The demon's army poured out from major cities, and several nearby major cities sent troops.
Some have thousands of people, some have thousands, and their military strength has an absolute advantage.
According to Xu Lai's order, whenever they encounter a demonic army that is difficult to deal with in a short time, or is judged to cause casualties, they need to withdraw from the battle immediately.
Therefore, what Xu Lai saw was not a squad of Paladins returning with an army of demons, but a squad of Paladins returning with an army of demons.
Although there was a little accident, it was not too troublesome for Xu Lai.
He had already arranged quicksand traps around him. Anyway, 7 mana points could put four pieces there, so Xu Lai simply spent 35 mana points to place 20 pieces.
That is to say, he has no way to determine whether he will encounter an enemy. If he can be sure, he can spend a hundred yuan to set up a quicksand trap.
The Paladin is one of his own and can see the hidden quicksand traps.
There is no doubt that most of the pursuing demon army fell into the trap and was unable to move.
If Xu Lai's archmage troops and archer troops were here at this time, by the time the trap effect ended, these demons would have turned into ashes.
It's a pity that he only has a small team of horse archers now. The gale knights can also throw javelins at medium range. With that amount of ammunition, it's better to save them.
The troops trapped in the quicksand trap are not unable to attack, but unable to move.
If an enemy appears near them, they can still be hit as long as the weapon is within reach, that is, anyone within attack range.
In addition, unlike other spell traps, the quicksand trap does no damage, and all its abilities are used to restrict the enemy's movement.
Its greater function, in addition to facilitating long-range troops to attack, is to divide the enemy.
The demon troops that came with great momentum were instantly divided into several parts by the quicksand trap.
Those who were stuck in the quicksand could no longer move, and the ones who could catch up so quickly were either fire elves or hell hounds, one could fly and the other could run fast.
Their biggest feature is that they have no long-range attack capabilities, and there is no threat at all after entering the trap.
Xu Lai's troops are not many. Combined with the Paladin teams that escaped, there are less than 1,000 people in total.
There are obviously thousands of demon troops, but because of the quicksand trap, Xu Lai formed a partial attack with more troops.
With the blessing of advanced archery and ultimate offensive skills, Xu Lai's troops have high long-range attack capabilities and high physical damage in melee combat.
Coupled with the local use of large numbers to bully the few, the demons can be quickly eliminated and the demon army will not be allowed to accumulate quickly.
In this way, by waiting for the demon troops from other places to arrive, or for the slow troops from the rear to arrive, Xu Lai has concentrated his efforts to eliminate the fast demon troops in the lead.
Although his own traps have been almost destroyed, and subsequent troops are no longer easy to step on, after destroying a wave of demonic fast troops first, Xu Lai is at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, but not necessarily in terms of combat power.
Because the enemies have a large number of Magog and higher-level fire demons, there are even 4 or 5 meter high flame trolls and more than 10 meters of lava trolls.
So Xu Lai did not choose to fight them on the spot. Instead, before the enemy was close, he blew off fireworks and led his troops to retreat quickly.
Fire trolls are powerful weapons for defending and attacking cities. I heard that in the Western Empire, the Burning Legion led by Kerrigan is mainly composed of fire trolls.
This thing is very precious. Currently, in the entire Northern Empire, only the Emerald City has a large number of equipment.
If Fiona had brought the Fire Troll instead of Magog, the outcome would have been a bit unpredictable. If it had been the Lava Troll, Xu Lai would have lost a lot of troops in one salvo.
These flame trolls are probably the defenders of some large city here.
This area was the starting point for the Hell camp's attack. The demons estimated that they had built several fortress-level fortresses here.
Anyway, Xu Lai retreated honestly after seeing these flame trolls.
The characteristics of the Fire Demon are that it is completely immune to fire damage and greatly increases fire damage. It is much improved than Magog, but it is not a qualitative change.
However, the added characteristics of the Fire Troll are confusing.
After the Fire Troll is killed, it does not die directly, but splits into two Fire Trolls.
To be honest, although the super fireball thrown by the flame troll is larger and more damaging than the fire demon, in terms of attack range and damage, the two fire demons are higher.
That’s why this thing is disgusting. After you kill it, the damage will increase. How can you beat it if one becomes two?
The key is that you can’t do this without killing him. Who can stand it if he keeps throwing fireballs that are bigger than a bathtub at home?
The devil also knows that most people can't stand it, so there is a tactic of putting the flame troll in the front row to be beaten.
On the contrary, after advancing to another level, breaking through to a high level and becoming a lava troll, the characteristic of this split is to become three fire demons.
Although there is one more than the Fire Troll, it is actually not cost-effective for demons, so most of the Lava Trolls are kept to be trained into Balrogs.
The Balrog is a household name that even demons cannot compare to. Like the Paladins of the Empire and the Terror Knights of the Cemetery, their fame has spread beyond their own camp.
Xu Lai and the others fled very fast. The demon's armies came from major cities. They were not under each other's control, and their opinions were not consistent.
Some were angry but wanted to continue chasing, while others were worried that this was a human plan to lure the snake out of its hole, and that they would sneak attack on the city while the flame troll was away.
Some left, and some continued to pursue. For Xu Lai, once the enemies were dispersed, it became easier to deal with them.
Yan Feng, who was originally supposed to be at the front, was left at the back because the rear formation changed to the front formation, and the front formation changed to the rear formation.
This was also done deliberately by Xu Lai, who gave up the 10% speed bonus of the Gale Knights in exchange for using their powerful long-range capabilities to deal a painful blow to the demon's fire elves.
It is estimated that the enemy also has accelerated treasures or equipment. Anyway, this group of fire elves, which are the fastest and can fly, can bite Xu Lai's troops on the lava terrain.
It was easy for Xu Lai to escape, so he put the Gale Rider in the front row.
Or just charge, temporarily increase the speed, and rush out of the lava area that has a greater impact.
But Xu Lai wants to eat these fire elves. The fire shield on them is really a skill that makes melee combat extremely uncomfortable, especially for charging knights.
When a knight charges, the damage will be multiplied several times. The higher the level of the knight, the more terrifying the damage will be.
With this kind of damage, it is no problem to instantly kill the Fire Elves of the same level, but the bounced damage can also kill you instantly if you are not careful.
While this group of fire elves were the fastest and separated from the main force, Xu Lai happened to use long-range troops to kill some.
Here I would like to highlight the Knights of the Wind.
Their speed is faster than the heroes, which means they have more time to move and shoot and get out of the battle.
Compared to the heroes, although their javelin range is not as good as it is, it is indeed a long-range attack.
The most important thing is that their heavy javelins do far more damage than arrows.
Even if the hero has Xu Lai's blessing, it is impossible to kill a fire elf with just one or two arrows, even with skills.
As for the Gale Knight, one salvo can definitely kill about 50 fire elves.
Equivalent to two javelins, it will definitely kill a fire elf of the same level and also has hero specialization for body protection.
The number of heroes of the same level is relatively small, and a salvo can only kill one or two at most.
Yan Feng took the lead in using skills, but most of them were injured, and only two or three more died.
But even if they were running and stopping to shoot back, it would probably only take them about a minute to complete a volley.
The hero of hell did not show his face, and even if he did, Xu Lai wouldn't be able to tell.
Just like Lina and the others, their whole bodies were wrapped in armor. Xu Lai couldn't even tell whether they were male or female, let alone recognize them.
For this reason, the battle flag in the team is very important. Xu Lai holds the flag personally, and those fire elves are actually running towards him.
The opponent's hero did not show up, which has advantages and disadvantages.
The advantage is that you will not be in any danger.
The bad thing is that they chase and chase until all these fire elves lose their morale and flee in all directions.
The demon heroes far behind suddenly realized that they had lost one of their most elite flying troops for no apparent reason.
As a result, the demon did not dare to chase anymore, and quickly packed up his team and left, trying to chase back the escaped fire elves.
The Gale Knight had already fired all 10 javelins in his two bags. Even Joseph’s rangers came to help, and they managed to drive away these fire elves.
A total of 500 small fire elves were killed. The loss of so many level 7 units, if the hero saw it at the scene, he would probably vomit blood.
However, Xu Lai's losses may not be small.
Of course he and his team had no other losses, but after running out of the Demon Realm and waiting for about an hour, there was still a team that did not return.
For being unable to return to the team for such a long time, it must have been an accident.
Xu came to the captains of the two teams near the team. They had only met each other when they set off.
I saw the other one when I was returning, but I only knew that they were blocked by a fire demon wall, and they didn't know where they went after detouring.
Xu Lai asked all the team leaders, but still couldn't get the news.
It wasn't until half an hour later that Xu Lai saw 4 paladins and more than 20 knights returning to the team.
The others are missing, and there is almost no need to ask what the consequences will be.
As the captain, the leading paladin looked sad. He told Xu Lai that he had been ambushed and controlled by a group of succubi.
Thanks to the Holy Shield, the invincible skill of the Holy Knights, it is not easy for the Succubi to control more than a hundred knights. Succubi need to be replaced constantly.
After a brief pause, the leading paladin captain found an opportunity to activate the Holy Shield to wake up his allies.
But it was already too late, they were already surrounded by the demon army. (End of this chapter)