In just an hour, Salin had built an ice castle. Inside the smooth outer walls of the ice castle were crystal clear magic patterns. The only drawback of these mageweaths was that they were only effective for a short period of time, probably less than a month. But Salin wouldn't stay here for a month.
If the situation was irreversible, he could only retreat from the Chaotic Swamp. If black mages weren't too strong, he would go to the ruins of the Second Dynasty to see what had happened.
Anyway, black mages weren't as good at flying as elemental mages. Zola was right, at least he could escape.
Before coming to the Chaotic Swamp, Salin had wanted to find the mages of the Holy See. Some of the mages could fly very fast, and that was his real threat.
On the hills in the distance, more and more snowmen rose from the snow. Some of these snowmen only had the shape of a person, while others had the same facial features. The closer they were to humans, the more agile they were, and the faster they moved. In an hour, tens of thousands of snowmen had gathered on the hills. Among them, the higher-ranked ones began to pay attention to the pirates building the castle.
The snowmen didn't have any weapons in their hands, but they had nails made of ice crystals that were incomparably sharp. Unlike the scarecrows from before, most of these snowmen had a pair of animated eyes on their faces, and their eyeballs could even move.
In the distant wilderness, the sound of hooves gradually became clearer. A troop of more than four hundred cavalrymen appeared on the snow. To the north of the ice castle, the Headless Horseman finally appeared. The death of the double-headed eagle had shocked and angered the black mages, and they'd sent out more than four hundred Headless Horsemen at once.
Luckily, they'd built the castle with ice!
Salin looked at the Headless Horseman in the distance, and a chill ran down his spine. With the Three Lords around, he wouldn't die, not to mention that he could fly. But none of the pirates around him would be able to escape.
The pirates didn't care at first, but when the snowmen on the distant hills finished gathering, and the Headless Horseman appeared in sight, most of the pirates' faces turned whiter than the snow.
Next to the Headless Horseman's warhorse hung the knight's own head. The face of the head was twisted and full of pain. A heart-wrenching sound came from within the skull, as if it was a sealed container.
Every minute of the Headless Horseman's existence was spent in pain. This pain stimulated the power of the Headless Horseman. Even if it was an ordinary swordsman when it was alive, after being refined into a Headless Horseman, it would become an existence like a swordsman.
Wu …
A whimper came from the neck of the Headless Horseman. More than four hundred horsemen rushed towards the ice castle, brandishing all kinds of chilling weapons.
The Headless Horsemen in the front row brandished huge axes and meteor hammers. This kind of weapon was originally used by the strongmen in the army to break through cities.
"Steel crossbows, ready!" Salin's voice was unusually cold, causing the pirates to shiver. These desperadoes immediately came to their senses. What was the use of being afraid? When they were at sea, they still had to risk their lives to make a living. The monsters in front of him couldn't possibly be scarier than a Magician. Thinking of the three Great Magicians beside them, the pirates regained their courage.
Zola and the four Magical Beast Swordsmen protected Salin and Ainphent, while Daniel used Peaches to block the city gate that had been prepared beforehand. The area of the ice castle was too small, and it was impossible to defend it for a long time. When the enemy's strength had been eliminated to a certain extent, the team had to move quickly.
The Headless Horsemen's speed was astonishing, surpassing most of the human cavalry during the charging phase. They accelerated from a mile away, and by the time they approached the ice castle, their speed had already reached more than 60 miles. The warhorse of the Headless Horseman was basically an inanimate object, so it didn't matter if it collided with it. The four hundred horsemen rushed forward like an ancient magic chariot, unstoppable.
Buzz, buzz …
The chains of the meteor hammers made a trembling sound as they cut through the air. The hammerhead at the end of the hammers drew a dark shadow in the air. More than forty pirates were on the north side of the ice castle, aiming their steel crossbows at the charging Headless Horsemen.
The walls of the ice castle were no more than four meters high, so the pirates couldn't even be considered to be looking down from above. The crossbow bolts shot out almost horizontally, hitting a dozen Headless Horsemen in a scattered manner.
After being sharpened, the alchemy arrows with a tearing effect pierced through the armor of the Headless Horsemen, tearing huge wounds on their bodies. If these targets were humans, no matter how strong they were, they wouldn't be able to continue fighting. But these Headless Horsemen only let out muffled whistles from their necks. They cooperated with each other and quickly changed the formation of the cavalry, letting the injured knights take on more iron arrows at the front.
This kind of tactic didn't exist in the human army either. In the human army, the injured would be withdrawn and dealt with by Magicians or Mages. How could there be fierce soldiers like the Headless Horsemen who could continue fighting after being shot by alchemy arrows?
The pirates gritted their teeth and switched to their spears. The walls of the castle were too low, and the Headless Horsemen could throw their weapons up directly. As long as the huge meteor hammers hit them, they would be smashed into pieces along with their armor. The pirates wore light metal composite armor lined with cotton clothes. Their movements were nimble, but their defense was also greatly reduced.
Salin stood calmly on the wall. On the left were tens of thousands of snowmen, slowly moving over. In less than ten minutes, they would completely surround the ice castle. On the right were the Headless Horsemen, who had already charged to a distance of two hundred meters. The faces of the heads next to the war saddles could be clearly seen.
The pirates' attacks with their steel crossbows were futile, and their morale immediately weakened. They didn't know that the Headless Horsemen didn't have many weaknesses. Their steel crossbows weren't those expensive alchemy arrows, so they didn't cause much damage to the puppets. Unless it was something very low-level like the black puppets, it wouldn't have an obvious effect.
If they could shoot the knight's head, the damage to the Headless Horsemen would be even greater. Unfortunately, the pirates' archery couldn't compare to Zola's. Their steel crossbows weren't alchemy crossbows either, so they weren't as powerful and accurate.
Looks like I need to establish my dominance …
Salin sighed inwardly. He had already prepared a series of spells. After all, the Headless Horsemen weren't humans. Their charging speed surpassed that of cavalry because they weren't afraid of being hurt by their own strength. However, their advancing speed and route were very easy to calculate. Salin could easily calculate the time needed to intercept them with magic.
Warriors without any transformations would become very weak in front of Magicians. Back when Salin was still a level-one Magician, he had gathered the people around him to kill two Headless Horsemen. Now that he was a level-five Magician, his combat power had increased by more than a hundred times. Of course, he wouldn't be afraid of the cavalry of the Headless Horsemen.
Dark clouds condensed in the sky. Salin cast the Cloud Walk spell, but he didn't fly. Instead, he let the black clouds that were a hundred meters wide float in the air. Within the clouds, countless icicles condensed, and the moment the Headless Horsemen arrived, they smashed down from the clouds.
Boom!
The three Headless Horsemen in the front row were completely smashed into pieces by this stacked spell. A large pit with a diameter of more than twenty meters appeared on the ground. At the bottom of the pit was the flesh of the Headless Horsemen, and there was something wriggling in the flesh. If there were Black Magicians here, the three Headless Horsemen could still be repaired.
However, the bodies of Black Magicians were a hundred times weaker than that of Elementalists. They didn't dare to appear with the Headless Horsemen, and could at most hide behind the Abomination Dragon and command the battle.
The pirates were instantly excited by Salin's magic attack. They only needed a strong captain to dare to rob a warship. Now that Salin had displayed his strong combat power, the pirates were motivated again.
This was the difference between pirates and regular troops. Regular troops were used to the orders of their commanding officers. As long as the commanding officer gave the order, the soldiers would carry it out in an orderly manner. The pirates, on the other hand, had too many emotions controlling the battle, and it had too much of an impact on the battle. Salin couldn't train these desperadoes well in a few months.
Ainphent stood beside Salin and didn't attack. His necromancy magic was very targeted, and he wasn't afraid even if the Headless Horsemen fought at close range. He also knew that his recovery speed wasn't as fast as Salin's. He let Salin take the first wave, and then he would attack the second. Salin would quickly recover and form three rounds of magic attacks.
After these three intensive attacks, the two of them didn't lose much of their combat power. The Headless Horsemen's charge would be quickly stopped. If the Headless Horsemen were to charge in front of the ice castle, with the strength of the puppet warhorses, the four-meter-tall wall wouldn't be able to stop the warhorses from jumping.
This was also the strength of the Headless Horsemen. Before the Black Magicians wreaked havoc, the walls of many small cities were relatively short. It wasn't until the Black Magicians swept through half the continent that the cities of all countries started to grow in scale. Even a small city like Ceylon City had walls that were more than ten meters tall.
Ordinary castles had outer walls that were at least eight meters tall. Salin was pressed for time. The ice castle only had walls that were slightly more than four meters tall, and definitely wouldn't be able to stop the Headless Horsemen. If the Headless Horsemen jumped in, the pirates would be bathed in blood.
Salin's attack wasn't over yet. In front of him, magic light flashed, and a huge ice bullet condensed into a ball with a diameter of one and a half meters and shot out. The pirates cheered as they saw the ice bullet vaporize. After falling into the ranks of the Headless Horsemen, it had already ignited and exploded.
This was an attack that Salin was more familiar with. He was so familiar with it that he could control it without expending much mental strength.
The freezing effect of water magic could effectively stop the Headless Horsemen's attack speed, but without the help of a Warrior, the Headless Horsemen couldn't be killed completely. So, Salin cast a mutated spell with the effect of fire magic.
The ice bullet shards pierced into the Headless Horsemen's body, burning it. Shrill cries traveled far in the wilderness. Even puppets were in great pain under the burning of magic flames.
Then, Salin didn't waste any more Magic Strings. Casting two and two spells consecutively didn't consume too much of his energy, but the real consumption of Magic Strings would come later. There were more than ten thousand snowmen. Even if they just stood there and attacked, it would still take a lot of time.
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