Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 163: Chasing down the enemy and killing them all

There was a commotion in the dense forest at the foot of the mountain. Through the dense woods, Daf could vaguely see a group of black shadows rushing towards him.

Commander Pierce and his men quickly defeated the group of demon soldiers entrenched in the mining area and drove them into the forest on the side of Shanaokou.

He roughly estimated the number of defeated soldiers and found that there were probably more than a hundred demons who escaped - this also showed that the demon army occupying this mining area was not too large to begin with, and was an isolated and weak force.

The combat order given to him and Wayne by Commander Pierce was not to let go of any demons who attempted to escape from the battlefield. This meant that they not only had to stop this group of fleeing soldiers, but also tried their best to prevent them from fleeing in all directions and entering the mountains and forests where they would be difficult to pursue.

Dave raised his magic gun, shook off the dead leaves that had fallen on his body, turned around and signaled his deputy team leader to blow the bird's whistle to indicate alternating shooting.

This rugged mountain road, less than ten meters wide, was sandwiched between two steep cliffs. If the demon soldiers did not have the ability to climb the cliffs, they could only try their best to squeeze through under their noses. There was no other choice.

Let the soldiers take turns shooting and kill them one by one. This is the most ammunition-saving and most profitable way of attack. During the battle, after the soldiers in the first row of bunkers have completed five rounds of shooting, the soldiers in the second row of bunkers will take turns shooting. The former will take the opportunity to reload the magic guns with empty magazines, and the cycle will be repeated.

However, when the defeated demon soldiers really approached their interception line, something unexpected happened to Daf.

After three rounds of volleys of gunfire, the frightened monsters that were shot immediately spewed out huge fireballs, which flew over the bunkers and scattered into the trenches where the soldiers were hiding. Although the direct hit rate was pitifully low, it still caused the entire front line to fall to the ground and the scene to be in chaos.

After the fireball landed, the rolling heat wave brought up a bunch of mud, and the huge explosion made Daf's ears buzz. The monster that was shot in the head fell to the ground and blocked the narrow mountain road. The demon soldiers could not rush up, and the Northern Army could not shoot at the other side through the layers of beast corpses.

"These damn demons! Damn it, they didn't even forget to take these stupid beasts with them when they were escaping. Now they have blocked their own retreat!" Daf spat out a mouthful of mud that was stuffed in his mouth and cursed.

At the other end of the fork in the valley, the battlefield where Wayne was responsible for blocking the fleeing demon soldiers also encountered the same problem. For a moment, in the narrow area of the entire valley mouth, two 100-man Northern Army squads and hundreds of demon soldiers with magical beasts were forcibly blocked here.

Other Northern Army squads that advanced into the mining area from the rear began to gradually approach the valley. The defeated demon soldiers had been beaten to a pulp by the powerful strange weapons in their hands, and had no consciousness to organize an effective counterattack. They scattered like headless flies, and many of them even gave up their mounted monsters, took off their armor, and prepared to climb the mountain wall with their bare hands to escape.

"Captain! They're not charging towards us anymore, what should we do?"

Dave gritted his teeth, drew the alchemical sword from his waist, and roared to the other two bloodline warriors in his team, "What are you waiting for? Wait until the bloodline warriors of the other teams have finished chopping down these demons, and then we go to help them clean up the battlefield? Charge!"

The two people who were called out could no longer contain the wild power in their bodies. Upon hearing their captain's order, they immediately drew out their melee weapons with excitement, jumped out of the trench with a grin, and the three of them rushed towards the defeated demon soldiers at the mouth of the mountain with howls.

"Dav? Damn, you rush in too?" Wayne waved a long-handled battle sword that was burning with flames and emitting deadly high temperatures, and directly chopped down a demon soldier who rushed to his face. His innate ability was to add a burning blade effect to his weapon, and chopping on the hard metal armor was as easy as a red-hot knife inserted into butter.

Dave narrowly avoided a fireball hurtling towards him and slammed into the arms of a demon soldier, plunging his longsword into his heart. "Damn it! Only a fool would stay in the trenches waiting for them to charge and die. If we don't come soon, all the credit will be snatched away by the other squads down in the valley!"

Two more demon soldiers swung their swords at him. Daf did not have the innate ability to strengthen his weapons like the others. He could only rely on the physical skills strengthened after his bloodline awakening. He gritted his teeth and held the sword horizontally to block the two weapons that were slashing at him at the same time.

Wayne rushed to support, stabbed the opponent in the waist with a knife, and then kicked him over, giving Duff a moment to breathe. He squatted down again and chopped the remaining unlucky guy's legs directly.

"There are too many demon soldiers blocking the mountain valley! We shouldn't have rushed in so recklessly..." Wayne frowned and muttered while brandishing his scorching long blade, "Duff, we should retreat. After Commander Pierce and the others come up, we'll turn around and deal with them..."

In the chaos, Daf turned around to look at the two teammates who were charging with him, and found that they were also surrounded by seven or eight strong demon soldiers. However, relying on the bloodline abilities of "huge strength" and "ice", they were still able to hold on without any accidents.

He also vaguely realized the recklessness of his charge order. Only after actually engaging in close combat with these demon soldiers could he feel the actual gap in combat power between them and the evil orcs.

These guys are not only tall and strong, but also far stronger than ordinary humans. They are obviously just ordinary soldiers, but they possess natural strength comparable to bloodline warriors, and it seems that everyone is an experienced and skilled fighter.

There are also those magical beasts that follow them closely, are huge in size and can spit fireballs. When the two are combined, without the support of magic guns and alchemical beasts, the Northern Army is no match for them at all.

The combat effectiveness of the five or six bloodline warriors that he and Wayne had led out was indeed insufficient under the siege of these brave and warlike demon soldiers.

It turns out that this is what Commander Pierce meant when he casually mentioned to them during the officer training course, "Don't pursue a desperate enemy" - an enemy trapped in a desperate situation will often burst out with combat power and desire to survive far beyond their usual level.

As soon as his mind was distracted for a moment, Daf immediately revealed a flaw and was accidentally cut in the waist by a demon soldier who attacked him from the side. A large amount of blood gushed out of the wound immediately, but it only lasted for less than a second. The cut muscle immediately began to wriggle and close. Although it did not heal immediately, there was no heavy bleeding.

This is exactly Duff's blood talent - "enhanced healing".

At the prompt of Duff's whistle, Wayne and others gradually moved closer and prepared to retreat to their own blocking line. The demon soldiers seemed to realize that this group of reckless men who rushed in wanted to retreat, so they naturally did not want to let them go easily, and they also gathered together and continued to attack them.

Suddenly, the huge red head of a demon soldier who was rushing in the front exploded with a bang. His body rushed forward two steps due to inertia before he staggered and fell to the ground.

Wayne was so happy that he didn't even have time to turn around to look at the situation behind him. He shouted to his comrades, "Damn it! Why are you retreating? Tommy is finally here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there were two more bangs of heads exploding, as if in response to his cry.

(End of this chapter)