With the lessons learned from the previous times, Samoel was much more cautious in his march this time, taking every step and marching steadily towards the Blood Mist Valley step by step.
The effect of this adjustment was very significant. After harassing the enemies along the way several times without any results, they had to give up. Under Samoel's pressing step by step, the Imperial Army's army did not encounter much resistance and used its absolute strength to Advancing into the depths of the Black Mountain Forest, ahead is the Blood Mist Valley.
"Dark Moon has never dared to engage in a head-on confrontation, either because he lacks combat power, or because he wants to lure us into a trap and ambush us," Samoel said with a firm tone.
"General, with our current strength, if the enemy wants to inflict damage on us head-on, he will have to dispatch at least the entire main force of an army, which is equivalent to one-third of the total strength of the Dark Moon Territory." Liers. Frowning, he said: "Now that His Royal Highness the Regent's millions of troops are approaching, I don't think Dark Moon will take this risk, but the enemy is extremely cunning and will definitely use tricks, such as..."
"Fire attack?" Samoel answered, looked at the dense forest around him, and shook his head: "Liers, you have a good idea. This kind of environment is indeed vulnerable to fire attack, but this Montenegro forest does not Flame wood that is extremely easy to burn is mainly stone birch. Stone birch has a very high ignition point and is usually used to make certain fireproof materials. Even the fire power of the Demon Emperor, the pinnacle of the magic system, is difficult to cause a large area of fire. It's burning, so don't worry."
Zeta on the side nodded slightly. He was proficient in water magic and air magic, and also had in-depth research on fire magic. He knew that what Samoel said was true.
"The general deserves to be a famous general in the imperial capital! Even observing this is really impressive." A lord took the opportunity to compliment.
Another lord also echoed: "In this expedition to the Dark Moon, the general must be the most shining star. It is a great advantage for us to be able to follow the general on the expedition."
In fact, Samoel learned about the characteristics of birch wood by asking his guide before leading his army deep into the jungle. Of course, Samoel was modest about compliments such as "Shining Star", but he deeply believed it in his heart. , said: "After uncovering those unscrupulous tricks, Dark Moon's military strength and combat power are actually nothing more than this! If Dark Moon really dares to invest one-third of its troops, then I will just eat them all. To His Highness the Regent. A great gift.”
Just as Samoel expected, the Dark Moon Army that besieged the Blood Mist Valley did not dare to face a head-on confrontation after successive defeats and retreated one after another. The Imperial Army soon rushed into the vicinity of the Blood Mist Valley. They could see the valley entrance in the distance. Surrounded by the Dark Moon Army.
It seemed that they had learned of the arrival of reinforcements. There was finally movement in the Blood Mist Valley, and the shouts of killing were getting closer and closer. Seeing that they were attacked from both sides, the Dark Moon Army at the entrance of the valley collapsed, and saw groups of cavalry emerging from the light red mist. Rushed out.
The light cavalry, bucklers, and scimitars were indeed the "besieged" shadow army. The leaders were Nesta and Carnita.
However, before the cavalry could get close enough, they saw the "friendly troops" coming to help. Suddenly, flying arrows shot out all over the sky. The cavalry in front were caught off guard, and they were hit by arrows and fell off their horses.
Nesta was taken aback and shouted: "Don't do anything! I am Nesta Lucifer of the Imperial Capital's Shadow Army. Which general is in front of me?"
"Nesta!" Samoel signaled to pause shooting and rode out, his sneer echoing through the forest: "Do you still recognize me?"
"Samuel!" Nesta frowned and shouted: "Thank you for the rescue. Without further ado, we will join forces immediately and break out of the encirclement!"
"Join forces with you?" The sarcasm on Samoel's face became even more intense: "Then you join forces with the Dark Moon Army, burn my rations, kill my soldiers, and finally take my head?"
"Samuel, what do you mean? The situation is urgent now. Before the enemy forces encircle you..."
Nesta was interrupted by Samoel's loud laughter before he finished speaking: "Haha! Encirclement? How can we surround you for so long with just a few enemies? Do you think I'm a fool?"
Nesta said angrily: "Samuel! Now is the war, not the time to care about personal grudges! Do you want to avenge your private grudges? It doesn't matter if I give you my life! But there are still more than four thousand soldiers alive here!"
"Shut up!" Samoel said solemnly: "The Shadow Army was defeated and surrendered to the enemy. It is an unforgivable crime. I am ordered by His Highness the Regent Obsidian to capture the rebel leader Nesta and eliminate the Dark Moon and Shadow rebels!"
As soon as these words came out, the cavalry of the Demonic Shadow Legion suddenly burst into cheers. Rows of soldiers holding spears appeared in front of the Dark Snake Legion. They obviously set up targeted tactics. The archers behind them all drew their bowstrings and began to release arrows.
The cavalry of the demon shadow were forced to retreat. At this time, a cavalry ran out of the demon shadow and shouted: "Don't shoot arrows! I am from the Chiyou territory..."
An arrow flew out and hit him in the chest. The man's voice suddenly froze, and then countless arrows shot him, including his horse and man, into a hedgehog.
The man used his last breath and roared: "We have been holding on to the Blood Mist Valley for so long, countless soldiers have fallen, and almost all supplies have been exhausted. We would rather die than surrender despite the enemy's attack or inducement. Why...
…”
Before he finished speaking, he already collapsed.
"Carnita!" Nesta cried out sadly.
The person who was shot to death was Canita, the son of Zhuoqie and the heir to the Chiyou territory. Alvin Samoel was shocked, but after all, it was irreversible, so he just kept doing nothing and was famous for his rebellion.
Destroy all these people!
The Shadow Cavalry retreated steadily amid the locust-like arrows. Nesta was hit by three arrows in a row and cried out sadly: "We did not hesitate to bleed for the sake of the empire, and we have stood firm for so many days under the enemy's fierce attack."
, I didn’t expect that I would die under the suspicion of my own people today! Why!”
This voice was desolate and full of reluctance. All the soldiers of the Demon Shadow felt inexplicably sad and angry. Even the soldiers of the Underworld Snake Legion were touched by it.
"Samuel, you shameless villain, you framed me for a personal grudge!"
"His Royal Highness Obsidian! You just abandoned the demon shadow who swore allegiance to you? Is this your 'trust' and 'choice'?"
Samoel shouted angrily: "Shut up! You are a traitor. No matter how clever you are, you can't change the facts! If you don't do it, we will arrest you! Those who resist will be killed without mercy!"
"If we don't resist, we will fall into your hands and we will die!" Nesta shouted to the sky: "That's all, it doesn't matter if we bear the name of rebellion, it doesn't matter if we really surrender to the Dark Moon! Today is a fight.
This life. I want to take my soldiers out of here alive!"
The cavalry behind them all raised their swords: "Follow the general to the death!"
Samoel didn't waste any more words and directly ordered the archers to shoot. Nesta had no choice but to retreat to the valley mouth.
Samoel was about to lead his army in pursuit when he suddenly felt a flash of red light in his eyes, and then the air was filled with terrible heat, and all the trees in front of him burned instantly. Samoel's expression changed drastically - how could this happen? Possibly! Shi Huamu can't even reach the peak of the magic system...
Samoel didn't know. His scope of understanding was limited to ordinary peak demon emperor magicians. For a peak demon emperor who was proficient in all magic, magic circles and ancient runes, stone birch wood was to burn faster than flames. Wood is still strong, not only is nothing impossible, but there is more than one way.
The dark wand appeared in Zeta's hand. He pointed it at the ground. A pure power of water element spread forward, forming ice along the way.
It stands to reason that when encountering such a strong power of the water element, even the most powerful flames will be suppressed. However, something strange happened. When the power of the water element encountered the flames on the birch wood, it turned out to be like fire. Adding fuel, the fire suddenly became ten times more intense and quickly spread along the ice. The fire was so fierce that even the shadow cavalry in the distance did not dare to approach and could only retreat into the valley.
Zeta's expression also changed, and in a flash, he was already out of the range of the flames. The shock in his heart was even greater: this was a flame produced using the principle of compound magic! And it was actually a compound of two incompatible elements, water and fire! Burning water in fire! This is simply an incredible method! Dark Moon actually has such a powerful magician!
The terrifying flames made the soldiers restless. Samoel immediately realized the biggest crisis and shouted: "Quick! Evacuate the forest immediately!"
It was no longer possible to go forward, so we could only retreat. Behind us was a denser forest. We just hoped that we could escape quickly before the fire broke out.
However, just as the worst expected, just as the imperial army retreated hastily, flames began to ignite in all directions, turning into a sea of flames.
Now even Zeta didn't dare to use magic power indiscriminately. It might add fuel to the fire like before, so he could only use some auxiliary magic on the soldiers. Samoel knew that he had fallen into the enemy's poisonous plan, and he felt filled with regret. , leading some stronger officers to attack at the front to open a passage, but seeing the fire becoming more and more fierce, the birch trees seemed to be burning inexhaustibly, and the terrible high temperature caused many soldiers to fall one after another.
Perhaps due to the high temperature, in the eyes of many soldiers, the road ahead was distorted, as if there was no end.
A few hours later, after the hurried monsters fled in all directions, a stumbling team finally appeared at the edge of the Black Mountain Forest.
There are many people in this team, about nearly ten thousand people. However, compared with the number of people when they entered the forest, they can only be said to be very few. Each of these people has chapped lips, and their faces and bodies are covered with burns. The condition was still very serious, but almost all of his face had an expression of joy of surviving the disaster.
They finally persevered to the end and escaped the scythe of death. However, dozens of their companions were buried in the sea of fire. This was the result of Zeta's full protection with magic, otherwise the number of people who would come out would be much smaller. .
Samoel's face was full of annoyance and depression. This was an outright defeat. He didn't even touch the opponent's main force, leaving only one-tenth of his force. This failure.
I don't know how to explain to His Highness the Regent when I go back.
At this moment, Zeta suddenly showed a vigilant look, and Samoel also felt it, and saw a large number of people appearing in front of him. At first glance, it was estimated that there were at least 30,000 people.
The main force of the enemy!
Has it finally appeared?
A few hours ago, Samoel would only feel excited, but now there are only less than 10,000 troops left, and they are still physically and mentally exhausted and seriously injured...
Samoel showed a rare wry smile. Originally, he had been looking for the opponent's main force, but he never expected that he would encounter him under such circumstances.
No! This is simply a trap deliberately set by the opponent! From the initial harassment and arrogant tactics, to the later luring the enemy deeper, all for this final fatal blow.
The battlefield is not a holy hall, and tolerance for the enemy is cruelty to oneself. Dark Moon did not give the Underworld Snake Legion time to breathe, and quickly surrounded them, slowly shrinking the encirclement.
At the forefront was a large group of cavalry from the Dark Moon Army, wearing cloaks and equipped with scimitars and bucklers.
The leader was a knight wearing a cloak and a mask. His true face could not be seen clearly. He was holding a long sword and a square shield in his hand. As a strange horn sounded, a dark red light appeared on the bodies of all the cavalry, and their speed suddenly increased.
Speeding up, the distance with the Underworld Snake Legion has been quickly shortened.
This scene fell in the eyes of Samoel, Zeta and others, and they were all shocked. These cavalry were clearly the enemies who burned the rations that night and fought against the Serpent Legion in the wilderness of Mordor Town!
"Rebellious" Nesta is currently in the Blood Mist Valley blocked by flames, and it is impossible to come here. The mental appearance and equipment characteristics of those cavalry can be clearly seen in this broad daylight, which is different from the demonic shadow army in front of the valley just now.
There are still some discrepancies.
Many "informed people" looked at each other in confusion: It seems that the cavalry that night was really not from Nesta!
Nesta and the Shadow Army were actually wronged! Could it be that Samoel was really framed to avenge his own private interests?
Is this the truth?
Samoel's own heart was pounding, and he felt as if he had been caught in a bigger conspiracy, but now was not the time to pursue this. In any case, he must break through the enemy's siege as soon as possible and escape from this damn place!
Zeta shouted loudly, floated up, and headed towards the cavalry. Under normal circumstances, Demon Emperor-level powerhouses would disdain to take the initiative to attack "ants", but now they didn't care much anymore.
As soon as Zeta took off, a terrible sense of crisis suddenly arose in his heart. He didn't care about dealing with the cavalry. His magic power surged all over his body, and four ice shields suddenly appeared around him, with several layers on each side.
In the blink of an eye, several layers of ice shields behind him suddenly turned into powder. The powerful aftermath of the impact made Zeta's eyes darken, and he fell forward, almost falling to the ground.
I saw a woman in the air behind me. This woman was wearing a black cloak and a mask on her face. Her legs looked very long, but her chest was a little slopeless.
Zeta's pupils shrank, it was another mid-level Demon Emperor! Moreover, the aura of power was faintly above him, and he was only one step away from reaching the peak Demon Emperor! Didn't His Highness Obsidian reach an agreement with the Shadow Empire? Why is Dark Moon still like this?
How many powerful demon emperors are there?
The woman didn't give him time to think. In the blink of an eye, she flew in front of Zeta, and her fist struck directly with terrifying power.
"Let me turn into a meteor and disappear! For 10,000 black crystal coins!" Listening to the voice, it was a girl.
Or, we should also add the title of "money addict".
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