"Cannons loaded!" As the crews of the twenty-five cannons that had fired earlier reported that they had finished reloading, the human command flags waved, and the heavy infantry blocking the Infernals and the cavalry intercepting the Death Soldiers fell back.
Once they saw that the heavy infantry and cavalry had withdrawn,
the twenty-five cannons that had finished reloading first aimed at the leading Infernals and roared again.
Perhaps it was because the Infernals were so close this time. Not one of the twenty cannons missed; every shot struck the ten Infernals at the front. The gunners had also chosen their targets shrewdly, aiming only at the roots of the Infernals' thighs.
Although this would not kill the Infernals outright, it could completely cripple them. It also gave the gunners a large target: whether their shots went a little high or a little low, they would still hit.
Under the close-range fire of the twenty cannons, the twenty nearest Infernals fell to the ground one after another. Some gunners had perhaps raised their barrels slightly, blasting away the junction between an Infernal's chest and neck.
Those few Infernals swayed only a little before their enormous heads crashed down from their nearly four-meter-tall bodies. Their bodies rocked a few more times, then abruptly collapsed into heaps of huge stones.
But only a few suffered that fate. Most of the Infernals had one side of their groins blasted away. After taking just a few more steps, their damaged legs broke off completely, and their towering stone bodies lost their balance and support, crashing to the ground with agonized howls.
This time, the human heavy infantry and mounted knights did not charge forward again to establish a defensive line. The crews of the twenty-five cannons that had fired quickly gathered their equipment and dragged