Chapter 434: Skull-Crushing Hammer, Titan's Sword
"The whole army listened to the order, the first brigade of the Swift Dragon Knights stayed on the city wall, and the rest of the legions retreated five hundred meters and quickly formed a formation to resist the enemy!"
Edrakhe's voice was like a bell, and the military orders were clear in the chaotic and cruel battlefield.
Five hundred meters, for an army of millions in numbers, is just a small distance.
But Edrash is particular about retreating these 500 meters.
First of all, there is only one way to die by defending the city walls.
Whether it is the Abyssal Beast, or the Giant Triumvirate who has rushed to the base of the wall, and the Stonehorn Beast King, who is gradually becoming irrepressible, they are extremely threatening to the city wall, and they can tear down the city wall extremely quickly.
Hold on to the walls, and if they destroy them, the warriors on them will die in the collapse of the walls, and the Imperial army cannot afford such a senseless loss.
Moreover, since the war has been going on, the siege equipment that the orcs should have built has been completed, and the ladders and siege towers are densely erected on the edge of the city wall, and the orcs can easily climb the city wall.
The archer troops and mage troops, which were originally responsible for suppressing the orc infantry at a distance on the city walls, one was dealing with the air threat, and the other was in
To prevent the giant beasts from wreaking havoc, you can't take care of the orc infantry at all.
The walls are no different from nothing, and for the orcs, it's just an extra ladder to climb.
Secondly, retreating 500 meters can also allow the city wall to exert residual heat.
The walls of the Imperial Fortress were high and thick, and if they were blown down, they would turn into a ruin of masonry, which could serve as a deterrent to the enemy.
Even if it is an orc army, it is impossible to deal with the city wall in a short time, so if the imperial army withdraws like this, the city wall can still act as a buffer.
When the Imperial army is concentrating on dealing with the orcs who rush through the ruins of the walls, it may be easier to fight than to defend the walls.
Of course, there are some problems with this.
For example, the giant beasts such as the Thunder Tooth Beast and the Stone Horn Beast, as well as the big guys of the Giant Tribe, their combat power on the flat ground is even stronger than that during the siege, and it is difficult to deal with.
In the final analysis, there are still no giant beasts in the empire, and if the Spirit Summoning Saint Army of the Spirit Saint Kingdom is called, these are not a problem.
Fortunately, there is not a large flat area behind the city wall, and there are three layers of fortresses to defend, which can drag on for a while.
As for whether he could wait for help, Edrache himself was not sure, he missed Charles's fairly handsome face now, or Matilda's pretty face.
Thinking of these saint-level combat power of the Empire, Edrash couldn't help but muttered to himself: "I really don't know what this bastard is thinking about Ranster, the power of the Empire has been gathered, and his lion family has sent some crooked melons and cracked dates!" The point is that at this time, don't stab yourself in the back yet! Hypocrisy, I really don't understand! ”
However, there was no time for him to think about it, and after adding a few more military orders, Edrache soared into the sky and attacked the "little man" Regul, who had rushed through the city walls and seriously affected the subsequent deployment of the army.
"You kill one of my generals, then stay here!"
The old marshal's roar shook the sky, and the two giant martial saints, the "Open Heaven Titan" Theokli and the "Lord of the Mountains" Helga, could hear it clearly.
The Giant is the tallest humanoid species in the Hess world, the average giant is about eight to ten meters tall, the Giant King Theokeley is eleven meters tall, and Helga is thirteen meters tall.
The mutant giant Regul is only about four meters, which is also the origin of his nickname "little man".
The four-meter giant is still a big guy for a normal human, but Regul is extremely agile, and he shows the same agility as a swordsman who wins with speed.
Regul had plenty of respect for Edrache, and as soon as he saw that Edrache was targeting him, he immediately raised his twin knives and assumed a defensive posture.
"Boom!"
Edrakher struck with a hammer, and the hammer smashed into the twin knives that were longer than him, and smashed Regul to a stumbling stumbling ground.
Regul steadied himself and looked in front of him, but he was nowhere to be seen.
The mutant giant was shocked, and suddenly felt a strong wind behind him, and there was even more pain like a spear, and he immediately slashed sideways!
However, Regul was fast, and Edrash, who was much smaller than him, was even faster, and the old marshal deftly dodged the big blade and smashed it down on Regul's knee with his warhammer!
If you want to talk about the most fragile joints of humanoids, the knee must be on the list, and the tall body of the giant is more stressed, and it is more fragile and critical.
A closer look at the armor of the giants shows that they are almost non-fully armoured, and most of them only wear armor pieces in key areas, such as the head, chest, crotch, and knees.
The knees are very complex to construct and can be much more difficult to create than other parts of the body, but the knees of the giants have the best armor to reflect the importance they place on their knees.
Edrache had a resounding nickname in his early years, the "Behemoth Killer", and he was extremely good at dealing with large creatures, which is why Regul took him so seriously.
The old marshal couldn't defeat the Abyss Beast, it was because the Abyss Beast was too strong, and there was really no way.
The hammer to the knee was like a thunderbolt, and Regul lifted his spirits and retracted his sword as quickly as he could.
Unbeknownst to him, Edrash's blow to the knee was a false move, and he quickly adjusted his body and stomped the slashing broadsword!
"Bang!" The two energies intersected and erupted, and Edracher took advantage of the momentum and rushed towards Regul's abdomen like an arrow.
Regul secretly said that it was not good, the double knives were out, and he was not stable on his feet, and he could not stop the extremely fast Edrakel no matter what.
The mutant giant could only concentrate its strength in its abdomen, trying to defend against this blow with a strong energy shield.
"Boom!"
Without hesitation, the warhammer smashed on the strength shield, and Regul was trying to use the strength hedge to adjust his body position and try to be less injured, but was surprised to find that his strength shield did not have a protective effect, and actually dispersed the moment it came into contact with the warhammer.
Before Regul could figure out what was going on, there was a sudden numbness in his abdomen, followed by a sharp pain.
Edrache didn't fight with a single blow, dodging a straight counter-attack and opening up some distance from Regour.
The war hammer in his hand was surging with energy, as if it had just been consumed and was replenishing energy.
Among the visceral structures of humanoids, the most fragile is the spleen, which has a texture like tofu.
The spleen is a blood-rich organ with an internal structure like a sponge, which can rupture when hit hard, which can lead to massive bleeding.
The strong man knew his physical condition very well, and Regul immediately noticed that his spleen had been smashed into a bloody tofu by this hammer, so he used his strength to block the blood circulation around his spleen.
Regul stared at the hammer in Edrache's hand with a fearful look in his eyes.
His knowledge of Edrache stopped at the nicknames "Imperial Marshal" and "Behemoth Slayer", and he had just fought him for the first time, and was not familiar with his fighting style.
That hammer was powerful and heavy, using the path of the martial art Thunder Strike, but he had never heard of the Thunder Strike that could instantly disperse the strength shield.
In this case, either Edrache's strength is problematic, or the warhammer has special abilities.
Regul was more inclined to the latter, because the strength and ability were something that only people who had spied on the Martial God realm could do, and Edrash was not such a person, otherwise he would never have had such a hard time dealing with the Abyssal Beasts.
Regul's guess was correct, the war hammer in Edrache's hand was a high-level treasure of the Phoenix level, called the Skull Crusher Hammer.
The Skull Crushing Hammer can not only shatter hard skulls, but also penetrate all shields and armor, hitting the flesh directly!
Edrash couldn't beat the Abyssal Beast with such a powerful hammer, but because the Abyssal Beast was too large and the body structure of the Red Abyss Beast was unknown, he couldn't find the key point at all.
But the giants were different, such a large humanoid creature that Edrache could find his vital point with his eyes closed.
The surging energy around the Skull Crusher stopped, the color brightened a lot, and Edrache struck again, still in the same way, with a hammer slammed towards Regul's door!
This time, Regul wanted to use a sharp attack to turn the passive into the active, and the two knives staggered down to slash out a powerful cross slash!
Regul's knife was huge, so the range of this cross slash was amazing, covering almost every position in front of him.
Edlache didn't dodge, he didn't fight with the skull-crushing hammer, he threw a punch, and the bursting fist cross-slash blasted a gap, and he drilled through it.
Regul originally planned to use the cross slash to force Edra to change his move, but the opponent's move did not change, and his reaction was a beat slower.
Now that terrifying warhammer beckoned at the front door, Regul had to guard against it, but ...... Could this be a false move?
Sure enough, Edrache slumped and circled behind Regul again. /
Regul could only turn around and swing his sword in defense, but Edrache dodged and threw a blow into Regul's knee.
The two men staged the first round again, but this time, the hammer that Edrache smashed into the knee was not a false move.
Regul still blocked it with his broadsword, and Edrazel slapped the armor on his body, and the armor, which had been damaged in the battle against the Abyssal Beast, suddenly cracked and fell off, forming a shield of its own, and crashing into the blade.
"Boom!" The shield was cut in two.
"Bang!" Regul's knee was shattered.
"Roar!" Regul let out a cry of pain, losing the support of one of his legs, and leaned to the side.
Giants have many advantages over humans, but because of their huge size, the cost of leg and foot injuries is greater than that of humans.
Edrache used a thunderbolt to nullify one of Regul's knees, reducing at least half of his mobility.
The mutated giants can no longer jump up and down in and out of the imperial walls arrogantly.
Of course, Edrache's goal was not to wound Regul, but to kill him.
Not only to avenge the death of the saint-level, but also to boost morale.
The Imperial army has been fighting so far, and it is too much to boost morale.
Edrache glanced at the other two Saint-level giants and saw that his son Erwin and another Imperial Martial Saint were doing their best to block their support, and countless warriors of the Dragon Knights were delaying with their lives.
Even so, the faster-moving "Open Heaven Titan" Theokeley is getting closer and closer.
Edrache snorted, replaced his great sword in his hand, and slashed at the half-kneeling Regul.
He is not afraid of Regul in his heyday, and what can he do with the half-crippled little giant?
Regul fought back, but felt that all his efforts had been in vain.
The powerful Imperial Marshal's combination of virtual and real tricks is extremely difficult to distinguish between true and false, just as he is when he commands battle, and it is really difficult to resist.
After his arm was severed and his chest was sliced open, Regul was powerless to resist and watched as the great sword slashed at his head.
"Boom!"
At this moment, an earth-shattering thunderclap exploded, and a brilliant sword light blasted towards Edrash.
This sword light was like the legendary Titan sword, so domineering that Edrache could only dodge.
Fortunately, Theokeli only sent the sword in a hurry, and Edrache was able to dodge it.
"Stop!" Theokeley yelled.
Edracher dodged and turned around to slash with a sword!
Stop it? The opportunity to kill a strong enemy is in front of you, and if the positions are reversed, will Theokeley stop?