"Do you regret it?" Ravian leaned against a rock and looked at the knights in front of him. Logically speaking, they were the ones who should least be wasted on the rearguard.
"Hahaha, it's enough to kill so many barbarians!"
"What's there to regret? We want them to see the glory of our Principality of Nyx! Let them experience the greatness of Knight Lagrande!"
"Cut a few more of them later and see if they can withstand my charging lance!"
The knights laughed heartily. Although they looked relaxed, there was still a hint of sadness in their words. However, for the last bloodline of the principality, they were willing to stay and use their flesh and blood to build a moving wall to resist the enemies who tried to cross the line.
"Gather the soldiers, I'll say a few more words!" Ravian grinned bitterly.
"Yes, sir."
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"Clap!" Lavian clapped his hands, and the originally noisy team quickly quieted down. From this, it can be seen that the army of the Principality of Nyx is still very obedient.
"Brothers! The enemy is catching up! Our two legs cannot outrun their two wheels! We are powerless, after all, manpower is limited! But the Grand Duke cannot have any accidents, so I ordered the Royal Guards to take the Grand Duke away, but it will take time for the Grand Duke to escape safely! Then we will give her time! I! Ravian will lead the remaining knights of the Cross Bauhinia Knights to stay here with you, and strive for a chance for our most beloved Grand Duke to leave safely. Are you willing?" Ravian roared at the top of his lungs.
"Fight for the Grand Duke! Fight for the Duchy! Fight for Lagrande! Kill! Kill! Kill!" The remnants of the army let out a heart-wrenching roar. They had already put life and death aside. In their eyes, there was only the safety of the enemy and the Grand Duke. At this moment, they were tragic and angry. If Roland were here, he would definitely use one word to describe this army - pitiful soldiers!
This remnant army that died for their monarch no longer knew what fear was. They had witnessed hell on earth in earlier battles. At this moment, they were more like warriors returning from hell, with a temperament of living for death emanating from them from the inside out.
"Thank you, my brothers! My warriors! No matter whether we can survive this battle, no matter our success or failure, no matter whether we can resist the enemy, you have fulfilled your duties and obligations. You are all heroes of Lagran!" After saying this, Ravian knelt on one knee with a bang and saluted the soldiers in front of him with his chest.
"For our glory!" Ravian whispered.
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"Wuwuwu~" Nyx, who had been sobbing softly all the way, had already cried until her eyes were red. Her tears had dried up, they had long since dried up...
"Your Highness, please have some water!" The lone mage beside him used his fire magic to heat water directly through the silver bottle, respectfully handing Nyx the luxurious bottle of warm water. (Having a mage use magic to heat water was indeed a luxury, especially during this time of flight, when every drop of magic power was precious.)
"Thank you!" Nix gently stretched out her jade hand and did not refuse the kindness of her subordinates. After all, she had been crying for a long time and urgently needed to replenish some water.
The warm water slid into his abdominal cavity, and Nyx sighed comfortably, and the fatigue from the rapid journey seemed to be alleviated a little.
"Speed up! We can't stop!" The priest walking in the middle of the team gritted his teeth and released a speed aura, and the team's speed stabilized again. After all, there were only Nyx and four spellcasters on horseback in the team, and the walking Royal Guards were a heavily armored profession. Only with the blessing of a series of auras and status skills could they catch up with the trotting warhorses.
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"Form a formation! We don't have any plans or strategies. Our only goal is to hold them back! The longer we can hold them back!" Ravian sighed as he watched the Dongyi charioteers gathering in front of him again.
"The situation is better than we thought. At least they don't have any reinforcements yet. The bad news is that we don't have any reinforcements either..." Huo Lin smiled self-deprecatingly as he looked at the tank people who had just been defeated by their counterattack not long ago.
"The enemy still has at least two thousand men. We can't let our guard down. After all, the Crusaders are almost gone, and our front line has a huge hole. If they're breached..." Ravian calmed down and observed carefully. He didn't say the rest, but everyone knew that a team of archers attacked by a melee force would face a massacre. After all, archers are not rangers, and their melee skills are relatively poor. (Forget the Badaniyan archers; they're one of the few exceptions among archers!)
"We need to fight tenaciously, even if our lineup is broken through, we must entangle them!" Ravian ordered.
"Hold on!" Lavian gave the order, and the two thousand-man team immediately huddled together...
In the distance, galloping chariots rushed madly towards the Crusaders who were defending their positions...
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Three days later.
"Your Highness, it has been three days, and we haven't encountered any pursuers except for some wandering orcs... They succeeded."
Likewise, they did not wait for the remnants of the remaining army to return...
"I know... they are the backbone of the Principality, they are the bravest Lagran heroes..." Thinking of those Principality soldiers who resolutely turned around to meet the enemy, Nyx burst into tears.
"Raise the flags. We are almost at the Lonely Mountain. It is said that there are still humans living in the Long Lake Town at the foot of the mountain. We can go and see. I hope they are the people of Lagrang..." Nyx held back his tears and ordered his soldiers to raise the flags. Soon, a dazzling Lagrang dragon flag and a cross bauhinia flag were carried up by the royal guards. The two brand-new flags fluttering in the wind seemed to be mocking the down-and-out remnants of the army below them.
"Damn, duh!" A series of sharp arrows suddenly embedded themselves one meter under everyone's feet.
"Form a formation! Protect His Highness!" The reaction of the Lagran Royal Guards was extremely fast. Alloy tower shields that were 5 meters long and 1 meter wide were erected by the guards. Grand Duke Nix was the first to be helped off his horse by the guards, and soon after, the spellcasters were also pulled down by the guards. In less than a second, a standard three-layer circular formation appeared on the land.
This is the Royal Guard of Raglan, an army with full-level defense. Their defensive awareness and ability are enough to make them rank first among the most defensive armies in Middle-earth!
"Detection Array!" The three priests released their skills together, and instantly faint magic seeped into the ground and spread to the distance. This is the most commonly used detection skill of the priests. It can effectively detect the situation within a radius of one kilometer, and can even light up invisible units of the same level within a range of 100 meters. The effective range of this detection array cast by the three priests is... a radius of five kilometers!
"Centaurs..." The priests' faces immediately fell. It was really a case of adding insult to injury. Even drinking cold water would make their teeth ache... The relationship between centaurs and humans was tense, not to mention that they seemed to have invaded their territory... A fierce battle was inevitable.
"Your Highness, if we fall into a disadvantage later, you must immediately use the teleportation scroll and take away as many people as possible..." The captain of the royal guard said to Nyx with a serious expression.
"Guys, we may have a tough battle to fight. The Centaurs are much more intimidating than those barbarians. I hope our Mithril alloy plate armor can block their sharp arrows and spears!" The captain of the guards took a deep breath. After all, dealing with the Centaurs is equivalent to talking to a Knights' Order. Although this is a Royal Guard with an average level of three per person, their winning rate against the Centaurs is pitifully small. You know, although their guard skills are strong, the 24-hour cooldown can directly make them declare to give up resistance.
"Don't be discouraged! We still have the strongest javelins in Middle-earth!" the captain of the guards encouraged.
Yes, although this group of heavily armored guards lacks the ability to attack from a distance, they still possess the most terrifying javelins on this land. The one-meter-long star silver steel armor-piercing javelins, with the blessing of their passive skill: Throwing Expertise, combined with the active skill: Hand of the Wind Chaser, can completely deliver deadly firepower within 100 meters. In a one-on-one situation, even a heavily armored knight cannot withstand this fatal blow, not to mention the Centaur whose body is much more fragile than a knight.
"Da da da~" The crisp sound of horse hooves rang out, and the whole team became nervous. It seemed to them that the Centaurs were about to charge.
The royal guards, wearing mithril alloy plate armor, holding adamantium alloy tower shields, holding three-meter-long conical armor-piercing spears or holding star silver steel javelins, all straightened their bodies.
However, this army of nearly fifty centaurs stopped about five hundred meters away from them.
"Shit! They are actually heavily armored Centaurs? Where did they get the smelting technology?" After seeing the Centaur army in front of them, the entire Royal Guards circle suddenly erupted in disbelief.
"Stop!" The leading centaur walked forward slowly with a thick bow in his hand. This man was none other than the Centaur Lord Balder!
"Who are you? Why are you flying the Lagrang Dragon Banner?" Balder narrowed his eyes and quietly put his hand on the bowstring. Although he had no arrows in his hand at the moment, they could learn the archer's skill of multiple arrows! Balder himself didn't remember any Lagrang troops advancing eastward from this place, so this small force under the Lagrang Dragon Banner was very suspicious. Although he was a soldier, since he had sworn allegiance to King Roland, he needed to fulfill the obligations of a vassal.
"Huh? This group of people actually recognized the Lagrande Dragon Flag?" The captain of the Royal Guard was stunned.
"What?" Nyx's eyes widened. They had been summoned by the system and instilled with memories of the annihilation of the Lagran Empire. Now, someone could actually recognize this flag... Did that mean...
"Who are you? How do you recognize this flag?" asked the captain of the guard.
With his excellent eyesight, Bader carefully observed the soldiers in formation in front of him and then looked at the two large flags flying above them. He recognized the dragon flag but had no idea what the other one was.
"I am the Lord of Tuput Forest! Baron of the Kingdom of Lagrande"
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