New Flyer's newest fire magic arrows would trigger a miniature Flame Explosion Spell Array embedded in the arrow after each hit. Its power was equivalent to a level-three fire spell.
Although the power of a level-three fire spell was nothing compared to the level-eight Azure Guard, a level-three fire spell might not be a threat to the Azure Guard, but the power of ten, a hundred, or even a thousand level-three fire spells would be a completely different matter.
Under Xu Yi's orders, Hart and the other guards continued to equip the magic repeating crossbows with fire magic arrows. The fiery red flames in the night sky showed no signs of stopping.
The seemingly endless number of fire magic arrows crashed into the Azure Guard's light screen, triggering an endless series of explosions. It was as if fireworks were being set off, bursting into balls of fiery red and light blue magic light in the wilderness shrouded in the night sky.
At the start, the mage could still rely on his powerful magic power to maintain the light screen, but there was a limit to a mage's magic power. No matter how powerful this mage was, he couldn't withstand the continuous bombardment of fire magic arrows.
The Azure Guard only lasted for less than half a minute before it dimmed under the bombardment of arrows. It looked like it couldn't be maintained any longer.
Because of the threat of such a violent rain of arrows, the cavalry could only advance under the protection of the light screen. Their speed naturally became extremely slow. In this half a minute, they had only advanced less than fifty meters. They hadn't even touched the edge of the camp.
At this moment, the light of the Azure Guard finally started to flicker under the continuous bombardment of the fire magic arrows.
Xu Yi snorted coldly and suddenly raised his hand, waving it forward.
"Crackle —"
An unusually dazzling bolt of lightning appeared in the air in front of Xu Yi. It streaked across the night sky like lightning and hit the light screen directly.
The light screen shook violently for a moment. Suddenly, a bright blue light burst out of it, and then it disappeared.
The bolt of lightning pierced through the light screen and landed in the midst of the cavalry, bursting into a blinding white light.
The hundred cavalry that had been maintaining a complete formation under the cover of the light screen were struck by the bolt of lightning and were instantly routed.
With a loud shout, the remaining cavalrymen suddenly turned their horses around and prepared to flee.
Seeing this situation, Xu Yi coldly snorted and ordered Hart, "Capture a few alive. Don't let the rest go."
"Yes."
Hart accepted the order and left. The guards once again changed into ordinary arrow boxes. Another round of arrows rained down, and the few remaining cavalrymen fell like harvested rice.
This time, the ten elven guards who came along with Hart quietly sneaked out of the darkness. Hart ordered the rest of the guards to put away their magic repeating crossbows, drew their short blades, and rushed out.
Seeing that the ten elven guards had disappeared into the darkness and that Hart and the other human guards had taken control of the battlefield, Xu Yi nodded and returned to the camp.
At this moment, everyone in the camp had been awakened and were gathered in the center of the camp, discussing nervously.
The difference was that the dwarves were all excited, while the humans were excited, nervous, and scared.
Seeing that Xu Yi had returned to the camp, a group of people surrounded him.
"President, how is it?"
"President, is the situation serious?
Do you need us to join in? "
"I say, do you still need to ask?
Didn't you see the president smiling? It must be fine.
Right, President? "
"President …"
… …
Xu Yi smiled and waved his hand, "Alright, the enemy has been dealt with. Don't worry, everyone, go back and rest.
We still have to hurry tomorrow morning, so take the time to rest. "
"It's settled?
Isn't it too fast? "Everyone was stunned.
However, seeing that Xu Yi had no intention to continue explaining, everyone discussed with each other for a while and returned to their own tents.
As for whether they really planned on resting or not, that was something Xu Yi didn't care about.
After returning to his tent and waiting patiently for a while, light footsteps sounded outside, followed by Hart's deliberately lowered voice.
"President, the battlefield has been cleaned up."
Xu Yi opened the tent flap and walked out. He saw Hart and Isos covered in blood.
"President, Isos and the others have captured three people. What do you think we should do with them?" Hart asked.
"Interrogate them properly and find out who sent them here."
Xu Yi instructed in a deep voice. He glanced at the blood on Hart and Isos and asked, "How are our losses this time?"
"Three of our patrolling brothers are dead. We didn't suffer any other losses," Hart replied.
A hint of sadness flashed across Xu Yi's face.
Although Xu Yi had already expected this day to come when he established the caravan guards, he still couldn't help but sigh when he was faced with the death of his guards.
This continent was ultimately a world that was far less stable and peaceful than Earth.
After waving his hand to signal Hart and Isos to interrogate the captives, Xu Yi turned to look at the tent behind him. He realized that he didn't feel sleepy at all. After thinking for a while, he sat down cross-legged beside the fire in the center of the camp.
Xu Yi's heart was beating like a flame as he watched the firewood crackle and sparks fly in all directions.
Although the attack at night didn't seem to be a big deal and didn't pose much of a threat to the caravan, it was entirely because the other party had underestimated the defensive capabilities of the caravan. They didn't expect the guards to be equipped with such powerful magical crossbows and the latest magical arrows developed by New Flyer.
Under normal circumstances, the 200 well-trained cavalrymen would be an extremely powerful force. Together with a powerful mage who could support the level-8 spell Azure Guard, this force was enough to destroy a small city. It would be a piece of cake for them to deal with the New Flyer caravan that only had 50 guards.
With such a powerful force, it was obvious that they were not ordinary bandits that had suddenly appeared out of nowhere. They should be a regular army that had been sent out from somewhere.
What Xu Yi was puzzled about now was who sent this group of cavalrymen who could be considered elite even in the regular army of the kingdom and a powerful mage.
From the other party's performance tonight, it was obvious that they didn't intend to give the caravan any room to resist.
However, what Xu Yi couldn't be sure of was whether the other party intended to destroy the entire caravan or kidnap them.
After thinking for a while, Xu Yi realized that he couldn't get an accurate answer without sufficient information. He could only give up.
"Let's hope Hart and Isos can get something useful out of them …"
Xu Yi glanced at the darkness outside the camp. Hart, Isos, and the rest were interrogating the captives there. However, what puzzled Xu Yi was that he didn't hear any screams. He didn't know what method Hart and the rest were using to interrogate the captives.
After giving up on this thought, Xu Yi began to think about another problem.
The sudden attack tonight made Xu Yi a bit vigilant.
He had been focused on the development of New Flyer before. Although he had been reminded by Count Samo, chairman Cruz, and her highness Seveni that he had to be careful of people moving against New Flyer, the New Flyer had been developing very smoothly and Xu Yi had gradually let down his vigilance.
However, the attack tonight reminded Xu Yi of a cruel fact.
Sines was different from the peaceful environment of earth. This world was much more open and would even use the simplest method of violence to solve problems.
Xu Yi wanted to solve all problems on a business level, but other people didn't think the same.
"To put it simply, I really am too naive ….." Xu Yi gave a sigh and gave a self deprecating laugh.
Turning to look at the corpses of the three guards by the side of the camp, Xu Yi slightly narrowed his eyes.
Perhaps ….. it was time to change his mind.
After waiting by the fire for a while, a guard came over and told Xu Yi that captain Hart was inviting him over.
Xu Yi followed the guard to the camp and saw that Hart and Isos had finished their interrogation. Seeing the strange expressions on their faces, he understood that they must have gotten a surprising result.
"How is it?" Xu Yi asked.
Hart and Isos looked at each other with serious expressions. Hart paused before moving closer to Xu Yi and replying in a soft voice, "Sir chairman, these fellows who ambushed us ….. came from the Sack Kingdom's Hungry Wolf Regiment."
"Sack Kingdom?" Xu Yi looked at the two of them in surprise with a look of disbelief.
"How is that possible!
This place is two hundred kilometers from the border, how could the Sack Kingdom's army come this deep and launch a night attack on our motorcade? "
Hart shook his head with an ugly expression, "I also don't know what happened.
But according to the captives, they received their orders this morning and didn't meet any obstacles on the way. Then they launched a surprise attack on our motorcade at night. "
"They didn't meet any obstacles?"
Xu Yi narrowed his eyes and looked over Hart before saying with a snort, "Hart, tell me, what is the range of the northern army's defenses?"
Hart replied with a bitter smile, "Sir chairman, although the northern army is supposed to guard the kingdom's northern border in name, the northern army's strength is limited and it's impossible to guard every place. So other than the most important border in the Muerto Mountains, the other places are mainly taken care of by the border cities."
"I understand."
Xu Yi took the record from Hart and carefully looked it over, but he didn't see anything of value.
"This captive said that they followed orders to sneak in, then where are the people who gave them orders?"
Isos shook his head, "I'm very sorry, sir chairman, there was a magician and a knight who were very strong, so we couldn't catch them.
I think that they should be the commanders of the cavalry. "
Xu Yi nodded and didn't blame Isos. After all, in the short battle just now, that magician had already displayed powerful magic.
If such a powerful magician was determined to escape, then with a strong warrior, it would be very easy to catch them. It was almost impossible to catch them.
Looking over the report in his hand again, Xu Yi thought about it before giving the report to Hart and saying in a deep voice, "Hart, I'll give you a transport Magic Car. Pick a few guards and bring the captives and this report back to Banta City, giving them to her highness Seveni."
Hart was surprised. He doubtfully looked at Xu Yi, but he didn't ask anything as he agreed in a deep voice.
But after thinking about it, he couldn't help saying, "Sir chairman, if I bring a few more guards with me, wouldn't the motorcade's defenses be lacking?
What if someone sneak attacks … … "
"They won't.
Tonight's attack failed, so it's impossible for the other side to attack again in a short period of time. The price is too high and they can't afford it.
You just need to listen to my orders and give these things to her highness, her highness will know what to do. "
Hart hesitated a bit before asking, "Then what about the battlefield here?
It's not good to leave all these corpses here … … "
Xu Yi gave a cold laugh, "Relax, naturally there will be people to take care of things here, there's no need for us to worry."