Chapter 195: Victory or Defeat
Which is harder, the war hammer or the arm? This result is understandable, even if it is not an intentional attack, the arm of an ordinary person cannot resist the light smash of a two-handed hammer. But the people who fought with their arms and war hammers at this time were not ordinary people, not even human.
Ghouls fueled by blood have no reason to speak of, at least as they seem. The only thing revealed in those small eyes that had turned dark brown was the desire for flesh and the thrill of tearing apart the opponent. But unlike his stupid counterparts known as the Moss Wanderers, Patriarch Edward maintained a high fighting instinct even after entering a state of blood devouring. So he easily took Lothar's surprise attack from the bottom up.
The Count of Montenegro was having a hard time riding at the moment, and he had wanted to distance himself from the ghoul with a single pick, so that the length of the warhammer would give him an advantage in attack range. With the advantage in distance, he had a chance to wait for the red-eyed ghoul to come back to his senses. But Lothar never expected that this blow would have the opposite effect.
At this time, the count held the middle and rear ends of the hammer handle with both hands, and the left and right hands were in a forward and backward position, using the left hand in front as the fulcrum of the lever. In Lothar's experience, such a blow was enough to knock out a galloping horse, but the truth was that the head of the war hammer in his hand was being pressed under him by the ghouls with both hands, and he couldn't move.
"This guy has a lot of strength. Lothar thought to herself. Such a terrifying power, he had only seen before against a giant nezumi.
The battle between the two looks like a stalemate in the battle for strength. Edward, with his natural powers, was able to fend off Lothar's warhammer, and the Count made up for it with his skill in sheer strength. The defeat of either of these two men in this power contest would tip the scales of victory in an instant. If the ghoul loses its power first, Lothar's hammer will inevitably hit the opponent hard. But if Lothar is powerless, the ghoul can calmly snatch the only weapon that can threaten him from him.
The tense muscles made the Count of Montenegro dare not easily change his body posture, and any stimulation of the balance of power would bring about avalanche-like consequences. But at the same time, Lothar also realized that if this fight was allowed to continue, he would be the first to lose the ability to fight. Compared to the monster in front of him, which no longer had the appearance of a human being, he knew very well that his physical strength was running out rapidly.
If we want to win this battle, we have to change that. And the moment the situation changes, it is the moment when the winner is decided. Thinking, thinking at all costs, Lothar's brain raced to find a strategy that could win in this situation. If he had that golden armor on him at the moment, he would still have the guts to fight for injuries to save the day. However, the defensive power that this light equipment on his body can bring is really helpless for the earl. Wait, the equipment on you now......
Lothar thought of a very risky solution, and the Count of Montenegro's pupils gradually narrowed. So, do you want to do that?, he asked himself. The current situation is not a battle between allies, and if the ghoul in front of him falls, Lothar has no doubt that the other party will tear his neck apart. But it is this kind of life-and-death struggle that can inspire the fierce fighting spirit in this warrior's heart.
"For Montenegro!" he abruptly shouted his family's name, and Lothar's next move shocked all the onlookers.
Although it may seem like a long time, the time between Lothar's shot and the stalemate between the two of them was only a few seconds, and they didn't even have time to react. In the one-eyed view, Lothar's made the next move after only a brief hesitation after his own warhammer was caught by the other party.
He let go of the hands that held the warhammer!
Is this guy crazy? That's what almost everybody thinks. In fact, as long as Lothar and Edward continue to stalemate, someone will soon step forward to separate them. After all, no one really wanted to see this noble Earl really splattered five steps of blood here. But at this juncture, Lothar was the first to let go of his weapon! Was he going to commit suicide?
Lothar wasn't crazy, of course, and he wasn't thinking about suicide yet. So the lord did this, naturally, because he had his own plans. With a battle cry, Lothar pressed the entire weight of his body to his right side, and at the same time kicked his left foot the ground, smashing his right shoulder into the ghoul's head. At this time, Lothar's right shoulder was equipped with armor with metal spikes.
"Bang!" and "Bang!" sounded almost at the same time.
The first of these sounds was the sound of Edward pressing the hammer head to the ground after the hammer had lost its power support. The other was the muffled sound of Lothar hitting the ghoul's face.
"Gaha!" Despite its unimaginable power, the ghoul's body weight was no different from that of ordinary people, and the blow of being pressed by Lothar on all his body weight made Edward's body involuntarily fall back. In order to balance the impact, the ghoul had to take a few steps backwards.
"Hmph!" Lothar waited for the opponent to retreat, and the Count had no intention of regrouping after the impact, and with a kick he raised his foot, kicking the hammer that had been smashed to the ground. Holding the handle of the hammer with both hands, Lothar used the hammer as a spear and stabbed his opponent in the abdomen.
"Shhh Foul-smelling smoke also wafted from the warhammer-struck wounds.
"Whoa!" roared from the wounded ghoul's mouth, the wounds barely hurting him, but the witch's magic was enough to make him feel pain. Pain, on the other hand, inspires an even more insane bloodthirsty desire. Edward, who was shot in the abdomen, was not knocked away by the blow, but instead held Lothar's war hammer with both hands, making it impossible for the Count of Montenegro to continue the attack.
At this point, both sides of the war have fired real fire, and the battle is bound to end with one of them being unable to get up. And Lothar didn't hesitate at all, since the weapon was held by the enemy, so he simply waved it with the opponent! The Count of Montenegro stood firmly on his feet, exerted force from his waist, and used all his strength to dance the war hammer in his hand with the ghoul holding the war hammer.
"Give it to me...... Lie down!" the hammer slashed a perfect circle in the lord's hand, and was thrown out by Lothar when the circle was complete!
The spinning hammer and the ghoul who had no time to let go of the hammer spun in the air a few times before slamming into the low wall at the edge of the field, and the hapless Edward was completely smashed into the wall by the near-random attack. The impact wasn't enough to kill a ghoul chief, but judging by the weakly lowered hands, Lothar's blow probably knocked him unconscious.
"Whew...... "Quiet, only the sound ......of Lothar's panting was left in the chamber at this time. No one, not even Roland, could have imagined that this lord would actually defeat Edward, who was the leader of the ghoul race. That's a real ghoul king!