Chapter 79: Jungle Siege
"Attack! Kill them all!"
In the early morning, the sporadic sound of weapons reverberated around the Lorraine camp, and Rod's army finally caught up with the swamp monsters roaming the forest two days later.
Perhaps there were no Rangers or Sentinels, but until Rod's Gnoscans approached the Swamp Monsters, the monsters still had no intention of escaping. They devoured everything they could get in the camp. I didn't notice the danger around me at all.
The bloody battle soon began, and more than 300 Norscan warriors surrounded the swamp monsters in the camp from all sides. Shouts of killing, screams, howls, and the sound of weapons echoing through the cold woodland.
Rhodes led the way, holding his hammer aloft and storming the camp, the metal hammer reflecting a dazzling white light and smashing away a feeding swamp monster. Food scraps and broken bones were scattered all over the floor.
Immediately following the charge of the Lord of Blackhammer were the bloodthirsty and fanatical Norscan warriors. They thirst for battle, thirst for blood, and are fiercer than the beasts of the forest.
Barbarian captain Celta followed Rhodes closely, and after Rhodes killed the first swamp monster, his heavy axe split another low-level swamp monster that tried to resist. The deformed monster was split in half in an instant, and flesh and blood flowed out of its bulging body with internal organs.
But these are two lord-level warriors, and the other Norscans are not as powerful. In front of swamp monsters that are over two and a half meters tall, most humans still need to cooperate to kill them.
The main difference between swamp monsters and beastmen is that they have hard carapaces, which are sometimes as defensive as shields. Ordinary weapons could not shatter their carapaces, so Rhodes had all Norsca warriors equipped with armor-piercing weapons - iron hammers, stone hammers, maces, heavy axes, and so on.
Unprepared for the ambush attack, the swamp monsters put down their food and turned to fight the Hunters. Bows and arrows hurt them negligibly. Only bloody hand-to-hand combat can kill them.
The two-month intensive training of the Norscans finally paid off in this battle. Although the Norskas acted suddenly, the battle was chaotic and orderly.
More than 300 people, under the command of their respective captains, fought in small teams in a rhythmic and regular manner.
Each team had a clear division of labor, and after a wave of spears were thrown, the shield and axe men behind followed, and the heavy shield shields hit the enemy while sharp war hammers and axes fell overhead. Despite their individual combat prowess, the Swamp Monsters were weak and powerless in the face of the well-trained and naturally warlike Norscan warriors.
As soon as the warriors behind threw their spears, Rhodes and the Norsca warriors around him rushed forward, and the Lord of Blackhammer took a sideways step to dodge the swamp monster's spear thrust, and then smashed his hammer into the swamp monster's head. The large, strong swamp monster fought back, he took a step back to dodge Rod's hammer blade, and then swung his spear again, Rhodes swept the tip of the spear away with his hammer, and then rushed forward with a roar of rage, punching the swamp monster in the face.
The cold and hard skin made Rod very uncomfortable, but after all, the other party is also a flesh and blood creature, and it is inevitable that he will be dizzy if he punches down. Taking advantage of this moment, Rod swung his war hammer and smashed his skull with a single blow. Blood and brains poured out of the shattered skull.
Ranger Iron Claw was behind Rhodes, shooting with a bow and arrow, but in front of the heavily armored units, the power of the arrows was obviously so small that it could be harassing at best. Ironclaw's long arrow struck the leader of the swamp monsters in front of him. However, the sharp arrow cluster was bounced off at the same time as it hit the swamp monster, and it didn't even pierce the skin. However, the two Gnoscan Marauders rushed forward, and the Swamp Monster leader was knocked to the ground by two strong Norscan warriors as soon as he freed his hand, and the short, heavy mace shot was fatal.
Before the opponent could dodge, the hammer smashed into its eye socket, and blood gushed out of the one-eyed hole.
Although the opponent was quite numerous, with hundreds of people, they were gradually defeated under the organized and premeditated siege of the Black Hammer Fort Warband.
The chaotic battle soon came to an end. The rest of the swamp monsters gathered, their eyes no longer bloodthirsty, but with a hint of fear.
"Shield Wall!"
Rhodes quickly gave the order to encircle and suppress. Under unified command, all the Norsca warriors formed a circle, with their shields facing inward, constantly squeezing the Swamp Monster's position and compressing the battlefield area.
The Sonic people's sturdy size and dense shield walls have gradually turned the swamp monsters into a battle for trapped beasts. They roared and slammed against the shield wall, but the more hot-headed they rushed around, the quicker they died.
The corpses of the swamp monsters heaped beneath the Gnoscans' shield walls turned into bloody pieces, sticky blood and dirt mixed together, staining the ground a bloody red.
However, they are not beasts.
It can be seen that under the command of the new swamp monster leader, this group of water monsters began to break through.
The remaining half of the swamp monsters gathered together and launched a fierce attack on the Norscans' shield wall, and more than fifty people attacked the shield wall with all their might, and in the end, cracks still appeared in the thin shield wall.
The human infantry, who had been crushed and rushed to the ground, were brutally trampled. More than a dozen Norscans died at the feet of the fleeing swamp monsters.
"Chase!"
Rhodes gave the order on the spot.
The Norscar hunting party quickly retracted its formation and began to pursue.
They roared and roared like savages. Embark on a jungle chase with the captured swamp monsters......
However, at this moment, a strange thick fog quickly enveloped the battlefield, and the white fog seemed to be driven by some kind of spell, and instantly filled the forest, and hundreds of Norscans roared and screamed in the forest, and even met each other, almost injuring their teammates by mistake.
"Assemble!"
The shouts of the chiefs echoed through the woodland. Rod opened his throat and shouted.
Norscans stumbled around Rhodes, and the fog was accompanied by a large amount of moisture, soaking everyone's armor.
The irritation, complaining voices began to spread through the jungle.
"Let the hounds chase it!"
Celta suggested to. But Rhodes knew that such advice would be useless.
"Let the dogs out, can you see where they're going?" Rod asked rhetorically, and Celta was speechless.
The eerie fog is getting thicker and thicker, and the visibility is less than a few meters, even if someone is standing in front of you, it is unrecognizable. Rhodes uneasily speculated that if the swamp monsters returned at this time, the Norscans who had not formed a formation would simply be their prey......
Fortunately, this did not happen, and the miserable howls of the swamp monsters continued to sound in the distant jungle......