Chapter 659: Heroic Battle (Medium)

On the western front, four kilometers away from the centaur camp, hundreds of missionary priests were distributed in a circular area of 800 square meters, holding holy power crystals in their hands, chanting prayers, and directing the imperceptible holy power through the sacred power pool in the underworld to Cardinal Archbishop Friedes in the center of the circle.

At this time, the old patriarch was already shrouded in holy light, and the white-gold pillar of light rose from him, and there were divine runes swirling around, reaching up to the heavenly dome and falling down, turning the entire circular area into a sea of holy light.

The holy warrior passed through the sacred veil, as if wrapped in warm water waves, and the body was soaked with qualitative and invisible holy power, soothing away the fear, hesitation, and all distractions in his heart, and courage and concentration continued to grow and grow until they were sublimated into pure fighting faith.

"When all things are dark, only the light lasts forever!"

Armed with sharp scythes and chanting hymns of sacrifice, they chased after the high knights and charged on foot towards the centaur camp. The paladin's leather armor shone with a faint platinum sheen, like countless fireflies converging into a mighty and brilliant torrent of light, surging in furious waves, impacting the monster army in front of them.

Valianism is a basic magic technique that slightly increases the recipient's strength and agility, significantly increasing courage and focus, and thus increasing mental and perceptual attributes. It seems to have an average effect, but it can help the recipient to control the spirit, coordinate the body and mind, control the burden of strength and agility.

To put it simply, Heroic Technique is an extraordinary magic technique that allows the recipient to turn his hands into masters by refining pure bravery and simulating the state of pseudo-spiritual fire.

Paladins and clerics have mastered the art of valor from level 1 to level 7, but for the same magic technique, there is a significant difference in the casting effect between the low-level cleric and the high-level priest, which is basically manifested by the difference in strength and duration. However, the Patriarch's Heroic Celestial Divine Technique is extremely powerful and has the ability to stop bleeding quickly. The Holy Warrior passed through the canopy of valorism of Friedes, not only could he save one of his own heroic spells and reduce the consumption of holy power, but he could also obtain a sixth-level heroic technique that lasted for more than 30 minutes. Moreover, even if they are pierced through the aorta with a sharp blade, they can stop the bleeding in a short time.

Above all, the canopy of valor is a miracle!

For the first time, the legendary Battle Priest Kent felt that hundreds of thousands of human alliances had gathered such a huge power of faith, pushing the heroic canopy to an unimaginable height, and the white-gold pillar of holy light was even more dazzling than the sun, and he couldn't even see Patriarch Friedes in the center of the circle with his naked eyes.

The Heroic Canopy is the exclusive magic of the Patriarch, and theoretically there is no upper limit to the number of blessings, but the erosion of the soul by the holy power will bring a huge burden to the caster, which is manifested in a shortened lifespan.

Kent usually thinks highly of himself, and as a Legendary-level battle priest, he can bless 86 paladins or 44 ordinary soldiers at a time with his group valor, which is a cut above the three herdsmen. At this moment, he witnessed the miracle caused by Patriarch Friedes, and had to admit that he had switched places with Friedes, and he had to hold on for 20 minutes at most to lift the Heroic Canopy, otherwise he would be assimilated by the Holy Light, and it would be impossible for him to push the Heroic Canopy to the peak of the sixth-level divine arts.

Missionary priests do not participate in battles, and the miracles today are enough to prove that they played a decisive role in the war. Even if the canopy of valor could not bless all the soldiers, those who witnessed the miracle were greatly strengthened, their hearts were filled with a strong will to fight, and their spirits became focused and sharp, which could almost be regarded as weakened heroism.

On the other hand, the centaurs were demoralized and panicked, and some centaur warriors couldn't help but retreat, and even the defensive formation was in a commotion.

Pastor Kent was finally reassured.

This battle gathered most of the elite of the human kingdom, and it could only be won by a large victory, not a tragic victory. Because the Sidon Centaurs were just one opponent that humanity needed to defeat, there were even more powerful enemies to the east of the Sidon Khanate.

Raising a paladin or elite soldier is not an easy task for either the Church or the lords of the kingdoms. If the human army loses more than forty percent of its soldiers in this battle, no one can accept such a result.

For the first time in his life, Kent commanded a campaign of hundreds of thousands of men, and he was under unspeakable pressure. On the premise of victory, in order to ensure that the battle damage is minimized, Kent prefers to open the passage and let go of tens of thousands of centaur warriors first. He also considered all sorts of details, including the direction of the wind.

On the eastern front, the human army is the main defense, with a tailwind, and the centaurs are the main attack, with a headwind. And the situation on the Western Front is the opposite.

Don't underestimate the wind factor, the centaur occupies a downwind position, and the effective range of the heavy bow can be increased by at least 17%, which means that the human army must have three more rounds of arrows from the centaur to have a chance to engage the enemy in close combat.

According to the pre-planned layout, the centaurs should attack the eastern front with all their might. When the centaur army rushed into the line deployed by the Duke of Barcelius and engaged the tortoiseshell knife formation, the legions on the western front could attack the rear of the centaurs to minimize casualties. This is in line with Kent's tactical vision.

However, the centaurs gathered the ferocious centaur leaders of the various tribes and stormed the southeast corner of the eastern defense line in an attempt to widen the escape route. Their unusual behavior came as no surprise to all.

In the face of life and death, who has such a great ability to command the ferocious centaurs of different tribes?

This does not bode well!

Kent didn't have time to think deeply, he believed that the elemental perception of a dozen or so Golden Knights would not be wrong at the same time, since the strongest of the centaurs took the initiative to clear the obstacles for the clan members, then the battle plan of the human alliance must be adjusted accordingly.

After a brief exchange with Emperor Sassan, he decided to take advantage of the lack of strong men in the centaur rear army to concentrate all the paladins, golden knights, silver knights and ordinary knights on the eastern front to attack the rear of the centaur camp; 50,000 Templars and more than 3,000 horned wolves were responsible for launching a second wave of attacks; 130,000 elite soldiers approached the north and south flanks of the centaur rear formation, and used bows and crossbows to cover the Sassanian knights, the Radiant Knights and the Templar army, and waited for the centaurs to attack the northeast corner of the western battle line. Flee in the southeast corner, and then make an all-out attack to encircle and suppress the remaining centaurs.

All fought on foot, as the horses were to be preserved to pursue the centaur deserters.

Lacking the cover of the war horses, the charging soldiers could only use their bodies to throw spears from the random arrows fired by the centaurs.

The missionary priests did everything in their power to extend the duration of the Canopy of Valor, so that more paladins could be blessed with Valor. Only in this way can they conserve their holy power and maintain the holy armor.

At the edge of the circle, a gray-haired, withered missionary priest was crumbling, and immediately a paladin stepped forward to help, still chanting incantations aloud, struggling to go down. The paladin pressed the missionary priest on the side of his neck, causing him to faint and go limp, and forcibly carried him away. Another missionary priest with the Holy Power Crystal in his hand immediately took his place.

The corners of Kent's mouth twitched, and he said to the twin adjudicator beside him, "Almost...... Go and tell the Patriarch that the canopy of valor may stop. ”

"Lord Friedes has commanded ...... beforehand"

“...... Valiant canopy doesn't have to worry about Lord Kent. ”

"Your Excellency also commanded ......"

"We protect Lord Kent all the way through. ”

Twin brothers, you say a word, I say a word, and refuse Kent's order.

The Legendary Battle Priest glared at them, turned to Deputy Commander Wallace and said, "Hey, man, it's time for us to play." ”

Wallace, dressed in armor, nodded, raised two pure gold decapitation swords, collided with sparks, and chanted loudly: "When everything is dark, only the glory lasts forever!"

"When all things are dark, only the light lasts forever!"

Thousands of mid-ranking paladins and battle priests chanted in unison, riding howling horned wolf war beasts through the glorious and sacred canopy of valor, and charged towards the centaur camp.

The centaur khan of the Blue-Eyed tribe looked at the human warriors coming in like a tidal wave, and the muscles of his whole body tensed. Not to mention ordinary clan members, even he himself was the first time to see the heroic canopy of human beings. Even though he wasn't sure what it was for, it looked like it wasn't easy to mess with.

The warrior of the tribe was full of panic, and the appearance of his legs and feet was weak, which made the blue-eyed Khan secretly anxious, and he glanced at the commander who was gritting his teeth not far away, and he couldn't help but feel a pang of annoyance.

The ambitious centaur commander was the most satisfying son of the Blue-Eyed Khan. It is precisely because of his arrogance and youthful vigor that he actually wants to tame the sacrifice of the Mother Earth and the favored spouse of the Great Khan of Porta, but he angers the other party and causes the Blue-Eyed tribe to be the first to face the onslaught of the human army.

Now is not the time to teach his son a lesson, and the Blue-Eyed Khan roared and hissed, "The warriors of the Blue-Eyed Clan are running!"

"There are no centaurs standing still", the phrase says that centaurs only fight while running.

First, centaurs are so large that they can only warm up their bodies by running, increase their blood flow, and coordinate their upper and lower limbs to achieve the best combat conditions;

Of course, there will definitely be centaurs killed by the enemy, but not necessarily themselves.

That was enough to awaken the centaurs' courage.

The centaur warriors began to run. They don't need to command, they don't need passwords, and running and fighting with the leader of the tribe is a skill that centaurs have learned since childhood, hundreds, thousands, thousands, and finally tens of thousands of blue-eyed centaurs have run. They are behind the camp and move in a circular swarm. The sound of hooves was like thunder, the tremors of the earthquake, and the strength, confidence, courage, and wildness stirred and brewed in the centaur's heart as they ran, like a fire thrown into a haystack, quickly burning and spreading, turning into a raging flame, burning away the fear and hesitation in the heart, leaving only the yearning for free running, the desire to trample on the strong enemy.

A strange mockery echoed in the wind over the centaur camp.

The human army was less than 5 kilometers away from the centaur camp, and it took only ten minutes for the missionary priest to perform a miracle, the heavily armored knights and paladins to the centaur to regain their fighting spirit.

This is the son of Mother Earth, a centaur who is unparalleled in the field.

The Cluster Charge and the Ring Array are the two killer weapons of the Half-Man Mark enemy.

When charging in a group, the centaurs first throw spears, inflicting heavy damage on the enemy, then rush and stampede, easily pull out the spears on the enemy's corpse or on the ground, run to a distance and turn around, and launch a second round of charge. After a few rounds, the opponent was shattered and routed. This method of warfare has been tried and tested by centaurs repeatedly.

If the group charge is the main attack, then the ring fire array is the centaur's defense against the surprise attack of a strong enemy. They move sideways in front of the enemy while firing at the target with heavy bows, and if the enemy rushes into the ring firing array, they must first be trampled by countless centaurs, or they will be surrounded in the center of the ring firing array and fire in a continuous manner without dead ends.

Centaurs are naturally agile and athletic, and there is no clear boundary between their two tactics, and the group charge and ring fire formation can change with each other depending on the actual situation.

The Blue-Eyed Centaurs take on a circular firing array to counter the onslaught of the Human Legion. So, they missed their only chance to turn defeat into victory.

The 280,000 human armies on the western front had all left their fortifications and moved into attack positions, and the Knights of Radiance, the Knights of the Blood Wolves, and the Templars had already launched a charge on foot. If at this time, 140,000 centaurs launched a cluster counter-charge towards the human front, it was really possible to wipe out the human legions on the western front.

However, the centaurs had already packed their tents, and the other tribes were preparing to break through from the southeast corner, so why did the blue-eyed tribe in charge of the broken bones let them turn back to fight?

When the Centaurs of the Blue-Eyed Tribes began to maneuver in a circle, the commanders of the human armies knew that the danger was over.

Patriarch Friedes was finally exhausted, and the canopy of valor slowly dispersed, but the centaur robbers were bound to lose!

The wind is in the centaur's favor, and the heavy arrows they shoot can cover a distance of more than 260 meters, but the power of the bow and arrow has a limit, and the powerful and ferocious centaur is nothing more than pulling the bowstring off, and don't want to increase the power of the arrow.

It's not the same if it's a spear, an ordinary centaur can use the force of momentum to throw a javelin that can also penetrate the armor of elite soldiers. However, how can a centaur throw a javelin at the firing angle when it moves in a circle?

The Blue-Eyed Centaurs opted for a circular firing formation, designed to weaken ordinary soldiers, slow down their charge, and trap the human knights who acted as vanguards, separating them from the human army, and then the ferocious centaurs led the concentrated shooting.

The Blue-Eyed Khan thought well, but the fierce centaurs of only one tribe were too weak compared to the Knights of Radiance and the Knights of the Blood Wolves. Moreover, they are not the Blackhoof tribe, and they have not been taught the power of the Holy Warriors.

The heavy arrows thrown by the centaurs were like locusts that covered the sky, but had little effect on the knights in heavy armor of pure gold. More than a dozen highnesses led the silver knights to expand the earth realm, and the yellow and misty air masses were connected, protecting the ordinary knights behind them, and the eager feather arrows flew into the void earth elemental force field like a sludge, and they were powerless to fall, and they couldn't hurt the knights at all.

In fact, the bows and arrows of the blue-eyed tribe focused on the paladins who followed closely behind the knights, and the human knight forwards were only affected.

The Templars were so numerous that the centaurs rarely missed shooting arrows with their eyes closed. The reality was a surprise to them.

The Paladin is equipped with full-body leather armor, a fine-iron hook sickle, a scimitar, and a round arm shield. They used the Holy Armor technique, and the well-made leather armor emitted a white-gold glow, becoming extremely tough, and its defensive power was comparable to that of the armor, and the performance was even better in other aspects, and the heavy arrows of the centaurs were shot at the Holy Armor and were immediately bounced away.

The Holy Armor will continue to drain the Holy Warrior's Holy Power, and the Second Order Holy Warriors of the Templar Army can only maintain the Holy Armor for about 20 minutes, but this is enough time for them to rush in front of the Centaurs and engage in hand-to-hand combat.

Seeing that the bow and arrow did not work, several ferocious centaur commanders couldn't help but throw their javelins. They were so powerful that their javelins were as powerful as human ballistas, piercing several paladins at once, some of whom were torn apart by the powerful javelins.

Before it was the Centaur Commander's turn to smirk, the Wind Paladin, who was hiding among the paladins, immediately returned the color, and several indigo-surround Mithril arrows hit the fierce centaur from different angles, its body was cut into neatly cut pieces by the Void Wind Elemental, and sputtered in all directions with the agitated air current, looking like a blooming blood flower from a distance.

The centaur died a miserable death, and the other ferocious centaurs did not dare to show it any more, so they were caught in the middle of the group, and with the help of their companions' physical cover, they secretly shot the paladin with accurate cold arrows.

The paladins of the Testiel family are famous, and for thousands of years, many ferocious monsters have died under their bows. Even the commanders of the tribe grew up listening to stories of centaur heroes who fought hard to defeat human archers.

The treacherous confrontation between the Centaur Leader and the Tempest Paladin is just a minor episode in the battle, and the Earth Knight is the pillar of the battlefield.

A dozen Golden Knights were the first to charge into the formation of the centaurs, they were impassable peaks, impregnable fortresses, wielding the Mithril Decapitation Sword to cut off the iron hooves of the centaurs. The silver-level knights are on their left and right, which are castles and barracks, ordinary paladins, bronze knights rely on the protection of high-level knights to form sentry posts, junior paladins, trainee knights, and arcane warriors fill in, and fortifications belonging to human legions appear on the battlefield.

The flesh and blood of the centaurs who crashed into the knight's barrier flew everywhere, and none of them were spared.

However, the centaurs' circular arrow formations are designed to deal with strong enemies who are good at defending. Following the leader's hoof prints, they quietly changed the angle of their maneuvers, and the whole team pulled outward, slamming head-on into the Templars behind them from the side. The centaurs not only had to surround the human knights in the middle, but also cut off the human army.

For the knights, this is a ring formation. For the Templars charging in the rear, they were faced with a swarm charge of centaurs!

The centaur exerts its vigor and agility to the extreme, and it is unparalleled in the field and lives up to its name.

Spears rained down, centaurs charged unstoppably, and the Templars' formation was cut through half!

For a time, the situation of the Templar Army took a turn for the worse, and the battle situation became precarious.