Imperial Crown.

Chapter 95 Ambush? Counterattack!
After climbing over the ruins of the tower that was still hot from the flames, everyone, led by Raven, arrived at the city wall.

The terrain here is flat, about thirty meters long and twenty meters wide. There should have been a layer of snow on the ground, but a considerable part of it had been melted and evaporated by Nancy's magic. There were ashes and burning wood chips everywhere, and in the center was a dusty road.

There is a city gate at the end, but it is wide open now, and you can even see the castle through it.

Volaf laughed: "The Baron's plan is really amazing. There really are not many people left in the Scorpion Nest!"

Raven's expression did not relax at all. He used the Eye of Truth to look around, but he didn't find anything. However, he felt something was wrong.

The magic that Nancy used just now was so powerful that even a deaf person could hear the noise it made, but now the entire Scorpion Nest was too quiet.

The open door seemed to be waiting for someone to walk in.

"Margaret." Raven's voice was casual and calm. "Go out from the front gate to explore the way."

Now the whole team is using her, so Raven doesn't have to feel bad.

The witch pointed at her nose and said, "Me? But..."

Before she could finish her words, she had already taken a step forward.

Raven's words were absolute orders, and she couldn't disobey them.

Margaret cursed Raven in her heart, but she still had to move forward bit by bit.

Just as she walked to the city gate, there was a rapid sound of iron chains rubbing against each other, followed by a heavy iron door falling to the ground with a bang, splashing up large amounts of snow and blocking the city gate tightly.

"Come back!" Raven was already concentrating, and upon seeing this, he immediately shouted, "Form a formation!"

Whoosh—bang!!!

Three fireworks shot up into the sky from the scorpion's nest and exploded with a bang.

Under the light of the fire, a large number of horse thieves emerged from the only three remaining walls of the city wall. There were at least thirty of them. Each of them held a crossbow and a longbow, aiming at Raven and others in the city wall.

At this time, Margaret had also run back, and her personal soldiers raised their shields and formed a circle to protect Raven and the other three.

"As expected of Baron Raven, who came up with the plan of dividing the troops and launching a surprise attack, he is indeed vigilant." A horse thief with a fiery red beard appeared on the edge of the city wall.

"It's a pity that Lord Heleti is more skilled." Another horse thief came out. He was thin and had a goatee. His voice was full of sarcasm: "He had expected you to come!"

Seeing these two people appear, Raven's heart skipped a beat: "'Firebeard' Xiefu, 'Steel Teeth' Baru?"

"Yes, it's us two." Fire Beard laughed.

"The Baron's intelligence is very accurate!" Gangya took over the conversation, with clear sarcasm in his tone.

Raven's heart sank and his expression became even uglier.

"Fire Beard" and "Steel Teeth" are both well-known horse thieves on the outskirts of Bloody Highlands. They have at least sixty men under their command, and the men themselves are second-level transcendents!

This Heleti actually dared to leave two powerful outsiders in the Scorpion Nest just to guard against Raven!
"The fireworks are rising. Lord Heleti is on his way back." Firebeard rubbed his beard and said in a serious voice as if he was giving an order: "Now let your people lay down their weapons, and then strip the woman next to you and hand her over to us."

Gangya was lying on the city wall, his eyes lingering on Nancy:
"As long as you give us enough pleasure, maybe you still have a chance to survive!"

Nancy turned pale and was about to start scolding, but Raven had already started to speak slowly, pointing at the witch beside him: "You want her? That's fine, Margaret..."

Before the word "take off" came out, Huo Huzi's face changed drastically: "Leave this for yourself to enjoy!"

Margaret was so angry, you look down on me, and I look down on you too, what a thing! ?

Gangya's expression darkened. "My Lord Baron, are you going to fight to the bitter end for a woman and even ignore your own men?"

Raven frowned slightly.

As expected of a famous horse thief on Bloody Hill, he did not forget to suppress the morale of his own soldiers even at this time.

But Raven knew and trusted his personal soldiers. He turned cold and asked loudly:
"Do we need to exchange our lives for a woman?!"

The guards led by Volav shouted in unison: "No need!!"

Raven asked again: "What should we do if we want to survive?"

The voices of the guards echoed in the city: "Fight!"

Raven reached for his belt and held the staff in his hand:
"Nancy, Margaret, do it!!"

Nancy waved the staff in her hand and uttered a syllable. The crystal on the top of the staff suddenly lit up. The originally gloomy sky suddenly lit up. Six or seven fireballs burning with blazing white flames enveloped the section of the wall where Firebeard and Steel Fang were!

Second-level magic, meteor shower!
A sneer appeared on Fire Beard's lips. He drew out the long sword wrapped in flames from his waist and suddenly jumped up with both legs!

In mid-air, Fire Beard turned his wrist, and his fighting spirit flowed. The sword blade, which was originally only one meter long, suddenly expanded to three or four meters in length, and turned into a more dazzling white!

He held the sword in both hands, exhaled and shouted, then swung at the fireball falling from the sky!
Nourishes—

The sword tip collided with the fireball, sparks burst out, and the fireball was split in half from the center, and then exploded with a loud bang, creating a cloud of fire!
The sword never stopped moving, and Fire Beard raised his arm and swung it horizontally. His movements were like dancing, but swift and precise. He made each fireball in the same way, creating a scattered burning rain of fire in the air!

Martial arts, "Splitting Flame Slash"!
Not only can it increase the attack distance, it can also cut through flames.

If used by a strong person in the Holy Land, even the dragon's breath can be split.

With a snap, Firebeard fell to the ground.

The crisis was resolved, and Gangya waved his arm violently:
"Shoot the arrow!!!"

The archers, who had been prepared for a long time, poured arrows into the city.

The bowstring snapped and the arrows fell like rain!!

Even though Raven's personal soldiers had formed a shield formation, the city wall still had three walls, and arrows were pouring down from three directions, making it impossible to provide complete protection!
"Protect the Baron!" Volaf roared and retreated towards Raven with his personal soldiers!

They can die, but the Baron cannot be hurt!
Looking at the soldiers scrambling to get ahead, Snow Chicken, hiding in the corner, gnashed his teeth and cursed in his heart:
It's always like this, it's like this again!
The most dangerous things are left to others, and Baron Raven only needs to hide behind and reap the benefits.

He watches others risk their lives for him, watches others die for him, and can do nothing but give them a little insignificant compensation hypocritically!

Stop, surrender! Don't die for this kind of people!!!
No one heard Xue Ji's inner cry, and the guards surrounded Raven at all costs!

The sound of breaking through the air was getting closer and closer, allowing the soldiers to clearly see the arrow tip flashing with cold light.

If they fall, Raven may survive, but they will definitely suffer heavy casualties!

however

Raven uttered a syllable, and a layer of green light appeared on the staff.

A breeze blew up, and the snow and ashes on the ground were blown up and flew all over the sky.

The next moment, a fierce gale broke out with Raven as the center!
The wind element condensed into a light blue hemispherical wall, expanding and pushing sideways with the accumulated snow and ashes. Wherever it passed, the feather arrows lost their power and fell down staggeringly. Those with weaker power would be pushed back by the wind!

Crackling...

Feather arrows fell to the ground one after another, occasionally a few of them landed on the soldiers, but they were too soft and powerless to penetrate the half-monster leather armor!
The snow chicken was stunned.

The horse thieves were stunned.

Fire Beard and Steel Teeth were also stunned!

Margaret watched from the side, her black eyeballs almost popping out of her head. She was ready to take advantage of Raven's weakness to run away, but she didn't expect that he actually had such a trick up his sleeve!
"You, you're not a fire mage!?" Nancy's face turned pale after the rain of arrows just now, but now it turned slightly red with excitement:

"When did you learn the wind wall technique?"

Nancy jumped up and patted Raven on the shoulder: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? You almost scared me to death just now!"

"Okay, don't say useless nonsense at this time." Raven deflected Nancy's palm: "Everyone prepare for defense, Nancy, Margaret, clean up the city wall!"

The morale of the soldiers was boosted.

Nancy chanted a spell and stopped releasing second-level magic. She waved her staff and sent fireballs onto the city wall!

With her second-level strength and extraordinary talent, even the fireball spell in her hands showed the blazing white light that only second-level magic can have. Every time it exploded, it could wrap up two or three horse thieves!

The bandits who were caught in the trap rolled down from the city wall howling.

Margaret also began to release her magic. Crows flew out from her sleeves and swooped down towards the city walls.

Compared with her previous majesty in the cave, she was obviously just slacking off.

Raven's tone was as cold as ice: "If you want to die, keep doing this."

The witch shuddered violently and spat angrily. Her ten skinny fingers, as thin as twigs, intertwined and danced in front of her chest. After a low and noisy chant, a large group of crows flapped their wings and flew out, covering most of the city wall like a black cloud.

"Ah—don't peck me!"

"Get away, you damn crow!"

"Who? Who is stabbing me!?"

Amidst the panic shouting, people would occasionally fall from the city wall, screaming. Some of them missed their step, while others were pushed down by “their own people”.

In this situation, with Raven's wind wall as a deterrent, the arrows on the wall became less and less, and the defensive pressure on the guards was reduced, and there were no casualties. Seeing that the situation was getting worse and worse, Firebeard and Steelfang both looked gloomy, looked at each other and nodded at the same time.

Fire Beard shouted, "Open the gates, charge!"

The sound of iron chains rubbing was heard again, and the steel gate was slowly lifted up.

Pale blue lightning energy flowed on Steel Teeth's body, making crackling sounds from time to time; and a layer of blazing flames burned on Fire Beard's body.

They both took a deep breath at the same time, jumped down from the city wall, landed on the ground with a bang, and a large cloud of snow dust exploded.

At the same time, the city gate burst open.

"kill--"

Accompanied by rumbling shouts and killing sounds, a group of horse thieves rushed into the city!

"Nancy, go deal with Steelfang. Margaret, go entangle Firebeard." Raven took a deep breath and pointed his staff forward:

"rush!"

The guards had long been fed up with being beaten passively, and were immediately excited when they heard the order. Volav shouted loudly:
"Kill them all——"

"Just a bunch of peasants!" Gangya crossed his hands, drew two long swords with lightning flashing from his waist, and swung them forward suddenly:
"Let them know who is the master of Bloody Heights!"

At this moment, Raven chanted a spell, his staff flew into the air, and a strong wind rose again!

The advancement of the wind wall allowed the personal soldiers to charge faster and more fiercely.

The bandits' faces were covered with dust and blood foam blown up by the wind, and their speed couldn't help but slow down.

The personal soldiers, with great momentum, crashed into the horse bandits!
With the help of the wind wall technique, the strength of one side was weakened while the other side was weakened. After only a moment's collision, the horse thieves fell down in a row like harvested wheat. Blood spurted out like a fountain, bringing up hot blood mist, and screams rang out one after another!
"kill!!"

Volaf wielded his sword, icy fighting spirit wrapped around the blade, and swung it hard!

The attack was blocked by the horse thief on the opposite side with his scimitar, but the cold fighting spirit still rushed to the opponent by inertia. At the same time, the tremendous force pushed the scimitar and slammed it into the horse thief's chest!
There was a clear sound of bone cracking, the horse thief's chest collapsed, hot blood spurted out of his mouth, and then he was thrown out violently and smashed into the crowd.

Volav roared: "Come again!!!"

He has been holding it in for too long!

Not only Volav, all the personal soldiers burst out with amazing fighting power at this moment!
They are Baron Raven's personal soldiers and the real elite of Eagle Ridge.

However, in this counterattack on the Bloody Heights, the toughest tasks, field combat and defense, were all given to the First Battalion!

Now, they finally have the opportunity to fight bravely, how could they let it go easily?

They can fight too!!

As if to prove this point, the bodyguards kept stabbing with their spears, each strike aimed at the opponent's vital points, either pushing the opponent away or causing a splash of blood, steadily, powerfully and with great rhythm.

Long-term training and fighting experience are indispensable.

Occasionally, some horse thieves with strong personal strength and martial arts skills were able to dodge the attack of spears, but the crossbowmen aiming at them from behind would quickly teach them a lesson.

The personal soldiers were not equipped with enchanted crossbows, but they were equipped with crossbows enchanted with fire, so there was no possibility of missing at such a distance.

Once it hits the target, as long as it penetrates the armor, a large area of ​​fire will be ignited no matter where it is shot, roasting and burning the horse thieves to death!
The stench of blood was mixed with the aroma of barbecue, so strange that it made people feel nauseous!
Gang Ya gnashed his teeth as he watched from behind, his expression filled with hatred and a hint of fear.

In addition to their two families, Helaiti also recruited many scattered horse thief gangs, so although many people were taken away, there were also quite a few left here.

Now there are more than sixty people in the city alone!
However, the horse bandits, who outnumbered their opponents by three times, were defeated step by step in front of their personal soldiers, who numbered less than twenty people, and the battle line kept pushing inward!
At this moment, a ball of fire came at him, and Gangya crossed his two swords and slashed forward with his fighting spirit. The blazing white flames exploded, and were neutralized and annihilated by the fighting spirit in his body!
"Damn it!" Looking at Nancy with a provocative look on her face, Gangya gritted his teeth and cursed loudly.

Of course he knew that the fastest way to win this battle was to go straight to Raven and kill him or control him.

However, Nancy was standing on the ruins, staring at him intently. Once he tried to make any move, a fireball would fly and hit him in the face.

For a moment he didn't know whether he was holding Nancy back or Nancy was holding him back!
In fact, if he really rushed forward without considering the cost, Steel Teeth would be able to rush in front of Raven with only minor injuries.

But he was a thug hired by Helaiti, not Helaiti's slave, so he would not risk his life!

Fire Beard had no time to be distracted. He chopped down the flying crows with his sword. At the same time, he had to be on guard against the power of curses that rushed towards him from time to time. The circulation of his fighting spirit could not stop for a moment!

The two second-level extraordinary people affiliated with the horse bandits were both trapped, and the personal soldiers had the extraordinary person Volaf as the spearhead, and advanced extremely quickly. The horse bandits left behind one corpse after another, constantly shrinking their defense line, and their fighting spirit became weaker and weaker.

Volaf swept his sword and cut the horse thief in front of him in half. Blood mixed with internal organs splashed and smeared on the face of the next horse thief!

The horse thief stopped and saw Volav's hideous face covered in blood. He smelled the strong smell of blood and his heart trembled violently.

He reached out and took a piece of frozen intestine from his face. His pupils shrank to the size of a needle tip, and an indescribable fear rushed to his brain:

“——Help, help!!!”

With a wailing sound, the horse thief dropped his weapon and turned to run towards the city gate!
Under his leadership, the bandits' already very low morale collapsed instantly, and they dropped their weapons and fled!
When a professional robber is afraid, he is not much better than a professional farmer!
Gangya swung his sword and killed a horse thief who was trying to escape, shouting at the top of his lungs:

"Go back! Keep fighting!!!"

But it didn't work.

The bandits are not stupid. Going forward to face Raven's personal soldiers would mean a risk of death, but going backwards would at least give them a greater chance of survival!
The army was defeated like a mountain.

Steel Teeth gritted his teeth, looking at Raven's soldiers approaching, looking at Nancy and Raven who were staring at him, and swallowed his saliva in humiliation: "Firebeard... let's retreat!"

Even if Steel Teeth didn't say anything, Fire Beard had already lost all desire to fight, and now they immediately hit it off!
"Follow them and line up at the gate of the city!" Seeing Fire Beard and Steel Teeth going away, Raven shouted the order and took a step forward!
"Charge!" Volav shouted loudly and led his personal soldiers out of the inner gate of the city!
Their morale is higher than ever.

This can be called a resounding victory!

Twenty to sixty. If you count those on the city wall, it's twenty to a hundred!
Although everyone of them was injured, no one died in the battle, and no one was seriously injured!
"Congratulations, Baron!" Margaret was the first to come up and flatter him: "Your wind wall technique and command are simply superb! As long as you entangle Firebeard and Steel Fang, no one can threaten your personal soldiers!"

In addition to compliment, this sentence also contained her own selfish motives. Raven had noticed her slacking off several times before, so of course she had to emphasize her importance at this time!
Nancy also jumped down from the ruins and came to Raven. "Well, did I do well?"

"Alright." Raven smiled and shook his head: "The battle is not over yet!"

He knew why this battle could be won.

The unexpectedness of his wind wall technique was only one aspect; the more important factor was the difference in the quality of the soldiers on both sides.

This group of personal soldiers was Raven's original team. They had the longest training time. After the baptism of the battle with Anderson, their psychological quality had also grown greatly. They were the best in terms of equipment, training and treatment. They were directly matched with the captain of the Eagle Army, and they cooperated well with high morale.

The horse thieves on the opposite side were obviously just a group of rabble. Most of them had no organization or command over each other and fought each other on their own, with no coordination or tactics at all.

What's more, the opponent's extraordinary people cannot participate in the battle, but Raven has two magicians. They don't even need to take action. Just standing there can bring huge psychological pressure to the horse thieves!
But now is not the time to celebrate. The enemy has only retreated, but has not yet reached the point of desperation.

Sure enough, when Raven walked out of the city wall, he saw that Fire Beard and Steel Teeth had begun to gather the horse thieves who had fled previously. While setting up another line of defense, they were also organizing their own confidants to mount their horses.

Fighting in an open area and being the attacking side, the infantry would not have had any advantage. However, after a great victory, the morale of the personal soldiers was high, while the morale of the horse bandits had fallen to freezing point!

If we defeat them one more time, we will truly win this battle!
Not wanting to give the other party any time, Raven took a deep breath and was about to give an order when he suddenly heard footsteps behind him!
Turning around, I saw a man in golden enchanted plate armor had jumped off the ruins of the tower, followed by eight warriors in full helmets and armor, striding towards him with spears in hand.

Heleti's eyes met Raven's, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth:
"Raven! You are so capable!"

A sharp-eyed horse thief also saw this scene and shouted in surprise: "It's Lord Sand King!"

"Lord Sand King is back with his Scorpion Guards!!"

This sentence immediately brought about a cheer, and the morale of the horse bandits soared, even higher than before the battle!

In their opinion, as long as Lord Sand King takes action, there is no problem that cannot be solved!
"Helati!" Margaret looked at the man approaching step by step with a hint of fear in her eyes.

A third-order extraordinary being that she couldn't do anything about!
"Lord Baron...please let me leave. Give me the order. I will go and ask for help now!!"

"Shut up!" Raven shouted, but the atmosphere of despair began to spread uncontrollably.

Volav's hands, holding the sword, were covered in cold sweat.

The timing of Heleti's return is terrible!

If they were just a little later, after they had strangled the remaining horse thieves in the scorpion's nest, they could still use the city walls to take advantage of the high ground and attack the Heleti with magic and crossbows.

But now, Helaiti led eight elite soldiers and appeared behind them, making them attacked from both sides!
Once Heleti launches an attack and cooperates with Firebeard and others, then they...

Defeat is certain!

Even Nancy, who was usually fearless, became nervous:
"Raven...what should we do?!"

Nancy, the guards, the witches, and even the horse thieves.

Everyone's eyes were on Raven, waiting for him to make the final decision.

Heleti brandished his spear and gave an ultimatum from a high position:

"Surrender or die."

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(End of this chapter)