Chapter 306: River of Blood

"We found the target." A team of scouts came back and reported to Rand.

"Lead the way." Rand said grimly.

The guards followed Rand in response.

They were equally furious.

Soon, under the guidance of the scouts, Rand met the "Evil Knights".

They found that many cavalry appeared from a distance, and instead of fleeing, they stopped and waited for Rand's army.

Rand looked at their bloody weapons and armor and asked indifferently, "Paladin of the Torch Church?"

"Are you the local lord?" The "Orthodox" Son of God looked at the guards behind Rand.

It is normal for local lords to intervene when their subjects are massacred, so the Son of God is not nervous.

In this era, it was normal for villages to be looted. In a sense, the lords' collection of taxes was also looting, because many lords did not use the collected taxes for territory construction, but just left them to rot in warehouses.

Generally, if a village is looted, the lord will be able to take care of it, but if he can't, then forget it.

But the massacre would certainly anger the local lords.

The Son of God had considered this situation, but he didn't expect the lord here to react so quickly?

It's only been a few days, but he has brought his army here, and they all seem to be elite soldiers who have fought in many battles.

For the sake of these personal guards, the Son of God had his men hand a document to Rand and said, "We are the Paladins of the Torch Church. This is the document from the Grand Knight of the Templar."

If it was an ordinary lord, the Son of God would not bother to explain. There is no comparison between ordinary nobles and him, the noble Son of God.

As Rand took the document and read it, the Holy Son continued, "We are here to eliminate heretics. If you intend to stop us, you will bear the consequences at your own risk."

After reading the document, Rand generally believed that if the purge of heretics was blocked, it would be a provocation to the Torch Church.

"So you were the ones who burned down the village?" Rand's voice became colder.

The Son of God nodded. There was nothing wrong with admitting this. They were here to kill.

The reason why Rand had not taken action was to avoid mistaken identification, but now they have shamelessly admitted it.

In order to maintain the stability of the newly acquired earldom, many of the talents that Rand personally trained went to work in various parts of the earldom.

In other words, Rand could call out the names of many of the people who were killed.

They have families of their own and are willing to work hard for the development of their territory.

Rand was furious.

But he did not immediately order an attack. Everyone could be controlled by anger, but Rand could not do that. As a general, he had to be responsible for his soldiers.

Rand looked around to see if there was any area where he could ambush. After all, these people had stopped specifically to wait for them to approach.

If they were ambushed and defeated, more villages would inevitably be massacred.

Fortunately, it seemed that these people simply stopped to wait for him, which was a bit too arrogant.

The terrain was flat, with no suitable spots for ambushes, and was perfect for cavalry charges.

Rand let out a long sigh.

Throw the silk document on the ground.

There is no longer the same gentleness or mystery as before.

Rand's face looked unusually ferocious.

The smooth silk fell on the mud, and Land pulled the reins of the warhorse.

The warhorse's iron hooves stepped on the silk cloth on which the official documents were written, sinking it deeply into the soft soil.

Rand roared, "Kill them all!"

They killed Rand's men, and now Rand is going to kill them all.

Likewise, leave no one alive.

And whether it was Saint Karin who was accompanying the army, or Rand's personal guards, they had already begun to suppress their murderous intent.

Rand has 70 soldiers in magic steel plate armor, 36 Torch Church Paladins, and 36 White King's personal guards.

The White King's personal guards had been lost in the past, but after the White King came, Rand was replenished to full strength.

A total of 142 elite guards.

On the opposite side are 300 Torchlight Church Paladins. The number is Rand's estimate, but it won't be too different.

But it is not 142 to 300, because Rand's side also has the fighting power of Rand himself, the cult leader, Bishop Seth, the cult bishop, and Saint Karin.

As well as the top leaders of several hideouts in Full Moon Territory, Elsa, Olenna, and Ellie, three powerful top professionals.

In terms of overall combat effectiveness, Rand may even be a little stronger.

The sound of war horses galloping on the ground was like thunder roaring on the earth.

Bishop Seth was now wearing armor, holding a lance, and charging with his guards.

It only took a few breaths from the time Rand gave the order to the time they increased their horse speed to the maximum and rushed to the "evil demon" on the opposite side.

The movements were exaggeratedly neat and astonishingly fast.

But the first round of charge did not yield much.

After all, the other side was already on guard.

The utilitarian saint was in a bit of a mess at this time.

He never expected that this local lord would launch an attack like this.

Moreover, the opponent's strength was stronger than expected, and the front line was actually slightly broken.

But after all, there were three hundred of them.

They are all armored paladins of the Torch Church.

This local lord has only a hundred people, but he dares to charge at the 300-man Torch Church Paladin Corps. This is too stupid.

This time, Rand did not command from the rear as usual, but led the army to charge personally, just like the Black and Brown Marquis during the civil war in the Frost Moon Kingdom.

He is now an elite professional with a strong physique and can use the giant sword fairly skillfully.

In this round of charge, Rand's greatsword also killed two people.

The strong smell of blood lingered at Rand's nose, but Rand did not feel uncomfortable at all. After all, he was the leader of the cult, wasn't he?

In the first round of charge, both sides suffered some casualties, fewer on Rand's side and more on the other side.

Karin also charged with the guards holding a pistol.

She had actually boasted before. Now she couldn't kill 300 Torchlight Church Paladins by herself.

Of course, that doesn't mean she can't do anything.

She is waiting for an opportunity.

Then Rand led his guards in a second charge.

When elite knights charge each other, it is difficult to have too many fancy tactics.

It is the bloodiest collision.

Both sides thrust their lances or horse spears into each other's bodies, and that was all.

But Rand still wants to take advantage.

The magic steel armor is hard enough.

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After constant training, the Magic Steel Armor Knight's riding skills have become quite good.

They also gradually mastered cavalry warfare.

At this time, a sufficiently sophisticated set of armor can be very useful.

The opposing Paladin would basically be killed if he was stabbed in the body by the lance, but if the magic steel armor knight was not stabbed in the gap of the armor, he would basically be knocked off the horse at most and suffer some internal injuries, but not die.

You can also get up and fight again as an infantryman.

In addition, the White King's personal guards and the Torchlight Church Paladins hired by Rand were also equipped with magic steel plate armor breastplates by Rand.

This greatly reduces the rate at which Rand actually reduces its personnel during the hedging process.

The second charge was followed by a third charge.

The soft mud ground was soon trampled solid by the horses' hooves.

Many war horses lost their owners and wandered on the edge of the battlefield.

There are still many corpses, soaking the land with blood.

Although Rand's side had an equipment advantage, they also suffered some damage, but their morale was much higher than that of the Torch Church Paladins who had been slaughtered for several rounds.

After the third round of charge, many knights whose lances had been broken replaced them with spare lances, while some simply replaced them with armor-piercing rapiers.

The enemy's paladin had a solemn look on his face. These people were so difficult to deal with.

If they continue like this, they may still be able to win by virtue of their numerical advantage, but the losses will surely be too great to be acceptable.

With 300 elite cavalrymen like them, it would be easy for them to destroy a count.

However, facing elite cavalry whose number was only half theirs, they suffered such a great setback.

Moreover, the opponent obviously suffered heavy losses, but showed no sign of wavering.

Is it worth it just for a few untouchables?

Just when the utilitarian paladins thought that the enemy was going to launch a fourth charge.

They saw a blonde girl riding a horse across from them, riding a little forward.

In fact, many Paladins had doubts during previous clashes.

Now that the girl was riding her horse to the front of the battle formation, the hearts of more paladins began to beat violently.

No way…

Karin took off the crown that was covering her eyes, and her beautiful face under the sun was enough to attract everyone's attention.

"I'm Karin, perhaps you prefer to call me the Crimson King." Karin's voice drowned out the snorting of the warhorse.

And all the paladins were filled with despair.

They had been exhausted by the repeated attacks of Rand's guards, and now they had to face the legendary Crimson King.

“No!” The Saint had seen Karin before, but he didn’t dare to believe it. He only dared to call himself the Saint after he was basically sure that Karin was missing. Otherwise, it would be too ridiculous for Karin, the Saint. “I don’t believe it. You must be fake.”

The tip of the pistol in Karin's hand burned with flames.

The paladins of the Torch Church certainly recognize this artifact - the Eternal Flame of Purification.

"Damn it." The Son cursed, and then he snorted, "She must be seriously injured, otherwise she would have burned us all to death at the beginning."

"Charge, take this bitch down!" the Son of God ordered.

Seeing that Karin was still just standing there with the gun in hand, motionless.

Although the utilitarian paladins were still somewhat afraid, they finally launched a charge.

And this is exactly the effect Karin wants.

If she showed up at the beginning and scared these people away, it would be very difficult to catch or kill them all.

And after three rounds of charges, the good opportunity finally arrived.

"Rand." Karin called out. On the way here, Rand explained to Karin what specific control abilities he had.

Although it seems obscene, it works well.

The two paladins holding large shields who were guarding the opposing commander were each attacked by Rand's Desire Sharing, which was now capable of two consecutive attacks.

Karin didn't know what kind of Holy Son was on the other side.

It doesn't matter what it is.

Now it's finally time for her to take action.

The eternal flame of cleansing sins was projected.

It transformed into a red light and pierced a big hole in the body of the Son of God, the mount he was riding, and the ground beneath the mount's feet.

The soil under the Son of God's feet has crystallized due to the high temperature.

Karin put her crown back on to cover the scars over her eyes.

She was indeed seriously injured and her strength has not yet recovered, but she is not a weak woman who can't even lift a chicken.

This red light completely shattered the Paladins' luck.

But it was too late to escape.

(End of this chapter)