Alien world

Chapter 970 201. Frontal Battlefield
Dear Mr. Francois:

I have received your letter. The contact we have had these days has made me yearn for you, the Free City, the Lord of Annan, and the future you have described.

If I were a few years younger, perhaps I would definitely go to Liberty City and witness a rising miracle with my own eyes.

But this is war, it turns brothers against each other, separates mothers from their children, and consumes everything we cherish in flames. This may be foolish, even blindly loyal, but loyalty is the motto of the knights, so please end our fate on the battlefield.

It's a shame that I don't have the chance to actually talk to you face to face.

The leader of the Green Radish Knights, Jones. 】

Francois read the letter again with some emotion before putting it away and going outside.

The evening glow was obscured by thick smoke.

……

Outside the city of Xing'er, the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder and scorched earth, and a doomsday scene was unfolding on the battlefield in the distance.

The guards led by the prince himself and the Green Radish Knights stopped outside the range of the magic artillery. They had fought several times, and relying on the mobility of the cavalry and the protection of the mage group, they only left a few corpses and figured out the power of the magic artillery.

The prince riding on a dragon-blooded white horse came to the front and shouted, "Get out of the Kingdom of Rekanel. I will spare you because that boy was once the King of the North."

His words echoed across the battlefield, but there was silence in Xing'er City.

"It seems you have made a decision..." The prince's face became ferocious and he drew his sword, "Then die!"

dong dong dong-

The guard of honor beat the war drums, and the cloaks of the armored Green Rose Knights fluttered in the cold wind.

"Jones, lead the charge with your men."

The leader of the Green Radish Knights frowned: "Prince, the cavalry will suffer heavy casualties if they charge towards the city wall——"

"This is what you should do!" As the prince shouted coldly, his personal guard quietly came to the captain's side, "Do you really think I don't know? The Green Rose Knights secretly colluded with the people of Free City and refused to attack the city."

"Since you insist..." Jones glanced at the guards standing on both sides, knew that he was suspected, sighed, and returned to the team.

"Everyone, cover your horses' ears!"

All the horses' ears were covered with cloth, and Jones mounted his horse: "Line up! Start charging!"

The Green Ivy Knights ran slowly, and behind them, the Guards held up shields printed with royal documents, both to prevent the Green Ivy Knights from retreating and to hold them back, pressing forward under the blessing magic of mages in jeweled robes.

The Hellfire Legion on the city wall began to fire in unison, and the fire and smoke intertwined into one, like stars in chaos.

However, the main battlefield was the magic groups of both sides. They waved their staffs, releasing magical brilliance, turning the battlefield into a purgatory - the guards and the knights kept dying, while Xing'er City was safe and sound.

After all, melee and ranged warfare is always a mutual massacre, where either the former kills or is slaughtered.

Francois came to the city wall and shouted to the battlefield: "Stop, you can't win. Think carefully, are you really willing to dedicate your excellent qualities to this crumbling country?"

The prince roared: "Don't believe them, they are invaders! The fate of invaders is only death!"

"Invaders? The real invaders are the ratmen who drove you here and are spreading the plague!" Francois' voice was louder than his. "You don't even have the courage to raise your swords against a powerful enemy!"

His shouts echoed across the battlefield, but neither the Kingdom soldiers nor the Free City soldiers stopped fighting each other.

Sword lights and artillery fire intertwined. The Knights of the Guards brandished their swords, splitting sparks and launching a fierce attack. As they got closer and closer, Fermi came to Francois and said, "The magic artillery is ready."

"...Free attack."

Perhaps his time in Liberty City made Francois kinder, but after witnessing the struggles in Star City, he reverted to being the unscrupulous "Shameless Baron".

Kindness at this time will only result in bitter consequences.

As the Knights approached, the power of the muskets became increasingly apparent. Many professionals could no longer rely on their reaction to swing their swords to deflect the bullets, but could only cause their shots to deflect or even be hit by holes.

Some people always equate magic musket with arcane missiles.

Their power is indeed similar, and the magic musket has the advantage of being reloaded at any time.

But in fact, the magic musket is more like an archer. It does full damage to unarmored and light armored enemies, but only "dings" to heavy armored enemies.

Improved gunpowder can only allow the magic musket to penetrate the weak points of plate armor within 10 yards, but in this situation, the enemy is usually faster.

The Green Radish Knights were getting closer and closer. Without time to think, Femi ordered all magic artillery to fire.

bang bang bang-

The roar of the magic cannon was deafening. Even with its ears blocked, the warhorse still made a commotion, then was clamped by the knight on its back and forced towards the city wall.

"Rush!!!"

Jones used his roar to maintain morale, ready to be crushed to pieces by the shells, hoping that he could keep the knights behind him alive...

Bang!
The shells streaked across the sky like meteors, crashed to the ground, and smashed into the guards in the rear.

Jones looked up in surprise.

Francois also raised his head at the same time.

"I'm not that merciful. It's just that it's difficult for a group of knights to break through the city wall. The real threat is those mages." Femi said.

The shells fell into the Guards, especially the Mage Corps. Their magic shields, which could resist a large amount of magic but were weak to pure impact force, were instantly shattered, crushing the mages who were still casting spells into meat paste and smashing them into pieces.

At least in front of dozens of pounds of solid shells, their strong men were no different from the soldiers they had always looked down upon.

The Green Radish Knights, who were about to reach the city wall, suddenly seemed to be forgotten, and no more fire was fired at them.

They didn't know what to do. Even though many of their companions had been unlucky enough to be shot through the weak points of their armor by magic muskets, or had fallen off their horses after being shot...

The prince almost gritted his teeth when he saw the miserable plight of the Guards.

"Damn it! The Green Radish Knights really betrayed the kingdom. I'm going to kill them!"

The roaring prince was somewhat shaken, because with the Green Rose Knights defecting, the Royal Guards suffered heavy casualties, and he sensed that the balance of power was beginning to tilt in his favor...

He turned and whispered something to his personal wizard. The wizard was a little surprised, but still carried out the order: a dazzling light shot out from his fingertips. The light was so dazzling that the soldiers on the battlefield had to close their eyes.

When the light faded, the prince was nowhere to be seen.

(End of this chapter)