Heroes of Might and Magic: Grand Consul

Chapter 262 Recovering Lost Ground
Nearly ten thousand Holy Shield Gryphons descended from the sky, entangled the troops on the city walls, and Vidal had little to do.

Although Conrad isn't a hero specializing in griffons, and the Divine Shield Griffin isn't that terrifying, it's far inferior to the Earth-Shaped Pegasus.

However, this unit possesses the characteristic of a holy shield, which can resist some damage, making it an excellent tank. It also receives good healing effects. Most importantly, there are too many of them. Although the Pegasus can suppress the opponent, it cannot get rid of the entanglement in a short time.

Harassed by the Holy Shield Gryphons, Vidal had no choice but to redeploy some of his Earth-Shaped Pegasus to block them on the city walls; otherwise, the Blood Elves would be unable to launch ranged attacks once they were in close combat.

"Damn it, that Conrad is really troublesome!"

Vidal felt that if he had more time, he could surround and strangle the fearless swordsmen before they could even reach the defensive lines.

Although the Fiery Shield was powerful, Vidal was, after all, a hero with advanced water elemental mastery, and would not allow the enemy to last more than a minute. At the moment, Ivan stopped wasting magic and was leading his men to charge desperately, and they were almost at their destination.

"We can only rely on the Void God Cult!"

Ivan's team had already approached the magic circle. Looking up at the sky, a void realm was gathering in the air, sealing off the surrounding spacetime abilities and even slowing down the soldiers.

This is the powerful magic array void restriction. Once it is destroyed, the cavalry army outside the city can enter. At that time, no matter what trump cards Vidal has, he will have nowhere to escape from the cavalry.

However, just as he was about to lead his troops up the stone steps, hundreds of dark shadows suddenly appeared around him. Enemies emerged from their concealment, appearing behind the fearless swordsman and causing void damage, piercing through the swordsman's armor. Many of them were also poisoned by the banishment, their defenses greatly reduced.

The fearless swordsman tried to retaliate, but was evaded by the opponent's nimble footwork; illusory figures filled the air.

"When did the Cult of the Void ever serve Isildur? They're like stray dogs, barking at whoever feeds them."

Ivan was unconcerned about the attack from the Void Assassins, seeing them as nothing more than a swarm of rats and ants hiding in the shadows. Instead of having the Fearless Swordsmen focus on dealing with the assassins, he devoted all his energy to attacking the clay Pegasus blocking his way, using combos and ring attacks to inflict area damage.

The Void Assassin has high damage output, but very low health. Once hit by area-of-effect damage, even the best dodging skills cannot completely avoid it. One hit will result in being decapitated.

This is where the Hall of Glory comes into play. Once their morale is high, the fearless swordsmen can unleash four consecutive strikes. Coupled with their ability to ignore some defenses, even the most powerful troops cannot withstand the onslaught.

Even if you trade your life for another, you still need to survive to reach the swordsman; most of them turn to dust far away.

Although the Void Assassins desperately wanted to stop Ivan, only the initial attack had restrained the swordsmen; any further attacks would require taking damage, and clearly they lacked the courage. Even with a 20% evasion rate, no one dared to step forward and test the waters.

Finally, Ivan took the lead and stood at the highest point of the magic circle.

The void barrier, controlled by the enemy, still sought to banish them. Ivan roared, raised his longsword, and slashed down fiercely, cutting a crack in the magic circle's barrier.

Hearing their commander's call, the fearless swordsmen responded one after another, each raising their broadswords and attacking the magic circle.

Countless sword energies descended from the sky, bombarding the magic circle, and the fragile defense system collapsed instantly.

The void in the sky began to collapse to its limit, shrinking to the size of a room within half a minute, before a violent explosion shattered the entire stone platform.

"Success!"

Even someone as resolute as Ivan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, bending down to lean on his sword and looking towards the city wall.

This surprise attack was made possible by his intermediate offensive skills and the speed and damage bonus from the Fury Array. With this slight advantage, he teleported into the city under extreme circumstances, fought his way out of the enemy's encirclement, and shattered the magic array.

The timely support from the Knight Commander was also crucial. Without the Holy Shield Griffin's selfless and desperate entanglement, it's hard to say what would have happened if they had been attacked from both sides by the Void Assassins and a large number of Earth-Made Pegasus.

Now, it all depends on the cavalry legion outside the city. A flash of water, and hundreds of steel knights led the way into the city.

The knight commander glanced at Ivan in the distance, paid him the highest respect, then drew his sword and charged.

Crush!

Once the cavalry began their charge, they crushed all enemies in their path. Their speed increased, flames ignited on their lances, and their fiery steel was activated; they were like galloping flaming lances, sweeping across the battlefield.

Many people have no concept of charging cavalry. With the help of heroes, extraordinary knights can even topple a small mountain with their lances, let alone the Pegasus in front of them.

Whether it's the high damage and health of Tier 6 units or Conrad's special bonuses, they are invincible.

Ivan watched the cavalry charge across the battlefield and nodded silently. As expected of a level 6 castle unit, they were the strongest fighting force when the angels were not present.

He knew that Kuraki's stables were developing a new breed of warhorse. If a horse riding training ground could be built, and the lord recruited a hero with cavalry expertise, then not only the plains, but the entire kingdom would become their riding ground.

As the Iron Knights were wreaking havoc, another curtain of water descended, and hundreds of champion cavalrymen were teleported in to join the Knight Commander in a siege.

That's right, he single-handedly took down ten fortified soldiers and held his own.

Their exceptionally high health made them fearless against the self-destruction of the clay-molded Pegasus, staining the battlefield with blood as they charged into the wind, displaying the true nature of cavalry.

When the cavalry force exceeded 700, the city's defenders completely collapsed. The morale of both the earth-molded Pegasus and the blood elves plummeted, and their luck was further reduced to almost nothing by the curse.

They scattered and ran away, pushing and shoving each other, creating chaos.

Vidal attempted to escape using the power of the void, but was deflected by Conrad's flaming spear, which pierced his chest.

The knight commander challenged the enemy general to a duel and displayed his spoils, causing the entire city to erupt in excitement.

"May the cavalry prevail!"

"May humanity prevail!"

Although the fortress still had several thousand troops, they had lost all will to fight. Seeing that their commander had failed to escape and was captured instead, they all laid down their weapons and surrendered.

The cavalry showed no mercy to the powerful warriors, including the Frost Treants and Earth-Sculpted Pegasus, killing them all to prevent them from resisting and causing injury.

As for the blood elves and dwarf warriors, their weapons were confiscated, they were all bound up, and imprisoned in the dungeon.

Orling led a flock of griffins up the city wall, cut down all the flags of Isildur, and replaced them with the flags of the Kingdom of Elton.

Thus, the fortified city that had been lost by Duke Salman was once again returned to the kingdom's hands.

This was absolutely an exhilarating battle.

Previously, it was the Isildur Empire that occupied the kingdom's cities, leaving wasteland in their wake. Now that the kingdom can reclaim lost territory from them, it will give all those who resist renewed hope.

The flame of the kingdom has not been extinguished; they have the ability to launch a counterattack!
(End of this chapter)