March 30th, Star Antimony.
The heavy snow has not stopped after the winter division was upgraded.
The fighting on the frontline Black Hawk Battlefield has completely subsided - under such heavy snow that can obscure sight and sound, the execution of any tactics is impossible.
Many times, as soon as you take one step forward, you can suddenly see no one or hear any sound. But he couldn't stop where he was and wait for the snow to bury him... he could only wander around in a lost state. Then it is easy to stray into the opponent's camp and be arrested directly.
The result is that the more defensive a side is, the greater its advantage will be.
The mages of Narcissus Principality are good at positional warfare. They can also control the power of these magical snows and integrate the power into their own spells.
Among the army composed of at least 70% Black Eagles, there is a serious shortage of spellcasters. The soldiers had no choice but to reluctantly use ritual circles to protect the camp and obscure spell searches.
In this situation where roads are blocked by heavy snow, supplies cannot be delivered to the front lines at all, and the only source of water is blocked by mages using spells from afar. Alchemists can only rely on alchemists to melt ice to obtain water. The demonologists go to great lengths just to maintain the hidden rituals.
The alchemy puppets are also completely unable to be driven due to lack of magic power - the mana of the alchemist's body alone is not enough to support the actions of so many alchemy puppets, not to mention the heavy snow that can obscure perception. The alchemy puppet became completely blind, completely unable to move autonomously and could only be manipulated at close range.
Even the power of the necromancers has been greatly weakened.
Since the Winter Division was upgraded... just overnight, the mana required for most necromancy spells suddenly became water-based. Although the mana pool of the profession itself has changed from pure earth to half earth and half water, the characteristics of the path that have been chosen cannot be returned.
Most of the path features built around the earth attribute mana pool, such as earth affinity or earth container, were instantly useless. Nowadays, earth attribute mana can only be used to use preservation and petrification spells, but cannot be used to drive undead. Staffs and other equipment that increase earth attribute mana have also lost most of their meaning.
Obviously they are the attacking party, but at this moment they seem to be under siege.
After a week of heavy snowfall, they have not been out for three or four days in a row. The morale of the frontline troops suppressing the rebellion in the Narcissus Principality has dropped to freezing point, and they are only half a step away from mutiny.
Originally at this time, the military police should have dealt with these disciplinary soldiers to suppress them... But at this time, even the military police stopped and maintained a wait-and-see attitude. It seems that he has some ideas of his own.
At this moment, the herald who had been lost in the heavy snow for several days finally arrived belatedly and issued a retreat order.
They breathed a sudden sigh of relief and began to prepare to retreat.
When they evacuated the camp, such a large number of peopleAfter mobilizing, they were immediately detected by the mage tower at their specific location.
More than ten kilometers away, the mages carried out a wave of bombings on them - they used their spells to roll up heavy snow, which condensed into a blizzard mixed with invisible wind blades, and mixed with high-speed boulders. Ice storm. He also summoned the elemental life army from a distance, constantly firing ice guns to harass and intercept.
Even if there is a magic tower that increases the distance of spells, the accuracy of spells at this distance is already close to zero. Only this kind of large-scale spell that does not select a target can be somewhat useful. However, they can actually only play a slight interference role, and their actual lethality is close to zero.
But the result is - too useful.
The retreating Star Antimony Army lost its last morale due to this wave of spell attacks and was defeated directly. Then it quickly turned into a rout. All command was almost completely ineffective, and some casters were even trampled to death, while more casters simply could not keep up with the speed of retreat and were left behind and completely lost their way.
In addition to the spell casters, there were many soldiers who chose to spread out and got lost when they fled because the direction was unclear and they were afraid of falling behind.
Compared with the people who were directly killed by these long-range strategic spells, there were many more people who lost their way.
The first batch of soldiers who returned to the fortress in front of Black Eagle Territory was actually less than one-third!
At this moment, the chaos in the rear finally reached the frontline soldiers.
Valentine VII and VIII died consecutively - although Valentine VIII's external excuse was that he was "severely ill and needed to stay in bed for a long time", everyone knew that this was when he was killed, And is about to transform into a son of the moon. The so-called being bedridden is just an excuse that no one believes.
Compared with letting a month-long son inherit the throne, what the soldiers could not accept even more was the fact that Valentine VIII "died of illness" within a week of taking over.
After going out to fight once, the monarch changed twice - so who are we fighting for?
In the most critical counter-insurgency battle, the entire army chose to retreat, and a rout occurred during the retreat, which also meant that the independence of the Narcissus Principality was unstoppable.
As a result, the generals of the Black Eagle Leader also began to have their own ideas.
——Compared to Star Antimony’s local army, they themselves are the main body of the entire Star Antimony army. Originally, they still lacked high-level extraordinary people, but now after the "warrior" profession reappeared, the number of extraordinary people in the Black Eagle Territory, as well as the number of high-level extraordinary people, suddenly increased.
Not long after this, Black Hawk has already given birth to two fifth-level warrior extraordinary beings of his own, and the number of fourth-level extraordinary beings has tripled!
Originally, most of them were hunters - a profession that was particularly good at long-distance strikes, capable of attaching will and mana to long-range weapons for precise strikes and enchanted strikes. Whether it is a bow and arrow, a hand crossbow, a pistol, a rifle or evenAs for artillery, they all fall into the category of "long-distance weapons".
They can turn the powerful but inaccurate artillery weapons invented by the alchemists into precise strikes. The alchemists also created powerful hand cannons for them as individual weapons. These weapons, which have no aiming ability at all, combined with the hunters' professional abilities, can be turned into long-range strikes with extremely high hit rates within a certain distance... because the cannonballs Can turn corners.
It’s like a crosshair that sticks to people.
Although at extremely high speeds, this subtle bullet adsorption cannot achieve a 100% hit. However, it is definitely enough in a battlefield environment.
However, a big problem is... they are "hunters" after all.
They are extraordinary beings who have adapted to the path. They were originally hunters who were supposed to hunt wild individuals such as beasts, monsters, demons, and dragons.
Although their abilities are suitable for war, this is not considered practicing the path at all, and it is not in line with the conditions for improving their professional level... In other words, they cannot gain experience from this mode at all. The vast majority of hunters stop at the third level - and they are already at the second level when they graduate.
But now, a large number of hunters have transformed into warriors.
Although they lost the ability to induce long-range weapons, the experience they accumulated was not in vain. The warrior itself has various abilities that are beneficial to combat - strong vitality and innate proficiency in weapons are the key.
After all, they have been engaged in the profession of warriors, but there is no corresponding profession. Once in office, almost everyone is a "genius."
Just like an old artist who has accumulated many years of artistic experience, if he has just entered the path of transcendence when he is over fifty years old, he will definitely be able to continuously advance on the path of beauty.
Except those who are on the front line and in the most intense battles are afraid to advance for fear of being attacked at night... Anyone else who has the materials to start the ritual can basically advance immediately.
Today's Black Eagle Territory is completely different from before - they no longer have to be used as cannon fodder due to the lack of a large number of high-level transcendent beings. At the same time, he is not afraid of being attacked from both sides by the Narcissus in the north and the Star Antimony in the south.
In fact, on the same day that the army retreated... the Narcissus Territory had already announced its re-establishment as a nation.
The mages used spells to immediately send the news directly to surrounding countries. Avalon and Iris posted messages as soon as possible, expressing their congratulations reservedly.
Without sending anyone to ask questions about Lionheart City, several military nobles from the Black Eagle Territory led their team to the Narcissus Principality on the second day of their retreat to negotiate the release of the prisoners in diplomatic terms. ——Those spellcasters who were left behind in the escape and thus froze in the heavy snow were basically captured.
After all, for the Narcissus Principality, which has a large number of Moon Children, it would be the biggest loss if these high-quality blood sources were allowed to die outside.
And these military nobles did not encounter any obstacles or difficulties in the Narcissus Principality... Even though they had only officially withdrawn for a day or two, one-third of the soldiers had not even returned to the frontline fortress.
Because long before the withdrawal order was issued... they were already ready for peace talks.
They just had to wait for the first batch of soldiers to arrive at the fortress before they could move out.
After all, these military nobles of the Black Eagle Territory all have scarlet eyes.
——In the Narcissus Principality, the mage lords who warmly received them all had the same color eyes.
Different from the Moon Children native to Star Antimony.
They do not believe in the host of the banquet, nor are they so greedy for pleasure...but they believe in Sister Sasha and the Blood God.
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