Game of the World Tree - Chapter 671

671. Chapter 668 Elf Mercenaries

The heavy clouds blocked the sunlight and kept rolling, and the whole world was dark.

The whistling wind kept blowing, making the fluttering flags rustle…

An old man wearing a bright red dress robe and a red bishop’s crown was standing on the hillside, looking at the sky with a solemn face.

In his hand, he was holding a golden sun badge.

It was the symbol of the Lord of Eternity.

The old man looked at the dark clouds in the sky, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes became deeper and deeper. Then he said in a heavy tone:

“The evil power has obscured the stars. I’m afraid today’s battle… will not be easy.”

As soon as the voice fell, accompanied by a laugh, a majestic and vicissitudes of life voice took over the topic:

“Haha, Lord Niklas, you worry too much. With three times the troops and many days of siege, today must be the end of Otto!”

The speaker was a tall middle-aged noble.

He was wearing a shiny knight’s armor, with blond hair and blue eyes. His high hooked nose made him look a little more stern, and the double lion flag held high by the guards behind him, which was constantly fluttering in the wind, showed his identity. He

was the marshal of the imperial expeditionary army, the Duke of Rosen, who was reprimanded by the Queen for the Wells family incident some time ago.

The old man in red glanced at Duke Rosen indifferently, and his calm and extremely deep eyes made the powerful Duke unconsciously suppress his laughter.

“Your Excellency the Duke, don’t be careless. Have you forgotten the battle of Peach Grove?”

The old man said indifferently.

Duke Rosen’s face froze slightly.

Peach Grove is a place name at the junction of Maple Leaf Territory and Western Territory. A month and a half ago, he led his army there to fight against the army of Border Bo Otto, and it can be said that he was defeated…

That battle was simply a shame for the Rosen family.

“That was an accident. I didn’t expect Otto to be able to summon the fallen war beasts. I don’t know where he got these descendants of Titans from…”

Duke Rosen said gritting his teeth.

After saying that, he narrowed his eyes again:

“However… the biggest losses that day were actually the recruited mercenaries. The main force of my Guards Corps did not suffer major losses. Now we have the strong support of the church, the addition of the Knights of Inquisition, and the heavy spears and crossbows I have transferred from all over the country this month. Even if Otto has war beasts, he is definitely not an opponent!”

After speaking, he looked down the hillside, opened his arms, and said with some pride:

“Lord Niklas, looking at such an army, don’t you think so?”

After saying that, he turned around and said respectfully:

“Of course, the war between the secular world will be resolved by our nobles. If a power above the extraordinary really appears, Lord Niklas, please take action.”

The old man nodded slightly, his expression solemn and pious:

“Of course, my lord will naturally not sit idly by and watch innocent lambs being devoured by evil…”

Duke Rosen’s expression became even more excited. He laughed loudly, looked into the distance and said:

“Then let’s put an end to this senseless rebellion together!”

Listening to his determined words, the old man also followed his gaze.

As far as the eye could see, under the hillside, there was an endless army.

It was a reorganized army of 100,000 people, with the Third Guards Corps of the Empire in red armor as the main force, the various mercenary groups recruited as the vanguard, and the Knights of the Eternal Church in white as the elite!

In the team, there were rounds of ferocious chariots, each of which was ten meters long.

They were rounds of heavy weapons specially used to deal with large monsters – heavy spear crossbows.

Flags kept flying in the army, and the deafening footsteps came slowly with the march of the army, like thunder.

Such a huge army can only be deployed on a flat and fertile plain.

The huge imperial army was like a huge red torrent, and it seemed like a huge net, rushing towards the distance.

On the other side, there was a silver-gray army that seemed to have fewer people and was obviously at a disadvantage…

It was the army organized by Border Earl Otto, and its number was only one-third of the red torrent.

They were arranging a defensive formation, guarding behind a huge, ferocious beast that looked like Behemoth.

In the howling wind, the two torrents finally met.

The long-range defense magic shield dissipated, and the battle… began!

The mercenary group serving as the vanguard roared and rushed into the Border Earl’s army. Their discipline was far inferior to that of the regular army, but years of fighting allowed them to have significantly higher strength than ordinary armies, and everyone’s strength was above the middle of the black iron. On

the Border Earl’s side, although the army was slightly weak, the neat defensive army formation weakened the advantage of the imperial army.

Once the two sides fought, it was a tragic fight.

The mighty shouts of killing rang out, and every second someone fell down, and every second, there were follow-up soldiers rushing to the front under the coercion of the army to fill the gaps of the previous ones.

Suddenly, accompanied by a series of roars, the giant beasts on the border lord’s side moved.

They beat their chests and rushed into the formation of the imperial army. Their reckless movements and ferocious and terrifying size made them like unstoppable mountains, crushing everything in front of them into meat paste.

Until the sound of breaking through the air sounded, one after another giant spear with flames shot out from the imperial army, their madness ended.

It was the heavy crossbow of the imperial army.

The attack of the heavy crossbow was like a signal, and the long-range attack began.

The longbow soldiers and crossbowmen began to projectile, and the mage groups of both sides began to give each other’s war groups various enhancement spells…

For a time, the whole battlefield was shining and shrouded in colorful magic light. While cruel, there was also a different sense of fantasy.

In a world with extraordinary power, the extraordinary obviously has stronger endurance than ordinary people.

Not to mention the various buff magics that are almost like plug-ins, which also allow warriors to fight back when they are sure to die…

Therefore, the battle will never be decided in a short time.

The entire battlefield is like a cruel meat grinder.

Looking at the quagmire-like battle, the nobles on the hillside showed satisfied expressions.

As the party with the largest number of people, as long as they don’t suffer a rout and fight to the end, they will definitely be the winner.

This is already a good performance under the premise that the rebels have war beasts.

After all, no matter how powerful the heavy crossbow is, it is impossible to easily kill those big guys with thick skin and flesh.

However, Cardinal Niklas, who was also watching the battle on the hillside and served as the supreme leader of the Eternal Church and the supervisor of the Imperial Army, looked at the battle in the distance and raised his eyebrows in surprise:

“Which mercenary group is in the southwest? The fighting power is so strong?”

Hearing his slightly surprised question, the nobles focused their attention on the southwest side of the battlefield.

There, the rebels had been completely broken through the defense line. A group of mercenaries with armor like the Imperial Army but with extremely cool weapons were running around in the rebels, almost killing them all…

What’s more, it seems that there are still 20 or 30 mercenaries entangled with a war beast, playing it around, constantly leaving scars on it, and it seems that it will be worn down bit by bit…

After noticing the red standard armor of those mercenaries and their weapons that are obviously more gorgeous than those of the surrounding mercenaries, the nobles all had strange expressions.

They subconsciously looked at the leader, Duke Rosen, whose expression was somewhat uncertain.

“That is a group of elven mercenaries that were recruited, from the Forest of Elves.”

He said with a somewhat unnatural expression.

“Elves?”

Cardinal Niklas’s expression flashed with a hint of surprise.

He glanced at Duke Rosen, and remembered something that had been making a lot of noise a few days ago, and a hint of understanding flashed in his eyes.

Then, he asked meaningfully:

“Did you use the summoning statue of the goddess of life?”

“No, they were not summoned by the statue. As servants of our Lord, how could we use those things? In fact, they took the initiative to accept the call to join the war before the war started…”

Duke Rosen shook his head.

“Take the initiative to accept the call?”

Niklas raised his eyebrows.

“Yes, and their requirements are not high. We only need to provide them with armor…”

Duke Rosen replied.

As he said that, he sneered again:

“Although these elves are very hateful, they are indeed suitable as cannon fodder. They are the craziest mercenaries I have ever seen.”

The cardinal nodded slightly and continued to patrol the battlefield.

When his eyes noticed another corner of the battlefield, his brows frowned again:

“What’s going on there?”

The nobles looked in the direction of his gaze again, and saw that the imperial army was rapidly defeated in the direction pointed by Cardinal Niklas, while a group of soldiers on the rebel side were like crazy, and began to rush into the imperial army’s formation to kill…

Of course, the imperial army had a large number of people, and after the mercenaries and soldiers in the front died in battle, someone would soon fill in the rear, but even so, the situation of being almost suppressed by one side was also very conspicuous on the entire battlefield, second only to the crazy elf mercenary group.

However, when the nobles saw those “rebels” wearing the standard armor of the rebels and the equipment in their hands, their expressions became more and more strange.

They couldn’t help but look at Duke Rosen, and the expression of the imperial marshal who commanded the army seemed to be even uglier.

“Damn it… It seems to be an elven mercenary group. It seems that Otto has also summoned elven mercenaries… These damn long-eared ones!”

He cursed.

Cardinal Niklas was speechless for a moment.

“Your Excellency Duke Rosen, perhaps you should let the elves deal with the elves to reduce our consumption.”

He said lightly.

Duke Rosen glanced at the noble who was responsible for organizing the mercenaries and arranging the combat positions of the mercenary group:

“Sir Bayer?”

His voice was a little dissatisfied, with a hint of questioning.

Sir Bayer turned pale and smiled bitterly:

“No, Lord Duke, Lord Bishop, these cunning long-eared people asked not to fight with the elves when they were called upon, otherwise they would not participate in the war. Not only that, they said they would accept the call of the Border Earl…”

Nicholas: …

Duke Rosen: …

Seeing Duke Rosen’s somewhat unpleasant expression, Sir Bayer hurriedly said:

“But Lord Duke, don’t worry, after this battle, I will definitely summon all the elven mercenaries I can summon, and will never leave any chances for the rebels.”

“Do you want to have another battle after this one?”

Duke Rosen glared at him.

Sir Bayer touched his nose awkwardly, then his expression became serious:

“No! This battle will annihilate the rebels!”

“That’s about right.”

Duke Rosen nodded slightly.

Then, he looked at the battle situation again. When he saw the increasingly large gap opened by the elven mercenaries in the southwest, his expression flashed slightly:

“It’s time.”

“Notify the Guards Knights and the Judgment Knights to unlock the concealment magic and launch a charge from the southwest!”

Following the order of Duke Rosen, the accompanying wizard immediately sent a magic signal to the sky.

A moment later, waves of horse hooves like a tsunami began to sound on the battlefield.

Along with the rolling dust, large groups of cavalry suddenly appeared on the southwest side of the battlefield. Each cavalryman and the horse under them were fully armored and wearing red cloaks. The four-meter-long knight’s gun in their hands flashed cold light.

They were the armored heavy cavalry of the empire. Each cavalryman had at least the strength of the upper black iron level, and the proportion of silver strength reached an astonishing one-fourth. Of course… most of them were promoted in the past few years.

The mounts under them were also mixed with the blood of magic beasts. Judging from the strength of the mounts alone, they were at least third-level or even fourth-level magic beasts!

This is the strongest branch of the Holy Mannia Empire, and it is also the trump card of the entire empire sweeping across the continent. Just the Third Legion of the Imperial Guards alone has more than 10,000 such armored heavy cavalry!

In addition to tens of thousands of armored heavy cavalry, there are about 3,000 white horse knights.

They are also fully armored, with a faint holy light flashing on their bodies, equipped with shields and knight swords with the sun symbol.

That is the Judgment Knights of the Eternal Church. Each Judgment Knight has the strength of silver, and the knight who serves as the captain has at least reached the upper position of silver, and there is no lack of powerful existences of the gold rank!

The Judgment Knights… is the main force of the Eternal Church to eradicate heresy and evil gods. On weekdays, they rarely participate in secular wars. Only after the Border Earl announced the expulsion of the Eternal Church did the church use this force.

Although they are not heavy cavalry, each of them has practiced divine arts while practicing martial arts, which can be regarded as dual cultivation, not to mention that each of the horses under them is a dragon-scale horse with dragon blood, and the collision and trampling effect is more terrifying than that of heavy knights.

With the combined strength, their strength is stronger and more flexible than the heavy cavalry…

This total of 13,000 elite cavalry is the biggest trump card for Duke Rosen to annihilate the rebels this time! Thousands of horses

are galloping, with overwhelming momentum.

The cavalry troops, like a mudslide, rushed into the battlefield in the terrified eyes of the rebels, and pierced into the heart of the rebel formation like a sharp blade!

In just a moment, the rebels who were deadlocked with the imperial army collapsed immediately…

“Victory…”

Duke Rosen showed a satisfied smile.

However, at this moment, an evil and cold breath suddenly descended on the battlefield.

Suddenly, a giant hand that covered the sky and the sun stretched out from the rolling clouds.

The giant hand descended from the sky and slapped towards the imperial army…

_(:з」∠)_

(End of this chapter)