Chapter 343 Capturing the Wyvern
After killing Pilato, Sylph handed over the spoils left by Pilato.
Although the Dragon Blood Mirror was useless to the Harland family, it could be exchanged for legendary items with the Jonathan family.
This battle was a brilliant victory. The Harland territory suffered only less than 30 casualties, but it wiped out ten times the number of Dragon Vein Kobolds, and also smoked tens of thousands of ordinary Kobolds to death.
Even the treasures of the Dragon Vein Kobold Tribe for many years also fell into the hands of the Harland Territory.
In addition to the Dragon Blood Mirror, the most precious thing is the Kobold Tribe's locker. According to the level of magic props, this is a ninth-level magic item.
The locker has a total of 82 cubic meters of space, divided into three layers, and is filled with a large amount of supplies, including precious magic ores, magic plants, and dozens of strange porcelain bottles.
The porcelain bottles are filled with special potions. After identification by Richard and others, it should be dragon blood purification potions, which can only be used by dragon descendants.
In addition, there is also a part of Kobold magic inheritance in the locker.
The dog-headed people have a special language, but the characters they use are the official characters of the Orc Empire. As an important force in the Dawn Plane, the Orc Empire's characters are widely spread.
There are many slaves rescued from the Orc Empire in the Harland Territory, and these people have mastered the language and characters of the Orc Empire. Through contact with these slaves who have lived in the Orc Empire for many years, Richard has become very proficient in the official language and characters of the Orc Empire.
Richard can understand the content written in the official characters of the Orc Empire directly without translation.
Although the magic inherited by the dog-headed people is not very advanced, it is also a supplement to the Harland Territory Mage Association, especially some spells in the dark field, which make up for the shortcomings of the Harland Territory's magic inheritance and enhance the territory's magic heritage. Especially for mages who aspire to be legendary, it has the effect of broadening their horizons.
This locker has a very large space, and the dog-headed people's storage of materials only uses less than one-third of the space.
The only drawback of this magic item is that it is a bit heavy. After detailed calculations, the magic locker is 1.6 meters high, 1 meter long, and about 60 centimeters wide. The material of the locker is similar to a special stone material. It feels not only smooth but also a bit cold. The most important thing is that the locker weighs 3,300 kilograms.
Such a heavy item is difficult to pull even for an ordinary carriage. At least two level 6 warriors are needed to barely move it.
Especially in the jungle, without ready-made props, moving a heavy magic locker is even more difficult.
Even if a small force seizes this storage item, it can only be discarded because it will seriously affect the marching speed. However, it is not a problem to put it in Harland Territory because there are already many mid-level professionals in Harland Territory. These people are strongmen who can take turns to carry the locker and march.
After cleaning the cave, Richard carefully observed the nearby terrain and found that this cave is actually a natural fortress, which is very suitable for resisting foreign invasion.
The failure of the dog-headed man was actually due to his negligence.
However, this cave is about 100 kilometers away from Viscount Bolton's territory and about 230 kilometers away from the nearest supply base, the Twin Star Castle, in Harland's territory.
If you want to occupy this place, it will be difficult to supply along the way.
More than 200 kilometers deep into the mountain jungle, there is no ready-made road along the way, and the transportation of supplies will become a very big problem. Unless the power of the territory's high-level officials is mobilized to use the Starlight Bottle and the Legendary Space Bag to transport supplies, even if this base is controlled, the troops will eventually have to withdraw due to supply problems.
Richard and his men had just finished cleaning up the battlefield and were about to withdraw when they saw a group of two-legged dragons flying in the sky from a distance.
Seeing this scene, although Richard had expected it in his heart, he was still a little surprised. He never expected that the two-legged dragons in this area would be so large, and the number of underage two-legged dragons exceeded 60.
The regular establishment of the Wyvern Cavalry of the Holy Glorious Empire is only 180 people. Together with the magic beasts cultivated in the rear breeding base, the total number is about 300.
The Wyverns under the command of this legendary black dragon are equivalent to one-fifth of the level of the Holy Glorious Empire.
"Scatter quickly, don't get too close, be careful of the dragon fire breath of the Wyvern."
The backbone of the Harland Territory had experience fighting with the Wyvern. Seeing this scene, he immediately commanded the officers and soldiers loudly.
The archers in the territory also quickly drew their bows and arrows and aimed at the air.
Seeing that the Wyvern was about to dive, hundreds of arrows suddenly cut through the sky, and more than a dozen arrows followed the arc, as if they could automatically correct the trajectory and accurately hit the Wyvern.
These dozen arrows all used high-level enchanted arrowheads, which could easily penetrate the sub-dragon skin on the Wyvern and instantly injure the enemy.
Wyverns are big guys with thick skin and flesh. Even if they are hit by enchanted arrows, they are not fatal as long as they are not hit in the head.
Hitting the head of a wyvern is a great test of the archer's ability, because the head of a wyvern is very flexible, it can move left and right to dodge arrows, and it can spit out breath to burn arrows.
Richard and other five archers only worked together to shoot and kill a wyvern.
Many wyverns were hit by arrows and screamed miserably. At the same time, the wyverns also swooped down, spewing dragon flames from their mouths, and fell on the heads of Harland's troops like aerial bombs.
Seeing this terrible scene, Richard hurriedly released a high-level defensive force field and held up a protective shield to protect the officers and soldiers around him.
At the same time, Sophia and Wendy, two high-level mages, also released high-level defensive force fields at the same time. The three defensive force fields overlapped, blocking several dragon flame breaths and protecting dozens of officers and soldiers.
The officers and soldiers who were farther away from Richard and others could only pray for good luck at this moment. Most of the officers and soldiers could only rely on low-level force field shields to resist. If they were in the center of the dragon flame breath spell, they would most likely die.
Magicians have more means to deal with it. Not only can they release defensive force fields to protect themselves, but they can also use spells such as light spirit, free movement, and foot grease to speed up their movement speed and avoid the attack of dragon flame breath. Their survivability on the battlefield is far superior to that of warriors of the same level.
In Richard's sight, no magician was found to have lost his life.
Seeing the wyvern swooping down, the soldiers dodged the dragon's breath and began to throw javelins and hurled flying claws. The magicians who cooperated with the soldiers also took action. Under the command of the officers, they released spider webs to restrict the wyvern's movements.
Although a round of dragon's breath was like a bombing, causing 40 to 50 casualties in Harland's army, it did not break the confidence of this elite army. Under the command of the grassroots officers, they still launched a counterattack in an orderly manner.
Richard drew his bow and arrow, aiming at the vital points of the wyvern, and began to release the six-ring magic group healing spell to treat the nearby soldiers burned by the dragon's breath.
The magicians in the Dawn Plane do not need to recite spells loudly to release spells, but some spells require the use of casting materials. The magic web in this plane is not controlled by the gods, and the magicians are not restricted by the spell slot when releasing spells. The only thing that restricts the magicians is their own magic power. As long as the magic power is not exhausted, the magicians can release the spells they master at will.
Richard's magic power is very strong. Although he fought a war with the dog-headed man in the morning and released many spells, his magic power was only consumed by one-third.
Group medical skills can treat twelve wounded soldiers at a time, which is equivalent to releasing a light injury treatment spell for twelve wounded soldiers. According to the data on the attribute panel, it can roughly increase 30 points of vitality, which can save the lives of some wounded soldiers.
After Richard released the treatment spell, the medical soldiers with the army acted quickly, applied burn ointment to the wounded soldiers, and injected anti-infection agents.
Through various experiments, Harland Territory extracted an antibacterial agent with outstanding effects from chemical dyes, and has been put into human trials in large quantities.
This new agent has a very outstanding effect, and the output is not very large. It can be used through infusion, intramuscular injection, and oral tablets.
This battle territory field hospital did not follow, and there were only medical soldiers with the army. It was impossible to infuse on the battlefield, and the soldiers could only be injected.
The development of industry, especially the extensive use of steam engines, has greatly promoted the level of mechanical industry in Harland. A large number of mechanical lathes have been invented to manufacture various industrial products.
In just a few years, the productivity of Harland has increased rapidly, and the products produced are more refined than before.
The needles produced today are smaller and sharper, and the glass syringes look more refined. A large number of syringes have been produced and distributed to medical soldiers.
Although the cost of these glass syringes is still very high and requires skilled craftsmen to polish them, the fact that this new product can be produced is enough to show that the industrial level of Harland has begun to improve significantly.
According to Richard's estimate, the industry of Harland should have reached the level of Britain and France in the 1920s and 1930s.
Science plus magic power have made the medical power of the territory develop by leaps and bounds. In every battle, Harland can save a large number of wounded soldiers.
A large part of these wounded soldiers can recover and return to the army. With the recovery of wounded soldiers with combat experience, not only can the morale of the troops be increased, but the combat effectiveness of the army is also greatly improved.
Harland led the army from weak to strong, and the army became stronger and stronger. Excellent medical support was a very important reason.
The medical soldiers were very busy on the battlefield. They were very responsive and kept carrying the injured soldiers back to the dog-headed cave, transforming the cave into a simple field hospital.
Seeing this scene, Richard finally put his worries aside. Although he was distracted, the arrows shot by Richard were still very accurate. The arrowheads easily penetrated the skin of the wyvern and shot into the head from under the wyvern's ears.
In an instant, Richard seized the opportunity and shot a wyvern.
The wyvern swooped over, and more than a dozen of them fell to the ground after just one charge. There were only more than 60 wyverns in total, and a quarter of them were damaged in the battle.
Among the more than a dozen wyverns, six had been killed by Harland's officers and soldiers, and the remaining nine were also seriously injured and fell into siege.
After all, the wyverns are intelligent creatures. Although they are extremely brutal and ferocious, they still retain the instinct of intelligent creatures to fear death.
Seeing such shocking casualties, the wyverns have already planned to retreat.
However, they cannot ignore the members trapped in Harland's territory, so they have to dive again.
Seeing that another round of dragon fire breath is about to fall, the casualties will inevitably increase, and Richard suddenly feels a little reluctant.
Fire dragons swept across the ground again, and the intact soldiers once again threw flying claws and javelins, and spread fishing nets to restrict the movements of the wyverns.
Although the dragonborn spells are not as many as those of magicians, they are very powerful and are particularly useful on the battlefield.
In the war against the dragon vein dog-headed people, Harland's army only suffered about 30 casualties, but in two rounds of fighting with the wyverns, the casualties exceeded 80.
The elite troops led by Richard had a total of more than 400 people, and now they have suffered more than 100 casualties, with a casualty rate of nearly 30%. If it were an ordinary army, with such heavy casualties, it would have lost its combat effectiveness and fallen into a dilemma of collapse.
However, Harland's troops are still fighting hard with the wyverns.
In the second round of dives, the casualties of the wyverns were also not light. Four wyverns were killed by high-level human professionals, and seven wyverns were pulled down by the soldiers and could not take off at all.
After two dives, the number of wyverns was almost halved. Seeing this, the leading female wyvern let out a high-pitched roar, immediately turned around and flew into the mountains.
The remaining wyverns were reluctant to give up their companions, but they also did not dare to continue diving. They could only reluctantly follow their leader and return to the nest.
Sixteen wyverns fell to the ground, and they were no match for Harland's army. Soon four wyverns were killed and twelve wyverns were captured alive.
Seeing that some wyverns were still unruly, Richard had no time to tame them. He could only kill the wyverns with explosive tempers, leaving only four wyverns with relatively docile personalities.
Richard asked a courageous medical soldier to heal the four captured wyverns and stop the bleeding, while ordering Jennings to lead people to clean up the battlefield and count the wounded.
"Jennings, how many casualties did we suffer in this battle?"
After cleaning up the battlefield, Jennings answered in great detail: "Dear Duke, so far we have lost 37 officers and soldiers, and the total number of injured is 91. Some of them are seriously injured and should die in the next two or three days. It is estimated that no more than 80 people can be rescued. Among them, there are estimated to be 40 to 50 people who can return to the army."
Hearing such heavy casualties, Richard said solemnly: "The casualties are more than 30%, and some soldiers have to stay to protect the wounded. It is too risky to continue the attack. I think we should rest here for a while, continue to draw some troops from the rear, and continue to launch the attack after more than ten days."
After this battle, Harland's army already had a lot of wounded soldiers. These wounded soldiers are difficult to transfer and keep up with the team, so they can only rest in the Gnoll Cave recently.