Chapter 1978: Battle Trials in the Dawn (13)

"Mr. Gusta!" Albert was happy to see Gusta on the team again, but worried on the other.

"You're so badly injured, are you going to play today?" he asked.

His gaze was still fixed on Gusta's chest. The tightly wrapped bandages showed that the tiger man's injuries were actually very serious. Yesterday Gusta was hit head-on by the kind of guy with the bose condensation, and the part of his chest should have been invaded by the deadly cold, and his skin was peeled open. No matter how advanced the medical equipment of the Sphinx Daddy's forces kept Gusta alive, it was impossible to completely heal such a serious injury in one night. So Gusta's injuries should be serious now.

"It's you!" Albert then turned his head and glared at Shiloma hostilely, "and forcibly forced Mr. Gusta to play without regard for the personal safety of the players, right?"

"Hey, I don't have ------"

"It shouldn't matter if you play today. Before quarterback Shiloma could answer, the Tigers hurriedly replied, "The elves are not the kind of players who are good at forcing through the offensive defense with brute force. Their strength lies in skill, and their strength is average. So our attack and defense will be easier, and this injury will not get in the way. ＂

"But!"

"Alright, if it's really dangerous, I'll quit the game. The centre-forward Gusta added: "The Sphinx can't be annoying you again and again, can they?"

The other party has said this, and Albert has nothing to object. Anyway, let's observe the situation first.

The cat-man boy Mutt was secretly observing from the sidelines, looking at the scarlet faintly peeking out of the thick bandage on Gusta's chest, and the look on his face was even more solemn than Albert's.

With mixed feelings, Albert walked into the pitch with the Sphinx team and started the game. At the same time, the Sultan Arrows team, which had the advantage of the home field, was warmly welcomed by the audience at the moment of entry.

And no wonder. Elves are synonymous with handsomeness------ and the elves of the Sultan's Arrows, dressed in crisp white jerseys and armor of just the right thickness, enter the stadium with a heroic posture, and have a large number of female admirers, even fans of all genders, who simply admire their skills.

Unlike many dark American football teams that cheat with dirty means, the elves seem to rely purely on their own skills, as well as a little innate talent to win to this point, and it is precisely because they rely on technology rather than cheating in the game, this group of elves is extremely difficult to deal with------ those teams that rely on cheating to win, as long as they understand their cheating methods and routines, they can find the corresponding way to crack; 。

So the remaining question is whether the Sphinx team has excellent playing skills and whether they can outperform this group of elves in terms of technology.

"Whew. Thor, the elven prince wearing the No. 1 jersey, played as a quarterback, and when he came up, he smiled mysteriously at the Sphinx's quarterback Hiloma.

"Hey!" Shilomar grinned hostilely in return. Before the game started, the arena was already filled with a strong smell of gunpowder.

"So, let's get started. Thor didn't say anything polite to Hilomado, but took out a coin and tossed it. The Sultans, who had the advantage of being at home, could have taken the first attack, but instead of doing so, Thor used a coin toss to decide who would go first in the game.

"Positive. Shiloma said unceremoniously.

"Then I'll pick the opposite. Thor of the Round Table didn't bother with his opponent and let Shiloma choose first. Then he tossed the coin into the air.

The silver coin is constantly shaking, spinning, and shining in the sunlight. It rose to its highest point and then fell in free fall, where it was caught by Thor. The elven prince spread out his palms and announced the results of the toss in front of everyone.

The coin is face up. Shilomar was lucky, he guessed right. In the first round, the Sphinx team attacked first.

"Good. "The Sphinx's battle meetings are extremely short, because all the discussions can be overheard by the elves' powerful hearings, and the battle meetings become meaningless.

"The next step is [Iron Wall Tactics]. Instead, Shiloma only said a code and told the team to follow it.

The rest of the Sphinx players have been working with each other for a long time, and this code is probably already in their hearts. Albert, who was the only outsider who participated in the war halfway, knew nothing about this kind of code, and only felt confused when he heard it.

"I told you to recite the code, but you're lazy, aren't you?" said the cat-man boy Mutt gave the tiger a blank look.

"Uh...... Albert nodded sheepishly.

"It's okay, you can watch the battle and watch our actions and improvise. Shiloma said.

The tiger man nodded.

However, the so-called [Operation Iron Wall] of the Sphinx team, Albert can also guess a rough idea. It is estimated that because they can't compete with the elves in techniques such as dribbling and passing, they adopt the tactics of forcing breakthroughs and advancing slowly. This tactic has been used by the Sphinx team before, and Albert has certainly seen it. And this tactic is still centered on the center forward Gusta. Without the fat and strong tiger advancing as a human wall, this tactic is estimated to be impossible to hold.

Kickoff!

The elves kick the ball away for the Sphinx's receiver to pick it up. However, the elves' kicking power is relatively average, and they can't compare to the team composed of the monsters that Albert and they have encountered before. The ball that flew out was quickly caught by the cat-man teenager Mutter, who passed the ball to quarterback Shiloma as soon as he received the ball.

"Good!" Shiloma ran forward the moment he received the ball, accompanied by several guards in front of him, led by center forward Gusta. The entire offensive and defensive line was forced forward with brute force, and soon became entangled with the offensive and defensive lines of the elves.

Although most of the elves are elegant, thin, and about the same size as humans, there are also some large ones among them, and two of them are particularly strong and even rival the physique of the orcs. And the elves seem to have long realized that the Sphinx team will attack by means of forced advancement, so the reaction of the offensive line is extremely fast, almost as soon as Gusta and they move, the elves' offensive and defensive lines have corresponding actions. The two human walls collided together, and the Sphinx's advance immediately became muddy and extremely slow. On the two wings of the human wall, the four guards of the Sultan Arrows also rushed over to intercept the quarterback Shiloma who held the ball, not only did they plan to block the Sphinx, they even had plans to take the ball away from Shiloma!

Shiloma grinned, at this time he has become the focus of the opponent's entire team, if the ball is successfully passed out at this moment, even if it is handed over to Albert, the situation will be one-sided, and Albert, who rushes out with the ball, will go deep into the enemy line almost unhindered!

"Don't think!" However, as if he had already guessed Shiloma's routine, Thor had already flashed out from behind the human wall, and his slender and flexible hands had already extended to both sides, no matter which direction Shiloma was passing, Thor, who reacted quickly, seemed to be able to intercept it instantly!

"Is that the end of it...... 'Hiloma is smart and knows it's impossible to go toe-to-toe with a player of Tol's level. The next moment he made the pass, he immediately withdrew his hand, hugged the ball to his chest, and lay down on the ground.

The referee blew the whistle and stopped the game: "First gear!

Even if you force a breakthrough and consume a first-gear offensive opportunity, can you only advance two yards...... It's tricky. Shiloma rose from the ground, a bead of sweat the size of a bean emerging from the corner of her forehead.

There is simply no way for the ball to be passed. Thor defended extremely tightly and was just waiting for the moment when Shiloma passed the ball to his hands. Quarterback Shiloma was almost certain that with Thor's level of strength, even if the ball was an inch out of Shiloma's hands, it would be snatched away by that guy immediately.

It's tricky to the extreme.

"Meow meow?" Albert asked with a frown as he regrouped his squad for a combat meeting.

"It's business as usual. However, their discussion was most likely overheard by the elves, and Shilomar would not answer any of Albert's questions. To do business as usual is to let Albert improvise.

This time the ball was already in the hands of the Sphinx, and the centre-forward Gusta instantly passed the ball out of his crotch and into Shiloma. As soon as the quarterback receives the ball, he immediately looks for a passing object, this object can and can only be Albert, because the elves are fast and have a strong ability to grab the ball, if you make a long pass casually, Mutter has not received the ball, and the ball will be taken away by the elves of the Sultan's arrows!

At this time, Albert was actually less than three yards away from Shiloma, and a fast and ruthless short pass was enough to get the ball into the hands of the Tiger Youth!

However!

"What are you hesitating about?" suddenly appeared on Hiloma's side like a ghost, and shot like lightning to grab the ball, the elven prince Thor's skills were fast and agile, and he was simply unguardable!

"Uh-huh!" the timing of the pass had been missed, and the opponent had taken the lead. But Shiloma didn't give up hope, he still twisted around and threw the ball at Albert before his opponent could finish the steal, forcing the short pass!

Thor reached out, his fingers stretched, his fingertips brushing over the edge of the ball. However, Shiloma's pass was still faster and harder, and Thor's interference did not change the trajectory of the ball too much, and the ball still flew roughly towards Albert's chest!

The tiger man is not an idiot either, he saw that the trajectory of the ball had changed subtly, and his own body adjusted accordingly, and with his excellent neural response and strong kinetic vision, he forcibly caught this wrong pass!

"It's not over yet!" Thor had just interfered with Shiloma's pass, almost missing Shiloma's pass, and stretched out his other hand to grab the ball in Albert's arms, as if trying to forcibly take away the football that had not yet been held in the tiger's arms!

Albert clutched the ball tightly in both hands and sprinted towards the flank of the wall before Thor could grab it, moving closer to the depths of the enemy line!

"Whew. However, it was as if he had already guessed that Albert would do this, and Thor, who had just made the tiger man young man start half a beat slower by relying on continuous interference, ordered at this time: "The double moon formation------ intercept him!"

Albert had just run over the human wall, and out of nowhere, two sturdy elves suddenly rushed over, striking from both sides, one left and one right! The tiger man youth only felt a powerful impact that made him dizzy, and he knew that it would be useless for him to force his way forward, and it might even lead to the ball in his arms being taken away! With weak limbs, he fell to his knees and fell to the ground, saving the ball before he lost his strength!

"Second gear!" the referee announced as he blew his whistle, "Sphynx, three yards forward!"

The Sphinx team wasted two offensive opportunities in this way, but they barely advanced, and they were immediately blocked after only a few steps!

It was only then that Albert realized the true meaning of "it is difficult to move an inch"!