401 A wolf’s fighting technique Part 1 (2/2)

Nailisi was exhilarated. She wanted the winged skeleton to float up to the water surface so that she could pursue the soldiers who were on the frozen layer. The winged skeleton refused to accede to Nailisi's request. Nailisi had to stay onboard the alchemical boat as a precaution. Saleen was afraid that the enemy might have some tricks to counteract the Pan's Turtle alchemical boat. The purpose of the bone spirits was to handle the warships, while the offensive magic array onboard the alchemical boat could lock onto a single powerful target such as a sorcerer.

If the alchemical boat were to float up right now and assault the soldiers who had just come ashore, it would be able to kill at least two to three thousand people. The average soldier would not be able to withstand a large Ice Bomb Spell or the Death Ray.

”Nailisi, Master has said that the alchemical boat should not expose itself to the enemy for the time being. Master will have a way to deal with those people. If you want to help Master, you can go up yourself, but the alchemical boat will not cooperate with you.”

Nailisi licked her lips and pondered for a moment. She did not swim up just to spite the winged skeleton. Nailisi had no problems killing a normal soldier, but she was also afraid that the enemy might have a sorcerer with them.

In a solo battle, she would not be afraid of a grade-7 sorcerer. This was the battlefield. There were definitely more than twelve-thousand soldiers who had swam up onto the frozen layer, there might even be fifteen-thousand people. It would be insane of Nailisi to duel with so many people.

”Little skeleton, when do we haul up the sunken ship?”

”When the battle is over.”

”I am referring to the second dynasty warship.” Nailisi was already getting impatient, she was thirsty for the coordinates to the demonic plane. If she could deceive some demons to come over and be her bodyguards, then she would not need to be fearful of such situations in the future.

”Humph, Master wants the materials onboard that warship. Nailisi, the agreement between us…”

Nailisi's eyebrows jerked up, and in a moment of fury, she said, ”Are you going to renege?”

”Don't be angry Nailisi. If you dare to disobey Master's command, I will have no qualms about it.”

Nailisi got a little demoralized as she thought about it. The winged skeleton wanted all the materials onboard that warship. After Saleen acquired the dragonshard, he had decided to use those materials to produce an indomitable warship. The dragonshard alone was insufficient to produce the warship. Saleen wanted to obtain the thundercloud wood and divinecherry wood which were found in the second dynasty warship.

Saleen was extremely determined to get these items. If it was not for the unforeseen circumstances back at the city, Saleen might have already collected the remains of the warship. Originally, the winged skeleton wanted to use the remains of the warship to reinforce the Pan's Turtle alchemical boat. Since Saleen was eyeing those materials, the winged skeleton had no choice but to think of an alternative.

”Wait, little skeleton. When you were in the Frozen Sea, did the alchemical boat not already advance in grade? Currently, this ship should already be at the grade of godly equipment.”

”This has got nothing to do with our agreement. Nailisi, you better think of an idea to provide me with sufficient materials.”

Nailisi felt extremely oppressed. Saleen could still block out any disturbances from the winged skeleton. The winged skeleton and she were Saleen's summoned creatures, so it was impossible for her to stop the winged skeleton's voice from appearing in her mind. Of course, she could use this matter to lodge a complaint with Saleen, but that would be too embarrassing.

While Nailisi and the winged skeleton were arguing underwater, those soldiers who had escaped ashore just received the first wave of assault.

Four-hundred Caucasus warriors, riding on their magic wolves, had wielded their bows and began shooting at the soldiers from afar.

The archery skills of these Caucasus warriors were beyond petrifying, they were considered to be the elites among the warriors. Even though they had never cultivated the Sword Aura, they were at the standard of a swordmaster. These four-hundred magic wolf cavalrymen employed the ejection method, thus allowing the range of their bows to be about eight-hundred meters. From such a distance, even a normal alchemical crossbow would lose its accuracy.

The quivers of the Caucasus warriors were standard thirty-six arrow packs. Each warrior carried two quivers, having a total of seventy-two arrows. Since there were four-hundred of them, there were almost thirty-thousand arrows altogether. If a normal soldier were to fire these arrows, they would not be able to kill many people, especially because the arrows were launched using the ejection method. The accuracy of these Caucasus warriors was too high. After a few rounds of barrage, most people had already been killed when the arrows descended from the sky and pierced their skulls.

The warships belonging to the allied army had a handful of horses. Since the ships were sinking, the soldiers were busy fleeing. None of them led the horses onto the frozen layer. On a lifeboat, a horse would occupy the space of five humans.

Immediately, a commander ordered for a defense to be set up. About five-thousand soldiers had brought along their equipment, and around one-thousand small shields were gathered for the defensive effort. Nevertheless, more than seven-hundred soldiers were killed, while another six-hundred or so were injured.

The Caucasus people were still ejecting their metallic arrows calmly from a distance of eight-hundred meters. Since the fleeing soldiers did not have a large alchemical crossbow with them, they could not retaliate at all. There were no cavalrymen present. As the four leading magic beast swordsmen witnessed this scene unfolding before them, they felt melancholy for their enemies.

Had this battle took place on a real battlefield, one army would be able to defend against such a harassment. At that moment, two-third of the soldiers did not wear armor, and one-third of them did not wield any weapon at all.

The four-hundred magic wolf cavalrymen could execute their harassment offensive without any casualties. Sir Saleen's plan was indeed effective.