Chapter 40: A Failed Gamble

Ryrok let out a loud shout and took a few steps back to avoid the attack of Araka. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 ο½‰ο½Žfo

Under his orders, a dozen Exeter infantry on both sides of Ryrok did not form a formation or retreat, but pounced straight on the Angry Guard soldiers on both sides of Araka.

Araka's face sank.

Amid roars and collisions, the Exeters soldiers stalked the Angry Guards.

The advancing Araka was instantly left alone, and there was no one on either side to cover him.

Seven or eight Exter warriors surrounded him with fierce faces.

Tails' face changed drastically.

Worst.

The reason why Araca was able to maintain absolute superiority over the front and charge the enemy position without any scruples relied largely on the sacrifice and cover of the guards on both sides.

Otherwise, I'm afraid that if Alaka kills ten people, his speed should slow down, and then he will fall into the trap and encirclement again, and no matter how skilled the master of the extreme realm is, he will be consumed alive in the end.

And, face an endless stream of multiple enemies, multi-directional attacks, and multiple blades on the battlefield at the same time...... As Eda said, even the masters of the Extreme Realm could not be unscathed.

When, as Araca is now, these wounds and consumption gradually accumulate......

Alaka looked at the situation in front of him and gasped slightly.

"Cover him!" Eda nimbly shuttled between the three Exeter infantrymen who were in perfect harmony, but she was obviously not used to the rhythm of the four swords on the battlefield, and she would not be able to get out for a while.

"Cover Alaka!" she shouted angrily, "or you'll be dragged into the encirclement again!"

Wyay was entangled in two enemies, and he was wounded and unable to quickly get out of the fight, while Putirai obviously did not have the martial arts of the others, and could calmly get out and cover Araka.

Behind them, because of the extremely fast breakthrough of the Araka conical shock array, the countless Exter infantry who had been left behind ran again to catch up.

Rolf's eyes widened, and a gust of wind blew up sharply, using scattered snowflakes to stop the few Exeter soldiers in the front row behind him.

"The soldiers with the equipment of the Angry Guards are entangled!" Putile stumbled under the attack of a fierce infantry: "And our mission, including you, obviously has never fought and cannot rush through!"

"Is there anyone else, except for the Angry Guards and the Legation?" Wya's sword was fought with the enemy's extremely inefficiency: "As long as you can break through this encirclement, go to Your Highness's side!"

A young soldier and a veteran with a sword and shield turned their heads sharply in the heat of battle.

――――

If there were Angry Guards on his side, Araka didn't have to think about the threat from his side or behind him, and just confronted the enemy in front of him.

But now he must face threats from all directions.

"Bang!" Ryrok's great axe struck firmly at the mace that Araka had just snatched!

Alaka roared under his voice like a beast, and even Tails felt the oppressive atmosphere,

The next moment, I saw that the wrath of the kingdom's eyes were red, and the hammer holding the giant axe shook, and the power in his body instantly exploded.

"Khooth!"

In the flickering light of the fire, Li Rok gritted his teeth and fell backwards in embarrassment.

"Back ......," Tails shouted nervously.

But before Tails could finish speaking, Araka instantly turned around and roared to smash away the incoming sword from behind, ensuring that Tails was not hit.

Kingdom Wrath spun around and dodged a spear stab that came at the same time, and when he turned around, the mace in his hand flew out and into the chest of the swordsman behind him.

Without cover, Araka could no longer continue to attack, and he stepped back one by one, flashing the blade that cut to the left, but there was still a cut in his waist, and blood flowed.

"Maybe we should back off and join the guards!" Tails endured the pain - his back was still scratched by the sword he had just had.

The beastly man ignored the prince, and he turned with a low roar, a volcanic blow to the shoulder, smashing the shield hand through the shield that had not been able to retract his sword, and then daring forward an elbow, knocking out his full mouthful of teeth.

"Sneer......"

With a cold face, Araka snatched his opponent's knife and slit his throat, dripping his blood all over his body.

Without any time to stop, Kingdom Fury quickly sank and turned, a broadsword striking from behind the flank, only to carry a bloody light from his shoulder.

Araka then kicked him low and hit his opponent's knee, and the latter grunted and lost his balance at the sound of a fracture.

Kingdom Fury's knife grazed his neck, catching his fallen sword.

At this moment, the wind is howling!

"Bell!"

The loud noise made Tails' eardrums hurt!

I saw Araka's legs sink to the ground, and a sword was raised above his head, resisting the giant axe that Li Rok slashed with all his strength from top to bottom.

"Finely controlled, just right, never wastedβ€”is it, Kingdom Fury of the Arc?" Ryrok exhaled a fierce breath, "We swarmed up, and you killed three of us." ”

A spear struck Araka's heart, and Kingdom Fury unsheathed his axe with both hands, twisting his chest in an incredible way to pass the tip of the spear, and squeezed the spear under his left armpit.

Another spear struck through the air, and Araka's finishing power was instantly activated, blocking the tip of the spear, and then stomping on the stabbing spear with one kick!

Tails watched with a tingling scalp as Alaka stood up to two red-faced spearmen who gritted their teeth and were flushed.

Bad.

Sure enough, the enemy did not give him any respite, and two Exeter soldiers, two long swords, struck at Alaka's chest, abdomen and head.

Alaka struggled to slash away from the sword that stabbed him in the chest, then wrangled the other.

"Hoo ......"

The roar of the great axe striking through the air strikes again.

"But this is the battlefield! There has never been a one-on-one!" the enemy commander smiled hideously, and the giant axe struck in an arc: "Extreme realm masters also have limits!"

Several Exterran infantry howled angrily and emerged from behind Ryrok and surrounded Araka.

Tails touched his dagger in shock and shouted, "Be careful!"

In the next second, the sound of axes entering flesh and slashing blades was terrifying!

"Poof!"

"Bell!"

Tails felt a chill down his spine and a sharp pain in his eardrums.

No.

The traverser gasped, widening his eyes as the massive axe blade landed on Araka's left shoulder, slicing through the breastplate and slicing flesh between the shoulder blade and collarbone.

Just an inch from Tails' shoulder.

Alaka gasped, his blood dripping down Tails' shoulders.

The sword in the right hand of Kingdom Wrath was long gone, and with only one hand, he carried the hilt of Lirok's giant axe, and wrestled with the enemy's commander in a slight tremble.

And he's not alone.

At the tip of the axe, a young soldier with black hair and brown eyes knelt at Araka's side, gritted his teeth, raised his hands above his head, and each held a pair of life-length guns, resisting the blade of the axe that had slashed into Araka's left shoulder.

"Damn the cub!" Ryrok's eyes turned red as he burst out with his finishing powers, the blade of his axe gradually pressing down.

The two spearmen wrestling with Araka also used their strength at the same time, trying to force Kingdom Wrath to death here.

"Don't you want to ......" Willow Ken trembled his spears, and under the power of gravity and Lirok, he desperately pushed the great axe upwards to relieve the pressure on Araka.

Alaka gasped and looked at Vero with a complicated expression in the pain.

As the wind howled through the air, Rolf's figure glided in, struggling to skim the blades of the Exeters, and the Star Soldiers, dressed as two fortress soldiers, crashed into battle with Ryrok's men as they prepared to join the battle.

A sturdy veteran of the stars, with a shield, slammed into him, knocking the Exeter soldier who had just fought with Araka's sword to the ground.

The veteran of the Starlight Legion, Jenard pressed the frantically struggling enemies, grabbed each other's swordsmen, competed for strength and endurance, and wanted to stab the sword into each other's vital points before the other.

"Anyone else?" Tails asked nervously, struggling to pull out his dagger, hesitating to cut the rope that bound him to Alaka's back.

"It's just a few of us, the Angry Guards and your men are entangled!" shouted Jenard, who was wrestling with his opponent, "You'd better be handy, deserters with two guns!"

Wei Luo's face turned red, and his hand holding the giant axe kept trembling: "I said ......"

The Exeter infantry, who had been caught in his spear by Araka's left arm, roared and lowered his spear, pulled out a short blade from his back, and charged at Araka, who was in a stalemate.

Araka freed his left arm and gripped Lirok's great axe in both hands, his eyes unleashing anger.

"I'm not a deserter!" Willow snapped out the words between his teeth.

The short-bladed soldier rushed madly towards Alaka and Tails.

Tails shuddered as he cut the rope towards himself.

"And ......"

"I'll really use ......" Willow withdrew his right hand holding a gun, and his left hand struggled against Ryroke's great axe, and shouted desperately:

"Twin guns!"

Willow's right hand stabbed!

Exeter soldier armed with a short blade, experienced in dodging the path of Vero's single gun.

Tails' heart froze.

Worst.

He didn't stab.

But Willow's right hand shook suddenly, the tip of the gun shook, and the handle of the gun left his hand.

"Whew!"

The Exeter looked down in surprise, the short blade in his hand hanging down.

Willow's gun was out of his hand.

And the tip of the gun was already poking into his throat.

Tails let out a long breath and relaxed.

It's dangerous.

With all his might, Willow gasped, and his left spear trembling against the giant axe fell, and he fell to the ground with exhaustion.

But Ryrok's great axe was not cut down.

Tails felt a new burst of power in the man carrying him on his back.

Ryrok looked at his great axe in amazement, and was lifted inch by inch by the Kingdom Fury's arms.

Like a volcano about to erupt, the beastly man slowly rose from the ground.

"Didn't your commander tell you?" Alaka gasped and trembled like a wild beast, his arms bursting with terrifying power again, pushing the great axe forward.

Li Rok stumbled and almost fell to the ground, but the subordinates behind him held him up in time.

"If there's a chance to kill me, it's best to kill me with one hit. ”

"If you can't kill me...... Hey......" Araka squeezed a sneer out from between his teeth, his body suddenly abrupt.

Fluctuations flooded his eyes, and Tails was surprised to see that the ripples and explosions that had been restless in Alaka's body began to tumble violently like volcanic magma!

Ryrok frowned as he watched as Araka's eyes glowed slightly red, and the severed shoulder began to contract muscles, plugging the wound and stopping the bleeding.

What is that?

He recalls the legend of Kingdom Fury.

No.

No way.

He's just a human after all, isn't he?

Amid the shouts of slaughter around him, Lirok roared angrily, gathered all his strength, and rushed towards Alaka with a few of his most trusted subordinates.

Seven or eight blades were handed out at the same time.

――――

"Araka Mu, if he takes the lead, he will definitely be able to break through with the Prince of Stars," the war horse, the Grand Duke of Rumba, who was watching the battle from afar, sighed:

"If they break through in the direction of the fortress, the more shock they will give to the fortress...... Then we lead to Sutherray's plan, and the probability of success will probably be higher - at that time, the morale of the fortress is not a question of whether Sutherre wants to send troops or not. ”

"It's a pity, I don't know whose idea was to let them counterattack in reverse. ”

"Did the seven-year-old prince agree to die like this?" said Count Lewandowski with a frown.

"It's useless to think too much," Rumba shook his head regretfully, "it's impossible for us to take the fortress." ”

"There's another question...... As long as Mu carries that bow, it will be difficult for the light infantry to exhaust his physical strength through numbers," Viscount Kambida frowned and thought: "The encirclement of the light infantry on the north side is not as tight as on the south side, and it is very likely that he will rush out until he stands in front of us." ”

"Of course, the encirclement of light infantry could not stop him. Count Levan said in a deep voice: "But he has only two or three hundred men with him, and he still carries a burden! This is an opportunity, as long as the main force, whether it is a heavy sword infantry attack, or a charge of heavy cavalry, they can easily be annihilated...... Including Mu. ”

"It's not that we haven't tested it, with the battlefield skills of Kingdom Fury, his effectiveness in killing and wounding light infantry is the same as killing and wounding heavy sword infantry," Viscount Kambida shook his head, "And even if it succeeds, it is very likely that they will take the life of the Star Prince together." Not a good choice...... I'm afraid we'll have to plan something else. ”

"Please let me go, my lord," Lord Tulha, who was behind Lombard, touched a strangely shaped saber and bowed slightly on his mount, with infinite battle intent in his eyes: "I will definitely take back the bow that belonged to Exeter from Mu's corpse." ”

"If you can't send out the main forces...... Then I am the only one who can fight against Mu here. ”

Tulha stared at the Grand Duke with burning eyes: "By the Rising Japanese Sword, to fight against the immovable bow." ”

Lumbamo clutched the sword at his waist and pondered.

"No, I don't want any accidents for you," after more than ten seconds, Rumba slowly shook his head and refused:

"Even if Mu didn't bring that bow, he was too strong. ”

A hint of disappointment flashed in Tulha's eyes.

"After all, he had been fighting in the battle formation for half a quarter of an hour, and he must have been covered in bruises, which made him even more dangerous. Viscount Cambida cautiously took the words of the Archduke:

"We all know the legend of that man - I heard that the Tower of Termination is named after his mutated power of the Termination?"

Rumba raised his head and sighed slightly:

"Yesβ€”the wrath of the firmament, the power of the end for the battlefield. ”

Tulha clenched the knife in his hand.

Just listen to the Grand Duke's quiet words:

"The more you fight, the more you hurt. ”

"The more you hurt, the stronger it gets. ”

――――

When Tails came to his senses, he was surprised to see that Alaka was rushing forward at full speed for seven or eight men.

Without the protection of his side, his breakthrough began again.

Facing the blade in front of him, Araka, his body suddenly moved strangely.

This movement seemed to bring a wave of fluctuations in the air.

Tails on his back was dizzy.

A sword slashed through Araka's breastplate, leaving a deep wound between the ribs.

A hammer grazed his raised right leg, taking away a piece of flesh.

A saber was stubbornly blocked by the bracer of his right hand, and countless sparks erupted.

Ryrok's great axe swept over his abruptly turned head, the wind sweeping over his ears.

A spear slid across his thigh by a fraction of a second.

The last knife slashed sideways into the biceps of his unprotected left arm, but not much blood splattered.

It looked like Araka moved slightly, avoiding all the key points at the moment of the blade's attack.

But Tails knows it's not a simple "slight move".

Alaka didn't care about the number of wounds on his body, he just rushed forward with a frenzied expression.

until they squeeze between the enemies.

"Kill him!" Leeroc ordered with his axe retracted, exasperated.

But the slightly flustered Exeters were clearly unable to keep up with Alaka's pace.

The next moment, Araka erupted in an earth-shattering roar.

His right fist erupted in an astonishing wave of heat, and a punch slammed into the swordsman's face.

The crisp sound of broken bones.

The Exeters howled frantically.

Alaka laughed, and the power of the end erupted from within him, slamming his shoulder into the hammerman's shield with a force of relief.

The latter screamed and flew backwards.

Kingdom Fury grabbed the hammer from his opponent's hand, turned around and smashed it, knocking a saber that was coming towards the back of the head into the air, and the hammer flew back until it smashed the enemy's head.

Between the red and white splashes, Araka turned around again and pinpointed a knife with his chain, pulling the next enemy in front of him, using his lower abdomen to block a trailing sword.

The swordsman who had mistakenly killed his comrade was stunned for a second, and then Araka grabbed his clothes and crushed his trachea.

Five Exeters fell at Alaka's feet in an instant.

Li Rok roared angrily, and slashed horizontally with an axe!

Araka made a startling retreat, accurately avoiding the axe's tracks, and Tails, who was already dizzy from the battle of flashing left and right, almost fainted.

But in the next moment, a shocking explosion came from the body of Kingdom Fury.

He kicked back with his right leg, and instantly burst out like a swallow flying back, and rushed back towards Li Rok, who couldn't retract his axe!

Tails' eyes flashed for a moment, and his vision suddenly blurred.

Alaka's hands pressed on the long handle of the great axe.

"I like your axe. ”

Tails faintly heard Kingdom Fury laughing, and Ryroch howling in despair.

When he looked up again, he saw Araka ferociously swing Ryrok's two-sided axe and smash it into the face of its original owner.

The latter flew out like a kite with a broken string.

"Keep up with me!"

Covered in blood, Araka swung his axe and yelled at his comrades behind him.

Alaka wielded a double-sided axe and burst into the crowd in front of him like a ferocious beast, killing a bloody path.

Blood splattered everywhere he went, and limbs flew sideways.

The death of the commander and the ferocity of the kingdom's wrath caused chaos among the surrounding Exeters.

But in the next second, the body of Kingdom Fury actually shook!

He slammed his axe on the ground, panting as he looked at the still rows of Exeters in front of him, with hesitant expressions.

Tails was taken aback: "Hey...... Baron Mu, can you still hold on?"

"But it's a light infantry formation," Alaka gasped for displeasure, "and you need to use this thing." ”

"If I were ten years younger...... No, it's good to be five years old......"

Tails was stunned.

At this moment, a feeling that I had never felt before...... There was a cold metallic touch.

It's the bow.

That big bow on Aracca's back!

With Araka's words, the silver-black bow that was attached to Tails' skin suddenly vibrate.

Tails is a spirit.

At that moment, Tails felt a sudden burning sensation erupt in his body!

It's like the big bow suddenly has a faint electric current.

As if repelling his touch.

In the next moment, Alaka, who was physically exhausted, took a deep breath and trembled.

The Exeter infantry watched in disbelief as Kingdom Fury slowly stood up and swung the great axe with ease, as if regained its strength.

"It's a nostalgic old time. Alaka smiled horribly as he looked at his complex-faced enemies.

The electrocution-like discomfort slowly passed away from Tails.

Tails endured the discomfort of the big bow and asked, "What is this?"

Araka twisted his neck, reasserting his murderous aura towards his foe.

"It's the most incredible weapon in the world," he grinned, "and each one gives the user the corresponding abilities." ”

Tails was startled and looked at the silver and black metal bow again: "Legendary anti-demon forces?"

He suddenly discovered that this bow did not have a bowstring.

"Yes," Kingdom Fury nodded, "don't move the bow." ”

"So, what is its power?" Tails asked in surprise, though he had already had an answer as he looked at Alaka's reborn physical strength.

Just listen to Araka snort:

"Perpetual motion. ”

Tails was slightly stunned, and after trying to understand the meaning of the word, his face changed greatly.

Perpetual motion?

If it's literal...... That's an exaggeration, isn't it?

A burst of memories of the past came to mind.

[Since ancient times, there have been many archers?-Hey, what does this mean?]

[Oh oh oh! I only read the books of the sages, are you also starting to enter the second dimension!, come on, come on, I want to recommend a divine work to you for this sentence...... The story of the master and the servants who love and kill each other......]

[Eh, I just read a post and was a little curious...... Don't grab my mouse, hey!]

Tails shook his head, and forced the flashback memories back into his body along with the nausea brought by the smell of battlefield blood.

Jenard tackled his opponent and pulled up an exhausted Willow and stood on Alaka's side, one left and one right.

Rolf followed behind them with a complicated expression.

Rich's death caused chaos in Exeter's brigade, and the Angry Guards finally broke through the infantry struggle.

"Hey, kid with two guns," Alaka suddenly turned his head to look at Willow.

Willow shuddered.

Three days earlier, the man had sent him to the gallows.

"It doesn't look like a deserter. Araka snorted.

Willow looked overjoyed.

"But your guns are rotten. ”

Willow pale again.

"Don't mind," Tails smiled behind Araka, "it's how he said 'thank you'." ”

Alaka snorted, swung his axe, and walked forward.

"Next time, let's change a pair of long and short guns," Kingdom Fury's voice came from the front:

"A gun of the same length...... It's stupid. ”

Wei Luo was stunned for a moment, then smiled and followed closely.

The Exeters in front of them were not as dense as they had been.

The military camp of Rumba is close at hand.

――――

A member of the Angry Guard howled, stabbed his sword into the body of an Exeter soldier at Alaka's side, pulled out the blade of his lower abdomen, gasped twice, glanced feebly at Alaka, and then fell to the ground.

Araka shuddered slightly, but still didn't look back, breaking through the last layer of enemies.

The last remaining members of the Flame Guard and the Mission finally broke out of the siege.

The light infantry in the rear, at the moment when they broke out of the encirclement, as if they had received some order, did not pursue anymore.

In front of them, they could already see the dense army of the Rumba family.

Tails looked up in shock.

"Are you sure this is our chance?" Araka asked silently, dropping Lirok's axe in his hand and ripping off the rope that bound Tails.

"We have to bet. Tails fell to the ground, feeling the changed sense of balance, and retched a few times: "Bet Rumba won't dare to kill me." ”

"The stake is my life. ”

But he was then lifted up by Araka, put back on his back, and continued on his way.

Putirai, who had arrived from the rear, was covered in blood, and as he hurried, he said tiredly: "At least, Lord Sutherley does not have to hesitate between His Highness and the fortress. ”

Tails grabbed Alaka's shoulder and nodded, he turned his head and suddenly saw Ramon who was still in the line.

"He's still alive?" Tails frowned.

"Yes, though I have seen him in danger several times, he has been lucky each time," said Putile, apologetically.

Tails exhaled through his nose and looked at Ramon with a palpitating look on his face.

Sure enough.

"And the Angry Guards suffered heavy losses, and the veterans of the mission lost nearly half of their ......"

Tails' face darkened.

He suddenly felt that Alaka, who was carrying him on his back, also trembled.

"You'd better be right, little prince. Araka's tone was unsteady and he said in a low voice:

"Just for you ......"

He looked back at the scarred soldiers behind him and the countless corpses behind them.

Tails also turned his head and looked at the corpses of the Angry Guard soldiers that fell in an almost straight line from far to near on Alaka's breakthrough path.

Three days earlier, they had faced off with Sonia and her Starlight Guards in a tense confrontation in the fortress with their swords in their hands.

After three days, they never returned.

"You want me to prove it to youβ€”the toughest warrior of the stars?" Araka whispered.

Tails was stunned.

"That's the proof. ”

"I have never been a Kingdom wrath. ”

Alaka frowned, his breathing accelerating:

"It's just the Angry Guards and their sacrifices. ”

Araka turned around and carried a stunned Tails on his back.

The Iron Fist banner is not far ahead.

"Donn, Lothar, Girlian, Belland......" Alaka gritted his teeth, shouting name after name.

"Without them, I would have died 10,000 times. ”

"They - past, present, future, all the members of the Guard who gave their lives ......"

"They're the real ones. ”

"Kingdom Fury. ”

Tails lowered his head, his expression complicated.

Right now.

"Wait!" Alaka suddenly shouted!

Tails was startled and quickly raised his head.

In front of them, on the side of Exter's barracks, a group of sparsely numbered but heavily equipped soldiers walked out neatly.

Everyone looked up at the front.

The remaining Star People were in an uproar, and almost everyone was shocked.

"Damn!" Eda slammed Putirai into the punch and said angrily, "What the hell did you do?"

"What did you do? No," Putile looked at the group of soldiers dumbfounded, "Everything is wrong today!

Ramon screamed and threw himself to the ground, "I knew it......! Simply ......"

Waiya caught up with Tails in a panic: "Your Highness, please find cover immediately!"

Rolf was so nervous that he shook his head.

In the crowd, Willow stabbed Janard next to him with a strange expression: "What's that?"

"What's that?" Jenard frowned as well, and he replied angrily, "The ferryman of the Prison River!"

Willow shook his head in confusion.

Tails looked at everyone with a puzzled expression.

What's going on?

The sparse group of soldiers......

"Arc Shield!" Araka let down Tails and roared frantically, "Quickly form a formation!"

All the Star Soldiers moved wildly, and the Angry Guards and the Fortress Veterans quickly pulled out their shields behind their backs...... Especially the one with a strange metallic sheen.

The soldiers lined up in layers and set up their shields.

Although the stars inherited the tradition of the empire and were accustomed to infantry formations, this time the formation was exceptionally dense, with only one row, and the soldiers would crouch or stand, facing the direction of the small group of strange Exter soldiers in front of them, and they would be tightly blocked.

Tails, who was looking at all this, asked loudly for unknown reasons:

"What's going on?"

"Those soldiers...... What the hell is it?"

Everyone was silent for a while.

"You said you didn't dare to kill you at Rumba?" Alaka broke the silence and gritted his teeth.

Tails looked at Alaka's face in disbelief.

"It looks like a losing gamble. Araka's face grimaced, pointing to the group of soldiers in the distance.

"See what greets us?"

Tails narrowed his eyes.

He suddenly noticed that the soldiers were holding strange and heavy strips in their hands, one in front and the other in the back, pointing one end at their side.

This posture......

His heart suddenly trembled!

Alaka's angry roar rang in his ears:

"That's ...... Magic Gun Troops. ”

(To be continued.) )