Chapter 402 401. First Battle

The snake-man troops did not rush forward all at once. The first batch of about seven or eight hundred snake-man soldiers formed a skirmish line and slid towards the city wall.

These warriors from the North were towering, often standing over two meters tall. Although their upper limit of growth was similar to that of humans, their physical prowess surpassed that of humans at the same level.

What's more, this expeditionary force is the elite of the snake people. They have just experienced the baptism of war and their average level is much higher than that of the defenders in the city!

In mid-air, a Winged Man carefully grabbed a Puji and flew forward.

He didn't dare rush too fast. If he was too reckless and didn't manage the distance well, he would be hit by a water arrow from the wizard behind the snake man just like his fellow tribesman before, and would barely land and then be hacked to death.

Feeling it was about time, he threw the puff in his claws into the group of snakes.

Puji rolled in the air, its two short legs shaking in the wind, and it was about to fall.

boom--

A small open space was blown open among the snake people below, and two snake soldiers were blown away by the air wave, but the defense of their scales only allowed them to suffer minor injuries.

At the same time, on the city wall.

"Are you stupid? Why did you detonate it early?"

"I...I think it's almost time! If I'm any later, I'll fall to the ground and die!"

Angela stopped the quarrel between her Puji masters: "Stop arguing, use all the Puji! Use it!"

The lady who was temporarily acting in command was not a Puji master. She only hoped that these cheap magical pets could consume as much enemy troops as possible before the two armies officially engaged in battle, even if it was just to consume some physical strength.

There are only about 400 Puji divisions left in the city, and nearly 8,000 Pujis, all pouring out from the open city gate.

Then, of course, a stampede occurred.

The Puji division, which was participating in the battle for the first time, had already forgotten all the tactics they learned during training and just mechanically repeated the charge order to Puji.

Fortunately, these chubby puffballs are very light, so there are not too many casualties when they trample on each other.

At first, seeing a white mass pouring out from the city gate, the snakemen's charge speed slowed down significantly.

The scene of the water rushing out like a tide is indeed quite visually impactful.

But when they saw clearly what was coming, bursts of mocking hissing broke out among the snake people, and the speed of the charge increased again.

When the first snake soldier came into contact with the Puji array, the situation was as expected. He waved his spear casually, and the five Pujis instantly turned into debris scattered on the ground.

This scene made the snake soldiers even more disdainful.

The next moment, the black and white torrents collided with each other.

"Shoot! Archers, shoot quickly!" another commander shouted.

"But, it's still raining..."

"Are you crazy? You don't care about anything! Shoot now!"

A sparse rain of arrows mixed with the crackling sounds of mushroom cannons on the city walls began to indiscriminately attack the two warring parties below.

It has to be said that these eight hundred snake people do have the capital to launch the charge.

The defenders' arrows would either bounce off their scales or barely penetrate their defenses, failing to inflict fatal damage. However, when they accidentally shot a Puji, they would always kill him instantly.

With the double gap in racial value and level, as long as the snake people rush up the city wall, they will undoubtedly be able to quickly defeat the morale of the defenders.

However, the commander of the snake-man vanguard army had already noticed something was wrong.

His thick snake tail suddenly retracted, narrowly avoiding a steel fork that was stabbing from the side.

The one holding the fork was a Serpent Man soldier from his own side. Seeing this, he hurriedly forced an apologetic smile and pointed at a Puff that was darting past not far away, indicating that he only wanted to attack that little creature...

Just as the idiot was trying to explain, the commander witnessed another Puji nimbly rushing out from behind and suddenly grabbing the soldier's tail.

The soldier immediately began to twitch as if he had been electrocuted, his body twisting uncontrollably, and finally he fell heavily to the ground.

He wasn't dead yet, but he was paralyzed in the chaotic battlefield, almost dead.

The commander quickly used his spear to kill two Puji that tried to approach, and his eyes quickly swept across the battlefield.

Similar situations are happening everywhere!

It wasn't obvious at first when the two armies were clearly divided, but when the battle lines were completely entangled, he suddenly felt powerless as if he was stepping on cockroaches all over the ground.

These short mushroom creatures flexibly shuttled between the tall bodies of the snake people, and there were passages for them everywhere.

Every swing of the snakemen could accidentally injure their comrades. In order to avoid killing each other, the snakemen soldiers had to become hesitant and restrained in their movements, and their attack frequency was greatly reduced.

We can’t just ignore these things!

There are all kinds of things, such as electric discharge, self-explosion, and poisonous explosion, which make the snake people miserable!

They are brave tribal warriors, not omnipotent special forces. Faced with these endless unconventional methods, they are simply unable to defend themselves.

The most incredible thing is the lethality of these puffs!

There was a wound on the snake commander's tail that was bleeding continuously. It was left when he used his tail to whip a high-speed spinning puff to death.

The sharp edge easily cut through his hard scales, causing such deep wounds.

He couldn't understand why the pet attacks were stronger than the arrows of the humans on the city wall when they were so weak?

Want to retreat?

Just because of these walking mushrooms?

"Cough cough..." Just as the snake commander was struggling in his heart, he suddenly started coughing violently and uncontrollably.

A feeling of weakness spread from his chest to his whole body, and he was shocked to find that the strength of his grip on the weapon had inexplicably weakened by two points.

He suddenly looked up and noticed that there were so many dead Pujis that the air was already filled with visible spore dust, covering the battlefield like mist.

God knows how many kinds of toxins are mixed in these floating particles!

He raised a hand and was about to give the order to retreat, but the main snake-man formation behind him got there first and issued a sharp hissing sound indicating retreat.

Although all the snake people were injured, they retreated in an orderly manner. They did not even abandon their seriously injured companions, and used their strong bodies to support the injured snake people as they retreated.

On the city wall, Viscount Knight excitedly wanted to order a pursuit, but was stopped by Angela and another commander.

Many defending soldiers cheered for surviving the disaster. They couldn't believe that they had repelled the fierce attack of the demons like this!

After counting, more than 3,000 Puji were killed, and about a hundred snake people were killed.

Angela was not too happy. There were still so many snake people. If they were to attack again one or two more rounds, they would not be able to hold on.

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On the other side, the snakeman leader looked at the vanguard troops retreating in a panic with an extremely ugly expression on his face.

He originally thought that this was just a small city that could be easily conquered, but he didn't expect that after losing hundreds of soldiers, he couldn't even touch the city wall!

"Chief, we don't have enough antidote!"

Most of the retreating snake people showed symptoms of poisoning to varying degrees. After all, they were not the regular army of the demon clan, and their logistical supplies were not that comprehensive.

"Give it to those most seriously poisoned. For those who are not seriously poisoned... just bear with it!"

The vanguard commander was also poisoned, but instead of going to get the precious antidote, he dragged his exhausted body to the leader's side and said, "Boss, shall we continue fighting?"

The chief did not answer immediately, but turned his gaze to the priest who had been keeping his eyes closed and sensing beside him.

The priest clasped his hands together, and magic power flowed around his body, closely connected with the reconnaissance eye floating high in the sky.

After a long moment, he slowly opened his eyes: "There are still a large number of white creatures gathered in the city, probably these are magical pets."

After hearing the report, the snake leader made a decision: "Send the order, turn west. I remember there is a town there."

Although he was angry about the loss, since he had confirmed that this was a tough nut to crack, he naturally would not let his people continue to bleed here.

This time, they separated from the main army and acted independently, which was actually a reward from the demons for their assistance in the war.

If we lose soldiers and generals for this, we would be putting the cart before the horse.

After the troops set out, the leader specifically instructed the priest: "Next time you encounter these damn walking mushrooms, remember to warn me in advance. The blood of our people should not be wasted in places like this!"

(End of this chapter)