novelraw Chapter 812 704: Charge
Chapter 812 704: Charge
With an early morning departure, after several hours of trekking.
They were still a few kilometers away from the battlefield chosen by the enemy.
Bonona, relying on her vision and perception, had discovered several waves of scouts.
However, these scouts didn't have a chance to get close before Bonona and the archers behind her systematically took them down.
Each time, they would deliberately let one or two return to spread fear.
It's really quite troublesome.
Bonona's eyes flickered with magical light, and then a gold-level longbow appeared in her hand.
As her fingers rested on the bow, a magic-powered arrow automatically formed on it.
She drew the bow halfway and then released.
"Whoosh!"
A piercing sound tore through the air.
In the distant woods, another scout let out a wretched scream, and the body fell to the ground.
These people really aren't afraid of death; even with scouts dying continuously, they still persistently scouted the perimeter.
Seeing one or two scouts left running back, Bonona lowered her longbow, ceasing further attacks.
Instead, she turned to the soldiers behind her and said, "We're almost at the battle destination; everyone hold steady. Now, I will use invisibility magic to conceal our tracks."
After she finished speaking, a pink pig doll appeared in her hand, and Abby also brandished a chibi-style knight doll.
With magic items looking like this, there's no need to think twice to know they're Lilu's works.
In the Guild, besides Lilu, no one else makes magic items into such strange shapes.
Two adults, both leaders of the army, holding toys that look like they belong to children, raising them high.
It looked odd no matter how you saw it.
Fortunately, the Lantern Knight Order in front were also members of the Guild, and they seemed accustomed to it.
Then, the two divided their troops into two, each person temporarily leading a group.
They would split up into two paths.
After confirming the troop they were to lead, both poured their magic power into the dolls in their hands.
Then these two dolls, as if coming to life, used the magic power infused into them.
Two enormous arrays appeared in the sky, then showered down dense rainbow-colored dust.
As the arrays vanished, the Knight Order's figures became invisible to the naked eye.
They remained where they were, only now shrouded by invisibility magic.
Soon, there was the sound of hooves, yet no figures could be seen.
However, traces on the ground could detect these soldiers.
Bonona and Abby led their troops separately, bypassing the surrounding scouts to encircle the enemy.
Due to the invisibility effect, most scouts only saw traces on the road but couldn't see where such a large force was hidden.
At this time, in front of the enemy's camp.
Harphes led his 1,000 troops standing opposite what was once their nation's side.
This showed that the country still had more forces, but these nobles had no intention of going all out.
Yet he had already given his all.
Looking at Harphes, a noble at the front line of the enemy camp shouted, "Hey! Harphes, what are you doing? Why are you so late?"
He thought Harphes had brought his troops to join the battle, to avoid being blamed by the King.
However, Harphes had no intention of coming over, standing his troops a kilometer ahead of them.
Other nobles wanted to shout, but a hand on a shoulder silenced them, and turning back, they quickly lowered their heads and said, "General."
"Hmm, you've worked hard. Don't bother with him; he's already betrayed us."
The General, who had been watching from the back, finally confirmed that this so-called Earl Harphes had indeed betrayed them.
So what does this mean now?
Looking at the enemy troops standing neatly in the distance.
Trying to fight us with such a small force? No, that's too stupid. If that were the case, Harphes' family would have long perished.
Trying to use these forces to hold us back? It's possible; vigilance is needed.
Or are they just bait standing in front? Hmph, very interesting.
Ultimately, he thought the Earl might just want to draw their attention.
Then he told his adjutant beside him, "Send more scouts to both sides, adjust the formation, and strengthen the flanks' defense. Slightly weaken the front defense."
"Ah, but now, maybe..."
"No doubts, just do it."
"Yes, General!"
After the adjutant left, the General squinted at the front.
The enemy was employing schemes; this was a good thing.
This meant the enemy wasn't as formidable as imagined, using schemes instead of directly overpowering them.
This indicated the enemy's strength wasn't strong enough to crush them at will.
As a General of the Kingdom, he understood Kane and their strength more than the King or any noble.
But he hadn't seen it specifically or formed a concrete concept.
So now, the situation gave him some confidence.
Perhaps he hadn't thought that Bonona hadn't used this approach because they couldn't crush them head-on.
This, actually, was also a show.
There were also those in opposition to their system and oppression within the enemy.
Even willing to rebel, and Kane's army just appeared at this time.
Like divine intervention.
This is so good.
For the commoners, their vision is limited, unable to see what's behind the screen.
All they need to see is what is displayed on the screen.
Harphes, who was ready before the enemy camp, suddenly heard a faint sound beside his ear.
He immediately raised his lance: "Everyone, prepare!"
"Charge!"
Saying that, he took the lead and charged forward with his soldiers.
His eyes were flashing with fervent flames.
"The enemy is coming! Everyone, prepare."
The enemy commander, who had been waiting for a long time, saw Harphes charging over and immediately gave the order.
"Release!"
With the order given, a wave of arrow rain shot straight down at Harphes and his troops.
Seeing the flying arrows, the Count shouted: "Mage! Arrow Protection!"
With his order, the mages protected in the middle of the team immediately waved their magic staffs while chanting a few words on horseback. A ripple spread from their staffs.
These ripples attached to all the friendly forces around, forming something cyclone-like on their bodies.
As the arrow rain fell, these arrows inexplicably began to curve when about to hit the enemies, as if they had fallen onto something slippery, sliding off to the side.
Another order was given in the enemy's formation.
"Mage, interference magic ball, archer, front projection."
"Release!"
With the order given, another wave of arrows rained down from the sky towards the charging enemy formation, mixed with several twisting magic light balls.
These light balls struck the enemies, dissipating the swordsman protection on everyone around them.
The arrows shot onto the enemies, knocking them off their horses.
Seeing such a situation, Harphes's soldiers did not panic but followed the command.
"Raise shields!"
...
"What's going on, why are these people fighting by themselves? The Lantern Knights haven't even had a chance to charge over yet."
A human watching the warriors on the screen exclaimed in confusion.
At this moment, the large screen in front was displaying the scene of Harphes impacting the kingdom's soldiers' camp.
Beside it, there was another area divided into two sides, one showing the scene of Bonona's ambush, the other showing Abby's side.
"No idea, maybe there's an internal disagreement in ideology."
"In such situations, there's always someone willing to respond to the Mist's call, unable to stand the actions of their own country, the idealists."
"Perhaps they are fervent believers in the Mist. After all, our country has them too."
"What you say might be true."
The casual chatter among the gathered crowd below did not affect the conversation among those sitting in the restaurant opposite.
"Are they using such methods now? Truly unscrupulous to shape their external image." A human in the private room said after drinking a cup of tea.
For those in high positions like them, such situations could easily reveal the problems.
It was clear, the rebels within the enemy were sought by people from the Lantern Territory.
"Why do the people of Lantern Territory care so much about these commoners?" the Elf asked strangely.
This question not only troubled him but puzzled many forces.
Upon hearing her, the human said: "After all, the Mist is like the Creator God, even caring for these commoners. As Explorers, surely there's a reason unknown to us."
"Considering our ignorance of this world, it's fortunate that the lord of the force with us is at least an Explorer."
"Following their actions will always be correct, they know much more than we do."
Hearing the human's words, the Elf nodded: "What you said is indeed true. Recently, many civilian welfare policies have been passed in the council."
Meanwhile, the ordinary commoners continued casually chatting about the battle scenario displayed on the screen.
Harphes finally engaged successfully with the soldiers at the front.
The general watching from the rear observed the situation and said.
"So it was a bait, just send some soldiers to hold them. Gather more forces to guard both sides, those enemies ready to spring out anytime."
"They are our real opponents."
The scouts he sent earlier did indeed discover some traces on both sides, although no enemy was sighted.
At this point, the general suspected they used some magic to conceal themselves.
But it didn't matter, as long as they knew some enemies would certainly come from the sides.
Being defenders, they only needed to hold the line.
When the enemy would come was not for them to decide, knowing where they would come from was already a good advantage.
Bonona, concealed on the enemy side, watched the fierce fight unfolding up front.
"All units, prepare!"
As the command was made, knights within the Lantern Knight Order started using magic power to release enhancements.
The lantern banners they held high, or the scepters with lantern shapes began emitting light, enhancing everyone around them.
"Charge!"
With the words uttered, Bonona led the Lantern Knight Order and charged against the enemy troops.
On the other side, Abby's group charged out as well.
Bonona had long been aware their presence was exposed but she didn't care.
The defending force before her was ridiculously weak, against absolute strength, all defenses were pitifully fragile.
The necessity of advancing from the sides instead of directly was just obligatory action.