Chapter 150: Soren’s Vision!
Date: 2015-12-18
Author: Floating Tower
Heavy cavalry has always played an important role in combat with cold weapons.
Even when these enemies were demons, they still possessed a powerful intimidation factor!
Five hundred heavy cavalry, although not a large number, would still cause panic among many demons with their well-organized and powerful charge. They might possess strength far superior to that of humans, but that did not change the fact that they were still flesh and blood. Especially in the previous battle, the militia defenders of the town had made them aware that the humans here were not weak; they fought with an unwavering belief and a strong will that demons could not understand.
Now these heavy cavalry were even stronger and outnumbered any other reinforcements.
However!
At this moment, compared to the massive damage caused to the demons by the charge of the heavy cavalry, what occupied the mind of the pirate leader, Sir, was another scene.
A scene that made him feel incredibly audacious just recalling it.
That day.
He had defied Lord Soren.
The reason was simple; at the initial formation of this heavy cavalry, it was entirely led by Lord Soren, including the training plan, tactical guidance, and the customized equipment supplied to the Northern Witch Council. Sir, coming from a declining noble family and having received substantial knight training, was directly appointed by Soren as the commander of this heavy cavalry regiment. Sir had no issues with other aspects, but he had a completely different opinion from Lord Soren regarding the weapons of this heavy cavalry.
It was mainly about the knight’s lance they were using.
Compared to the knight’s lances on the land, the one designed by Lord Soren for them was slightly longer, bordering on resembling a dragon lance.
Such a long lance looked very impressive, but in actual combat, it was not so flexible.
Sir had always believed that such a weapon was not advantageous for the knight order, especially when facing infantry from other nations; it could easily become a shortcoming for the knights. The design of the weapon allowed for an intimidating first charge, but after one charge, it could lead to inflexibility in subsequent battles.
In mounted combat, weapons that are too long aren’t necessarily advantageous, and the combat style of Western lances is somewhat rigid.
Sir found this point very confusing.
So at that time, he not only defied Lord Soren but even argued with him, yet nothing changed; in the end, Lord Soren still suppressed his opinion.
Modo City was undoubtedly a center of authoritarian rule!
Lord Soren was the supreme ruler of Modo City. After his suggestion was rejected, Sir was unhappy for a long time, thinking that only after one battle would the shortcomings of this weapon be revealed, and he could persuade Lord Soren.
But!
Now he realized he was wrong.
Although this elongated knight’s lance was not very flexible, that was only when facing a creature of human size; Sir realized that he had only considered human beings as the enemy standard from the beginning. When the enemy transformed into demons that had a clear advantage in size, he discovered how effective the weapon in his hand was.
This weapon had originally been designed to combat demons!
In that instant, Sir had such a thought flash through his mind. Following that, he felt a shock deep within his heart. Because the heavy cavalry had been formed relatively early, at that time Modo City had not been established for long, Sir doubted whether Lord Soren could foresee the future and had anticipated what might happen now long ago.
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The demons were gradually being defeated.
Under tremendous pressure, many demons realized they seemed to have entered a battlefield of blood war. The humans in front of them, although not as powerful as the Demon Legion, still inflicted significant losses due to their excellent discipline and tactics. As the number of cannon fodder dwindled, the death rate of mid- to high-level demons increased. Some lower-level demons seemed to have fled into the jungle.
“Die!”
Vivian, holding a pitch-black long sword in her palm, cleaved into the soul judge in front of her. This demon, close to a high-level, disintegrated in an instant, with flesh and body slowly disappearing, leaving only a murky crystal behind.
The Destruction Demon Sword.
One of the most powerful close-combat legendary spells, its form has many relations to the legendary artifact, the Black Magic Sword. A spell that disintegrates without a saving throw while also automatically granting the caster the same level of combat skills with a long sword. Normally, when a wizard uses the Destruction Demon Sword in conjunction with the Transform spell, they still maintain an advantage even against warriors of the same level.
The infantry regiment of Modo City finally arrived.
A burst of cheers erupted from the city walls, but the arrival of the infantry also became the final reinforcement to crush the demons; they had not even joined the battle when the demons had already completely routed.
Victory!
But the battle was not over because many demons had fled into the jungle. Modo City had to find a way to eliminate some of the enemies to prevent them from posing a threat to other towns. More importantly, it was crucial to kill as many enemies as possible. Gloria had her own understanding of tactics and quickly began to disperse forces, gradually pushing the demons back to the valley near the Material Plane.
“They’re retreating!”
The scattered fighting continued around them as the Fallen Witch and the High Priest appeared beside Gloria.
As one of the Astral Explorers, the High Priest had a greater understanding of planar knowledge. She gazed at the spatial rift before her and slowly said, “It seems that a stable rift has formed, but I don’t know which layer of the Bottomless Abyss it connects to.”
It’s not uncommon for demons to come in.
But for demons to be able to go back is not simple.
This represented an unusual significance; this spatial rift in Modo City had formed a small two-way passage. Although slightly smaller, it was relatively stable.
Demons were trying to find a way back to the Bottomless Abyss, but due to the narrow spatial rift, they were trampling and jostling inside.
“Can we directly enter the Bottomless Abyss from here?”
Vivian’s petite figure appeared beside them; she stared intently at the spatial rift, her cute face revealing a contemplative expression.
At this moment, an excited voice echoed in her mind.
“This is it!”
“If we enter from here, we can reach the Abyss!”
Lilian seemed very excited, saying with a hint of temptation, “The Bottomless Abyss is an opportunity for us! Most of the Fear Worshippers in the Material Plane have already been subdued by us. To further confront the Demon God of Fear, we must defeat him in the Abyss!”
Vivian stood there, deep in thought.
However, at this time, the others did not have the energy to pay attention to this because upon discovering that a relatively stable narrow spatial passage had formed here, the issue of neutralizing its threat became something the witches had to consider immediately. If it was a stable spatial passage, the demons could return to the Material Plane at any time; it could no longer rely on spell vigilance and sealing, and it might require deploying heavy troops to guard Modo City.
“Should we station a legion here?”
Gloria frowned in contemplation; suddenly she remembered Saruman, who controlled plants on the city wall, and could not help but instruct those beside her, “Please bring Wizard Saruman here immediately.”
Saruman came quickly.
Upon seeing Gloria, he slightly bowed as a sign of respect.
As a wizard, his strength was not very formidable. Even with the substantial resources of Modo City to assist him, he had only just entered the high-level ranks, after a long time of accumulation and breakthrough.
Gloria did not waste time and asked directly, “Can the plants you studied be planted here?”
Plant them here?
Saruman was momentarily stunned upon hearing this, then looked around and quickly spotted the spatial rift.
In an instant, he understood Gloria’s meaning.
Saruman walked into the valley, reaching down to pick up the soil on the ground. After observing it slightly, he even put it in his mouth and then said, “It should be possible.”
“But it will need a bit of fertilizer; the soil here is not very nutrient-rich.”
Upon hearing this, Gloria nodded in satisfaction and said slowly, “Don’t worry about the fertilizer; there is enough nourishment here to sustain them.”
Carnivorous plants.
In the recent battle, Saruman had already proven the combat effectiveness of the mutated plants he had researched.
Now what Gloria envisioned was using them as the first line of defense against the demons’ attacks. If such dangerous plants were planted densely around here, any demons entering through the spatial rift would suffer severe setbacks. This would greatly reduce Modo City’s burden; even if stronger demons appeared, she could rely on magical traps to detect them.
“Using mutated plants to deal with them? That’s a good idea!”
The High Priest nodded in agreement.
However, the nearby Fallen Witch seemed to be unaware of these discussions and continued to silently gaze into the spatial rift, seemingly curious about the Bottomless Abyss.
The soldiers began to clean the battlefield.
The loot on the demons wasn’t much, but one could always find some things unseen in the Material Plane on them. There might be strange natural crystals left beside the demons’ corpses, which were the condensed soul power after their deaths. Although demons had flesh and blood, their essence was still a distortion and mutation of the soul. The laws of the Bottomless Abyss differ from those of the Material Plane; humans cannot absorb the power of their kind as demons do. Therefore, when they die, they may directly drop lower-purity soul crystals.
Under normal circumstances, only incorporeal creatures in the Material Plane would drop such items.
………….. (To Be Continued.)
