Chapter 123: The Beginning of the War
It's just that this kind of surprise attack method, these beasts have been used against the defenders of the camp several times, so that the militia team of more than twenty people, which was originally composed of all the middle-aged men in the camp, lost nearly a third, and this kind of learning at the cost of blood is the most profound, so when these beasts rushed into the range of the campfire, they were greeted by the sharp spears of the defenders who had prepared in advance.
"Kill them all!" A roar rang out.
The long hairs were flattened, and the blades of the spears were connected in parallel lines, shimmering ominously in the light of the fire.
The Dire Wolf, who had been shown to be the purpose of the raid, had no intention of stopping the attack, and jumped up at the Guardians, pounced on the humans in front of them, and then, the beasts with sharp claws collided with the humans who were armed with weapons.
A few soft pops rang out.
The first few dire wolves were pierced first, and some even had two of them stabbed together by a spear, and the hot blood slid down the spear and into the palm of the hand holding the spear.
The impact of the dire wolf's desperate death also caused a lot of pressure on the defenders, and the weight of their bodies combined with the huge impact force they carried made the spear shaft moan overwhelmed, causing these militiamen to be knocked back again and again, and the originally neat formation was suddenly a little chaotic.
It wasn't long before a crisp clicking sound was heard, and the spears that were not of very good quality were broken.
Just as several dire wolves in the rear were about to break through the gap in the militia formation by taking advantage of the opportunity of their companions' lives, there was a sudden tremor from the ground, and then, a huge black shadow rushed straight from the side. The momentum is like a steel chariot in high motion. The next moment, the black shadow hit the remaining dire wolves from the side, not giving them a chance to react at all, and then saw that the momentum of the dire wolves' original forward rush was directly interrupted and turned into a sideway throw. When it rolled in the air, there was a series of crisp breaking sounds, and it had already turned into a mess of mud before it fell to the ground more than ten meters away.
The huge black shadow that knocked into the dire wolf continued to run for several meters before slowly stopping, revealing a fur as red as fire in the light of the fire, which was none other than Wu Neng's animal companion, the giant boar Ancelotti.
"Well done." As one of the militia leaders, Gono praised loudly.
Hearing the master's praise, Ancelotti raised her head arrogantly and narrowed her already very small eyes to only a slit. Very disdainful, he paced back to the camp.
For Ancelotti's stinky personality, whether it is Wu Neng or other militiamen, they are no longer surprised, and quickly help the injured people to bandage them, and take the opportunity to adjust the formation and reorganize.
Then. The women and old men in the camp rushed over with a pile of wooden poles, took the broken spears of the militiamen, removed the spearheads, replaced them with new ones, and fastened them with thick iron nails, and soon repaired all the damaged weapons of the militiamen.
Because the iron production in this world is ridiculously low, it is almost impossible to defeat the creations of pure iron, as for the weapons of pure iron. There may be some of them in the lords and knight families, but there will never be many, and this one obviously won't fall into the hands of Pang Ban.
Addressing this issue. Chen Peng discussed this situation with the people in the planning department in the name of the game background, and finally agreed that it is more suitable to use a thick iron spearhead and a replaceable spear shaft on the weapon, as long as the spearhead is not lost, it can be used for a long time. So Chen Peng asked Pang Ban to do it according to this method, which led to the current scene.
After changing the weapons of the militiamen, the logistics team of women, children and elderly people immediately returned to the center of the camp with the remaining supplies and the more seriously wounded militiamen.
The ensuing battle between humans and beasts is a complete replica of this conflict, relatively speaking. These wolves are just beasts after all, although they have a certain hunting intelligence. But that's just their instinct, and they've figured out the rules, with the help of weapons and animal companions. Dire wolf casualties far outnumbered those of the people in the camp.
But the problem is that these dire wolves are actually just the vanguard of the dire wolf pack, if they are dragged by these dire wolves and wait until a large-scale beast tide surrounds them, then it is likely that such a hundred or so people in the camp will be completely swallowed by the beast tide.
The attacks are becoming more and more frequent, and the casualties in the camp are getting higher and higher, and there have begun to be twenty or thirty dire wolf packs, which has brought more and more pressure on the camp's defense, and more and more casualties have made the camp's defense circle continue to shrink, and the form is becoming more and more critical.
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"Fuck off, you aren't needed here!"
"Since you've decided to come, you're ready to stay here forever!"
"Born in the light and buried in the dark, everything is already doomed."
"Help me, please help me......"
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When crossing the repulsive force field, Chen Peng immediately felt the resistance contained in it, as if it was made of glue in front of him, and the bag was around him and pulled him from all directions, preventing him from moving forward, making him need to constantly consume the source force to offset these resistances in order to continue to move forward. But fortunately, there are believers who have been praying for him, so that he can obtain an endless source of power.
But as he continued to move forward along the line of faith, countless mixed voices suddenly rushed into his mind, which were not the thoughts of his believers, but from the origin of this world.
This is the will of the world.
Chen Peng immediately understood what this voice was, but obviously this will is not unified, some hope that he will come, some are completely malicious to him, and some are indifferent. These voices converged together, as if countless people were murmuring together, forming a vast river of sounds, constantly trying to wash Chen Peng's mind, if he couldn't hold on, Chen Peng would become one of them.
However, this kind of influence is not worth mentioning at all in the eyes of Chen Peng, who has cleared his mind, just like a reef that has been washed by the sea for countless years, and is not moved by it at all, but can only make the surface of the reef stronger and smoother.
After advancing for an unknown amount of time, Chen Peng suddenly stopped, because the resistance in front of him suddenly became extremely strong, as if it had turned into an incomparably solid stone wall. Dead in front of him.
"Go back! Get back! ”
At this time, the will of the Fragmented World seemed to unite in an instant, bursting out with the most powerful force to stop him.
"Pathetic!"
Chen Peng's eyes flickered, filled with contempt, indifference, and almost conceited self-confidence, and compared to the rat-tail ends of the will of this world from beginning to end, he was confident enough to despise this other person who did not know how to exist - even if the other party should be far stronger than himself.
Suddenly. All of his source power burned, and with him as the center, golden light shot out in all directions, turning into a sea of golden light, and the next moment, the wall blocking in front of him shattered in response.
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"Decree: Retreat!"
Pompa yelled. Ripples that seemed to be substantial spread outward in a fan shape in front of him, seemingly slow but actually extremely fast, almost in an instant, covering more than twenty dire wolves that had just rushed out of the darkness.
Suddenly, everyone could see that the original scarlet pupils of these beasts began to fade to a degree visible to the naked eye, and their behavior also showed that they were in a state of confusion. Some began to want to retreat, some rushed forward according to inertia, and some began to circle around, and for a while, several of them crashed together and rolled to the ground, and suddenly the group of dire wolves who love you became a mess inside themselves.
This is the ability that Pombana has figured out in his way of wild balance, which can affect the sanity of beasts within a certain range.
Everyone who lives in this world knows that every decade or so passes. There will be a beast tide. All the beasts of the wilderness gathered as if under the influence of some will, attacking wherever humans existed, exterminating every human in their sight. In a few months, or when the beast tide is almost dead. The remaining beasts will return to the wilderness, recuperate, and wait for the next war to break out.
This seemingly never-ending war between humans and beasts has prevented the human population of this world from being able to increase effectively, and has shrunk in the past hundred years, causing large areas of land to be barren. It has become a natural home for wild beasts, and it has also caused the civilization of this world to stagnate. Ignorance and darkness have become the main theme of this world.
The smaller the population, the less land there is. As a result, food production is insufficient, and the backwardness of civilization makes it impossible for them to grow more food on less land, which makes the lowest tenants unable to fill their stomachs even if they work hard, and those who cannot survive become displaced people, who can only go to the wilderness to find a chance to survive, which further causes the population to decrease, making the previous problems more serious, as if the world has entered a cycle of deterioration.
Due to the continuous reduction of human strength, the losses in the face of the beast tide in recent times are getting bigger and bigger, which makes the people more and more difficult, for Pang Ban, who is determined to liberate this dark world, these are the problems that he must solve and cannot escape, for this he has also done a lot of research, especially the will that drives the beast to form the beast tide, which is the top priority in his research.
And this ability that he knows is to deal with the control of this will over the beast. This ability does not really affect the sanity of the beasts, but can counteract the influence of the unknown will on these beasts, although it can work for a short time, only a minute or two at most, and then if Pang Ban does not continue to use it, these beasts will be controlled by the unknown will.
However, this is enough time, often the beasts affected by the ability of Pang Ban will be awakened to normal instincts, and at this time, there will often be chaos in the herd, and this two-minute chaos is enough to buy time for the militia in the camp to strangle or drive away these affected beasts, effectively relieving the defensive pressure faced by the camp.
This ability was named "Order: Retreat" by Pang Ban.
But this ability is not easy to use, and the consumption is not small. Pang Ban tried to teach three apprentices, but unfortunately there was no sign of learning so far, and neither could the others, so now he was the only one in the camp who could use the "Law Order: Retreat", and he needed to make up for it once there was a danger, and all the pressure was on his shoulders.
Pang Ban couldn't remember how many times he had used "Order: Retreat", anyway, his hands and feet had begun to weaken, his heart was beating rapidly, and the image in front of him was confused from time to time, which was already a precursor to an imminent overdraft, but he still remained calm on the surface, without the slightest discoloration, calmly commanding the defense and calming the hearts of the people in the camp.
In the wail of a few dire wolves, the wolves who had been cast by Pang Ban with the "Law Order: Retreat" began to scatter after dropping most of the corpses under the joint attack of the militia and animal partners, and they were scattered, and there was no need to worry about the remaining group of dire wolves coming back in a short time.
Hurrying up, the people of the camp immediately began repairing their weapons, treating the wounded, replenishing food, and preparing for the next battle.
"Mentor......" Goku walked back from the front line, his body was covered in blood, not how many were human and how many were beasts.
The animal skin clothes on his chest were torn, and the paw prints on the exposed chest could still be seen, still oozing blood, and the other parts of the clothes were also torn, so you can imagine how fierce the battle he had experienced before.
"Half of the militia casualties have already been lost, and we won't be able to withstand it a few more times." Goku gasped.
Pang Ban patted him on the shoulder and just said two words.
"Hold on."
After looking at Pang Ban deeply for a while, Wukong nodded heavily, took a piece of bread that looked similar to the soil handed over by the woman next to him, took a big bite, and then picked up the kettle and poured it violently for a while, shouting, "Barbarom! ”
With his words, a huge cow with a golden body suddenly stood up not far away, it was none other than Goku's animal companion Barbarom. It's just that it is usually majestic, and now its steps are a little staggering, and the fur on its body is also damaged, it looks like a seriously ill patient, but under the call of Wukong, although the injury is not light, it still insists on coming to Wukong's side, ready for the next round of battles.
At this time, from the periphery of the camp defense line, Ancelotti, who was not inferior to Barbarom, walked back slightly, now it has lost its previous majesty, the red fur has been torn and a bald patch has appeared, and the head is also dripping with blood, looking very miserable.
Ancelotti had come to change shifts with Barbarom, as the main animal companions of the camp, the two creatures were indispensable to the defensive line, but the long battle had caused them to be extremely traumatized, and now they could only carry out a battle and a rest rotation to ensure the combat effectiveness of the defensive line.
Soon, the battle between humans and beasts exploded again.
As time passed, the battle became more and more intense, and as the human defense line began to retreat, it was clear that the general trend had shifted to the side of the beasts. (To be continued)
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