PFC Chapter 1231: Shock at the Fortress
Chapter 1231: Shock at the Fortress
Chapter 1231: Shock at the Fortress
The one who appeared in front of Blair and the other soldiers was Cecilia, dressed in silver knight armor.
The silvery moonlight sprinkled on the city wall, reflecting her fair and delicate face. Her noble and cold temperament and clean and neat style complemented each other, leaving Blair and others stunned.
"I am here to see Her Highness the First Princess!"
In astonishment, Blair and the other soldiers around him immediately knelt on one knee and saluted Cecilia respectfully while touching their chests.
Although Cecilia was relieved of her post as commander of the Pars Army, her prestige as a fifth-rank warrior and her noble royal bloodline were still enough to make Brell and others bow down to her.
In addition, as another princess-general with the same reputation as Caroline, Cecilia's bravery and superb command ability also made every soldier of the Pars Empire admired.
"No need to be polite, everyone please stand up."
Cecilia held the silver knight's helmet with one hand, and her hair on her forehead fluttered slowly in the night wind.
She looked at the burly fortress commander in front of her and said, "If I remember correctly, you are Lord Brell, right? What are you going to do?"
"Your Highness, we are going to help the powerful man under the city!"
Blair's resolute face became tense again, and he quickly said, "Those bronze statues of demon breakers are the natural nemesis of magicians. I'm afraid that the strong man can't hold on for much longer!"
"Although we are weak, we cannot just watch the strong man's situation become more passive!"
Blair became more and more anxious as he spoke. He touched his chest and saluted, "Your Highness, please allow us to leave the city and provide assistance!"
After Brell finished speaking, everyone, including the young staff officer, the scout captain who was shot in the knee, and even the trembling old magicians, nodded with anxious looks on their faces.
Just as Brell said, having fought against foreign races in border fortresses for many years, they were very familiar with the Demon Destroyer Statue.
This is a special magical creation whose function is very similar to that of a real Demon Breaker. Although it cannot open space cracks and convert spells into void space like a real Demon Breaker, it can offset and weaken the effect of spells as long as magic power is continuously injected.
Originally, this bronze statue of the Demon Destroyer was the symbol of the boar people, and was specially deployed in the military formation to restrain the opponent's magical attacks.
But from now on, the cunning gnolls have obviously learned this special skill. In addition, gnolls are more proficient in spells than wild boars and have more magic soldiers. This will cause great trouble to the mysterious strong man.
If those werewolf soldiers were allowed to approach again, the situation of the mysterious strong man would undoubtedly be extremely dangerous.
Even though their strength is limited, if they can play a role and reduce the pressure on the powerful, they will die without regrets.
"I understand your anxiety and courage, but if you leave the city, you will only hinder that master."
Cecilia waved her hands, and her words revealed irrepressible respect. She added, "Don't worry, that master's strength is far beyond your imagination. You just need to sit on the city wall and admire his heroic figure."
Needless to say, the reason why Cecilia took the initiative to show up and stop Blair and others was naturally because she obeyed Lei Xiao's orders.
Moreover, she had witnessed Lei Xiao's strength and background with her own eyes, so she understood it clearly.
Not to mention our main strong men hiding in the dark, the various golem puppets carried by Lei Xiao alone are enough to easily destroy these jackals dozens of times.
"As you command, Your Highness."
After hearing Cecilia's words, although Blair and others were still worried, they still saluted respectfully and returned to their original positions.
As he returned to his position, a hint of doubt appeared on Blair's resolute face.
Her Highness Cecilia's sudden appearance here was already extremely puzzling.
But what is even more strange is that Her Highness Cecilia actually called the mysterious strong man "that adult", which is simply unbelievable.
You know, Her Highness Cecilia is of pure blood and noble Pars royal family. Being able to see her graceful demeanor and hear her voice up close is enough for these soldiers to brag about for the rest of their lives and it will become the most proud topic of conversation at the dinner table.
And in the entire Pars Empire, or even in the entire human world, is there any powerful nation-guarding person who is worthy of such an honorific title from His Highness?
While Brell was puzzled, the battlefield under the cover of night was still turbulent. The werewolf soldiers wielding sharp blades had surrounded Lei Xiao again.
Although Lei Xiao's Thunder Field was still working, it was no longer able to completely eliminate the surrounding werewolf soldiers due to the offset of those Demon Destroyer bronze statues.
"Interesting. Those bronze statues actually have similar effects to the Demon Breakers? It seems that these alien races do have some tricks. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to keep interacting with the Pars Empire in this long borderland for so many years."
Looking at the gnoll soldiers who had gathered around him again, Lei Xiao's face remained calm. He raised his eyebrows and said, "But if you want to put me in a passive position by using such means, that's too wishful thinking."
"Whale Fall Thunder Explosion!"
"Triple Thunderfall Technique!"
Accompanied by a series of instantaneous spells surging out, Lei Xiao continued to charge left and right in the dark enemy formation. The occasional arrows and spells shot by the enemy were all blocked by the energy barrier.
As for those ordinary werewolf soldiers who rushed up, they couldn't even touch Lei Xiao's shadow, so they could only vent their anger with roars and wolf howls.
While moving at high speed, a high-pitched chanting sound was heard, and magic power surged around Lei Xiao. The gust of wind even blew away all the nearby werewolf soldiers.
"Fifth level of thunderbolt technique!"
Lei Xiao let out a cold shout, and a huge bolt of lightning fell from the sky. The dazzling lightning even illuminated the entire night sky like daylight in an instant.
boom!
With a deafening bang, a large smoking hole was blown out of the densely packed wolf army.
On the charred ground filled with black smoke, everything, including several teams of Gnoll Shamans carrying the bronze statue of the Demon Breaker, turned into nothingness.
"Since it can counteract my spell, I can just directly destroy your critical point."
Lei Xiao nodded slightly, and purple light surged in his palm.
In fact, even for a fifth-level magician, it is difficult to cast high-level spells while moving at high speed. After all, as the caster leaves the spot, the energy particles that have just condensed will dissipate again due to loss of control.
But Lei Xiao is certainly not an ordinary magician. With the power of God's favor and the blessing of Thunder Field, as well as the blessing of Odost, it is naturally easy for him to do all this, and the casting speed will not be affected in any way.
Under Lei Xiao's targeted attack, more and more bronze statues of the Demon Destroyer began to be destroyed with tremendous force, allowing Lei Xiao, who had been somewhat passive, to regain the upper hand.
As for the magic power consumed by the Quintuple Thunder Spell, it is indeed much higher than other low-level spells. But by the same token, with the blessing of divine power and high-level equipment, Lei Xiao's consumption is naturally reduced to the greatest extent.
"As expected of you, the mysterious and powerful master!"
On top of the towering city walls, purple light flashed in the eyes of Brell and the others, and they began to rejoice again.
Cecilia's fair face was filled with irrepressible admiration as she stared at the tall figure on the battlefield that was like a purple meteor.
But just a moment later, when everyone thought that Lei Xiao was going to regain control of the battlefield, something strange happened again.
Suddenly, strange changes occurred in the huge army formation of the Gnolls. A large number of ordinary Gnoll soldiers who were besieging began to approach each other, leaving paths leading to Lei Xiao.
Immediately afterwards, team after team of gnolls, who were obviously much more powerful, used their hands and feet, holding sharp blades in their mouths and began to approach Lei Xiao from all directions at a very high speed. Their astonishing speed was even not inferior to that of the human cavalry galloping on the battlefield.
"Those are the elite force of the main jackal army, the Raiders. Only the most elite heavy cavalry can fight against them head-on!"
Blair swallowed involuntarily, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead again.
A few years ago, when he was the captain of the mixed brigade, he once led his five second-level light cavalry squadrons and accidentally encountered the same number of werewolf raiders.
The result was that almost all the knights under his command were wiped out, and only he and a few of his personal guards managed to escape from the pile of corpses, while the enemy's losses were minimal. This shows how powerful they were.
Not only are the speeds of those gnoll raiders comparable to those of horses, but they are also extremely agile and elite, with terrifying jumping abilities. They are good at jumping directly on top of their targets' heads and attacking them in the face. They are simply a nightmare.
Seeing this scene, the other soldiers on the city wall also choked and became worried.
The most important thing is that these gnoll raiders do not need to charge a certain distance to reach the maximum speed like ordinary horses, but can reach the maximum speed at will.
Even though the mysterious and powerful man can come and go without a trace, the threat he poses is still much greater than that of an ordinary jackal.
"No, those who rushed towards the mysterious strong man were not just a large number of Jackal Raiders, but also many high-level Jackal warriors among them!"
Blair's eyes narrowed and he blurted out again.
Having fought against these alien races for many years, he quickly distinguished in the huge enemy formation that those rushing towards Lei Xiao were clearly some high-level powerful jackals with murderous intent all over their bodies!
"So, those Gnoll Raiders were just a cover?"
The middle-aged scout captain exclaimed, looking uneasy, "After experiencing the attack of the powerful master, this army of gnolls still maintained a relatively complete formation and did not retreat. I'm afraid there must be a fifth-level master in command!"
Hearing the sound, a feeling of uneasiness spread on the city wall again.
As the saying goes, a tiger cannot defeat a pack of wolves. Currently, the mysterious strong man has crippled at least two legions of jackals with his powerful force, and his magic power may have run out.
In this situation, if we are besieged by a team of level 5 strong men of the same level, we will definitely fall into an extremely dangerous situation!
"No, we still have to find a way to support the mysterious and powerful master!"
With this in mind, just as Blair turned to Cecilia to ask for her consent, he discovered that two figures with tremendous momentum were standing beside the latter.
"Mr. Chief Commander Barnett? Mr. Chief Mage Antonio?"
After seeing the two figures beside Cecilia clearly, Blair's eyes widened.
Even he had never seen the three great figures of the Pars Empire gathered together!
Around Brell, the other fortress soldiers were even more shocked and hurriedly saluted respectfully to the two newcomers.
"General Breyer, you are the commander of this fortress. How can you be so flustered?"
Barnett, who was wearing plate armor, first waved his hand casually to indicate that everyone didn't need to be polite, and then nodded slightly and said: "Don't worry, that master's strength is definitely not just this."
"Yes, he is that adult after all."
Antonio stroked his long white beard and said with a smile, "Just watch the battle with peace of mind. Being able to witness the hero's heroic demeanor with your own eyes and be saved by him will be the greatest honor and luck in your life."
“Not only Her Highness Cecilia, but even Lord Barnett and Lord Antonio also call that mysterious strong man that Lord?”
As everyone stood up, shock was evident on their faces.
You know, Lord Antonio, who has been in the palace for hundreds of years, needs no mention, and even His Majesty the Emperor has to treat him with courtesy and respectfully call him teacher.
Lord Barnett was the god of war of the Pars Empire, and frightened the restless alien races. They never bowed their heads and were even allowed to walk side by side with the Emperor in all the triumphal celebrations.
Even so, these three high-ranking figures were willing to call the mysterious strong man "that sir". Who exactly is that sir? !
While Brel and other soldiers were extremely surprised, Cecilia and the other two did not care about the strange looks cast at them, and looked at Lei Xiao on the battlefield with reverence.
As the night deepened, the smoke and bloody smell on the battlefield became thicker.
In the very center of the battlefield, facing the madly charging Werewolf Raiders, Lei Xiao discovered the opponent's intention at the first moment, and his calm face remained unperturbed.
Behind Lei Xiao, the leader of the jackals who was mixed in the group had murderous intent in his eyes. He was already waving a dagger and rushed towards Lei Xiao.
"Arrogant and incompetent human mage, go to hell! Your staff is accepted by this leader!"
Seeing their leader's fangs exposed, the other powerful gnolls followed closely with ferocious faces, and attacked Lei Xiao from all directions.
(End of this chapter)