Devil’s Son-in-Law

Chapter 1217: Stalemate

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Gerant dispatched the front of the arrow formation. The strange light cavalries that wore black light armor without the knight spear gun were faster than expected.

The first move was cavalry charging, showing the strong self-confidence of the demons.

Lex the Great wanted to dispatch the orc soldiers, but the enemy sent out cavalries. If they sent orcs at this time, the intention of sending them to death was too obvious. The orcs had always been rebellious, doing so might cause trouble.

This was the first contact. If there was a slight mistake, it would directly affect the morale of the entire army, so Lex the Great immediately changed his decision and ordered the left wing’s heavy cavalries to attack.

The cavalry commander was the legion commander of the strongest Dragon Claw Knight Legion in the Dragon Bright Empire, Tristan, Lex’s most trusted general. With him commanding the left wing heavy cavalries, coupled with the restraint of the heavy cavalry on the light cavalry in this terrain, he should be able to severely defeat the black light cavalries of the demons, win an important first victory, and boost the army’s morale.

Tristan’s eyes locked on Francis in the black cavalries early on. When Francis came here as a messenger, although he appeared neither humble nor overbearing, as a veteran soldier, Tristan could feel the provocation and arrogance in the demon’s bones. At that time, Tristan secretly swore that he must deal with this damned demon on the battlefield.

Now that Lex the Great’s order made Tristan’s wish come true, his blood boiled and his fighting spirit raised to the peak in an instant. The front formation of the left wing quickly moved toward the center, meeting the black cavalries.

Tristan was a well-known general who had experienced many battles. He did not let hatred and fighting spirit affect his judgment. The entire heavy cavalries charge maintained an effective interval and a stable speed, and only the front-end formation began to change. The first 5 heavy cavalry squads of thousand-man had formed a triangular charge formation and accelerated forward.

These 5 thousand-man squads were composed of the coalition armies of other countries. The core force, the Dragon Bright Empire’s Dragon Claw Knight Legion, was behind Tristan. Tristan obviously wanted to use these 5 thousand-man squads to test the situation. Once the enemy’s formation was disrupted, the whole army would immediately charge, completely defeat the black cavalries, and cut off that Francis’ head with his own hands!

As soon as the 5,000 heavy cavalries were dispatched, the black cavalries on the opposite side slowed down one after another, forming a strange intersecting formation. Tristan saw the cavalries in the front row each holding a long object. Magic rifle!

This rifle was also black and had a special structure. The firing rate, recoil and range seemed to be tailor-made for light cavalries. Tristan immediately had an ominous feeling. Before he could issue a new order, continuous gunshots had already sounded. Bang bang bang…

The human heavy cavalries in the front row fell to the ground one after another. The bullets were not the most terrifying, but the rows of piercing objects flying out from behind the black cavalries, harvesting the lives of hundreds of cavalry in an instant.

Javelin!

This was a kind of short javelin about 1 meter long. Judging from its weight, it was definitely not a light thing, which also made it more powerful when thrown. The extremely sharp tip could easily penetrate heavy cavalry armor or horse armor.

There is actually such a thing!

These javelins were all hidden in the saddle’s equipment bag, and they hadn’t been discovered before. This surprise attack had killed half of the 5,000 men squads in a short while.

If we retreat now, it will have a great impact on the morale of the Human Coalition Army as a whole. Besides, from the perspective of the distance and room for movement between the 2 sides, as long as we withstand a few rounds of attacks, close the distance with the light cavalries, and the heavy cavalries with the knight spears can easily crush the enemy. Tristan made a decision. He let the troops behind continue to charge. It is impossible to be uninjured on the battlefield of a head-on confrontation. Casualties are inevitable. This is the first confrontation between the 2 armies. For the Human Coalition Army, for the Dragon Bright Empire, for His Majesty Lex, they must be taken down!

As the heavy cavalries approached at all costs, the black cavalries reacted quickly – backing away.

While retreating, they were attacking at the same time. This time, they were not using magic rifles or javelins, but shooting arrows.

This was the most correct way of attack. The power and accuracy of turning using a gun or throwing a javelin would not be as good as that of archery. This riding and archery technique was used as early as many years ago when Raizen’s army attacked the Warlock Fortress. The cavalries of the Fallen Angel Empire had mastered it proficiently. At that time, they didn’t have much room to unleash. Now, on this more important battlefield, they finally showed their fangs.

These specially-made arrows carried a powerful armor-piercing attribute. The heavy cavalry armor, plus the inner cloth armor, couldn’t resist the terrifying piercing force, causing heavy casualties in an instant.

Damn, shooting spears and archery, is this still a cavalry? The most aggrieved thing for Tristan was that the maneuverability of the light cavalries of demons was far better than that of the heavy cavalries. If we rush forward and get close to the main formation of the opponent’s army, I won’t know whether giant crossbows have been erected or perhaps there are medusa shooters in formation behind the huge shields. Rashly going deep alone is simply courting death. But if we continue to fight like this, we won’t even be able to touch the enemy. Our troops will be exhausted.

Tristan finally gave the order to retreat. Even if he was punished, he couldn’t just sit and watch his elites be ruined by this hateful attack.

Then what made Tristan vomit blood was that when the heavy cavalries retreated, the opponent stuck up like a plaster, shooting the magic rifles and throwing javelins continuously, which was simply maddening.

We can’t fight and can’t run, what else can we do?

The ‘founder’ of this disgusting combat method was Chen Rui. In fact, he copied the Mongolian cavalry’s riding and shooting tactics. However, after the advent of firearms, combined with the characteristics of the Polish winged cavalries, there would only be the black cavalries with amazing combat power.

For heavy cavalry, they were a strengthened version of bow cavalry. For infantry, they were a lite version of heavy cavalry; faster and more comprehensive.

Lex the Great at the rear saw Tristan’s plight, and he finally understood why the other party dispatched light cavalries into the battle. This kind of cavalry and tactics were simply unimaginable. He couldn’t think of a solution in a short time. But what was certain was that if the opponent was allowed to continue like this, not only the heavy cavalries would suffer casualties, but the rest of the soldiers on the 2 wings would also suffer heavy losses under this long-range strike.

This 2 types of army battle formations had corresponding defenses against magic crystal cannon or catapult, such as the large magic shield activated by the magician legion or the arge giant shield in the demon formation. Hastily launching large-scale long-range weapons might not achieve the desired killing effect, but the enemy would also use large-scale ordnance to fight back. At that time, the advantage of the ‘home field’ would be reduced instead. This type of attack worked wonders when the enemy’s overall formation collapses.

The battlefield was like a game of chess. Both sides of the game had chess pieces with various functions. The key depended on how to play.

Lex the Great reacted quickly and immediately found the most targeted attack method, “The elf magician legion prepares for [Meteor Rain], and the Holy Cross Magic Legion prepares for [Light Cloud Flying Stars]! Stop the enemy cavalries from pursuing!”

[Meteor Rain] was to summon a huge meteorite with flames to fall from the sky. This kind of magic had great aoe damage.

[Light Cloud Flying Star] was a brewing light element that turned into a cloud of light, dropping countless light element energy balls that contained explosive power. Under normal circumstances, the power of [Light Cloud Flying Star] was inferior to that of [Meteor Rain], but the opponents were demons. In this world where the light element was most active, even if power of the light element decreased due to the door of the 2 worlds and the, [Light Cloud Flying Star] could still cause double the damage.

2 large aoe magics, jointly activated by well-trained magician legions, could gather the power of all magicians and activate a battlefield-level magic that was far more lethal than an individual.

Under the protection of infantry formation, the 2 magician legions walked to the effective casting position and began to prepare the magic.

Elf magicians had element sensing power far superior to ordinary humans. The long spell of [Meteor Rain] had been compressed by nearly half by them. Originally, the release speed was slower than that of [Light Cloud Flying Star], but now it was faster. In a short time, this powerful spell had been completed. Under the command of Princess Philly, black spots of astonishing scale appeared in the sky. These black spots started to magnify at an astonishing speed. They were a group of huge meteorites with huge burning areas plummeting toward the location of the black cavalries.

The Holy Cross Magician Legion on the other side also completed [Light Cloud Flying Star]. Countless white lights fell precisely behind the heavy armor cavalries, [Light Cloud Flying Star] could stop and kill the chasing black cavalry while [Meteor Rain] could completely destroy these nasty demon cavalries.

On the battlefield, it was far more difficult to defend against large aoe magic than to attack, especially the Demon Coalition Army commander did not give orders to the magician just now. At this time, there was not enough time to activate magics like protective shields.

However, the black cavalry didn’t panic too much. The front cavalries slowed down, and those who had been shooting arrows and throwing javelins moved closer to them. They gathered together in a special way. This gathering position avoided most of the [Light Cloud Flying Star], but it was within the scope of [Meteor Rain].

It was like getting together and accepting the baptism of [Meteor Rain].

Court death?

When the black cavalries were about to be engulfed by the flaming meteorite and light balls that fell from the sky, suddenly the meteorite and light balls seemed to hit something special. Their speed suddenly slowed down before they disintegrated and scattered like sand grains.

The Human Coalition Army was all shocked: What’s going on?

Lex the Great’s eyes fell on the group of cavalries approaching from the back of the black cavalries. It was these people who raised their hands together just now. With a special joint force, the 2 large aoe killing magics disappeared out of thin air.

The 2 magician legions clearly felt that the nearby elements were greatly weakened, even the light element was no exception, so they couldn’t help being shocked.

“[Element Weakening]… the Asmodeus Royal Family!” Lex the Great immediately thought of the intel related to the demons, and he immediately came to his senses. The war puppet legion formed by the Asmodeus Royal Family is also a very dazzling existence in the previous war of the 2 worlds, but it is the first time I have heard of such a group using the [Element Weakening] talent to ‘offset’ magic.

Although the heavy cavalries took advantage of this opportunity and fled back to the main formation, the casualties were quite heavy. Fortunately, the black cavalries on the opposite side also retreated to the main formation.

With a squad that can offset magic, black cavalries are almost invincible! If the black cavalries replenish their ammunition and attack again… Lex the Great frowned.

In the first round of confrontation, the demons clearly had the upper hand, but this was only the first encounter. The whole battle situation was currently at a stalemate. It was still hard to say who the final winner would be.

In contrast, the 2 sides on the other battlefield had a clear disparity in victory and defeat.

Nightmare Volcano.

“100 years! Just another 100! I can descend in the most complete and powerful form. At that time, even if those ants can be resurrected and repeat the first battle of the gods, I will have nothing to fear! And you lowly ant actually…” The woman wrapped in flames stared at Alucier who was already like a candle in the wind. Then, she slowly lowered her hands, but the flames mixed with evil spirit became more and more blazing, “How should I deal with you to dispel the anger in my heart?”

TL: Will Chen Rui come to help?

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