Contempt didn't mean contempt. Since the enemy was able to quickly shoot down the flying puppets and find the exact location of the camp, there had to be at least one mage equivalent to a level-six mage. Considering that they had to bring so many Blood Knights, there had to be a lot of low-level mages.
Rex could still be considered lucky. The Tanggulas Empire's army discovered her whereabouts very late. Even though they moved quickly, they were still afraid that she would escape. Therefore, they sent the fastest blood esquire to keep her busy instead of making a move after planning. If there were mages among the Blood Knights, they wouldn't have been stopped by the magic traps so easily and lost their horses.
However, the Tanggulas Empire didn't dare to let the mages take the risk. There was a powerful being by Rex's side. Everyone in the Tanggulas Empire knew that if the mages advanced rashly and weren't protected by a large army, they could easily be killed by the Sword Saint by Rex's side.
The mages were separated from the Blood Knights, so Rex's puppets came in handy. Under the leadership of the Grizzly Bear, the puppets waved their heavy swords and slashed at the Blood Knights.
Rex didn't have enough mages, so he couldn't control the puppets one by one. Thus, although the puppets were fast, they were somewhat rigid. Fortunately, the enemies were Blood Knights who had lost their minds and weren't controlled by mages. Relying on their greater strength, the puppets slaughtered all the Blood Knights who charged through the magic traps as if they were vegetables.
The Grizzly Bear only went back and forth among the Blood Knights twice before he couldn't see any Blood Knights who could fight anymore. The ground was covered with heads and broken limbs. It was extremely bloody. The Grizzly Bear calmed down. These monsters could also be killed, and very easily.
Seeing this, the two Black Iron Sword Saints slowed down. They turned around and led their swordsmen back. They had rich battle experience and immediately discovered the weakness of the Blood Knights. It was just that their skills were too poor. They fought with their bodies that weren't afraid of injury and great strength. This was very similar to some low-level major monsters.
Although the two Black Iron Sword Saints weren't as good as Zola, they had also killed countless major monsters. How could they be afraid of such monsters?
For a true Warrior, there was nothing to be afraid of as long as the enemy could die. The two swordsmen communicated the key points of the battle to the swordsmen under them through the transmission magic array in their helmets. The twelve tacitly formed an arrowhead formation and plunged into the Blood Knights.
This time, the swordsmen under Rex gave up their original method of fighting, and started to cooperate with each other. The five sword masters formed an encirclement with their big shields, and the Black Iron Sword Saint reaped the heads of the blood esquires who were unable to move quickly.
Occasionally, a blood esquire would hack at the giant shield with his giant axe, but all they managed to do was leave a shallow mark on the surface of the metal shield. Most of the force was offset by the shield's own weight. The heavier an object was, the harder it was to move it. The giant axe itself weighed less than a hundred pounds. After it was dispersed by the shield, it was impossible to injure someone through the shield with brute force.
The Spirit Serpent Armor was a fully enclosed battle armor. The smell of blood in the air had to be filtered by the magic array before entering the mouth and nose of the swordsman, but it was still nauseating. The blood esquire's flesh smelled as if it had been rotting for several months. The swordmasters could only focus on killing the enemy bravely in order to temporarily alleviate the urge to vomit.
The magic array only filtered toxins, not smells.
When the double-edged sawtooth blade cut open the blood esquire's neck, fresh blood would spurt high into the air and splatter in all directions. Most of the blood esquires were killed by the two Black Iron Sword Saints. The ten swordmasters seemed to have become guards. Their armor had been sprayed with large amounts of blood a long time ago. If it wasn't for the automatic cleaning function of the magic armor, scabs of blood might have formed on their bodies.
Salin suddenly felt shaken. So, he felt that he was a bystander in this battle, even though he was also the enemy's target. However, it was obvious that the blood esquires had obtained Rex's whereabouts. That was why they had rushed over at all costs to stall Rex first.
But when a blood esquire's mask was cut in half, revealing his unshaven face, Salin recognized that he was a barbarian.
The barbarians that the bishop in black had captured had all been sent back to the Tanggulas Empire, and now they were here.
Barbarians didn't care about etiquette, hygiene, or discipline like the Caucasians, so they weren't very likable. But Salin knew that these barbarians were pure and easy to get along with. Also, after living in the city for a long time, these barbarians would learn to live like the Qin people.
Even though they would occasionally be mocked, these barbarians would only wave their fists and wouldn't really hit people.
Salin didn't train those barbarians into good soldiers, but he had already accepted them in his heart. He let the barbarians become his citizens. Barbarians were no different from the Qin people and the Scottynya people. They could all cry, laugh, be angry, and think.
The barbarians had already become a part of Metatlin City. Now that so many barbarians had been captured by the Vatican and appeared in front of him, he had to kill them. Salin no longer felt like he was an outsider.
"Although it's war, don't the people of the Vatican have any humanity?" Salin couldn't help but say something childish. With his experience, he shouldn't have asked such a question a long time ago. It was just that he didn't know how to express his feelings today.
Neris laughed and said, "Master, you humans have a saying. If the world isn't good enough, you can either endure it or resist. Don't ask why."
Salin cut off the connection with the puppet and was unhappy. Neris pulled Salin up and said, "Master, don't be unhappy. We're going to leave."
"Leave?"
"Rex can't hold on. We're going to enter the desert early."
Salin didn't ask why. He was just in a bad mood, so he didn't think about it. With Neris's reminder, he understood that Rex couldn't wait in this Black Rock Mountain with just a dozen people, even with that powerful assassin.
The people of the Vatican could attack this place continuously and even set up an encirclement. When that time came, he wouldn't be able to leave even if he wanted to. Rex didn't order a retreat immediately because the Blood Esquires were too fast and could catch up to the skeleton warhorses.
If they didn't get rid of the Blood Esquires, it would be difficult to escape into the desert immediately. Rex couldn't give up on these subordinates either. The only thing he could give up were those battle puppets.
Rex was already summoning the damaged puppets back. The battle puppets had suffered a lot of injuries during the battle with the Blood Esquire. These puppets had thick skin and flesh, and almost none of them were completely destroyed. But most of them couldn't continue fighting. Some puppets had lost their entire arms. Without the weapons fixed on their arms, they could only use their feet to kick. There was no point in staying.
Salin really wanted Neris to get tens of thousands of demonic insects to devour those Blood Esquires. But summoning the demonic insects consumed a lot of energy, and there was no time to set up a safe magic formation.
Eva was responsible for putting away the tents. As expected, Rex's people were also putting away the tents. These tents were all specially made magic equipment. Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to set up a camp in the Purgatory Desert.
Rex was also in a bad mood. He was about to receive news from Metatlin City when he was discovered by the Tanggulas Empire's army. It was probably the news that Bifano let out, and the Agares Family knew about it.
Bifano didn't send any more news in these 20 days. Something must have happened. The Agares Family probably used a lot of manpower to investigate this. After he left, he tried to avoid the cities, but he couldn't avoid the villages. The Agares Family had been operating in Titan for so long and controlled most of the farmers. His tracks couldn't be hidden.
The Agares Family knew they couldn't catch him, so they leaked the news to the Tanggulas Empire. If it were him, he would do the same. However, the people of the Agares Family had acted too quickly, leaving him with no time for two or three days.
The war drums in the distance were getting closer. It seemed that the Tanggulas Empire's army was also in trouble. They didn't catch up quickly. Maybe because there were too many people, they alarmed the strong creatures on the outskirts of the desert.
The magical beasts in the Purgatory Desert were different from those outside. They were very aggressive because of the lack of food. This was also why Rex wasn't willing to bring a lot of people. She would rather use expensive battle puppets. Otherwise, she could get rid of the Blood Esquires quickly with a flag regiment.
Rex couldn't delay any longer. He said in front of the transmission magic formation, "Dragon Flag, come back. Leave the battle puppets behind. Salin, recall the construction puppets. Don't exhaust them too quickly for now. "
Salin nodded. The construction puppets that he and Neris controlled were embedded with dragon crystal shards, but the other construction puppets still used mid-level magic cores. Dragon crystals could recover slowly, but magic cores were one-time consumables.
Rex's Black Iron Sword Saints were the leaders of her first flag regiment. With the order, the two Black Iron Sword Saints immediately led the swordsmen out of the Blood Esquires' encirclement.
The Blood Esquires chased after them without fear of death. The swordsmen had no choice but to turn back and shoot the horses with alchemy crossbows. The arrows of the small alchemy crossbows didn't have tails. They were sharp and wide, and could cut the leg bones of the horses.
Over a hundred horses of the Blood Esquires fell. Without legs, even the strongest four-legged animals couldn't run. The fallen Blood Esquires still chased after them. Rex's swordsmen quickly rushed into the battle puppets' formation and let them cover the rear.
The mages had already boarded the magic chariots. Apart from the tents and alchemy crossbows, all the facilities in the camp had been abandoned.
This time, Rex led the way personally and led everyone eastward in the Black Rock Mountain.
Without the Grizzly Bear's cooperation, the remaining hundred or so battle puppets no longer had an overwhelming advantage. They were quickly drowned by the hundreds of Blood Esquires. However, Rex's method of covering the rear was successful. As long as the core of the battle puppets wasn't destroyed, the Blood Esquires would continue fighting. The Blood Esquires' thinking wasn't as good as the magical beasts'. As long as the battle puppets were still moving, the Blood Esquires would continue attacking with all their might.
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