novelraw Chapter 223 - 4: The Elf Shooters, a Natural Counter to Dragon Cavalry (Part 2)
Chapter 223 - 4: The Elf Shooters, a Natural Counter to Dragon Cavalry (Part 2)
It was the signal for the entire army to surrender.
At the same time, two individuals of high status raised their voices, ordering all the Gulad Soldiers to lay down their arms and cease resisting the enemy’s attack.
By now, the main Extraordinary force within the camp had already been lured away.
In the distance, the Minotaur Legion and the great army of Wolf Cavalry were closing in.
Even more critically, these Gulad Soldiers were still suffering the torment of the Sielo Flame Envoy Wolf Cavalry’s "Burning Aura" skill. The excruciating pain of their flesh being gnawed away by invisible flames was causing them to rapidly lose their will to fight.
And so, there was almost no real resistance. The remaining Gulad Soldiers raised their hands and surrendered one after another.
A white marker, indicating they were prisoners, slowly materialized above their heads.
And the burning sensation, which had clung to them like a maggot on a rotting bone, vanished the moment they became prisoners of the Holy Empire.
[The battle has ended!]
[Your Divine Chosen Lord level has increased to Level 14! Your maximum Magic Power has increased!]
[Your Life Value has been permanently increased by "Bloodthirsty"! Influenced by the "Sigmar’s Blessing" skill! An additional 30% increase has been applied!]
[All of your Attribute Values have been permanently increased by "Bloodthirsty"! Influenced by the "War Blessing" skill! An additional 114% increase has been applied!]
[Your current combat power is rated: 1-Star (Red) Mid-Tier]
[In this battle, you have captured a large number of demoralized and terrified ordinary Gulad Soldiers and Extraordinary Gulad Soldiers!]
[By slaying Gulad Soldiers and sacrificing the souls of your enemies, you have received the favor of the King of War. You have obtained Divine Chosen Spoils from the enemy corpses... Shield of Valor (Purple), several Healing Potions, several blue weapons, and several blue armor pieces.]
[Shield of Valor (Heroic Shield): A Divine Chosen reward from the King of War... An Epic Quality purple Heroic Weapon. Restricted to Heroic Units and Lord Units. On a successful block, it can transfer part or all of the damage to the shield. Possesses the traits "Desperate Battle" (When this shield’s Durability is completely depleted, the wielder’s damage output is increased by 20% until the end of the battle) and "Eternal" (When out of combat, the weapon’s Durability slowly recovers to its maximum state).]
Compared to the Divine Chosen Spoils provided by defeating Void Creatures and Evil God Soldiers, the Divine Chosen Spoils from these regular Gulad Empire soldiers were rather unimpressive.
It was all just basic stuff.
However, to be able to pull a perfectly suitable Heroic Shield from the "Super Large Pool," especially one with a powerful trait like "Eternal," was a pleasant surprise.
After all, Qin Feng’s main objective this time was to subdue these ordinary and Extraordinary Soldiers of the Gulad Empire, not turn them all into lottery souls to be sacrificed to the King of War.
The fact that the King of War was willing to "drop loot" as usual was already a sign of great respect.
What more could he ask for?
"Your Majesty Tingfeng."
"The count is complete."
"We have captured a total of 5,782 people this time."
"Among them are twelve imperial elites whose strength has reached the Extraordinary Realm."
"There are also various imperial weapons."
"Blah, blah, blah..."
The list went on and on, but Qin Feng suddenly raised a hand to interrupt.
"That’s enough."
"Relay my orders to the others."
"Lock all the Gulad Empire prisoners in the cells built in this camp, then have the troops regroup and prepare for the next battle."
The commotion just now had been too great.
Especially that pillar of white smoke rising from the frontline camp; it was like a conspicuous white lighthouse in the darkness of the night.
Those Extraordinary Dragon Cavalry who had been lured away would surely rush back to provide support before long.
But this group of Dragon Cavalry was different from the ordinary Gulad Soldiers from the border.
They were the empire’s ultimate fighting force, having undergone layers of loyalty trials. They were comparable to the Imperial Forest Army of ancient emperors, possessing iron-clad loyalty.
Qin Feng wasn’t sure.
He wasn’t sure if this group of "Imperial Forest Army," who only obeyed the commands of the Flame Emperor Galukasa, would disregard even the life of the princess, Amilia, in their attempt to retake the frontline camp, and launch a direct dive-bombing assault on his Divine Chosen Army.
Therefore, he had to prepare for the worst and ready himself for the incredibly fierce battle that might be coming.
As for how to deal with these Extraordinary Dragon Cavalry...
There was no other way.
The only way was to pile up bodies. He would have to use the ordinary Tier Zero soldiers as cannon fodder to draw fire. The moment the enemy dived close to the ground, they would be met with a volley from the Ratman Heroic Spirit Warriors and concentrated fire from the Minotaur Warriors, followed by sneak attacks from Extraordinary Soldier Types like the Sielo Knights to slowly wear them down and kill them within the formation.
In fact, even if Qin Feng had Extraordinary Realm archer and Mage soldier types at his disposal, he would have to use the same method to deal with these Flying Dragon Knights.
This was because for most archer soldier types that reached the Extraordinary Realm, while their personal Panel Attributes were high enough, it didn’t mean their archery skills were incredible. They couldn’t necessarily shoot an arrow hundreds of meters into the air to accurately lock onto those Extraordinary Dragon Knights, who moved like flashes of lightning.
The same was true for Mages with slower casting speeds. It wasn’t that their magic damage output was insufficient, but rather that it was difficult to hit the Extraordinary Dragon Cavalry, who had nearly maxed out their "Dodge ability," with magic.
Exceptions included certain targeted, homing-type spells, as well as extremely fast lightning and Wind Magic.
And even then, it required a certain degree of predictive skill to calculate the trajectory.
A long enough spell-casting range.
And so on and so forth.
Of course, as for Qin Feng himself, the Legendary Level Archery Skill he possessed was more than enough to shatter these Winged Dragon Knights who loved to zip around in the sky.
But the enemy had sent over three hundred Dragon Cavalry in total.
For him alone to shoot them all down would be extraordinarily difficult.
’Speaking of which,’
’the Elf Archers from the Elf Kingdom are the natural counter to the Gulad Dragon Cavalry.’
’Their Supreme Archery Skill that never misses, their astounding range of nearly a thousand meters, coupled with their rock-steady, top-tier balance while performing a Moving Shot...’
’They can easily blast Dragon Knights out of the sky,’
’and they can also nimbly evade the diving attacks launched by Dragon Knights from above.’
He clicked his tongue softly.
’Too bad.’
’The Forest Elves have already been wiped out by the Evil God Believers and Void Creatures.’
’Otherwise,’
’with Fenrir’s "Destiny Hero" status,’
’combined with a Super Forest Alliance Army composed of the White Wolf Empire’s Extraordinary Wolf Cavalry and the Elf Kingdom’s Extraordinary Archers,’
’they might have really been able to steamroll their way through everything...’
’and completely overturn the Gulad Empire, currently the strongest power overall...’
Thinking of this, Qin Feng opened the description panel for his "More Wild Monsters" Talent and considered whether he should replace next month’s "Middle-earth Warhammer Teleportation Gate" with the Wood Elf Culture, which possessed the same combat characteristics as the Elf Kingdom.
After all, based on the usual bullshit of the Riding and Cutting system, and the "Magic Modification" mechanics that Qin Feng had figured out so far, the Asle Sentry Rangers from the Wood Elf Culture were definitely the natural counter that could easily blast all kinds of Gulad Empire Dragon Cavalry out of the sky.
And the Gulad Empire, which currently sprawled across the center of the continent, was precisely his main enemy.
’Hm.’
’Seems doable.’
’As the saying goes, a new patch brings a new god.’
’In the upcoming large-scale faction battles, the super-archers from the Wood Elf Culture who are a natural counter to Dragon Knights will be, in the absolute sense, a T0-tier soldier type.’
’By the same logic,’
’if I have to go to war with the Ventecenia Kingdom in the south later on,’
’I’ll need to get a group of Divine Chosen Soldiers with extremely high Magic Resistance...’
’to directly counter and shut down their strongest Magic Guide Corps.’
’As for the Giant Dragons of the east...’
’those beings are equivalent to high-level Demon Beasts and are just too overpowered...’
’Maxed-out physical and magic attack, maxed-out physical and magic resistance, they can fight at range and up close, and they can even cast magic while brawling...’
’I wonder if in this Lord World... ’
’the concept of a Dragon-slaying Weapon exists...’