Under the vast grassland, there were countless ant nests, and the number of ants was absolutely uncountable. As the man with the bow said, when there was a target, the ants gathered together were as terrifying as a sand tide.
Ant nests were a tiny miniature of human society, just like the comparison between ordinary people and telekinesis users. Among the many ordinary ants, there were queen ants that commanded all the ants, and there were also mutant ants that were equivalent to telekinesis users.
Ordinary ants would not take the initiative to enter King's City, but mutant ants with a higher threat level would take the initiative to invade King's City and attack visible life.
The reason why the settlement set up a cordon was to guard against the invasion of mutant ants, and they were an important source of meat for the people in the settlement.
The sound of the bell was to remind everyone in the settlement that there was an invasion. Sa Ling thought it was the mutant ants coming to their door to deliver their heads, but this time it was not the ants, but the ferocious desert bandit army.
Law and the others came in from the eastern mountain road, and the desert bandits came in from the western mountain road, in different directions.
When Law came in, he counted the number of members in charge of the east side, and added the people in the settlement, and came up with a conclusion of nearly four hundred.
In fact, in the other three directions, there were teams of fifty people, which meant that the estimated number was about one hundred and fifty more.
The desert bandits came from the western direction of the grassland, and the movement was not small. But for some reason, the soldier ants in the ant nest did not react to the arrival of the desert bandits.
They never attacked people who came in, but would take the initiative to attack people who wanted to go out.
This pattern of behavior was something that everyone in the settlement still did not understand.
The desert bandit army smoothly passed through the grassland and came to the open space outside the capital. The huge momentum was immediately noticed by the residents in charge of the security. While shocked, they immediately sent the news back.
In the next five minutes, most of the members in charge of the west side of the cordon were surrounded by the desert bandits, and immediately blood splattered on the spot, turning into corpses that were hacked to death.
These dozens of people were not enough for this group of bloodthirsty desert bandits. When they swarmed up, they felt the impact of chopping their targets into minced meat.
"There are actually living people in the forbidden area."
Geralt stepped on a badly mutilated corpse and looked at the beast robe that had been cut up. He was a little surprised.
He glanced at the fifty captives who were firmly under his control. They were originally cannon fodder used to test the grassland, but nothing happened to them all the way here. As for whether to keep these cannon fodder, it was worth considering.
Noticing Geralt's cold gaze, the captives in the circle immediately started to shiver.
"Who knows, there might be other uses for it."
Geralt muttered to himself. With just a thought, he pulled back the captives who were about to fall into hell.
"Kill everyone inside first, don't leave a single one alive!"
Geralt gave the order to the desert bandits who were ready to make a move. After he finished speaking, he lifted his foot and stomped on the head of the corpse. Bone fragments and blood splattered on his legs and stomach, revealing a cruel aura.
"Do you understand?" Geralt said coldly.
"Understood!"
The desert bandits raised their weapons and roared before rushing into the city.
Miriya shrank into the crowd and looked down at the ground. She gritted her teeth and didn't dare to look at Geralt.
The ruthlessness of the desert bandits had already exceeded the limits of human nature.
"Who can come and destroy this group of bastards!"
Miriya wailed in her heart. Perhaps this was also the voice of the other captives.
However, everyone knew that it was extremely unrealistic. Even the three great oasis countries together couldn't eradicate the desert bandits. What other methods could they use to eradicate the desert bandits?
If there was, then only God's Punishment was left …
A feeling of despair emerged in Miriya's heart. She had followed the desert bandits all the way here and was lucky enough to survive until now. But she knew very well that she would die in the hands of this group of bastards sooner or later.
Now, the surviving humans in the Imperial City would probably not be able to escape the hands of the desert bandits.
Inside the city, the guards who were scattered in all directions all withdrew and gathered in the residence. Every man who held a weapon was on guard as if they were facing a great enemy.
"The elderly, women, and children, all run east, quick, quick!"
The man with the bow seemed to use all his strength to shout. Many blue veins popped out on his face and neck.
The elderly, women, and children in the residence obeyed the command and formed a group to flee east in panic. The remaining men picked up their weapons and set up a line of defense in the west.
"There are many enemies, and their methods are extremely cruel. This is the style of the desert bandits!" The bow-wielding man's eyes were filled with anger. He glanced at Ali's group and said in a low voice, "You must also join the battle. If you can't hold them off, everyone will be buried with them."
With that, he didn't give Ali a chance to ask. He took a sufficient number of bows and arrows and went up to the roof of a house.
"Desert bandits!?"
Ali's heart trembled. Why would desert bandits appear here, and in such large numbers? How many were there exactly?
There were many questions that he didn't have time to ask. He could only swallow them down.
Ali gritted his teeth, picked up his spear, and said to the Eagle Group, "Follow them."
"Yes!"
Everyone endured the chill that was coursing through their bodies and followed Ali to the roof. They hid in the same place as the people in the residence and got their longbows and arrows.
Taking advantage of the geographical advantage, first using longbows to exhaust the enemy from a distance and then try to reduce the enemy's numbers as much as possible. This was a common tactic used in war.
With the Eagle Group joining the team, Bohara and the others naturally couldn't sit back and do nothing. They also set up an ambush with the people in the residence.
Not long after, the sound of the desert bandits' advance reached everyone's ears. Then, the dark mass of people that appeared made the faces of the Eagle Group turn ashen.
How could they resist such an exaggerated number of people with just a few hundred of them?
Everyone in the Eagle Group, including Ali, immediately lost the will to fight when they saw the number of desert bandits.
They knew very well how terrifying the desert bandits were. It wasn't just their cruel style, but their combat strength that was comparable to the king's elite army was also a factor.
The Eagle Group had lost the will to fight, but the people in the residence wouldn't give up in order to survive. They all raised their bows, and without needing anyone to give the order, a rain of arrows flew out from the shadows of the buildings and covered the desert bandits that were charging at the front. Tsk!
Tsk!
Tsk! Over two hundred desert bandits were killed in a single exchange. However, the desert bandits weren't to be trifled with either. They identified their positions and spread out like a large net.
The people in the residence fired another wave of arrows, but this time, the effect was barely satisfactory. They only lost fifty to sixty bandits.
"Damn it."
Seeing this, the bow-wielding man's heart was immediately shrouded by a shadow.
In order to deal with the xenogeneic ants, everyone practiced their archery skills. That was because only long-range attacks could minimize the number of casualties.
However, this group of desert bandits was even more difficult to deal with than the ants. Their individual combat strength wasn't weak, and the difference in numbers was so obvious. Could they really resist?
Regardless of whether they could resist or not, they had to fight to protect the people behind them.
After a few waves of arrow rain, the combatants immediately changed their positions and began to engage in guerilla warfare. However, the difference in numbers was too obvious. After a few rounds of fighting, they were finally trapped by the large net that the desert bandits weaved using numbers.
The encirclement slowly shrank, and the combatants in the residence began to suffer casualties. They were gradually entering a situation where they were trapped.
Ten minutes later, the team of four hundred people was reduced to half. Every corpse was stomped into scraps without exception, showing the tyrannical mood of the desert bandits.
As the battle circle shrank, their long-range attacks were restricted, and they could only switch to close combat.
At this time, William, Ge 'er, and Bohara joined the battle, killing the desert bandits until they were in disarray. However, there were simply too many desert bandits, and the people of the residence were dying under their blades at every moment.
If this continued, even if Bohara and the others were telekinesis users, they would probably be tortured to death by the desert bandits.
If even they felt like they were in danger, the people in the residence and the Eagles were basically in a dead-end situation.
When Geralt brought the remaining desert bandits and captives to the battle circle, there were only about a hundred people left in the residence.
He stood outside the battle circle and looked at Bohara and the others who were showing off their might. His gaze was cold as he secretly ordered dozens of his trusted subordinates who also knew telekinesis to hold them back so that the other desert bandits could kill the others as soon as possible.
Following his order, dozens of telekinesis users besieged Bohara and the others, and the situation completely turned to one side. The people in the residence were suddenly torn apart. If this continued, it would take less than a minute for everyone to die.
At this moment, a wave of telekinesis came from the air not far away, and a bloody hole appeared in the heads of more than a dozen desert bandits who were besieging the people in the residence and fell to the ground on the spot.
Immediately after, a figure suddenly fell from the sky to the location of the people in the residence.
Whoosh!
Without the slightest movement, the desert bandits flew backward one after another, and suddenly the encirclement was made several times more spacious.
The figure, however, showed a faster speed than Sa Ling, and Law was one step ahead of them.
The aura infused with his mind suddenly emanated from Law's body and swept over the more than two thousand desert bandits around him.
For a moment, the desert bandits paused and looked at Law with fear in their eyes, but their reaction was not deep. After all, this group of desert bandits were all tough people. Even if evil spirits came in front of them, it would be a matter of swinging their swords.
The aura didn't have much effect, but it made almost all the desert bandits notice Law's existence.
Geralt looked at Law, who suddenly appeared and wantonly released his telekinesis, and frowned slightly. That distinctive appearance directly reminded him of the man who could control quicksand described by his men before.
"Is it the same person?"
Geralt frowned and thought. He was seventy to eighty percent sure.
He suddenly stomped the rock ground under his feet and sneered silently.
If this was the desert, he would really have to weigh Law's threat, but under the imperial capital, there was a hard rock layer. Even if Law could control quicksand, he couldn't do it here.
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