Chapter 805

As the Holy See's greatest trump card, the War Elephant Legion began its earth-shaking assault on the Gabellan positions.

No one on the battlefield could ignore such formidable strength. If these had been the Gabellan local troops the Holy See had encountered after the Battle of Ursula Plain, their soldiers would have been trembling all over by now, screaming and fleeing.

But today's Gabellan army was utterly different. The soldiers stood firmly in place, as though their feet had taken root, without moving an inch. They swung their arms and smoothly loaded bolts into their crossbows, then took aim and fired in perfect unison.

With the aid of evil magic, the crossbow bolts tore through the air. The Holy See's soldiers could even hear the sharp hum of the shafts scraping against the air. These bolts were faster and heavier than ordinary arrows, their tips shimmering with a dark-red glow. They were deeply sinister.

Some soldiers raised their shields and formed a shield wall, still trying to block the deadly weapons. After all, they had no better option.

The shield wall rang with dense, muffled impacts. Some high-quality oak shields soaked in tung oil were not pierced completely, but the arrowheads sank deep into their faces. The tremendous force made the hands of the soldiers holding them split open, and those in the rear could even smell scorched wood.

The armor of the heavily armored infantry could barely stop bolts capable of causing fatal wounds, but the force behind them still struck their chests like a sledgehammer. Those hit staggered backward, their ribs cracking beneath the dented armor with a grating sound. The lightly armored soldiers fared even worse. After piercing their leather armor, the arrowheads stabbed diagonally into their thighs or shoulders, while the cloth around the wounds curled