Specters were a form of life, and they were the most stable. It was difficult for the emotions of humans to affect the spirits of the dead. The Winged Skeleton wasn't a specter that was easily angered. But this time, he discovered many people trying to stop Salin on his way.
Relying on the specters he released to scout silently from afar, the Winged Skeleton avoided all the dangers. After all, Salin wasn't in his own city. If he was surrounded by an army in the wilderness, he might not be able to escape. Once a level-nine expert appeared, Salin's crystal finger could only attack once.
Now that Salin had entered the Bitter Water Prefectural Kingdom's territory, someone finally caught a definite lead. The Qin Yin people immediately mobilized an army to stop them.
Indeed, the Qin Yin people didn't know that the leader of this team was Salin. Otherwise, they wouldn't have mobilized the regular army so easily. They thought that this team of two hundred people had brought a lot of spatial equipment to transport resources to Rex, so they wanted to stop them.
Killing Salin wasn't worth it.
Even though it was a misjudgment, the Winged Skeleton was still very angry. He decided to teach the Qin Yin people a lesson. Those who coveted their master would pay with their lives.
A dozen cavalrymen dragged the white-robed Mage and ran north. Qin Yin cavalrymen kept charging up from the flanks, trying to stop the Winged Skeleton. This tall specter had shocked them too much. His giant axe, when swung, produced a meter-long blade of light. No one could stop it.
The Winged Skeleton carefully controlled the rhythm. If he captured these white-robed Mages, the cavalrymen would lose hope and not come forward. The Winged Skeleton could only control these specters from a dozen miles away. Beyond this distance, the specters would have to fight instinctively and might not be a match for the Qin Yin cavalrymen.
The specters were only level-three creatures, but the Qin Yin cavalrymen didn't lack swordsmen. Without the Winged Skeleton's command, these specters wouldn't have been able to defeat so many.
The white-robed Mage was dragged in the direction of the Qin Yin main army. The cavalrymen blocking the Winged Skeleton realized something was wrong, but they had to protect the Mage. Also, they would be punished by military law if they scattered. If they retreated in groups, they might not be able to outrun these specters.
The Corpse Soldiers and dismounted Undead Knights wreaked havoc in the infantry positions that had been ravaged, using corpse poison to create even more Corpse Soldiers. Without the control of a necromancer, the new Corpse Soldiers were less than level one. They were extremely slow and had low attack power. The only terrifying thing was that their explosions would cause corpse fluid to spray everywhere. Anyone below the level of a swordsman would soon turn into a corpse.
The radius of the Corpse Explosion was about four to five meters. To deal with these soldiers, they had to rely on arrows to blow up their heads.
After the undead knights passed through the 1,300 Qin Yin infantrymen, the middle line was sliced to pieces by the Wing Skeletons and Jade Skeletons, but the flanks were all injured. Then, hundreds of Corpse Soldiers surged forward, turning the injured Qin Yin infantry soldiers into Rank 1 Corpse Soldiers.
Level 2 Corpse Soldiers didn't have much intelligence, they just moved quickly. They brought the newly mutated Level 1 Corpse Soldiers and followed the Undead Knights to the north. On top of the city walls, Count Bessita was stupefied.
More than a thousand revenants crushed the two thousand Qinyin cavalrymen and one thousand three hundred infantrymen. Their speed did not seem to decrease at all.
A bodyguard beside him whispered to the count, "Sir, should we inform His Highness?"
This bodyguard was quite smart. He guessed that Qin Yin's army was probably not far away. If the revenants failed, it was best to send Salin away while the enemy was still far away. Although this town was full of new soldiers, if they fought to the death, they could buy some time for Salin.
"Inform His Highness." Count Bessita was also worried that something would happen to Salin. If Salin was trapped in this town, the nearest elite troops of the Bitter Water Prefectural Kingdom were five hundred miles away. There weren't many troops stationed in the nearby towns. Rex didn't station troops at the border because he didn't want Holy Rock City to gather their troops here.
"No need." A soft voice sounded behind the count. The bodyguards were all startled. Dorothy had appeared on top of the city walls.
"His Highness already knows, Count. Let Sir Bing do it," Dorothy said. She instructed him to lead the forty soldiers on top of the city walls to assemble the alchemy crossbow.
This alchemy crossbow was clearly illegal, but Salin had already established his own kingdom. It was his right to make whatever kind of crossbow he wanted. Below the four-meter-wide alchemy crossbow was a silver triangular frame. Above the crossbow was a meter-long telescope.
This kind of sniper crossbow could pose a huge threat to the nobles, because it could still penetrate the double defense of low-level magic shields and heavy armor from a distance of 500 meters. If it was a special arrow, its power would be even more terrifying.
Unless an Archmage was nearby and used magic to change the angle of the arrow, a sniper shot from a mile away was enough to kill most unprepared people.
Of course, the firing speed of this kind of crossbow was also a problem. One shot per minute. Unless hundreds of them fired at the same time, they could only kill the enemy commander on the battlefield. The faster alchemy crossbow, on the other hand, was a large piece of equipment installed in the watchtower and controlled by Archmages.
Dorothy only brought one alchemy crossbow. He wanted to see if he could find the highest-level noble in the enemy and kill him with one arrow. That would save him a lot of trouble.
As for asking him to leave the city to kill the enemies? He wouldn't do that. Dorothy wasn't a tough demon. She was best at mental spells. When defending a city, a mental storm could stupefy all the enemies within a hundred meters. If she created illusions, the enemies wouldn't be able to find the target, and the soldiers on her side would slaughter them.
Only Wing Skeletons would charge and kill their way through the enemy's ranks.
Salin had already risen. He was still tired after Meditation, so he simply soaked himself in a bucket of Restoration Water so that his body would recover faster. Salin was already used to such extravagance. The thousand Mages and apprentices under him created a lot of Restoration Water every day.
Eleanor and Isabella were also enjoying the benefits. They were next to Salin and soaked in the bucket. The Restoration Water nourished their bodies and made them feel indescribably comfortable. Even Isabella felt that it was too much for them to be in the same room, but she didn't say anything since Eleanor didn't seem to care.
Eleanor looked at Isabella's expression and knew what she was thinking. She said, "My Lord has never been stingy with magical equipment, potions, and items. Do you think that it's a waste to bathe in the Restoration Water?"
"It's like this. When I was in the Tanggulas Empire, I always used Restoration Water sparingly. Although it's made with a level-one spell, it's not as much as the magic liquid I made in one go. If it's about to expire, I'll drink it like water. I won't use it like this no matter what. "
"You're worried that Master is wasteful?" Eleanor asked.
"Yes. Since I've decided to follow Master, I hope that he can achieve great things so that I can have a bright future. I'm different from you. My teacher is only a level-six Great Mage. Without someone to guide me, I can only reach level-seven Magic Shooter at most. After that, it'll be difficult for me to improve further. I have more things to offer. I don't want to gamble. "
"You haven't been with Master for long. You don't understand him." Eleanor smiled. "He only has a dozen followers, but he's willing to spend money on them. He's very calculative with others.
"Those maids?"
"They're demons. Neris used a shapeshifting spell to transform them into women. They're all male demons. Don't let them take advantage of you."
"Ah!" Isabella looked at the door anxiously.
Eleanor chuckled. Isabella looked extraordinary, but in reality, she was one of the more innocent people around Salin. Even that youth, Su, was more reserved than her.
"Don't worry. With me here, the demons won't come close." Eleanor comforted Isabella.
Indeed, Trish and the others had no intention of peeping. The three of them stayed in Salin's room to protect him. The four demons all had demonic god armor and could transform into their true forms at any time to engage in an intense battle.
Neris had made it clear that if anything happened to Salin, she wouldn't kill the four demons. She would only turn them into real females and throw them to the monsters in the Demon City.
The most frustrated one was Trish. Even after he became a Great Demon, he still couldn't change his fate. Neris was suppressing them with all her might. They couldn't see any hope.
Kind Tree led the revenants and charged ten miles away. In the distance was the main force of Qin Yin's army. In front of them were more than ten chariots with crossbows mounted on them. Behind the chariots was a heavy cavalry unit.
Kind Tree shuddered at the sight of the alchemy chariots. These things could shoot dozens of giant arrows at the same time. The twelve chariots in front of him could shoot hundreds of arrows. He wouldn't be able to block any of them. Luckily, there were more than ten cavalrymen with white-robed sorcerers. The crossbows on the chariots couldn't be fired immediately.
Under the Winged Skeleton's command, Kind Tree laughed heartily. He pointed his magic staff, and hundreds of gray rays shot down from the sky from a distance of more than 500 meters. They hit the chariots in front of him. At the same time, a large gray hand condensed in the void and grabbed the few white-robed Mages in its hand.
The crossbowmen's armor on the chariots glowed with magic. However, there were too many gray rays. The crossbowmen's magic armor could withstand them, but the chariots were corroding at a visible rate.
In the midst of galloping, the chariots creaked and were about to fall apart. A few horses pulling the chariots were unfortunately hit by the rays. Their fur began to fall off, their muscles withered, and their bodies twitched as they collapsed.
The warrior driving the chariots hurriedly stopped the chariots, but it was too late. The chariots had already fallen apart before they could even slow down by half. The alchemy crossbows were thrown out and the crossbowmen jumped out of the chariots, rolling on the ground.
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