Chapter Eighty-Three: Retreat
In the glade under the ruins, the atmosphere became tense again.
The Legion of Light team and the surviving Templars formed two phalanxes and surrounded them in an inverted figure-of-eight. On the left flank was the Legion of Light, on the right flank was the Templars, and in the center was a battle team composed of the strongest warrior in the field, Commander Heinz Moder, plus the Legion Commander Victor Mu and the Mu family envoy Witte Dion.
The five maidens who survived the group of gifts Victor received in Lawrence City and on the way back had been entangled with Sophia during the previous battle, and all of them were slightly wounded, one of them seriously. In the short rest just now, they hastily treated each other, and at this time, they were placed behind the Bright Legion squad to strengthen the combat power in the direction of the Bright Legion.
Victor made it very clear: "The Legion of Light is no better than the Templars, it can't fight a tough battle, and there may be deserters at that time." Put you in that position, one is for magical support, to strengthen the combat power in that direction, and the other is for the prison army, and you can't be ordered, and those who retreat without permission will be killed! If you can't do it, you will know the consequences. ”
Facing Victor's inverted figure-eight formation, Qin Shouzhuo put on a-for-tat sharp arrow formation, as the arrow was the Knight Elsa Camilla, and the battle formation composed of all middle and low-level officers under his command was lined up along the right flank, and on the left was the giant god soldier summoned by Rafael, who did not back down against the pressure emanating from the Holy See.
I have to say that there was a subtle misunderstanding in this.
The Legion of Light, which had just arrived, was on a mission and had not suffered previous losses, so it looked very capable of fighting at this time when it was fully armored and equipped. Because neither the Legion of Light nor Victor's troops had flagged their flags, it was impossible to tell whether they were wearing the ordinary armor of the Legion of Light or the special armor of the Templar Order, and Captain Elsa habitually thought of them as Templar reinforcements.
The new squad was treated as elite Templars, and Victor's plan to deploy mages was interpreted as preparing to forcefully break through the side of the battle formation and form an encirclement. In the face of elite Templars, the Titan soldiers were simply not enough, so El Sera Legion Commander concentrated all his officers on the right flank, and brought Her Royal Highness Princess Sofia with them to unite against the "Templar" reinforcements who had just arrived, and the remnants of the Templars who had been tragically attritioned were handed over to Raphael and her Templar troops.
The huge disadvantage in numbers made Elsa have to be cautious, hoping that she can hold back this group of reinforcements until Qin Shouzhuo, Raphael and Princess Sally defeat the remaining Templars on Victor's right flank and form a counter-encirclement. If the main forces tear each other apart to compare their strengths, then this kind of staggered play of the main forces is a short board.
The teams on both sides approached quickly, and the Templars on Victor's side, after the previous attrition, were uneven, but seeing Princess Sally's ill-intentioned eyes, they knew deeply that if they didn't rush forward to form a melee, they would definitely not survive today.
“...... Hold ......" under the hoarse shouts of the Temporary Commander, and under the huge height difference between the two sides, even the Templars with strong faith were inevitably afraid, but they were still able to maintain their formation with reason, and they came to a head-on collision with the Ice Giant with a fighting spirit.
"Bang Bang ......"
Due to its relatively stocky body, the Ice Giant has short legs and a low center of gravity. The Templar defense line is between 1.8~2 meters tall, and the height is just as high as the thigh of the Ice Giant. Under the high-speed impact of the ice giant, like a hurdler, he directly hit the railing that was fixed, and the whole person rushed towards the rear of the defensive line. And even if the ice giant at the front can stop, it will be pushed down by the giant behind. Advancing and falling, the Templar phalanx was buried in a mass of fallen ice giants.
With its sheer size and strong body, the mountain of ice giants was destined to have huge gaps, and it was impossible to crush the Templars like this, but it was enough to trap them. The weight of an ice giant is beyond the reach of a strong ordinary person, but it is no more than that for a warrior with a fighting spirit.
So, what about the dozens of ice giants......
Even the Templars, who were all extraordinarily vindictive, were inevitably in trouble at this time. Of course, there is no danger to life, and in this state, the already inflexible giant god soldiers are even more immobile, and the Templars only need to slowly dig a way out with their fighting spirit. Until a knight in a relatively high position was trapped, through the space between the overlapping limbs of the ice giant, he saw a red crystal, with an ominous light, falling towards his position.
“NO!!!!!”
"Boom !!!!"
Mushroom clouds nearly 100 meters high rose into the sky, and thunder continued to echo in people's ears, and they were temporarily deaf. Dozens of seconds later, the mushroom cloud composed of flames slowly disappeared, leaving a pit with a radius of tens of meters on the ground scarred by the battle, and the soil that had been scorched by the flames was still emitting green smoke.
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In contrast to the earth-shattering fighting of the right wing, the left wing of the Holy See was extremely calm. The combat effectiveness shown by Qin Shouzhuo and the others in the previous battle, the infantry of the Bright Legion could see it clearly, it was a strongman who could kill the elite of the Templars head-on, and he rushed forward like this, wasn't he in a hurry to die?
"Hey...... That one...... His Excellency the Legion Commander ordered an attack~ That's ...... That one...... You...... Hurry up. ”
Victor was originally intended to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the Legion of Light, but the five girls who were separated lacked communication and leadership with each other, and even more lacked combat experience and fighting spirit. When I blessed the Legion of Light with spells before, there was actually a phenomenon that the latter brushed off the spells of the former, and the novice identity was exposed, which made the morale of the infantry brothers in front even lower.
Hearing the sound of the girl being scared to death behind him, the commander of the Bright Legion knew that he had to move here, even if the other party was not his direct commander, but with the strength of the Mu family, it was simple to kill himself.
"Everyone obeys the order, raises their shields, maintains the formation, and the phalanx advances!"
Obviously, they had a numerical advantage of more than three times, but the new "Templars" on the opposite side did not move. With such a wonderful move, the 7 high-ranking samurai of the Elsa Mercenary Regiment were happy and relaxed, and took this opportunity to quickly use their fighting energy to nourish their bodies, while they had to feel suspicious about the strange behavior of the other party and had a heated discussion. They are all combat groups composed of middle and low-level officers, and they all fight with brains, and they have to think about it all the time, otherwise what is the difference between them and ordinary soldiers.
The other party's actions were amazing, and as a new force that had just arrived, there was no doubt that the "Templars" of the opposite half of the squad were the strongest combat force on the side of the Holy See. If the other party rushes up directly regardless of it, he doesn't know if he can block it, and once a semi-encirclement situation is formed, his side will have to consider retreating. As soon as the right wing of his own side retreated, the commander of the army in the center and the quasi-horses could not retreat in the fierce battle, and it was easy to form an encirclement, which would be dangerous at that time.
Before the results could be discussed, the other side finally began to move forward.
When the strength of the imperial soldiers is inferior to that of the other side, they can lose in team battles, but they cannot lose in momentum! Once the momentum rises, they can still suppress the opponent to fight with fewer people. The Legion of Light infantry maintained the phalanx and began to trot forward, a move that activated the battlefield on this side like a switch. The warriors of the Elsa Mercenary Regiment looked at each other and burst into angry roars.
"Ahhhh!!!h
"Bang, bang, bang, bang!"
With Sophia's magical support, 7 mid-level warriors crashed into the battle formation of the Legion of Light like 7 cannonballs, and the powerful impact force caused the Legion of Light to retreat continuously. The squad commander roared angrily: "Hold !!" but still could not prevent the fact that the battle line retreated and wavered under the onslaught of less than 1/3 of the enemy.
Like a spring, it absorbs a lot of energy and completes the ultimate compression, and then rebounds. When the impact of the Elsa Mercenaries was absorbed by the Templar front. The commander of the "!! stabbing squad" gave an order, and twenty-five warriors, thinking in one place and working in one place, with a ghost cry of "oh oh oh !!", began to push the shield at the same time, and then the short sword, short spear, hand axe and other guys who could be found attacked forward at the same time!
"Bang Bang Bang ~ ......"
The battle was scorching, the huge numerical advantage did not bring victory to the Legion of Light, and the Elsa mercenary group also found something wrong from the slashing touch, why are these "Templars" so weak?
The Legion of Light is an army used by the Holy See to preserve the glory and majesty of God, with only two missions. One is to fight against foreign enemies and protect mankind, and the other is to fight against darkness and spread the glory of God. Although because of the corruption of the Holy See, the Legion of Light also began to degenerate, and often had to go out to do some private work for middle and high-ranking officers, but the mustard in his heart was not so easy to remove. If you die in a war with the darkness, you should ascend to heaven and become a hero, but if you die in these messy affairs, how can this be counted?
Because of this mess of faith, the morale of the Bright Legion is generally not high when they help senior officers do private work, even if the leading officers are pressed more tightly in order to make sycophants, but the soldiers are still not motivated. Such an army can still fight a tailwind battle, but once the opponent can't fight a wave, it will begin to think crankily and prepare to run.
On the way to do private work for the senior officers, he suddenly received an indiscriminate summoning order, thinking that there was some darkness in the hinterland of the Holy See, but when he arrived at the place, he found that the order was actually the new deputy commander-in-chief, the head of the Knights Templar. The specific content of the mission has been vague, and the soldiers feel that something is wrong in their hearts, and before leaving, they also ordered themselves and others to leave, not to be allowed to follow, which added a bit of weirdness.
After following the place and looking at it for so long, the soldiers of the Legion of Light, who were experienced in every sense, found that it seemed that the Knights Templar had also come to do private work for their legion commander this time, so it made sense not to follow themselves outside of their own legion. Aware of this, the Legion of Light soldiers were suddenly dissatisfied and had a bad impression of the new deputy commander.
With more than three times the advantage of troops, after a round of fighting, not only was the battle line forced back by the opponent, but also several wounded on their own side, and the demoralized Bright Legion soldiers were not calm, and they no longer cooperated with the attack one by one, but constantly changed their defenses, just seeking to save their lives. The change here, the Elsa mercenary group felt it most clearly, and suddenly the sword in her hand was a little faster.
Just as the soldiers of the Legion of Light were considering whether it was time to run away, an explosion occurred. A mushroom cloud nearly 100 meters high and a shock wave that made even the high-ranking fighters unsteady on their feet swept by, and the soldiers fell to the ground one after another, rolling into a piece.
Compared with the Legion of Light on the left flank, Victor and others in the center are closer to the explosion point and are under greater pressure. Victor Mu and Witt Dion were blown up on the spot and fainted unconscious, but the powerful Commander Moder still stands.
With a flash of red light, a fiery red crystal the size of a rugby ball flew into the sky. Qin Shouzhuo's face turned pale at once, and he didn't care about the sense of balance that was destroyed in the explosion just now, changed the balance mode to automatic, handed it over to Victoria to control, grabbed Elsa who was holding her forehead, and ran back with a roll. While running, he shouted: "Run, run, run, it's going to explode, it's going to explode!!"
Commander Heinz Moder picked up Victor Mu and Witt Dion one by one, and ran in the direction of the airship without looking back. The five eldest ladies who had been given the responsibility of overseer by Victor sat on their knees with each other in their eyes, tears streaming down their faces, and the warm liquid began to moisten the ground beneath them.
Qin Shouzhuo, who dragged Elsa and ran out for more than ten meters, pushed Elsa to the ground, and lay on Elsa in a standard anti-artillery posture, covering her ears and opening her mouth wide, waiting for the test of fate.
"Ding~"
The fiery red crystals fell to the ground, but nothing happened. The Legion of Light, who realized that he might have been deceived, turned around and saw a large fireball in the sky smashing over, and Princess Sally was playing with two red crystals in her hand......
"Hahaha...... I'm laughing to death...... Look at you fools...... Hahaha"
While laughing wildly, Princess Sally stepped forward and picked up the "unexploded bomb" that had landed:
"How can there be so many magic crystals for frying, this is just an ordinary crystal stone, infected with some fire elements, it won't be fried, hahahahaha......"
Qin Shouzhuo, who couldn't bear it, suddenly appeared beside Princess Sally, took out a paper fan out of nowhere, and slapped it on the head of Her Royal Highness Princess Sally, knocking Her Royal Highness Princess who was holding her stomach and laughing wildly to the ground:
"Smack!"
"It's too much!"
............
Victor Mu, retreated......
For long-distance travel, the light airship did not choose to carry 50 fighters, but only carried 20 people, freeing up space to load more daily necessities for long-distance voyages. This also made it possible to take all the remaining people of Victor with one go in this retreat.
The airship took the surviving Templars and the soldiers of the Legion of Light to start the magic force circle to assist the flight like crazy, so as not to be destroyed by the magic crystal exploding again, God knows how many magic crystals the mad princess still has in her hand.
With the abundant supply of magic power, the flying circle rarely operated at full capacity, propelling the airship into the air duct and flying towards the next supply point. On the airship, the demoralized Holy See troops ushered in the dawn of the next day in an unspeakable silence, and it was only then that Victor Mound woke up. Victor, who had learned everything, was standing alone on the high aft deck, in a very bad mood, and Commander Heinz Moder came to report on the situation of the team, asking for instructions, and suddenly:
"Smack!"
Victor slammed his sword into Heinz Model's face, and the latter quickly knelt down on one knee to plead guilty.
"You found the Legion of Light, I remember ordering them to return. ”
"The last general just asked them to follow from a distance, as a safe, in case of attack, it would be ......"
"Smack!"
Moder fell to one knee, his head lowered, and his words were interrupted by a scabbard. Victor straightened his collar and walked to the captain's cabin in the stern with a blank face, without even glancing at Heinz Moder, who was kneeling behind him......
"I hope this is the last time, and in the future, I don't want anything like that to happen again. ”
“...... It's ......"
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