Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIf there is one more cruel thing in this day and age than the kind of war of pride between knights, then only a war between hoplites is a little more likely......

Simple and unpretentious, but full of tyranny and blood, the hoplites, armed to the teeth and carrying tens of kilograms, are best at creating a terrible hell, and perhaps for themselves......

Limitations in equipment make it difficult for them to use certain nimble tactics and techniques, and there are only two things they need to do against any enemy, raise their shields, swing their swords, and then repeat the same rhythm until they run out of stamina or die in battle

Defeat leads to death, and while heavy armor and heavy shields give them unprecedented protection, they also lose the last chance of escape, so whether in the West or East, on Earth or here, the energy and cost of building an elite and fearless hoplite is enough to make the noblest of men suffer from life

However, even if the threshold for this class is so high, almost all careerists are still extremely eager to have them, after all, apart from the knights who firmly occupy the top of the food chain, the hoplites are recognized as the king of infantry!

Honor? Maybe it doesn't matter to most of them, killing? It had long been instinctive in the brutal training, and when they formed a complete array and advanced like a fortress of steel, the mere momentum could make most of the troops tremble and collapse

When he was on Earth, Leo once saw a very apt phrase

"The Middle Ages? A knight on horseback, a swordsman on the ground...... That's all! ”

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"For the sake of the storm, the champion swordsman charges!"

"Darkness above, kill them all!"

Finally, after the two heavy armies marching in opposite directions had approached fifty paces, as if agreed at the same time, the commanders of both sides let out a howl of charging at the same time

The team of middle- and low-level officers in the front row, composed of veterans of several wars, almost simultaneously raised their shields and chests, and waved the shiny long sword in their hands......

It was the first charge of the hoplites after the battle, and in many cases the only one!

With the movements of the officers and veterans, the reflexes developed by the whip during training caused the champion swordsmen to do the same in unison, and the perfect array was like a ripple suddenly appearing on the surface of a calm lake

Even the earth shook and groaned under the frantic trampling of tens of thousands of heavily armored warriors, almost making it seem like it would crumble and collapse in the next moment

There was no one to dodge, and there was no room to dodge, and in the next moment, two torrents of steel, silver and black, slammed into each other with a dull thunderous sound......

The steel shield in the hand of an ordinary champion swordsman frantically pushed forward, and the surface of the arc shattered the cheeks of the opposing enemy along with the helmet, but before the young warrior could smile on his face, and before the enemy in front of him could fall weakly, a long sword from the side of the chaos accurately cut off his spine and nerves directly from the weak point of the armor on his neck......

Combat skills? Muscles? Strength? It's a joke on such a battlefield, and any fool who tries to show his martial prowess alone often doesn't survive a few breaths, trusting his comrades around him, and then moving forward numbly, waiting for victory or death is the only thing that can be done

Humans and demons are like two monstrous waves that stretch for miles, crashing and pushing under the sky, until they are completely intertwined and can no longer be separated from each other, life is especially fragile and ridiculous here, hundreds of people fall every minute and every second, and the soft sunlight shines only on the crystal blood and steel......

In the sky, a rain of arrows poured from the main formations of the two sides to each other, drinking the hard-won flesh and blood, and more than 100,000 human and demon believers in an area of several kilometers in the middle of the battlefield were roaring and killing each other hoarsely

The strength of the power brought Leo extraordinary vision, and a disemboweled, young swordsman who had been disemboweled, relying on his instinct to survive, was dragging his intestines outward through the gaps of countless heavy feet, and he could even see the young and immature face of the other party and the painful desire for life on it

Can...... It only took him a few steps to crawl out before a swarthy battle axe slammed down from behind, its rough but not sharp blade shattering the poor swordsman's entire right hand and forearm

The pain was so intense that the swordsman began to roll wildly on the muddy ground like a boiled prawn, howling...... Eventually, the blackened intestines and internal organs dragged out in a circle that exuded a strange pattern......

Then, a long sword pierced into the eye socket ended his life completely

And such a scene, and many times more tragic than this, continued to occur at the same time, stumps, broken arms, human internal organs and blood are continuing to fertilize the land in front of us that carries destiny

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Squinting slightly, Leo found that he was cold enough to look at all this without too much movement, he slowly stretched out his palm, white and crystal clear, but he seemed to look at a completely different self from another angle, strange but so real......

After a long time, he patted Keeley, who was a little agitated by the smell of blood, and turned his head to look at Al Andrrestes, who was also calm and silent

"My marshal, I suppose that mere mutual attrition will certainly not be your goal, so did you insist on preparing the forces of the wilderness to deal with the current stalemate?"

Nodding slightly, Al spoke

"Praise your wise man, but not now!"

"Oh?"

Raising an eyebrow, Leo turned his head completely, on the one hand, he really didn't understand, and on the other hand, maybe he deliberately didn't want to let himself continue to watch that cruel battlefield

"You must understand my marshal, although you and I and others are prepared to die before this war, but I want to do my best to bring back as many of these children as possible for our city and territory, and the current exchange ratio is almost close to a one-to-one, and I am a little worried about the soldiers' ......"

"Trust me, trust your soldiers, they are far stronger than you think, even ...... They trust you more than you do! ”

After saying this with a little fanaticism, Al seemed to feel a precursor to some emotion, and he took a few deep breaths before regaining his composure, raising his hand and pointing in the direction of the demon's home formation to speak to Leo

"Don't forget, my lord, these believers do not represent the strength of the demons themselves, there is still a terrifying army there that has not been dispatched, and those elusive evil rats are the first test for us!"

Turning his head suddenly, Leo's face was faintly filled with a hint of solemnity and worry

"I see, you mean those demon warriors, I'm really a little curious about the commander of our opponent this time, Finn said that in the battle yesterday, even when the opponent's demon knights suffered heavy losses, they didn't let those bastards participate in the battle, maybe ......"

"Yes, you were right, sir, look! They moved, maybe the commanders of the other side want to solve the problem completely through this war, just like we think! ”

In the distance, the Demon Legion Leader, whose face was still wrapped in black armor, let out a muffled roar behind him, which was much more empty

"Leo! Don't let me down like your stupid brothers, and lead your people to take out this human army for me with the narrow blades of your hands and your mysterious steps! ”

"Your will, I will show them what fear is!"

One of the few remaining Terror Knights disappeared from the spot in an instant, and the next moment he was already kneeling on one knee in front of the Demon Legion Leader

The black leather armor was soft and shiny, there was no shield, no helmet, no burden that hindered his movement, the tall and thin Leo didn't care about shaking his weird purple hair, and his crossed hands slowly caressed the two slightly curved long swords behind his back, as if being able to join the battle made him so that he kept breathing heavily between his mouth and nose......

After the Demon Legion Leader nodded in agreement, Leo's half-kneeling body distorted and blurred in the air again, disappearing in an instant

A few seconds later, in the center of the battlefield, a champion swordsman who had just raised his shield to block the enemy's slashing was just about to counterattack, but the long sword that was halfway swung suddenly became extremely heavy, and the power in his body seemed to be completely out of his torso in an instant......

He was a little surprised and uneasy, and subconsciously looked down, but was shocked to find that his body was getting farther and farther away, and the pain came belatedly at this time......

Twisting slightly to avoid the blood splattering from the neck of his first prey, Leo landed on one foot and gracefully grasped his twin swords like a dancer in the center of the stage

He glanced contemptuously at the several swordsmen rushing up around him, stretched out his scarlet tongue and carefully licked the blood beads that slipped from the spine of the sword, and when the pupils of an amphibian closed, the whole person disappeared in place again, while the surrounding area burst out with his disappearance and a thick and brilliant blood mist burst out wildly

With Leo's participation in the battle, as many as 10,000 of them, the demon warriors who occupied the largest number of demon armies also disappeared from their places......

"It's !! now"

Al's usually calm arm also trembled a little at this moment, he didn't even notice the hideousness on his face and the tyranny in his tone, and his right arm swung straight down

"Summons the power of the wilderness to join the battle, and cooperate with the champion swordsmen who form a formation to strangle this group of demons to the maximum!!"

"Herald, the Knights of Dawn break away from the shock array and join the infantry battlefield!"

"Herald, Stormwings and the Spear Throwing Legion move to the flanks of the battlefield, allowing hand-to-hand contact after firing!"

"Order, punish the knights and lead the rest of the knights to prepare for a counterattack!"

"Order, Tyr leads the archer legion to move positions, ready to cooperate with the Noldor Dawn Knights against the opposing demon archer legion!"

"Order, this formation moves forward with the Guards Regiment and the Spearmen Regiment and distributes weapons to the people......"

A series of somewhat excited orders continued to come out of El's mouth without hesitation, and the guards in charge of protection and orders were stunned and turned their inquiring eyes to their lord

Leo nodded vigorously and slowly drew his sword

"Follow the marshal's orders, this is the decisive battle! From now on, there will be no more forward and middle army on this land, no more front and rear, want to win? Everyone, including me, will trade their lives for it! ”