Chapter 285: A Meaningless Temptation
The old knight stared blankly at what was happening in front of him, not knowing how to react. Like Charlotte, he believes that it is impossible for the other party to place such magical traps in every part of the battlefield. The problem is that the reality in front of him does not seem to support his inference. Not only were the scattered soldiers spared, but even the light cavalry in the distance who tried to make a detour into the forest and the riverbank were also killed. It was only a moment, and all of them had fallen silent, and all that was in front of everyone was the scattered corpses and blood.
"This ..............."
The old knight swallowed his saliva and looked back with difficulty at the distant hillside behind him, although he was a veteran of countless wars and an experienced general. But in the face of this qiē in front of him, he didn't know how to deal with it. The other party's method of not playing cards according to the rules of the cards was completely beyond his expectations, which made the old knight feel dazed and overwhelmed, and it was quite a great thing to be able to make such a veteran feel so frightened.
However, to be able to be ordered by Barkley and Charlotte to carry out this task in person, the old knight naturally has two brushes, looking at the tragic situation in front of him, the old knight's face was only shocked for a moment, and then he gave the order again.
"Second team, march in column! Goal, straight ahead!! ”
Hearing the old knight's order, the soldiers behind him couldn't help but stir. Now anyone who is not a fool knows what awaits them. But in the end, they were quiet again, and as soldiers of the Empire, it was their duty to die. For the sake of the victory of the empire, they were willing to pay a qiē. Including their own lives.
Soon, three columns of soldiers in a column passed by the old knight. Then they walked in the direction of the tragic death of their compatriots before. Unlike before, this time they didn't look at the soldiers on the city wall again, just look at the appearance of the Pasus soldiers and know that they didn't intend to fight at all. In that case, there is no point in being on the lookout for attacks from above the head as before, and the most important thing now is to deal with the trap in front of them.
Of course, knowing what was in front of them, these soldiers naturally would not go up to their deaths. In fact, after seeing the gestures made to them by the old knight, the soldiers knew what to do.
"All in place. Ready to throw!! ”
With the order of the squad leader, the soldiers in front raised their shields in their hands high, and then threw them forward with great force. Their approach is not surprising, as normal trigger-type traps activate as soon as they sense something on them, and they have only been attacked by magic traps after setting foot on this land. It's clear that they're trying to use this to trigger those traps and then get to Guò, the land of the dead.
I have to admit that they have a good idea.
"Bell......... Bell ..............."
The heavy shield fell to the ground with a heavy crashing sound. But nothing happened. It doesn't seem like there are any traps there, or, as previously guessed, these triggered magic traps are one-time and used up. If that's the case. Then for the Imperial Army, it is not a bad thing.
But the soldiers clearly didn't let up because of this, and they moved forward. Then he stepped on the land in front of him.
"Click!!"
The swirling spikes burst out of the ground almost instantaneously, and the sharp blades pierced the soldiers who walked in front into hedgehogs with a "whoosh". Then quickly retract. The soldier in the back hadn't even reacted to what was happening, he just blinked his glasses. I saw countless sharp thorns "growing" on the body of my colleague in front of him, and then the next moment his colleague collapsed to the ground like a punctured balloon. Bright red blood spurted from every wound on his body, spilling over the heads and faces of the soldiers who couldn't dodge behind him.
"Wooh!!"
In the face of this sudden attack, the soldiers behind him were also startled, and he hurriedly raised his hands and jumped to the side. And the moment he hit the ground, a sudden and painful cold broke out from his ankle, and when he looked down, he realized that he didn't know when, a sharp blade with jagged teeth had broken through the ground and pierced his ankle. Before the poor worm could do anything more, several cold rays of light broke out in an instant, turning the poor worm in front of him into a puddle of rotten meat. But it didn't end there, for just as the unfortunate child's body was on the ground, another soldier stepped into the land of death, and then the cold blade of death appeared out of thin air and enveloped it completely.
"How can this be ...............?"
Seeing this scene, not only the old knight's face turned pale, but even Charlotte's eyes widened in surprise, looking at the scene in the distance in disbelief.
Charlotte didn't think there was anything wrong with the old knight's approach. But what he didn't expect was that the other party's magic trap was not a one-time one, but could be reused!!
In fact, it's no wonder that they have such a wrong judgment, after all, the magic trap is a consumable, which is the consensus of the entire Klein continent. Therefore, when they saw these terrible magical traps of Passus, their first reaction was naturally the same. The problem is that Jenn's dungeon system doesn't take this into place, and it's true that these dungeon traps wear out, lose durability, and eventually break due to the number of uses. But it won't be damaged by enemy destruction, and not only that, the magic that drives these magic traps comes from the dungeon itself, not just storing the magic like those magic traps on the Crane continent. That's the difference between a powered-up device and a battery-powered one, and the traps in Jenn's Dungeon are more durable and deadly than those magical traps on Klein.
Of course, Jenn wasn't really mad enough to spread traps all over Passus, as it wasn't necessary, and it was a burden on the dungeon's mana drain. Now Bix has become a master craftsman, and the magic traps created by the goblins she designed and supervised all have +3 attributes, which is much more powerful than the initial trap of the dungeon. But in this way, the mana consumption of the traps also increases a lot, you must know that these magic traps are not like Jenn's magic, which only consumes when used, but will continue to consume mana. So if Jenn really spread magic traps all over Passus, then his dungeon would be shut down because the magic was exhausted, and then it would be a real problem.
Because of this, and the fact that the number of people is really limited, Jenn just asked the goblins to lay a "minefield" about 100 meters wide around the entire border of Passus. Don't underestimate these 100 meters, according to Jenn's estimate, in terms of the current strength of the Shining Gold Empire, if they want to break through this "minefield", I am afraid that they will have to catch two-thirds of the army on their side to be effective. However, Jenn didn't care about this, on the contrary, he wished that the more people from the Shining Gold Empire would come, the better.
It's almost time to upgrade your dungeon.........
"Retreat!! Let them all retreat!!
Seeing the soldiers still trying in vain to break through the magic trap in front of him, Barkley finally couldn't help it. Those were his elite soldiers, and if there was enough to be gained by sacrificing them, then he would do it. But at the moment he doesn't get any benefit, it's just sending his own people to die for nothing!!
Hearing Barkley's order, Charlotte quickly made a gesture, and soon, the horn sounded. At the sound of the trumpet, the old knight, who had already shown his fatigue, immediately reacted, and ordered the remaining soldiers to stop their almost suicidal actions, and then quickly turned away, they were so panicked that they did not have time to restrain the corpses of their comrades--or, rather, they had no way to restrain them. After all, if they go up, I'm afraid they will also suffer the same fate and fate as their colleagues, and the corpse collector will become a corpse, which is not a funny joke.
"Looks like we're in big trouble."
With a gloomy face, Barkley stared at the swamp in the distance, and in his eyes, the soldiers of Passus ran out of the stronghold in high spirits, and then dragged the bodies of the Imperial soldiers back. And the terrifying trap that was like the blade of death before was motionless at this time, as if there was no zài at all. No matter how many of the soldiers of Passus tossed around on it, there was no intention of mobilizing it. So much so that Buckley wondered if the previous deaths had drained the energy of the magic trap -- but he wasn't willing to send someone to do it again.
"That's right."
Charlotte, who was next to Barkley, didn't look good either.
"It seems that our enemies have a lot of strange methods, and we are afraid that we will not be able to deal with them alone. Since these things belong to the category of magic, then we should ask professionals to help us solve this problem. ”
"Do you have any ideas?"
Hearing this, Barkley turned his head and looked at his lieutenant. Sensing the old general's gaze, Charlotte nodded.
"I think we need to ask for support from the Tour de France."
Then he spoke. (To be continued......)