Chapter 369 Surprise Attack (Ⅱ)

Joan endured the smoke and smoke, and flew at a low altitude, and finally noticed a large group of wolf men running towards the pier.

According to visual estimation, there are about fifty or sixty people, all dressed in leather armor and holding spears. The leader of the wolf man also has a horn on his waist.

Behind this group of gnolls who fled in a hurry, there was a group of hyenas, with many burn marks on their bodies, they followed their master and fled in a panic.

However, a total of five fishing boats were tied to the stakes at the pier, which couldn't even hold the escaped jackals, so there was no way for a hyena to board the boat.

Joan tracked all the way to the pier and saw the jackals scrambling to untie the cables of the fishing boat. Guessing that they planned to cross the river by boat to escape pursuit, he chanted a spell without thinking, and released two "spider web spells" in succession, sealing off the entire pier trestle.

Those jackals who were only focused on untying the cables were immediately covered by the spider webs that fell from the sky, and the more they struggled, the deeper they fell into the spider webs.

The leader of the battle group found that the way to escape was blocked by spider webs. He looked up and saw a half-man, half-eagle monster hanging above his head. After being shocked, he roared furiously and urged his men to destroy the spider webs blocking the way as soon as possible. Toss into the air.

Joan was preparing another spell at this time. If he was distracted to dodge the javelin, it was hard to guarantee that the spell would not fail. He simply focused on casting the spell and let the heavy and sharp iron spear roar towards his chest.

Boom!

The moment the spear tip was about to touch Joan's chest, it was blocked by a layer of translucent light film and bounced back immediately.

Most of the impact force of the javelin was absorbed by this "Arrow Defense Barrier", and the real force exerted on Joan's body was equivalent to pushing him moderately, which could neither cause any damage nor be enough Interfering with Joan's focus on casting spells.

The leader of the wolf man saw that the javelin he threw with all his strength was easily bounced off by the eagle man, his ferocious face twitched violently, and horror appeared in his eyes.

Before he could recover, a strong flash of light suddenly erupted in the air.

"Tinwé!"

Joan released the 2nd ring of "Flash Dust" in the air, bringing all the gangsters gathered on the narrow trestle bridge, including the leader of the gnolls, into the coverage of the spell, instantly blinding their eyes.

The blind jackals covered their faces and exclaimed, stumbled, pushed each other, fell off the trestle one after another, and fell into the river with a plop, becoming a group of real "reservoir dogs".

At this time, George Vasa led the Knights to catch up.

The young knights charged along the river bank, and Ru Lin's spear pierced through the group of jackals who had nowhere to escape gathered near the pier, and the hyenas, who had no time to dodge, rolled and howled under the trampling of the horses' hooves.

After a stormy charge, there were no less than a hundred corpses of gnolls and hyenas on the pier by the river. The weak groans of the wounded and dying could be heard from the pile of corpses.

The impact of the heavy cavalry was unparalleled, but their mobility was poor. After a round of charge, it took some time to regroup, which left the remaining bandits on the pier with the last chance to escape.

Since the fishing boat had been blocked by spider webs, they could only make up their minds and jumped into the river one after another, trying to swim to the other side of the river to escape.

Joan closely watched the gnolls' actions in the air, and when he saw them jumping into the river, he took out a glass bead, chanted a mantra, and cast the 2-ring "Mage Assault Palm", creating a six-foot-long and three-foot-wide monster out of thin air. The translucent big hand, the remote control big hand reached out to the river, and slapped it down.

This Gnoll battle group came from the dry and hot Muspelheim Gobi Desert. Most of them couldn't swim, and had to dive for their lives when they were cornered.

Fortunately, the hyenas who jumped into the river with them were naturally proficient at swimming. While maintaining a suspended posture on the wide river, they clung to the mane of the nearby wolf man, trying to drag the masters to the opposite bank of the river.

The giant palm of magic power that fell from the sky hit the river heavily, and the calm water immediately set off turbulent waves, engulfing the surrounding jackals and their loyal hyena servants, and sank to the bottom of the river in a whirl.

Joan stretched out his wide wings, hovered above the river, and kept striking down with the "Mage Strike Palm" remotely.

The magic hand held the wolf man's head, forced it down the river, and drowned him alive.

When Joan finished casting the spell, there were no active gnolls or hyenas on the river.

The bodies of the drowned were rushed to the bank by the river water, and they were dragged onto the river beach by the officers and soldiers who came later.

A few jackals were just fainted by the river water, and when they came ashore, they coughed up the river water in their stomachs and woke up. They opened their eyes and saw countless sharp knives pointing at them, so they had to surrender in dejection.

This raid, like a summer rainstorm, was short and violent. It lasted less than an hour from the beginning to the end, and it was a complete victory.

After the battle, look at the number of casualties. No one was killed in the southward corps of Yalfheim, and there were less than 20 wounded. They will recover soon after receiving treatment from military doctors and priests.

Compared with the negligible number of casualties, the results achieved are brilliant:

In this battle, a total of 104 jackals and bandits were killed, and 11 were captured. In addition, no less than a hundred hyenas were killed.

The Southern Corps won the first battle, and the rookie knights in the army who were fighting the Jackals for the first time were very excited. The tension caused by the lack of actual combat experience before the battle disappeared, and their morale was unprecedentedly high.

Joan was undoubtedly the first to achieve such a brilliant result in this campaign.

The elderly Colonel Harrison originally looked down upon this too young army mage, but his impression of Joan was greatly changed after the raid.

Colonel Harrison praised Joan's unparalleled performance on the battlefield, and promised to emphasize his contribution in the report to the Governor of Norfolk and General Gates, and awarded him the "Honorary Knight of the Colonial Legion" medal.

In fact, Qiao An is not interested in the medal, and would rather exchange it for a bonus that is more affordable to him.

Of course, he could only think about these words in his heart, he didn't dare to say them in front of the old colonel who valued military honor the most.

After reporting to Colonel Harrison, Joan followed Major Vasa to the temporary prisoner-of-war camp and assisted him in interrogating the group of gnoll prisoners.

In order to prevent the prisoners from colluding with each other, the army implemented a set of simple and very practical interrogation strategies. Simply put, they were separated from each other and interrogated in groups.

The subjects being interrogated are held in different rooms, unable to meet each other, let alone communicate in private, thus cutting off the channels for collusion.

The officers in charge of interrogating the prisoners were also experienced. They were not eager to intimidate the prisoners at the beginning, and showed a gentle and tolerant attitude, promising that as long as the other party told the truth, they would be given a lighter punishment and their lives would be saved; Deceit, the gallows is where they belong.

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