The sound of dense horse hooves sounded, and a human cavalry team of about a hundred people galloped out between the sparse trees.
Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi were the forerunners. Beside Bai Xiaowen, there was a slender troll hunter riding a raptor. He was the target controlled by Bai Xiaowen with the mind-obscuring spell, and his loyalty was no problem.
Among the knights following behind, except for Bonita, Kitts and other elite members of the White Stone Army, most were wearing white armor with Cecilia's family crest on the armor.
This cavalry team is composed of carefully selected elites from the White Stone Army and the Cecilia Army.
It is worth mentioning that Cecilia did not accompany her. She commanded the White Stone Army, and the remaining infantry and archers of Cecilia's Army stayed on the city wall for defense.
As a leader who is good at long-range shooting, Cecilia's [Sniper] ability allows her to kill the rare elite targets that threaten the most in the Remnant Army, and she has the [Inspire] skill, which can significantly increase the damage of her archers. value.
Since Cecilia's role in defending the city would be greater if she stayed behind, Bai Xiaowen tried his best to persuade her.
Maybe without him around, the growth of adoration will stagnate. However, before Bai Xiaowen understands the meaning of adoration, there is no way that something with unknown benefits will affect the completion of his main mission.
Just last night, after reporting the information to Prince Nicholas, Bai Xiaowen initiated another elite-level side mission and shared it with Li Shuyi.
[Surprise attack behind enemy lines]
[Mission goal: Destroy at least four rear supply strongholds of the remaining coalition forces and destroy all war materials in the strongholds. 】
[Task period: 24 hours]
[Task difficulty: a]
[Task reward: unknown]
It should be noted that this kind of mission would not have appeared if Bai Xiaowen had not taken the initiative to dig. It was he who provided the corresponding information to Nicholas and made the suggestion, and the conditions for triggering the mission were achieved.
Don't underestimate the A-level difficulty of this mission, because it has the prefix of "elite"! Compared with the S-level mission "Assault on Le'an" that Bai Xiaowen dug in the Three Kingdoms world, the difficulty is not far behind.
Last night, after returning to Black Rock Fortress and avoiding the sight of Cecilia and other plot characters, Bai Xiaowen also opened the gold treasure chest of the green-haired Mohican troll Tedius.
After killing the level 6 leader Tedius, Bai Xiaowen only received a B-level rating and had two chances to draw. This is because both of them have reached level 4 and are intermediate awakeners.
During these two draws, I was pretty lucky. I got a piece of golden equipment, which was the blood spear used by Tedius. It had a very high attack power, but it was a pity that the two of them couldn't use it, so they gave it to Li Shuyi for the time being.
Another special item he drew was a nameplate with crooked words engraved on it. After identification, Bai Xiaowen confirmed the origin of this green-haired Mohawk troll. He came from the Blood Spear tribe and was the "Blood Spear Warlord" Son of Khair Khan.
For this reason, Li Shuyi even teased her. Bai Xiaowen had killed his elder brother (younger brother?). After all, before entering the world of Kane's plane, one of the two cut-out identities was "son of the Bloodspear Warlord".
Bai Xiaowen didn't care about this little coincidence. After the battle in Black Rock City began, he led the cavalry to attack the first supply stronghold of the Allied Forces of the Remnants.
Based on accurate intelligence, Bai Xiaowen's army quickly found the destination, and animal skin tents came into view.
"Kill everyone! Burn all the food and animal skins. If you have enough time, destroy all the equipment you can find!"
Bai Xiaowen shouted an order. Led by Kitts and other four knights, the cavalry quickly surrounded the stronghold and rushed into the camp with superb maneuvering speed.
There were bursts of exclamations and cries, accompanied by curses in the remnant language. Weapons clashed, blood was spilled, and the originally peaceful remnant army stronghold suddenly became a hell on earth.
Five sturdy orcs rushed out, wielding their battle axes and launched a counterattack. However, Bai Xiaowen's intimidation skill stopped them all in place, and then his cavalry and summoned creatures swarmed up and drove the five orcs into chaos.
Hacked to death.
After disintegrating the resistance in the stronghold, groups of old, weak, women and children among the survivors were driven into the open space, numbering about two to three hundred people.
As per the pre-war intelligence, among the logistics troops at these supply bases, there were children of the survivors who were dissatisfied with the height of the wheels. Although there was fear in their eyes, they were more filled with piercing hatred and violent murderous intent, and they were still in their mouths.
What are you saying?
"What are they talking about?" Li Shuyi asked.
Bai Xiaowen understood the remnants' language and could understand it. He couldn't help but shook his head: "It's not without reason that humans call the remnants of the Northern Sin Territory beasts. Even such a big child is clamoring to kill and eat you all.
If you drop something like that..."
"Your Excellency, all enemies in the entire stronghold have been cleared. What should we do with these prisoners?" A knight in white armor rode up to Bai Xiaowen.
Bai Xiaowen had an impression of this person. He was one of the three main knights under Cecilia's command, Tim.
"My order is to kill them all. If there is no problem with your hearing, go and execute the order immediately!" Bai Xiaowen said.
"But they are all old, weak, women and children!" Behind Tim, two other knights in white armor, Marco and Phil, also rushed over and raised questions.
"That's right, when we were knighted, we swore to be friendly to the weak, to face the strong bravely, to be upright and merciful..." the three knights said to each other.
"Gentlemen, I am not discussing the doctrine of chivalry with you,"
Bai Xiaowen said coldly, "There is no justice in war. Kindness and mercy are the privileges of the strong!"
"Remember our current situation clearly. We are attacking the rear of the entire coalition of survivors with a cavalry team of only a hundred people!"
"Not only are we the weak side, but the human coalition forces in Black Rock City are also the weak side! Do you still want to show your excess mercy at this time?"
"If Black Rock Fortress falls, all humans will become the dead souls of the survivors, and even be used as food!"
"However, these have nothing to do with killing the old, weak, women and children. They don't have much fighting power." Bonita said.
"Every one of the old, weak, women and children you mentioned can eat people," Bai Xiaowen said in a cold tone, "Do you know what they did when they passed through human villages all the way south?"
Bai Xiaowen obtained the memory fragments of this controlled troll warrior, including the scene of the Sinful Domain Alliance razing human villages and using humans as food.
"If our small force wants to survive behind the remnant coalition and complete its mission, keeping its whereabouts secret is the most important rule!" Bai Xiaowen looked at the silent knights and said:
"You don't want to let your hands be stained with blood, and I don't want it either! But, gentlemen, I must make it clear that this is war, and it is between races. It is life and death, and only one side can survive a war of genocide! If
Dirty hands can increase humanity's chances of winning even a little bit, and I will do it without hesitation!"
Bai Xiaowen raised his gun and fired a bullet. An elderly orc was shot in the middle of his eyebrow and fell to the ground.
A burst of wild screams sounded, and more than two hundred survivors, old, weak, women and children, the wildness in their bones was ignited, their eyes were blood red, and they rushed towards the knights like crazy. Even the youngest child was picked up by someone taller than him.
With a short spear, he charged with all his might.
"kill!"
Bai Xiaowen's loud command gave the confused human cavalry the order. They raised their weapons one by one and instinctively rode their horses to kill.
Soon, blood flowed everywhere in the camp.
The atmosphere in the field was a bit silent. Although they were victorious, the knights looked silent, like stone statues. The creed they had adhered to for many years had been trampled on, and you can imagine the painful and twisted feeling in their hearts at this time.
However, Bai Xiaowen further ordered that every survivor who fell to the ground should be given a stabbing blow, and no one should be allowed to survive!
"Let Kits and the others do it." Li Shuyi glanced at the knights with some unbearability. She and Bai Xiaowen regarded the spiritual world as a copy in the game, so the psychological pressure was relatively small. Of course, there would also be psychological pressure.
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As for Kitts and others, they were originally bandits and should not care about such things.
Bai Xiaowen shook his head: "All troops, execute the order!"
The silent knights put down their lances, dismounted, drew their swords, and looked through the corpses strewn in an orderly manner. If they saw those who were still alive, they would give them a fresh blow with their swords, killing them completely.
Bai Xiaowen took a deep breath and ordered Kitts and others to pour the prepared grease on the piles of corpses, tents and food piles and set them on fire.
The fire rose into the sky with black smoke.
There is a reason why Bai Xiaowen did not leave the last-ditch job to Kitts, but ordered Tim, Marco, Phil and other real knights to do it together. Behind this dangerous coalition of survivors, if you are not careful, you will
The entire army was wiped out. There was no time to slowly do the ideological work on these knights. They had to overcome their moral guilt in the first battle.
The sound of trampling horse hooves sounded, and the human cavalry troop marched away, leaving only a corpse on the ground and the burned ruins.
Frontal battlefield.
The main forces of the remnant coalition, the orc wolf cavalry and the harpy archer troops, have already joined the battlefield.
Harpy shooters have caused considerable trouble to the human coalition. Although these birdmen flying in the sky can only fly at low altitudes, they are much higher than the height of the city wall. The benefits of shooting from a high position need not be said, and
Human archers wanted to counterattack, but they had to shoot at an elevated angle, with little success.
Fortunately, the strength of the harpy archers is low, and the short bows they use have much weaker attack power than standard bows. Cecilia used sniping to kill several elite harpies one after another, which made this gang originally
The unscrupulous birdman had scruples in his heart and did not dare to get too close.
Guarded by groups of remnant soldiers, the thunder beast slowly climbed within a hundred meters of the city wall, and the horn on the tip of its nose began to condense with electric light.
Lightning bolts as thick as buckets exploded on the city walls and arrow towers, like powerful bombs. Wherever the lightning struck, the soldiers of the Human Alliance were reduced to coke, and even the city walls and arrow towers made of black rock,
They all fell apart one after another.
The good news is that although the Thunder Beast's lightning attacks are terrifying, the frequency of the attacks is relatively slow. After each lightning strike, it takes a short period of time to recover before it can continue the next attack.
The human coalition forces were not idle either. The large trebuchets placed on the city wall began to operate. Rumbling sounds were heard one after another. The washbasin-sized stones, packed with extremely powerful kinetic energy, smashed towards the giant beasts.
Both sides suffered casualties, and the Allied Forces of the Remnants, as the attacking party, suffered even more heavy casualties.
Absolun, the orc chief and commander of the coalition forces, was unmoved by this. Most of the dead were orcs, just cannon fodder.
After paying casualties, the Allied Forces of the Remnants achieved considerable results. By the afternoon of the fierce battle, all twenty-four arrow towers outside Black Rock City had been pulled out. Countless orc corpses had filled up the ravines and piled up under the city wall.
It became a hill.
"Charge, charge!" Absolun roared, urging the giant wolf on his crotch to lead the charge himself.
The Allied Forces of the Remnants rushed towards the damaged city walls in many places, as if they had been given a shot of blood.
Red Leaf City, Underground Research Institute.
"Hey, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on..." A zombie with a huge head, short stature, and blue skin was walking in the backyard of the Lord's Mansion, looking at a huge projection screen, and sighed, "
It was like this on the first day, and the boss has to keep it for 10 days...well, there are still six days left, which is quite difficult. No wonder he wants to use that crazy idea."
What was displayed on the projection screen was the scene of the defensive battle of Black Rock Fortress.
It was Dr. Zombie who came out.
The person responsible for protecting Dr. Zombie on the side is Bai Xiaowen's newly promoted housekeeper Harvey. Both of them are terrible in combat effectiveness.
"Mr. Erudite, it's time to relax, it's time for you to work." Harvey said.
"What, I've only been out for less than a minute..." Dr. Zombie said angrily.
"The Lord said that you don't need to rest." Harvey said respectfully, but his attitude was very firm.
"What do you know! The work of scientists... polymaths requires inspiration. Inspiration, do you understand?" Dr. Zombie shouted.
"However, the Lord has said that the research work has been completed. What you have been doing now is supervising and guiding production... This does not require inspiration." Harvey is not so easy to fool.
"That guy... I've obviously completed all three orders this month! And you're still giving me orders like this! Why do you mean to advance the number of orders for next month... Shameless! A scumbag! A hypocrite!" Dr. Zombie complained angrily.
However, complaints are complaints, and Dr. Zombie can still clearly understand the reality. After venting, he held his head: "Let's go back to the factory... Without me, those workers who are as stupid as pigs would