Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence-Chapter 408 - 171: The Night Before the Final Battle · Are You Still Wearing Your Brass Bell?

Chapter 408: Chapter 171: The Night Before the Final Battle · Are You Still Wearing Your Brass Bell?

The first clash of the decisive battle happened even faster than Su Li had expected. The monster legion came from all directions. As the farmers dragged their families and headed towards town, a harpy soaring in the sky in search of prey spotted them.

The cries of panic from the cattle and sheep stirred the cruelty in these monsters’ bones, so hundreds of harpies screeched excitedly and launched an attack on the long line of people below, their blade-like claws raising a shower of blood.

The farmers, watching their property being slaughtered like that, angrily raised pitchforks to resist these terrifying monsters. But their strength was too weak, lacking professional assassination training. They flailed blindly, able to wound the monsters but rarely deliver a fatal blow. This even led to chaos and gaps in the line; a few isolated farmers were directly snatched up into the sky by the monsters, and then cruelly dismembered mid-air, showering the sky with numerous mangled body parts and chunks of flesh.

The Swan Knights discovered this battle, and they were also surprised that these agile monsters were so bold, bypassing cities and fortresses to attack retreating civilians deep in the city’s southern hinterland.

But their numbers were far from enough to contend with so many monsters. If their small squad of Swan Knights were surrounded by hundreds of harpies, it wouldn’t take more than a few minutes for them to be completely torn apart by these monsters.

So they could only harass the monsters while sending someone to request aid from Heisen Castle.

When a Swan Knight appeared over Heisen Castle, covered in blood, Su Li spotted him at once, as his bloodied figure was very conspicuous.

Quickly, under the flag signals from the armed attendants, the Swan Knight landed on the terrace above the castle. This was the castle’s commanding height, where dwarves had already set up cannons, ready to support all directions at any time.

As the Swan Knight approached, Su Li realized how bad his condition was; the Gray Swan had a crossbow arrow embedded deep in its thigh and an arrow piercing its wing. If the arrow hadn’t been promptly cut off by a half-elf’s dagger, merely the tearing of muscles from wing flapping would have been enough to cause this Swan Knight to fall.

Su Li immediately asked, "What’s going on? With the Swan Knights’ mobility, how could you be shot by the gnolls?"

The half-elf responded in panic, "The arrows we’re hit with mainly came from an ambush. A group of gnolls was hiding in the forest. When we passed by, they launched a surprise attack. There are too many of these ambush troops infiltrating our territory. A farm team was attacked by hundreds of harpies during their retreat and urgently needs rescue."

Hundreds of harpies attacking a farm team?

Su Li immediately raised his warhammer and said, "Lead the way, I’ll personally go with you for the rescue."

For a battle like this, relying on infantry or even heavy cavalry on the ground would definitely be too late; only air cavalry could conduct the rescue. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

But fortunately, along with the expansion of the territory, the air cavalry force within the territory had also increased.

Besides Fastrick, the Flying Horse Knight under Su Li, the Corona Knight Order had also added a new Flying Horse Knight, Ariana. It’s worth mentioning that, unlike most Champion Knights who are male, she was one of the few female Champion Knights in the territory.

However, her appearance was rather average, not as coldly stunning and noble as Freya, but rather a "bro-girl" Female Knight. Her muscles could accommodate horseback riding, otherwise, she wouldn’t have become a Flying Horse Knight.

One should know that only the most robust among Ranger Knights can become Flying Horse Knights. She also loved participating in wars, so upon hearing about the grand war between Hesse Territory and the Green Dragon’s Fangs at the monastery, she had traveled thousands of miles to Hesse Territory to take part in this war, pursuing the glory of the goddess.

Su Li called, and the two Flying Horse Knights immediately followed Su Li, soaring into the sky. They carried their warhammers, long halberds, and swiftly headed toward the battlefield where the monsters were harassing from the rear with the Swan Knight.

The advantages of air cavalry are enormous. A massive griffin like Death’s Claw can easily break through limits unimaginable to ordinary cavalry, flying over 160 Imperial miles per hour.

In just a little over ten minutes, Su Li, wielding his warhammer, arrived at the blood-stained battlefield. At this moment, the harpies were still assailing the farmers below, who clung to their pitchforks and resisted with the help of four-wheeled wagons.

Weaker women and children had already been torn apart by the monsters, with more than twenty corpses lying scattered on the ground, and the remaining strong men who were still holding on all bore injuries.

The good news was that a squad of Mounted Armored Attendants who had been patrolling joined the battlefield. They used their riding lances and bows to kill more than a dozen ruthless harpies, their wings’ feathers scattering all over the ground.

But these Mounted Armored Attendants were not fully heavy-armored cavalry—they only wore chain armor on their upper bodies, so they gradually fell into a disadvantage while being surrounded.

If no reinforcements arrived, it was only a matter of time before they all perished.

In their moment of despair, the sky suddenly echoed with the loud screech of a griffin.

All the soldiers and serfs, who were in deep despair, looked up to the skies and saw the massive figure of Death’s Claw. Every one of them erupted in unparalleled joy, cheering excitedly.

"Wonderful! It’s the lord himself! The lord has come to rescue us in person!"

"It’s Death’s Claw, we’ve been saved. The mighty Death’s Claw will tear these filthy and vile monsters apart."