Chapter 52 Silver Pass
Demon King Calendar Year 648.
April 25th, afternoon.
Silver Pass.
After two days and one night of marching in the wild, Viola led all her troops to the Silver Pass before the winter wolf went south.
The terrain here is very suitable for an ambush. There are steep rock walls on the left and right sides, and there is only a gap less than a hundred meters wide that needs to be defended.
The magicians in the army used fireball techniques to blow up the mountain walls on both sides in the morning, leaving a large amount of rubble piled in the pass.
This is not to completely block it, but to make it difficult for the winter wolf to move after entering.
The soldiers carried the oil drums they brought and spread flammable grease near the pass, bringing almost all the oil that could be collected in the entire Leon territory.
Because winter wolves are very afraid of fire, and their thick fur can easily catch on fire, attacking with fire is a very symptomatic method.
These preparations were all provided by Reina. Although she modestly said that she had only fought against winter wolves, she actually knew the habits and weaknesses of winter wolves very well.
By the way, Wendy didn't come.
After all, in this kind of battle, this eldest lady can't help.
"Hurry up and move the remaining grease up, it's almost time!"
"yes!"
The soldiers are busy making final preparations. Some of them will climb up the steep rock walls on the left and right sides of the pass through ropes, and throw bottles of grease or launch rockets from there.
This terrain is so perfect that it is like a natural city gate.
If the lords of Leon in the past generations were a little bit more personal and allocated funds to build a real city wall here, they would be able to ensure that the territory would not be affected by the monsters in the northern snowfields.
But obviously, the lords of the past generations were more willing to keep money in their pockets than the lives of ordinary people.
Therefore, the most troublesome part is that the pass cannot be completely sealed. Even if there are gravels blocking the winter wolf's progress, people must be sent to guard the front to prevent the winter wolf from entering the territory and endangering the safety of civilians.
Viola took the initiative to take on this most arduous task. She led most of the soldiers to form a formation here, and even she herself was mentally prepared to go into battle in person.
All the royal families of the Demon Kingdom of Avarus are like this. They are braver than anyone else when fighting. The king and princes also died in this way.
Wendy sent Reina over. In addition to providing professional knowledge in dealing with winter wolves, her final mission was to keep an eye on Princess Viola and make sure nothing happened to her.
The preparations were proceeding in an orderly manner, and everyone was waiting with bated breath for the battle to begin.
It is expected that the Eastern Wolves will arrive at Silver Pass after nightfall, and darkness is not a favorable factor.
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Viola has already led her people to stand ready at the Silver Pass, Li Chengqi...
It can be regarded as being prepared.
After the store closed, he went upstairs to turn on his desktop computer and watch the silver pass on the big screen.
Not only that, he also specially prepared popcorn and soda, and even used a small electric stove to prepare some barbecue for himself, and sat in front of the computer as if waiting for the opening of a blockbuster movie.
"Aren't you here yet... It's almost half past ten."
The sky in the game has turned completely dark. Many soldiers standing on the cliff have lit torches, and the magicians have also shot several large light balls into the sky, which seem to be used as illumination bombs.
Due to the four-hour time difference between the game and reality, it was just getting dark on their side, and it was almost late at night on Li Chengqi's side.
Grabbing a handful of popcorn and stuffing it into his mouth, Li Chengqi was about to see where the East Wolf Pack was when he saw a group of furry huskies appear at the top of the screen.
Coming! It’s finally here!
The soldiers who could see Viola also noticed the approach of the winter wolf, and many soldiers who were resting on the spot immediately stood up and formed formation.
And in the hands of the Guards Knights who were in charge of commanding among the soldiers, circles of light spread out one after another, wrapping all the soldiers in the array. Although Li Chengqi decided not to intervene directly unless necessary, he did not take any action.
He gave the Guards Knights the blessing spell. This magical spell can improve the combat effectiveness of friendly forces within the spell range. Although the improvement is not large, it is a comprehensive improvement.
In a battlefield of this kind of army level, the amount of this improvement would be very considerable.
The only thing that's a bit eye-catching is that the knights using the blessing spell either shout 'Gan! ’, or shout ‘Fuck! ’.
Although the painting style is strange, it can be regarded as a morale booster... right?
The Winter Wolf's movement speed is still quite fast. After Viola gets the buff, the Winter Wolf's vanguard has already approached the Silver Pass.
Then their speed suddenly dropped due to gravel on the ground.
Viola did not order people to immediately light the grease scattered around the pass, but first covered it with a wave of ordinary arrows.
Li Chengqi could see clearly that a large group of winter wolves were shot into sieves.
"Viola is very conscious and knows that there is more to come."
If the grease is ignited now, it will not cause enough damage to the winter wolf behind.
Li Chengqi's side has a 45° bird's eye view. Of course, he can clearly see the size of the wolf pack, but Viola is looking at it from the first person, and it's dark and the light is not good. From her perspective, the wolves may be wolves. It's such a long piece, you can't even tell where the end is.
Even in the face of a large group of man-eating beasts, Viola still remains clear and rational, which is rare.
As the rows of arrows swept by, there were more and more winter wolf corpses in the piles of rocks, but there were still more winter wolves rushing forward despite the rain of arrows.
It is said that the number of winter wolves exceeds 2,000, and the number of those killed now is usually less than three digits, and the battle is still very early.
Li Chengqi, who was eating melons and watching a show, then noticed that a messenger ran to the bottom of the rock wall and shouted something to the soldiers above.
Immediately, the soldiers on the rock wall fired rockets downwards, igniting the grease in the pass.
The fire started in a flash, and the winter wolf that just rushed forward was quickly burned into a charcoal shape.
Li Chengqi looked at the skewers in his hand and decided to put them down first.
"It's still a little early, but there's nothing I can do about it. Viola can't see how much is behind her."
This fire directly burned the vanguard of the winter wolves. As expected, just as Reina said, this group of large huskies could almost stick to the fire. If the winter wolves were too close to each other, The flames will also spread further.
Of course, winter wolves are not so easy to deal with.
It is said that the winter wolf has a very high IQ. There is a very exaggerated saying that the winter wolf can abduct the barbarians who hunt it and sell them to human traffickers...
In addition, since the winter wolf is called a monster rather than a beast, it means that the winter wolf actually has some special abilities.
A little further away, the winter wolves that were not affected by the flames did not brake suddenly in the face of the deadly flames. They knew very well that even if they stopped, the winter wolves behind them would not be able to stop, and would instead squeeze themselves into the fire.
So the winter wolves facing the flames opened their mouths and sprayed out extremely cold liquid and cold air.
The range of one winter wolf's breath is not very large, but if hundreds or even thousands of winter wolves breathe out at the same time, the range is very excessive.
"Grass! Can fire freeze?"
Li Chengqi almost stuffed the popcorn into his nose. He clearly saw that the originally flickering flames were blocked by ice. A group of winter wolves used this method to quickly pass through the area covered with grease.
It is indeed a magical script. It is really unscientific, but quite magical...
(End of chapter)