"Slurp!" Roland sucked his saliva. This time he got rich instantly. One hundred Badanian archers plus one hundred heavy cavalrymen made Roland take off directly. As long as the casualties of the Rapid Infantry were not particularly heavy, Roland would not lose too much this time.
"Eliar?" Roland took out the legendary artifact shield from the system space and began to look at it curiously.
This shield is one meter long and half a meter wide. It is a very standard zither-shaped cross shield, made entirely of sacred dragon blood steel. Sacred magic patterns are engraved on the golden shield surface. Roland recognized the properties of this shield at a glance.
"Is it really the equipment of the Paladin?" Roland pondered. He found that almost all the knights' artifact equipment were matched with the Paladin or the Black Knight, and the rest were for the Dragon Knight. There were very few artifacts that ordinary knights could fully activate.
"Fortunately, I am a Paladin and I can still use this shield. Otherwise, it would have been given to Renault." Roland thought happily.
After his mental power entered the shield, Roland skillfully concluded the contract. At the same time, Eliar's information also entered Roland's mind. This shield was actually made by Turin! Roland was surprised and checked the shield's capabilities. He was immediately ecstatic.
This shield comes with three skills, and each of these three skills is a hidden gem!
First Skill: Immortal Eliar! This skill can be used once a day. Units under the Shield Bearer's command will be in a state of emptiness for 5 seconds. During this period, they will not be harmed, controlled, or attacked!
Second Skill: Fearless Spirit! Release once a day, and allies within a 500-meter radius of the shield holder will be protected by the Fearless Spirit and will not be affected by negative status for 10 minutes!
Third Skill: One Man vs. a Thousand! Activate the Soul of Eliar, summoning projections of your own fighting spirit to fight. Each projection possesses one thousandth of the original's combat power. The number of projections summoned depends on the amount of fighting spirit injected, up to a maximum of one thousand! (Exclusive to the Paladin class!)
"Awesome!" Roland could only utter one word. His first skill empowered his army to withstand a burst of forbidden spells. His second skill effectively prevented the enemy from inflicting negative status effects on his own side, effectively preventing his army from losing morale during this period! He also ignored negative status effects! His third skill was a truly powerful way to crush weaker opponents. Once Roland was strong enough, he could become an army all by himself. While this skill could be used infinitely, the battle qi consumption was a major issue. After all, it consumed a lot of battle qi. With Roland's current battle qi, maintaining a hundred clones would require several bottles of blue potions.
"Your Highness..." Lance walked over with a grim expression.
"What's wrong..." Roland suddenly had a bad feeling.
"I'm sorry, Your Highness. I've failed to live up to your trust... The Torrent Legion has been destroyed..." Lance said ashamedly.
"Tell me the details!" Roland immediately put away his smile. He already had a premonition and just hoped that this time he wouldn't spend more than he earned.
"Five hundred and sixty-three men lost their lives... Seven hundred and ninety-six were injured, both minor and serious. The good news is that these soldiers can return to the battlefield with Pastor Ivy's care..." Lance sighed, the grief in his eyes difficult to conceal...
"How could this be..." Roland's heart suddenly sank. Although Roland knew that there would be casualties after the Tide Infantrymen faced the Orc army with a weak force, he never thought that the casualties this time would be so heavy. This was no longer just a matter of not making enough money, but a serious injury!
"Sigh..." Roland sighed deeply. Never mind. At least the City of Rapids was saved. This was the result Roland had expected. Although the casualties of the infantrymen made Roland heartbroken, he understood that all this was the price he had to pay on the road to growth.
"Take good care of the wounded and make sure they don't die from lack of timely treatment. Also, organize people to collect the remains of our soldiers." Roland said and ran towards the Flood Infantry's base. As a paladin, he could also act as a priest.
"Renault! Come and save people!" Although Roland rode away on his horse, his voice could be heard faintly.
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"What? All the sentinels in our outpost are missing?" Thranduil listened to the report from His Highness's elven assassin.
After losing contact with the external outpost for a long time, even the slow-witted elves realized that something had happened. Sure enough, the assassin who went out to investigate discovered something unusual.
"Damn it! No! Gather the troops! Let's rush to Lonely Mountain! No! Send the Moon Deer Cavalry to gather some information first, and our army will set off later!" Thranduil's face changed, and he suddenly thought of something.
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"Thank you for your help. It was you who gave us the dawn of victory in the end!" Iovia performed the highest standard of etiquette to Roland with great respect.
"Thank you for coming to reinforce us when we needed you most. I am extremely sorry for the sacrifice of your men..." Bai Yi also walked over with his tired body.
"I just abided by the covenant. This is what I should do. As for Peter Gro, if it weren't for the forbidden spell cast by him and his dragon, we would be helpless even if we came." Roland waved his hand. Family members know their own business. If they really had to face the orc army in its prime, Roland could think about how to come back alive.
"Dragon God!" The knight beside him exclaimed in admiration. It was not until the end of the war and everyone had some free time that they realized how much damage the Dragon Star Meteorite had caused!
A huge crater with a diameter of nearly 5 kilometers and a depth of 100 meters appeared next to the city of Losenniel. The edge of the crater was less than 100 meters away from the city. The city wall close to the crater had melted by more than half. The water from the moat outside the city of Losenniel was flowing into the crater through the cracks in the ground. In this way, the landmark of Losenniel City, Dragon Star Lake, was born in this way!
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"Thrandui! You owe me an explanation!" Iovia gripped the hilt of her knife tightly and stared at Thranduil, the woodland elf king in front of her. The two elven kings stood face to face, their powerful auras colliding with each other. Roland was stunned. It turned out that the aura could really be strong enough to kill the enemy.
"King of the Woodlands, I need an explanation too!" Roland stood up. The elves had signed the covenant at the time. Although the Kingdom of Akvia didn't, the Kingdom of Lagrang did! Now Thranduil had let the orc army march straight in. This wasn't just a betrayal of the covenant; it was a blatant act.
"Sorry... This is an accident." Thranduil finally retreated. As proud as he was, he knew he was in the wrong. After all, it was his fault that the Gangbada army marched straight into his territory. If the coalition forces had not had more trump cards, the cities of Losenniel and Jiliucheng would have been completely defeated. However, the coalition forces also paid a heavy price. Peter Gro and his dragons were unable to participate in the war. Roland's Jiliucheng Legion, composed of 1,500 Jiliucheng infantry, could only gather 600 people to form two army formations. However, Roland recruited the 100 heavy cavalrymen and 200 Badaniyan archers he had just summoned, plus the original Holy Glory Knights. The cavalry under Roland's command was as high as 400 people!
"Because of your accident, we suffered heavy losses! Irebor is still under siege!" Roland said unhappily.
"Our army will serve as the vanguard in this battle!" Thranduil said apologetically.
"I hope there won't be any more twists and turns in the next war!" Iovia said with a headache. Although Borg and the remaining orcs are not a big deal, once they are released into the wild, there will still be great hidden dangers in the future. So if they can be strangled, they should be strangled. Iovia is unwilling to give the orcs a chance to make a comeback.
"Well, it's time to deal with the orcs in the north." Roland nodded in agreement. He would soon be entering a long period of farming, and he didn't want to be remembered by the orcs all day long.
