Chapter 317 They all thought they had the upper hand in the decisive battle, but
Lann was caught off guard.
According to the skill characteristics of [Active Shield], this is a shield that offsets attacks at the cost of consuming one's own mana. However, his mana is almost full now, and he definitely did not receive any powerful attacks just now!
If it were an ordinary warlock, he would definitely turn into a hedgehog in the next second after encountering such an accident.
But Lann is not a warlock, his reflexes are top notch.
[Active Shield] Before the broken light spots completely dissipated in mid-air, he kicked Radcliffe directly on the waist, causing Aedian's advisor to rise into the air and land to a safe area.
Then he activated [Flash] himself, and with a flash of golden light, he moved five or six positions to the right, avoiding the oncoming arrow rain.
At the same time, he kept the [Flash] skill running and used the time-slowing special effect of the skill to look around: among the dense rain of arrows, he saw an exceptionally delicate arrow swimming slowly like a fish. The arrow fell into Lann's eyes.
It has an arrow shaft made of ebony, arrow feathers made of black feathers, and only the arrowhead glows with a long blue light.
Block the magic gold!
Lan turned his gaze little by little and looked in the direction in which the magic-blocking golden arrow came.
Surrounded by the cavalry in black, a senior officer wearing a black-winged helmet and a sun-gold embroidered cape was slowly retracting his right hand that had thrown the arrow, reaching into the quiver to take out the second arrow.
Beside him, there was a knight wearing lint outer armor who was chanting loudly, and there was an electric arc flashing around his body.
Warlock!
However, it seems that the clothes that are obviously biased towards the standard are only those of low-level warlocks or even warlock apprentices in the warlock army.
After locking the enemy, it will be easier to deal with.
The next second, the [Flash] effect is lifted. Lan only felt the gryphon badge on his chest vibrate slightly, and then heard Radcliffe yelling behind him, and immediately there was the sound of the portal opening and closing.
Aedirn's advisor ran away.
But Lan was too lazy to pay attention to him. His body glowed with light again, and the next moment he disappeared again. Immediately, lightning released by the warlock struck the place where he had just stood.
"Lannister, it's Lannister! The warlocks of Aedirn have brought Lannister here!"
The senior officer who had just used the magic-blocking golden arrow to break through Lann's [active shield] shouted excitedly and hurriedly ordered himself The guard: "He disappeared again! Everyone pay attention! Find us first..."
...
The officer suddenly felt that the eyes of the guards around him became frightened, and several of them even jumped from their horses to face him regardless of their own safety. Pounce on yourself.
He suddenly turned around feeling uncomfortable, only to see that the warlock who had just launched the magic attack had already lost his head. And Lannister, who he ordered the escort to search for, kept leaping in the air, waving his sword towards him with the blood that had not yet hit the ground.
The sword that was full of runes and looked like a torch was very dazzling.
[Legend has it that the Lannister obtained the Sword of the Lady of the Lake... Damn it! Obviously this is a sword spread in Toussaint, and Toussaint is our vassal country! ] This was the officer's second to last thought.
【Damn! Why should Lannister kill the warlock first? ] This was the officer's last thought.
The next second, a bodyguard wearing plate armor jumped in front of him, but the long sword in Lannister's hand suddenly pulled out an arc of light that far exceeded the length of the sword.
It is obviously a warm and bright golden color, but it is as cold as the breath of death. The extended sword ruthlessly split open the body of the plate-armored guard, and then severely cut open the officer's armor, skin, sternum, and internal organs, and then stopped.
"Colonel Mortensen!" came the short, pitiful cry from the escort of the senior officer.
Lann teleported from the air to landed. He had already memorized the location of the enemy.
He continued to step forward and twisted his shoulders smoothly, and the sword light swayed, cutting down these personal guards to the ground one by one.
With a "crash" sound, the black sun flag attached to the senior officer was suddenly broken, and fell with the sound of the howling wind. Only then did other people on the battlefield notice Lann's presence.
As well as the commander and escort group who were bleeding all over Lann's side.
"What a big deal, it broke my [active shield]." Lann twitched the corner of his mouth, "It scared me..."
When the shield exploded just now, Lann thought he was being ambushed carefully. . Now it seems that the conventional configuration of this army is relatively high.
"Duke Lannister! It's Duke Lannister who's back!"
The morale of the coalition forces on the Eastern Front suddenly became enthusiastic. As if they had been injected with courage out of thin air, the coalition forces that had been retreating suddenly regained their strength and actually temporarily withstood the black-clad army.
They slashed with swords and tomahawks, thrust with spears and halberds, and struck with clubs and maces. The roaring infantry rushed towards Lann's direction, seeming to want to surround their new commander.
On the other hand, the Nilfgaardians suddenly became panicked after the sudden death of their commander. A group of cavalry rushed towards Lann. They had never seen Lann's true power, and they seemed to think that the charging cavalry could easily defeat the infantry with two feet on the ground like the Lion.
But the oncoming [Igni] flames burned out all their consciousness in the next moment. The cavalry scattered at a speed faster than the charge. They rolled off their mounts and were trampled into rags and sacks. .
"Duke Lannister!"
The coalition soldiers followed up at this time. Lann glanced at the articles on them, the black eagle and red diamond flag.
"Where is your queen? Where are the Aedirnians?"
"Her Majesty the Queen is marching on the other side, please hurry up and save her!" Lyria's soldiers tried their best to swing away their swords, trying to get rid of those who had just arrived. The savior was sent to his queen.
Lan looked around, then rushed directly behind the Nilfgaardians with a flash of golden light, and slapped the ground before the sword came.
[Alder Sign·Bearing·Alder Sweep]!
I didn't use magic burst because I was worried that it would accidentally injure friendly forces. Lann flashed several times in the enemy's back row, causing a lot of screams and storms, until the Nilfgaardians on the front line were already shaky.
Then he crashed into the crowd in the melee, stopped using the seal, pulled out the [Alice] black magic scimitar with his left hand and began to dual-wield the weapons, constantly fending off the sharp blades from all directions, and began to harvest the lives of the enemies like a whirlwind.
The place where he was was directly transformed into a restricted area of life, but all the sharp blades were able to accurately bypass friendly forces and penetrate into the enemy's armor.
I don't know how long it took, but the black army finally realized that they had very little left.
Without a commander, a team to supervise, and even few comrades around them, the remaining black-clad troops immediately collapsed and fled, staggering on their horses or simply walking away from the battlefield on two legs.
The coalition soldiers did not chase him, but panted heavily while looking at the blond lion wearing silver and black armor with eager eyes.
"Livia and Lyrians! Come with me to save your queen!"
...
The remaining Nilfgaardians are all conventional human soldiers, to the extent that Lann can lead these Livia and Lyrian people to deal with them.
He did not dispatch Saskia and Kelturis. The existence of magic-blocking golden shooters and warlocks shows that the configuration of this team is higher than that of the previous eastern and western armies. When the enemy's trump card is unknown, Lan also needs to test it again.
After all, the two giant dragons are strong, but they are really just giant dragons. It is really possible to be beaten down if they fly around in the army without knowing why.
After both sides paid a heavy price, the black army was driven out of the city.
When Lane found Queen Meve, she was holding a muslin handkerchief with a lace ruffle to her lips. The handkerchief was stained with blood.
A knight with golden embroidery on his purple cloak stood beside Miwei, looking worried.
After seeing Lan coming, the knight immediately stood up and saluted Lan gratefully.
"Thank you for your support, Duke Lannister. I am Leonard Odo of Rivia, the commander of this force."
Then he showed an apologetic look: "As you can see, Our situation is really not that good, our Majesty..."
Lann looked at Miwei and quickly understood the source of the knight's apology.
"Thank you, La(Lan) En." A somewhat funny voice came from behind the handkerchief Miwei was covering her lips.
Miwei moved the handkerchief and spit out a mouthful of blood, cursed vaguely a few times, and a few drops of bright red dotted her gorgeous breastplate.
Before Meve covered her lips, Lann saw a scary gash and noticed that she had several missing teeth.
Leonard Odo showed admiration and apology in his eyes: "As you can see, Your Majesty fights like a man and a knight on the front line. The wound will cause pain, but it will not make her embarrassed!" "In a sense
. It said... This kind of 'hurt' face is also 'humiliating'..." Lan tried to liven up the atmosphere.
Miwei laughed cooperatively, and then she was hurt and gasped in pain.
Lan hurriedly comforted: "It's okay, Miwei, you know that I have a good relationship with the tree spirit, and Skellige also has many druids... They are all very good at treating, it's just a few teeth..."
Leonard Otto immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.
After discovering that the Queen, who was famous for her beauty in the north, had her face injured by the Nilfgaardians, all the Livians at the scene were eager to use their own two legs to chase the Nilfgaardian cavalry.
"Your Majesty has difficulty speaking, so I will temporarily explain the current war situation to you."
"La (Lan) En, (you) can trust Count Leonard!"
You can say less. , Her Majesty the Queen...
Leonard bowed to the Queen to express his gratitude, and then began to perform his duties: "What you just saw is the Mortensen Battle Group belonging to the 7th Cavalry Brigade of Dellani. They are The main combat unit."
"The 7th Cavalry Brigade of Dellani is affiliated with Nilfgaard's 4th Cavalry Regiment, and the Nausicaa Division was also sent over." "
His Majesty Demavi learned that the Northern After being invaded by Kaedwen, he separated from us, which caused our strength to be greatly reduced. Fortunately, the enemy's main force chased him, and we had a moment of respite... "You don't look like you are breathing,
I You were almost strangled to death when you came here.
Lan complained in his heart, and kept a serious expression on his face after listening to the analysis of the battle report, then lowered his head and pondered for a while.
"Miwei... no, no, don't talk, just listen to me." "
I roughly understand the situation. I'm sorry for your recent experience. But this may be an unexpected opportunity for us."
" Cintra defeated the Western Army Group yesterday and can fully commit to the battlefield. Now is the time for us to organize a counterattack, but we need to plan it carefully..."
Lann grabbed the Black Sun flag on the ground.
"Their Marshal Mennonite split the cavalry regiment and sent it here. We can just break off one of his arms first." -
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Marshal Mennonite! Frontline battle report!"
Up Soden, where Army Group Center is stationed.
Marshal Menno was staring at the sand table in front of him and thinking, and suddenly raised his head after hearing the sound.
"Say!"
Peter, the executive officer sent by Emhyr, adjusted his breathing vigorously: "The 7th Cavalry Brigade sent the Mortensen battle group to fight Meve in Lyria, and the main force chased Demavi with the Usica Division. But the Lannister suddenly appeared and defeated the Mortensen battle group. The commander, Colonel Mortensen, died, and the warlock sent..." "
Damn it!" Marshal Menno shook his fist fiercely, "Mortensen is a tough guy. ...Elang underestimated the enemy!"
Major General Elang was the commander of the 7th Cavalry Brigade of Dellani and the immediate superior of the deceased Colonel Mortensen.
"But the Lannister did appear... Your Majesty guessed it right."
"Blow the trumpet and send the order! Leave all the infantry to guard the camp, take only the cavalry, and head to Aedirn at full speed!" "
Remember to call the warlocks, all the warlocks! "
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"Do you have any other warlock tricks that I don't know about?"
Imperial Coroner Sir Gray Owl walked in the dark basement of the castle, asking the senior warlock in front of him expectantly and impatiently.
As soon as Vilgefortz stretched out his hand, the torches at both ends of the corridor were lit in sequence from the outside to the inside, illuminating the darkness.
This is not just a basement, but more like a large underground laboratory, or dungeon. Thick stone walls divide this place into countless compartments, each separated by a fine iron door engraved with magic runes, leaving only a palm-sized window to see the scene inside.
There was a "clang", which must have been the sound of a human being. Suddenly there was a violent banging sound from behind the door closest to the two people. The steel door did not move at all, but the beast-like roar behind it could not be suppressed.
And this sound seemed to press a switch, and the dozens of compartments in front of him became rioting.
Those roars and howls made the gray owl frown, and felt that no interrogation room in the empire felt as creepy as this one.
Vilgefortz ignored the noise and walked forward unhurriedly: "If your Majesty's plan goes well, we will face 'just' a town that has been transformed into a war fortress, and maybe a You will encounter a few demon hunters or warlocks. Your elite team plus my mercenary group is theoretically enough...
"But if we want to ensure everything is foolproof, we need some other forces. "
Vilgefortz pointed at the compartments. The dungeon of his underground laboratory is taller and more spacious than the buildings on the ground. It's hard to imagine what kind of magical creatures are imprisoned in it. Gray Forest
Owl Hearing this, he immediately showed an interested look. He was a little afraid of the monsters that could knock the thick iron door into disarray, so he chose the only compartment where there was no roaring sound and looked inside through the small window on the iron door. Look.
(End of chapter)