Chapter 342 Machines and Blades

The flames spread along the marching road, and the mud pillars raised were more than ten meters high! The soldiers marching in the middle of the road were caught off guard, and many of them were sent into the sky by bombs before they could escape into the woods.

For a moment, the large army fell into panic, and many soldiers even turned around and ran to the back instead of scattering to the woods on both sides, as if they wanted to escape from the sea of ​​fire that was spreading in front of them. But how could two legs run faster than flying birds? In Mekfa's view, such a stupid act would only block the road and cause unnecessary casualties to the rear army.

"Moses! Protect the Earl and General Hollis!"

It was not difficult for the Flower Sword to avoid such bombardment, but it was different for the two nobles. Although he looked down on these two people, they were at least the commanders of the army. If they were seriously injured here, the Royal Guards would not be able to escape the blame. Mephis saw the explosion coming towards the center of the army, and simply turned over and stood on the horse's back, holding the sword across his eyes.

He saw that the falling speed of this bomb was much slower than that of ordinary artillery fire, which meant that as long as the sword was fast enough, all bombs could be cut down or knocked away.

And he was best at the fast sword!

When the giant bird flew over Mekfa's head, he suddenly jumped up and slashed the long sword in his hand - this sword was called Fanhua because it could be freely extended and retracted according to the will of the user, and the sword shadow when it was waved was like scattered flowers. It was a third-class wonder and a secret weapon that humans could not replicate!

In an instant, a protective net composed of layers of sword light appeared above the core troops' heads, and all the iron lumps that fell were knocked away, and none of them exploded in the formation.

But even if Mekfa used all his strength, he could only protect the surrounding area of ​​more than 30 meters. The bombs dropped by the giant bird quickly passed them and fell into the road behind.

And all the generals knew that the killing range of the artillery fire was far more than a few dozen meters, and some shrapnel still had a lethal effect after flying hundreds of meters.

If there were still soldiers who had not had time to disperse in front to block the explosion for them, the soldiers behind had basically retreated into the forest, and the entire road was no longer covered.

"Please leave it to me next." Moses stepped forward and stood in front of Mekfa.

He took off the thick-bladed sword behind him and slashed three sword winds backwards in succession. Each of them was like a whistling wind wall, sweeping away all the flying gravel, tree roots and soil. When the blast wave collided with the wind wall, everyone could even hear a double explosion that was no less than when the bomb was detonated!

With the protection of two royal guards, the center where the commander was located suffered almost no damage.

The iron birds quickly flew over a distance of four kilometers, and they began to turn, as if they were going to do it again. But this time, someone stopped them.

Mekfa only vaguely saw a figure rushing out of the forest and quickly shooting at one of the iron birds. As the flash passed, the huge iron bird was cut in the middle, and then a violent explosion occurred in the air. And the figure popped out like a phantom, hitting another iron bird at an angle!

Even with his observation ability, he couldn't see the outline of the figure clearly. If it weren't for the smoke and dust from each explosion that would reflect its path, Makefa would even mistakenly think that these strange structures exploded one by one not because of external force, but because of internal failure.

And the shadow shuttled back and forth in the air, not like flying, but by extremely terrifying footwork! Every time it left the iron bird, it would cause the latter's shell to deform violently, and the route it ran was also a straight line without any change of direction in the middle.

There is no doubt that this has exceeded the scope of human warriors.

There is only one person he can imagine: Infino, the legendary hero god.

Although Makefa knew that there was such a person in the Star Picking City, he had never really seen him. According to Duke Luoxia, this god was not very willing to be seen by others, nor did he want to interfere in the mundane affairs of the mortal world. It only promised to take action when dealing with the God of All Machines, and most of the time even the Duke himself didn't know where it was.

Now Makefa understood.

It turns out that the God of Heroes has been following this team.

When the enemy's strange structure fell to the ground, there were a few brief cheers at the scene, but soon groans and wails overwhelmed everything.

"Where are my men? Jock, Jock, where are you?" Count Franken looked around in confusion, and it took him a while to find his personal soldiers in a crater on the side of the road. It's a pity that the young nobleman was only half of his body at this moment, and his two legs were gone.

The scene ahead was even more embarrassing. The forest path used for marching almost disappeared, and wounded soldiers and burning bodies could be seen everywhere. Judging from their attire, most of the casualties belonged to the Western Army, that is, the people brought by Count Franken. The Kingdom Army also suffered losses, but thanks to the previous infighting, the number of injured seemed to be far less than that of the Western Army. For example, the soldiers who were rushing to rescue people now were almost all wearing military uniforms.

"Where is the priest? We need help here!"

"Save me, save me..."

"I can't see, it hurts so much!"

Mekfa glanced at the people who were cleaning up the mess... his mind was blank for a moment. He had experienced wars before, whether it was the battle to wipe out the cultists or the direct confrontation with Long Jiu's troops in the west, the battles were all in a mess, with corpses everywhere. But those battles had a process after all: a process from the beginning to the end, a process of either winning or losing. If you lose, you retreat, and if you win, you pursue the victory. The military academy taught it in detail.

The question is what now? Did they win? He didn't even see the enemy in person. He was still at least a day and a night away from Qianlin Castle, so he was bombarded by several flying contraptions he had never seen before. He didn't even know who to choose as a target for pursuit. Did they lose? Qi Ge's entire army was wiped out, but this combined army is still there... everyone has not been defeated yet.

Of course, it's just that he hasn't been defeated yet.

The battle lasted less than ten minutes in total, and I'm afraid most people still didn't understand what was going on. If the enemy attacks like this again, the situation may be quite disastrous.

Mekfa did not find similar examples in the past, and he did not know what to do next, until a kingdom soldier came and asked, "Sir, the forwards have regrouped, what should I do next? "

Only then did he remember that it was Ryan Kerry's extraordinary move that allowed the forward troops to escape. If he hadn't asked these soldiers to disperse into the woods to hide, the forward's losses would have been much heavier than those of the Western Army!

The question is, how did Ryan know that the enemy's attack was coming?

He even knew that the enemy would bomb along the road! It would be strange if there were no ghosts here!

"Is Ryan here too?"

"No...I didn't see Mr. Ryan. All his subordinates have returned, but he is the only one missing." The other party shook his head.

So...he is also a traitor!

Just like Sandra!

"He can't run far! The main force will rest on the spot and place the wounded. Moses, you come with me to chase him!" Mekfa finally had a target, and his blank brain started to work again.

"No, we can't move forward anymore. This expedition is a trap." Someone interrupted him, "Retreat to Star Reaching City first, and then discuss how to deal with the Paradise Cult next."

Not Sir Hollis or Franken. The sound of the fire.

Mekfa turned around angrily, only to see a translucent man standing behind him. Looking at the silent attitudes of the two commanders, he instantly realized who the other party was, "But Your Excellency..."

"We have lost the goddess of magic and Eliz Ben. If we delay any longer, the morale of the army will collapse sooner or later." Infino said seriously, "This army has no capital to continue moving forward."