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  The Sharba family was indeed a first-rate slave-hunting team, and by noon the next day, except for the vanguard, all the men and horses had approached Florence, only the bamboo forest blocking their line of sight.

  Today's weather is still pretty good, the dry coldness spreads over the entire wilderness, and the north wind is unusually quiet, making it unexpectedly peaceful.

  Count Sharlba held a hawk-eye telescope attached to his left eye, carefully observing. The hawk-eye was made of expensive magical silver and crystal with the magic "Hawk Eye Technique" added, making it a magical equipment that could bring objects within 500 meters closer. Only powerful families like the Sharlbars had the privilege of owning such equipment.

  The exterior of the Phalanx formation was clearly for military purposes, and Count Toti had a deep understanding of the target's plunder. The count saw through the terrain at a glance, but this would not be difficult for him. After all, the most studied in the Imperial Academy were siege battles, and in an instant, there were over a hundred ways to attack born in the count's mind.

  From a distance, the sound of human voices could be heard, and scouts also circled around Feilongcui and rushed over to report that there were thousands of Bi Miao beastmen on the Sanggan River, densely packed with rattan boats and bamboo rafts, rushing to the opposite bank in a state of panic, with many falling into the water.

  Upon hearing this news, the earl's mouth curled up in a faintly scornful smile.

  "Unexpectedly, the psychological quality of these beastmen is so poor. What a pity, I originally wanted to fight a siege war." The prince handed the hawk's eye tube to the black slave beside him.

  "They won't be able to escape." Jennifer, the commander of the Metal Rose Mercenary Corps, said with confidence.

  No need for further orders, the slave-catching team immediately rushed out a large group of people, cutting down bamboo forests and building rafts on the spot.

  Their movements were quick and their division of labor was clear, obviously they often did this kind of thing.

  Only a few scouts were left in the slave-catching group, who jumped off their war horses and rushed towards the red earth slope. Some mercenaries of the "Metal Wall Wei" mercenary group looked at each other, with everyone staring at their commander.

  Jennifer Colonel waved her own horse whip, a large group of mercenaries yelled and followed the scout's footsteps to charge towards the crimson red earth slope.

  The scouts of the slave-hunting party went to the top of the high slope of red earth to reconnoitre, while these mercenaries were going to plunder a bit. The quality between the two can be inferred as high or low.

  Count Toti led thousands of warriors through the wide bamboo forest road, entering this piece of land they called the barbaric world of Bimon. The beautiful magic fountain on the red earth square had long been extinguished. But it did not prevent this place from bringing a strange feeling to these human plunderers.

  The earl gazed up at the massive red earth mounds and high slopes, and couldn't help but exclaim: "I never thought that this place would be even more secluded than my country villa! How strange! If they had dug a moat instead of this little stream running through the woods, if this weren't a red earth slope but a castle, I think we would have had a much harder time winning today."

  "The Earl's military mind and command ability are beyond the comprehension of these barbaric beastmen. Once the Earl takes the throne, he can march westward with ease. Give those barbarians a good lesson." The female leader of the mercenary group naturally knew what to say at this time.

  The excessive flattery made the Earl's face shine with delight, thoroughly pleased.

  Their smiles didn't last long, the scouts rushing towards the red earth mound let out a few mournful cries, several bloody figures rolled down from the twenty-blade-high red earth platform.

  At the sound of this mighty crash, the Earl immediately turned his horse's head and brought a large group of warriors to the only landing under the red earth slope.

  Some mercenaries also rushed out of the big cafeteria cave. Their faces were full of discontent, their hands empty, and it was clear that they had not been able to get anything.

  On the high steps stood a figure in full bronze armor and seven or eight giant elephant warriors.

  Even at such a distance, the enormous pressure of the giant elephant warrior could still be clearly felt by every human raider.

  Their bodies seemed to be cast from bronze and rock, with long beards that were tied into neat braids hanging down to their chests, full of classical beauty. Their entire golden armor was imposing, but what was most terrifying was the two long knives in each of their hands, the cold glint of which made the entire stairway passage suddenly feel chilly and oppressive, causing many mercenaries to shrink back in fear.

  These giant elephant warriors are really too overbearing, especially that strangely-shaped long knife. Filled with the intimidation of top-notch brutal weapons.

  "It seems that this Bimon territory still has some real power after all. Giant Warrior! No wonder my scouts suffered heavy losses." Earl Toti snorted coldly.

  These guys are clearly pawns used to hold the rear, another name for holding the rear is called sending to death. The giant warrior elephant may be powerful, but it's not invincible, and the smile on the count's face grew even stronger.

  "I want them taken alive. Dear Captain Jennifer." Lord Totti ordered, turning around.

  If all these giant elephant warriors were captured alive, the price of selling them would be enough to offset the cost of hiring a heavily armed mercenary, how could the Sharuba family not calculate this account?

  "It's my honor to serve Your Highness." Jennifer, the leader of the "Metal Wall V" mercenary group, nodded and slightly advanced the Earl's future title by a tiny bit, not forgetting to give a small housewarming gift.

  The female squad leader turned around, and the flattering expression had already changed to a stern and majestic one. She put her fingers into her sexy little mouth and blew a loud whistle. The mercenaries who were hesitating on the stairs immediately retreated back, and under the command of the squad leader, they moved down bundles of weapons from the carriage. They were all long-handled war spears with inverted hooks, and the mercenaries had applied a layer of green ointment to the spears. This was a highly effective anesthetic.

  The soldiers holding the halberds formed a line, swarming and charging towards the stairs again. The sound of "whooshing" through the air kept ringing out. The archers in the mercenary group also began to open their bows and perform suppressive scattered cover fire from under the stairs. Since the enemy was an elephant warrior, these archers all used phosphorus arrows.

  Compared with those earth spirit thieves before, the quality of these mercenaries made the few remaining personnel in Feilu know what real coordination and tacit understanding are, what coordinated combat is, and what advancing and retreating in an orderly manner are.

  The phosphorus arrows of the human archers were made of red phosphorus, and there was nothing unusual about them when they were shot out. Once they encountered collision and friction, they would immediately burn out a spark, and since there was no pressure from the opponent, these archers performed very well under the leadership of their captain. Anyway, this time it was hired by the Sharba family, and the mercenaries were equipped with weapons provided by the Sharba family's armory, so they didn't hold back either. It's a well-known fact that one doesn't mind selling out his own family for personal gain.

  When the arrows were flying, the mercenaries holding long spears also seized the opportunity to rush up the steps. Their target was the feet of these giant elephant warriors. Many mercenaries did not bring weapons and followed behind them, each carrying a large coil of thick rope on their shoulders. After knocking down these giant elephant warriors, they immediately went up to bind them.

  The female leader of the "Metal Rose" mercenary group was quite pleased with herself at this time, as the performance of her mercenaries had very well showcased her abilities to the future regent. This should be beneficial for her future prospects.

  However, she didn't know that this round of archery had caused a pang in the heart of Baron Totti, who was watching from the side. Fortunately, the situation wasn't too bad, and the baron felt slightly relieved, thinking to himself that he hadn't invited the wrong person after all, as he gave the passionate female captain a long-awaited smile.

  Under the overwhelming defense, each Mammoth Warrior swung their swords to deflect many rockets, but many still landed on their bodies.

  Fortunately, this time the wooden armor had been re-coated with a mixture of powdered shells and snails after being refined with turpentine according to the suggestion of Xian Nu Long Dai Si, which also possessed some fireproof ability. Although it caused the Mammoth Warriors to be somewhat flustered, these rockets did not bring about any major damage. The wooden armor and the innate stone skin were not vulnerable to heavy crossbows and strong bows. As long as they protected their faces, these phosphorus rockets would basically have no great use.

  The flames produced by the phosphorus rockets after friction were also extinguished immediately, and a pungent white smoke was emitted.

  The archers were in a strange situation, had the phosphorus arrows become ineffective due to dampness?

  Liu Zhen was also furious at this time. Under the command of Xian Nu Long Daisy, in order to confuse humans, he and the militia were as a rearguard, just holding on for a while, immediately retreating from the tunnel.

  Who knew that he was so clever, dispersing a large group of militiamen to other places with other plans. After being bombarded for a while, Liu Zhen learned the power of human weapons and realized that humans were not those bandits, but much more powerful. If it weren't for the fireball, this rocket would have been enough.

  "That bunch of kids really knows how to hold their breath." Liu Zhen shook his head, glanced at the hidden places of the pandas, Tibetan mastiffs and musk deer with the corner of his eye, and swung two giant tiger-headed hooks to charge back.

  The mercenaries were already accustomed to such reactions, and countless swords and spears stabbed fiercely at the charging Pigs, at this time the mercenaries would absolutely not show mercy.

  A loud crash, this horizontally charged Pigg suddenly didn't dodge or evade, and used his own body to forcibly collide with the spearhead of the war halberd. The mercenaries' triumphant gaze hadn't even had time to withdraw when a tearing pain like a tiger's mouth appeared, and the wooden handle of their own war halberd was snapped off by a massive force. The sharp blade couldn't penetrate this Pigg's armor at all.

  Two tiger-headed hooks flashed with a chill, and the war spears thrust at the Mammoth Warriors around them were like wheat stalks under a farmer's sickle, being "brushed" off with a single swing.

  The most terrifying nightmare has arrived, seven or eight giant elephant warriors wielding two large choppers in their hands, swept into the mercenary army like a whirlwind, opening up a gap in the battle formation, stirring up a bloody storm. Whether it was chain armor or leather armor, they were all as fragile as a sheet of paper in front of the deadly arc lines carved out by these gleaming large choppers.

  The mercenaries finally realized they had made an absolute mistake, and should not have been so arrogant. They did not expect the phosphorus rockets to be ineffective, nor did they anticipate that their war chariots would be easily destroyed by the barbarian cavalry. Moreover, they did not expect these Mongol weapons to be so lethal, and the warriors to be so fierce. Facing such a large number of soldiers, they did not even defend themselves, but instead launched a crazy attack first.

  The fairy dragon was also floating in the air, watching this battle. Even she didn't expect that this lord's destructive power would be so strong and bold. What kind of medicine is he selling? Why are only seven or eight mammoths left to accompany him, where are the others?

  Everyone has their own thoughts, but in Liu's mind, there is only one word... Chop!

  The previous encounter of Lu Ren with humans had left him with a belly full of anger. This suppressed anger had been bottled up until now, and it finally erupted.

  After the long spear was cut off, these frenzied and indiscriminate killings caused huge casualties among the mercenaries who rushed up to the stairs, and the entire passageway was immediately splattered with blood. The most unfortunate mercenary, who was carrying a long sword at his waist, had not even drawn it out when he was beheaded by a swift and sharp blade of light, severing his last attachment to the mortal world.

  This narrow passage was the most effective for the Mammoth Warriors' group charge. The spectators on the Red Earth Square were originally all relaxed, but this relaxation first turned into astonishment and then turned into sweat.

  It is absolutely unacceptable to see a large-scale massacre with machetes of the same length as spears.

  After a twenty-blade-high staircase was rushed through, these Mongol warriors did not stop at all, and followed the lord's body to charge towards the stunned archers. For a time, it was chaotic, and when General Jennifer reacted, many of the archers had already been chopped in two along with their longbows.

  What a scary knife! What a sharp knife!

  They stood on the flat ground. Only when humans felt the terrifying physique of the giant elephant warrior did they realize how frightening the pressure was, with a height close to three zhang and a weight of half a ton. With just a hundred such warriors, who could withstand their attack!

  The two magicians immediately stood up from the sedan chair where the black slave was sitting, and together with their magical apprentices, they shot out a few of the simplest and most practical fireballs towards this group of demons.

  Due to the chaos, the splash effect of the fireball also made the mercenaries around them cry out in a row. The giant elephant warrior who was hit by the fireball quickly rolled over on the ground, and the thick blood on the ground soon extinguished the flames brought up by several fireballs.

  However, as the renowned mercenary group of Dolotte, after a brief moment of distraction, Captain Jennifer immediately dispatched the prepared batch of cavalry to charge forward, trampling their own people as a cost to force open a bloody path towards this group of demons.

  Under the calm command of Count Toti, the Charba family's slave-hunting team also began to advance in an orderly manner with long guns. This group was more cunning than the Mongols and under the leadership of that Pi Ge, they killed their way back onto the platform, forcing out a bloody path. Leaving behind broken weapons and limbs. After several climbs, they finally reached the top of the red earth slope.

  Also gave a middle finger.

  Jennifer's aide, the deputy commander of "Metal Rose", was furious and relied on the impact speed of Batch Mawaru to rush up the stairs. Prepared to rush up, but was suddenly hooked by that Pigu, the deputy commander along with Batch Mawaru's hard horn was cut in half, not only that, this Pigu actually picked up Batch Mawaru's corpse and smashed it towards the mercenaries surrounding below the stage, almost driving Commander Jennifer mad.

  It's all messed up! It's completely messed up!

  Liu Zhen's "Fist of Fury" has already made countless people suffer, and today's mercenaries are no exception. With him as the core, using fierce charging and piercing, except for finding brave warriors who can withstand him, any battle line will be torn apart.

  Fairy Dragon Daisy was also very nervous in the air.

  The leader of the mercenary group was also furious at this time, and the mercenaries were most skilled in close combat with their small, tacit war array. However, in front of this guy, they were completely disrupted, and no one expected his armor to be so thick that they couldn't do anything about it. After being charged by him, the mercenaries were like a group of headless flies, completely scattered.

  Archers and infantry were mixed together, in a state of utter confusion. Those with long weapons were blocked by the road, while those with short weapons retreated to the back. It wasn't until several batches of Mongol troops arrived that these people were forced to retreat. Heaven knows what kind of carnage they would have created here again.

  The two palace magicians showed their power at this time, after retreating to the steps, the target of this group of goblins immediately had no barrier, and the flames rained down one after another like raindrops. However, what made the two great magicians a bit depressed was that these goblins were really too cunning, as soon as they saw magical attacks, they turned their butts around and immediately escaped into the cave.

  "Bring out the Birdwing catapults, continue the charge!" Jennifer, flustered and defeated, gave another order to her fleeing troops. "Metal Rose" was after all a renowned mercenary group, and having suffered such a great loss without reason, they had to regain some face somehow.

  The mercenaries beside the stairs immediately dispersed and cleared a path.

  Jennifer hadn't expected to bring out the big guns so soon, but things had already reached this point. These powerful Bamont warriors had caused her to lose over a hundred soldiers and a deputy commander in one go, and Jennifer could feel the mocking gaze of the two heavy scythe-wielding squad leaders from the "Tornado" mercenary group.

  "Aviari catapults?" Even Count Toti hadn't expected the Iron Rose mercenaries to have such a killer ace hidden up their sleeve, his eyes widened in shock.

  Apart from the ten heads of rare and precious heavy cavalry, Jennifer coincidentally found a bird wing crossbow car in a secret cave while exploring the ancient Thunder Mountain Spirit Peak this year. She secretly trained a team of crossbow cars, which cannot be made with human manufacturing technology at present. This is also a legacy product of the era of the great war between gods and demons, said to be a unique weapon of the ancient elf tribe. After experiencing 10,000 years of vicissitudes, this powerful antique weapon has become increasingly rare, making people around her envious.

  A bronze-made bird-winged chariot was pulled out by four or five sturdy men with their bodies covered in sweat, the felt cloth torn off, and "heng" sounds were heard as it was pushed forward. The bronze wheels emitted an ear-piercing sound, leaving two deep ruts on the ground, and when it reached the front of the stairs, even the two knowledgeable magicians stared straight at this legendary ancient elven weapon.

  It's indeed a weapon made by the elves, and its style is as beautiful as expected. The front end of this crossbow cart is a large elk head. The elk mouth is wide open, with two bronze bird wings propped up at an angle behind it. The bird wings are engraved with exquisite symbolic patterns. In the middle of the carriage in the shape of an elk body, there is a large triangular recessed groove. A crossbowman wearing iron gauntlets took out a huge serrated crescent blade from the trailer behind and inserted it into the recessed groove in the middle of the crossbow cart's carriage. Two strong men immediately pushed the two bird wings together with force, locking the handle at the back of the crossbow cart.

  The bird-winged crossbow car suddenly made the faces of the two heavy-halberd squad leaders of the Tornado Mercenary Corps look unsightly. It is said that when the bird-winged crossbow was made in ancient times, it was once imbued with the permanent rotation technique by a sprite mage who was proficient in wind magic, and the launched crescent blades would have a rotating trajectory along a line, with terrifying horizontal killing power. Moreover, the torsion spring of the crossbow is made from 300 roots of prehistoric giant centipede leg tendons. If such a large serrated crescent blade were to be fired within a hundred paces, slow-moving heavy infantry would be doomed. This kind of large serrated crescent blade with strong internal rotation was used during the God-Demon War era to deal with the "Earth Cavern Lord" of the Demon Tribe, whose armor was harder than granite. Cutting open the war armor of heavy infantry would not be a problem for it.

  "Metal Rose" secretly possesses this weapon, as a competitor, making the two heavy scythe-wielding squad leaders of "Tornado" mercenary corps feel cold sweat on their backs.

  The fairy dragon also jumped high in the air, if not leaving a reconnaissance team behind, this bird winged crossbow car would have caused huge casualties to the ambush of the cold green warriors on the beach. Whether such an antique weapon can be found on the mainland is now a problem.

  The bird-winged crossbow cart was pushed up the stepped passageway, with two large rows of mercenaries holding long guns carefully guarding the cart. The archers in the rear row had also switched to heavy arrows this time, pulling their bowstrings taut and aiming at the dark cave entrance.

  Because it was a high-angle shot, the crossbowmen adjusted their stance and pulled down the bronze trigger on the back of the crossbow cart for a test shot. The elegantly shaped bird wing emitted a loud "click" after which it suddenly opened up, and a swift silver light burst out from the bronze deer mouth, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound. The high-speed rotating three-edged crescent blade flew obliquely over the kiln cave entrance on the high slope from left to right, plowing open a deep trench along the way. The red mud was thrown up in a fine and intact straight line from the high slope, and finally the crescent blade slammed into the giant stone statue on the left side of the kiln cave, with sparks flashing wildly, and a terrible crashing sound, a burst of stone dust flew everywhere, and after the dust settled, more than half of the crescent blade as big as a table was embedded in the stone statue, and it still rotated for two or three breaths before stopping.

  The crossbowmen adjusted the direction of the bird wing crossbow car, moving the deer mouth slightly to the right. The crossbowman who installed the blade picked up a huge crescent moon blade again and put it into the shooting groove with great effort.

  This time if you shoot into the cave, with this high-speed rotating moon blade, even the strongest warrior will be useless.

  Captain Jennifer's face was filled with joyful smiles, she simply hated these few more than anything.

  Liu Zhen was also startled in the kiln cave, he was standing not far from the entrance of the kiln cave, and had just seen the crossbow cart pop out its head, and with his eyes wide open, witnessed its power, breaking out in a cold sweat behind him. If that last shot of the crescent blade had happened to be shot into the kiln cave by chance, even if he had three layers of heavy armor on his body, he would probably still have been killed without a doubt. Without any hesitation, Old Liu immediately threw away the tiger-headed hook in his hand and rolled out of the kiln cave like the wind, this time also shocking the people around him once again.

  A loud "bang" sound, under the protection of the long gunners, the crossbow cart operator who was operating the bird wing cart with a proud smile, had his forehead blown open with a blood flower, and heavily fell into the crowd behind him. The flying copper fragments also affected many bystanders.

  Many humans gazed with their mouths agape and stiff eyes at the bronze firearm in the hand of that half-kneeling Pigga.

  Two mages immediately cast flame shields on themselves, Count Toti picked up his own kite shield, and a large number of infantrymen with shields surrounded the three important figures, only "Metal Rose" mercenary captain Jennifer stood there.

  "What's gotten into you?" Jennifer spat out the four scorching words.

  "Get it over here!" The mercenary captain immediately gave another order to the henchmen in a shrill, fishwife's tone.

  It was a coincidence that Liu Zhen also shouted out the same phrase as the leader of the Mercenary Corps' female team.

  "This crossbow is mine, Grandfather's!" Liu Zhen, a weapon collector, almost screamed as he drew out the dense array of arrows from behind his back and charged towards the crowd with autonomous frenzy.

  The archers were stunned, and the giant elephant warriors who rushed out of the cave again plunged into the dense crowd, fearing accidental injury.

  A dragon in mid-air let out a mournful cry.

  The direction of the battle has completely gotten out of her control.