Being chased by nearly two thousand Fallen One cavalry was quite troublesome. Although Roland was not a roadie like Ansen, and he knew the route very accurately, there were still some mistakes.
Roland's precise control of the route was actually a mistake.
He shouldn't run in a straight line - those fallen war horses don't need to rest. When running in a straight line, they can charge at the highest speed throughout the distance. If the distance is slightly longer, ordinary horses will not be able to outrun them.
On the contrary, Aigrem should be led to continuously change directions and follow the zigzag route, because the fallen war horses, like Fallen One, have lost most of their flexibility, and their reaction and steering are very slow. You can rely on constant flexible changes of direction to get rid of them.
But this situation was only discovered after Roland was chased for several miles. It was too late to adjust... because the Gatu Horse ridden by his own troops was already quite tired after a continuous high-speed sprint of five miles.
As a result, Roland only led Aigrem six miles away, and had to shoot a loud arrow to call for reinforcements.
His troops were overtaken.
Li Ang and Risadiran discovered the loud arrows shooting into the sky in time, but when they led their troops to respond, Roland's troops were already entangled.
Roland himself has excellent skills and is not easily affected by Aigrem's spells, so nothing happened to him.
But his soldiers are in big trouble.
Together with Elano, these warriors from Raven Territory had a difficult time facing the Fallen One cavalry - their attacks lacked lethality against Fallen One.
Although their archery skills are good, it is more difficult to accurately shoot through Fallen One's brain - even if they can shoot accurately, their strength cannot penetrate Fallen Ghost's black helmet.
Not to mention hand-to-hand combat, even the muscular men like Silver Hand couldn't defeat Fallen One in hand-to-hand combat, and these Raven Territory warriors with mediocre physiques were certainly no match.
The only thing worthy of praise is their courage.
Almost every soldier was fighting for his life, trying to hold back Fallen One's large army so that Roland could escape from this place.
Roland mainly recruits his subordinates based on their character, and indeed most of his subordinates have good moral character and are willing to sacrifice.
But it was precisely because of this good character that Roland did not escape alone - the sacrifice of his men gave him ample time to escape from the battlefield, but he turned back twice to rescue his troops...
Sometimes kindness is a sin.
Because kindness will make it difficult for people to cut off when they should, but it will easily cause greater losses.
When Li Ang arrived with the Noldos, more than half of Roland's men had been killed or injured.
There are probably close to a thousand Fallen One cavalry present, and there are also many Fallen One approaching in the distance. They should have fallen behind when chasing Roland.
And Roland himself is also being besieged by some Fallen Ghost, and beside him are the former Dawn Knights led by Renard.
Another group of Fallen One, which is lined up more closely, is circling behind and should be preparing to complete the encirclement.
Li Ang didn't see where Aigrem was. It was probably mixed in with Fallen Ghost - the group of Fallen Ghost surrounding it were lined up relatively densely, and it looked like the whole team was exuding black mist.
When a group of Fallen Ghosts act together, it is difficult to tell who is the Aigrem because they all look the same.
They were riding the same horses, wearing similar helmets, and they were all monsters with no skin and big eyes.
People do look the same after losing their shame.
The only difference is the armor on their bodies - many of them are the armor they wore before they lost their souls, and some of them are still wearing Dawn Knight Armor.
But the problem is that their armors and helmets do not match each other, and many Fallen One even have two different gloves...
In other words, Aigrem must have changed the equipment of these Fallen Ghost. It is estimated that it is just to minimize the losses of Fallen Ghost. As for whether it is a complete set, it is not considered at all.
This is a devil who only pays attention to practicality, the kind that can drive obsessive-compulsive disorder to death...
This makes the equipment of the Fallen Ghost team look messy, but it makes it even more difficult to tell which one is Aigrem.
Perhaps, each Fallen Ghost can be regarded as a Aigrem, because the black mist has been surging in the queue and can completely cover that team of Fallen Ghost.
This may be the way Aigrem fights - it can switch bodies at any time, and if you want to catch it on the battlefield, you can't kill Fallen Ghost until only the last one is left.
Roland's troops have mixed with Fallen One's. Even though Noldo Ranger's shooting skills are superb, they are not suitable for long-range attacks. If they want to save him, they have to rush into the battle directly.
Li Ang did not hesitate. While the battlefield was still somewhat chaotic, Aigrem had not many Fallen One cavalry here, so he directly led the charge and launched a charge - there was no way, Abyssal Gate was still with Roland. Without this thing, the whole plan would go bankrupt.
Moreover, we must rescue Roland before the straggler Fallen One cavalry approaches, otherwise the gap between the enemy's and our own forces will become wider and wider.
Perhaps Aigrem was indeed quite afraid of Noldo Elves. The team Fallen Ghost that exuded black mist did not fight. The other Fallen One also separated their manpower and formed a defensive formation after Li Ang charged.
Li Ang felt a little heavy-nearly a thousand Fallen One cavalry faced more than 400 Noldor troops, with a strength gap of more than double, but Aigrem actually went on the defensive?
Obviously, Aigrem is very aware of the combat effectiveness of the Noldor troops.
But Li Ang has already given the order to charge, so we can only charge to the end - if we can't charge through the enemy's array, we will be surrounded and beaten after being forced to stop.
The impact of the Noldor is actually not very strong, because they are all lightly armored and fast horses, and their weight and potential energy are not very large.
But the Noldor charged into battle with light armor and fast horses, at least they were extremely fast and very flexible.
Li Ang did not intend to command the Noldor like he commanded the Pendor Lancers. In fact, he had no command at all. He gave the task of leading the troops to Risadiran.
And he himself took several masters as the front row Charge Squad.
These masters are actually four Twilight Knight in the Noldor army.
Wendy brought over four hundred Donodo warriors, four of whom were Twilight Knight, and two of them were old acquaintances of Li Ang, Sai Deren and Noel.
Saidren has actually become a resident of White Deer Fortress - he is now responsible for the security of the Noldor Trading Market.
And Noel is the Noldor mercenary captain sent by Isildur to earn extra money, and is also the patrol captain.
The other two Twilight Knight are also patrol captains. There are three Noldor patrol teams, each from three tribes.
Several Twilight Knight were guarding the left and right sides of Li Ang. Five knights were in the shape of an arrow, forming the forefront of the cavalry charge.
A group of Fallen One cavalry formed a row, and after turning around slowly, they faced Li Ang.
"Penetrate them!"
Seeing that the enemy was turning slowly and had no time to accelerate, Li Ang ordered to penetrate head-on.
He held a long-handled lance in his left hand and stabbed Fallen One in the neck, knocking him off his horse.
The lance snapped in response.
Then, Li Ang struck back with his sword, slashing horizontally at the fallen war horse that had lost its master.
The head of the fallen war horse flew up as the two horses crossed each other, and the bloody horse fell down.
Both men and horses fell, but there was no neighing or screaming, and the Fallen One with half a lance hanging around his neck was not dead!
It even stood up unsteadily, and the half of the lance around its neck was swinging around as it turned its head, almost knocking off the two Noldo Ranger behind it.
"Don't get involved with them! Try to kill the horses as much as possible!"
Li Ang looked back and shouted to the Noldos behind him.
You really can't entangle him, because Fallen One is not easy to kill and must be beheaded. It's not cost-effective to fight in close combat.
The Noldor all use swords and shields. Although the Noldor swords are of top quality and powerful in lethality, they are short weapons after all - when fighting cavalry, it is difficult to chop off the opponent's head with short weapons.
There is only a moment of opportunity when two horses pass each other, but this opportunity is too rare, because Fallen One will also raise a shield to protect their heads.
Fallen One are not undead, they have just lost their flexibility, but they still have combat awareness.
Only those fallen war horses are more likely to be attacked - the horse's head is further forward. With the speed of charging, it is possible for the Nordos to chop off the opponent's horse head with one sword. If the horse is hacked to death, Fallen One will naturally not be able to catch up.
Li Ang pulled out another sword with his left hand. Now, he is holding two swords in each hand - Dragon's Fang in his left hand and a griffon sword in his right hand.
Going to the battlefield without a shield is actually a bad habit, but Li Ang really doesn't like using a shield...
Fortunately, Fallen Ones lack long-range attack methods, so there is no problem without a shield.
These walking zombies have lost their flexibility and are slow to react, so they may not be suitable for using crossbows.
As for melee combat... it's actually useless to bring a shield - Sai Deren on the left hand side of Li Ang was holding a shield, but his shield only withstood a casual sword strike from Fallen Ghost and flew away...
His shield is not just held by his hand, but is tied to his forearm with a leather strap, which usually makes it difficult to get rid of it.
However, the belt tied to Cedren's left forearm broke with one blow from Fallen One!
In fact, the Noldor enchanted shield was of very good quality and was not damaged at all. But Cedren's left hand was obviously numbed by the shock. He did two flexion and extension exercises on his side and shook his head in horror.
The difference in strength is too big and the shield cannot withstand it. Cedren's forearm is not broken or dislocated, so Twilight Knight's physique is considered to be in good shape.
Li Ang wielded two swords and rushed to the front to kill all the way, but there was no problem.
His movements are much faster than Fallen One, and the two swords in his hands are extremely sharp national treasure-level weapons. Using fast to defeat slow will have good results.
Dragon's Fang is indeed a waste in the hands of Gregory IV. This sword should be used on the battlefield.
Not long after, Li Ang led the team to break through two waves of Fallen One's intercepting team. There was no obstacle between him and Roland.
"Roland, follow the troops!"
As Roland approached, Li Ang shouted loudly.
But as soon as the words were spoken, Roland fell off his horse - unfortunately, at this moment, Roland's horse was hacked to death.
"Throw me the code!"
Li Ang reacted very quickly, knowing that the cavalry troops charging into the formation could not stop at this time, and Roland lost his horse and could not keep up with the large troops, so he had no choice but to use Abyssal Gate to lure away Aigrem!
"Don't run in a straight line!"
Roland shouted loudly, waved his hand and threw Heretic Codex out, but Li Ang was holding a sword in both hands, so it was difficult to catch it.
He simply stretched out his hand and strung the code on the sword.
"Aigrem!"
Li Ang shouted, and rushed across the battlefield with the sword raised in his left hand. He also chopped down a Fallen One next to Renard with his right hand.
The Fallen Ghost that had been watching the battle on the periphery finally reacted. This troop began to accelerate silently, but it was not rushing towards Li Ang, but towards Roland in the middle of the battlefield!
Aigrem is so cunning!
"Aigrem! Don't you want this thing?!"
Li Ang roared loudly, Dragon's Fang provoked Heretic Codex and raised it high above his head. The cover and part of the parchment were penetrated by his sword, and the pages of Abyssal Gate made of ebony clinked on the sword.
"Roar..."
A dull roar came from the group of Fallen Ghost, and the sound shook the whole place.
Seeing Li Ang holding the code with his sword, it looked like he was going to destroy Abyssal Gate. Aigrem seemed really anxious.
This roar may be some kind of command, or it can mark the target. Following this roar, the Fallen One troops began to turn collectively, and the Fallen One who were originally besieging Roland also rushed towards Li Ang.
Moreover, the dull roar seemed to have magical power and could cause harm to people from a long distance. Li Ang felt as if he had been hit on the head by a giant hammer. He was dizzy for a while, and stars appeared in front of his eyes.
Roland's subordinates were also more or less affected, and Renard even fell directly under his horse.
Is this the soul spell of Aigrem?
Can it impact a person's soul from hundreds of meters away, or attack in a large area...
With this kind of skill, human troops can't fight it at all! Fortunately, I didn't fight it head-on!
Li Ang turned around and looked, fortunately, the Noldos were not affected in any way.
Aigrem did not make such a roar again. It is estimated that such a large-scale spell consumes a lot of money.
"Risadiran! Shoot left and right!"
Li Ang shook his head, his eyebrows still aching. He no longer looked back, but picked up Heretic Codex with his sword and rushed forward as if holding a flag.
It seems that the female prophet Media is right. Li Ang has evil intentions and his soul is not pure enough. It is indeed not suitable to be close to Aigrem--Roland is almost not After being affected, Fallen One turned around and surrounded Li Ang. Roland eliminated the enemies around him and helped Renard and others onto their horses again.
Fallen One's large forces began to attack Li Ang. The Noldo Rangers behind them could finally use their good riding and archery skills. They mainly shot arrows to the left and right sides to slow down the Fallen One cavalry's flanking attack and prevent the team from falling into siege.
Aigrem's ability to command troops without giving orders is quite terrifying. Fallen One Almost all the cavalry followed the best route to double-team.
If you look down from the air, Li Ang's team is like a very fast centipede, being flanked by groups of ants from all directions. Moreover, these ants will also consider the lead time and move ahead of Li Ang!
"All to the right!... Everyone follow me!"
Knowing that he would be affected by the spell, Li Ang stopped fighting. He gave his sword to Noel, letting Twilight Knight dual-wield the two swords and take on the task of opening the way.
In the charge just now, Li Ang saw that Fallen One's horse was slow to turn and react, so he led his troops to make various rapid turns.
Sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right, no pattern.
But overall it seems that it is actually going in a circle, gradually heading towards the expected battlefield while constantly changing direction.
The action trajectory of seven turns and eight twists and turns was effective. The fallen war horses really couldn't keep up with this flexible change of direction. The advance considered by Aigrem also had no effect. Gradually, Fallen One all the cavalry fell behind.
Roland and his men did not waste any more opportunities this time. After getting the opportunity to break out, they rushed out from the opposite direction and avoided the main battlefield.
The wind is getting stronger, dark clouds have covered the sky, and the sky is getting darker.
Some flashes of light can already be seen faintly in the clouds.
A thunderstorm is coming.
But Li Ang cannot let the troops run at high speed all the time, otherwise the horses will be too much to bear.
After running for two miles, you have to slow down, wait for the Fallen One troops behind to catch up, then use acceleration to change direction to get rid of them, and then slow down again.
Li Ang was not sure whether he could lead Aigrem under the giant tree within the specified time, nor was he sure whether he could drag Aigrem under the giant tree until thunder struck.
It is up to people to plan things, and it is up to God to make things happen. This sentence is particularly obvious at this time.
The galloping cavalry picked up grass clippings along the way, and the horses' hooves rumbled, plowing out a trail of black mud behind them.
The hillside was already very close, sparse water droplets had begun to fall, and the sky was almost dark. At three o'clock in the afternoon, it seemed like it was already past dusk.
But just after Li Ang led the team up the gentle slope, Aigrem's Fallen One army stopped chasing...
A large group of Fallen Ghost stopped at the foot of the hillside, seeming to be observing something, or possibly waiting for the Fallen One that fell behind.
Li Ang frowned, and he realized that Aigrem might have felt something abnormal - he was led to run for more than ten miles, and no matter how hard he tried to grab Heretic Codex, he would always feel something strange.
After all, it had just been seduced once not long ago, and it did not blindly pursue Roland at that time.
However, seeing that the opportunity to destroy Aigrem is right in front of us, how can we stop it?
Li Ang lit a fire on the top of the hillside. It was a large pile of firewood prepared in advance. The raw materials were the branches and leaves of the trees that were sawed off in the morning. A group of wood piles with a diameter of twenty meters was formed under the tallest giant tree.
And the book Heretic Codex was thrown into the giant tree with great force.
There are two Noldo Elves standing on the branches of the giant tree. They have stuck the code in the middle of the trunk at least forty meters above the ground, which is where the tree was once struck by lightning.
"Aigrem, do you want Abyssal Gate? Come here one on one! Defeat me and you can save it!!"
Li Ang raised his hands and shouted loudly.
A thunderstorm was approaching, and sparse water droplets were falling from the sky, but these water droplets had little effect on the prepared bonfire. The flames quickly swallowed the trunk at the bottom of the giant tree, and two Noldo Elves on the tree jumped down from a large horizontal branch on the side.
Li Ang set this thousand-year-old tree on fire.
He also added a bucket of oil to the fire in front of Aigrem.
The fire roared up, the flames reached a height of more than three meters, and the gloomy sky was illuminated again.
And Heretic Codex was placed at a high place that is difficult to reach.
Of course this was not a spur of the moment, everything was just going according to plan.
Abyssal Gate book pages made of ebony are of course very difficult to damage, but being difficult does not mean that they are completely indestructible - as long as the fire is maintained long enough and the temperature of the flame core is high enough, the ebony will also melt.
And this giant tree itself means a large amount of high-quality fuel - a giant tree with a base diameter of seven meters, if it is allowed to burn, it will not burn out in three days and three nights.
But the current situation is later than Li Ang expected - lightning can already be seen in the clouds. If Aigrem is not led under the tree within a few minutes, the lightning strike will be missed!
"Roar..."
The huge roar came again, and Li Ang's mind became dizzy again.
Then, Aigrem finally spoke, "Stop! That's Heaven's Gate! You can't destroy it!"
This voice sounds quite charming, hoarse, low, but full of magnetism.
But...
Heaven's Gate?
Isn't it Abyssal Gate?