Chapter 483: Beastfolk Griffin Riders?

"A third-tier magical beast? A Modo giant lizard?"

The kingdom's nobles immediately noticed this new development, and in the next instant, everyone's expression changed.

Because on the beastfolk's side, five massive third-tier magical beasts had appeared… Modo giant lizards.

And each of these Modo giant lizards had a beastfolk riding on its back; these beastfolk didn't need to fight themselves, they only needed to control the Modo giant lizards as they joined the battlefield.

As the Modo giant lizards charged, the human light cavalry immediately began to suffer.

Every charge and bite from a Modo giant lizard could take a light cavalryman down in an instant.

Of course, this Modo giant lizard seemed to have a rather foul temper; one of their own magical-beast wolves, having been struck by it, instinctively let out a roar and snarl at it.

The Modo giant lizard didn't hold back in the slightest, immediately opening its bloody maw and biting down on the magical-beast wolf.

With a tearing sound, a large chunk of flesh was ripped from the magical-beast wolf's body, and the magical-beast wolf collapsed with a grievous wound, wailing.

But the Modo giant lizard still wasn't satisfied; it fixed its gaze on the wolf rider on the fallen magical-beast wolf's back, bit down again, then flung its head upward, hurling the wolf rider straight into its mouth, followed by the crunching sound of chewing.

And faced with this situation, no matter how the beastfolk in charge of controlling the Modo giant lizard struck or shouted to stop it, nothing worked.

It wasn't until the Modo giant lizard had completely swallowed the wolf rider that it began obeying commands again, and then launched an attack on the light cavalry.

"Damn it! These beastfolk have gone completely mad, actually using two kinds of magical beasts together in battle."

It's not that the humans had no magical-beast riders, but most of the time, in large-scale battles like this, humans wouldn't bring magical beasts along.

The reason was simple: even with a master-servant contract that could guarantee a magical beast's obedience to its master,

when it came to other companions' magical beasts, these wildly untamed creatures wouldn't be so good-tempered.

Just like what had just happened between that wolf rider and the Modo giant lizard, infighting could very well break out.

Setting that aside, even if one could control magical-beast infighting, if magical beasts and warhorses were mixed together on the battlefield, the warhorses might end up in poor condition due to the magical beasts' aura.

In short, because of all these many problems, in large-scale battles, humans still mainly relied on warhorses.

Truly using magical beasts in combat only happened in small-scale engagements.

Of course, in theory one could follow the beastfolk's method and raise large numbers of magical beasts from the same species.

For example, a magical-beast wolf pack; this could also prevent magical beasts from infighting during battle, because these wolf packs all had an alpha that could effectively suppress infighting within the pack.

But no matter how you looked at it, the beastfolk sending two kinds of magical beasts onto the field at the same time this time was a complete gamble.

Of course, as things stood now, that gamble was clearly worth it.

Because with the appearance of the Modo giant lizards, the attack the light cavalry had barely managed to reform was immediately shattered.

Although it cost the lives of several of their own wolf riders, that price was worth it.

"We've lost!"

The Grand Commander's face was full of defeat.

It could be said that this time they had suffered a thorough, crushing defeat.

The beastfolk had not only completely outmaneuvered them, they had even prepared five Modo giant lizards.

So even if Duke Lieshi had truly merged the Lieshi Knights with the light cavalry earlier, forming four thousand light cavalry, they still wouldn't have been able to break through successfully.

"Grand Commander, you've already done your utmost!" Duke Hernand patted the Grand Commander, who had instantly been drained of all his vigor, clearly understanding the Grand Commander's feelings very well.

"Grand Commander, since that's the case, can we proceed with the noble charge now?!" the nobles' questioning voices came.

"Gentlemen, you may begin! It was I who underestimated the beastfolk just now; it is now proven that our army can no longer break through, so we can only carry out the noble charge!"

"And in a moment, I will personally stay behind to cover the retreat for all of you!" the Grand Commander immediately answered the nobles' question.

Afterward, the nobles didn't delay, immediately ordering their heirs to prepare for battle.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

Just then, several roars suddenly came from the sky.

The nobles looked up and were momentarily stunned, because five griffin riders had actually appeared in the air.

"They are griffin riders, but they certainly aren't our griffin riders, because they're coming from the north!"

"That's right, our army's griffin riders are still fighting the blood-sucking bat riders over Winterfell City; where did these griffin riders come from?"

"Could they be our reinforcements?"

"Impossible; if they were our reinforcements, they should be coming from the south, so how could they be arriving from the north!"

"Then… could those be beastfolk griffin riders?"

The gathered nobles instantly tensed up.

After all, they couldn't be certain whether the beastfolk had also bred griffin riders for their servant corps.

Fortunately, what reassured everyone was that after these griffin riders arrived overhead, they merely circled and did not launch an attack on them.

"Gentlemen, whether these griffin riders were bred by the beastfolk or not, everyone hurry up and begin the breakout! I have a feeling things are getting more and more wrong!"

"That's right, everyone should hurry and escape!"

The greater nobles stopped hesitating.

Afterward, nobles great and small gathered together, and adding the guardian knights, assembled a force of roughly a thousand men.

This force was by no means small in number!

"Look, those nobles want to run!"

"We absolutely cannot let them escape; quick, everyone move, and also, have the Modo giant lizards go intercept them!"

The beastfolk chief also noticed at the first moment and likewise moved quickly into action.

"Everyone speed up, the beastfolk chiefs have spotted us!"

"Look, those Modo giant lizards are starting to move too!"

"Everyone don't get distracted; right now the only way we can break out is to keep charging forward!"

Nobles great and small began spurring their horses into a wild gallop.

However, their situation was clearly not very good.

Apart from the beastmen leaders reacting quickly, the surrounding beastmen warriors were also fearless in the face of death.

Because there were simply too many beastmen warriors, the speed of their breakout grew slower and slower.

"Roar! You two-legged sheep nobles, you can't run!"

"Exactly! We were originally planning to wait for the Beast King Your Majesty to return before dealing with you lot, but since you want to run, you can't blame us!"

Very soon, the beastmen leaders had already caught up.

This also signified that the nobles' noble charge had already failed.

"Damned it!" The faces of the gathered nobles, great and small, turned an ashen blue.

Roar roar roar!

At this moment, five Modo giant lizards also arrived nearby, letting out excited roars with their fang-filled bloody maws aimed at the gathered nobles.

"Damned it, those Modo giant lizards seem to be staring at us!"

Coincidentally, the ones closest to the Modo giant lizards right now were precisely Mil and his group.

Seeing these five Modo giant lizards staring in their direction, Mil and the others' expressions were unspeakably ugly.

"Roar! Modo giant lizard knights, heed my command — attack at once, teach these two-legged sheep nobles a harsh lesson!"

"Yes, Chief my lord! Roar! Kill!"

The five Modo giant lizard knights dared not delay, immediately controlling their Modo giant lizards to launch a charge.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

As the Modo giant lizards galloped forward, Mil and the others began swallowing hard.

"We're done for! We're done for! Gentlemen, if there is a next life, let us be allies again!"

"Agreed! Mil, old friend, we'll be allies again in the next life. Oh right, we still want to keep Gervas as our alliance president!"

"Exactly! Gentlemen, we'll see each other again in the next life!"

Watching the Modo giant lizards charge closer and closer, Mil and the others raised their longswords high while also beginning to leave their final words.

Everyone knew clearly that they definitely could not withstand the charge of third-rank Modo giant lizards.

These big fellows had enormous bodies and sturdy scales; in such a crowded place, they had no chance to dodge and maneuver at all!

Roar roar roar!

Seeing that they were about to charge into the human ranks, the five Modo giant lizards could no longer hold back and let out excited hissing roars!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

However, just as they were less than ten meters from Mil and the others, several sharp whistles came over.

Immediately,

Then, five white spheres of light descended from the sky, smashing directly onto the bodies of the several Modo giant lizards!