Raven Sir Boris's combat effectiveness is indeed very strong. With hundreds of troops, he withstood the siege of countless Fallen One.
This burly giant led his Crow Spear Knight and Raven Territory rogue knights, charging left and right in the Fallen One group. Although he was deeply involved in the melee, he still held on for a whole day.
He even successfully rushed to the east city wall of Lion Lake City and built a crude fortification against the city wall.
But building fortifications next to Lion Lake City actually means that he cannot escape...
It's actually quite normal for Boris to fail to break out of the encirclement. He chased Sigismund for seven to eight hundred miles and basically exhausted his physical strength, especially the horse's physical strength.
Although the horse he is riding looks very special, the Raven Territory knights under him are just ordinary Northern Territory horses.
The Northern Territory horse has some very remarkable characteristics. It has thick fat and long hair, and is relatively cold-resistant; its hooves are wide and can adapt to the snow.
But this kind of northern horse is quite acclimatized in the southwest of Gatu Grasslands and the area of Lion Lake City - it is midsummer, the weather is hot, and the area of Lion Lake City is the junction of hills and grasslands, and there are many grass and vines on the ground. The northern horse will quickly run out of horsepower in this kind of terrain.
This is also the main reason why Boris couldn't catch up with Sigismund with the cavalry. If it were Gatu people, Sigismund would have been hacked to death on the grassland long ago.
Fieltzwe people in Lion Lake City did not attack Boris's troops. After all, the main enemy now is Fallen One, so Boris was allowed to organize defense on the edge of the city wall.
Of course, Fieltzwe people did not let Boris enter the city because he looked too tall and the horse he rode looked very similar to the demon horse of Devourer Aigrem. Fieltzwe people was not sure whether this guy was a human or a ghost.
In addition, Vidis was going to take this opportunity to break out to the west, and he wished Boris could attract more firepower to the east.
However, the breakout battle launched by Fieltzwe people and Dawn Knight Order on the west side of Lion Lake City was still suppressed by Aigrem.
In this battle, Aigrem showed an extremely high level of scheduling.
In other words, it shows the unique command method of Spirit Body.
There are hundreds of 'Fallen Ghost' in its Fallen One army, which are probably the knights whose souls were devoured by the prophetess Media.
These people may have been members of Lion Lake City Flag Guard, but after losing their souls and skins, they became a strange kind of 'leading puppet'.
Each Fallen Ghost will lead hundreds of Fallen One, which is roughly regarded as a combat unit.
And Aigrem seems to be able to directly control these Fallen Ghost, and it is similar to remote control, and use Fallen Ghost to control all other Fallen One.
This allows all Fallen One to react in a very short time. These puppets that have lost their souls and do not have any thinking ability are like arms and fingers in the hands of Aigrem.
After Sigismund came back, Li Ang spent the whole day looking for suitable terrain and opportunities. He saw with his own eyes the breakout battle to the west of Lion Lake City.
In fact, King Vidis, Aiding Earl, and Dawn Knight Order are all elite troops with strong combat capabilities, with a total of more than 3,000 people.
These troops joined forces to break out of the city with all their strength, and since the battle was taking place in the east of Lion Lake City, it stands to reason that it should be easy to succeed.
But those Fallen Ghost are like having their eyes opened, and they can always lead a team of Fallen One to accurately block in front of King Vidis and others - just like the situation when Kloze brought Silver Hand to reinforce Vulpine Town.
Li Ang has been peeping from a distance, and now he understands that the reaction level Three Prophets showed at Long River Town was probably similar to the way Aigrem acted at this time.
It's no wonder that Three Prophets, faced with the chaos caused by the fire, was still able to organize part of its troops to attack the coalition forces in just three minutes.
Three Prophets and those Blood Oath Witch are probably equivalent to Fallen Ghost of Aigrem, except that Three Prophets cannot control more Fallen One with Fallen Ghost like Aigrem.
Aigrem's ability means that it can control its troops with only thoughts without giving orders, and its troops can all be executed in place.
Therefore, the result of this breakout battle was that Fieltzwe people and Dawn Knight Order suffered heavy casualties, leaving behind hundreds of corpses and hundreds of "prisoners" before returning to Lion Lake City.
These hundreds of corpses did not become Fallen One, but those 'captives' all became Aigrem's troops without exception.
Especially those "captured" Dawn Knights, most of them became "Fallen Ghost". It seems that the Dawn Knight Order people have more evil thoughts in their hearts than the Fieltzwe pirates...
Of course, Li Ang also knew that it was impossible for anyone to surrender to Aigrem and become a prisoner. Those 'captured' people were obviously attracted by Aigrem's spell and actively offered their souls to him.
In Lion Lake City, after Vidis suffered huge losses in the breakout battle, Raven Sir Boris was put into Lion Lake City.
But when Boris entered the city, there were only more than two hundred people left around him.
Fortunately, Aigrem didn't come to him, otherwise this guy would definitely become a powerful Fallen Ghost.
After that, the situation in the city was completely unclear. Li Ang could no longer contact Vidis, and Aigrem tightened the circle around Lion Lake City.
Now, Li Ang has a comprehensive understanding of Aigrem's capabilities.
Aigrem is not a necromancer. It cannot turn a dead corpse into Fallen One, so soldiers who died in battle will not turn around to attack their own people.
The Devourer's strongest ability is not reflected in personal force, but in the ability to control the battlefield - it is actually the 'soul controller'.
Every Fallen Ghost whose soul is devoured by him is equivalent to its clone. Even if it leads an army of tens of thousands, it is equivalent to directly commanding every squad - this is an extremely huge advantage when commanding on the battlefield.
In addition, its "soldiers" are all Fallen One, they are powerful and fearless, they don't need military pay, they don't have to worry about logistics, and they don't feel bad if they die...
These alone are already extremely terrifying, but it can also directly transform Fallen One from its opponents - some Dawn Knights turned into muddle-headed walking zombies as soon as they got close to Aigrem.
It's just that they were not transformed into Fallen One before the battle was over. It is probably because attraction and transformation are two different spells and cannot be used at the same time.
But those who dare to approach Aigrem on the battlefield are mostly strong knights, which makes it easy to swallow more strong souls and create more Fallen Ghost...
If it cannot be completely destroyed at once, its troops will fight more and more, and the more they fight, the stronger they will become.
Such a demon is indeed difficult to deal with.
Sneak attacks or running attacks will not have much effect on Aigrem, because its troops will not be in chaos.
If you want to use conventional means to deal with it, you really can only rely on frontal push, and gradually squeeze its tactical space until all the Fallen Ghost are killed, and then kill it before it swallows more souls.
However, fighting a head-on battle with such a monster would be a bottomless pit!
Li Ang feels that the few troops he has are probably not enough to fill this place.
Therefore, Li Ang began to pray for the first time, praying to God for his strength to bring a thunderstorm quickly. Otherwise, when Lion Lake City is defeated by Aigrem, the Fallen One army may double again...
In late July, Li Ang found the most suitable battlefield.
This is a hilly slope between Payne Village and Lion Lake City.
This place is a gentle slope, not very high, with only a few dozen meters of drop from the flat ground below.
In fact, this is the place Gondor found - Li Ang asked everyone to find places nearby that are easily struck by lightning.
Calamity Seeker Gondor Although he doesn't understand physics, this captain, who has been committing crimes at sea for many years, does know better than most people what kind of situations are prone to thunder.
Gondor The reason why we found this place is because there are many towering trees on the top of the slope, but the surrounding areas are bare. It looks like a huge ship with several huge and towering masts.
There are several ancient giant trees on the hillside, somewhat similar to redwoods. They are estimated to be at least 1,000 or 800 years old. The height of the crown must be more than 80 meters, and the diameter of the base is at least 6 to 7 meters.
Only in this era can there be so many giant trees...
There are many scars on the trunks of these giant trees - Gondor said they were all traces of being struck by lightning.
The root systems of these giant trees occupy most of the land on the hillside, making it difficult for other similar trees to survive, so the hillside appears to be sparsely treed.
The huge tree trunk is close to the height of a thirty-story building, but it happens to be on the top of a slope, surrounded by wasteland.
In this case, whenever there is a lightning strike, it will usually hit these giant trees.
Li Ang can even see some patterns on the tree trunks...
The tallest tree had an obvious twist in the middle of the trunk about forty meters above the ground. It had obviously been struck by lightning before and then regrown.
As for the other trees, the traces of lightning strikes are all fifty meters up - obviously, this belongs to whoever is the tallest and who gets hit. After being split, the upper part was burned, making it shorter than the other trees, and the other taller one was hit again...
The latest lightning strike was on a broken giant tree, almost cutting the entire tree in half.
The upper part of the tree was burnt black, broke and fell to the ground, forming a huge obstacle, like a wall.
The tree trunk that fell on the ground had not yet peeled off the black charcoal from the bark, and there was not much moss on the tree. It was obvious that it had just been struck by lightning not long ago.
In this world, whether it's a person or a plant, whoever takes the lead can easily get into trouble...
Of course, the most important thing is that the scene here shows that lightning strikes often occur in this area and it is a natural lightning trigger area.
The battlefield was found, and Li Ang prepared iron chains and other things. He also asked Noldo Elves to climb trees to make careful preparations, and sent fast horses to observe the 'celestial phenomena' in all directions.
It's not really about astronomy, it's mainly about seeing which direction there are dark clouds. Once you find clouds gathering nearby, you have to hook Aigrem over immediately.
Everything is ready and all we need is the east wind, but this east wind cannot be determined by human power.
Can only wait.
However, there is still good news, Wendilf brought a large number of Noldor warriors to reinforce.
Wendy has been touring various territories of Li Ang during this period, on the one hand to pass orders, and on the other hand to check whether there are any problems in various places, and is also responsible for responding to Forster and Eric.
Forster worked as an undercover agent for the heresy in Ermined, and Eric led troops to encircle and suppress Long River Town. The two cooperated closely, openly and secretly. After Wendy brought the Noldor troops to Long River Town, they wiped out all the heretics Seekers within Long River Town.
Speaking of which, Forster made a great contribution this time - if he hadn't been undercover in time, Long River Town would probably have ended up in a similar situation to Lion Lake City.
However, Forster was as evil and ruthless as ever. Except for a few heretic leaders who he kept alive, he killed all the other heretic followers on the spot and then burned all their bodies to ashes.
During this period, he captured and killed more than 300 heretics.
There must be some innocent people deceived by heretics, but both Forster and Eric chose to kill the wrongdoers rather than let them go - Eric is the administrator of Long River Town, and he will act as government official when Li Ang is away. Forster actually needs his consent to kill heretics without trial.
Nowadays, Forster already has the title of 'butcher', but whether he is a butcher or a murderer, at least he and Eric did not put Long River Town into danger.
After confirming that most places in the east were safe and sound, Wendy led the Noldor troops to Lion Lake City to help in the battle. At the same time, he mentioned to Li Ang a little situation about Kewen Village and Fletcher Village.
Dalion organized an unknown knight group in Kewen, which originally acted as a knight to protect the villagers.
However, this chivalrous and righteous knights suddenly disappeared recently.
Charles returned to Fletcher Village some time ago and organized a team of archers. He had been waiting for orders from Li Ang, but he suddenly disappeared recently.
Kewen Village is the territory of Leofric, and of course Wendy will not take care of it. But Charles is a subordinate of Li Ang, so of course the lord's mysterious disappearance must be reported to Li Ang.
However, Charles's status in the system list is quite good, so Li Ang doesn't care too much - the knights sealed out are all independent individuals. Charles may have his own affairs, and it's understandable that he's not in the territory. Li Ang himself is running around all day long...
Anyway, Li Ang has no plans to recruit Charles for the time being.
The arrival of Wendy gave Li Ang more operating space and security. She brought more than 400 Noldor warriors, half of whom were "new residents" of White Deer Fortress and other places, and half of whom were mercenaries. But without exception, all Noldor respected Wendy and Li Ang.
This is probably due to Vendathir and Lord Aldarian - before Wendy's "explosion of Eagle Claw Fortress with one arrow" was described by Vendathir as "magic awakening", and Lord Aldarian personally saw it in White Deer Fortress saw Li Ang letting three ordinary soldiers use the 'Thunderstorm Technique', and Fenway Family's Elf King Felgornsal also insisted for some reason that Wendy was about to awaken...
So now the vast majority of Noldo Elves have basically decided that Li Ang is Archmage. They feel that Wendy will fully awaken sooner or later and become the first Sindar Elves in thousands of years...
If it weren't for Wendy not being an adult yet, I'm afraid she would have an extra crown on her head now.
Aigrem has also discovered the camp set up by Li Ang in Payne Village, but it did not allow the Fallen One army to launch an attack.
Perhaps it still wants to swallow up the troops and residents in Lion Lake City first - after all, it has been surrounded for so long and has been building siege equipment. At this time, it turns to attack Payne Village, which is likely to cause the people in Lion Lake City to successfully break out.