Thirty miles outside Black Rock City.
Dense sounds of horse hooves sounded, and a group of about a hundred human cavalrymen galloped out of the sparse forest.
Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi were in the lead. Beside Bai Xiaowen, there was a slender troll hunter riding a raptor. He was the target that Bai Xiaowen had controlled with the Bewitching Spell, so there was no problem with his loyalty.
Among the cavalrymen following behind, except for the elite members of the Whitestone Army such as Bonita and Kitts, most of them were wearing white armor with Cecilia's family coat of arms.
This cavalryman was composed of elites carefully selected from the Whitestone Army and Cecilia's Army.
It was worth mentioning that Cecilia did not accompany them. She led the remaining infantrymen and archers of the Whitestone Army and Cecilia's Army and stayed on the city wall to defend.
As a leader who was good at long-range shooting, Cecilia's [Snipe] ability allowed her to kill the rare elite targets that posed the greatest threat in the remnant army. She also had the [Inspire] skill, which could significantly increase the damage of the archers under her command.
Considering that Cecilia's role in defending the city was greater, Bai Xiaowen tried his best to persuade her.
Perhaps if she was not around, the growth of the loyalty would stagnate. However, before Bai Xiaowen figured out the meaning of loyalty, it was impossible for this unknown benefit to affect the completion of his main task.
Just last night, after reporting the information to Prince Nicholas, Bai Xiaowen volunteered to activate another elite-level side task and shared it with Li Shuyi.
[Surprise Attack Behind the Enemy]
[Task Objective: Destroy at least four rear supply strongholds of the remnant army and destroy all war materials in the strongholds.]
[Task Time Limit: 24 hours]
[Task Difficulty: A]
[Task Reward: Unknown]
It should be noted that this kind of task would not have appeared if Bai Xiaowen had not taken the initiative to dig it out. It was he who provided the corresponding information to Nicholas and made the suggestion that the conditions for triggering the task were met.
The A-level difficulty of this task should not be underestimated because it had the prefix of "Elite"! Compared to Bai Xiaowen's S-rank mission of "Surprise Attack on Lean" in the Three Kingdoms plane, the difficulty of this mission was not inferior.
Last night, after returning to the Blackrock Fortress and avoiding the sight of Cecilia and other plot characters, Bai Xiaowen opened the golden chest of the green-haired Mohican Troll Terdius.
After killing the Level 6 Boss Terdeus, Bai Xiaowen and Shi Feng only received a Rank B evaluation. They had two chances to draw the lottery. This was because both of them had reached Level 4 and were now Intermediate Awakened.
These two draws were quite lucky. They drew a Gold equipment, which was the Blood Spear used by Terdius. Its attack power was quite high, but it was a pity that the two of them couldn't use it, so they handed it over to Li Shuyi for the time being.
The other special item was a nameplate with crooked words engraved on it. After identification, Bai Xiaowen confirmed the origin of the green-haired Mohican Troll — he came from the Blood Spear tribe and was the son of the "Blood Spear Warlord" Kaierhan.
For this reason, Li Shuyi teased Bai Xiaowen, saying that he had killed his brother (younger brother?) After all, before entering the Cain Plane, one of the two identities that he had drawn was the "Blood Spear Warlord's son."
Bai Xiaowen didn't care about this small coincidence. After the battle in Blackrock City began, he led the cavalry straight to the first supply point of the allied forces of the remnants.
Based on accurate information, Bai Xiaowen's army quickly found the target, and animal skin tents came into view.
"Kill everyone! Burn all the food and animal skins. If you have enough time, destroy all the equipment you can find! "
Bai Xiaowen ordered loudly. Under the leadership of Kitts and the other three knights, the cavalry quickly surrounded the stronghold and charged into the interior of the camp.
Screams and cries, accompanied by curses in the language of the remnants, rang out. Weapons clashed and blood splattered. The originally peaceful stronghold of the remnants suddenly became a hell on earth.
Five burly Orcs rushed out and waved their axes to launch a counter-charge. However, Bai Xiaowen's deterrence skill froze them all in place, and then his cavalry and summoned creatures swarmed and hacked the five Orcs to death.
After the resistance of the stronghold was disintegrated, groups of the old, weak, women, and children of the remnants were driven to the open space. There were about two or three hundred people.
Just like the information before the war, among the logistics troops of these supply strongholds, there were children who were not satisfied with the height of the wheels. Although there was panic in their eyes, there was more bone-piercing hatred and tyrannical killing intent. Their mouths were still mumbling something.
"What are they saying?" Li Shuyi asked.
Bai Xiaowen knew the language of the survivors and could understand them. He couldn't help but shake his head. "It's not without reason that humans call the remnants of the northern sinful realm beasts. Even a child this big is clamoring about killing all of you and eating all of you … "
"Your Excellency, all the enemies in the stronghold have been eliminated. What should we do with these captives?" A knight in white armor rode his horse to Bai Xiaowen.
Bai Xiaowen remembered this person. He was one of the three main knights under Cecilia, Tim.
"My order is to kill them all. If your hearing is fine, carry out the order immediately! "Bai Xiaowen said.
"But they are all old, weak, women, and children!" Behind Tim, the other two knights in white armor, Mark and Phil, also rushed over and questioned.
"Yes, when we were knighted, we swore to be friendly to the weak, to face the strong bravely, and to be righteous and compassionate …" The three knights said one after another.
"Gentlemen, I'm not discussing the dogma of the knights with you."
Bai Xiaowen said coldly, "There's no justice in war. Mercy and compassion are the privileges of the strong!"
"Remember our current situation — we're attacking the rear of the allied forces of the remnants with only 100 cavalrymen!"
"Not only are we the weak side, but even the human allied forces in Black Rock City are also the weak side! Do you still want to show your excessive compassion at this time? "
"If Black Rock Fortress falls, all the humans will be killed by the remnants and even eaten as food!"
"But this has nothing to do with killing the old, weak, women, and children. They don't have much combat power," Berita said.
"The old, weak, women, and children you mentioned will all eat humans," Bai Xiaowen said coldly. "Do you know what they did when they went south and passed by human villages?"
Bai Xiaowen got from the memory fragments of the troll warrior that he controlled, which included the scenes of the allied forces razing human villages and eating humans as food.
"If our small troop wants to survive and complete the task in the rear of the allied forces of the remnants, the most important rule is to keep our whereabouts secret!" Bai Xiaowen looked at the silent knights and said.
"You don't want your hands to be stained with blood, and I don't want to either! But gentlemen, I have to make one thing clear. This is war, and it's a war between races. It's a war of life and death, and only one side can survive! If getting my hands dirty can increase the odds of humans winning even a little bit, I'll do it without hesitation! "
Bai Xiaowen raised his gun and fired a bullet. An old Half-Orc was shot between his eyebrows and fell to the ground on his back.
After a series of crazy roars, the more than 200 old, weak, women, and children lunged at the knights crazily with bloodshot eyes. Even the youngest child picked up a short spear that was taller than him and charged at the knights desperately.
"Kill!"
Bai Xiaowen's loud order made the confused human cavalrymen get the order. They raised their weapons one by one and instinctively urged their horses to kill.
Soon, the camp was covered with blood.
The atmosphere in the field was a little silent. Although they had won, the knights were silent like stone statues. The creed that they had held for many years was trampled on, and the pain in their hearts at this time could be imagined.
However, Bai Xiaowen further ordered that every fallen remnant should be stabbed, and no one should be allowed to live!
"Let Kitts and the others do it." Li Shuyi glanced at the knights with pity. She and Bai Xiaowen regarded the Spiritual Realm as a copy in a game, so they had less psychological pressure. Of course, they still had psychological pressure.
As for Kitts and the others, they were originally bandits, so they shouldn't care about this kind of thing.
Bai Xiaowen shook his head and said, "All troops, carry out the order!"
The silent knights put down their lances, dismounted, drew their swords, and methodically looked through the corpses in the field. When they saw that there were still people alive, they stabbed them and killed them completely.
Bai Xiaowen took a deep breath and ordered Kitts and the others to pour the prepared oil on the piles of corpses, tents, and food, and set them on fire.
The fire rose to the sky with black smoke.
There was a reason why Bai Xiaowen didn't give the job of stabbing the corpses to Kitts, but ordered Tim, Mark, Phil, and other genuine knights to do it together. In the dangerous rear of the allied forces of the remnants, the slightest carelessness would cause the whole army to be wiped out. There was no time to think about these knights slowly. They must overcome their moral guilt in the first battle.
The sound of hooves was heard, and the human cavalrymen left, leaving only the burned ruins full of corpses.
On the main battlefield.
The main forces of the allied forces of the remnants, the Orc Wolf Riders and the Harpy Archers, had joined the battlefield.
The Harpy Archers caused considerable trouble for the allied forces of the humans. Although these birdmen flying in the sky could only fly at a low altitude, they were still much higher than the height of the city wall. The advantage of shooting from a high altitude was needless to say, but if the human archers wanted to fight back, they had to shoot from an upward angle, which had little effect.
Fortunately, the strength of the Harpy Archers was low, and the short bows they used were much weaker than standard bows. Moreover, Cecilia had used Snipe to kill several Elite Harpies in succession. This caused these Birdmen, who were originally unscrupulous, to have some misgivings in their hearts. They did not dare to get too close.
Surrounded by a group of soldiers, the Thunder Behemoth slowly climbed to a distance of 100 meters from the city wall, and the horn at the tip of its nose began to condense electric light.
Bolts of lightning as thick as buckets exploded on the city wall and arrow towers like powerful bombs. Wherever the lightning struck, the soldiers of the allied forces of the humans were turned into charcoal, and even the city walls and arrow towers made of black rock were loosened and collapsed.
The good news was that although the lightning attack of the Thunder Behemoth was terrible, the frequency of the attack was relatively slow. After each lightning strike, it needed a short time to recover before it could continue with the next attack.
The allied forces of the humans were not idle either. The large catapults arranged on the city wall began to operate, and the rumbling sound was heard continuously. Stones as big as washbasins, wrapped in powerful kinetic energy, were smashed to the behemoths.
There were casualties on both sides, and the allied forces of the remnants, as the besiegers, suffered heavy casualties.
The chief of the orcs, Absolon, the commander of the allied forces, was not moved at all. Most of the dead were Orcs, who were just cannon fodder.
After paying a heavy price, the allied forces of the remnants had achieved a great result. In the afternoon, the twenty-four arrow towers outside Black Rock City had all been uprooted. Countless corpses of Orcs filled the trenches and piled up into hills under the city wall.
"Charge, charge!" Absolon roared and urged the giant wolf under him to lead the charge himself.
The allied forces of the remnants rushed to the many damaged city walls as if they had been injected with chicken blood.
Maple City, Underground Research Institute.
"Oh, it looks like we won't be able to hold on …" A short, green-skinned zombie with a large head was walking in the backyard of the Lord's Mansion. He watched a huge projection screen and sighed. "It's already like this on the first day. The boss has to hold on for ten days … Well, there are still six days left. That's quite difficult. No wonder he came up with such a crazy idea. "
On the projection screen, the scene of the defensive battle of Black Rock Fortress was displayed.
It was Dr. Zombie who came out.
Harvey, the newly promoted butler of Bai Xiaowen, was responsible for protecting Dr. Zombie. Both of them were weak in combat.
"Mr. Erudite, it's time to let out some fresh air. You should get to work," Harvey said.
"What, I just came out for less than a minute …" Dr. Zombie was angry.
"The Lord said that you don't need to rest," Harvey said respectfully, but his attitude was firm.
"What do you know! The work of a scientist … Erudite needs inspiration. Inspiration, do you understand? "Dr. Zombie shouted.
"But Sir Monarch said that the research work has been completed. What you have been doing now is to supervise and guide the production … This doesn't need inspiration. "Harvey was not so easily fooled.
"That guy … I've already completed all three orders this month! How dare he order me around like this! What's with the advance of next month's orders … Shameless! Shameless! Hypocrite! "Dr. Zombie complained angrily.
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