Augusto's men were all on guard against the battle, so the fireball only dispersed the few people who were gathered together, and did not cause any real harm to them. However, the four ghost arrows covered by the flames accurately hit the faces of the two warriors and knocked them to the ground.
Glade had secretly observed which members of the Shadow Group looked relatively weak, so he achieved good results with his first move.
The members of the Shadow Group were already on edge, and when they saw their companions being knocked down like this, they began to fight back, using bows and arrows, flying knives, or magic, and all rushed to the rear of the Green Forest City team.
The Green Forest Knights would not sit still and wait for death after being attacked so suddenly. They immediately launched a counterattack. Several knights at the end of the team quickly formed a simple horizontal formation and charged at the Shadow Group. However, on a road with forests on both sides, the only effect of the charge was to drive the Shadow Group warriors off the road. How could they let the knights take advantage of their horses? The Shadow Group warriors retreated to the woods on both sides, while using various long-range means to attack these knights. In the end, they had to dismount and walk into the forest to fight the Shadow Group.
The battle at the rear of the cavalry naturally attracted the attention of the Duke of Greenwood City and Augusto and others in front of the team.
Augusto did not see whether the explosion behind him was a deliberate attack or an accident. He also knew that as long as he asked the Duke of Green Forest City to work with him to prevent the conflict, it would not be too late to prevent it from turning into a real battle. But thinking of the Duke of Parsa's attitude just now and the wealth he carried, Augusto made up his mind almost instantly.
He flew up and slashed with all his strength. His sword trembled at high speed, releasing eight white sword qi. The sword qi entangled and twisted, like eight white snakes rushing to the front, and pounced on the Duke of Green Forest City and Master Amelia. Halfway through, six sword qi pounced on Amelia, and two stabbed at the Duke of Parsa.
Amelia threw the sword in her arms forward, holding the hilt with both hands and swung it forward, the scabbard flew out and broke the first sword energy. Then her sword emitted a faint red light, and she chopped at the remaining sword energy. However, Augusto's control was still better than hers. Under his control, the sword energy seemed to have life, twisting in an arc in the air, avoiding Amelia's first attack, and surrounding the center from all sides, entangled with her, and instantly blocked her retreat in all directions.
The two swords rushing towards the Duke on the other side were much more domineering. They chopped straight at the Duke, as if they were going to take his head directly.
However, Duke Parsa was a high-level warrior after all. Although he was not yet at the middle of the high level, he was able to judge the power contained in the sword energy. He felt that he could not fight against the two sword energies, so he naturally chose to retreat. He tried his best to dodge backwards. The two sword energies chopped down close to his body. One of them ripped off the roof of his carriage and all the side walls, but did not hurt the people inside at all, revealing the Duchess and their little son who were hugging each other in the carriage. The other one chopped the two horses on his carriage. The sword energy penetrated the horses' bodies and split them into fist-sized pieces.
As the horse's blood spurted, Duke Parsa was soaked all over and had difficulty opening his eyes. He retreated four or five steps. He did not bother to wipe the blood off his face, but drew the long sword at his waist to block in front of him.
When he squeezed the blood out of his eyes, he saw Augusto flying over and swinging the sword towards him, intending to knock him out first and then capture him alive.
Duke Parsa tried his best to block the sword, but he felt that the force transmitted from the sword was not too great, but it made him very uncomfortable. A stream of energy flowed along the sword and suppressed his own fighting spirit, passing through his arm, making him feel that the sword in his hand was like a red-hot iron, which he could not control at all.
Augusto used his Qi to push the Duke's sword away. He swung his sword again, but the Duke was completely defenseless with his hands empty, and he was about to be easily captured by Augusto.
But at this moment, Augusto heard a strong fighting spirit coming from behind him. It was the fighting spirit that came out from the rapier in Amelia's hand. The long strands of fighting spirit were like petals, blooming like flowers behind Augusto.
In order to rescue the Duke, Amelia even gave up avoiding the last two sword energies, allowing them to cut two bloody wounds on her back and thighs, and she was determined to strike with all her strength.
Augusto knew that the woman's unique skill "Flowering Moment" was behind this. It consumed a lot of fighting spirit and was naturally very powerful. Over the years, countless strong men who had fought or fought with her were defeated by this move. This flower of fighting spirit that was blooming more and more covered all his retreat routes and was almost impossible to dodge. He had to let go of the Duke and turned around to raise his sword to fight back.
Augusto felt like a reef hit by a wave of fighting spirit. Even though he blocked most of the sword energy, two bloody holes were still pierced on his shoulder and one calf.
"Awesome!" He ignored the injury on his leg and rushed back at Amelia with sword in hand. He knew that since the sneak attack had failed, he had to kill this woman as soon as possible, otherwise those guys who were secretly watching would do something new.
As soon as the two masters started fighting, they both used life-threatening postures, and both of them shed blood in just one round.
Angelo and another knight rushed over and supported Duke Parsa. The Duke shouted, "The Shadow Group wants to embezzle our money. They will kill us today to silence us. If you don't want to die, fight!"
He pushed Angelo away, pulled out a long sword from another knight's waist, and roared, "Charge!"
All of this happened in less than a minute, starting from Glade throwing the fireball, and many of the Duke's knights had not taken any action. Now, under the leadership of the Duke, they began to gather together and attack the Shadow Group, and they also formed their own advantages in some areas.
In this chaotic battlefield, Ackley and his two companions were the calmest. As soon as the situation became chaotic, Ackley and Anar rushed out of the woods and secretly moved towards the second carriage. Glade also flew from the end of the team to the carriage. Soon the three of them gathered beside the carriage.
Glade released a ghost arrow at the knight guarding the carriage, knocking him to the ground silently. Then Ackley took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention and stabbed the fallen knight to death with a sword, then stepped forward and opened the door.