819: Chapter 261 Qin City Long-range Attack Legion (Part 1) 819: Chapter 261 Qin City Long-range Attack Legion (Part 1) Seventy degrees, that was a very steep angle — at least within the realm of imagination for normal archers, who never used their bows this way unless targeting enemies in the sky.
However, the seventy degrees Peja spoke of clearly wasn’t aimed at the two flying knight groups above, as there was a distance between them.
Peja didn’t draw his divine artifact, the Poisonous Dragon Bow; he merely observed the distance quietly.
Even among the Qin City people, few knew of the long-range attack mander’s true capabilities.
Besides his divine artifact, he possessed a special power unattainable by ordinary individuals — vision.
Peja’s vision surpassed even the best elf archers.
Moreover, his vision included the capacity for calculation; within a five-kilometer radius, he could determine the exact positions of his enemies and make adjustments with an archer’s techniques simply based on eyesight.
This was his most formidable ability.
Hence, with the Poisonous Dragon Bow, he never wavered in the face of a giant dragon’s attack.
“Release—” Acpanied by Peja’s loud shout, tens of thousands of long-range attack legion warriors released their bowstrings.
With a special crafting technique, the longbows in these warriors’ hands could send diamond-sharp arrowheads over eight hundred meters.
This distance was parable to the throwing spears of tree-spirit druids, which spoke volumes of their terrifying nature.
The simultaneous twang of tens of thousands of bowstrings was a terrifying sight to behold.
Countless black arrows soared into the sky, forming a vast battle formation that surged towards the heavens.
The warriors’ movements were uniformly precise; with tens of thousands shooting at once, the sound of the bowstrings seemed to e from one person, if not for the loud buzzing that was slightly exaggerated.
But the reactions of Faran Knights were undoubtedly swift.
Whether it was the Pegasus and Magic Eagle Knight Groups in the sky or the Mammoth Knight Group below, they immediately responded to the sound of the widespread bowstrings.
A deep yellow radiance enveloped the Mammoth Knights, and their unique Stone Skin defense immediately coated both themselves and their riders, creating their strongest defense.
Meanwhile, in midair, both the Pegasus and Magic Eagle Knight Groups increased their altitude and conjured a magical glow to protect the creatures beneath them.
Though they were aware that a kilometer was beyond the reach of arrows, they valued their lives even more.
After all, training each Faran knight consumed vast resources and time — no holy knight would allow their subordinates to take risks.
Gerard had already noticed that something was amiss when manding the Holy Pegasus Knights to ascend.
He was astonished to see that the shower of arrows soaring into the sky was still at a considerable distance from their army.
Not only was the height insufficient, but the deviation was also a bit too much.
Was this the extent of Qin City people’s archery skills?
This was the first question that came to Gerard’s mind.
How was it that tens of thousands of archers couldn’t even aim properly?
It baffled him as to how they were trained.
The thoughts of the Mammoth Holy Knight Sakhir below were nearly identical to Gerard’s.
As he saw the arrows shot toward the sky, a trace of contempt involuntarily surfaced at the corners of his mouth.
If Pegasus Knights and Magic Eagle Knights could be so easily harmed by arrows, they wouldn’t deserve to be among the ranks of Faran knights.
However, the disdain in both the Mammoth Holy Knight Sakhir and Gerard, the Holy Pegasus Knight’s hearts, did not last long, for they quickly realized the problem and the true objective of the Qin City archers.
Rising a full eight hundred meters — far exceeding the three to four hundred meter range of ordinary bows — the massive volleys of arrows began to fall from the sky.
Influenced by the fletching, the long arrows, weighing twice as much as standard ones, spun around as they fell almost vertically towards the ground, like shooting stars chasing the moon.
An altitude of eight hundred meters was horrendously high.
bined with the height of the Qin City walls themselves, when the arrows fell from the sky to the ground, the distance was nearly a kilometer.
Such height caused the gravitational force acting on the arrows to increase continuously, even producing a loud whistling sound.
These long arrows fell from the sky and naturally could no longer threaten the two knight groups above.
Their targets were not the Mammoth Knights with their terrifying defensive power.
The falling arrows were aimed precisely behind the Mammoth Knight Group, at the mages they were protecting.
This was Peja’s true purpose: by shooting upwards, the force of gravity on the descending arrows was maximized, and through his meticulous calculations, these ten thousand arrows would perfectly envelop all three thousand mages.
In his estimation, not a single arrow would land within the Mammoth Knight Group’s vicinity.
Witnessing this scene, Gerard felt a chill in his heart and realized that Qin City was indeed not so easy to contend with.
The two Holy Knights realised something was amiss, and Sloan, who was in the centre of the Faran formation, also noticed.
Under a brief shock, he immediately issued a defense mand.
The Seven-Color Magic Light Cloak shone brightly without delay.
Having no choice, the Faran mages had to abandon the spells they were chanting and swiftly relied on instant magic to trigger the energy within the Magic Formation, forming a huge protective shield above their heads.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!…
The sound of continuous bombardment echoed non-stop, as countless ripples of light, like water waves, appeared on the rainbow Defense Cover.
Amid the descent of tens of thousands of arrows, the piercing impacts startled the unprepared Faran mages, and the Magic Defense Cover swayed like a tiny boat in the tempestuous sea.
It wasn’t that the power of Faran’s mages was insufficient; it was that everything happened too suddenly.
They simply couldn’t imagine that the enemy would possess such a means of attack.
Not just them, even Anya, within the Ancient Tree, hadn’t anticipated that Qin City’s Long-range Attack Legion would have such capability.
Regardless of whether this barrage of arrows could cause casualties among Faran’s mages, just interrupting the enemy’s spellcasting had already bought the Qin City Warriors a significant amount of time.
In a decisive battle, even the slightest change could affect the entire situation.
Initially, it was clear that Qin City had gained the upper hand.
However, the attack was not over yet.
After the first wave of arrows was fired, Peja didn’t even look at the launched arrows but directly issued a second mand.
At the same angle of seventy degrees, just as the first wave of arrows had not reached their apex, the second wave was already on its way.
The third volley followed closely after.
The Longbows of Qin City’s Long-range Attack Legion were specially designed.
Although these warriors had trained for a long time, their heavy bows still required time for adjustment after three consecutive shots, leaving the archers’ arms numb from the full-force draw.
At this time, aside from Peja on the city walls, there was also another mander from Qin City—Oliveira, whom Ye Yinzhu held in the highest regard.
Perhaps others among Qin City’s higher-ups were unaware of the Long-range Attack Legion’s strength, but as the direct instructor of the Qin City warriors and the trainer of the Qin City Army, Oliveira certainly knew.
As Peja ordered his men to fire three volleys, Oliveira’s mand had also been issued.
As the three waves of arrows ascended, three hundred Goblin Rippers stepped forward, positioning themselves directly behind the Long-range Army.
Their enormous crossbows, already drawn, the clanging of their bases heralding, aimed the tremendous bolts downward.
The Tree Spirit Druids had also begun to act.
After the third volley of arrows was launched, Oliveira issued his mand to throw.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!…
The dense sounds erupted for the third time.
Although the instant magic from the three thousand Blue rank Mages was quite powerful, especially amplified by the Magic Formation, the relentless barrage from three waves of arrows, tipped with Diamond Essence, almost without pause, was indeed terrifying.
The rainbow light clearly dimmed significantly.
With the Longbows aimed upward to reach further distances, all mages experienced a subtle mental shift.
They could never have imagined that the enemy could strike them from such a remote distance.
At this moment, the mages’ first thought was to enhance their own defense.
Thus, under Sloan’s mand, their spells changed from offensive to defensive.
When one’s life is threatened, anyone would instinctively use their strongest Defense Ability—it is human instinct.
The more powerful the magic spell, the longer the chanting time it required.
And it was at this moment that a strong humming sound rose again.
Although irregular pared to before, the volume was much louder than the previous ones.
The three hundred Goblin Rippers triggered their Super Heavy Crossbows.
Arrows that could not reach a kilometer were no match for these crossbows.
Given the Goblin Rippers’ towering ten-meter stature, how much power could they exert?
In their hands, those Heavy Crossbows could easily shoot over a distance of one thousand five hundred meters; with a slight upward angle, when the first volley of Heavy Bolts was launched, all two thousand four hundred bolts formed a cloud-like mass, bypassing the Mammoth Knights and aiming directly for the mages in the rear.
At the same time, two thousand Tree Spirit Druids also sprang into action, making their first throw.
Their targets were no longer Faran’s mages.
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