Chapter 590: On the Rhine Second Line of Defense
Standing silently above the Rhine, Tyr, the god of war, caressing his severed arm. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info showed a rare melancholy emotion on his face. For him, the things he least wanted to see and the things he hoped for had already happened at the same time, and in the face of what had happened, he had a feeling that he didn't know what to do.
The invasion of the dark gnomes is coming as scheduled, and that's a good thing. For Tyr, an opponent who dares to stand in the open is not something to be feared. And in terms of his character, the opponent who goes head-to-head is always far easier to deal with than the hidden Xiao Xiao.
However, as the battle began and progressed, the situation was already very different. And it has already developed towards a worse and worse situation.
The reason for this is, on the one hand, because of the composition of the troops under his hands. Without the heroic and skilled Heroic Spirit as the core, it is really difficult for ordinary warriors to open up the situation in battle. On the other hand, it is because of the sudden appearance of a strong enemy.
While he was battling against the Dark Gnome's commander, Jemongard, Hodel, who had already turned into a Fenrir wolf, appeared on the battlefield and attacked him without hesitation.
With one enemy and two enemies, Tyr is naturally overwhelmed. And the most important thing is that he really didn't think about what attitude to face Fenrir.
Although he had suffered a severed hand on Hodel's body back then, to be honest, he didn't have any resentment towards this miserable brother because of this. On the contrary, in that case, he felt more deeply about his self-blame.
Because after Hoddle accidentally killed Balder, Odin issued an order to strip Hoder of his divine powers, degrading him to a mortal and banishing him from Asgard.
From the king's point of view, this was already an additional favor. But for Tyr, it's actually driving the poor young brother to his death. Whether a blind person who has lost his divine power can continue to live in other worlds that are full of crises is a question that does not need to be thought about at all. But in the face of the king's orders, Tyr had no chance of resisting. Even, Tyr volunteered to act as the one who carried out Odin's orders.
In his opinion, it was better to do it himself than to let those who were full of malice towards Hoddle expel and exile him. At the very least, he would arrange for Hoddle to be in a safer environment where he could spend the rest of his life in peace. However, when he came to Hoddle, Hoddle, who had already been nervous by the wind and grass, immediately asked such a question.
"Are you here to kill me, Tyr! My brother! This was the question asked by Hoddle at the time, and it was the first time that Tyr had spoken against his will, in the face of his younger brother's helpless and desperate questioning.
"Don't worry, Hodel. It's just an accident, I'll take you outside for a while, and when my father's anger subsides, he'll let you come back." ”
Tyr couldn't say anything about stripping Hodell of his divine powers and reducing him to a mortal, so he could only vaguely assure him.
As a child brought up by Tyre, Hoddle easily believed his words in the face of such assurances. It's just that his natural vigilance has made him give himself an extra layer of insurance. He used his artifact, Klepnir, to tie his hand firmly to Tyr's to ensure that he would not be abandoned by his only brother.
For Hoddle at that time, the only brother Tyre who could be trusted was his only support. So he tied himself to Tyr, which was equivalent to putting his trust in him. For the sensitive-minded Hoddle, death is not terrible, but betrayal and abandonment. He would not accept abandonment, and even in this way, he would be entangled with Tyr, and even if he died, he would be with his only brother.
Tyr understood Hoddle's thoughts, and he was unwilling to abandon his brother. But the order was absolute, and he could only maintain this lie that was unlikely to last.
And later, everything was finally exposed. The quick-witted Hoddle discovered Tyr's lie and chopped off his arm before he could strip him of his divine powers, taking him with him on the road to defection.
Unable to accept betrayal and abandonment, Hoddle chose to defect, and this is what Tyr feels most guilty about. He felt that Hoddle's rebellion was entirely due to his betrayal of his trust, and it was precisely because of this that he was shocked by the sudden appearance of Hoddle in front of him, and almost lost his life.
As the god of war, he has enough strength to suppress Jörmungad, but with the addition of a Fenrir transformed into Hodel, he is no match at all, especially when his mind is already confused.
Thus, defeat is already an obvious thing. Although it was not painful, it did deal a heavy blow to Asgard's defense system on the Rhine. And this makes their next defensive battle even more disadvantaged.
When the mighty and wide Rhine River flows into the Great Rock Valley on the border with Asgard, it is divided by a rock valley and can only be reunited by a dozen winding tributaries.
For Tyr, being stationed in the Great Rock Valley is obviously more conducive to defense, at the very least, it will not be too late to support because of the huge Rhine. But now, their defence has been pushed down and down the Rhine, which makes it difficult for them to defend.
The huge Rhine River was the most important obstacle, because of this endless river, he had to divide his already small forces on both sides to stop the invasion of Asgard by the dark gnomes. But that also put half of the warriors in great danger.
The separation of the two armies is itself a taboo on the march. In this situation that is not conducive to command, even if he is the god of war, there can't be much to do. And more importantly, he feared the attacks of Jörmungadīd and Fenrir. Once one of them comes to hold him back, it won't be long before the other one completely wipes out the army on the other side of the river.
Unless he can finish off one of the guys as quickly as he can, and then deal with the other guy. But just thinking about this plan has a feeling of unreliability.
It was a fierce beast that could fight against the gods, a terrifying monster transformed from the gods. How is it possible to defeat one of them in a short period of time! So Tyr can only hope for possible reinforcements, such as Thor. Judging from the current situation, this is the only guy he can count on, and only he can have the ability to rush over to help him.
Others, like Brunhilde, who was stationed on the front line against the flame giants in his place, really didn't have any idea at all. In his opinion, the situation there was much worse than it was here. Because they were facing the Fire Demon King and the fifty legions under his command. That kind of power, even if the whole of Asgard pounced, it would not be able to catch it. Now just relying on the Heroic Spirit and the Valkyrie to stop them is an impossible task.
He had barely held out at first, and that was when the enemy didn't really want to attack. So he didn't think Brunhild could do any miracles, at most it would be a little longer.
However, he did not oppose the idea of this plan. Because in his opinion, this plan does have a certain degree of implementability. It's just that the first place that needs to open the gap is not Brunhild's, but himself. As long as you can take the lead in opening the situation and eliminating this group of resurrected dark gnomes, then you can transfer your army in the fastest time to support Brunhilde and re-establish a stalemate with the Flame Giants.
It's just that the situation is too unexpected.
The river Rhine was still rumbling and rushing, and Tyr, who was still in thought, suddenly noticed that a phantom like a UFO began to emerge in the forest in the distance. It was a dozen or so sword-like warships, pitch black and cold, full of the coldness and ferocity of a war machine.
It was the Dark Gnomes' warship, a weapon built by the Dark Gnomes who had been exiled beyond the world to take revenge on Asgard. A warship capable of crossing the universe can not only achieve stealth, but also collide head-on in the most violent way. With the sheer size and tonnage of a battleship, it is completely indestructible. So in an instant, they cut through the wide river, shattered countless rocks, and charged ahead of Asgard's camp in a posture that bordered on madness.
At the same time, the shadows of countless wolves appeared in the forest, and the oily green eyes spread over the entire mountain forest in an instant like a cloud of ghost fire. The terrible wolf howl came one after another, and there was little intention of stopping. Soon, the warriors of Asgard discovered that they were surrounded by countless wolves, and each of them knew very well what that meant.
The enemy's surprise attack has arrived, and the war has begun again.
Although they are not heroes of a hundred battles like the Heroic Spirit, the warriors present do not have any intention of timidity. Without Tyr's command, they took up their weapons on their own, and then took a defensive stance.
And just as these warriors were ready to fight, the battleship had already opened its hatch, and countless dark gnomes in thick armor came out of the battleship in a neat line with guns in hand, and then immediately launched a deadly attack on the warriors lined up below.
A rain of bullets erupted from the strangely shaped guns in the hands of the dark gnomes in an instant, and under this attack, the warriors of Asgard immediately fell into decline. After all, the shield can block it for a while, but it can't stop it for a lifetime. Soon, there were victims in Asgard's camp.
Seeing this, Tyr immediately took action. He couldn't let his subordinates be suppressed like this, so he could only choose to strike first before the enemy's leader appeared.
And just as he swept over the Rhine, the Rhine, which was just calm and flowing, suddenly erupted into extremely turbulent waves, and a huge snake soared out from under the water, with a huge mouth that could almost swallow the mountain, and it bit Tyr. (To be continued.) )