The fog around the Green Dragon Stone grew thicker and thicker. Salin's Elemental Eyes were affected, and he could not clearly distinguish anything in the fog. He could only distinguish living targets or moving objects. However, Salin and the people around him were very calm, especially Trish.
Especially Trish, there were countless similar environments in the Demonic Plane. Many demons were used to hunting without the ability to see, and some even developed abilities that surpassed vision. Many demons had long horns. Demon horns were not only powerful weapons, but they also had sensitive perception.
Unlike humans, demons had two types of sensory organs, horns and scales. These two types of organs did not feel pain, and could be regenerated. Even if they were completely lost, they could be regrown.
Trish had already advanced into a Greater Demon, and her horns were sensitive enough to distinguish all targets within a hundred meters. With deliberate control, Trish's horns could even release the perception of a Spellcaster, extending the range of perception.
As for Sue, his judgment of danger came from an ability of the Silver Sword Saint — Foresight.
Sue could receive a mental warning the moment before danger happened, and accurately judge how to deal with it. This was the strongest aspect of the Silver Sword Saint. If it was a Gold Sword Saint, he could even have the foresight ability like astrology. For example, if someone wanted to assassinate Sephiroth, Sephiroth could even sense it when the plan was made, but he could not tell where the danger was coming from.
The Sword Saint's judgment of danger was more accurate the closer the time.
As for Ainphent, he was a Necromancer. He could clearly see the targets in the fog with a skill similar to the Eyes of the Undead. The skeletons he controlled were not affected, and he was ready to release bronze zombies at any time.
In the white fog, the soldiers of the Church in white robes crept closer, wanting to launch a sneak attack. Ainphent pretended not to see, and let the dozen soldiers pass through the gaps between the skeletons. When they were five meters away, he casually released the White Bone Giant Hammer he had prepared, smashing them to the ground one by one.
The soldiers of the Church were smashed into meat paste. Blood spurted out and fell to the ground, quietly seeping into the ground. Although the Green Dragon Stone Town was small, the ground was paved with hard green boulders. The magic adhesive that was added to the ground back then was still effective. Therefore, there was not a single gap in the ground, allowing large vehicles loaded with military equipment to pass quickly.
The blood seeped directly into the stone, and the white mist became even thicker. The Life Conversion Divine Spell also had its evil side. For example, the spell in front of him was using the flesh and blood of the Church's warriors to strengthen the spell formation set up in the Green Dragon Stone. The more people Salin and the others killed, the more powerful the formation became.
"This isn't normal!" Salin was extremely sensitive to the elements. His eyes could already clearly see some minute changes. He realized that the water element in the Green Dragon Stone was completely out of balance. The other five elements were faintly discernible, as though they were about to disappear.
The white-robed warriors advanced wave after wave, and the soldiers of the Imperial Swordsman Battalion began to be injured. However, the soldiers of the Royal Swordsman Battalion were well-protected by their armor. The injured soldiers immediately shrank to the inside. Nania cast magic and healed them. After repeating the cycle, Salin did not even lose a single person on his side when the three hundred warriors of the Church were killed.
The Magical Beasts transformed from tiles had completely disappeared. Salin estimated that the Green Dragon Rock could hide about three thousand people. If this went on, the people from the Church would be killed in at most two hours. The enemy's Mages did not move, and they had the help of Mages. Although their vision was somewhat limited, the difference in strength was huge. This kind of sneak attack was meaningless.
Outside the Green Dragon Rock, a cavalry of the Banner Corps quickly approached. At the end of the road, the Green Dragon Rock had disappeared. In its place was a huge cloud of fog. This fog had a radius of a few miles. The strangest thing was that the white fog formed the shape of a three-dimensional castle, constantly swaying in the cold wind.
"Shield Unit, protect the Mages. Heavy Armor Unit, charge in!" The commander of the Banner Corps gave the order without hesitation. All the soldiers pulled down the masks hidden within their helmets and sealed their breathing. Their armor was different from the Royal Swordsman Battalion. There was a filter installed in the breathing holes, so they could fight longer in the poisonous fog. However, it was not completely sealed, and they could not enter the water.
The armor of the Royal Swordsman Battalion was too expensive. Only the officers of the Four Towns Army had similar equipment.
However, these soldiers' metal masks still had polished crystals for their eyes. They could see more than ten meters in the fog. The white fog slowly condensed into soldiers, one after another, and they pounced on Qin Yin's soldiers.
Most of Qin Yin's soldiers used spears, but there were also specially made long swords, which were suitable for horse fighting. When the swords and spears hit the white fog soldiers, it felt like they were hitting a puppet made of leather. These Qin Yin elite soldiers were strong enough that the two-meter-tall white fog soldiers dispersed in one hit. However, the dispersed white fog quickly condensed again. After a minute or two, it formed into the shape of a soldier again.
Qin Yin's Banner Corps Commander was at least a Viscount. He was not a good-for-nothing. When he saw the situation, he immediately beat the war drum and gave the order.
The soldiers were divided into three layers. The outermost layer used their spears to destroy the white fog soldiers one by one. The middle layer was responsible for providing support. The soldiers in the innermost layer untied a leather bag from their saddle. This leather bag had a strange design. It had a metal seal, and there was a groove in the metal seal. The soldiers stuck the sharp edge of their weapons into the groove and pulled. The magic powder in the groove seeped into the sharp edge of the weapon.
After the soldiers in the innermost layer were done, they switched to the outer layer and used the magic powder on their weapons to deal with the white fog soldiers. The effect was not bad. After the white fog soldiers were hit by the magic powder, they could not reform.
Qin Yin's elite troops all had magic powder. It was cheap, but it was too corrosive to the weapons. Only in a situation like this would the officer give the order for the soldiers to apply it on their weapons. The weapons that had been coated with magic powder would corrode into a pile of scrap metal in two or three days. After a few hours of use, they would not be as sharp.
Qin Yin's regular army carried five weapons, while the elite troops usually carried seven. These weapons had spots for magic powder. In front of the well-trained Qin Yin soldiers, the fog soldiers formed by divine spells could not withstand a single blow.
The Banner Corps Commander changed the rhythm of the war drum again. The two white-robed Mages who were protected took out a large leather bag from the back of their warhorses. Such a large spatial equipment could not even contain a cubic meter of space. This was a special equipment for low-level Mages in Qin Yin's army.
The two white-robed Mages took out four black objects from the leather bag. They looked like huge steel apples. The white-robed Mages handed the steel apples to the Warriors beside them. Eight Warriors took the steel apples and carefully came to the center of a small group. They jumped off their warhorses and tied rubber bands to the horses of that group. Then, they quickly launched the eight steel apples.
These simple catapults were actually only used in urban warfare. The throwing distance was only a few hundred meters. But their biggest use was to throw magic bombs.
When the eight steel apples flew in the air, the two white-robed Mages quickly released the magic they had prepared. The magic formation in the eight steel apples was activated and exploded with a boom.
The special burning powder was hidden in the metal spheres inside the Steel Apple. These metal spheres were covered in tiny holes. When the magic array was activated and the magic powder was ignited, these metal spheres would turn into fireballs. Moreover, they would burn for a very long time.
Nearly a thousand small metal balls sprayed flames and dispersed in the white fog. Wherever they passed, the white fog would be completely burned away by the magic flames. The two white-robed Mages were only at the level of Level 3, but they used low-level magic equipment to open up a huge safe place for the soldiers of the flag regiment.
The white fog was corrosive. No one knew if the armor of the soldiers could survive in it for a long time. The soldiers rushed forward into the area where the white fog had been burned clean and began to check the armor.
There were Black Iron Sword Saints and professional assassins hidden in the Banner Corps. But if the enemy's mages did not appear, the Sword Saints and assassins could not play a role. The Banner Corps Commander found that this mission was a bit troublesome. He had to beat the war drum again.
The white-robed Mage took out the fireworks signal and gave it to the soldiers to launch. But this time, the equipment failed. The fireworks suddenly exploded after reaching a distance of more than 30 meters. The signal could not be transmitted to North Town.
The atmosphere was frighteningly silent. Everyone was enclosed in their armor. The Mages were also protected by the invisible shield. They could not communicate with words. The worst thing was that they had already rushed into the Green Dragon Stone according to their predetermined calculations. But now, neither the Sword Saints nor the Mages found any traces of the royal swordsmen nearby.
The armors of both sides could sense each other with magic. The existence of allies could not be hidden from their own Mages. In such an environment where it was easy to accidentally injure others, the soldiers of the royal swordsmen would never hide the connection between their armors.
Sephiroth's plan was ruined by a large magic circle of the Vatican. The elite soldiers of North Town could not find the soldiers of the royal swordsmen. They could only fight aimlessly in the fog with the soldiers condensed from the fog. They could not even find the direction. Fortunately, the dense fire elements dispersed part of the fog. The thousand soldiers did not have to worry about the problems of breathing and equipment corrosion for the time being.
Qin Yin's main force was the strongest because the main force had abundant magic equipment that could deal with all kinds of environments.
The Banner Corps Commander opened his mask and said loudly, "Don't worry, everyone. Although we are trapped, it will be within an hour. If North Town does not receive any news, reinforcements will be sent. Then, the great Mages will come and break this magic circle."
Even if he did not say that, the morale of the soldiers would not be so shaken. But this Banner Corps Commander was very experienced. When he shouted, the mood of the soldiers was completely different. There were tens of thousands of soldiers stationed in North Town, including a dozen great Mages and Magic Shooters. The distance between North Town and the Green Dragon Stone was less than a hundred miles. Once reinforcements were sent, any trouble could be solved.
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