Chapter 334 Ambush

Although Richard was somewhat careless in his previous life, he quickly changed this shortcoming when facing a dangerous environment after traveling to this world.

After advancing to the seventh ring, his mental power has exceeded fifty points, which is equivalent to a legendary magician.

Moreover, Richard has awakened his talent for danger perception. When he was tracked by the Death Owl, he vaguely sensed the danger.

After the mental power exceeds five points, the memory has surpassed that of ordinary people, and the observation ability is also extraordinary. The brain is much better than that of ordinary people. When the mental power exceeds fifty points, even without relying on the power of magic runes, the simple use of mental power can interfere with the real plane to a certain extent, just like Superman.

So when Richard found that the owl had been tracking him for a while, he immediately reacted. His brain worked quickly and he immediately knew that someone would come to trouble him.

Richard has a hundred Warcraft cavalry under his command. This force is far greater than that of a baron, and even stronger than the viscount army near Nolan.

The small nobles are no match for the Warcraft cavalry at all, let alone plunder.

At this time, apart from the royal family, the only ones who dared to trouble Richard were the two transnational chambers of commerce and the nobles who participated in the auction.

The royal family was not crazy, because they would attack the duke in the country for hundreds of thousands of gold coins.

If this matter was exposed, King Roger would immediately become notorious. He would immediately become a famous tyrant and tyrant in history for doing such a serious violation of political ethics. The entire Grant Kingdom would also lose order and mutual trust. The country would be in danger of extinction without cohesion.

Moreover, in recent years, since Roger became king, the Grant royal family and the Harland family have cooperated very well, and Richard has also helped the royal family a lot. The relationship between the two sides is relatively close and has not broken.

So in an instant, Richard excluded the royal family.

The two transnational chambers of commerce, Fanxing and Cangqing, have been operating in the Grant Kingdom for many years. Although some of their businesses are very shady after being uncovered, the transnational chambers of commerce must have done a lot of murder and robbery. But they have no reason and courage to attack a powerful duke.

If the matter is exposed, the two chambers of commerce will be condemned by everyone in the Grant Kingdom and lose the Grant Kingdom's large market. As long as the managers of the transnational chambers of commerce are not fools, they will not do this.

The only ones who dare to do such a thing are the nobles from other countries who participated in the auction.

Among the thirty-seven nobles, more than ten are earls. The earl family is very ordinary, with only more than a hundred attendants around them. The combat effectiveness is obviously not as good as Richard's guards, and they dare not rob and kill a duke.

The only ones who have the courage and ideas are several foreign dukes with strong strength.

Three legendary professionals came to the scene of this transnational auction, namely Rose Knight Vanessa, Death Knight Pilosa, and Legendary Warrior Salman.

Salman is a duke of the East Coast United Kingdom, serving as the commander of the Third Legion, and did not participate in the war with the Grant Kingdom last year. This person was originally a member of the branch of the Duke of Fran's family. Although he did not awaken the knight bloodline, his warrior talent was very outstanding. He gradually gained the upper hand in the internal struggle of the family. After being promoted to Legend, he used dark means to get rid of the main line and became the new generation of Duke of Fran.

Rose Knight Vanessa is a famous female duchess of the Kingdom of Saxony. She has been famous for more than 60 years. This female duchess is almost 87 years old. According to public information, she should have been promoted to Legend for 42 years.

Legendary knights have strong life ability and their life span far exceeds that of ordinary people. They can often live to 150 or 60 years old. Some legendary knights who are good at health preservation can live for more than 200 years.

So the 87-year-old duchess, according to the standards of legendary knights, has actually just entered middle age.

The last death knight Pirosa is the first duke of the Kingdom of Stark. It is rumored that his reputation is not very good. He often lets his soldiers disguise themselves as bandits to rob. Richard is more suspicious of this person.

After leaving Nolan Castle and entering the northern mountains, Richard told his suspicions to Soros and Baron Jose.

Because there were many craftsmen and slaves accompanying them, Richard asked Baron Jose to take the slaves and some of the baggage and go first, while the guards of Harland and Soros stayed behind to embarrass the enemy.

The Harland caravan often went in and out of Nolan and was familiar with the terrain conditions of the northern mountainous area of ​​Nolan. Richard soon chose an ambush site.

This site is located at the bend of the valley. The terrain is relatively dangerous and is a good blocking site.

After the valley turned the corner, it entered a small mountain basin with a width of 200 meters and a length of 1 kilometer. The slope of this small basin is gentle, which is suitable for cavalry charge and battle. Of course, it is also convenient for Richard to retreat. The terrain at the bend of the valley is narrow, which is also suitable for Richard to release starlight bombs.

Richard sent people to watch the valley. After waiting for less than three hours, Duke Pirosa appeared with his soldiers. Behind this group of cavalry, there were several carriages, which were loaded with some baggage and two elven slaves. There were more than 200 cavalrymen, and their mounts were also the common Warcraft Flame Horses in the Dawn Continent.

There was also a huge owl hovering in the sky above the cavalry.

This owl was the Duke of Pyrosa's pet, the Death Owl Oram. According to Richard's observation, this Death Owl should be a sixth-level beast.

Death Owls are magical beasts that can transform themselves and use magic to control their size. Their bodies are actually much larger than giant eagles, but after releasing the transformation, they can change their size to the size of an ordinary owl.

The Death Owl has a ferocious temperament and can inherit a variety of spells in its bloodline. Its combat power is stronger than that of the Lion Duck and Flying Tiger of the same level.

The sixth-level Death Owl is very rare in the Dawn Plane.

The Death Owl is born with extraordinary vision. Even if Richard and others are disguised, hiding on the cliffs on both sides of the valley bend and hiding under dense trees, they will be noticed by the Death Owl in an instant.

"Dear Duke Pirosa, there is an enemy ambush at the bend of the valley. There is a small basin behind the valley, which is suitable for cavalry charge."

The Death Owl and Duke Pirosa signed a special slavery contract. The communication between them can be transmitted through mental power. Richard's mental power is far stronger than that of the Death Owl. As soon as the mental fluctuation appeared, Richard was noticed.

Feeling that his whereabouts had been exposed and the enemy's advance team had entered the ambush site, Richard was very decisive and shouted: "Shoot."

Although the team under Richard's command was Warcraft cavalry, everyone was good at archery. In fact, the most important skill of every regular soldier led by Harland was always archery. Excellent soldiers often have better archery.

Moreover, there were rare archers like Richard and Soros in the team. When Richard gave the order, he loosened the bowstring at the same time, and Soros also shot a fatal arrow.

In an instant, the rain of arrows fell, sparsely shooting over.

Although the rain of arrows was sparse, the lethality was extraordinary. In the first round of rain of arrows alone, more than a dozen enemies were injured and five Warcraft cavalry were killed.

Among the Warcraft cavalry under Pirosa, nearly half were professional officers. The loss of the Warcraft cavalry made Pirosa feel a sense of pain.

What's worse is that among the fallen officers and soldiers, there was a fifth-level knight. This person was a member of Pirosa's tribe and also his adjutant, responsible for commanding the advance team. The fallen knight looked very young, probably less than 30 years old, wearing a beautifully enchanted armor, but his helmet was easily shot through, and his face was also full of disbelief.

All the Warcraft cavalry under Pirosa wore enchanted armor. Even if the quality of the enchanted armor was very ordinary, the defense was about the same as that of snake scale armor, and it could easily block ordinary crossbows. After using Dou Qi to activate it, the hardness of the enchanted armor will increase a lot, and it can block multiple slashes from ordinary enchanted weapons.

However, this low-end enchanted armor was easily penetrated by the alloy arrows of Harland Territory.

Although the super magic alloy arrows produced by Harland Territory are more expensive, the effect is very good, with extremely strong armor-breaking ability. After testing, they can easily penetrate the second-level defensive armor.

Special archers like Richard and Soros will spare no expense when using armor-piercing arrows, and they are carefully selected. They are often level 5 or 6 alchemical props. This special arrow costs more than 200 to 300 gold coins. Even noble senior officers like Richard and Soros can only equip 12 arrows at most, which are specially used to shoot valuable targets.

Using high-level crossbows, even legendary knights dare not take such armor-piercing arrows without the protection of legendary armor.

Piroza's adjutant died from the cold arrow shot by Soros because of a slight negligence.

"Be careful of the enemy's cold arrows, hide behind the big tree."

The officers under Piroza shouted loudly, reminding the soldiers around him. This cavalry under Piroza did not carry many large shields in order to be fast.

The officers were a little panicked when they found that the arrows used by the enemy were very sharp and hard, and could easily penetrate the armor and arm shields. They immediately ordered the soldiers to find ways to avoid the arrows.

All of Pirosa's men were veterans with rich war experience. They bent their bodies and quickly hid behind trees and stone walls.

Another round of feather arrows came, and the casualties caused by this round of arrow rain were slightly smaller, only three officers were shot dead.

The biggest victory was that Richard used the precious armor-piercing arrow to successfully shoot and kill a fourth-level officer hiding behind a big tree.

This person hid behind the tree to avoid arrows according to experience, but he didn't expect that the arrow shot by Richard would easily penetrate the tree with a diameter of more than two feet. The armor-piercing arrow also penetrated the helmet of this person and mixed up his brain.

After two rounds of arrow rain, the casualties were close to thirty people, and two mid-level professionals were killed. Such a result made Pirosa's face change greatly.

Pirosa had a bad temper and a very fierce personality. When he saw this scene on the battlefield, he immediately jumped off his warhorse and used the flying spell inherited in his blood to fly towards Richard and others aggressively.

Flying rashly in the air was like a living target.

Seeing this, Harland's Warcraft Cavalry immediately turned around and shot a round of feather arrows at Pirosa.

More than a hundred arrows were shot at Pirosa, including the armor-piercing arrows shot by Richard and Soros.

Seeing this, Pirosa was not panicked at all. A halo was released from his armor, easily blocking the feather arrows shot by Harland's Warcraft Cavalry.

Pirosa's armor is equivalent to the eighth level. The market price of this kind of armor is usually as high as hundreds of thousands of gold coins. Most of the time, there is still no market for it. In the entire Grant Kingdom, there are no more than ten high-level enchanted armors.

The highest level that the alchemists of the Grant Kingdom Mage Association can refine is only the fifth level. The armor on Richard is also the fifth level, and the armor on Soros is even worse, only the fourth level.

The price of the fifth-level enchanted armor is as high as six or seven thousand gold coins per piece, and the price of the fourth-level enchanted armor has reached two or three thousand. Only high-ranking noble officers could afford to equip themselves with one.

After all, the Harland family has only been prosperous for a short time. Not only does it lack high-level professionals, but it also has relatively poor high-level resources. On the contrary, it has accumulated three legendary magic props.

On this high-level enchanted armor of Pirosa, there is a force field defense effect. As long as the fighting spirit is activated, the defensive force field can be released. It not only has a strong physical defense effect, but also a strong magic defense effect.

As long as the fighting spirit is not exhausted, the defensive force field will not dissipate.

The feather arrow hit the aperture, making a ding-dong sound and falling from the air. The only arrows that penetrated the aperture were the armor-piercing arrows shot by Richard and Soros.

The two armor-piercing arrows hit Pirosa fiercely, shooting Pirosa flying in the air back more than ten meters. The armor-piercing arrows hit the enchanted armor fiercely. Although they did not penetrate, they were embedded in Pirosa's armor, destroying some of the complex magic runes drawn on it.

After the rune was damaged, the light emitted by Pyroza's armor also dimmed slightly, and the strength of the defense field weakened a little.

Soros and Richard joined forces to take advantage of the knight's weakness in air combat and repel Pyroza. Wilde, Driffin, Roman and other officers commanded the soldiers to shoot the third round of feather arrows at Pyroza's Warcraft Cavalry.

This round was even worse, only killing one Warcraft Cavalry and injuring no more than five people.

After three rounds of feather arrows, Pyroza's Warcraft Cavalry had already jumped off their horses and found a hidden place.

Because of the terrain, it was not suitable for cavalry to charge at the bend of the valley. Richard arranged a large number of soldiers on both sides of the valley and shot deadly crossbow arrows.

Although the Warcraft Cavalry had a strong impact, it could not exert its ability at all due to the terrain. In this terrain, riding on tall horses could only become targets, and the Flame Horse could only be moved to the back of the battlefield with the baggage.

Finding that the enemy no longer showed up, Wilde, Driffin and Old Roman led a dozen elite professional officers and soldiers, grabbed the ropes and swung down the mountain, quickly attacking the scattered enemies.

Vito, the captain of the Second Cavalry Battalion, led the remaining soldiers to continue to release feather arrows to suppress the enemy's reinforcements.