Chapter 66: Winning
When Leon arrives, the battle between Lothar and the Rat Giant is in a fever pitch. Most of the people's attention was on the duel between the Count and the Giant on the street, and they didn't realize that the person who had squeezed through the crowd was none other than the Knight of the Kingdom, who had just been on the judgment seat. It also allowed Leon to see the current situation of Lothar without being disturbed. The battle in the streets continued, both the Count of Montenegro and the Rat Giant had suffered injuries of varying severity at this time, but due to their size, most of the giant's injuries were on his feet and hands, as for Lothar, although he could not see any obvious injuries on his body, judging from the helmet that flew far away and the blood flowing under his feet, he was not unscathed.
For Leon, he had never faced a three-meter-tall opponent one-on-one, and although he had fought such a huge enemy on a distant battlefield, it was impossible for him to fight alone with a giant enemy as a member of a cavalry unit. In his memory, if he wanted to defeat such an enemy by ordinary soldiers, he would either have to pay a lot of casualties in exchange for the opponent's physical exertion, or he would have to use special combat equipment. He remembered that the dwarves' dragon nets could knock down the huge targets with the inertia of the cannonballs, and the steel rope nets contained in the cannonballs could turn enemies into lumps of flesh screaming on the ground.
As for fighting an enemy like the Giant Nezumi alone, that wouldn't be the task of an ordinary soldier. Perhaps the warriors and mages who are known as legends have the ability to take down such opponents on their own, Leon once saw an elf turn an earth giant into a king-sized courtyard decoration with plants that grew rapidly from the ground, but it was a minority of the few. However, the Knight Chief still has experience in contact with this kind of enemy, and although he can't tell Lothar how to take down the enemy, through diligent search for his previous memories, Leon can barely get some information that can help the Count of Montenegro when fighting these huge opponents.
"Ankles!" shouted the knight, loud as he spoke.
Lothar, who had already entered the battle state, was not frightened by Leon's voice, he didn't even make any response to hear this reminder, it was not that he didn't want to respond to the other party, but only those who had fought against the giants knew that the current Count of Montenegro simply did not have the strength to be distracted in battle. As the rat giant's two huge eyes stared at him, Lothar felt an instinctive pressure that told him that in front of such an opponent, it only took a small mistake to lose his life in the next moment.
Despite this, Lothar heard the shouts from the chief knight, and once again played a key role in maintaining a calm and thoughtful habit in battle. It only took a few moments for the Count to judge that Leon's message might be useful. As an important joint that supports the entire volume of the behemoth, an injury to the ankle is likely to have an unexpected effect. It's a proposition worth checking out.
Thinking of this, Lothar began to look for an opportunity to attack the opponent's ankle, from the previous encounter, he already knew, although the rat giant looked retarded and brainless, but in fact, in terms of combat alone, the combat ability shown by the giant beast was understandable, while rejoicing that there was only this one giant, Lothar also knew that he only had one chance to implement his plan. Once this attack is unsuccessful, then his combat intent is exposed to the enemy, and the opponent will not give him a second chance to attack. Moreover, the Count of Montenegro also doubted that he would be able to survive until that time. Although the giant's attack is not as agile as that of an opponent of the same size, its huge size also gives it a long attack radius, and with a wave of the giant ratman's hand, Lothar has to roll continuously to dodge the huge arms that fall from the sky. This invisibly greatly increased the Count's exercise, which also made Lothar's physical exertion very fast. Less than five minutes into the battle, his breathing was already on a rampage. If this continues, the other party will not need to use any tricks, and the Earl's physical strength will not be able to support him for longer.
"Woo-hoo!" With a loud howl, the giant nezumi brought its arms together from the sides to the middle, as if trying to beat Lothar into meat sauce like a fly. This powerful blow was absolutely unbeatable in the eyes of others, and the only way to do it was to quickly retreat out of the enemy's attack range as Lothar had done a few times before. But Lothar didn't seem to think so, and he saw not only danger but also opportunity under this menacing attack.
"Old man, it's up to you this time!" the golden-armored warrior did not advance but retreated, and looked at him, as if he had thrown himself into a net, and then he placed his golden heavy axe horizontally, and the sharp spear tip and barbed weight pierced into the palms of the rat giant's two hands with a muffled sound.
"Squeak!" green pus and blood gushed out from the wound in the giant's palm, and as Lothar had planned, the rat giant's attack did not continue because of the sudden pain, and the huge palm stopped less than ten centimeters from the Count, and instinctively parted in the opposite direction. This successful counterattack gave Lothar a chance, but correspondingly, because of the deep penetration, Lothar's battle axe also embedded in the giant's right palm, and along with the palm, it broke out of the Count's grasp.
The situation on the battlefield suddenly changed, and the Count of Montenegro's quickness caused the giant rat man to be injured in the first real sense, and seeing this scene, almost all the warriors instinctively cheered, but then as Lothar's weapon was withdrawn from his hands, the Count who lost his weapon made the hearts of all the warriors lift again. Among them, Leon was the first to understand Lothar's intentions, and unlike the others who were still immersed in the brief confrontation just now, the knight chief snatched the short spear from the hand of one of the soldiers after turning his head a lot, and then rushed out of the crowd in three steps and two steps, and threw the short spear towards Lothar.
"And then!" the gray spear flew under Lothar's right arm with a sound of breaking through the air, and the Count of Montenegro clamped the galloping spear with great force, and then the inertia on it quickly rushed to the feet of the rat giant.
"Roar!" This was not the first time that Lothar had rushed to the giant's feet, the Count had successfully attacked the enemy's feet in previous battles, but the wounds were too shallow to even make the giant scream in the face of the huge size advantage. The rat giant, who had just been injured, rightfully equated Lothar's attack with the previous ones, raising its right leg to kick the golden-armored warrior away.
"Didn't anyone tell you to be steady when fighting?" said the Count of Montenegro, a slippery step that dodged behind the enemy's left leg, and then he raised the other end of his short spear, turning his weapon into a stick and striking it hard at the giant's ankle. With his right foot in the air, the impact of his left ankle caused the Rat Giant's body to fall backwards uncontrollably, but if it was just that, the Rat Giant could have supported his body with both hands before his body completely fell, but Lothar's next move made this attack a winning blow!
"Give it to me...... Lie down!" Pressing his whole body against the short spear, the Count of Montenegro pressed the bottom of his weapon against the ground, so that the shaft of the spear formed a forty-five degree angle to the ground, and then the tip of the short spear was aimed right behind the left knee of the fallen rat giant! The severe injury to the vital joints of the leg made the giant rat-man incapacitated in an instant, and even if its hands were supporting its body, it would definitely not be able to stand up again with such knees.
"Boom!" The giant nezumi that terrified the entire Bear Hunter and Kingdom Knights lay on the ground, losing the ability to attack again.
"Long live the Earl!" the dust settled, and the duel between warriors and giants ended in Lothar's victory, and finally, the cheers of the humans echoed over Turbidity.