Chapter 54: The Headhunters
"That means that after being eaten by the Acre headhunters, the soul is sacrificed to the demons and never reborn. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info," the warrior said.
For the first time, the brave Spartans chose silence.
They are not afraid of fighting, they are not afraid of being wounded, and they are not even afraid of death, but the soul never transcends life, which is a very terrible thing in the superstitious minds of the ancients.
And this fear quickly spread among the military.
King Leonidas said in a loud voice: "What are you afraid of, even if the body of the Acre Headhunter really has the ability to communicate with demons, we have nothing to fear, and we will kill them all." ”
Leonidas's approach to the problem, though brutal, won the hearts of the warriors.
No matter how terrible the headhunters are, it is also terrible that they ignore the common sense of the world, treat their own kind as cattle and sheep to eat, and desecrate the souls of the dead.
Even if their bodies have the ability to communicate with demons, as legend has it, then there must be enough time to cook and eat their corpses.
As long as they are defeated in one fell swoop, no matter how terrifying the Aka headhunters are, they are just a group of corpses.
Human fear often comes from ignorance of the unknown.
If the Acre Headhunters are really terrible, they will not become Xerxes's servant army and be used as cannon fodder.
The Spartan warriors present quickly figured this out, and their morale returned to their original high state.
"What do you think about the rumors?" It was the first time Yun Qi had heard such a ridiculous statement.
What is the internal communication with the demon, and the soul of the dead who is eaten is sacrificed to the demon, how to listen, people with this ability are not like idle people.
"The rumors are true." Sandru's words passed from his heart completely dispelled Yun Qi's suspicions.
"How is that possible? This is not common sense. Yun Qi was surprised.
"The Aka are a special race, and it's better to say that they're humanoid than humanoid. Reliable sources have improved the Akha people, they seem to have demonic blood in their bodies, and they are descendants of some powerful demon in ancient times, so there is nothing wrong with these rumors. ”
I see!
However, Yun Qi immediately realized one thing: if the Aka people really had demonic blood in their bodies, wouldn't their combat effectiveness be very high?
Sure enough, Yun Qi's premonition was confirmed in the following battle.
The javelins thrown by the Acre headhunters are unusually precise and ruthless.
However, the phenomenon that they thought that backward and primitive technology led to the lack of combat power of their weapons did not happen.
The ends of the throwing spears used by the Aka were made of the most metallurgical iron of the time, and were designed to be triangular spikes for greater destruction.
Obviously, this weapon was by no means something that could be made by the backward Akha people, and most of it was specially created by Persian craftsmen for their mission.
It has to be said that the Aka people are originally good at throwing and hunting, and the distance between the two sides is 200 meters, which still ensures the lethality of the throwing gun.
One of the unlucky Greek allied soldiers was shot in the neck by a three-edged gun, and died on the spot.
And there were more than a dozen soldiers who couldn't dodge, and were stabbed in the hands and feet by throwing guns.
Originally, this level of damage would have been able to restore combat effectiveness to a strong soldier with just a day of rest, but this time it was different.
Once the spear was pierced into the body, it not only caused great puncture force, but also caused a triangular wound that was difficult to suture, and eventually often bled to death.
Although these soldiers did not lose blood and died, it was impossible to stand up and fight.
Fortunately, the wounded were all the people brought by Dassos, and Sparta and the mercenaries did not lose a single person.
But the war situation is getting more and more difficult.
Because the group of headhunters did not prepare to break into the pass of Hot Spring Pass, but maintained a distance of 200 meters, and orderly drew and threw guns from the pouches behind them one by one.
In this way, the favorable terrain of the narrow pass was originally taken advantage of, because the opponent used to throw guns, and the advantage was lost, and even the Greek coalition army could not advance, and it was impossible to retreat.
will only become a target for a concentrated shot.
Retreat, once the terrain of the hot spring pass is lost, then it is convenient to reach the Athenian city-state, which is a plain area with a flat river, and there is no danger to defend at all.
Without the terrain support, a mere 8,000 soldiers is no match for the 300,000 Persian army.
"If we don't think about it, we will all become the guns of the headhunters." Dassos is in a hurry, but as the commander of the coalition forces, he is good at taking the lead, but it is difficult to solve the current dilemma.
Even the brave and warlike Spartan warriors looked helpless.
The Spartan heavy royal guards were well equipped to withstand the attack of one or two throwing spears.
However, when someone was about to rush into the battle formation of the headhunters and destroy them in one fell swoop, they were surprised to find that the closer they were to the headhunters, the more terrifying the power transmitted by the spear was.
At 50 paces (25 meters), the force of the throwing gun was already too hard for the Spartan warrior, and he even had the illusion of being knocked back.
"What a terrible spear throwing skill!" When the Spartan warriors finally closed the distance by half, they heard a strange voice, as ugly as the screams of night owls: "Ready, set!" ”
The warrior knew something was wrong, and before he could react, the brass shield was so strong that his hand holding the shield could not hold itself.
Losing the protection of his shield, the brave Spartan warrior died a tragic death under the collective fire of eight headhunters.
"Spartan warriors, defensive formation!" Leonidas saw that his men could not succeed in their temptation, and died first, and his eyes were red with anger.
Now he can't wait to lead the army to rush forward and wipe out this group of inferior and timid Akha natives.
But reason told him that this would only increase casualties, and would be useless in the war.
As a warrior, Leonidas was not afraid of any challenge, even risking his life; But he was also a king, the commander of 300 royal guards, and his every move affected 300 people who trusted him, and even the safety of more than 100,000 citizens of the Spartan city-state.
This is also the limitation of his status as a king.
What he is doing now is to stabilize the battle line, and he must not affect his morale because of a small setback.
Of course, it was not only Leonidas who was anxious, but also a group of mercenaries.
Many people were eager to try, and even a few daring mercenaries followed the Spartan warrior until he was pierced by several throwing spears, and he realized that there was a difficult bone in front of him.
And that's just the second round of tower defense.
Sandru looked at Yun Qi anxiously, he was also at a loss.
He knows that in terms of strength, he is better, but when it comes to ghost ideas, he still has a lot of ideas.
"Think of a way, if we can't solve them within 2 hours, the third round of tower defense battles will begin, and then we will be even more passive."
Yun Qi hid behind the Spartan heavy shield defense, touched his smooth chin, and asked Sandru in turn: "Don't you think it's strange that these headhunters are strange?" (To be continued.) )