Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 449: Hide-and-seek (2)

Oru arrived at the camp first, and then his heavy infantry was assembled one after another. Under the illumination of the torches on the left and right, Oru narrowed his eyes and saw the figure in front of the camp that was independent of the darkness. In Oru's eyes, this figure was so proud and arrogant. To dare stand alone in front of the barracks was louder than any slap in the face.

The knight felt his face burning. He grabbed a torch, threw it at the figure and shouted, "Who is it?"

The torch fell to the ground and was still extinguished. Within the flames, the figure moved forward, and a head of short silver hair refracted the flames, burning like a green flame. Sir Oru's astonished face was reflected in his lava-red pupils.

The baron took a step back and said, "Are you that Ellen?"

They had never seen Allen before, but from the previous commander's description and many rumors, they had already understood some of the dazzling features of this opponent. For example, there was the rare silver hair, the ruby-like eyes, and the pitch-black saber that had killed Duruf.

So now that he saw Alan, Oru recognized him.

Alan didn't seem to see the iron cans behind the baron, nor did he see the warhorses in the camp begin to gather in this direction. "Good evening, Sir Oru," he said calmly, as if he were chatting with an old friend.

Oru's mood was not good at all. The Allen people here were the greatest contempt for him and the army. Sir Oru's sensitive self-esteem was being tested the most. If not for Alan killing Duruf first and defeating Tuomen later, his reputation would have spread far and wide. Otherwise, how could he restrain himself now and charge forward long ago? Now he could only remain calm and say, "It was a wonderful evening, and Sir Allen's conduct was indeed unexpected. Let me guess, Sir Allen must have other arrangements nearby, but he came alone to lure me out of the camp and step into your trap. Am I right?"

"Sir Auru is a very cautious man, but I can tell you that I am indeed the only one here. I have an offer, and Sir Auru does not know if he will dare to accept my challenge. I promise that I will not leave this place until the outcome is decided." Alan put down the saber sheath and pulled Qianjun out of it.

Oru chuckled and said, "Sir Allen really knows how to joke. The outcome of the battle between the two armies is not decided by one or two people."

His words were dignified, but in fact, everyone could tell that Oru was afraid. It wasn't his fault. Oru asked himself if he was stronger than Tuomen by three points, but he was still limited and couldn't compare to Duruf. Even Sir Hungry Wolf had been killed by the youth in front of him. He had only embarrassed himself in battle, so he simply found an excuse to refuse.

Alan suddenly stopped looking at him and looked up at Silvermoon in the sky. "So it seems that although the viscount's territory is large, there are very few true warriors. Duruf is a character. Baron Tomen knows that he is invincible, but he is fighting for the people. Apart from these two, I can't see a third one."

Not to mention Oru, even the heavy infantry beside him felt embarrassed. However, their faces were hidden in their helmets, and they couldn't see their expressions. Ao Lu's face became excited, and several emotions appeared in an instant. Being ridiculed by Alan in front of so many eyes, he really wished he could dig a seam on the ground to hide himself.

"Leave Sir Allen here, Heavy Armor Guild. I want to see how much ransom Earl Oban will pay for him."

The heavy armored soldiers shouted in unison, but Alan laughed, "Sir Oru doesn't have the courage to accept the challenge, so forgive me for not accompanying him."

After saying that, he turned around and ran away.

Oru was stunned for a moment before shouting, "Bring the warhorse over. We can't let him go back!"

Even though he knew that Alan wouldn't be stupid enough to be alone, Oru believed that he wouldn't be able to pull in an army. As for the thousands of warriors on his side, if he didn't even dare to catch up with them like this, he wouldn't have the face to see anyone else in the future. Very quickly, the soldiers brought their horses. Oru jumped on the horse and rode with the heavy armor army to catch up. He didn't believe that Ellen's legs could even run past the four legs of a warhorse.

Oru had just left the camp with the heavy armor group when suddenly a shout sounded from behind the camp. Lafus, who had just arrived at the camp gate, could only hear the sound of returning. He had only just arrived at the middle of the camp when he was stopped by his commander.

"Your Excellency, you can't go anywhere." The commander smiled bitterly.

"What happened?" Lafus felt that this was what he had said the most tonight.

The commander frowned and said, "It's the enemy's experts. They slipped down the cliff to the left and attacked. Our soldiers were caught off guard and were already killed by them. But don't worry, I've already organized a few lines to stop them. I'm preparing to mobilize my troops to attack them now."

"How many people?" Said Raffles with a dark face.

The commander raised three fingers.

"The three of us entered our barracks. Could it be that our soldiers are all made of paper?" Lafus said angrily.

The commander smiled bitterly and said, "But each of them is at least at your level. One of them, a youth who used two blades, is even more powerful "

At the end of his words, a sharp sound of air waves breaking through the sky rang out from behind the camp. Raffles raised his head and saw a blue light/gas traversing the camp. Light flickered as he looked at the starry sky. That profound and vast aura was extraordinary if Xingyu fell.

"At all costs, I want to see their corpses!" Lafus said in a deep voice.

Unfortunately, when the commander wanted to close the encirclement and trap these invading experts, they were extremely keen. Noticing the commander's movements, he broke out of the encirclement first, leaving behind only the bodies of fifty soldiers.

Although the losses weren't great, they undoubtedly slapped Raffles. What was even more unacceptable to the baron was that after these experts left, they were attacked again before dawn. The attack consisted of about two hundred troops. The sentries set up by the commander outside the camp did not serve as a vigilance until they were touched by the enemy.

After a fierce and short battle, the opponent quickly left. This time, there were casualties on both sides.

However, the successive attacks made all the soldiers in the camp nervous and unable to sleep peacefully. By dawn the next day, everyone was depressed. Raffles did not sleep well either. He walked out of the tent and suddenly thought of Oru and his legion returning at the end of the night.

At this moment, there was a loud noise from outside the camp. A soldier reported to the Sir that it was Oru who had returned. However, there were only a dozen people left in the heavy armor corps that had returned with him. Lafus was shocked. How could he chase after someone? Oru had actually lost two thirds of his elite strength.

When he saw Oru, Lafus was unable to connect the gloomy, dejected man in front of him with Oru. He walked into the tent with Oru and sent the soldiers away before asking, "What's wrong with you?"

Oru smiled bitterly, and what happened last night seemed to flash in front of his eyes.

The sound of hooves echoed across the wilderness like thunder. Although he was a little behind because of the horse, just as Oru had expected, Allen could not run a warhorse in this flat wilderness. Oru soon saw the figure galloping wildly under the moonlight.

That somewhat thin figure always gave people the feeling that they would collapse to the ground in the next moment. However, Allen continued to run forward, as if his stamina was inexhaustible. Even under the chase of the warhorses, he still ran across the wilderness and plunged into the woods. Seeing the forest, Oru hesitated. Deep into the woods at night, the terrain was complicated, giving Alan the chance to break through one by one.

However, if he returned empty-handed, he would probably become the laughing stock of the other knights. Oru gritted his teeth and was about to venture into the forest. But at this time, Alan came out of the forest again, and there were more than ten people behind him. They had firearms in their hands, but they were much rougher than normal firearms, like small cannons that could be held in their hands.

Although Allen's men were holding weapons they had never seen before, they still had the advantage of numbers. Oru did not hesitate to attack. The heavy armor formation formed an offensive formation. Dozens of warhorses charged forward together, and dense killing intent swept out.

According to Oru's plan, as long as the Heavy Armament Legion survived the first round of attacks, once they got close to their opponent, it would be Allen's death. However, what happened next completely overturned his understanding.

He only saw Ellen's heavy saber pointing at him, and then ordered coldly, "Blazing Fire Missile, three rounds of cover attack!"

Following that, light streaks flowed on the rough surface of the guns, and then bright fireballs streaked across the ground, continuously smashing into the heavy armor formation like a meteor shower. A series of fierce explosions completely illuminated the night. The scorching air currents caused by the explosions even reached Oru, who was 20 meters away from the legion. He looked at the 30 fireballs in disbelief. After a round of bombardment that was as dense as rain, the Heavy Armament Legion fell to the ground.

The thick armor on these elites' bodies was not likely to be blown apart, but there were cracks everywhere. Most importantly, the warriors in the metal cans were shocked to death. Especially those infantry soldiers at the center of the bombing. Their corpses were even burned to ashes by the flames. Only half of the infantry in the outer circle could survive. However, after three spots of light appeared on the ground, three black and red pillars of fire rushed up in succession, sending a dozen or so infantry that were just above the spots of light flying.

When they and their horses landed on the ground, they had already turned into corpses.

Sir Oru could not believe that half of the heavy armor army he had crafted had been eaten by the enemy in three or two strikes. He gathered the remaining soldiers with a chill in his heart and didn't dare to attack again. He could only turn back to the camp with his tail between his legs.

"That's what happened." Oru said dejectedly, "I swear that the modified rifles of the Regular Army of the Empire are not as powerful as those strange firearms. Strangely enough, I could clearly feel the fluctuations of Origin Energy when those firearms shot out of the fireball."

'"You mean, those are weapons that can drive Origin Energy? They can't even be made in the empire's weapons workshop, can they?" Raffles said from ear to ear.

"I don't know, but I know one thing. The next time we meet them, don't charge rashly. Otherwise, we'll face a threat comparable to a barrage of artillery fire."

Raffles nodded heavily and comforted Oru a few more times before leaving.

The army set off after an hour. The march was smooth, but they had to stop when they were about to pass through a mountain path to Sunset City. What stopped the army was the pile of rubble, broken trees, and tons of gravel in front of them. This pile of obstacles was as big as a small hill, blocking the entrance to the mountain path just like that, making Lafus's face as ugly as it was ugly.

Needless to say, he knew that the obstacles in front of him were gifts that Alan had left them. Of course, the army could bypass this mountain path and make a detour through a forest not far away, heading towards Sunset City from another direction. But in this way, it would take four to five more days. If that was the case, then it would be fine. Just think about Alan and his men attacking the camp time and time again last night, and you would know that once they entered the forest, they would be given the other party a chance to swiftly attack.

After discussing with Oru, Lafus decided to rest here temporarily and let the soldiers clean up the obstacles at the same time. They had become frightened birds, especially Oru, who had been scared of the losses of the Heavy Armament Legion last night. He would rather spend more effort than divert through the forest and give Alan a chance to sneak attack.

By nightfall, most of the obstacles had been cleared. From the looks of it, it should probably be cleaned up by tomorrow morning. After such a day, the soldiers were tired and thirsty. Many of the soldiers' lips were already dry and cracked. If this continued without water, the soldiers probably wouldn't even have the strength to fight. Lafus had to send people to look for water nearby. Fortunately, there was a small river flowing out of the forest beside them. Although the amount of water each time was limited, it also eased the crisis of water shortage for the army.

In the evening, the two knights increased their vigil, and more soldiers arranged for night duty, and focused on protecting their remaining food, fearing that Allen would set fire to them again. It was only after the middle of the night that the two knights rested at ease when they saw that everything was calm. But not long after he lay down, Lafus could smell a choking smell of smoke. He opened his eyes and grey smoke was flowing through the tent.

The knight thought that there was a fire in the barracks, so he hurriedly went out of the tent. However, there was no obvious flame in the camp at night. A large amount of smoke billowed from the front, spreading through the entire camp. The soldiers choked so hard that they could not fall asleep, and coughs could be heard everywhere. As the smoke grew bigger and bigger, the visibility in the camp decreased by a lot. People didn't dare to speak loudly in the camp, afraid that they would inhale too much smoke.

Raffles covered his mouth with his handkerchief and vaguely shouted, "Go and get the commander!"

As soon as the order was given, a large crowd sounded from behind the camp, causing Lafus's heart to sink. He knew that it must be another attack from Alan.