K3308 would never have guessed that the portal bag he imagined was only 1% the size of the Kong Kong Spirit portal bag. If he knew, he would have fainted from jealousy.
"K3516, is this ballista okay?" K3305 asked softly.
The ballista was a strategic resource of the dwarfs. Especially after Abel had used it to kill 2 elite wizards, it had become the most important strategic resource. Its value had increased by a few times.
Every ballista was strictly monitored by the dwarves. Any unauthorized movement or misappropriation would be recorded and punished. The ballista could only be used for city defense. This was the most basic requirement of the dwarves to purchase a ballista.
"Don't worry, this ballista was sold in the early days, so it's not in the restrictions!" Abel explained with a smile.
The restrictions of the dwarves didn't apply to him. If it wasn't for the fact that the Bursting Crossbow was still a secret, he would have wanted to use it to defend against the enemy. That kind of Bursting Crossbow could be loaded automatically. It was just too convenient.
Joel and Basil looked at each other. They both understood what the other was trying to say. They should be the ones to operate the crossbow. As professional archers, they would be much better at using a crossbow than wizards.
However, they both knew their status was too low compared to those 3 wizards. They did not have the right to make this request. They could only wait until the battle was over and the wizards' ballista was not as effective as they wanted.
Abel turned the winch and pulled the ballista back. He then took out another armor piercing bolt and loaded it. The 100 orcs were only 500 meters away from them.
He gently pressed the trigger, and a loud piercing sound emerged from the ballista. In his eyes, the armor piercing bolt was flying towards the orcs in a small arc.
The 100 orcs were in a good mood when they realized there were only 2 head Knight captains and the protection shield on top of the giant rock. This meant their opponents were not that strong.
If there was an intermediate wizard, they would've started a guerilla warfare. No one could stop an intermediate wizard while they still had mana.
The orcs had fought with the humans for many years, so they were very familiar with how humans formed teams. Based on the current situation, the humans should not have many beginner wizards. Of course, with the ratio of 2 head Knight captains, there should not be more than 4 beginner wizards.
Unlike the humans, if humans wanted war glory, they would need the approval of the Miracle Spirit. However, the orcs only needed to bring a human head, and there would be an orc priest to verify their identity and give them war glory.
Today was a rare opportunity. No matter if it was a head Knight or a beginner wizard, as long as they could capture them alive, the orc priests would give them enough war glory in exchange.
Head Knight captains were the best material for orc priests, and beginner wizards were the favorite material for intermediate priests for skeleton mages.
The orcs were very confident in themselves, and their confidence came from the 6 bearmen. They were the strongest defensive force in the Orc Empire.
Just as the Orcs were filled with a thirst for battle achievements and rushed towards the Human team, their formation was already in chaos. However, none of the Orcs cared about the formation at that moment because the enemies in front of them were too weak.
At this moment, Abel's armor piercing arrow was shot out from the giant rock. Its target was a bearman. It was a bearman that was riding a grey bear. This bearman did not expect a crossbow to appear here.
Since the bearman was controlling his grey bear, his giant shield was hanging on the side of his grey bear. Only his right hand was holding a long battle axe.
It was already too late by the time the Bearmen discovered the shadow of the armor-piercing crossbow bolts. Although the Bearmen were like all beastmen and had an innate sense of danger, the armor-piercing crossbow bolts were too fast. Without the protection of large shields, the Bearmen could only use their long battle axes to block the arrows.
Bearmen were not agile orcs. Even if they were, even if they had the reaction speed of a wolf rider, they would still not be able to block the arrow.
The arrow pierced through the bearman's chest, went through his heart, and hit a wolf rider behind him. However, it still did not stop its powerful momentum.
After piercing through 2 wolf riders, the armor-piercing crossbow bolt finally landed on the trunk of a big tree behind the 100 orcs and stopped.
The Bearman that was shot immediately went limp. His tall and strong body was dragged forward by the Grizzly Bear, leaving a trail of blood on the ground. The Bearman's heart had been pierced, and all the blood in his body quickly flowed out.
The 2 unlucky wolf riders behind him were blocked by the bearman's tall and strong body, so they did not even know what had attacked them.
Bearmen were known to have the fighting power of a Grand Knight, but that was because they did not have a powerful energy core in their body. Therefore, when they died, they would not have combat qi smoke.
Of course, the Bear People also had their flaws, because the Bear People couldn't cultivate Dou Qi. Perhaps it was because the Bear People were born strong. The world gave the Bear People incomparably strong bodies, but it also restricted the Bear People from being able to strengthen themselves through cultivation like most other races.
"Dodge, they have a crossbow!" Seeing this damage, the wolf riders immediately knew what kind of weapon it was. They yelled and quickly retreated.
The remaining 5 bearmen quickly took down their giant shields and urged their grey bears to retreat out of the crossbow's attack range.
Grand Knight Of The Bodley and Grand Knight Markham were stunned by this sudden scene. All their preparations were useless. They looked towards the giant rock behind them. From here, they could still see the giant shadow of the crossbow.
They didn't need to think too much to know this was the work of that mysterious wizard k3516. Even k3308 could not use a crossbow that could only be used to defend the city, and he had to carry it around with him in a large portal object.
"So powerful, 3 in one shot!" k3308 couldn't help but yell in joy.
Abel reloaded the crossbow and readied the arrow. He was ready to fire at any moment.
He was very dissatisfied with the performance of this crossbow. It was too slow every time. The winch had to turn many times to pull the bowstring, and then reload the arrow. It was a waste of time.
Otherwise, he could've fired another arrow before the orcs retreated.
Chorre and Basil exchanged gazes with a bitter smile. Luckily they didn't ask for it. Even a professional crossbowman would have a hard time firing a crossbow like this, let alone a professional archer like them.
3 kills in one shot from 500 meters away. These 2 elite warriors knew how difficult it was better than k3305 and k3308.
The orcs retreated out of the range of the ballista. Every orc knew the range of a human's ballista very well. By the time Abel's second armor piercing arrow was ready, it could no longer threaten the orcs.
The beastmen quickly readjusted their formation. They had the Bearmen, so it wasn't impossible for them to deal with the ballistae. A single ballista couldn't break through the giant iron shields of the Bearmen. They also had five Bearmen, so it wasn't a problem for them to take turns defending.
With the advantage of the crossbow, three adepts, and two archers behind them, the two head commanders wouldn't rush out of the range to fight the orcs to the death.
The Beastmen, who had reorganized themselves, returned once again. Whether it was for battle achievements, revenge, or to hide their own information, they couldn't let the humans in front of them go. The most important thing was the feud between the humans and the Beastmen.
The 3 bearmen were at the front with their giant shields, completely blocking the front of the 100 orcs. The 2 bearmen were at the back, ready to replace the ones at the front.
Behind the bearmen were the wolf riders. As long as they got close to the giant rock, the crossbow would no longer be a threat. The power of the orcs in close combat would immediately show. As long as they could break through the shield, the beginner wizards would have nowhere to run.
Although beginner wizards' spells were powerful, all the orcs knew that beginner wizards' weakness was their magic power. They had hundreds of orcs, and they could easily kill these human wizards by piling on top of them.
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