Imperial Crown.

Chapter 349 Break the camp and set fire!

June 1199, 11 in the Guangming calendar.

It was the 4th day after Viscount John entered Eagle City.

night.

The Eagle City was crowded with people.

A rough count revealed that there were approximately 700 lightly armored cavalrymen gathered inside the city gate - this was all the cavalry that the nobles in Eagle City could currently muster.

In addition to the necessary equipment, each man's horse also carried large bundles of fire starters and cans of kerosene.

The leader was Viscount John.

He wore the armor that he had almost never taken off since entering Eagle City, with an enchanted sword slung around his waist, and a nearly 5-meter-long enchanted spear surrounded by an ice-blue aura half-hung on the saddle hook.

Under his crotch was a second-level magical beast that was a head taller than an ordinary warhorse, a horse with electric horns and silver pupils.

The plan has been set.

Viscount John served as the spearhead and led the cavalry in the city to charge out and head straight for the enemy's grain storage camp.

Break the camp and set fire!
If he was facing a real army, Viscount John would not adopt such a risky tactic, but the enemy was, after all, just a mob of horse thieves and pirates.

Burning, killing and looting are their strengths, but how to fight and how to build a qualified camp are another matter.

It was precisely because of the carelessness in the site selection and construction of their camp that Viscount John adopted this tactic.

"Viscount John." Nancy walked up to John's horse and said solemnly, "I know you have a noble character and disdain the dirty deals between nobles."

"But the Griffith family will never be ungrateful."

"Whether this operation is successful or not, I, Nancy Griffith, guarantee it."

"The Luke family and my Griffith family, our friendship will last forever!"

Looking at the married girl in front of him, Viscount John smiled:

"Raven has married a good wife."

There was originally another sentence to follow this one, but he swallowed it back immediately and simply shifted his gaze to the team that came to see him off.

Almost all the nobles were there, but no one dared to come over and talk to John.

Seleva and others even lowered their heads guiltily.

Brocka has handed over his elite troops and son to Raven. Judra's son is still young and cannot be without his father's care.

But what excuses can others have?
What a coward.

The men who usually put on airs are now no match for a woman like Nancy.

At least Nancy dared to propose to charge into the battle with John, but was rejected by John.

Shaking his head, keeping his feelings to himself, Viscount John said calmly:
"lets go."

The gate of Eagle City slowly fell.

Viscount John was the first to ride out.

700 light cavalry followed closely behind and disappeared into the night.

The cotton cloth wrapped around the horse's hooves made the hoof sounds very suppressive and disappeared before they could reach very far.

In the pitch darkness, there were occasional sounds of ice breaking and huge objects falling into the water.

The men had walnut wood in their mouths to numb their tongues, and the war horses had their mouths sealed with bridles.

Therefore, there was no roaring, no screaming, everything was so quiet that it was almost oppressive.

The enemy's grain storage camp was not very far away, and it only took about 12 minutes for the war horses to gallop at full speed.

When they were about one-third of the way to the camp, the cavalry troops lit torches and formed a long dragon.

At this time, the original team of 700 people was reduced to just over 600.

It is hard to say how many of them escaped and how many were sacrificed.

The overall layout of the enemy's camp is in the shape of a π. The deepest part is the enemy's grain storage camp, which is also the junction of the two camps.

John and his companions were currently in the empty passage in the center of the π-shaped camp.

As the torches were lit, the camps on both sides finally responded, with panicked shouts, drums, and horn sounds rang out.

Until Viscount John clearly saw the wall of the enemy's grain storage camp.

There was chaos on the wall of the stockade, with bandits and pirates crowded together, some holding bows, some holding crossbows, but there was no system at all.

The arrows shot sparsely had no power at all.

Even the most well-trained troops would not be able to organize a counterattack in just 4 minutes in the face of an attack on the camp, let alone these horse bandits.

Of course, if they are really well-trained, they won’t wait until the person touches this distance before reacting.

"call……"

A deep blue, almost pure white fighting spirit glowed on Viscount John's body, and he blew out a breath of foul air filled with icy flowers.

The fighting spirit surged and entangled the spear.

He reached out and took it from the saddle hook, raised it high, and then chopped it down fiercely!
"Arc Moonlight Wheel!"

Swah——

The azure blue icy fighting spirit turned into a crescent moon on the ground and rushed towards the camp. Wherever it passed, tiny ice crystals were condensed in the air, like a puff of silver gauze like moonlight.

Click.

The crescent moon sank into the camp, and ice crystals began to grow wildly, expanding the gaps between the wood, freezing the flickering fire, and also freezing all the horse thieves and pirates in the camp into hideous ice sculptures.

The spear was swung again.

Another icy blade sank into the village wall.

boom--

The camp, which had already been frozen to a very brittle state, exploded and turned into dust.

The dead end road becomes a smooth one!
Viscount John was the first to ride in, followed by more than 600 light cavalrymen!
"Don't fight any more, set fire, set fire!!!"

Viscount John gave a loud order, and the cavalry behind him dispersed like water and flowed into the grain storage camp.

Even in the camp, there was a clear distinction between horse thieves and pirates.

But the common point is that most people have not yet woken up from the warm beds of winter nights.

So at the first moment, the cavalrymen were like entering an empty land.

They urged their horses on and used sickles to tear off the asbestos covering the hay stacks. Amid the rising smoke and dust, they threw kerosene cans on top and then tossed in a burning torch!

Then the pile of grain and hay that looked like a small mountain would turn into a blazing fire!

The north wind is blowing strongly.

The falling sparks and half-burned straw danced in the wind and landed on the tents of the horse thieves and pirates, causing more waves of fire!
In less than half an hour, most of the camp was engulfed in flames!

After all, the pirates were more organized than the horse bandits, and they were the first to react and lead their troops to the grain storage camp.

Viscount John, holding a spear, knocked away a lizard man who dared to pounce on him.

The tactical objective had been achieved and it was time for him to withdraw.

but.

The battle situation has fallen into complete chaos.

Just as John himself had estimated beforehand, his move would ultimately backfire. Even if it succeeded and even if the opponent was slow to react, he could not avoid being attacked from three sides.

The garrison of the grain storage camp itself, as well as the attacks from the camps of horse bandits and pirates.

Everywhere we looked, it was occupied by bandits and pirates. We couldn't retreat even if we wanted to.

When he was young, John read many novels and heard many stories, and he admired the heroic characters in them.

His outlook on life was shaped from then on and he has been practicing it ever since.

John is not afraid of dying, but he is afraid of getting old.

Every time he looked at himself in the mirror, especially after receiving Raven's Angel's Glory, he could no longer avoid this fact.

When he first made this plan, he had never thought that he would be able to return to Eagle City alive.

He was selfish, with the selfish desire to burn himself at the last moment of his life, die on the battlefield, and pass it on to future generations!

A person’s value does not lie in the length of his life, but in whether he can live his life without regrets!
So when Nancy expressed her gratitude to him, he felt guilty.

"To use this place as a burial place is the glory of the nobility."

Viscount John took a deep breath and began to look around -

Even if you die, you must maximize your value before you die!
In a corner of the battlefield, a pile of burning food suddenly went out without any warning.

That's it!

Viscount John urged the electric-horned and silver-eyed horse under his crotch. The monster neighed, and lightning flashed all over its body, instantly knocking to the ground the horse thieves and pirates who wanted to get close.

Then he raised his four hooves and rushed towards that corner like lightning.

close!

Viscount John could see that there was a lizard man holding a trident, with clear water surrounding him and rushing around to kill!

Every time the trident was swung, it would bring up a stream of water like a river, drowning the light cavalry and extinguishing all the flames!

The moment John saw the lizard man's tricorn hat, he confirmed his identity.

Pirate General, Joshua!

I will take your head as the last trophy of my life!
Ka-la-la——

Ice-blue fighting spirit gushed out from the gaps in the armor, almost solidifying the surrounding air. It intertwined and grew behind Viscount John, transforming into a spear that would never bend!

This is John's martial spirit!

After 40 years, the martial spirit appears on the battlefield again!
Buzz—the spear spirit vibrated and merged with Viscount John’s spear, bursting out with brilliant light.

The spreading cold air spread out, freezing the approaching horse thieves and pirates into ice.

The next moment, the cold light was restrained, outlining shining traces of light like ice flowers under Viscount John's armor.

Exclusive to the fourth level, Ice Battle Pattern!
The momentum instantly rose to its peak, and the splashing cold air made the surrounding burning fires begin to dim!
At this moment, the pirate general also felt the biting cold. He turned his head and saw Viscount John's overwhelming fighting spirit when their eyes met!
That is a fearless charge that blooms all the essence of one's life and burns one's own life!
"It turns out that there are such warriors among the human race!"

The pirate general exclaimed in praise, but did not stop his actions.

As the strongest among the lizardmen, he also has his own pride!

The green fighting spirit surged up, bringing out bits of blood flowing out from his facial features.

The water vapor in the air condensed so quickly that even the ice couldn't freeze it one by one!

Behind the pirate general, scales were outlined, horns gradually grew, and a head emerged.

The eyes of the head gradually became clear, and when the eyelids were opened, it was revealed to be a pair of cross-shaped pupils flashing with cold light!
The pirate general's martial spirit is actually a real dragon head!

"Angao————"

The giant dragon's head roared towards the sky, and a ball of water element essence gushed out and poured over the pirate general's head!

The originally heavy armor on his body suddenly floated up piece by piece with a clanging sound, and seemed to be attracted to each other by magnetism. Under the infusion of water elements, it turned into scaly fragments and suddenly stuck to the pirate general.

It's as if their scales were originally his!
Lines of light were engraved on his body, as ethereal as water waves.

The same battle pattern, the same fourth level!
Under the rolling water curtain, the pirate general waved his trident and pointed it at John:

"Then let me give you the funeral a warrior deserves!"

The fighting spirit in his body rushed madly into the ground.

boom

Boom boom——

The earth broke open, and one after another, springs of water as thick as carriages and with waves rising into the sky!

When the water flows to a very high place, it will condense into water balls like catapult bullets, flying high and then suddenly smashing down!

As early as the moment the martial spirit appeared, the pirates had already evacuated far away from the battlefield. Apart from John, the only ones left here were the horse thieves who had not yet reacted.

They are so miserable!
Some of them didn't have time to react at all and were sprayed high into the air by the water rushing out from under their feet. Some fainted directly, while those who didn't faint fell to the ground with screams and broke their bones.

Some are not only sprayed high into the sky, but are also wrapped in water balls and smashed to the ground while suffocating!

Others were hit by the water balls that fell from the sky, and were knocked to the ground by the huge force contained in them, crushing their bones and internal organs, and their blood dyeing the water red!
Viscount John is old.

He couldn't use the flow of elements to accurately determine the location of the spring, so there was no way he could prepare to avoid it.

Therefore, he had only one choice, which was -

"rush!!"

Shouts of killing burst out from his throat, and wherever he passed, the ground was covered with a layer of ice!
A spring of water rushed up in front of me.

Viscount John stretched out his spear, and as his fighting spirit gushed out, the spring of water turned into a gorgeous icicle like a thousand-year-old giant tree, which was then shattered by a single shot!
thump—

Ice chips flew everywhere, like smoke.

Breaking through the ice crystal smoke, another water ball came flying from the sky!
Viscount John swung his spear, and the icy fighting spirit splashed out. The water ball condensed in the air and turned into a huge ice ball, which was picked up by his spear and smashed into the group of horse thieves nearby.

The sounds of bones breaking and screams rang out one after another.

The blend of white ice and blood is extremely eye-catching!
Inside the camp, Viscount John opened up a path of ice and rushed straight towards the pirate general.

What was left behind were towering icicles and broken ice balls on the ground.

Looking from the sky, it looks like a chessboard set up by the gods!

close!

The image of the pirate general was reflected in Viscount John's eyes.

The lizard man was so strong that even though he had no mount, his height was no less than Viscount John who was riding a horse!
The pirate general stood in place, with his knuckles and legs bent, trident held high, and the shadow of a giant dragon appeared behind him again!

The giant dragon raised its head, opened its mouth, and proudly blew out a breath of dragon's breath.

The pirate general spoke with him:
"The wrath of the ancestors!"

The surging water rushed out!

Wherever it passed, the soil was rolled up, the grain piles were destroyed, the tents, fences, and even the horse thieves who didn't have time to escape were all swept up!
It was like a flood broke out on the spot!

Viscount John cocked his lance.

The cold ice and snow wrapped around the tip of the gun, and the temperature around it dropped more dramatically in an instant. Even the solidified ice shattered under the cold!

Viscount John murmured in a low voice:

"Dance with me one last time...

Soul frozen——"

The flood was raging, and Viscount John was just an insignificant boat that could be destroyed and killed at any time.

but

An unrivaled chill burst out from the tip of the gun.

He tried to stop the chariot with his arms but succeeded in stopping the rolling wheels!

The flood seemed endless, but it could not resist the spread of the ice.

It's like a bamboo forest growing wildly after the rain.

The cold air spread, and the flood split in half!
The pirate general watched helplessly as a gun tip with a cold glow appeared in front of him!

After that, it was Viscount John, whose body was covered with ice and who seemed to have rushed out from the underworld!
The trident drew an arc and slashed towards the spear, but before it got close, even the fighting spirit on it had been frozen!

"--No"

He only had time to utter one word before the spear pierced the pirate general's head.

The white phosphorus pierced into his forehead and came out from the back of his head, then froze his entire body into solid ice!
Tap, tap...

The electric-horned and silver-eyed horse slowly slowed down its pace, breathing heavily, and was almost unable to move.

Even though the pirate general's body was standing stiffly more than 20 meters behind him, Viscount John's arm still maintained the posture of a final blow.

clang.

The spear fell to the ground.

The ice is gone, the water has disappeared, and only the scars and corpses on the ground prove that a shocking battle had taken place here before.

The suppressed firelight rose again, illuminating Viscount John's face and melting the ice on his armor.

"call……"

Viscount John's breathing was extremely calm, and he felt the warmth brought by the fire.

Interestingly, he had always hated the cold, but he had spent his entire life fighting with ice.

Now, finally, I can...

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
A loud slap sounded, and Blood-Eyed Meng Engal rode over:

"Oh, Lord John, you have put on a wonderful show for me!"

As he said this, he jumped off his horse with a thud, kicked over the pirate general's body, and then stomped hard on his throat twice.

Passing his fingers over his fat lips, Meng Engal sneered and said:
"Thank you so much, I was worried that this reptile would not obey me, so I wanted to annihilate his team."

"I didn't expect that I would have your help to complete it!"

"By the way, don't think that this is all the food I have stored. That's just to fool this reptile, but I didn't expect to put you in here as well."

"Don't worry, I won't waste your body.

I heard that among these reptile tribes, there is a tradition of blood sacrifice, in which the enemy's body is cut into 13 pieces, then ground into ashes and burned.

I will give them your body as a consolation!"

As he spoke, Mongar approached John's back.

The horse thief who was able to integrate the Bloody Heights was not only brutal and treacherous, but also cautious. The reason why he said so much was to test whether John still had the strength to fight back.

Viscount John was indeed inflamed by his words.

But apart from being unwilling, he couldn't even move a little finger.

Shine——

Bloody Eye drew the long sword from his waist:

"Well, farewell, Lord Viscount!"

Scarlet fighting spirit covered the blade.

However, at this moment, a cluster of bright white flames suddenly exploded in front of Blood Eye's chest, and with a crackling sound, fiery molten lava erupted from the inside out!

"what--"

With a painful roar, Blood Eyes retreated several steps, and the surging fighting spirit extinguished the flames on his chest.

In the chaos, Nancy appeared in front of everyone on horseback.

The twin ponytails on her head fluttered in the wind, blending in with the surrounding firelight.

For the first time, her delicate body was covered with a bright red wizard robe that looked like flowing lava. Above the stirrups, half of her white stockings were visible as the sleeves of her robe swayed.

The attire is clearly incompatible with the battlefield, but it somehow makes people feel a danger that cannot be ignored!
"Baron Judela, please take Viscount John and retreat."

The firelight illuminated Nancy's pink lips. She raised her chin, turned the silver-white metal staff between her slender fingertips, pointed it at the doubtful bloodshot eyes, and said disdainfully:
"I'm here to kill this man!"

……

(End of this chapter)