The Bizarre Adventure of the Warhammer Elves

Chapter 430 Massacre of Erion
"Look at those bulky iron bastards. Not only do they not look artistically beautiful, but they are also so slow. It is estimated that only the dark elves can make such stupid weapons."

Gilgarion looked at the hundreds of steel behemoths that were actively advancing with disdain, and then raised his elven scimitar and shouted:
"Elion, remember our runes!"

"Istryn!"

The Elion plundering cavalry chanted the ancient runes passed down by the Kingdom of Elion for thousands of years, and the oath meaning 'mountain, alliance, common cause' formed them into an indestructible torrent of steel.

It would be terrifying for tens of thousands of heavy cavalry to charge at the same time, and Elion's cavalry made the earth roar like landslides and earth cracking!

Compared with the Kingdom of Bretonnia, which calls itself the "Kingdom of Knights", the Kingdom of Airion, which has tens of thousands of years of combat experience and horse breeding, has a different view on its own large-scale cavalry tactics:

Compared to the overwhelming conical charge of lances of the Bretonnian knights, the cavalry detachment of the Kingdom of Airion will use the figure-of-eight tactics of light cavalry when fighting in small areas, constantly consuming the enemy's flanks.

When the enemy's line gradually began to disperse due to panic, the heavy cavalry rushed forward to break up the enemy's formation and morale, and annihilated the enemy one by one.

This tactic often works wonders when dealing with smaller numbers of enemies, but when it comes to fighting large-scale legions like today, they will adopt another method:
The silver-helmeted knights, equipped with both men and horses, will appear at the front of the conical formation holding scimitars and shields, using their thick armor and the impact of their horses to savagely break through the enemy's shield wall.

The relatively light-armored Airion plundering cavalry deployed on both wings will hold ultra-long lances and deploy on both sides to charge together, like a file, tearing apart the enemy's formation even further!
(The ancient Byzantine armored cavalry used this tactic)

Rumbling--

The overwhelming cavalry legions shimmered with dazzling silver under the sun. The gorgeous armor paired with the handsome elves made this scene as glorious and spectacular as an epic legend of clothes.

If it were an ordinary battlefield, whether it was the savage greenskin warlords, the Norscan warbands, or even the fear lords of the dark elves, they would flee in confusion under the iron cavalry of this torrent of steel, without any way to deal with it.

Unfortunately, what they encountered today was a real torrent of steel:

"The Juma has been set up and the lava roar rockets have been loaded!"

"Machine gunner, prepare, wait until you get closer before firing!"

"...3000 meters, artillery fire!"

If the tactical level of the army of the Kingdom of Elion is the 'mountain and slash' level, then the firepower intensity and tactical level of the Dark Elves have reached the 'Hearts of Iron' level.

Although the dark elves use unfamiliar new weapons, their strong motor nerves still give them combat talents with strong learning ability.

boom boom-

Along with the dazzling disgust and fire that sounded on the battlefield, the shells with ignited fuses flew out from the barrel of the artillery and fell towards the cavalry troops in the distance.

Compared with ordinary iron cannonballs, these blooming cannonballs are surrounded by a prefabricated fragment groove and are filled with a large amount of gunpowder. Once ignited, they will cause an extremely terrifying explosion!

Not only that, the prefabricated fragment grooves embedded around the cannonballs can splash out in all directions under the impact of the explosion. Its power can even easily penetrate the strongest high-quality plate armor!

Even the dark elf gunners have to be careful when using this kind of cannonball, not to mention the Elion cavalry in the distance who are unaware of the danger?

"what?"

The Elf Prince, who was charging forward with a lance in hand, couldn't help but look up at the hundreds of black smoke approaching in the sky. He had no idea how terrible the power of these round cannonballs wrapped in gunpowder smoke was.

It's not that he has never seen dwarf artillery, but in his opinion, these so-called heavy weapons are just catapults fired using new alchemical materials, and they are not something to be afraid of at all.

Both humans and greenskins have used catapults, and even the beastmen have Cyclops to throw boulders, but haven't the high elves defeated these forces hostile to Ulthuan time and time again?

They have tens of thousands of cavalry, and they are not afraid of the threat of these trebuchets!
However, it won't be long before he will pay a heavy price for his recklessness:
boom--

"Wow ah ah-"

A blooming cannonball exploded just above the elf prince. The visible explosion shock wave and flying shrapnel instantly covered all areas within a radius of tens of meters!
Hundreds of fragments penetrated the armors and vests of these heavily armored knights as easily as musket projectiles, and in an instant, dozens of the bombed Elion Marauders were knocked off their feet.

In order to enhance their fighting and charging capabilities on horses, the Erion plundering cavalry almost completely abandoned the shields that can be used with low-end long-range weapons, relying only on heavy lances and bows to kill the enemy, and then execute the tactic of one-shot escape.

In this case, the flowering shells falling from the sky are simply the most deadly weapons!

Even the heavily armored knights with silver helmets were no exception. Although their thick armor and pointed helmets could deflect some of the damage caused by the fragments, the horses under their crotches were not so lucky.

Whispering——

As more and more fragments and explosions exploded in the army, countless war horses fell to the ground wailing, and the riders on their backs were thrown directly away, and were beaten by the cavalry who continued to charge from behind. They were trampled to pieces!

Seeing this scene, even the brave Elf Prince and Silver Helmet Knight couldn't help but panic, but then they immediately accelerated the speed of patting their horses and prepared to launch an immediate charge.

You must know that they are still thousands of meters away from the enemy. If they withstand a few more rounds of such terrible bombardments during this period, then I am afraid that the army will be at risk of being defeated!

"Is this...is this magic?"

In the sky, Gilgarion, who was riding on the back of a pure white Pegasus, was staring wide-eyed at this moment. Since the strategic perspective in the sky allowed him to see the whole situation, he was able to witness with his own eyes the tragedy that had just happened.

The orange-red fire exploded in his cavalry formation like blooming flowers, followed by countless blood splashes!
As a well-informed elf prince, he also knew that the dwarf's artillery was a powerful weapon, but it was absolutely impossible to cause such horrific damage.

The case is solved, it must be some kind of dark magic!
"This must be some unknown black magic used by Rohan, which will eventually make these cannonballs have such terrifying power... Damn the fear lord, the damn dark elves!"

Gilgarion cursed and drove Pegasus to the sky above the army, then took a deep breath to absorb the magical wind around him and began to chant loudly: "Destruction of Vaal!"

Waves of obscure and uncontrollable magical winds immediately began to gather in the air around Gilgarion, and the powerful advanced magic gradually began to reveal its true power.

Vaal's Destruction is one of the few advanced magics that can cause damage to artifacts. The caster can exert powerful divine power close to that of Vaal, the god of craftsmen, and directly destroy the magic runes attached to the enemy!

Apparently, Gilgarion, who recognized the explosion damage of the blooming shells as a form of magic, prepared to use magic to defeat the magic and prevent the next round of shooting from the blooming shells.

After all, this battle was also the first time that bombs appeared in this world. Therefore, let alone Gilgarion, even the supreme mages from the White Tower of Hoth would believe that this was some unknown magical power.

However, the arrogant elves who claim to be well-informed do not know that the so-called end of chemistry is actually magic to the ignorant.

It's time for the elves to experience the little shock of 'alchemy' from another world!
"This kid is using Vaal's Destruction? What is his goal?"

Rohan on the ground immediately saw Gilgalion performing magic in the sky, and couldn't help but smile when he saw how hard he was preparing to perform magic.

But after laughing, he had no intention of stopping the other party. He even blocked the surrounding musketeers when they tried to shoot into the sky.

"Let that guy cast the spell. If I don't let him put aside his worries, how can the cavalry of the Kingdom of Airion be willing to enter my shooting range?"

Rohan knew very well that the current Airion cavalry would definitely hesitate after experiencing the initial bombing. If they were not given a bait, they might risk withdrawing from the battlefield.

And the short-term show of weakness now is for greater gains!

"You... are really insidious."

Teclis looked at the gunners around him who were reloading their shells with complicated eyes, and for the first time in his mind, he began to question whether his choice to learn magic was a stupid choice.

Rohan had no intention of hiding his injustice when facing him, so he knew very well that Rohan's army did not rely on the power of magic, but an unknown alchemy similar to that of the dwarves.

And now it seems that the future of this road is bright!
How he wished he could immediately notify his fellow tribesmen to escape from this terrifying battlefield that was about to become a one-sided meat grinder, but Rohan obviously would not give him this chance to turn the tide of the war.

"Huh~ I guess you can reduce the lethality of these artillery pieces to the minimum by now, right?"

After confirming that his magic had been successfully cast, the panting Gilgarion couldn't help exhaling a breath, and then raised the heavy lance in his hand and shouted at the confused Elion cavalry below:
"Fighters of Ulthuan, the enemy's evil magic has lost its effect. Don't be afraid anymore. Aenarion's supreme courage is accompanying you. Come attack with me!"

"Come on, for Ulthuan!"

"Glory to Assur!"

……

Hearing Gilgalion's solemn promise, the Erion cavalry who were still hesitant immediately cheered, and then moved towards the direction of the dark elves again.

Several other high elf mages accompanying the army began to jointly cast [Advanced Magic: The Bravery of Aenarion], which made the high-elite soldiers around them begin to remember their great ancestors, and they were all in high spirits!

However, at this moment, they did not realize how much casualties Gilgarion's misjudgment would cause to the entire Kingdom of Elion:
"All fire!"

da da da da da ——

When the distance between the Aira Cavalry successfully exceeded 1000 meters, all the dark elves present received orders from the officers, so they excitedly raised their weapons and started to pull the triggers.

Raindrops of bullets instantly poured out from the rifling of these miniguns and dwarf cannons, and a metal storm instantly swept across the entire battlefield, turning the place into a bloody purgatory on earth!

Nearly a thousand miniguns and hundreds of artillery pieces of various types began to pour out firepower at the same time. Even if the legion of the Eternal Chosen appeared, they would inevitably need to drink a pot, let alone the cavalry of the Kingdom of Elion?

The silver-helmeted knights at the forefront of the cavalry formation only relied on their sophisticated armor to hold on for a few seconds, but then they, along with their horses, were shot into a hornet's nest by the overwhelming rain of bullets.

They didn't even report what happened to their comrades behind them in time, and the war horses turned into harvested wheat and fell to the ground. They used their last consciousness to watch helplessly as their comrades behind them suffered the same fate. .

After the massacre in front lasted for a full ten seconds, the elf princes at the rear noticed the rain of blood that was spreading in front, and then they were so frightened that they hurriedly screamed:
"Disperse! Disperse!"

However, it was too late. How could the cavalry regiment that had launched the charge just stop?

The cavalrymen who were charging knew that there was likely to be a dead end ahead, but whether it was the inertia of the stopped horses or the comrades chasing after them, they were forced to grit their teeth and continue to charge forward.

The only thing they can do now is to pray to Asuryan that the enemy's metal storm can stop soon, or that their former comrades are young men from rich families and can use their armor to carry it for a while longer.

[The Brave of Aenarion] gives them infinite courage, but even gods will feel sincerely afraid when facing death, let alone mortal elves?
"Reload, reload quickly, don't let your barrels stop!"

"I can feel Kane singing. This killing will definitely excite Kane!"

"Kill, kill, kill, kill..."

……

If the German soldiers on the Somme could kindly advise them not to advance when facing the British soldiers who were dying one after another, then the dark elves were completely immersed in killing.

There is no mercy, no prayer, only Kane's [Killing Achievement] is getting stronger and stronger on the elf's body that exudes purple light!
What they didn't even know was that at the edge of the forest not far from the Predator Grassland, a pair of elven men and women who were fleeing happened to witness the horrific massacre that was taking place.

(End of this chapter)