Chapter 528
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Chapter 528: The Drawn Blade
This was a blade not easily drawn.
Once unsheathed, it meant taking an enemy’s life!
Undoubtedly, the blade in Luo Ji’s hand was now unsheathed!
Watching the cavalry unit, which seemed to cover ground in the blink of an eye and was now almost upon him, Gawain screamed, ordering the outer shield-wielding goblin warriors to hold the line.
This was to buy time for the rear goblin crossbowmen to re-cock their hand crossbows.
However, the goblin race truly lacked talent as warriors.
Neither their short stature nor their weak build indicated any suitability for such a role.
Facing a charge from a thousand light cavalry, individual goblin warriors’ thin legs trembled uncontrollably.
To be honest, even Gawain, as the Goblin King, held no expectations for them.
This was simply a characteristic of his goblin civilization, the price of possessing powerful technology.
At this moment, describing this cavalry unit as “wolves entering a flock of sheep” felt like an understatement.
The instant the thousand light cavalry charged into the goblin formation, it was no exaggeration to say that the first line of goblin warriors were sent flying 20 to 30 meters away on impact!
Bai Ze led his cavalry, sweeping through with overwhelming force, crushing everything in their path.
The entire formation was easily and completely shattered.
Once they got close, dealing with them was that simple!
The short, weak goblins posed little threat to the cavalrymen who were practically trampling over them.
Iron hooves stomped, long spears thrust!
Sharp wails violently assaulted Gawain’s eardrums.
The dark green blood of the goblins splattered continuously, making Gawain scream again.
“Retreat! Retreat quickly!!”
The goblin forces, whose advantage lay in ranged firepower, were now being directly confronted by human cavalry.
This was effectively a lost cause.
The chariot Gawain was riding now sped away.
As he sounded the retreat horn, he directly fled the battlefield.
His heart was bleeding.
Pushing the military equipment meant they couldn’t escape.
To save their lives, they had to abandon it.
Looking back, the losses made Gawain’s heart ache so much he could barely breathe.
He was filled with regret.
He should have retreated with the resources from the two captured cities on the 7th day.
But honestly, who could have known that Ye Qingxuan, who he had been beating soundly, would turn the tide just by bringing in one batch of reinforcements?!
Gawain looked utterly bewildered.
And that Wang Bo.
Damn him!
After all this fighting, he hadn’t seen a single shadow of the reinforcements.
If Wang Bo’s infantry unit had arrived in time to help him fend off the light cavalry attack, he wouldn’t have ended up in such a disastrous retreat!
But that scoundrel had stood him up.
Just as Gawain was thinking about settling the score with that bastard later, as his chariot sped by, his peripheral vision quickly caught sight of the battlefield’s periphery, where corpses lay strewn almost everywhere.
He didn’t remember any fighting having occurred in that area before.
Immediately, as if realizing something, Gawain’s heart painfully seized up.
Alright, he now knew what Wang Bo was doing.
“Damn it!!”
For a moment, Gawain, whose emotions were incredibly complex, let out a curse.
Just as he forced himself to calm down and consider his escape route, the dense sound of hooves from behind him made his face change dramatically.
He quickly turned to confirm.
The sight that greeted him made him shiver all over.
It was that cavalry unit! The cavalry unit that had crushed his formation was pursuing him!
The chariot he was currently riding was specially designed by his goblin civilization’s goblin engineers.
Its speed was far greater than that of ordinary chariots.
But a chariot was a chariot, no matter how fast, it couldn’t outrun cavalry.
The distance between them was rapidly closing.
Gawain, his face filled with terror, quickly raised the hand crossbow he kept on the chariot for self-defense.
Once the enemy entered range, he quickly aimed at the leading cavalryman and pulled the trigger.
A shrill crossbow bolt whistled through the air, heading towards Bai Ze, who was leading the pursuit.
However, after knowing that these goblins possessed the formidable hand crossbow, how could Bai Ze be unprepared?
His gaze instantly locked onto the whistling crossbow bolt.
With a flick of his spear, a chilling glint appeared at the spearhead, like a serpent flicking its tongue.
The cold spearhead directly collided with the crossbow bolt’s arrowhead!
This stunning display of skill was enough to make many drop their jaws.
But unfortunately, such an astonishing sight lasted only for an instant.
Furthermore, the crossbow bolt’s speed was too fast for everyone to clearly see.
Even Gawain, who had fired the shot, merely thought his arrow had been swept aside by Bai Ze.
Gawain’s heart grew even more flustered after his surprise attack was deflected.
He fumbled frantically to re-cock the hand crossbow.
Alas, the more he panicked, the worse he performed.
Gawain, who failed to cock the string multiple times, wished he could smash the hand crossbow in his hand!
Just then, a scream echoed in his ear.
Gawain looked up.
His legs immediately weakened, and with a “thud,” he slumped back into the chariot.
At this moment, the goblin responsible for driving the chariot had already been impaled by Bai Ze’s spear!
Pulling out the spear, stained with dark green blood, Bai Ze’s gaze swept over Gawain in the chariot.
A goblin wearing bronze armor.
He looked utterly comical.
With thoughts racing, Bai Ze thrust his spear again.
Facing this swift and brutal strike, Gawain’s mind went blank.
The opponent’s strength gave him no room to resist.
Finally, he closed his eyes in near despair.
However, the anticipated pain of a spear piercing his body did not occur.
Instead, his hands felt numb at the base of his thumbs and forefingers.
Bai Ze’s thrust had landed on the hand crossbow in his grasp, instantly knocking it flying.
Gawain, having narrowly escaped death, gasped for breath, his entire back soaked in cold sweat.
Bai Ze, meanwhile, felt hardly any ripple of emotion.
Rather than killing this goblin, he preferred to capture him alive.
After all, a captured enemy general was far more useful than a corpse.
Now stripped of his ability to resist, Gawain was clearly no longer a threat.
The light cavalry unit following closely behind Bai Ze quickly fanned out.
While encircling the chariot, two of the light cavalrymen, one on each side, swiftly approached the galloping horses, pulled on the reins, and brought the chariot to a halt.
On the chariot, Gawain, realizing his impending doom, drew the bronze sword from his waist.
To suit the goblin’s stature, the already short bronze sword became even shorter.
Its comical appearance caused the facial muscles of the surrounding light cavalrymen to twitch slightly.
Even Bai Ze’s expression was subtly complex.
Then, he simply raised his spear.
The bronze spear, long enough, effortlessly bypassed the opponent’s bronze sword and pressed lightly against Gawain’s throat.
