Chapter 401: The Windbreaker!

No wonder they dared to mock the beastmen—it's Lord Mil and his lot!

Now the nobles all felt everything made sense.

Among minor nobles, only Mil and his group could have such courage.

But aren't they being a bit reckless this time? Those are Wild Wolf Knights!

Seems so. Wild Wolf Knights are very different from ordinary beastmen. Will Mil and his men suffer a major defeat this time?

Look quick! The Wild Wolf Knights are charging!

At that moment, a cry pulled all the high nobles' gazes back to the battlefield.

Because the battle had already begun.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

Charge!

Boom! Boom!

Though only fifty Wild Wolf Knights, their charging momentum was no smaller than that of three or five hundred knights.

Even more, because of the massive size of the first-tier Snowplain Wild Wolves, their running sent tremors through the ground far ahead, shaking hearts with dread.

And the Wild Wolf Knights moved extremely fast—over a hundred meters vanished in an instant, bringing them within thirty or forty meters.

Seeing this, the nobles clenched their fists, growing tense for the slave soldiers.

Mil and his men kept muttering, "We're done! We're done!"

This made Gervas roll his eyes.

At that moment, the spear formation finally moved.

Spear soldiers, crouch!

Spear soldiers, raise spears!

At these two commands, the spear soldiers executed the motions swiftly and in perfect unison.

And their current combat style was utterly different from before.

They crouched together on the ground, holding spears at a forty-five-degree angle, driving the spear butts deep into the earth.

Of course, another striking feature was that their formation had become far denser than before.

Once this formation shift was complete, a dense thicket of slanted spear points appeared along the riverbank.

The Wild Wolf Knights hadn't expected these two-legged sheep to suddenly change formation.

Or rather, they never imagined these two-legged sheep were trained so rigorously—that in thirty to forty meters, they needed only five or six seconds to reach them.

Yet these two-legged sheep completed the formation change of a hundred men in those five or six seconds.

Seeing those rows of stark white spear points rising, the Wild Wolf Knights could no longer stop.

They could only watch helplessly as themselves and their mounts slammed into them at full speed.

Aow! Aow! Aow!

Piercing howls of agony echoed across the entire battlefield.

Though the demonic beasts' fur was tougher than ordinary animals', it couldn't withstand such force slamming into sharp spear tips.

Thus, the first eight or nine Wild Wolves were instantly pierced by dozens of spears, their bodies turned into sieves.

With the front row dead, the rear Wild Wolf Knights could only slam to a halt mid-charge.

This… this is too incredible!

Yes! They actually stopped the Wild Wolf Knights' charge!

Good heavens, they've created a miracle! I've never even seen anyone stand firm against ordinary human knights, let alone Wild Wolf Knights!

This scene on the battlefield stunned all the nobles, each wide-eyed, mouths gaping wide enough to swallow an egg.

"These soldiers aren't just bold—they possess formidable combat power. But…" a count couldn't help but praise.

Yet, halfway through, he fell silent, then continued after a pause: "But just now, they caught the charging Wild Wolf Knights off guard."

"Now that the Wild Wolf Knights have stopped, how will they respond? Remember, even without charging, Wild Wolf Knights are extremely powerful!"

Other nobles present all nodded in agreement.

At that moment, furious beastman roars came from the opposite side.

It was the Wild Wolf Knights who had just realized they'd been tricked.

Roar! Charge forward! Kill all these two-legged sheep! Tear them to shreds!

Though the spear formation remained, its speed reduced, so its damage against the demonic wolves had plummeted.

Not that they were unharmed, but at least they couldn't be seriously wounded—maximum effect was merely delay and obstruction.

So, barring any surprise, the next moment would see wolves among sheep once again.

And this time, the wolves would be enraged, eyes blazing red.

As the rear Wild Wolf Knights began moving again,

just as everyone held their breath for the slave soldiers, the slave soldiers on the opposite side moved once more.

The soldiers who had been crowded behind the spearmen suddenly surged to both sides, then five strange devices were pushed to the front.

What is this…

The Wild Wolf Knights were puzzled—what were those things?

Whirr! Whirr! Whirr!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The next instant, the five machines roared to life, launching thick bolts of arrows.

At such close range, the Wild Wolf Knights could see the arrow shafts, as thick as a baby's arm, swaying violently from side to side under immense force.

Damn it…

No need to overthink it; seeing that terrifying thrust, even a fool would clearly understand its lethality.

Several wolf knights in the front row could not help but curse, wanting to dodge.

Unfortunately, it was all too late.

Puff, puff, puff!

In the next moment, clouds of blood mist erupted among the wolf knights; the bed crossbow bolts, without any hesitation, shot straight into the bodies of the five snow wolves ahead.

Indeed, driven by that tremendous penetration force, the entire wolf was dragged backward more than a meter before crashing to the ground with a boom.

Huh!

"Oh my, am I not dreaming? What is that? Did you see it?"

"Friend, I am not dreaming either; I saw it too. It seems to be some kind of longbow, a peculiar longbow capable of firing massive arrows!"

"Oh my, such huge arrows; how is that possible? It can even pierce through snow wolves directly. Remember, those are magical beasts!"

"Who cares if they are magical beasts or not; as long as they can be killed! Tell me, where did those minor nobles get their weapons? Weapons that can even kill magical beasts would surely make killing orcs quite easy, wouldn't they?"

At this moment, the nobles on this side of the riverbank were thoroughly 'ignited'.

They never expected such a scene to occur.

That peculiar weapon could actually fire such thick and long arrows, simultaneously delivering a one-hit kill against a first-tier snow wolf.

This completely overturned their long-held, ingrained understanding of weapons like the longbow.

While other nobles were discussing the matter, the Legion Commander and Duke Lieshi both turned their gaze uniformly toward Duke Hernand.

"Duke Hernand, among those minor nobles, there are surely people from your Hernand family, right?"

Hernand knew such a situation would arise; he simply shook his head. "There are no people from my family. If there were, I would have no need to deliberately hide among those minor nobles!"

"Hmph, Duke Hernand, stop concealing it. The 'Windbreaker' has appeared; do you still claim it is not your Hernand family?"

"Except for your Hernand family, only the Royal Navy of Your Majesty is equipped with such weapons!"

"Don't tell us that besides your Hernand family and the Royal House, anyone else knows the manufacturing craft, and that too, a border minor noble!"

However, Duke Hernand's reply immediately provoked a rebuttal from Duke Lieshi.

Moreover, upon hearing this rebuttal, the Legion Commander standing nearby nodded slightly, clearly not believing that the five 'Windbreakers' opposite had nothing to do with the Hernand family!