The Fourth Calamity never believed in the steel torrent!

Chapter 145 The Black Hawk Empire's Spells for Forced Marches
"Keep up, guys, keep up! Everyone, give it your all!"

"We're almost there. There's a village not far from here that can be our temporary resting place. Once we get there, we can take a break!"

On the highway, an officer in a jeep stood on the trunk and shouted to the soldiers behind him, encouraging them.

A Black Hawk Empire army, accompanied by multi-legged armored vehicles, was moving forward at an extremely high speed, with military vehicles emblazoned with black eagles driving one after another on the highway.

The leading armored unit consisted of an armored battalion and a mechanized infantry battalion from the Black Hawk Empire. Generally speaking, this unit was there to scout ahead for the main force that followed.

Throughout the entire unit, all the Black Hawk soldiers looked utterly exhausted, their eyes bloodshot and veins throbbing on their foreheads, as if they were about to be pushed to their limits.

In fact, they were in high spirits. Despite their exhaustion, not one of them yawned. They sat steadily in the military vehicle, and the sentries who were sticking their heads out to keep watch were meticulous.

Under normal circumstances, if a unit were to fight continuously like this for a whole day, or even a whole night without closing their eyes, their morale would be pushed to the limit, if not on the verge of collapse.

In fact, their mental state is much stronger than expected, thanks to the magicians in their team who cast some spells on them.

They were not subjected to any mind-based spells.

Combat teams like theirs naturally wouldn't be equipped with rare species like mind-based mages. Even if they were, most people wouldn't want to deal with mind-based mages.

After all, nobody wants their thoughts to be read at a glance, especially since this guy can not only read other people's thoughts, but also manipulate them, making him extremely dangerous!
Fortunately, such special mages are only found in the Black Hawk Empire's secret police; regular troops would never be equipped with them.

However, although they didn't have a mind mage, they could still easily have a few abyss mages.

Among their group, there was an abyss mage who specialized in a unique soul sublimation spell at the academy.

This spell has no other use; its only ability is to greatly enhance a person's mental strength by stimulating the soul.

If placed on the traditional path of a mage, this can only be considered a rather unpopular spell, because most mages do not need to use this method to enhance their mental power—this spell has very troublesome side effects!
In a short period of time, the mental strength of those who are blessed by this spell can indeed be greatly enhanced, and both their attention and thinking can become more agile.

However, this spell actually increases mental strength by overdrawing the soul, so if used for a long time, the recipient will often develop all sorts of strange mental problems, such as neurasthenia or even schizophrenia.

Under normal circumstances, this unit would not casually use spells with such severe side effects.

However, this time they were going to launch a rapid assault and had to quickly consolidate their current advantage. Therefore, in this battle, both the soldiers and the abyss mages in the team were fighting with all their might.

At this moment, the soldiers, who were in a state of heightened mental strength, were all incredibly alert. They felt that they had never been so clear-headed before, and even their eyes seemed to have become brighter.

At the same time, they did not notice that their mental state was becoming increasingly sensitive and fragile, and everyone seemed restless.

Even a glance from a fellow soldier could be perceived as an offense, igniting an irresistible urge to fight. Fortunately, their strict military discipline prevented them from initiating a brawl during the march. However, this very discipline, coupled with everyone's somber mood, resulted in a complete silence among them.

Just then, a sudden gunshot shattered the tranquility.

No one saw where the bullet came from, but they were astonished to find that the officer driving the jeep at the front had his head blown off by a single shot.

Upon seeing this, many people exclaimed in shock. They never expected that the staff officer of this motorized infantry battalion would be killed by the enemy in a sniper shot without any explanation.

After firing that shot, the sniper didn't seem to stop; he continued firing at them.

Bullets flew in one after another, as if the King of Hell were calling roll, precise and deadly.

In just a few seconds, seven or eight soldiers were killed by the enemy without any explanation, while the other soldiers were so frightened that they quickly shrank into the military vehicles and dared not show their faces.

However, the player who acted as the sniper was clearly not experienced enough, or rather, underestimated the enemy's reaction speed.

Because he was always lying in the grass and shooting from the same spot when he was firing.

So much so that after observing him for a while, soldiers from the Black Hawk Empire immediately noticed him.

A Dreadnought set up its cannon, roughly aimed at the distance, and then fired a shot. The 75mm high-explosive shell exploded in the distance, creating a burst of fire.

After firing that shot, the Fearless mech put away its heavy cannon, seemingly confident in its success.

"Damn it, I never expected to run into a guerrilla sharpshooter in a place like this! I don't know how that guy trained his marksmanship; he could kill so many of us from this far away!"

Over the radio, an armored soldier couldn't help but curse, but the gunner who had just fired that shot didn't care at all.

"Don't worry, that guy's dead now. I have full confidence in my artillery skills..."

Just as he was saying this, he was suddenly surprised to notice that the guy who should have been killed by his shot had actually climbed up again from near the crater!
Before he could reload and fire again, the bastard took off running, heading straight for a horse parked not far away. He mounted the horse and galloped off into the distance.

I wonder what breed of horse that was, that it could run so fast and be so tough!
Despite being simultaneously fired upon by several machine guns behind them, the cavalryman managed to charge forward on his horse and disappear into the distance in just a few seconds.

All the Black Hawk soldiers on the highway were stunned as they watched the cavalryman turn the corner and quickly disappear from sight.

But then, each of them unleashed an astonishing killing intent.

(End of this chapter)