Volume 6: Princess Tannick Chapter 099 Battle of the Tides
Aynina and Kalein were the leaders of the Crystal Skeletons at the time, and his son Bleswa was her second-in-command. In order to resist the repeated onslaught of astrologers and zergs on the flanks of the army, and to protect the Tidal Lake of Danur not far behind them, they chose to set up a formation in a canyon far away from the tidal lake. Estini was just above the cliff not far from the front line, unleashing swarm spells at the maximum speed her energy and stamina could sustain.
Anina, Karein, and Bresva had advanced into the depths of the canyon with their brave lancers, shieldmen, and archers, and the tidal sacrifices tasked with treating them were exhausted. It was as if every time a small cluster of Zerg fell, more than a dozen times the same kind would trample on their corpses and rush up. And the astrologers behind the Zerg use their Celestial Gifted racial talent to snipe the Lancers from a distance. Ever since Ainia blew the conch horn, it has been almost every day.
The Estini Huntress and her companions had already rested and were preoccupied with summoning the Tidelord's protection, when their vertical spears of water swirled around them were like a dazzling pillar of light in the dry canyon, obliterating in the swarm of insects that blocked the canyon's exit.
Then, a crisp insect chirp disturbed the atmosphere, and one by one, the flying insects with flashing cicada wings, the Ursa Major cicada, swept past the mouth of the canyon, stretched out their hard blades and swooped down towards the tidal sacrifices who were treating the wounded soldiers on the front line in the rear.
Aenina led the charge forward, stepping on piles of Zerg corpses and braving the astrologers' sniper cannons to advance the battle line into the desert beyond the mouth of the canyon. The desert was now roasted by the sun's scorching rays, and the dust raised by both sides of the battle exacerbated the dryness, and Breswa rubbed the shiny crystal skull, took the lake water handed by the guards, and gulped down.
"Buzz," the Ursa Major cicadas, who had already reached the attack position, raised their fine-haired, claws and pounced on the unsuspecting Tidal Sacrifice Healers on the ground. Aynina's forward push gave the rear support units plenty of space and began to run to the sides to avoid the attacks of the flying cicadas.
At this moment, Aenina suddenly noticed a large swarm of bipedal or multi-legged insects gushing out from the top of the huge sand dune in the distance. One of them, a giant insect that resembles volcanic lava, is even more eye-catching. It wielded a pair of huge, sharp blades, slowly closing in on this side, getting closer and closer, while constantly issuing orders to the surrounding Zerg soldiers.
Gradually, in the midst of all the messy cacophony of the giant worm, Estini caught a few syllables that had been repeated, "Sharanas, Sharanas......". Although she had no idea what the Great Bear Worm was saying and how it communicated, she had a vague sense that it might be its name.
Just as the Great Bear Bug was about to launch the next wave of attack, a loud horn sounded, and thousands of crystal warriors poured into the battlefield from the east and west. The mother and son, who were already covered in blood, were also in good spirits and led the army to rush to the core of the Zerg, and after the reinforcements on both wings merged into the main force, the steel torrent of the Skeleton Legion wearing barite armor quickly hedged and eliminated the two wings of the opponent, and also surrounded the center of the Ursa Major Zerg.
At this time, the tide lord summoned by Estini was fighting against the Virgo astrologers, and the huge tide lords covered with ice-blue water shields were constantly surging up in the Danur tidal lake behind, and the tide lords were holding ice spears to attack the astrologers at close range, making the astrologers' proud ultra-long-range sniper spell ineffective, forcing them to have to fight the tide lords hand-to-hand in a group of a dozen people.
Estini was convinced that victory would be theirs, but the battle was more fierce than she expected, the Crystal Skull Legion had been fighting here for two days and one night, and at the very center of the battlefield, Aynina and Bleswa, mother and son, had been fighting to the death against the Great Bear Bug General for a long time.
After struggling to dodge several waves of Great Bear Cicada's attacks, Estini glanced at the mother and son who were still fighting against the Zerg General. By this time, the lava-like Zerg General of the Sharanas Volcano had already sensed a decline in the number of the Great Bear Zerg, and it leaped backwards, re-burrowing into the ground in the sand dunes it had been found. After it disappeared, the other Zerg quickly blocked the entrance to the cave.
Under the strict arrangement of patrols and vigils, the Crystal Skull army finally got a precious respite. However, Aenina knew that the Skeleton Legion was still far from completely eradicating the threat posed by the Great Bear Bug, and that the battle could probably start at any time.
It was a sleepless night for this crystal skeleton soldier who could look down on the Danur Tidal Lake up close, with bloody stumps not far from his tired and sleepy body, the smell of blood mixed with the dry desert, and the sound of killing in the battlefield still lingering in their ears, which was particularly annoying in this dead desert.
The next morning, the Crystal Skull Legion regrouped and surrounded the sand dunes where General Ursa Major had disappeared, but all that awaited them was to touch the yellow sand.
Estini looked at the place where the horizon had disappeared, and it was so quiet that not even half of the insect shadow could be seen. However, just as Ainina was attacking the Motherhive, a sentry brought the shocking news that the village of Strange Stone on the right side of the Danur Tidal Lake was being attacked by a swarm of insects.
Ainina's head turned quickly, considering whether to withdraw all the troops into the Strange Stone Village, and use the mountains in front of the Strange Stone Village to defend the village with all her might, and protect the Danur Tidal Lake, but she felt that this was inappropriate, and the departure of the army from the main road would undoubtedly allow the other Zerg Legions to launch an unimpeded attack, especially when the information about the number and location of this group of bugs was still unclear. Also, watch out for ranged attacks from astrologers.
Seeing through his mother's mentality, Blaiswa offered to lead a small team to help defend the village of Strange Stones, so that her mother Aenina could continue to ensure an effective blockade of the tidal lake, which led to the sacred lake of Danur.
At the time, Estini, who was standing on a high slope in the distance, could only hear staccato fragments of dialogue in the wind.
"My son, this could be a trap." Ainina said with a worried look.
"We must not risk abandoning the village, Mother," Bleiswa pleaded. "I'm going, I'll defend the village for you, and I'll return triumphantly, and your name will be a symbol of glory and guardian!"
Ainina stroked Bleiswa's cheek with her hand and kissed it, nodding reluctantly, "As long as you can come back safely, I'm very satisfied." ”
Breswason assembled a squad, and Aenina gave him a shield soldier, so that the whole squad had a stubborn defense without compromising firepower. Blaiswa left the camp under the watchful eye of his mother, Ainina, and galloped in the direction of the sacred lake.
Although Estini was concerned about the dispersion of her forces, she also understood the importance of the location of the village.
In the days that followed, she and her companions withstood wave after wave of attacks, but these Zerg gathered from the hives of various places to the front of the Crystal Skull army, but the Ursa Major Zerg never appeared again, and the fear gradually spread to Estini's heart, and the long disappearance of the Zerg General gave her an extremely ominous premonition. She feared for Bleiswa's fate, and in the intervals of the days of fighting, she could see Aenina silently staring at the horizon in the direction of the sacred lake, waiting for her son's return with an anxious expression.
At noon on the third day, when the scorching sun reached the zenith, the Ursa Major worms finally appeared, and the number was staggering. The yellow sand flew and circled to obscure the sky, the air vibrated with the sound of the Ursa Major cicadas flapping their wings, and the insects on the ground filled the horizon. They silently spread out in front of the line of Ainina and her soldiers, like locusts passing through the border, obscuring the sky and the sun.
They stopped, silently staring at the army of crystal skeletons in front of them, silently waiting...
Aenina quickly adjusted the formation of the army, and stood in front on a gray-skinned lizard, the female archer clutching the quiver on her back anxiously, the Elder Horned Bow exuding a formidable chill, and the glittering ice-colored Holy Lake Turtle lay beside her and snorted and stuck out her tongue.
Soon after, a passage was carved out of the sea of insects, and the carapace Bugman General Major came into view, holding a scarred Crystal Skull General in a pair of blades that stretched out forward. It slowly walked to the front row of the swarm, and showed the captives in its claws—Bleiswa and Kalein—in front of everyone.
The commotion spread rapidly in the neat array, and Estini also felt a wave of heat surging through her heart, and her heart sank suddenly. Ainina stood silently in front of her, and when she learned that the village of Strange Stone had fallen into the hands of the enemy, her greatest concern was undoubtedly the life and death of her son, and now, the answer to this question seemed to be clear. Despair, loss, fear, anger, several emotions filled her mind, and the decision to let her son rush to the aid of Qishi Village was now painful and remorseful.
Bleiswa was now firmly imprisoned in the Ursa Major General's Command, and seemed to be speaking to the Zerg General with his last breath, but the others were too far away to hear clearly.
Seeing this scene, Ainia shouted, urging the crystal lizards to rush out of the queue, and the crystal skeleton army also followed their boss to charge, but the distance between the two armies was too far, Ainia shouted Bleiswa's name loudly, and the ancient horn bow opened and shot at the opposite zerg, with a jade-colored arrow tail whistling towards the insect swarm, and finally pierced into the desert, the ice-colored holy lake turtle followed closely and the master spit out ice arrows towards the insects in the distance.
Before General Ursa Major could act, Estini was aware of Blaiswa's ultimate fate.
The Zerg General acted, and he straightened Bleiswa's body with another Aofeng, and then the two blades began to exert force slowly.