Chapter 226 Chapter Two Hundred and Twenty-Three: Cavalry Battle
Just glimpsing the hazy figure after the gray mist.
A wave of pressure washed over the hearts of all living beings present, the warhorses halted, and the weary knights rallied their spirits, surrounding George. The battlefield quieted significantly, as if waiting for the arrival of the Mother of All Beasts.
A flesh hill-like figure approached, and many could see her appearance clearly.
She looked just like an ant queen. Her lower body was bloated and enormous, made of white flesh, with rows of centipede-like legs supporting her massive frame, while her upper body was voluptuous, with porcelain-white skin and swollen breasts.
As the Mother of All Beasts walked, she cradled an adult woman in her arms, breastfeeding her. The woman had the long ears of an elf, long legs of an adult female, yet appeared like a young infant, burying her head in the Mother’s embrace.
Coming was not just the Mother of All Beasts; she was surrounded by a panting circle of “Antler Beasts,” a group of strong centaur-like humanoids. After defeating the knights, they removed the antlers from their helmets and tied them to their own horns.
“Why so fast?”
Jima complained quietly, though it was pointless to grumble. Regardless, the Mother of All Beasts had arrived and appeared before them.
Moreover, she did so in this chaotic battlefield, leading what might be the most formidable mobile unit of the beastmen, accurately blocking the main force amidst the obscured gray mist.
This was nothing short of a tragic breakout; the arrival of the Mother of All Beasts could completely offset the advantage of the extraordinary beings on the human side—that was their sole advantage.
Jima planned a retreat in her heart. No matter what, George and Eve Frostleaf had to be able to escape. She thought of using her mind to open her personal system, searching for combat plans that included the term ‘retreat.’
“Good opportunity.” George raised his visor and said to Jima beside him, “She has no little beastlings around her.”
Jima understood that George had a point. Based on their previous discussions, they speculated that much of the Mother of All Beasts’ frontline combat ability relied on the monstrous offspring she had produced.
George had already gathered evidence of her crimes and possessed formidable capabilities to sever generals; now was a good opportunity.
As long as the Mother of All Beasts perished, that group of beastmen would surely collapse, losing the biological power that the Mother continuously produced.
Jima felt a rush of excitement and whispered, “If she doesn’t have confidence, would she come forward herself?”
George’s blue eyes were resolute: “She may not fully understand my abilities.”
It seemed that regardless of the outcome, George was determined to attempt to slay this monstrous woman who brought calamity to the Principality of Kason and the entire Barato Knight Nation.
At that moment, the Mother of All Beasts bent down and gently placed the elven woman on the ground.
The elven woman stood up, growing soft deer hair all over her body, and antlers sprouted from her head. Timidly, she called out to the Mother of All Beasts: “Mommy.”
The Mother of All Beasts smiled lovingly and said, “What a good child.”
“Mother of All Beasts!” George spurred his horse into battle, his knight’s sword directed at the Mother of All Beasts, his voice loud: “I know all the crimes you have committed against the Barato Nation. You deserve to die a thousand deaths; I will pass judgment on you here!”
Jima’s toes tapped the ground, feeling embarrassed, but she understood this was a necessary process. George, having gathered the evidence against the Mother of All Beasts, had to do this to invoke the power of order to eradicate her.
The Mother of All Beasts looked up at George, her loving smile unchanged: “Child, why don’t you call me ‘Mommy’ too?”
Though a hundred meters away, her words were very clear.
No sooner had she finished speaking than an icy arrow, like a shadow, silently flew toward the Mother of All Beasts’ face. In the dark night, it was difficult to see this arrow with the naked eye.
However, the Mother of All Beasts instantly caught sight of it, turning her face to dodge the arrow. Her “tentacle staff” suddenly erupted with several tentacles that spread out and accurately blocked the arrow, which embedded itself in the black tendrils.
“So impatient,” the Mother of All Beasts looked at Eve Frostleaf a hundred meters away, who lowered her silver bow. She admired Frostleaf’s beauty and said, “You’re much better than those succubi.”
As she spoke, her hand suddenly reached back and grabbed an arrow that was returning.
It turned out the first silent arrow was the real killing blow; the subsequent arrows were merely feints.
The Mother of All Beasts said, “If it injures someone, that won’t do. Long legs—”
The elven arrow in her hand exploded, sending forth a burst of fire.
Seizing the opportunity, George shouted, “Cover me! Charge to the Mother of All Beasts! Charge! Charge!”
“Charge!”
“For the Goddess!”
“Charge towards that ant queen!”
Hooves thundered, the knights raised their lances, and Jima soared into the air, taking flight to observe.
The number of Antler Beasts was roughly estimated to be three times that of the knights, and upon hearing the knights’ charge, this fierce group of beastmen also charged forward.
Furthermore, Jima noticed some familiar faces among this group of Antler Beasts. The huge Horned Bull, along with Balsha and some strong Horned Beast guards, were beside the Mother of All Beasts.
Although George himself was powerful enough to charge into the Antler Beasts alone.
Yet, even if George was strong, he would still be troubled by the Antler Beasts; their weapons, while barely able to harm George, could still “jam” and compress his operational space.
In extraordinary battles, the army was one of the primary factors determining victory or defeat.
This cavalry battle, with its overwhelming numbers, had to end in victory.
At this moment, a deer-antlered female elf—previously a dark elf sorceress studying dark spells, now the youngest daughter of the Mother of All Beasts—spoke words imbued with dark power through her purple lips.
As the final dark incantation was uttered, nearly all the knights felt their bodies grow heavy, as if lead weights hung from their arms.
The dark magic of the antlered dark elf weakened the knights’ strength and skills.
But at this critical juncture, retreating was not an option for anyone. Cavalry would clash, and the brave would triumph.
The distance between the two sides rapidly closed—forty meters, thirty meters—as the three-point-eight-meter-long lances were lowered. Yet many knights found themselves struggling to handle the lances they had once mastered, the tips shaking, making it difficult to confront the enemy.
In such a skirmish, Jima’s disadvantages were fully exposed. Her curses could spread like a plague, tormenting thousands of warriors, causing them great suffering, but they required time to prepare. In the current cavalry battle, she could do nothing.
Twenty meters.
The sides were close enough to see each other’s long spears. Upon hearing the sound of hooves, some warhorses disobeyed orders and suddenly halted, losing their courage.
The knights’ lances shook uncontrollably, and the Antler Beasts’ long spears stood firm like straight blades, shoulder to shoulder like a wall, pressing down on the knights.
“Disperse.”
Jenna commanded.
A white sphere exploded above the knights’ heads, the light dispelling the dark power upon them.
Ten meters.
The knights could see the antlers tied to the heads of the Antler Beasts, while the latter could see the knights’ bare helmets.
“Light Sphere.”
A blazing light sphere suddenly appeared among the densely packed Antler Beasts, and as soon as it emerged, the Antler Beasts within a ten-meter radius fell into severe injury, charred half to death.
Wails and cries of agony arose. The sudden light sphere blinded many Antler Beasts, and in their panic, the neatly formed beast wall immediately became disarrayed.
“Boom!”
The two armies clashed, accompanied by the sounds of falling horses and screams.
Jima saw in the air that the line of Antler Beasts momentarily held its ground, neither crashing through the knights nor retreating; however, this stalemate only lasted half a minute.
The Antler Beasts finally could not withstand it and collapsed entirely, as the knights surged through the Antler Beasts….
Jima thought: Although I cannot influence the outcome, I can still call for help.
