Chapter 10: Echoes
Theresten is indeed powerful, but it is difficult for her to change the situation on the battlefield on her own.
Although in the eyes of ordinary people, the demon resisters are all high-ranking and extremely remarkable figures, and the demon resistors above the legendary realm are like omnipotent immortals, but throughout the history of the continent, there are very few instances where the demon resisters can defeat or even wipe out an entire army by themselves.
In the face of the charge of heavy horses and the rain of arrows in the sky, no matter how powerful the demon resistor is, there is only one way to die, even if he is a great demon protector who has become an extraordinary saint, he can't say how powerful he has before the army.
Because of manpower, there will always be poverty.
The agile demon protector can only flee in front of the army, and the powerful enough demon protector can ignore the threat of arrows, but even if your heart is as solid as a rock, as cold as the ice of the winter of Sanjiu, you can not care no matter how many people you kill, but the demon soul in your body will gradually be consumed, and the qi will gradually run out, and in the same way, your weapon will always wear out and collapse.
As long as you are human, there will always be times when you are tired.
And the army has tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, and they will not get tired.
If tens of thousands of people can replace such a powerful demon resistant, it is completely acceptable for any general - there is not necessarily one demon protector among nearly a thousand people, and such a powerful demon resistor can be said to be unique among demon resisters.
It is true that the intellectual-based demon hunters have the ability to destroy the legions, but these mass destruction skills often cannot be used for high-speed chanting, which is to let the demon spirits between heaven and earth know what the demon protector who calls for him is going to do.
For many ordinary people, it is very unimaginable that "words have power" is often mentioned in novels or book reviews.
But it's a very common situation for demon hunters.
There was once a pinnacle demon master who exerted the power of words to the extreme, and even crowned the first or even a half-step emperor with such a powerful power, and his most talked about allusion was that before the duel bet between the two world-class demon protectors began, he casually praised one of them, "It's a GOD, it's a god, it's the strongest power in history, it's the strongest champion in history."
The final result was laughable, and the great demon master he praised was helplessly defeated by his opponent in the end.
Of course, this is just an interesting anecdote, and in the end, whether it is a famous quote that has been passed down through the ages, or a story that has been talked about by posterity, it is only one thing:
"Words do have great power, it's just that ordinary demon hunters don't know how to use them. ”
However, even if they cannot fully grasp the power of speech, speech is often used as a vehicle for the "communication power" of the intellectual-based demon masters, and is often used in battle.
If the Strength Demon Protector and the Intelligence Demon Protector fight with the Demon Soul they have obtained, the Intelligence Demon Protector fights by communicating with the Demon Soul between heaven and earth, so that they can understand their own minds, and this is why the skills mastered by the Intelligence Demon Protector are far more powerful than the Force-Sensitive Dual-Demon Protector after completing the chant, even if both are just condensing a normal fireball.
But with the help of the power of heaven and earth through chanting, it is said to be magnificent, but how easy is it to really do?
How to carry out the chanting? After learning the classics of the former sages and perceiving the existence of the Heaven and Earth Demon Soul around you, how do you talk to it like a friend for many years? How do you let the Heaven and Earth Demon Soul know your mind? There is absolutely no trick in this, and it is not that you shout "The whistling south wind, come to help me" and "The wind, listen to my orders" and then there is really a strong wind howling, so although it is a pity, it is really just a talent to communicate with the demon soul.
But after the sages successfully communicated with the demon soul for the first time, another thorny problem arose:
The Demon Spirit of Heaven and Earth has no eyes, no ears, and it will never know what strange thoughts the Demon Protector has, and the Demon Protector will often need to describe it quite precisely, and may even have to add a lot of complicated modifiers and read them in a subdued and exaggerated tone.
And in the midst of battle, chanting like this, you will surely die.
If an agile demon protector attacks you with his extreme speed, or a power demon protector throws a giant axe and sledgehammer directly at you, can you still recite a dramatic poem on the spot?
In order to solve the problem of the actual combat application of the intelligence system demon master, the predecessors have proposed countless methods, but there are only a few that have been handed down to this day, including "as a fragile intelligence demon master, first, we give ourselves a 'steel body', then we take our giant sword and give it the most powerful power, whether it is ice and fire or thunder, and finally, use the skill 'steel meat grinder'" This seems to be an extremely ridiculous method.
What is sad and laughable is that this tactic has been passed down as an effective means, and it is called "one of the three major derivative factions of the intelligence system demon protector" along with the rune puppet.
However, the actual combat problem of the intelligence department demon protector was not really solved until the popularization of "high-speed chanting".
No one can remember who first discovered such a clever method as "high-speed chanting", but after countless generations of inheritance and optimization, high-speed chanting has become a compulsory course for every intellectual demon master.
However, unlike ordinary chanting, high-speed chanting is extremely fast in manipulating demon spirits, but it is a simplification of chanting by distorting syllables and stacking words, so as a "carrier of power", high-speed chanting is ineffective when the skill is too strong.
Not being able to chant at high speed means that it takes time, and in the face of the heavy cavalry charged with terrifying power and speed, once they come into contact with the weak body of an intellectual-based demon protector who is almost the same as an ordinary person, they can crush the demon protector to pieces in an instant.
There was a saying on the continent that if there was no crown or even an emperor, then it would be very absurd and ridiculous for any demon protector to fight the vast army on his own.
So Theresten, she's tired now.
Her greatsword still kept swinging, but the only thing that became her target was to break her bones.
However, anyone who is a little stronger knows that the demon soul in her body is being consumed in large quantities, and if this situation is allowed to continue, even if she has half a foot to the level of the peerless one, her strength will eventually be exhausted.
What's even more terrifying is that when countless skeletons of white bones continue to charge up the city wall without fear of death, and pounce on the city wall like locusts in transit during the great drought, those abominants and ghouls who cannot climb the ladder because of their weight or body structure begin to do another meaningful, fun and healthy thing - digging the wall.
It has to be said that this is a very difficult project, and neither the ghoul nor the abomination is not suitable to be a member of the construction team, not to mention that the walls are also wrapped in a thick layer of Mithril.
However, the construction results of the undead army proved that they had broken through the strongest army of the Duchy of Davenport like an autumn wind sweeping leaves, and fought triumphantly all the way directly to Jorsek, relying on definitely not luck.
It's real strength.
In the three hours of the battle, the thick and sturdy Mithril had been dug up, and even the city wall had been dug up several huge gaps, if it weren't for the fact that the city wall was really thick enough and all kinds of runes were stable, I am afraid that it would have collapsed.
To this, the defenders reacted that there was no reaction.
Because they don't have the means to react.
Whether it is a crystal tower or a heavy artillery crossbow arrow, when the enemy is close to the city wall, it will be ineffective due to the angle of fire, and ordinary bows and arrows cannot cause damage to the rough-skinned abomination, and the skills of the intelligence demon protector may be able to cause some damage, but who can make those weak guys break through the bloody battle lines of the soldiers on both sides?
Reg swung his huge club and smashed a skeleton to pieces, the aftershocks of the blow shattered the two nearby skeletons, and the sergeant rushed to kill the two skeletons with a sword.
Without looking at the fierce battlefield in front of him, Reg frowned slightly.
He was an earth-based transcendent saint-level demon master, and he was the most intimate with the mountain, rock, and earth, and at this time, he seemed to hear the moaning of the city wall under his feet.
Then he meditated, listened carefully to its moaning, and then his face changed dramatically.
There was no time to consult with anyone again, so he picked up his giant stick and rushed straight forward!
It's not any skill, it's just a charge.
However, in the hands of the transcendent saint-level power system demon master, this meant a terrifying death.
The so-called transcendent sanctification means that he has transcended the boundaries of mortals, even if he can't destroy an entire army with his own strength, but it is not difficult to knock over the skeletons that stand in the way, and it is not difficult to resist the legendary skills of a few commanders.
Before more and more powerful skeletal warriors noticed the rampaging beast, Reg had already rushed to the edge of the wall, and then he jumped in full view of the bewildered eyes of the enemies around him!
This wall is too high and too high, so high that even if a demon protector as powerful as Tristin jumps directly, he will probably have his ankles shattered and it will be difficult to move, not to mention that Regg's strength is much inferior to that of Terestine.
A transcendent saint, even if his body is as strong as iron, there is no possibility of stirring up any wind and waves when he falls into the midst of heavy surrounding, so why is this person seeking death like this?
Even if you are the emperor, there are things you don't understand.
And on the battlefield, if something unexpected suddenly happens, it will often cause a certain tragedy.
For example, Reg the Earthshaker at this moment.
Becoming a general is not an easy task, and it is even more difficult to become a general on the defensive side, both military theory and experience on the battlefield require a considerable degree of training, and most importantly, they will gradually develop some unique qualities - whether it is the rationality to face despair and the courage to survive, or the loyalty and ruthlessness.
However, none of this has anything to do with Reger.
In the eyes of ordinary sergeants, he is really a good old man, and he does not have the pride that a great demon master should have, or a shelf, even if it is an ordinary soldier who greets him, he will smile and nod in return, and there is no general posture at all.
Because this year, he suddenly became a general.
He was originally an idle ordinary demon master, many years in the mountains and forests fighting with tigers and leopards to improve cultivation, until the death of the old hunter who adopted himself did not go out of the mountains and forests down the mountain to enter the world, a city lord of the Principality of Kerui sensed his deep cultivation realm, told him that if he was willing to join the army, with his strength can easily get a position of a general, so he agreed to accept the city lord's recommendation.
At that time, his identity was a civilian, and according to convention, even if he was promoted exceptionally, there must be a certain limit, such as being a partial general for a period of time, or being a pioneer for a period of time.
However, no one expected that in just a few weeks, His Majesty would directly promote him to lieutenant general of the royal army, and then, after the oath of the Holy Alliance, he would simply join forces with Edwin, the principality's famous wise general.
For a demon protector who has never really made a move, even if his strength is earth-shattering, it is impossible to directly receive such preferential treatment.
This is very unreasonable.
But because of this, none of the undead knew what the specific skills of this burly man were!
Reg was still falling in the air, and every time he fell a distance, he would swing his giant stick and stick to the Mithril wall, and the giant stick rubbed against the city wall violently, and Reg's fall suddenly froze, and his speed slowed down a lot.
In this way, Reg finally fell relatively smoothly into the middle of the ghoul group, stepping out of a small but deep pit under his feet, and holding the giant stick high with both hands!
The ghouls and abominations who were working on the construction had no idea that this time the falling object would change from a long arrow, cannonball, white bone or a human corpse to a sturdy living person, and their reaction was slow for a while, and they watched the giant stick in Regg's hand smash to the ground!
That's, the stars.
The stars are shining brightly and shining.
Even ghouls and abominations, barely thinking and acting on instinct, stopped their construction, and they were fascinated by the beauty of the night sky.
It's just that the actual position of these shining stars is on the ground, appearing around them.
The next moment, the earth's crust cracked, the mountains folded, and the surrounding undead were crushed and destroyed!
Skill - Echo Strike!