Knight and Wand

Chapter 233 Top Gun
The Pegasus Knights formed an air combat formation like a flock of geese, flying one by one across the gloomy sky.

The two armies were engaged in a deadly battle in the sky. The guards held the crossbows in their hands, and the powerful crossbow strings continued to emit a vibrating buzzing sound.

Every time the arrow nest clicked, a crossbow arrow whizzed out and hit the target in the distance.

The Silver Mountain Crossbow, which was expensive enough to arm a fully armored knight, was so luxurious that each of the king's guards had one.

In this intensive barrage of arrows, covering the air combat formation from top to bottom and left to right, the hedgehog-like rain of arrows forced the scorpion-tailed lion to flap its wings and surround the Orland Knights, making it impossible to get close in a short time.

Kantadar's lion scorpion knight also kept drawing his bow and shooting at the Pegasus knight soaring in the sky.

However, with a distance of tens or even hundreds of meters between them and they were constantly tumbling over each other, the knights' accuracy in shooting arrows was much worse than that on the ground. Before the flying arrows got closer, whether they could hit the target depended almost entirely on the blessings of their ancestors and gods.

But even if it's just luck, a few stray arrows that injure the wings of a flying beast are enough to completely deprive an air knight of his ability to fight in the air, even if the enemy isn't killed. This is why air combat is far more dangerous than land combat.

However, compared to the bow in the hands of the Kantadar Lion Scorpion Knight, the Orland Sky Knight's crossbow still has more advantages in long-range combat before the arrows are exhausted.

The king's guards used the crossbow's crosshairs to pull the trigger and fire frequently. As long as the crossbow was empty, they would throw away the expensive empty quiver without any regret and quickly replace it with a new set of quivers.

The scorpion-tailed lion, which has a higher load-bearing capacity, relies on its comprehensive armor and strong ability to withstand damage, and gradually approaches under the dangerous rain of arrows.

Once the fight begins in close-range aerial combat, the ferocious lion scorpion can easily kill the Pegasus under the Orland people's crotch, and the situation will probably end in a one-sided manner in an instant.

Lions roared, horses neighed, bowstrings trembled, and sometimes arrows bounced off the armor of knights and beasts. Sometimes knights and mounts were unfortunately hit by arrows and had to make an emergency landing in the forest below to survive.

The bloody fight started from the sky and fell to the ground. The knights who landed on the ground continued the unfinished fight in the sky.
Leon leaned over and grabbed the griffin saddle, emerging from the clouds.

Seeing the fight below, he ordered the Death Claws to speed up their attack.

Finally approaching the battlefield at low altitude, while the enemy had not yet noticed his swooping move, Leon ordered Gungnir, which was wrapped around his right arm, to emerge from its elemental form and threw a lightning spear at a scorpion-tailed lion that was pouncing on the Pegasus Knight.

——Boom!
Thunder roared.

The falling lightning directly cut off the flight path of the lion scorpion. The azure arc of electricity penetrated the beast's fleshy wings, splitting the bones of its wings.

Having learned from the last lesson, Leon aimed at the war beast under the enemy.

Blood splattered, the scorpion-tailed lion roared in pain, and fell down in a tumble, losing its balance.

The terrifying weight of the Death Claw was wrapped in the speed of its fall, and it spread its wings and flew over the heads of the fighting Lion Scorpion and Pegasus Knight.

With a stretch of his right arm, Leon recalled the flying magic spear and joined the battle together with his griffin companion.

The aerial overlord who is not afraid of the Scorpion Tailed Lion does not need to escape from close combat with the Scorpion Tailed Lions like Pegasus. The Death Claw relies on its strong physique to crush and dodge the sporadic flying arrows, and directly carries Leon to the front of the Scorpion Tailed Lions, and then attacks them fiercely based on the nearest target.

Sitting on the saddle of his war beast companion, Leon quickly identified the threat in his sight, raised the heavy Silver Mountain Crossbow with his left hand, and pulled the trigger repeatedly at the lion scorpion that tried to fly behind the griffin, as if firing a gun.

The precious crossbow he had borrowed from the king's army fired arrows that pierced the air and hit the scorpion-tailed lion's head armor, startling it so much that it quickly turned away to avoid the crossbow arrows that almost hit its eyes.

The lion scorpion knight of Kantadar released the bowstring while his mount turned sideways, and the arrows flew towards Leon.

He just slightly turned his body, allowing the sharp arrow to hit the thick armor on the griffin's back. Leon turned his head and aimed at the huge wings of the enemy's mount, and shot the last arrow in the quiver.

——Whoosh!

The crossbow arrow pierced through the lion scorpion's fleshy wing, leaving a bleeding hole.

Although it was not enough to knock down the beast, the manticore still lost its mind in anger and rage due to the pain, becoming more difficult for the rider to control.

Seeing the scorpion-tailed lion circling behind him, Leon was about to deal with it, but suddenly he felt a shock all over his body. The straps and chains on the saddle suddenly pulled his body, and the scene in his field of vision rolled and spun rapidly.

He could only hear the roar of the giant beast below him. It was the Death Claw and the Scorpion Tailed Lion that rushed towards him, and they fought fiercely into a ball. The two sky beasts spread their huge wings in completely different forms, with huge beaks and sharp teeth, and the claws of the beast against the claws of the lion. They rolled and fell, and fought bloody in the most primitive way.

The eagle's beak, which was harder than steel, ignored the horns and fangs of the scorpion in front of it and smashed its jaw.

The scorpion-tailed lion struggled desperately and swung its tail in severe pain. The poisonous tail hook pierced the deathclaw's skin along the gap in the griffin's armor.

The upside-down Kantadar Knight discarded his bow, pulled out the cavalry spear behind him, twisted his body and stabbed hard at the eagle eye of the griffin.

Leon quickly loosened the crossbow hanging on the chain, twisted his body, and swung Gungnir with both hands to block the enemy's spear attack, while injecting magic power into the wand to summon a strong wind.

——Bang!

The wind hammer built into the spell slot blasted out, and the violent wind hit the lion scorpion knight below. The huge force broke the chain that fixed the rider on the saddle, knocking the opponent off the lion's back.

The screaming knight fell freely from a height of hundreds of meters, and almost at the same time, his lion scorpion was torn open in the throat and lower abdomen by the two pairs of claws in front and behind of the griffin.

The wound on Deathclaw's body caused by the scorpion's tail stinger was faintly purple, but the venom was enough to paralyze dragon beasts and elephants, but it could not break through the griffin's extremely powerful immune system.

The king of the sky, who hardly felt the impact and only suffered superficial injuries, threw away the bloody scorpion-tailed lion, flapped its wings, and climbed to a higher altitude in a supine position. With his powerful flying ability, he shook off the other enemy behind him who was trying to catch up with him.

In a short fight, one man and one griffin shot down two enemy air knights one after another, and the dangerous situation of Orland's side in the air was quickly reversed.

After reaching a sufficient height, Leon looked around, scanning the number of Pegasus knights still soaring in the sky.

twelve
The lives of seven or eight air knights are unknown.

While observing the heavy losses of his friendly forces, Leon also took into account the remaining six Lion Scorpion Knights of the enemy.

not enough.

The enemy must pay a higher price to make up for the damage suffered by the Pegasus Knights in this battle.

Pulling the chain hanging on his body and pulling up the crossbow that had just been thrown away, Leon clamped Gungnir with his arm, hurriedly replaced the empty arrow nest, then loosened his armpit and grabbed the fallen shaft with his right hand.

Calling on his companions to continue the attack, the griffin roared and rushed back to the battlefield carrying the knight with a crossbow in one hand and a magic spear in the other.

The Pegasus Knights, whose pressure was suddenly relieved, flew on both sides of the griffin, formed a formation and launched a counterattack.

Seeing the loss of several comrades, Kantadar's air knights seemed to be thrown into chaos. The leading senior knight with fluttering cloak turned his mount around and suddenly blew the horn.

Upon hearing the order, nearly half of the Manticore Knights, who had suffered casualties, dared not continue to fight with the Orland people. They gave up the fight, dived rapidly to low altitude, and began to retreat in a panic.

The addition of the Death Claws completely reversed the situation where the enemy was strong and we were weak, and it almost became a one-sided pursuit by Orland.
Under the dense forest canopy on the west bank of the tributary, several pairs of silent eyes watched the fleeing Kantadar Scorpion Knight getting closer and closer to the area where they were lurking.

Standing firmly on the rugged mountain ground, Achaji picked up the longbow and put the heavy dragon hunting arrow on the bowstring.

Beside him, several other war leaders and skilled fighters in the tribe also drew their bows and arrows.

".You and your horse-eating beast, die together." War leader Uriah cursed in his heart, carrying with him the remaining hatred for the disastrous defeat ten days ago. He exerted all his strength, with veins bulging on his face and arms, and slowly pulled the bow that was so big that ordinary people could not imagine it.

The metal-covered bow body glowed a slightly scarlet color and even made a creepy squeezing sound.

Finally, when the griffin's blind spot presented the best angle with himself, Achaji instantly let go of the bow.

- Om!

——Buzz! ——Buzz!!
Several huge heavy arrows flew out from different directions like cannonballs, wrapped in a terrifying whistling wind barrier, passing through the trees and rushing into the sky.
(End of this chapter)