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Count Alphonso was in his prime. After becoming a Gold Sword Saint, he had some ambition. Although warriors were not like mages, but after becoming a Gold Sword Saint, their lifespan could be extended to two to three hundred years. He still had two hundred years to live, and it would be a waste of his skills if he did not make a name for himself.
The Scochenya cavalry was like a flood, crushing the Demon Army's formation. This cavalry did not suffer many casualties. The horses of the cavalry were all magic beasts, and they were the true elites of Scochenya.
Normal cavalry only had speed when they were in formation, and their horses needed to be carefully maintained.
After the Scochenya cavalry charged, they could pursue at high speed, and their horses did not slow down at all. The triangular formation turned into a parallel attack, and the cavalry crossbows shot continuously, killing many demons.
Alphonso did not see the problem with the Demon Army's defeat, so he brought his soldiers out of Brilliance City and decided to march into Ceylon City.
He was too familiar with Ceylon City, and that place was not a natural stronghold.
The Demon Army retreated very quickly, and they were retreating towards the mountains. The Scochenya army could not command the many mercenary groups, so they could only send two elite mercenary groups into the mountains. They did not order them to fight the Demon Army, but only to block the way out of the mountains, to prevent the demons from attacking Brilliance City after they reorganized.
Scochenya's commander was cautious, and ordered the twenty thousand men to build fortifications outside the mountains, with their backs against Brilliance City, to prevent the demons from attacking. The longer the fortifications were built, the more complete the large-scale equipment would be. Even if the Demon Army was strong, they would not be able to forcefully attack the camp.
The remaining one hundred and forty thousand men rushed into the territory controlled by Ceylon City through the narrow mountain pass, and met the recruits sent by Sarlin.
This recruit camp only had five thousand men, and was the closest army to Brilliance City. Scochenya's large army appeared in front of them, and the leader was from Great Liang City. He knew that they could not fight, and could not even put up a show of resistance.
The five thousand men retreated in panic, and thirty miles behind them was a fortress.
Sarlin's arrangement was ingenious, and the key was the speed of the Demon Army's defeat. If the defeat was too slow, the five thousand men would escape too early, and the Scochenya people would not be able to discover them. Now, in order to preserve their fighting strength, the Skokinya Heavy Cavalry had removed their heavy armors, and even their horses were only left with the equipment inside.
In front of them was a mercenary group of more than a thousand light cavalrymen. The speed of this group of light cavalry was not fast. They were all riding horses with great endurance, and they could continuously march for more than a hundred miles.
The attack power of light cavalry was not strong to begin with. Their greatest use was to follow the fleeing army or to kill infantry from the flanks. However, Salin's five thousand new recruits had fled without a fight, allowing the light cavalry to easily chase after them and shoot arrows from behind.
The five thousand new soldiers were simply equipped. Behind them were some carriages, and when they turned to escape, Scochenya's army had yet to appear. At least half of the soldiers got on the carriages and set up their crossbows, while the remaining half of the soldiers rode on horses and retreated to the fortress behind them.
There were less than a thousand soldiers who escaped on foot. The light cavalry caught up, and Salin's new recruits, under the command of the general, retaliated with the arrows on the cart. The battle became interesting.
The fighting strength of Scochenya's light cavalry was relatively low, and their arrows were aimless. Salin's new recruits were all wearing paper armour. Although the paper armour was made of paper, it was very good at defending against arrows. The hardest to defend against were heavy weapons, such as axes and spears.
More than a thousand light cavalry chased after them, but they only killed less than a hundred new recruits. Instead, more than two hundred of them were killed by the arrows on the chariots. The weapons that Salin gave the new recruits were very ordinary, and the only lethal ones were these crossbows. Salin did not expect that although the equipment he gave the new recruits was not good, it seemed to be on par with Scochenya's low level mercenaries.
It was a joke in Cloud Flow City for the cavalry to be at a disadvantage when they chased after infantry.
The general from Kushui Prefecture who was leading the new recruits saw that the situation was not good. If this continued, it would be bad if the Scochenya people were frightened. The Lord's intention was to lure the enemy in! If a group of useless soldiers blocked the light cavalry's attack, how could they lure them?
The general from Kushui Prefecture ordered his subordinates to slow down the attack rate of the new recruits, and began to set up iron caltrops. Large numbers of iron caltrops were scattered from the carts, covering the road. To be precise, these iron caltrops were made of copper.
Many of Scochenya's light cavalry did not even have half-moon shaped horseshoes. When the iron caltrops were scattered, the pursuing cavalry could only slow down, or slowly pass through the two sides of the road. The large troops behind them waited for the chariots to clear the obstacles. Two small mercenary groups left the main road and chased after the new recruits who escaped on the inferior horses. They really did catch up to them, and after a round of killing, the new recruits lost more than two hundred people. The rest desperately beat their horses and escaped back into the fortress.
The fortress that Salin had built here was very sturdy, and could accommodate more than ten thousand people. The five thousand new recruits gradually retreated, and in addition to the original three thousand people stationed here, it was almost the limit of the fortress.
After seeing blood and seeing their comrades die, the new recruits were not as panicky.
Only then did the generals from Kushui Prefecture relax. Leading such a weak army made it difficult for them to use their strength. Fortunately, the enemy's equipment was not good enough, and their speed was not fast enough. The ten thousand heavy cavalry treasured their own combat power, and only waited outside Ceylon City to fight, and did not pursue with all their might. This allowed the new recruits to escape back.
Salin gathered the new recruits, and prepared for the next retreat. The location of his fortress was against the mountain, and the other side was facing the road. However, the road had already been cut off, and was blocked by a huge rock. Behind the rock, there was even a catapult.
Salin did not send mages up, but the number of catapults made by the demons was huge. In any case, people in Scochenya did not like to use wood, and the huge trees on the mountain were easily cut down, using the local materials. The greater demons could use some simple demonic magic to dry the huge trees, and quickly made hundreds of catapults.
In the magic tower of Ceylon City, Salin received the news from the frontline, and immediately ordered Nelis to start arranging the Demon army. The enemy's numbers were a little high, but there would be reinforcements from Port Royal very soon. Nelis's Demon army could be used for field battles, and most importantly, most of Salin's Orange Knights had recovered their combat power.
Now, there were not many problems. Nelis arranged the Demon army outside Ceylon City, a total of sixty thousand people, and led thirty thousand demons to Radiant City. The sixty thousand demons on Salin's side were enough to help him defend. The new recruits were retreating. Forty thousand of them had already familiarized themselves with the operation of the army. Although they were a bunch of trash in field battles, they could still be used to defend the city, help transport weapons, and kill the injured. Their combat power was already very close to that of the support troops.
Nelis transformed into a demon, and flew straight towards Radiant City. Salin was worried that she would meet with danger, and specially arranged for two Primordial Warriors to accompany her. The speed of the Primordial Warriors was close to hers, and the three of them flew at low altitude. The battlefield below was a mess, and there were retreating troops everywhere. The Scochenya Mercenaries moved quickly, and still managed to catch up to Salin's new recruits.
Donnie's temptation was too great, and these mercenaries disregarded the danger, and their combat power soared. With such a great reward, even a rabbit could turn into a wolf.
Nelis couldn't be bothered with them, and the deaths of these new recruits had nothing to do with her. She increased her speed, and went around the main force of the Scochenya Mercenaries. There were too many level 9 Mages there, and she couldn't handle them all by herself.
When the sky was turning dark, Nelis arrived at Radiant City. There were still more than ten thousand soldiers in Radiant City, and Nelis directly landed in the city. There were no Magic Towers in this city, and there were no Magic Shooters here. The Magic Towers outside the city were already filled with her Familiars.
Nelis's demon descended from the sky, and Radiant City was in chaos. Nelis opened a magic scroll, and it was a level 9 Storm Domain.
She had already obtained the map of Radiant City, and the place she landed was Count Alphonso's house. This level 9 Storm Domain was a control spell, and the entire Count's house was within the range of the domain.
Nelis didn't listen to Salin's words, and it was best that none of the Count's family members were left alive. Those hypocritical nobles' promises were meaningless to the demons.
You destroy my grave, and I'll kill your family. Nelis firmly believed that this was the right thing to do. Her master's pity was really funny.
In this Storm Domain, professionals below level 3 would be directly minced into meat paste, and professionals below level 6 wouldn't last more than ten minutes. Only professionals above level 6 could survive in the Storm Domain. Even for a level 9 professional, the Storm Domain could only be considered a level 7 spell.
This spell's area of control was too large, and its lethality was severely lacking. Moreover, this was a large-scale spell, and it couldn't be cast instantly. Nelis landed in the Count's house, and it took her half a minute to open the scroll. If it was targeted at someone, the meaning of this spell would be too small.
In the center of the Count's house, the buildings were all destroyed. In the huge storm area, the wind element couldn't be controlled at all, and wherever it passed, no one could survive. If it was on the battlefield, this extremely slow spell could still be dodged. At the very least, the storm moved less than two meters per second, which was too slow for infantry.
But in the midst of the buildings, this spell was extremely terrifying. Most of the people in the Count's house had no concept of magic at all. The bodyguards were taken away, and the only people left in the Count's house were Alphonso's relatives. Other than a few of the family's disciples, there were only a few professionals.
The Storm Domain uprooted the Count's house, turning it into piles of rubble that danced in the storm. Those who were hit by the rubble were all smashed into meat paste, and even after being smashed into meat paste, they still had to continue flying along with the violent wind element in the storm.
With Nelis at the center, a bloody space was formed.
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