Xu Yi jumped up instantly, opened the tent and rushed out.
The sound of horse hooves trampling on the ground could already be heard in the northwest wilderness, spreading throughout the camp, waking up all the people in the camp who had fallen into a deep sleep.
The guards who were originally scheduled to take turns to rest in the middle of the night now showed the results of their usual training. They reacted immediately, put on full equipment, gathered together, and quickly set up a defensive formation outside the camp.
Hart's loud call sounded outside the camp. After a moment, he ran in, saluted Xu Yi, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. President, there is an enemy sneak attack."
Seeing that there was no panic on Hart's face, Xu Yi nodded and asked: "You are responsible for arranging the defense work, I will not interfere. If you need me to take action, you can tell me."
Hart glanced at Xu Yi in surprise, and then remembered that this president was actually a senior magician.
In this kind of caravan guard, if there can be one more senior magician, the combat effectiveness of the entire guard will be greatly improved.
However, because of Xu Yi's status as President, Hart always subconsciously ignored the possibility of Xu Yi personally participating in the battle, causing him to always forget Xu Yi's identity as a magician.
After hesitating for a moment, Hart said seriously: "In that case, Mr. President, I hope you can be ready to join the war at any time."
Xu Yi frowned slightly as he watched Hart turn around and leave after speaking.
Hart did not refuse to let himself participate in the war, which proves that the situation may not be optimistic.
"President, is there an enemy sneak attack?" Canby's voice sounded behind Xu Yi. "Who dares to attack our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce? Do you want to die?"
Xu Yi looked back. But they found that Canby and the dwarves in the convoy did not have any nervousness or fear in their expressions. Instead, they all looked excited and expectant. I couldn't help but laugh.
This group of dwarves is truly worthy of being called a "combat race" by all races on the Sainz continent.
However, these dwarves are all mechanical engineers from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's Magic Machine Tool R&D Center. They can be regarded as the treasures of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Even though Xu Yi believed that their combat power was very strong, he did not dare to let them take risks on the battlefield easily.
After pondering for a moment, Xu Yi stopped Canby and others who were eager to try, and asked them to stay in the camp to take care of other non-combatant staff in the convoy, while he stepped out of the camp.
Although time is tight when setting up camp. Hart and other guards still built a small fortification based on the magic motorcycle on the periphery. At this time, they were gathering behind this simple fortification, staring attentively at the direction where the sound of horse hooves came from.
"How's the situation?" Xu Yi reached over and looked in the direction of the sound of horse hooves, but he could only see darkness and couldn't find anything.
"I'm afraid the situation is not good." Unlike the first time he informed Xu Yishi, Hart's expression now became more solemn. "The three guards who were patrolling in that direction have not returned yet. I guess they are in danger. And judging from the sound of horse hooves, the incoming enemy is probably more than 200 horses at least."
"Two hundred riders?" Xu Yi frowned deeply. "With so many cavalry, they will definitely not be ordinary bandits."
Hart nodded slowly. Glancing at Xu Yi, he hesitated to speak.
Xu Yi patted him on the shoulder: "We'll talk about it later. Let's deal with this first. Otherwise, whether we can survive or not will be in question."
"yes."
Hart nodded heavily, raised his head and shouted to a tree next to the camp: "Issos, how is the situation?"
There was a rustle of leaves on the top of the tree, and an elf guard jumped down and nodded to Xu Yi with the same solemn expression.
"It's four hundred meters in."
"Very good, we are in range, no need to say hello. Everyone, prepare your bows and arrows!"
Hart gave an order, and all the guards looked around, and everyone picked up a magic repeating crossbow.
"put!"
Hart's right hand fell heavily, and Xu Yi's ears suddenly heard the sound of rustling arrows piercing the air.
A moment later, countless feather arrows pierced the dark night, and there was a scream and a dull sound of people falling to the ground in front of them.
The magic repeating crossbow that Xu Yi equipped for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce escort team is a new and improved version of the magic repeating crossbow provided to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce at the beginning of the year. It not only has a faster firing rate, but also can hold more arrows in the casket. The number of arrows is also greater. At the same time, the number of arrows that can be shot is nearly 30% more than the previous magic repeating crossbow.
Although there are only a total of forty guards now, if one has a magic repeating crossbow, the rain of arrows released is comparable to the 500-strong archer team in the ordinary army of the Lampali Kingdom.
Continuous rain of arrows shot out in the darkness, and the screams of men and horses could be heard in front of them. It was obvious that the incoming enemy must have been seriously injured.
Just when Xu Yi felt that if he continued like this, the enemies who suddenly came to attack would be shot dead before they even got close to the camp, a bright light blue circle of light suddenly lit up in the darkness ahead, like a semicircular cover. Shrouded in the wilderness.
"Azure Guardian?"
Xu Yi was surprised when he saw this light blue circle of light.
This light blue halo is clearly the eighth-level water magic azure guardian!
So, there are actually high-level magicians who can cast eighth-level magic among the team that came for the sneak attack
The endless rain of arrows hit the light blue light curtain fiercely, but it seemed to be a wall made of water. It could only make waves on the aperture, but could not penetrate the light curtain at all. One after another fell down from outside the light curtain.
Seeing this situation, Hart's face darkened, he turned to look at Xu Yi, hesitated for a moment, and said: "President, it seems that you still need to take action."
Xu Yi looked at the opponent's cavalry team that could be seen clearly under the light curtain, and found that there were more than a hundred cavalry who survived the rain of arrows, and he frowned suddenly.
Such a large cavalry team would definitely not be ordinary bandits, but should look more like a regular army.
Even judging from their complete equipment, uniform movements, and seemingly well-trained cooperation. Even the ordinary city guards in the Lampali Kingdom are far behind.
So where did these guys come from? And why was there a sudden raid on the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce’s convoy at night
However, now is not the time to think about these issues. Hart's plea was heard. Xu Yi shook his head slightly: "Now is not the most suitable time for me to take action. Hart, put on a new magic quiver."
Hart's eyes suddenly opened wide: "No way? Mr. President, do you really want to use it?"
"Nonsense, if you don't use it now, why don't you keep it when you go back to have a baby?" Xu Yi scolded.
Hart swallowed with difficulty, turned his head and gestured to the surrounding guards.
The other guards also had expressions of disbelief on their faces. They looked at each other and hesitated for a moment. Then he replaced the quiver of the magic repeater in his hand and replaced it with a very special-looking quiver.
Seeing that all the guards had been changed, Hart looked at Xu Yi again with a confused look on his face.
"President, do you really want to use it?"
"Stop talking nonsense, I didn't see that the enemy was so close." Xu Yi pointed at the cavalry team that slowed down after supporting the blue guard in the wilderness ahead.
"All right… "
Hart turned his head to look at the enemy who was not far away, took a deep breath, and shouted in a low voice: "Let go!"
It was slightly different from the sound of countless arrows tearing through the air just now. This time, the sound of the arrows fired by the magic repeating crossbow was still harsh and shocking, but it seemed much gentler. It seemed that he became much gentler all of a sudden.
And when the arrow pierced the night sky, there were still red trajectory lines behind it. It's like every arrow has a long tail trailing behind it.
The magic repeating crossbow was fired continuously, and countless arrows flew out, instantly dragging countless dense fiery red threads in the air, completely lighting up the entire night sky.
"boom"
The first arrow hit the light blue light curtain in the blink of an eye, but it was not easily blocked by the light curtain like the arrows just now. Instead, it directly caused a violent explosion.
Along with the red light flashing, a violent and deafening explosion sounded far away in the wasteland.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom..."
Immediately following the first arrow, countless arrows hit the light curtain, causing countless violent explosions in an instant.
The light blue light caused countless ripples in the countless violent explosions. The light dimmed instantly, and the entire light curtain became unstable, as if it would disappear directly in the next moment.
But after a moment, the light curtain became stable again, and even erupted with an even stronger blue light, once again completely covering the cavalry team below.
"Hey, this guy's magic power is quite strong." Xu Yi sneered and said to Hart: "Keep shooting, I want to see how long he can last."
Hart smiled bitterly and said: "President, why are you doing this? Didn't you tell us last time that the cost of a fire magic arrow is thirty silver coins, let us save some money. But now we have shot Forty flame magic quivers were taken out, which are a total of eight hundred flame magic arrows, costing a total of... two hundred and forty gold coins!"
"Oh, it's not much. If you can destroy a magician with just over two hundred gold coins, I think it's quite a deal." Xu Yi said nonchalantly. "Okay, stop talking and continue quickly. Do you want those guys to really rush into the camp? Don't forget that the things in the camp are more valuable now. If they rush in, they will cause serious losses. It’s more than ten times the price of two hundred and forty gold coins.”
"But Mr. President, if you take action, you can definitely fight against this magician. In this way, we won't have any problem in dealing with those cavalry. Why waste this money?"
"First, if I can avoid taking action, of course I will try not to take action. Why should I take action when a problem can be solved with money?" Xu Yi glanced at the cavalrymen who were already within a hundred meters, and continued with a sneer. Said: "Second, this is a warning to some people, telling them that the power we have in the hands of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce has far exceeded their imagination."
Hart frowned: "President, shouldn't this kind of thing be kept secret?"
Xu Yi chuckled and said: "You don't understand this. Even this kind of thing needs advertising."