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"But..." The team that first proposed the idea couldn't help but persuade, "Our kill count is far behind other teams. If we don't catch up..."
"If you lose your life, no matter how powerful the advanced sniper rifle is, it will be meaningless."
"I understand. Sorry." The two seemed to realize that they were too reckless and almost dragged their teammates into danger.
The three teams reached a consensus, the sniper loaded the bullet into the chamber, and the observer reported the wind direction coordinates.
As time passed, the enemy entered the effective sniper range, and the sniper held his breath and pulled the trigger.
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"I think we should leave here." A knight from the coalition patrol team said as he looked vigilantly at the waist-high grass around him.
"What's wrong?" asked the magician who served as the captain in confusion.
"It's your first day on patrol. I don't know... it's hard to explain. Anyway, Lake's guys like this kind of obstructed vision environment the most."
The magician captain looked around: "Is your vision blocked?
What does this have to do with our patrols?"
"They would ambush us in the tall grass."
“Hahaha…” The magician captain laughed, “Sir, you… you are not a magician, so you don’t know that our mental power can cover an area of about 100 meters.
Even if a mid-level knight uses a charge, it will take several seconds to cover a hundred meters, which is enough time for us to find and counterattack at the same time."
The knight looked a little surprised: "You, didn't you read the manual before you came here?"
"What manual?"
The ten knights who had fought with the sniper many times looked at each other with confusion in their eyes.
Whose young master is this guy? He has so little combat knowledge... No, if he had a relationship, why would he come to carry out a patrol mission where he could lose his life at any time?
The knight was confused and didn't dare to offend the other party, so he took a few steps forward and persuaded him tactfully: "Let's turn around and wait until we get back--"
"Whoosh-"
A slight sound of breaking air interrupted his words, and the knight's face changed, and he was about to pin down the five magicians who were on a mission for the first time. However, as soon as he raised his foot, the magician captain's head exploded into a ball of blood mist in front of everyone.
"Get down!" The knight shouted to the four magicians who were stunned by the tragic scene, and at the same time took over the command, "Raise the shield!"
The knights in the team were experienced. Before he finished speaking, they cooperated with him, with the front five crouching and the back five standing, and together they raised their shields to form a shield wall.
"Damn it!" Temporarily safe, the knight captain took the time to look back. Next to the corpse, the four magicians were still in a daze.
Which idiot arranged for them to patrol?!
After fighting against snipers several times, the knight captain knew very well that if he wanted to kill the enemy, he could only rely on the magician to carry out long-range attacks.
If they lost the magician in their team, they wouldn't even be able to escape.
As for charging and fighting to the death with the enemy, the knight captain knew that it was pure delusion.
Those bastards were extremely skilled and accurate in their archery. Not to mention charging forward with my body full of flaws, even if I dared to put down my thick shield, an arrow would explode my head in the next second.
At this time, the surroundings were very quiet, with only the rustling sound of the grass in the breeze. It seemed that the enemy had left, but the knight captain did not dare to be careless.
Based on his own experience, he speculated that except for the archers who were restricting his movements directly, the other teams must be moving to the sides where there were no shields for protection.
No delay!
The knight captain turned around and shouted, "Prepare to fight back!"
The four magicians were finally awakened and hurriedly hid behind the shield wall: "How, how to fight back?"
They were also confused at the moment, thinking that this was different from their usual battles. I can't even see the people, so where can I cast magic?
I should have known that I should not have underestimated the manual and thrown it into the tent without even looking at it.
The knight captain was not aware of the regrets in the hearts of the four people. Based on the previous trajectory, he pointed his finger at the shield wall to the front right: "Go over there--"
"Whoosh-"
An arrow brushed past his fingertips, and the knight captain hastily retracted his hand, breaking out in a cold sweat: "These guys... their archery skills have become even sharper...
Don't just stand there like an idiot, just cast your magic at the place I just pointed!
Do you know fire magic? Cast more and set the bushes on fire!"
"Okay... okay!" The magicians responded and quickly raised their staffs to prepare magic.
Due to excessive tension and the fright of their heads exploding, the mental strength of the four people was fluctuating violently. It took them a long time to each condense a fireball and throw it out.
The knight captain was frustrated as he watched five fireballs fly over his head and disappear behind the shield.
In a field battle not long ago, his team lost their magician and was forced to interrupt the mission.
The Knight Captain would be very anxious.
In order to motivate the soldiers, Novak offered generous rewards, and the captured bows and other equipment could be exchanged for potions and training resources.
No one can predict how long the duel with the Lake Archers will last, so the only thing to do is to make more money before it ends.
Finally, the superiors sent five apprentice magicians to the knight captain.
He was very happy at first, but when the five people arrived, they were very dissatisfied with being led by a knight professional. In order to continue the mission earlier, he chose to give in and gave the captaincy to the magician.
Anyway, he doesn't care about the captain's job, as long as he can earn training resources.
Who would have known that these five men had never been to the front line and had not even read the manual summarizing the key points for dealing with enemy archers.
"When we get back, I will definitely drive away these five...four idiots!" The knight captain cursed in a low voice.
The Knights heard this and added, "Only if you can get back alive."
"I will lead you home alive, unless I die first." The knight captain repeated his promise before setting off.
"Of course, you did it every time." The squatting team member tilted his head back and smiled.
The knight captain smiled back, then looked up at the fire spreading all around him.
Luckily it wasn't a forest.
He was thankful in his heart that once the flames reached the position where the archers were hiding, they would naturally retreat.
"Whoosh-"
"Bam—"
The arrows hit the shield wall head-on, and the knight holding the shield was pushed back slightly, then immediately stood back in place.
The thickened shield was particularly resistant to blows. The knight was unscathed but his face was solemn: "The enemy squad should have gone around to the two sides."
They were much more familiar with the sniper's tactics and knew that the seemingly useless attacks were actually meant to attract their attention and cover his teammates who were circling around.
"Change of formation."
The knights moved upon hearing the order, quickly dispersed, stood close to each other in a circle facing the outside, and raised their shields at the same time.
In the bushes, the sniper who had just arrived at the attack position looked at the barrel formed by shields in the middle of the road with a dark face.
"What should I do?" He contacted his teammates through headphones.
"Focus on one spot on the shield and try to penetrate it."
"Oppose. The fire spreads very quickly. We don't have time to waste with them."
“Retreat, this team is experienced and should be our old rival.
You see, he knows that the surrounding terrain is flat and there is no commanding height, so he doesn’t even have a shield above his head.”
"If I had a commanding position, I would have shot him in the head a long time ago."
"If we had a commanding position, he would definitely be able to guess our position and use magic directly, instead of using the stupid method of throwing fireballs and burning the grass like we are doing now."
"I heard that high-level sniper rifles can protect against magic. Is that true?"
"It's said... Stop talking, the fire is about to break out. Let's go back and talk about it. Retreat."
Noticing the temperature around them rising sharply and their skin feeling burning, the sniper team did not dare to delay any longer and crawled back.
"Hmm?" A sniper who was crawling suddenly stopped and asked in confusion, "Do you feel... the ground... shaking?"
The patrol team here couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief as they watched the charred area burned by the flames become wider and wider.
"Wait a little longer." The knight captain warned the relaxed team members, "Their maximum attack distance is one thousand meters. Wait... eh?"
He felt a slight vibration under his feet, and so did his teammates.
"Captain, do you feel..."
"Ah."
"What is it?"
The knight captain huddled in the iron barrel formation and couldn't see outside, but the corners of his mouth raised a confident arc: "Our cavalry is coming."
"Cavalry?" The team member was stunned for a moment, then reacted and said in surprise, "Rhino Cavalry?
I remember the order prohibiting professionals of intermediate level and above from performing patrol missions?
The strength of the rhinoceros cavalry is..."
"The Rhino Cavalry is indeed very strong. After forming a large group, they launched a charge. Even the great knights had no choice but to dodge. However... the Rhino Cavalry is only at the beginner level!"
Along with his hearty laughter, a squad of more than a dozen rhino cavalrymen slowly emerged from behind the horizon.
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Allied Forces Camp.
Novak, the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, has shown no demeanor of a superior in recent days. He seems to have become a mother who is worried about her child who comes home late. He stands in front of the coalition gate all day long, looking forward to the patrol team returning to the camp for rotation.
Brando came up from behind and said, "Is Marshal looking forward to today's spoils?"
“It’s Brando.” Novak turned and saw him, smiling, “It has little to do with the spoils.
In the past, we received news of our casualties every day. Now, we have suffered casualties again. Unfortunately, our casualties are more than Lake's. I hope that one day the casualty figures will be lower than Lake's.
So the patrol teams standing at the gate waiting to return, counting their numbers, expecting more and more people to return safely every day. "
"Then... I'm back." Brando said halfway, pointing to the door.
Novak looked quickly.
Outside the camp, a patrol team slowly approached and soon stepped through the gate.