Chapter 453: The Final Variable!

"Damn it! Stop them, don't let them break in!" The beastman leader, who had come back to his senses, could spare no thought for anything else and roared orders at his subordinates around him.

But the subordinates around him had been scared no less than he had, so one by one they too had yet to react.

The beastman leader's body trembled with rage as he charged at his own subordinates!

*Slap slap slap! *

"Damn it, you idiots, wake up, go stop those humans for me!"

Slap after slap rained down on the still-dazed subordinates as if they cost nothing.

After being struck like this, the subordinates finally came back to their senses.

At last, the beastmen began to react sluggishly.

But in that brief window, the Storm Legion had already reached the collapsed section of the city wall.

Then, without the slightest hesitation, they surged through the breach into the city.

Seeing this, the beastmen could only rush downstairs in disarray to resist.

Of course, coming to their senses was one thing; how strong they were in a fight was another.

Especially after hearing the words "Divine Punishment" from the enemy's mouths, quite a few beastmen and conscript soldiers were already scared out of their wits.

With the balance shifting like this, facing the Storm Legion whose morale was like a rainbow, the beastmen simply could not hold and could only briefly slow their collapse.

"Bloodthirsty Bat Knights, help us!" The beastman leader knew that if this continued, he was bound to lose.

So he pinned his hopes on the twenty intact Bloodthirsty Bat Knights above.

"Roar! We won't let these two-legged sheep have it easy, but we have to kill those griffin riders first! So, hold on a little longer."

The Bloodthirsty Bat Knight squad leader naturally had no reason to refuse.

The mission they had accepted was to come assist in defending Snowfield City and ensure these humans could not pass through.

He had not expected the garrison of Snowfield City to be so useless.

In just over an hour, the city wall had actually collapsed!

"Roar, Bloodthirsty Bat Knights, charge with me, take out those griffin riders and Demon Swifts first."

"Roar roar! Kill!"

The Bloodthirsty Bat Knight squad leader did not delay; with a single order, he led the Bloodthirsty Bat Knights charging straight out of the city!

"Griffin riders, prepare for battle!"

"Demon Swift squad, prepare for battle!"

Mike and Yvane had long been ready; sensing the enemy's intent, they immediately shouted to warn their comrades.

Roar roar roar!

The next instant, the aerial knights of both sides met and fiercely clashed.

However, because the gap between them was simply too great, from the very first moment the griffin riders and Demon Swifts were in a suppressed state.

Especially the Demon Swifts, who did not dare to collide head-on with the Bloodthirsty Bat Knights at all.

Because they were simply too weak; if they went hard against hard, they might be defeated by the Bloodthirsty Bats in short order.

So the Demon Swifts either hung back behind the griffin riders to deal damage, or used their nimble bodies to skirmish with the Bloodthirsty Bat Knights.

Of course, the Bloodthirsty Bat Knights were no fools either.

Seeing through the griffin riders' and Demon Swifts' stalling tactics, they simply changed their approach: leaving some behind to fight many with few and entangle the Demon Swifts.

While the remaining Bloodthirsty Bat Knights concentrated their strength to gang up on the griffin riders.

Once they took out the enemy's five griffin riders, these Demon Swifts would not be able to make any waves at all.

Soon, three Bloodthirsty Bat Knights entangled Mike and his mount.

These Bloodthirsty Bat Knights had just heard Mike directing the other companions and identified him as the griffin riders' squad leader, so they prepared to play the card of capturing the king first to throw the army into chaos.

And their encirclement attack indeed worked quickly.

Although Mike resisted with all his might, two fists could not match four hands, and soon his griffin beneath him was wounded by the enemy, its flying speed growing even slower.

"Roar! Haha, kill him, don't give him any chance!"

Several Bloodthirsty Bat Knights grew wildly excited, wanting to press on and finish Mike off."

"You damn beastmen, if you want to kill me, Mike, you're still a bit green!" With a furious roar, Mike suddenly drove his griffin into a desperate escape.

"Chase them, don't let that damn human get away!"

Of course, the Bloodthirsty Bat Knights naturally pursued relentlessly.

After all, the griffin riders' speed held no advantage over them, especially when wounded.

Soon, Mike noticed the three Bloodthirsty Bat Knights behind him in hot pursuit.

Seeing this, he gritted his teeth and steered his griffin into a vertical dive toward the ground.

The three Bloodthirsty Bat Knights saw this and sneered on their faces. "Chase!"

Immediately, the three Bloodthirsty Bat Knights likewise began a vertical dive in pursuit.

But seeing this, the corner of Mike's mouth at this moment strangely curved into a smile of a scheme succeeding.

Two hundred meters, one hundred fifty meters, one hundred meters… thirty meters…

Mike's descent was very fast, but the three Bloodthirsty Bat Knights behind him were equally very confident.

Since the griffin rider dared a vertical dive like this, their own mounts would be no worse than a griffin.

So unless the enemy was deliberately trying to kill himself, whatever maneuver the enemy made, they could do the same.

Sure enough, the very next instant, when they were still twenty or thirty meters from the ground, the human griffin rider's body suddenly paused, changing the direction of his plunge and instead flying forward.

Seeing this, the Bloodthirsty Bat Knights wore mocking smiles, deriding the griffin rider as naive, thinking he still wanted to use such a seemingly dangerous maneuver to force them to give up the chase.

While calmly beginning to change their angle, preparing to continue pursuing the griffin rider.

But just as the few had barely finished their turn, they suddenly saw a flash of fire erupt from the not-very-dense forest below.

The group froze, realizing it was the black iron canister from the earlier assault on Snowfield City.

They had seen this black iron tube many times in previous battles; it had killed their comrades on the ground.

Yet this time, the three Bloodthirsty Bat Knights felt an ominous premonition for no reason.

Because this time, the iron tube was aimed directly at them.

So, what would this mean?

Puff, puff, puff!

Roar, roar, roar!

In the next instant, the three Bloodthirsty Bat Knights understood clearly what it meant.

Accompanied by the sound of flesh and blood being pierced, the great beast beneath them suddenly let out a cry of anguish, and then the rider, along with the beast, involuntarily began to spin and fall.

"Roar! Damn two-legged sheep!"

These were the final thoughts of the three Bloodthirsty Bat Knights.

The next moment, with the ground mere inches away, they felt only darkness before their eyes, and consciousness left them forever.

In Mick's view, the three Bloodthirsty Bat Knights and their mounts spiraled down, then crashed to the ground at tremendous speed.

After rolling and sliding for more than ten meters, these Bloodthirsty Bat Knights finally stopped, lying motionless on the ground.

"Haha, you fools, did you really think we were stupid? Without a trump card, would we have fought you to the death?"

Seeing this, Mick became extremely excited.

It turned out that Gervas had foreseen that the Bloodthirsty Bat Knights would be the greatest variable in today's battle.

Therefore, he had already devised how to deal with these Bloodthirsty Bat Knights.

By using this method to eliminate a few more Bloodthirsty Bat Knights, the enemy's Bloodthirsty Bat Knights would no longer be able to sway the tide of battle.