These 20 cavalrymen and their horses were all wrapped in thick bronze armor. It seemed that their weight was no less than 50 kilograms. They were actually heavy cavalry. There were no heavy cavalrymen on Earth anymore. Usually, Zhang Hao could only see the general shape of the statue and the knight armor in the military museum. Now that the heavy cavalrymen were in front of him, Zhang Hao was moved.
Although they were heavy cavalry, their speed was unusually fast. In the blink of an eye, they had rushed to the front of the spider formation from fifty meters away. The mighty bronze helmets, the majestic horses, and the heavy cavalry spears were about to pierce the bodies of the outermost fire spiders with the whistling wind.
Victory was imminent. This was probably what everyone on the battlefield was thinking. Some of the mages in the front row had already removed the water barrier and opened up two or three gaps. The impatient warriors had already begun to charge forward. Although some warriors could use sword aura, it consumed a lot of combat qi. Secondly, it was not as powerful as close combat. As long as they were warriors, they liked close combat.
However, at this moment, something unexpected happened. The Spider King that had been spitting out small fireballs without feeling any pain suddenly turned around and faced the cavalry. It opened its mouth that was filled with fangs stained with liquid. It was the same size as the Spider King, and the blue fireball appeared in front of the Fire Spider King. Except for Zhang Hao, all the mercenaries present seemed to hear the sound of their hearts breaking.
Everyone present was stunned. They watched as the huge blue ball of fire vaporized the 20 cavalrymen in the cone formation in the blink of an eye. The cavalrymen didn't even have time to scream before they disappeared into thin air. The blue fireball traveled for over a hundred meters before disappearing with a sizzling sound. All the obstacles along the way met the same fate as the cavalry.
"How could the hellish flames, which only the higher-ups of the demon world and the royal family of the demon world can use, appear on a fire spider?”A black-robed mage suddenly shouted in fear, his voice trembling and angry.
This shout was like a catalyst that caused everyone on the battlefield to panic. Everyone in the mercenary world knew that in the Human-Demon War 70 years ago, at least three Archmages and four Great Sword Saints had died in this Hellfire. The number of ordinary mercenaries who had been burned to death by the Hellfire was countless. Not only was the Hellfire extremely hot, but it was also highly conducting. As long as one's hair was burned by the Hellfire, it would burn from the tip of the hair to the head. The speed of the transmission was extremely fast, and it could ignite and vaporize the entire person in an instant. Due to the fact that the hellfire's conductivity was ineffective against dead objects and only effective against living creatures, the superior of the demon world improved the hellfire in the Human-Demon War 70 years ago. When the object burned by the hellfire was about to burn out, it would explode and pass the flame to the nearby creatures until there were no living creatures nearby.
Although the Holy Light of Priests could extinguish the Hellfire, there were too few Priests. There was only one Priest in 100 mercenaries. Moreover, the Hellfire burned too quickly. Before the Priest could cast the Holy Light, the person would have been vaporized.
"Everyone, calm down. The blue flames of this Fire Spider will not explode and scatter. Moreover, its magic power seems to have been exhausted. The mage immediately repaired the gap in the water barrier.”In order to boost morale, the warriors in white armor and silver swords decisively gave the order. Just as he said, the other fire spiders that had been spitting fireballs surrounded the red spider king that seemed a little tired.
With three light blue flashes, the barrier turned into a blue crystal wall again. The mercenaries waited behind the barrier for the next order from the white-armored warrior. The warrior in white armor and silver sword stared at the spider swarm, thinking about something.
"Remove the barrier. Magicians and archers, attack the spiders from a distance.”A slightly immature voice sounded from the back of the battlefield. All the mercenaries turned their heads, and their movements were very orderly. To their surprise, the one who gave the order was a young wine waiter carrying a wounded man, Zhang Hao.
They were stunned for a moment, then turned to look at their white-armored commander in unison. The commander frowned and shouted at Zhang Hao,""Commoners should stay in the village obediently and not come here to cause trouble.”
"That's right. Go back quickly. Leave the war to us!”Some of the mercenaries tried to persuade Zhang Hao. Seeing this, Zhang Hao could only shake his head helplessly. His words were not baseless. When the cavalrymen appeared, three holes were opened in the water barrier, but the fire spiders did not release a single fireball. After the cavalrymen disappeared, until the commander gave the order to repair the barrier, the spiders did not spit out a single fireball. Although Zhang Hao did not understand the magic system, he was sure that the blue fireball spat out by the Spider King must have affected the entire spider group. Therefore, Zhang Hao thought that this was an excellent opportunity to attack.
The warrior with the white armor and silver sword was called Phiroth. He had graduated from the commoner swordsman academy two years ago. In the swordsman academy, he was known as the " commoner genius like the nobles ". He was quite conceited and thought that he was the strongest among his peers other than the top elites among the nobles.
This man was quite capable. In the two years since he graduated, he had commanded more than 20 small-scale team battles. Now that he heard that a younger commoner had given the order before him, he felt quite uncomfortable. He also noticed the abnormality of the spider swarm, but the Hellfire just now shocked him too much and made him afraid. When he was hesitating whether he should take the initiative to attack, he heard Zhang Hao's shout and felt very uncomfortable. If he attacked according to Zhang Hao's plan, He felt that his judgment was not as good as a wine waiter's. He made up his mind and decided to hold on like this. He would wait and see what the spiders were doing first.
Seeing this, Zhang Hao sighed helplessly again. He lamented that the opportunity to attack that a team of cavalrymen had exchanged for was lost in vain. He turned around and carried the injured person to the union. After taking a few steps, he heard a female voice shout,"Look, the spiders are retreating."
The dejected Red Spider King let out a few " beep " sounds and retreated into the forest with the other Fire Spiders like the wind. The mercenaries looked at each other behind the sturdy barrier. They looked at each other, and finally, they patrolled back and forth between Zhang Hao and Phelps.
Zhang Hao didn't turn around. He had guessed that the spiders would leave soon, but he didn't see Phillos looking at him with a livid face. There was shame and regret in his eyes.
The incident of exterminating the Fire Spiders became very famous later on because hundreds of mercenaries happily came to collect the bounty. In the end, not only did they suffer heavy losses, but they did not even hurt the bones of the Fire Spiders. More importantly, the judgment of the hundreds of professional mercenaries on the battlefield was not as good as that of a wine waiter. The opportunity to attack, which was exchanged for the sacrifice of 20 knights, was lost in their timidity and fear. When the mercenaries talked about this matter, they would spit on the ground and curse,"Humph, it's simply a disgrace to the mercenary world.”
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