Heroes of Might and Magic: Grand Consul

Chapter 246 Evacuation
Using his high-speed movement ability, Su Mu attacked the crystal mine, and along the way, killed the fleeing centaur legion, completing the maximum vampire transformation.

During this attack, they happened to run into the elven archer general guarding the city of Kuxue. The general originally planned to send a large army south to form an encirclement with Orlando and kill Liliana, but instead Su Mu ran into them, and the result was predictable.

There are many heroes with strong barriers, each with their own specialties, but apart from heroes like Orlando who have abnormal defensive abilities, no one else can stand a chance against the Night King.

Su Mu commanded 800 vampires to repel Cody's 8000-strong army and killed the elven archers.

Throwing the head out was also meant to provoke Orlando and see if they could find a weakness in him.

He has stirred up such a fierce battle in Kuxue City that Levin must already know about it and will definitely send a powerful legion to support him. Su Mu cannot afford to waste too much time here with Orlando.

Orlando led the Silver Pegasus in an all-out offensive, using a prayer spell to boost the entire army's attack, defense, and speed in preparation for a decisive battle against the vampire army.

However, during this time, the vampire army had accumulated enough attacks, each of which could forcibly deduct 10% of the opponent's maximum health. The prince had also paralyzed enough of the Green Fairy Horses, leaving the opponent feeling rather helpless.

After Orlando charged into the formation, the vampire count unleashed a powerful attack, finishing off the nearly dead Silver Pegasus Star. He eliminated over 600 Pegasus Stars, and countless corpses fell from the sky, crashing to the ground with a deafening roar.

Su Mu gave Liliana a look, and she instantly understood the lord's meaning. She used her remaining magic to unleash a final, deadly charm, trapping all the guards around Orlando.

Su Mu then led the vampire prince directly down the elven dragon knights to carry out the decapitation!
Crimson whirlwinds swept in, their claws attacking the Silver Pegasus's hulls, tearing slumbering enemies in two. The princes' enormous wings blotted out the sky, ready to launch deadly attacks at any moment. Their ferocious fangs, once piercing the Silver Pegasus's body, would send poison through the veins to the heart, causing a horrific contamination.

The silver pegasus were able to hold on thanks to their immunity to defensive spells, but they were suppressed by the vampire prince's sudden outburst and lost their previous courage to charge into battle.

The vampire princes ignored all that and directly bypassed the silver Pegasus, attacking the elven dragon knights.

"A filthy vampire dares to face the great dragon knight!"

With a mighty roar, Orlando conjured up a phantom of a green dragon around him, its wingspan reaching dozens of meters, its power astonishing and inspiring fear in anyone who beheld it.

Unfortunately, this doesn't include the vampire army!
Even if Dragon's Might can weaken the soldiers' morale, the undead are not affected by morale at all. Orlando's move is completely useless against the vampire prince.

Several vampire princes flew to the dragon knight's side and launched claw attacks, but they were all blocked by his shield and failed to cause any damage.

Just as Orlando was feeling smug, Su Mu rushed over, his claws rapidly multiplying and transforming into a mass of flesh and blood swords. Taking advantage of the gap in Orlando's defense, he stabbed at him.

Orlando tried to use the same trick again, relying on his giant shield to block, but the flesh-and-blood sword was very agile, bypassing the shield and stabbing into his chest. A spurt of blood shot out, and the air became scorching hot.

As expected of a dragon knight, his body is filled with the energy of a dragon, and his defensive power is also amazing. Even when surrounded, he defends himself without any leaks.

However, the Titan's Sword in Su Mu's hands was no mere boast of its reputation. After transforming, the treasure became a vampire longsword, successfully injecting Orlando with blood poison. Even though the opponent was a dragon knight, he couldn't withstand the corrosive effects of the blood poison. Although he could alleviate and suppress the toxicity of the blood poison, he could only endure it for a little longer than an ordinary person.

"Dragon Knight!"

The Green Horses rushed forward, rescued Orlando, and retreated to the rear.

With the commander withdrawing, those who charged into battle were instantly betrayed, becoming lambs to the slaughter in the combined fire of the vampire prince and count.

Not only that, the morale of the Barrier Army plummeted, which many Silver Pegasus Stars found unbelievable.

How could a great elven dragon knight be injured by a vampire? Just who is this vampire?

"Let me go! I'm fine!"

After about a minute of adjustment, Orlando awoke from his paralysis and immediately used healing and exorcism techniques to detoxify himself. It must be said that the elven dragon knight possessed remarkable resistance; ordinary troops afflicted with the Dark Lord's blood poison would likely not survive a minute, let alone a few dozen seconds. Yet, he was able to recover on his own through his dragon bloodline.

But in this extremely short time, Silver Pegasus Star and Green Fairy Horse paid a huge price to save him. Silver Pegasus Star lost nearly a hundred men, and his army was almost reduced to half its original size.

With the forces on both sides almost evenly matched, Orlando was no longer able to encircle and annihilate the vampires and could only watch helplessly as they retreated.

Su Mu did not linger in the fight. Having failed in his first attack and lost the opportunity to kill Orlando, he immediately led his team to retreat south.

The dragon knight's skills are very lethal. After such a long battle, Liliana's troops were almost completely wiped out, and more than 100 of her vampire counts also died.

Most importantly, given that this battle has lasted so long, Leven must have sent reinforcements. Staying any longer would be unwise, as we could easily be surrounded.

Having eliminated the garrison commander of Snowfall City, seized his treasures, successfully repelled the returning centaur legion, and transformed a new vampire count, greatly weakening the enemy's strength, the objective has been achieved, and there are no regrets.

As for Orlando, if we can't take him down now, we won't let him escape next time.

Levin will definitely head west, and when he encounters the dragon knight in the heartland, he will surely slay him.

Su Mu picked up the weakened Liliana and commanded the army to retreat south, still towards the ancient ruins. After transforming into the Night King, protected by a dense aura of the undead, Orlando couldn't figure out who he was, no matter how hard he tried.

Unless Levin is present, no one will be able to identify his true identity.

This criminal record also involves ancient ruins.

As for what the Undead Grand Guild thinks, they probably don't care much. Fortresses and castles are both living beings; before the Grand Guild, they are both resources, with no difference between them.

If Orlando were to launch a furious attack on the ancient ruins, it would truly fulfill Su Mu's wish.

The crimson whirlwind quickly disengaged from the battlefield, and Orlando watched them escape without further entanglement.

His specialty is defensive techniques, but his opponent possesses blood poison, making him a formidable threat. With our current forces, we cannot continue the encirclement and suppression; we can only let him escape.

Orlando had never seen a unit with such powerful attributes as dragons before; it was truly difficult to deal with.

Even he, who was always confident, began to have doubts. This area was full of hidden talents, and any unknown hero was very powerful. How did the army of the stronghold manage to conquer it before?

He even felt a sense of relief, thinking that it was fortunate he hadn't left the Xilin Plain, otherwise he didn't know what would have happened.

With the Dark King, the Undead Grand Duke, and previously Isabel and the Child of the Forest, Su Mu's ability to gain a foothold on the plains is truly impressive.

After the vampire army withdrew, Orlando cleaned up the battlefield. About an hour later, a powerful unicorn army arrived, led by a hero with magical abilities. It was Leven who had sent them to provide support.

If Su Mu had lingered in the fight and the conflict had dragged on for a while longer, the outcome might have been different.

Orlando carved a stone tablet with his longsword to record this humiliating battle, something he would never have tolerated given his previous temperament.

However, since he has already achieved the merit of destroying a country, he will temporarily endure it and continue westward. He will lead a large army to get revenge later.

(End of this chapter)