to arrive at the fortress before they could move out.
After all, these military nobles of the Black Eagle Territory all have scarlet eyes.
——And in the Narcissus Principality, the mage lords who warmly received them all had eyes of the same color.
Different from the Moon Children native to Star Antimony.
They don't believe in the Banquet Master, nor are they so greedy for pleasure...but they believe in Sister Sasha and the Blood God.
