On the battlefield, Andreas and Orlando's battle continues.Under Orlando's planned and patient defense, Andreas does not take advantage of anything at all, his "Fury" and "Frost Language" dual swords and Orlando's "Passion" long sword and "Lion" shield are all magic weapons, and there is not much difference in the effect of enchantment, when Orlando is defending with all his might, even Andreas, who is a sword saint, cannot break through the protection of this holy knight in a short time.

In order to defeat his opponents, Andreas resorted to various methods. He disturbed Orlando's vision with his unpredictable form, but Orlando only had to move his position slightly to block Andreas's passage to the top of the Royal Viewing Stand, and Andreas would have to collide with Orlando if he wanted to continue. In order to quickly pass through Orlando's blockade, Andreas directly waved the dual swords in his hand and launched continuous stabs at the same part of Orlando, but Orlando could easily block Andreas's attack with just a light wave of the lion shield in his hand.

Under the effect of the idea of quick victory, Andreas even did not hesitate to reveal one flaw after another, attracting Orlando to attack him, in his opinion, Orlando's defense can be called airtight, but this holy knight will always show a little flaw in the transition between offense and defense, but Orlando is so slow and methodical and Andreas can't hold on, whether Andreas is deliberately exposed flaws or there are really loopholes, Orlando is unmoved, just firmly block the passage for Andreas to advance to the top of the viewing platform。

In this way, the most powerful attack point of the orcs, the sword saint Andreas, was dragged to death by the human holy knight Orlando, so that it was almost impossible for the orcs to break through as quickly as before, which was indeed a good thing for the human army, at least no one would die under that hurricane until Orlando was defeated.

However, Orlando was only able to hold back Andreas alone, and the human warriors under his command could not stop the onslaught of the orcs, especially after the orc shaman sacrifice at the cost of his life, the attack of the blood guards of the Beast Emperor's line was even sharper, not to mention the temporary recruits of the human race, even those elite troops who had undergone strict training were defeated under the attack of the blood guards.

This is not to say that those human elites are greedy for life and afraid of death, but the direct gap between them and the orc blood guards is too big, as long as the warriors on both sides are slightly entangled, the orcs' double-edged battle axes will slash over without mercy, and the human elite warriors still can't block the orc's attack even if they raise the shield in their hands, or they are directly split in two with their shields, or they are violently knocked away by the orcs.

Therefore, the successive defeats and retreats of the elite warriors of mankind are based on the premise that they have suffered a large number of casualties. In fact, the elite troops of the human race in the imperial capital can only be regarded as the elite of the third level in the strict sense.

According to the deployment of the year and the development over the years, the first level of elite troops in the Human Empire is the Royal Knights under Orlando, which is the absolute elite, if Orlando does not scatter and distribute those holy knights, then with the strength of this 5,000 people alone, Orlando is enough to compete with ten times the orc blood guards.

Of course, there is no way for Orlando to distribute his subordinates, because the newly recruited recruits of the human race will not be able to have any combat effectiveness in just a few days, and if there is no backbone in them, I am afraid that they will be defeated before they can go to the battlefield. And even if Orlando brings these 5,000 elites, if there are no hundreds of thousands of troops to respond, then they will still suffer heavy losses under the siege of the beast ** army.

Holy Knights are good, but they are not gods, they will still be tired, they will bleed, they will be wounded, they will die.

In addition to these holy knights, the second level of elite warriors of the Human Empire are those legions in Thor's Fortress, but most of them have been buried in the northern fortress forever, only General Jonas brought back some of them, but the number is not very large.

And these elites stationed in the imperial capital are only the third level, but under the premise that the Holy Knights are scattered and the Thor Fortress is almost completely destroyed, they have become the most elite troops and become the last trump card in the hands of Luke and Orlando.

And if the orcs want to classify the elite troops, then the Beast Emperor's Blood Guards are the elite of the elite, their status is in a sense equivalent to the human royal knights, and because the orcs are several times more effective than human soldiers in terms of individual combat effectiveness, so according to this simple calculation, it is normal for the human army to pay that price.

After all, the Blood Guardians are the descendants of the Barbarian Bear Clan, they have gone through enough training and actual combat practice, especially in the Blood Gladiatorial Arena after ten endless battles, those orcs who survive to the end are eligible to join this team, the selection conditions are cruel, but the warriors who can be selected in strict accordance with the conditions are the best.

On the human side, most of the 100,000 elites left behind by Orlando and Luke have now been lost, and in order to fill the gap left by their deaths, a large number of temporary recruits have been transferred to join the battle. These recruits joined the battle under the leadership of the captain of the Holy Knights, and it was not easy for them to fight to the death, if it weren't for their home at their feet, I am afraid that under the attack of the orcs, even Orlando himself would not be able to avoid their rout.

Of course, not being defeated does not mean that they can play a big role, these recruits are far inferior to the orcs in individual combat effectiveness, and now they can't have any cooperation, basically once facing the pressure of the orcs, everyone is fighting on their own. The only role these recruits were sent into battle was to drain the orcs' strength, and in fact, they did, even though the ratio was approaching fifty to one.

Seeing that the human front was shrinking in an all-round way, Ryan took a big step and wanted to continue joining the warband, but a person next to him suddenly grabbed Ryan's arm and stopped him. Ryan turned his head to look over, and it turned out to be Luke. Luke shook his head slightly at Ryan, and then whispered, "That's enough, your task now is to protect Queen Catherine." ”

"But," Lane said to justify his actions, "with Her Majesty's strength, she doesn't need our protection at all. ”

Luke shook his head with a wry smile and lowered his voice once more and said, "That's enough, Ryan." You forcibly joined the warband despite my objections, and although you achieved a good result, Alendor was seriously injured. You go to fulfill your wishes, I have nothing to say, after all, you are also an adult man, what to do and what not to do, you know very well in your heart. But ......"

At this point, Luke suddenly looked at Farass beside Ryan, and then said to Ryan in a heavy tone, "I have no sons, only two daughters. Orlando was unable to leave the imperial capital due to his duties. You, on the other hand, are now only the leader of a mercenary group. ”

Luke patted Ryan lightly on the shoulder and said meaningfully: "I hope my daughter can live well, but with the relationship between Sophie and Orlando, I'm afraid my wish will not come true, but Faras still has a chance, can't you even fulfill my little wish?"

Ryan hesitated and said, "This, this...... I can't just sit idly by, can I?"

Luke said, "You've done your best, haven't you? Now, even if you go up again, will you be able to change the outcome? No, you can't do that, so please do what you can and continue to complete the task I have given you." Even if we lose this war, it doesn't mean that humanity has lost everything. We can also make a comeback. Many times, it is more difficult to live than to die generously. ”

Looking at Ryan's face full of doubts, Luke continued, "As long as the queen is still there, then the empire still has a chance. There are still many cities in the south of the mainland, and there will always be a chance to regain the lost territory. Neither I nor Orlando can leave the city, and that's our responsibility, but who is going to protect Her Majesty? This person must be trustworthy to us, and we can't let Senate do this, right? Luke's last sentence was very flat, but there was deep regret in his words.

Ryan's mind was in turmoil, he weighed it up, but he didn't know what he was supposed to do, in fact, Ryan had done so much, more than he should. If calculated according to military merits, I am afraid that in the defense of the imperial capital, few people can surpass Lane, but Lane always has some regrets in his heart, because he finds that his strength looks good, but it is useless in this kind of war of hundreds of thousands of people.

Ryan stood there silently, torn between a dilemma. Before he knew it, Ryan was distracted, and he remembered his parents, his teachers, and Faraz. Thinking of this, Ryan subconsciously glanced up at Farath, and suddenly remembered Victor from Faraz, and remembered the magic scroll that Luke had given him before.

Ryan took out the scroll from the storage pocket, if it was usual, Ryan would definitely study the magic array on this scroll, but now Ryan didn't have time, he aimed at the orc who was less than 30 meters away from him under the viewing platform, and tore the scroll with force, a faint white light emitted from the scroll, and disappeared without a trace after a few seconds.

However, this scroll flashed a white light, and there was no other reaction, and the orcs not far away were still frantically slashing and killing the human defenders, which made Ryan very, very disappointed, could it be that this scroll was just a failed work?