Necromancer, summoning 055? What the heck?

Chapter 64 The Long Journey of Escape

Chen Mo proved through battlefield testing that automatic rifles could not stop a fourth-tier Xuanjia Knight after his class advancement.

So far, the power levels that Chen Mo has come into contact with are severely disparate, ranging from first-order bronze-patterned individuals at the bottom of society to fourth-order individuals who are the backbone of the nobility.

Just as Peiwen and the others had a vague understanding of the power of the weapons in Chen Mo's hands, Chen Mo also lacked an understanding of the resilience of high-level warriors. Now, he finally had a chance to test it in actual combat.

The prowess of the professional was evident at this moment. Chen Mo emptied a magazine but still failed to take down the great knight as expected.

But this does not mean that the other party will not have to pay a price.

One bullet after another pierced the Great Knight's gleaming blue body, a spiritual energy honed through countless days and nights of arduous training and tempering, stubbornly resisting the violent onslaught of weapons from another world.

The high-speed spinning bullet pierced through the outer garment, like a miniature drill, carving pits into Tickport's skin. It quickly exhausted its kinetic energy and rapidly burned away the Great Knight's protective aura.

This barrage of fire caused the Grand Knight to bleed profusely and slightly slowed down Tickport's speed, but it failed to cause any substantial damage. Instead, it completely ignited the Knight Commander's ferocious nature.

Tickport let out an angry roar, and his charge became even more ferocious.

This is the typical reaction of a wild boar that wasn't hit in a vital spot.

The warriors of Cloud Mist Territory, witnessing the great knight charging towards them, his body covered in blood yet increasingly ferocious, involuntarily tensed their muscles. The terrifying reputation of the first-tier professional made them tremble, but military discipline bound them to not retreat. They could only grip their weapons tightly. The air was filled with the rusty smell of blood and a suffocating sense of oppression.

If bullets can't penetrate it, even grenade fragments would probably be too much.

The thought flashed through his mind, and without the slightest hesitation, Chen Mo pulled out a No. 4 grenade from his armor belt, pulled and pressed it, took a half-step running start, and threw it in the direction the Grand Knight was charging from. He quickly and nimbly turned around and disappeared into the defensive circle of the Cloud Mist Territory warriors who were raising their swords and shields.

This is a specially made thermobaric grenade by the military.

"boom--!"

With an unusually muffled roar, a massive, blinding fireball, over two meters in diameter, suddenly expanded and engulfed the central area.

Although Tickport reacted quickly and dodged the burning damage to his core, the multi-layered shockwave generated by the instantaneous explosion of the thermobaric explosive still slammed into him, causing the great knight, who was as agile as ever even while being attacked by bullets, to stumble heavily.

Tickport felt his vision go black, his ears ringing incessantly, as if countless bronze bells were being struck wildly inside his skull. The intense explosion at close range not only churned his internal organs but also instantly drained the surrounding oxygen, leaving him with a suffocating feeling in his chest and a severe wave of dizziness that completely disoriented him.

The great knight staggered a few steps, shook his head vigorously, and tried hard to discern the direction of the enemy.

Then I heard a sharp shriek from behind me.

Captain Peven launched his third charge, slamming hard into Tickport's back. His longsword pierced straight through the Zircon Knight's abdomen, then with a swift pull, created a huge L-shaped gash, from which blood gushed out like a fountain.

“Despicable! You…ambushed me…” Tickport struggled to turn his head halfway, choking on a mouthful of blood, clearly from internal bleeding flowing back into his esophagus.

Without hesitation, Peiwen drew his sword and delivered the final blow. The Zircon Knight used his last strength to grip the blade, letting his fingers fall off piece by piece, and asked his final question: "Why...why?"

Captain Peiwen replied softly, "The Green Pine and the Emerald have gone to war. We are now enemies!"

With a thrust of the blade, the sword pierced the Knight Commander's heart, extinguishing the light in Tickport's eyes, and his tall body crashed to the ground.

Captain Peiwen glanced at the radial craters created by the thermobaric grenade, then looked at Chen Mo with a complicated expression, gave Chen Mo an approving gesture, and immediately ordered: "Clean up the battlefield, quickly, we must set off immediately!"

The warriors of Cloud Mist Territory hurriedly cleaned up the scene, and Chen Mo, now with some free time, began to take stock of his gains.

The first conclusion is that the 5.8mm round is not very useful for warriors, and Captain Peiwen's disdain for the small bullet is indeed reasonable.

Secondly, grenades cannot guarantee the elimination of the enemy; we need to talk to our family to see if we have any other useful weapons.

As Yunwu's team quickly finished dealing with the situation and began heading towards the Dark Forest, Chen Mo chose to join them. This team of the young princess had helped him more than once, and he felt it would be unfair to turn around and run away now.

Of course, the more important reason was that Captain Peiwen had a conversation with Chen Mo. After further realizing Chen Mo's value, Peiwen promised that as long as the young princess returned safely to Cloud Mist Territory, Chen Mo would receive an independent territory and a certificate of pioneering knighthood.

In addition, you should at least introduce him to a magic teacher.

This left Chen Mo no choice but to be tempted.

His current main concern is whether or not to entrust the weapons from Blue Star to the warriors of Cloud Mist Territory.

The leaders of Cloud Mist Territory were very pleased with Chen Mo's final decision to continue traveling with them.

Captain Peiwen felt this most deeply. As a swordsman from an orthodox background, his skills followed a grand and upright path. He wasn't very good at those cunning assassination tactics, so it was normal for him to fight against opponents of the same level to be evenly matched.

However, in such a short time since meeting Chen Mo, he has already defeated a fourth-tier and a fifth-tier opponent.

If I were to share this record with anyone of the same skill level, I'd be second to none.

More importantly, he was very clear that although he could easily subdue this little guy with a single charge, he could clearly sense that the other party's strange "non-magical items" were systematic killing weapons.

This must have come from a bloodthirsty and tyrannical king, a war lord. I wonder what made him take a liking to this refined and easy-going young man.

I feel reassured that this minor nobleman is on my side right now. If he can provide more suitable offerings in the future, I might even be able to obtain some more powerful "equipment".

As for the young princess, she was extremely satisfied with the heroic spirit of her "potential lover" who stepped forward at the crucial moment. She would often hang around in front of Chen Mo and secretly glance at him with her big eyes.

As for Master Locke, who also worked as an alchemist, after surveying the scene once again, he made a very accurate assessment of this weapon—a powerful weapon for breaking through formations.

Chen Mo was invited to a high-level meeting of the core team of Cloud Mist Leader.

On the surface, the entire Cloud Mist Territory team was led by Princess Liushuang, but in actual decision-making, the little princess was just a figurehead with no real say. The other two also relied heavily on the judgment of Captain Peiwen in military matters. Therefore, the command was highly unified, and there was no room for disputes.

Peiwen reported her arrangements very concisely and efficiently.

All wagons and baggage were abandoned, and the warriors replaced their plate armor with light armor, setting off with only light weapons and warhorses.

"Even if we are fully armored, we still can't defeat the enemy's regular army. We can only rely on mobility and must shed all our burdens!"

The burden that Peiwen mentioned included not only material things, but also people.

Peiwen gave a sum of money to the wounded soldiers who were unable to move easily, the delicate maids, the temporarily hired mercenaries, and the auxiliary soldiers who had lost their usefulness, and let them disperse on their own.

"Find a place to hide, and I will arrange for someone to come back and pick you up after the war ends! If the roads are peaceful, you can also find an opportunity to go to Cloud Mist Territory on your own."

"If you are captured by the enemy, you are allowed to surrender, but remember, you are not allowed to slander the lord or the princess!"

"Go! If you're still in my sight in twenty breaths, then you're no longer alive!"

The maids were tearful, and the young princess was also reluctant to leave, but Peiwen resolutely drove them away.

With the remaining twenty warriors, protecting the young princess and the mage team, they plunged into the vast, dark forest.

They were to travel north, through the entire territory of the enemy country, towards the vast Emerald Plain.

(End of this chapter)