Chapter 128: The Beast Emperor's Lineage (4)
Shortly after the humans were stationed in the second line of defense, the orcs attacked again, and the two 10,000 men who had suffered heavy losses in the previous attack were replaced by two new ones. This time, the orcs learned the lesson of the last time, and they sent 3 teams of 1,000 to attack the position where Ryan and the others were stationed, dragging down those magicians, but concentrating on storming the two flanks of the human defense.
This method has achieved very desirable results, and ordinary human armies can't resist the elite orc warriors blessed by the "Totem Fire Dance", so they can only retreat step by step and shrink the defense line. As a result, Ryan and his troops had to slowly retreat to the rhythm of their allies.
Ryan's part was originally less numerous than his two wings, with fewer enemies, Ryan relied on the magic of the magician, if he dispersed his strength, then the entire defense line might be broken through by the orcs from the middle, and the gains outweighed the losses. Originally, Ryan divided his mages into seven groups, but in actual combat he found that this distribution was not very effective, so he quickly changed to two groups, each group led by two mages to lead a group of mages, and the two groups were replaced with each other, so that those mages had time to meditate and recover their mana.
Ryan originally wanted to mobilize some magicians to support the allies on both wings, but he did not have a lot of magicians at hand, if he sent out manpower to support the two wings separately, it would make the already struggling magicians completely lose the time to meditate and recover, once the magician's mana was exhausted, then the frontal defense line would lose the protection of the magician and become quite fragile.
In desperation, Ryan could only follow the footsteps of his allies and slowly retreat in the direction of the royal viewing platform behind him. However, to Ryan's relief, the further back they retreated, the more they were replenished, the thicker the positions they built, and the greater the losses of the orcs with each step forward.
By the time the sun had risen again, Ryan had moved their line back almost 400 meters. After a day and night of fierce fighting between the two sides, the orcs advanced only a little more than 600 meters, and they had to pay a heavy price of hundreds of casualties for every meter they advanced, so to speak, the orcs used the blood and lives of their warriors to exchange this more than 600-meter-long position from the hands of the human defenders.
When the "Totem Fire Dance" began, the orc attack never stopped, and the ten orc shaman sacrifices also danced around the fire all night, their faces were pale, their foreheads were full of sweat, and their bodies looked very weak, but these orc shamans continued to beat, even faster and faster.
Orc shamans and human priests are similar in many ways, both of them borrow power from what they believe in through some kind of ritual, but the difference is that human priests believe in gods, while orc shamans believe in the spirits of their ancestors - those powerful monsters.
The Beast Emperor Andreas was still standing upright on the chariot, he had been standing in this position for a whole night, the prophet Evan was standing behind the Beast Emperor with a cane made of the thigh bone of the Beast, neither of them spoke, and they silently watched the battle situation in front of them.
At this time, the orcs have paid nearly 80,000 casualties, including more than 30,000 casualties among the descendants of the beast emperor of the barbarian bear clan, watching the seeds of the future prosperity of these clans fall silently on the central square of the imperial capital, the hearts of the beast emperor and the prophet Evan are very uncomfortable, but the battle has reached this point, it is impossible to hesitate or regret it, this war can only have the only winner in the end, either humans or orcs, and there is no third possibility.
When the Beast Emperor saw that his descendants had entered the area less than 200 meters away from the royal viewing platform, he suddenly turned his body to look at the prophet Evan behind him, who seemed to have guessed what the Beast Emperor was thinking, and shook his head slightly. The Beast Emperor smiled at Prophet Evan and pulled out a small statue from his bosom.
This small statue is blackened throughout, and I don't know what material it is made of, and it is carved with a lifelike Earth Bear, which is very similar in appearance to the pattern on the battle flag of the Barbarian Bear Clan. The entire statue contained a strange power, and when the Beast Emperor held it in his hand, the whole person became more majestic and full of indomitable domineering.
"Do you really want to do this?" Prophet Evan looked at the statue in the hand of the Beast Emperor Andreas, still shaking his head and said, "For thousands of years, this statue has never left the head of the clan. ”
"I trust you!" the Beast Emperor whispered, "and to be honest, I prefer to fight without restraint than to stand behind and take charge of the overall situation." In a sense, you are more suitable for the position of clan leader than I am. ”
Prophet Evan was silent, and after half a sound, he suddenly said: "On this continent, the most powerful power is power, as long as you have it, even a brave and fearless holy knight, a great magician with superior intelligence, can be used by you." A man of supreme power, even if he knows neither martial arts nor magic, but with the movement of a finger, it is enough to move mountains and open up lakes, and even the terrifying ancient dragon cannot stop the swarming army of millions. ”
"Yes, you're right. The Beast Emperor nodded, agreeing with Prophet Evan's words, but the Beast Emperor's tone changed, and he continued: "I am indeed the leader of the Barbarian Bear Clan and the ruler of the entire Beast Clan, but I also have a third identity, that is, the most powerful Sword Saint in the history of the Beast Clan! This is just like the Fernando King of the human race 200 years ago, although he is also the supreme ruler, he still leads the army to charge at the front line as a holy knight. ”
"So humans can defeat hundreds of thousands of our ancestors with 100,000 troops, so humans can crowd out other clans and monopolize the most fertile land on the entire continent, so humans can build this greatest city in history, so humans have become veritable rulers on the entire continent. Now that Fernando's descendants have fallen, the time of that great king is gone. And I, Andreas, have arrived here with the most powerful army in the history of orcs. ”
"When a meteor falls, a new star naturally appears in the sky to take its place. Fernando's time has passed, and a new era will emerge. And I firmly believe that the person who forged this era is me, the leader of the great Barbarian Bear Clan, the ruler of the orcs, the sword saint Andreas. ”
Prophet Evan sighed slightly, knowing that he didn't have to say anything more. Andreas, the Beast Emperor, handed the statue to the prophet Evan with both hands, and the latter respectfully accepted it. When the prophet Evan held the statue of the Earth Bear of the Barbarian Bear Clan, it meant that from this moment on, the entire army of the orcs would be commanded by this old man whose wisdom was far more important than strength, and the first commander in the history of the orcs to take this position without force was born.
The Beast Emperor Andreas bowed slightly to the prophet Evan, who stood still and accepted his salute calmly. After the Beast Emperor had done all this, it symbolized the completion of the entire transfer of command, he laughed, and with a powerful wave of his right hand in the air, his guard Chang Wei strode up with two guards holding wooden plates.
He led the two guards to the front of the Beast Emperor and bowed together, while the Beast Emperor took off his own clothes, took a set of clothes from a plate carried by one of the guards, and quickly put them on his body. When the Beast Emperor finished dressing, he changed his clothes, and the previous leader who scolded Fang Xuan was gone, replaced by a warrior with excellent martial arts.
As a warrior, you must learn how to use various weapons and master a variety of combat techniques. However, after all, human energy is limited, so the vast majority of warriors will only master a certain weapon in their lives. When a warrior's understanding of the weapon of choice reaches a level of transcendence, others will call him "weapon master".
The so-called "sword master" is the "weapon master" who chooses the sword as his favorite weapon, and they will spend their lives perfectly combining their mind, will, body, martial arts and their own long sword, and pursue a realm that skillfully integrates the long sword with their own fighting skills, so that they can use this martial art in battle without thinking, just as naturally as using their own limbs, to achieve the unity of the heart and sword.
In order to do this, the Juggernaut will not hesitate to give up any protection against themselves, and they will not wear any armor, as that will only affect their confidence in their martial arts. In desperate fighting, the only thing Juggernaut relies on is his own speed, killing enemies quickly and dodging flexibly. "You can see the Juggernaut, but you can't hit him" is the best interpretation of the Juggernaut's combat methods.
Andreas is different from ordinary orcs, his body is slender, and his appearance is not as powerful as other orcs, but those who have fought him know how terrifying this most powerful sword master in the history of orcs is, with the speed of the wind, the lightning strike, and the sharpness of a cheetah...... This is the biggest reason why Andreas took over the rule of the entire Bear Clan and became the ruler of the entire Orc tribe when he was less than 30 years old, because those who dared to resist him died under Andreas's sword.
Now, Andreas picked up his weapon, a long sword, a short sword, from the wooden plate held by another guard. The long sword in Andreas' right hand is called "Fury", which seals the power of fire, while the short sword in his left hand is called "Frost Language", as the name suggests, this short sword contains the power of frost. This pair of swords is an extremely rare magic weapon among the orc tribes, and it is because of the power of the Brute Bear clan that Andreas is able to possess such a weapon.