Blood Dragon

Bernando took out a gray sheepskin scroll.He opened the scroll, and then recited a few times in a low voice.In the next moment, red flames suddenly rose from the scroll, and the entire scroll was instantly reduced to ashes.Leto was taken aback.But the flames did not reach the magician's hand.The latter just threw away the ashes casually.

"Your Highness, this is the Demon-Breaking Scroll." Bernando explained. "It can cause the wind of magic to fall into extreme disorder within a few minutes, effectively clearing any magic effect. If you use more than one at a time, it may even cause the overall chaos of the local magic wind, making the magicians on both sides in a certain You won't be able to use magic for a while."

Leto was a little dubious.But in fact, the effect of the magic-breaking scroll is very good.In a short period of time, the speed of the stone mound bound spirits, which had been tightly clinging to the cavalry just now, slowed down, allowing the horses to easily leave them behind.There was a clear distance between the two sides.

In the mist, some figures have appeared faintly.There is no doubt that it is the undead army.

The musketeer knights lined up in a fairly neat row at this time, and all the knights raised their muskets and aimed forward.The light cavalry quickly bypassed the knights' formation on both sides.

"Another magic." Bernando said to Leto. "That should be an attack spell. They plan to use magic to attack the musketeer knights."

"Can it be stopped?" Leto asked.

"We will try. But we may not be able to stop it. The distance is not good for us. If we want to ensure that it can be stopped, we must use the magic-breaking scroll." Bernando replied. "A scroll costs about [-] gold coins. We carried ten of them, and now there are nine more."

Demon-breaking scrolls are expensive commodities, Leto has heard of this for a long time.Even people from the church couldn't bring too many to the battlefield.Although three thousand gold coins was not a particularly outrageous number for Leto, the "only ten" mentioned later made him mind.Now, the musketeer knights have completed their mission, and after retreating back, they can only be used as ordinary musketeers, which is of little value.At this time, it doesn't matter if you suffer some casualties.He'll need these scrolls later when the vampire attacks his cannon with magic.

Facts proved Bernando's judgment once again.Although the magicians of the church tried their best to prevent the opponent from casting spells, they seemed to have no effect.A burst of gunpowder smoke from fired bullets rose from the formation of Musketeers in the distance, and just when they finished shooting and wanted to retreat, multiple streams of black energy shot out from the mist, sweeping across the formation of Musketeers.This kind of black energy is corrosive. Wherever it goes, whether it is a person or a horse, the skin and flesh will rot instantly, turning into a pile of white bones.The armor of the knights was completely incapable of resisting this force.Just like that, hundreds, maybe hundreds of Musketeers disappeared forever.

"Very good." Leto thought to himself.He knew that the magician's ability to cast spells was limited, and it was a good thing for the black magician to waste magic on these Musketeers who had lost their value in battle, which meant that the possibility of his main force being threatened by magic was reduced.

It was too late to say that, and the remaining Musketeers, including the light cavalry with pistols and the knights with revolver guns, had all retreated to the front of the queue at this time.On the one hand, they witnessed the power of the black magic just now, and on the other hand, they had indeed completed the combat mission of harassing and consuming the enemy troops. These cavalrymen quickly passed through the gaps in the phalanx prepared in advance to the rear.No large-scale chaos occurred during the whole process, which fully revealed the true nature of well-trained soldiers.

At the end of the field of vision, the undead army has appeared.

"General, it's time to fire the cannon." An orderly beside him said a little nervously.

Leto looked up at the cannon he had arranged.These cannons look a bit strange from a distance. Rather than saying that they look like cannons in the usual sense, they are more like carts pulling wood in a lumberyard.From the appearance of these cannons, it seems that many ordinary cannons are simply stacked together, like a carpenter loading the felled trees on a cart, and piled up into a "cannon mountain".A Gale Cannon contains more than ten barrels. Compared with ordinary cannons, these barrels are thinner and straighter, so that as many barrels as possible can be accommodated in a limited space.

To say that this idea is really nothing to brag about, but real gunners will be amazed by this amazing war machine.

This is because to make the cannon like this requires the perfect operation of smelting technology.Everyone knows that cannons need thick walls of steel so that the terrific power of gunpowder can fire the ball rather than destroy the bore itself.In order to meet this requirement, cannons are usually cast in the shape of a wine bottle.It must be the same craftsmanship as ingenious workmanship to make these barrels so thin but able to withstand the huge gunpowder power.The firepower of a Gale Cannon is as powerful as more than a dozen cannons.

However, although this cannon is powerful, it still has some shortcomings.For example, the casting technology is still immature, and fools understand that trivial mistakes in the casting process may cause the entire cannon to be scrapped; It is difficult to empty all the barrels at once.It is precisely these defects that make this weapon can only be regarded as a "new experimental weapon" at the current stage, and cannot completely replace ordinary cannons.

"General, cannon!" the orderly urged again.

"No." Leto decisively rejected the other party's opinion.In fact, in his heart, he didn't see this battle as a life-and-death duel, but as a hunt.In fact, it should be.He had all the advantages a general could have.In terms of danger, there are still some after all, but that level of danger is a pleasant stimulation rather than a crushing pressure.

"The enemy has already entered the range." The orderly reminded for the third time.

Leto ignored it.The range of the Gale Cannon can cover the entire purple stone. Since the undead army has entered the battlefield, it must have entered the range.However, due to the mist, the specific formation of the vampires could not be clearly seen at this time, and it was also impossible to tell whether the front line of the vampires was scattered soldiers to attract firepower, or elite undead warriors lined up in a battle formation.

The fog obscured the sight. It was not caused by the dark magic of the vampire, but a natural phenomenon.If the magicians are forced to get rid of the fog, it will consume a lot of energy of the magicians, making it difficult for them to provide magic support in the future.

Of course, this is a small trouble, and Leto is confident enough that this mere fog will not affect his victory.

"General, vampires have vision that surpasses that of humans. At this moment, he must have discovered the layout of our army's front line, especially our army's 'fort', which is too conspicuous." Another lieutenant general made a suggestion. "Since the firepower of our army will be exposed if we don't fire the cannon, it's better to fire the cannon first now, so as to kill a little bit of the enemy."

"No need," Leto replied.I want the vampire to know that he can't do anything!There was a smile on his face. "Order the artillery to stand by and not to fire without my order."

A vampire would have done that...he had no choice...but to do it.Leto speculates with great interest what will happen next.The vampire should know about the Gale Cannon—even if they don't, they can immediately deduce the power of this new type of cannon after seeing it.The vampire's only hope of victory is to destroy the fort in time.

That being the case, why not use the turret as a bait, and the team that eliminates the vampires may not be the most dangerous, but it is definitely the most troublesome team.

At this time, the Musketeers' retreat had been completed, and there were no friendly troops in the way of Leto's battle formation.

"Your Highness!" Someone next to him exclaimed, pointing his hand towards the side of the battlefield.A piece of black appeared from the nearby mountain. It looked like a cloud, but it flew towards Ryan's army at an astonishing speed.

"Bats! It's a group of bats!" The orderly exclaimed.The creatures summoned by these vampires really went straight to the position of the fort.

"Sure enough, everything is as His Highness expected." An aide who accompanied him said flatteringly.

"Haha, it really is here!" Leto let out a burst of laughter. "I thought vampires were great. Is that all there is to it?"

"Your Highness, it's not because vampires can't do it, but because you are too far-sighted. Vampires have no choice."

"Hehe." Leto laughed again. "Order that as soon as the bat enters the range, the musketeer can fire immediately."

The swarm of bats flew straight from the slant towards the position of the fort.As they approached, a burst of gunfire sounded from behind Ryan's army.But it has to be said that any ranged weapon is of little use against a small animal like a bat.The damage done by this wave of bullets can be said to be a drop in the bucket, better than nothing.Although some bats could be seen falling from the sky, the overall number of them did not decrease at all, and they continued to pounce on the fort.Once these small animals get entangled with the gunners-although it is quite difficult for them to kill people, it is easy to harass the gunners so that they cannot be shot down.

In the mist, there was a miserable horn sound.There is no doubt that the vampire has realized the arrangement of Ryan's army and launched an active attack recklessly.He wanted to take advantage of the time when the gunners were entangled with the bats to turn the battle into hand-to-hand combat and make the cannons lose their advantage.

A huge ball of flames appeared in the sky, covering a large part of the bats.Magical flames burned in the air, releasing amazing light and heat.Although the flame ball was hollow, the bats threw themselves at the flame wall recklessly, and then turned into hot black wreckage that fell from the air.The number of these burned bats was so large that it made the giant sword fighters below tremble.

The next magic ensued, a ball of lightning falling from the sky.Although the effect was not as good as the flame cage just now, the bats were swept away in the trajectory of the lightning ball.

However, these small animals dominated by vampires did not know how to be afraid, and the remaining bats quickly regrouped and continued to pounce on the target.There are still a lot of them, and they can still entangle the artillery for a long time.But at this time, the third magic has been successfully released.A large amount of white light bombs sprayed out from the ground like a hurricane, forming a whole sheet of shining energy in the air, engulfing the black cloud formed by bats.

"Huh..." Bernando, who was beside Leto, let out a long breath.The three spells just now consumed a large part of his energy.Although these magics seem to be issued by the two mages above the fort, in fact, in order to resist the interference of the black mages, these magics are the result of the cooperation of all mages.But it's worth it for the results.Most of the bat swarms have been wiped out, and although some of the rest have reached the fort, the number is far from the word "threat".The gunners on the turret began to engage the critters with their side weapons, and it was obvious that they would be able to take them out in no time.

Leto smiled at everything.My heart is full of the kind of joy that the wisdom pearl is in my hands.The last unstable factor was also eliminated by him.At this time, the vanguard of the undead army had rushed out of the mist, and unexpectedly, it was a group of ghouls.