The battle ended quickly, even faster than everyone had imagined.
It was even faster than what everyone had imagined. In less than ten minutes, those frenzied beasts retreated unwillingly. Although they were frenzied, they were not here to die. After confirming that the enemies that appeared this time were not as easy to deal with as before, the Chaos daemons followed their instincts and quickly retreated.
On the other hand, the Magical Beast Lord immediately fled after taking a shot from Iona's flagship cannons …. To be honest, the fact that it did not die on the spot was enough to surprise Fangzheng. He had to admit that these troublesome guys seemed to be quite durable. Of course, in Fangzheng's opinion, the fact that they were too small a target was probably one of the reasons.
After all, there would always be fish that slipped through the net when it came to clearing the ground.
At that moment, the reinforcements from the rear finally arrived. They quickly took over with the defenders on the city wall. After all, the warriors at the front had suffered heavy losses in the battle with the Chaos daemons. Many of them were seriously injured and had only managed to hold on until now with their last breaths. Now that the outcome of the battle had been decided, many of them fainted on the ground before they could even relax.
As for the injured, they were immediately brought to the rear for treatment. The children that Fangzheng brought with him also joined the team to help. At this moment, a comical scene was playing out on the battlefield. The petite girls were carrying the Warriors who were taller than themselves as they flew back and forth between the frontline and the rear. There were even some children who found it troublesome and activated the Variable Wing System, flapping their wings and flying into the air to carry the Warriors to the assembly point at the rear of the fortress.
"What the hell is this …."
When Head Commander Wales arrived with his men, what he saw was a scene that he couldn't believe. As a seasoned and experienced old Holy Knight, Wales had been through all kinds of battlefields. But he swore on his honor that he had never seen so many children on a battlefield.
The children had already evacuated from the city wall. They gathered together in twos and threes and chatted excitedly. Some of them shouted something to the side from time to time. Then, a few girls ran over and started chattering about something. As for the others, they held the strange weapons in their hands and stood quietly at the side without saying a word. Occasionally, some girls would glance at Wales and the others curiously, but no one came up to talk.
"Your Excellency Fangzheng …"
"Ah, Sir Wales, how do you do?"
Seeing Wales' arrival, Fangzheng who was chatting with Cui also stood up. He reached out his hand to caress Cui's little head, then looked at the old holy knight who had a stern expression.
"Fortunately, I didn't fail you. Although it was a little dangerous, it seems that my reinforcements arrived in time."
"These are … the reinforcements you mentioned?"
Looking at the girl standing obediently behind Fangzheng, Wales' expression became much more serious.
"Although this isn't what I should say, Your Excellency Fangzheng, I hope you can understand that the reason we're fighting against those hateful Chaos creatures is to protect our home and our children. Although these children have indeed displayed great strength, … .to let a bunch of kids who aren't even ten years old enter the battlefield …. Frankly speaking, I can't accept it. We old bones haven't died yet, so we can't let a bunch of kids stand in our way. "
"… I can understand your thoughts."
Fangzheng nodded in response to Wales' slightly dissatisfied accusation. Of course he could understand Wales' thoughts. Frankly speaking, although the old-fashioned holy knight's tone was a little off, his words were not wrong. Frankly speaking, if it wasn't for the fact that Fangzheng didn't have enough soldiers under him, he wouldn't be willing to let the Cursed Children take the risk.
Not only that, this also proved that the old holy knight was a righteous person with a conscience. To Fangzheng, he was obviously a good partner.
As for whether the soldiers of the Holy Cathedral were willing to fight side by side with the Zerg … .well, we'll talk about that later.
"But I can assure you that their safety is guaranteed. Besides, this is a critical period, and …."
Fangzheng paused for a moment.
"…. This is also their duty."
"That's true …."
Commander Wales naturally saw the girls flying around with their wings of light. Fangzheng did not directly tell Commander Wales the identity of the cursed children, but it was obvious that the old holy knight had already come up with an answer in his mind. But even so, he was still somewhat hesitant.
"Perhaps we can work together. As you can see, my children mainly use weapons to launch long-range attacks. Paladins and spellcasters may be able to cooperate with them in battle. This way, we can work together and reduce the possibility of losses to the lowest."
"Hmm … .that's a good idea."
After hearing Fangzheng's suggestion, Wales' frown finally showed some signs of loosening. The reason why he couldn't accept the children fighting in front of him was because, in his opinion, children were children. No matter what kind of power they had, they shouldn't appear on the battlefield.
On the other hand, just as Commander Wales had said, they were holy knights, warriors, and men. No warrior would tolerate hiding behind a group of children, let alone these holy knights.
But if it was like what Fangzheng said, where the Holy Cathedral was responsible for the vanguard and support, and these children were only responsible for long-range attacks, then it was barely acceptable. Even if they encountered any danger, at least they should be able to protect these children and escape from the battlefield.
"And you may not know this, Lord Wales, but these children all have very good equipment. Not only that, if they are seriously injured, they will automatically be teleported back to our camp to recuperate, so you don't have to worry too much."
Of course, Fangzheng didn't want to see his lovely children die on the battlefield. It was only in this kind of ground battle where there would be the cooperation of starships that he chose to bring the cursed children out. After all, in Fangzheng's heart, these children were "militia". Most of them only needed to live happily in the academy and the Tendo Temple, unless they were needed to guard their homes, or like now, Fangzheng wouldn't send these children out to be expendable. That kind of work was usually done by the Zerg.
In fact, on this time on Iona's flagship, Fangzheng had brought a lot of Xenomorphs with him just in case. Although the Unicorn's carrier aircraft and the Starling's detectors could complete the reconnaissance mission to a certain extent, monsters like the Xenomorphs and Hydralisks were more suitable to drill into the dark underground cavern.
"Well then, Lord Wales, I think we can talk about our next move."
Fangzheng didn't come here just to help the Northern Fortress repel the attack of the Chaos Daemons. This time, the attack of the Chaos Daemons was quite abnormal. If they wanted to solve this problem, they must find the source of all this and destroy it completely.
Of course, if it was in the past, this might be a very dangerous mission, but now ….
Fangzheng silently glanced at the metal warships floating in the sky.
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