The mage arrives

The person who appeared behind the cavalry was naturally Gordon.

Royanst is an excellent soldier, and he will naturally send scouts to scout the surrounding environment during the march to prevent ambushes.However, as a mage, Gordon's concealment techniques were beyond the comprehension and discovery of those cavalrymen of the Aldrich family who did not know magic.

If there are mages in the cavalry-in fact, if it is a regular imperial regiment, any centurion must be equipped with a field mage, this situation will not happen.

However, the well-equipped cavalry of the Aldrich family used to deal with weak indigenous tribes, and they did not need the cooperation of spellcasters to achieve their goals. Therefore, they have always operated with pure cavalry configuration.

But this habit, which was completely normal in the past, will cause Luo Yanster to suffer a lot today.

At this time, the cavalry of the Aldrich family held their shields high and approached on foot to a distance of about 100 meters from the temporary fortifications.The soldiers who did not join the tortoise array, but skimmed around in the form of skirmishers, found the lone figure behind them.

"Captain, look!"

Royanster heard the call, looked behind him, and found Gordon's presence.

"Damn it, it's that mage!" Royanst said viciously.He did not question "why Gordon Freeman appeared behind the troops".Because there are too many ways for a mage to do this.The question that needs to be considered now is whether to continue to attack, or to give up the attack just for someone.retreat back.

There is not much time left for Royanster on the battlefield.Braving the increasingly dense rain of arrows from the Redstone Guards and the occasional few primary attack spells, Royanster only considered for a moment before making a decision: "Retreat! The siege team carrying the ladder retreated first. Others People cover, and then use the two teams as a unit to retreat in an orderly manner. Let's get rid of that annoying mage first."

Killing it directly, or taking it captive, is one of the options.Since Gordon wants to throw himself into the trap, Royanst will not be polite.

Although his choice is a bit conservative, it is considered from a safe point of view.There is nothing wrong with it.

Having dealt with the twin brothers and sisters of the Aldrich family a lot, Royanst knew very well that the mage used a specific spell under certain circumstances.It can change the situation of the battle.If Gordon ignored him and continued to attack, then after reaching the city wall, the opponent only needed to cast a "slime spell".Transform the solid ground beneath your feet into soft, wet mud.You will cause yourself big trouble.

When the time comes, the cavalry on foot in iron armor will sink all the parts below their knees into the soil as soon as they step on it. How can they set up ladders and launch an attack?

The Aldrich family cavalry began to retreat in an orderly manner.Although in the process, they dropped a few corpses and some cavalrymen were injured, but it was harmless.

If sane.Seeing the nearly 500 cavalry retreating in a murderous spirit, they should definitely choose to avoid the edge temporarily.Gordon, however, did the opposite.He activated the flying technique inside the Eagle Feather Boots.Then soar into the air.

"Hey, Captain, that idiot mage is underestimating us!" Seeing this situation, the cavalry adjutant gloated and said to Royanst.

The cavalry captain's rock-like face that has never changed for thousands of years also showed a contemptuous smile at this time: "Does he think that our Aldridge family cavalry, like their counterparts in the northern empires, can only ride horses to charge? A form of attack?"

"Boys, take out your javelins and prepare to teach that ignorant lord a good lesson!" Royanst said.

"Oh!"

Gradually withdrawing from the range of the Redstone Guard's military crossbow, the cavalry, whose defensive pressure had plummeted, roared in unison.

The king of Haven, Abel Aldrich, was a pirate. This elite cavalry team founded by him naturally bears some traces of pirates.Among the weapons they are equipped with, there is one that is very characteristic of pirates-that is the javelin.

When fighting on foot, these Aldridge family cavalry usually use long swords and large square shields as weapons, but on the back of the square shield, there are also four short javelins as their long-range attack means.

Mounted can charge, dismounted can attack fortified positions, can fight in close quarters, and can also attack from a distance. "Almighty" is the representative label affixed by the King of Haiwen when building this elite army.

Gordon was in the air.When he saw the Aldrich family cavalry on the ground pull out a javelin from behind their shields and aim it at himself in the air, he immediately reacted.

He immediately sent a "protective arrow".

The whistling sound, which was powerful and not at the same level as the arrow, came quickly.The cavalrymen who had undergone strict training and possessed excellent arm strength threw javelins at Gordon one after another.The mage did not dodge or evade, but continued to move forward until the distance between the two sides was shortened by about 50 meters.

Looking at the protective shield that was getting thinner because of being hit by the javelin, Gordon estimated the time and said silently: "I can still hold on."

Then, he took out a staff from the dimension bag.

It wasn't the Nesser staff he used to, but another "Architect's Staff" that he spent a lot of money to buy at the Mage Guild when he was in the imperial capital.

Gordon prepared a total of four such staffs, which were originally intended to be used to build the mage tower, or to repair and strengthen his territory.But today, under the special terrain of the Isthmus of Cork, it can be used wonderfully, easily annihilating the most elite troops that the King of Haven is proud of in one fell swoop.

He recited the password, and the Architect's Staff exuding the smell of earth in his hand immediately began to emit a tawny magical aura, as if sand and wet soil were lingering on the staff.

He was condescending, braving the continual javelin attacks, pointing down with his staff.

An earthen wall about 100 meters wide spanning the entire Isthmus of Cork began to rumble up.

This miraculous scene stunned the cavalrymen of the Aldrich family, and many of them were so shocked that they forgot to attack.Holding a javelin and maintaining a throwing posture, it is like a living sculpture.

"What's going on here!" Royanst couldn't believe his eyes.Unexpectedly, someone was able to build a city wall in the blink of an eye by relying on his own strength.

He heard about the Earl of Haven named Gordon Freeman.He is a five-ring mage.And the twin young masters and young ladies of the Aldrich family are also five-ring mages.Luo Yanst, who had seen the strength of Hansel and Greda, did not believe that there was such a big gap in strength when they were both five-ring mages!

But in reality, he had to believe it.

Regardless of the fact that Gordon just used the magic item "Architect's Rod" to create this earthen wall, he thought it was just a trick of the earth.

Actually, how to use a magic item.And fully displaying its strength is also a subject that cannot be ignored for a spellcaster.

In "Ancient Era". "Use Magic Device" is also a skill.

Spellcasters who invest more in this skill are able to use more powerful magical devices with less chance of failure.If you want to use artifacts, you have to spend a lot of effort on this skill.in addition.The same magic device. People with high "use magic device" skills will be able to exert greater power than those with low skills.

Although Gordon didn't invest skill points in this skill, he still accumulated level 15 skills by virtue of the advantages brought by the system and by reading various books.So when he uses the Architect's Staff, he can quickly cast the spells stored in the Staff, and follow his own ideas.Shape it into an earthen wall that blocks all the enemy's escape routes.

While the elite cavalry of the Aldridge family were shocked by Gordon, the soldiers of the Freeman family were standing on the dirt wall in the distance.But put on a commonplace look.Xiona was sharpening the blade with a whetstone, while quietly lowering her head in thought.The five retainers gathered together and chatted leisurely, as if the battle between one man and 500 people not far away had nothing to do with them.

Sigrid felt very strange about this leisurely and relaxed atmosphere like a field trip.Impatient, she couldn't help but ran over and asked, "Are you still killing time here? The most important thing to do now, isn't it to immediately support Lord Earl Freeman? No matter how powerful he is, he can't deal with five hundred An elite cavalry!"

Chuck, who is now the captain of the Freeman family guard, saluted the female knight, and then said slowly: "Don't worry, Miss Sigrid. Maybe other mages can't deal with five hundred elite cavalry alone, but Our lord can do it—of course, under certain conditions."

Chuck didn't realize that his tone was unknowingly imitating Gordon, and he continued: "You may still be skeptical. But for those of us who have experienced the brutal war with the orcs in High Rock City For those who have witnessed how the lord has created miracles one after another, it is only a matter of course that the lord wiped out these cavalrymen of the Aldrich family."

"Please stay calm and wait and see. Our job is to clean up the mess later." Yang Qi Jian Er added.

Having said all this, Sigrid had no choice but to suppress the impulse in her heart and continue to watch the battle on the city wall.It is impossible for her to rush out alone on horseback.

At this moment, the female knight saw Gordon making another move.

The mage floating in the air threw away the stave that had exhausted his physical skills, and then took out a new architect's staff from the dimensional bag.

The reason why he did this was because Royanster came back to his senses after the initial shock, and gave the most correct order: "Stop attacking, climb over this earthen wall immediately, and then retreat!"

The commander of the cavalry unit who had experienced many battles knew very well that Gordon suddenly created this wall that blocked his entire retreat, and it was definitely not just for the purpose of creating a shocking effect.He wanted to block the entire 500 troops in the narrow area of ​​the Isthmus of Cork, and then...

Although he didn't know what method the opponent would use, when he thought that the mage wanted to wipe out 500 people on his side, Royanster, a cold butcher who had blood on his hands, shuddered.He made a decisive decision and gave the order to retreat.

Although it is the elite cavalry team of the Aldrich family, it is the strongest army in the entire Haiwen Peninsula.It is indeed a shameful thing to retreat without a fight, and to be scared away by a mage.Maybe after returning, he will be scolded by the King of Haiwen and punished for missing the opportunity to fight.

However, this result is at least a hundred times better than annihilation of the entire army and loss of life.

Gordon didn't expect that Luo Yanster, a group of arrogant soldiers with the aura of "the strongest army in the Haiwen Peninsula", would be so decisive to retreat.He could only take out an architect scepter again.

Amidst the chanting of the incantation, the arcane power contained in the staff was released again.Acting on the ground beneath your feet.With the loud rumbling noise and the magnificent dusty landscape, the earth wall that Gordon had just built suddenly rose four meters higher.The overall height reached eight meters.

The foot cavalry of the Aldrich family who had just put the simple siege ladder on the city wall, looked at the earth wall that grew up like bamboo shoots after the rain, first stood there in a daze, and then cursed.

Even Royanster.He was also forced by this sudden change and almost fell into a runaway state.

"Ah!!" he roared wildly.He stared at the mage floating in mid-air with his blood-red eyes.

Because Xie Oona led the people to build it overnight, and the earth wall that blocked the cavalry's southward passage was only four meters high, so in order to hurry up, Luo Yanst just ordered his subordinates to rush to make a batch of five-meter-long simple Siege ladder.He felt that he left a margin of one meter, which was enough.

After Gordon used the first architect's staff to raise a four-meter-high earth wall, Royanster was shocked.Although vigilance was raised in my heart, there was no great sense of crisis.He still believes that the development of the war situation is under his control.Because the tools in his hands are enough to pass through the obstacles created by this mage and escape safely.

But when Gordon used magic again to raise the earthen wall to eight meters, Royanst found desperately that his siege ladders had become scraps because they were not long enough.

With a roar, Royanster temporarily suppressed the mania in his heart.He saw Gordon began to chant the spell again, ready to cast the next spell, and he knew that if he didn't think of a way quickly, then the entire 500 people might really have to be completely confessed to the Isthmus of Cork.

The cavalry captain carefully looked at the earth wall in front of him, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he shouted loudly: "Quick, soldiers, pick up your weapons, use them as hoes and start digging hard. The soil is soft and not strong. Our The siege ladder is not long enough, so use your hands to dig a road!"

Gordon heard Royanster's call in mid-air, and couldn't help admiring him.In such a crisis situation of successive setbacks, he can still keenly capture the favorable conditions in the environment, which is really remarkable.

It is indeed convenient and quick to use the "clay shaping technique" stored in the architect's staff to make earth walls, but the disadvantage is that the strength of this kind of walls is very low and it is very easy to be destroyed by external forces.

But how could Gordon not consider this situation?

The foot cavalrymen had already begun digging crazily as if in a bewilderment, and the earth wall was soon gnawed out by various tools, and if no measures were taken, it would not be long before they would be dug through.

Gordon took out five scrolls from the dimension bag without haste.

"Sure enough, it's good to have money, and you can squander it as you like. Five-ring magic scrolls can be used five by five." Gordon shook the sheepskin scroll in his hand, and then began to chant spells.

The cavalrymen of the Aldrich family were like groundhogs, digging the wall quickly, but Gordon's speed of extracting spells from the magic scroll was even faster.

"Turn mud into stone."

Gordon raised his finger, and the spell energy shot into the earth wall.The part of the originally tawny wall that was affected by the spell instantly turned gray and white.

The foot cavalry who were digging desperately at this section suddenly hit a hard object with a long sword used as a hoe, making a crisp "clang" sound, and even burst into sparks.

The soldiers whose arms were numb from the force of the feedback were surprised to see the soft and loose yellow-brown soil in front of them suddenly turn into hard and dense rock.

"This is how the same thing?"

There are so many incredible things encountered today that these soldiers can only respond with such weak questions.

The sound of "clang clang" sounded one after another.The foot cavalry, who were digging deeply, kept encountering the same thorny problem: a whole section of the fragile earth wall temporarily created by magic had completely turned into a solid stone wall at this time.

Every time he responded, he was completely deciphered by the mage named Gordon Freeman, and Royanst had already fallen into panic at this time.The self-confidence accumulated in his heart due to years of victories completely collapsed today, at this moment.

"Captain, what should we do?" the adjutant asked anxiously.

Even though Gordon hadn't officially launched an attack yet, these cavalry had already keenly sensed the imminent danger.

The subordinate's question brought Luo Yanst back to reality from a dazed state.He gritted his teeth and ordered: "Since there is no way to retreat, then attack. The way of life is ahead! That mage thought he could play us in his hands with careful preparation and strict planning, but we have to use Facts tell him that in war, uncontrollable things will happen at any time!"

Gordon saw that the cavalry under his feet had picked up the siege ladder again and began to attack: "The cavalry commander made the most correct choice again. But even if he wants to fight hard in desperation, he is doomed to fail."

After completely trapping the most elite cavalry under the King of Haven to death, Gordon finally started to attack.

He took out a bottle of quintessential poisonous substance from the mage's robe, and began to chant a spell. (To be continued..)