"Spider beasts! The good news is, they aren't high-level! At most, Intermediate Beasts! The bad news is, these things live in groups!" An officer rode up beside Lavien.
"Chitter, chitter, chitter!" Fine chittering echoed through the woods. As Battle Qi Flame Blades flew everywhere, branches and thick trunks kept crashing down. Randomly falling trees were even more terrifying than the beasts' webs!
"Mount up! Mount up! Get out of here!" Lavien roared the order. Knights were meant to turn enemies into speed bumps in open terrain, not crawl through forests like hunters.
"Neigh!" A warhorse let out a miserable cry. Everyone looked over to see a black shadow dart across the canopy. Several strands of web descended from above and wrapped around a heavily armored warhorse. But a horse weighing over a ton was not something the beasts could easily drag away, giving the nearby knights enough time to react.
"Thank you!" The knight who had nearly lost his horse repeatedly thanked the knight beside him after he cut the web apart with one slash.
"No need... This thing can't drag it—ow!" Before he could finish speaking, the knight who had just spoken vanished from his saddle and was swiftly yanked into the sky.
"?" The grateful knight turned around and found an empty saddle.
"Guerrilla Knights, shoot those bastards! Stop using ranged Battle Qi Flame Blades! Falling trees will crush our brothers to death!" Lavien could no longer hold back. If this dragged on, they would start taking casualties!
"Gather together! Activate your states! Let Glory's Light shine!" Lavien sprang up, stepping on a tree trunk and shooting into the canopy. The other officers swiftly took over command. The knights' Glory state allowed them to share the damage from attacks. To Intermediate Beasts, it was no different from facing