Chapter 181, The Legend of the Giant

The frenzied drums of war echoed across the battlefield.

"Knock knock knock~"

The drumbeat of the orcs slowed down, hard and rhythmic, and as their drumbeat vibrate, giants, trolls, and ogres gradually emerged from the orc's military formation.

The giants, the ancient race, the former ruling race of the continent, marched in the direction of the human army under the guidance of the orcs, with chaotic and heavy steps, holding a large wooden stick several meters long.

Aaron dropped the head of Rucco's claws and stared at the giant in the distance, recalling the giant's story.

In ancient times, before the fall of the three empires of the Saruk Witch and the rise of the dragons, there was an era in the kingdom known as the "Age of the Giants", when these towering figures (this is the original words of the book, and the book also states that the height of giants is about 5-8 meters depending on the species...... In that distant and almost forgotten era, it was active in every corner of the world, ruling most of the lands of the kingdom, and was the world's ruling race, and at that time, the civilization of giants was as grand and unstoppable as the phlogiston sea beyond the crystal wall.

It's just that any civilization has its glory and decline, when the dragons and giants in the kingdom were the emerging forces that succeeded after the five founding races, with the development of time, the two sides gradually began a fierce conflict and eventually broke out into a full-scale war on the whole continent, the dragon under the leadership of the dragon god Garrix incarnation, and the giant kingdom carried out a war known as the "millennium war", this war that lasted for a thousand years finally ended in the complete victory of the dragon, and the once prosperous giant kingdom was only a little scattered territory in the corner of the continent.

To make matters worse, Annan, the giant's father, was deeply disappointed with the giant's performance, and Father Annan decided not to answer the giant's prayers until the giant regained control of the continent, and the giants lost the protection of their father.

And the mother goddess of the giant is even worse, the mother goddess of the giant, Osaiah, was already keen on extramarital affairs when the kingdom of giants was still in its heyday, including ogres, half-giants, hidden giants, waste giants, sub-giants, wood giants, and a large number of giant subspecies were born in Osaiah's extramarital affairs one after another, and Osaiya was dissatisfied with every extramarital affair and wanted to try more.

Losing the protection of the Father and the care of the Mother Goddess, the giants have collapsed, and now the prosperity of this race has been dimmed, until now, there are only a few scattered giant tribes in the corners of the world, even in the great glaciers and the far north of the world, there are still a few remnants of the old giant empire, but only stone foundations and dilapidated statues.

Yes, ogres are also a subspecies of giants.

Aaron remembered that there was a hierarchy in the Kingdom of Giants, from the highest to the lowest, the Storm Giants, the Cloud Giants, the Fire Giants, the Frost Giants, the Stone Giants, and then the Hill Giants, all of which were pure-blooded giants, and then the many mongrels and ogres born to Osaiah, the mother of giants.

The class sequence of giants is very strict and special, even if a fire giant is a big chief, his status must be lower than that of the cloud giant, and the law of the giant only stipulates that any conflict is directly won by the high-ranking person, regardless of the specific situation and specific crime.

In the orc camp, there are naturally only the Hill Giants and Ogres who are the giants or subspecies of giants with the lowest rank, but these enemies are still not to be underestimated! Aaron had already dealt with the ogre in front of him, but when he saw a group of hill giants only five or six meters high, rushing towards the military formation, all the soldiers felt their scalps tingle.

Although the Hill Giants are the lowest in the pure-blood giant class sequence, they are still known for their double high and four low attributes.

Double high refers to high strength and high physique.

The four lows refer to low intelligence (odd low), low agility, low perception, and low charisma.

The Giants of the Hill are famously stupid, mentally retarded, wicked, gluttonous, selfish and stupid, all instincts are only to eat and multiply, and if they have nothing to do, they can eat from morning to night, or from morning to night, they have the best appetite and the best stomach in the country, and they have nothing that they cannot digest except what is really poisonous.

So, how did such a stupid and greedy hill giant survive to be where it is today?

That's their super high physique attributes, as well as the bonus of extraordinary strength!

Each giant has extraordinary powers, among which the high-level Storm Giants, Cloud Giants, and Fire Giants are born to go far in extraordinary strength, and the strength attributes of the Storm Giants are often enough to compete with ancient beasts and even god incarnations! The high-ranking giants even have the bonus of the Extraordinary Constitution attribute at the same time.

The Hill Giants don't have a transcendent physique, but they still have extraordinary strength, even though they are dull and greedy, and there are not too many people who might be hit by the Hill Giant's stick!

At Tukin's command, the hill giants finally appeared, and the orc shamans, who had not moved for a long time, also cast spells on the giants, trolls, and ogres one after another.

"Acceleration Technique!"

"Greasing the soles of your feet!"

"Attribute Enhancement!"

"Blessing Technique!"

The glow of one spell after another appeared, and the speed of the hill giants suddenly increased a notch, they waved their huge sticks, and rushed into the already chaotic front army at a relatively fast speed, and smashed the two Flame Fist mercenaries from Baldur's Gate deep into the ground, smashing them into a ball of meat paste, and then regardless of whether it was an iron-clad can of meat without a can opener, they immediately grabbed it with their hands, and bit off half of it in one bite, leaving only the bloody mercenary who was caught by the thigh The lower half of his body twitched.

With the blessing of extraordinary strength and spells, the power attributes of the hill giants really break through the sky, whether it is the shield wall, the spear array or those transformed druids, as long as they can't dodge, it is a stick to end the battle!

Syllable!

A bloody mass of flesh.

Rumble!

It's another lump of meatloaf whose it is.

Bell bell bell bell ~

An entire platoon of mercenaries was sent into the sky, including an elemental.

Immediately behind the hill giants were many trolls and ogres, who once again easily broke through the line of the Chinese army and rushed directly towards the rear army, and more than 1,000 people in the front army were killed in a few minutes under the impact of this group of giant beast troops.

"The elite of the orcs is not yet fully dispatched."

Aaron's pupils constricted slightly, and he subconsciously glanced at Ms. Raul on the left flank, only to see that Ms. Raul looked calm, already commanding the army in an orderly manner, and the most elite Falcon Legion and Phoenix Legion had not yet joined the battlefield.

On the orc side, there are also at least three legions waiting, and the army of Inavo - a large group of orc swords in fancy clothes, armed with two-handed swords, and armor-clad legions of swords are still waiting.

Inavo is the god of the orcs, and is also the only god among the orcs who pays more attention to strategy, and the orcs who believe in him often have a certain amount of wisdom and strategy, and know how to improvise, and Inavo does not like to use battle axes, but likes to use large swords.

"Orc flowers." Aaron commented.

The army of Bagru, a large herd of riders riding a half-ton Horned Bull-like behemoth like Gossmon.

The army of Geush, wrapped in heavy armor with only a pair of eyes exposed, and heavy warriors armed with giant axes, many of the beings in the team are "eyes of Geush", that is, orcs who have completed the ritual of one-eyed blessings.

Facing the approaching giant beast troops, the human soldiers all subconsciously set their eyes on their commanders and mages.

Humans don't have a Behemoth army, so these people are their only hope.

The spellcasters didn't disappoint them either, and with Archbaron Damon shouting orders, the mages from Waterdeep and the druids of the verdant courtyard finally began to cast spells!

"Fireball!"

"Lightning Arrows, Flame Weaving Fireballs, Stinky Clouds, Scorching Rays, Lightning Summoning, Monster Immobilization."

"Ma Youfu's strong acid arrow, ice storm, monster immobilization, charm monster, withering technique!"

As the casters began to let go of the spells, the battlefield instantly changed from a place of flesh and blood to a colorful place, the brilliance of magic spread everywhere, or rays, or cylinders, or cones, or fan-shaped, endless magic pieces fell into the giant beast troops, and the five-headed hill giants who rushed to the front fell to the ground one after another, some places on their bodies were burned by explosions, some places withered and contracted, some places were covered by ice and snow, and some places were hit by strong acid arrows, and there were sizzling sounds!

"Comet!"

Even Aaron's coquettish shouts were heard, and she summoned a comet to fall, smashing a giant's head on the spot, and the bright red liquid that splashed down like a waterfall was definitely not watermelon juice.

However, the tenacious vitality caused the remaining hill giants to carry their magic forward, and they fell into a rage, wielding their sticks and moving on.

Until the behemoths rushed through the middle army and fell into the middle of the rear army, an open area between the left and right wings, with the enemy on the left and the enemy on the right.

The slow-witted behemoths realized that they were surrounded.

But it was too late, and the long-range attacks and magic on the left and right flanks thundered on them, followed by the roar of Lady Raul.

"Cavalry, charge!"

The rumbling sound of horses' hooves came from the rear of the left wing, 500 heavy cavalry flattened the cavalry guns, pulled the reins, and recuperated, the cavalry finally had a place to use, they formed a triangular cavalry formation, accompanied by a dull sound of hooves, the heavy cavalry gradually dispersed, taking advantage of the fact that the giant beasts were attacked from both sides, from the side and rear around a semicircle, rolling and killing!

Charge with a gun!

The charge of the heavy cavalry overwhelmed the behemoths in the blink of an eye, and the sharp wooden cavalry spears broke one after another as they staggered by, submerging the heads of the spears into the bodies of giants, trolls, and ogres.

In the smoke and dust, the heavy cavalry and the behemoths engaged in a terrible melee.

"It's much better than those carving insect skills." Aaron commented with satisfaction at the sound of the Sadist, and the good brother looked visibly disdainful when he saw that the sky was full of magic, until the heavy cavalry began to charge.

Aaron nodded slowly.

Heavy cavalry charge, a super killer in the era of cold weapons, although in the kingdom, because of the existence of magic, the heavy cavalry is not as powerful as in the previous life, but the group charge of the heavy cavalry is still extremely deterrent, as long as an apprentice-level warrior has good equipment and horses, can master riding and spearmanship for a perfect charge, even if the opposite is a master warrior, as long as it hits, it can be killed in seconds.

It's a pity that the training of heavy cavalry is very harsh, where can ordinary soldiers get so much money and resources to use good horses, find venues, and match equipment to complete their evolution from ordinary infantry to heavy cavalry?

This is destined to be a privilege that can only belong to those above the middle class.

The smoke and dust were everywhere, and the murderous aura was soaring, and the behemoth troops who were caught in the flank fell in pieces after withstanding this wave of cavalry charges, and they were either killed on the spot or dying with seven or eight spears stuck in their bodies, and there were five or six blood cuts on their bodies that were rushing outward.

The heavy cavalry also paid a terrible price, the weapons in the hands of these giant beasts were seriously injured when they rubbed, and they were destined to die, many knights themselves dodged the attack of the giant beasts, but their horses were hit, and they were broken on the spot and fell down with the riders, but fortunately this is the country, the professionals are very physically tough, most of them are just fractures, and they will not die directly.

There was no room for breathing, the heavy cavalry immediately turned to line up after the first charge, and the second charge resumed, and finally after paying the price of more than one hundred and thirty cavalry casualties, they succeeded in breaking up the orc beast force, and the open space between the left and right flank formations was full of corpses.

The Behemoth Force suffered casualties, and the pressure on the human alliance was greatly reduced, but the spellcasters also consumed a lot of mana, and the situation on the battlefield gradually became anxious, and the two sides began to tug of war.

Both Tugin and Ms. Raul seem to have given up on surprise attacks, and they are just directing the battlefield step by step.

Aaron fought side by side with Eleanor and the others, and they fought back wave after wave of orcs, Aaron noticed that almost all of the warrior monks of the Fifth Key Company who had been so beautiful before were killed in battle, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

The battle continued from noon to dusk without any signs of stopping, until several Phoenix Legion soldiers found Aaron.

At this time, the human coalition army had already lost more than 2,000 people.

"Sir Salian, Lady Dinefur, the Earl please."

Aaron followed the soldiers to Lady Raul and found Samir and his suzerain, Elunora, already there.

"Almost, Tujin is ready to summon an army of ancestral souls!" Lady Raul said to Aaron, "Of the waves of people we went out, you and Samir were the only ones who came back. ”

"For Tukin to summon his army of ancestral souls, two conditions are indispensable."

"First, it is a massive sacrifice, a sacrifice that satisfies the orc gods."

"Second, there is the killing called conquest."

"Now that he's pretty much there, I'm sure he's having a ceremony." Ms. Raul stroked the scar on her face: "Here, it hurts. ”

"Once Tugin summons an army of ancestral souls, our defeat is already doomed, but thanks to you and Samir for your efforts, Tukin needs more time, and this is our chance."

"Our lord's priest has sensed the direction of the totem pole, so now is the time for our last stand."

"Samir, Aaron, you two are the only heroes who have successfully returned, you have both received the blessings of the gods, now, the time for the last fight is coming, the two of you, if you can't succeed this time, it will no longer be possible to succeed in the future, the power of the orc gods will be too strong to be defeated, and even, maybe they are too strong to be invincible."

"This is our last last fight." Lady Raul sighed, "I'm sorry, Aaron, Samir, you've all done enough for me, and I won't blame you if you don't plan to participate...... I'll go in person, and my deputy, Stena Nara, will take command. ”

Aaron smiled sarcastically when he heard this, and he opened his mouth: "Your Excellency, have you always had only one set of plans for doing things?" ”

"There is no other choice." Ms. Raul shook her head with a wry smile and admitted her mistake to Aaron: "I've always been like this, hot-tempered and desperate, this is not the first time I've gambled, but I can't sit back and watch my people huddle together in a refugee camp to keep warm, I can't hide in my manor and watch them starve and freeze." ”

"So that's what I did, it's as simple as that."

Aaron really wanted to punch Ms. Raul hard and punch all the words that came out of her mouth into her stomach.

"Kill her!" The will of fear urged.

But something stopped him.

In Sussar's refugee camp, thousands of refugees huddle together, drinking porridge thinner than water.

In the camp of the Liberation Army, the 84-year-old old woman whose relatives died and relied on selling goat's milk to maintain her poor self-esteem.

and the Cormiers who have died on the battlefield to this day.

If you can't stop the orcs, not only will Arabel have no hope of recovery, but even the surrounding area will not be spared, the orcs will drown everything, Geush's roar will get louder and louder, and next time, there will be more enemies to face.

Maybe it can be recaptured in the future, but it may already be a barren land, and there is nothing left.

"You owe me a favor, a great favor, Ms. Raul." Aaron no longer dwelled on this, he took the opportunity to say to the Phoenix Legion and the Falcon Legion around him, "Everyone, did you hear that too? If you can win this time, you all owe me a great favor. ”

"Me too." Samir smiled lazily.

None of the local Arabelle soldiers said a word, but on the contrary, there was a clattering sound of armor.

The spear is like a forest, and it is solemn like the night.

All the soldiers saluted the two men.

This was the highest courtesy in the Cormier army.

"Okay, how do we do that?" Aaron nodded deeply, returning the same salute with a standard purple dragon knight etiquette.

"How? To send Tugin and his two pillars to the sky? ”

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