Chapter 171: Fortress Battle (17)
After a series of battles, the protagonist has been in a state of high excitement under a lot of adrenaline.
The price of maintaining this extremely energy-consuming state of "gods descending to earth" is that when the protagonist finally destroys this larger parasitic dung beetle, he quickly sore all over his body, and is in the sequelae stage of extreme weakness.
In this way, the protagonist is put in a crisis.
As if sensing that the giant war beast was on the verge of death, dozens of surviving silk thread parasites on its back broke away from its original host and pulled out long roots from the cracks in its carapace.
These parasites that grow on dung beetles are much longer than those that grow on ants, and the difference between the two is like the difference between a python and a grass snake.
Thanks to their size, these silk parasites can wrap around their prey like pythons and then calmly take root and parasitize, unlike their smaller companions, who can only sneak into unsuspecting hosts.
Now, countless silk thread parasites are frantically rushing towards the nearest prey they feel, the protagonist.
And as the three war beasts fled or died one after another, the army of parasitic ants that launched the attack did not give up. After all, thanks to the efforts of the war beasts, the parasitic ant army had successfully occupied a large position on the first wall, and at the same time opened a gap in the second wall.
For the Parasitic Ants and their commanders, it seemed that victory was within reach, and now that the Parasitic Ants still had a numerical advantage, the defenders of the fortress had shown their flaws.
As a result, under the strict orders of the light gold workers, countless parasitic ants launched a full-scale attack on the first city wall, the second city wall and the gap in the city wall at the same time.
The position of the protagonist is still in the formation of parasitic ants, and countless crazy parasitic ants climb the back of the dung beetle, which is no longer struggling, and kill the protagonist who is unable to move on the dung beetle's head.
The protagonist sees the movement of the silk parasite and the parasitic ant, and he is no longer able to fight, and if he wants to escape, he can only stagger a few steps, and he cannot escape from the pursuit of the wolf-like enemy.
It seems that in the next second, the protagonist will be overwhelmed by two waves of enemies at the same time......
- I'm the dividing line -
The Divine Legion of the King was in a very unfavorable situation.
The supreme commander of the legion - the protagonist now does not know where, and the three legions, which have lost their unified command, are in a dilemma of fighting on their own.
Nearly half of the First Legion's troops, along with all the ranged units, were dealing with the countless parasitic ant warriors and the silk thread parasites they had climbed up on the narrow platform of the second wall, and although the enemy was attacking fiercely, it had not yet lost ground.
The remnants of the First Legion were all gathered in the gap in the second wall that had been opened by parasitic dung beetles.
The rough terrain at the breach, littered with the remains of the walls and falling stones, prevented the soldiers of the First Legion from forming a tight defensive formation, and had to be forced to engage in melee combat with the more powerful parasitic ant warriors.
The soldiers of the First Legion who blocked the gap suffered heavy losses, and although there were still enough reserves to replenish for the time being, the reserves of the First Legion were obviously not as strong as those of the parasites, so the balance of victory would gradually tilt in favor of the enemy if the stalemate continued.
The Second and Third Legions were originally responsible for guarding the first wall. However, after the parasitic ants opened a gap to the east of the fortress, they gave up the attack on the other three directions, leaving only a small number of containment forces, and devoted the main force to the attack on the east side of the fortress.
In this way, the two corps deployed on the first front were useless.
The commanders of the two legions, Rambofo and Rambovan, can only continue to adhere to their original instructions to defend the first wall without receiving new instructions from the protagonist.
Therefore, the Second and Third Legions only drew part of their forces and flanked the army of parasitic ants near the gap in the wall from both sides along the platform of the first wall.
The platform of the first wall is perfect for the tightly formed Divine Envoy King's Legion attacking troops, and the lethality of razor tactics can be used. However, due to the limited width of the platform, under the fervent and tenacious resistance of the parasitic ants, although the two legions have achieved great results, they have never been able to join forces, nor can they stop the great pressure of the main force of the parasitic ant army on the second wall and the gap.
These two legions did not send troops to reinforce the First Legion, which was caught in a bitter battle, even if there were still a large number of idle troops on the first wall. And the First Legion did not think of seeking support from their close companions.
This is the rigidity of the ant commanders, in the absence of instructions from higher commanders, even if they see a problem, they will not solve it, but will only try to make up for it within the scope of the existing instructions.
- I'm the dividing line -
The battle for the breach in the second wall had been going on for half an hour, and both sides had paid a huge price.
The ant corpses were pillowed in the gap, so that the later troops had to move the corpses in front of them before they could continue to fight.
In the battle for this small area, the parasitic ants had the advantage of strong individual combat effectiveness, and the First Army, under the command of Roll, relied on the fire support of the long-range troops in the rear, and did not fall into the disadvantage, and did not let the parasitic ant army break through the gap.
However, the price of this is that six squads of the First Army have been completely disabled. Except for the ten squads and six long-range squads that assisted in the defense of the second wall, only the last eight squads remained in Roll's hands.
Perhaps in half an hour, the First Legion will run out of blood and will have to accept the end of the more powerful parasitic ant army breaking through the gap, driving straight in, and completely sweeping the interior of the fortress.
Rolling was very anxious, he kept putting in the existing power in his hands, and then let the disabled troops withdraw to rest, even if he knew that this was just a drink to quench his thirst, and there was no way to completely eliminate the threat, but he had to do it. The First Army could not afford the risk of losing the gap.
The defenders on the city walls on both sides of the gap are also constantly in a hurry, and the parasitic ant army with sufficient troops has not relaxed its offensive here, forcing the long-range teams on the city wall to also engage in close combat, and the city wall may change hands at any time.
The situation of the First Army was already precarious.
However, it had been a long time since he had received an order from the Supreme Commander.
Rolling out of his hunger for the latest orders, he believed that as soon as the Divine Envoy King issued the orders, the powerful enemies in front of him would immediately collapse.
This was the trust in the Divine Envoy King that had been accumulated from previous wars, and even the small setbacks in the first battle with the parasitic ants did not shake this trust.
But now, where is the king of the gods? Not only the Divine Messenger King, but even his Praetorian Guard team was gone......