Chapter 1592: Chapter 797: Mutual Checks and Balances
For those ordinary soldiers, this group standing at the peak of the mortal world, with one foot already stepping into the realm of demigods, the top legendary warriors, their destructiveness is simply too great.
If Khan Yan hadn’t taken action just now to force these five Laiserman Witch Councilors out of Lake Asen, the massive wave they conjured up would have easily overturned those makeshift lake-crossing tools, let alone those carefully crafted flat-bottod boats.
Lake Asen is not a small lake. Strictly speaking, it is the largest inland lake in Felen.
Although the Steam Lake and Dragon Lake have much larger areas, they are connected to the sea and should be classified like the Moon Sea, as part of the sea.
Lake Asen is shaped like a boorang, thin at the ends and thick in the middle, spanning over six hundred kiloters from north to south, with the widest part reaching up to one hundred kiloters east to west, and the narrowest part over fifty kiloters, with the water depth exceeding a hundred ters at the deepest point.
The place where the Tukan People launched their attack was not the narrowest part of Lake Asen; either it’s still controlled by the Laiserman Kingdom or not suitable for large-scale waterborne or landing operations.
They also didn’t choose the widest water area but rather along the gray-white forest line that was neither too wide nor too narrow.
Because the simple lake-crossing tools they used were made by cutting down the trees of this ancient and sacred forest.
The Tukan raiding troops only entered the center of Lake Asen before the Laiserman Kingdom launched a counterattack, with countless small Witch’s Skiffs, each capable of carrying only three or four people, appearing on the lake surface like ghosts out of nowhere.
There weren’t many of them, just a bit over two hundred, but they shot out like arrows from a bow, rushing towards the Tukan Slave Army with nearly five thousand lake-crossing tools.
The situation was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.
Those Tukan Slave Soldiers clearly thought the sa, shouting excitedly, furiously paddling their rafts and boats, rushing forward to et them.
The gap in strength between the two sides was simply too great.
Even if they ramd into them, they could overturn these two hundred skiffs.
The first to react from the Tukan Army were the Tukan Eagle Knights, flying towards these Witch’s Skiffs in groups of three or five, sending whistling arrows ahead, each targeting the vital points of the witches steering the boats.
Everyone on the Witch’s Skiff was indifferent to these remote attacks.
Most missed entirely, and even a small portion that hit was bounced off by an invisible magic barrier.
The reason these skiffs are called Witch’s Skiffs is that they are not ordinary skiffs but witch magic tools, and everyone on board is a witch along with their apprentices.
Each skiff consists of a four-witch team, with one responsible for navigating the skiff, one for defense, and the other two for attack.
The speed of these Witch’s Skiffs was astonishingly fast. Though they couldn’t completely shake off the Tukan Eagle Knights, most of the magic they cast from above missed, and only a small portion hit, unable to shatter the shield supported by the Laiserman Witch specializing in defensive spells.
Of course, the Tukan Eagle Knights are not all just archers; there are also many Shaman Sorcerers.
Because the previous deploynts were all aerial combat, those Tukan Eagle Knights specializing in archery were more notable. When it cos to ground attacks, those spellcasters who possess large-scale offensive spells have the advantage.
The bombing efforts of the Tukan Eagle Sorcerers on the Witch’s Skiffs did not last for many rounds before they were sward by a flock of birds, facing harassnt and assault.
These birds included herbivorous types like geese and swans, as well as raptors like forest hawks and owls, including ferocious varieties like ferocious forest eagles and ferocious owls.
The greatest threat to the Tukan Eagle Knights was still the Laiserman Witches interspersed among these birds, who could revert to their original form at any ti to deliver a deadly backstab or magic attack on the enemy, then transform back into birds and escape.
With the extensive use of entrancing control magic, not just the birds, even the soldiers sotis defected to the opposing side, fighting fiercely against their allies or masters.
The sky was filled with these birds engaging in pairwise battles and pursuits, making it hard to determine the victor in the short term.
The Tukan Air Force found it challenging to provide magical support to the lake-crossing troops, which was precisely the Laiserman Kingdom’s aim.
The two hundred Witch’s Skiffs, like two hundred sharp arrows, pierced through the Tukan Army’s lake-crossing troops, crashing through, unleashing waves of group offensive spells like a tide—Fireball Technique, Lightning Binding, Ice Storm, Roar Spell, and so on.
The most commonly used was the Fireball Technique, a spell perfect for area attacks.
It had enough mass-killing power and could cover over the entire fast boat or raft, destroying them.
Their attack target was not the soldiers on the boats but the lake-crossing tools they used. As long as they were destroyed, those who had ventured into the center of Lake Asen had no way to swim to the opposite shore or return the way they ca.
Even if they weren’t frozen by the abnormally cold lake water and drowned alive, the aquatic life lurking beneath the surface wouldn’t spare them.
The Laiserman Kingdom’s naval forces were never known for their ships; the native aquatic creatures living in Lake Asen and Lake Mosantiel are the real main force.
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