Blood tax

Chapter 308 To the dead and to pay homage to the dead (Morituri te salutant)

The sky began to turn gloomy, and Griffith and his squadron had been resting behind the front line, waiting for the artillery and engineers to knock a hole in the orc defense line.

After losing more than one-third of the army, the Udon Warlord on the opposite side completely shrank behind the line of defense and did not move.

Bernard and the other squadron's light artillery went up and fired a few rounds, and found that the small shells hit the horses, the earth barriers and the trenches without any movement.The army then began to move trebuchets and bombard the position with huge incendiary bombs.Fenrir and the people in the test squadron also dragged the snake cannon to move forward, hoping to hit a few shots when they hit a fixed target.

The ground-shattering shelling continued until 04:30 pm, and the troops of the Bayeran Group advanced to the front of the enemy's positions to spread out.

Griffith looked anxiously at the corpses all over the floor.After the enthusiasm for the charge cooled down, he began to worry about gains and losses as before.

The previous cavalry attack was very successful. The wolf cavalry of the clan alliance were repelled by the well-organized cavalry group. The infantry's side and rear were exposed. reasonable.

The auxiliary soldiers are collecting the war dead and cremating them according to regulations.If the thread of life has a way to revive them suddenly, and then send a few death knights to lead them, then, that would be great...

Well-trained troops are deployed on the battlefield, including powerful transcendents and cavalry, which are not comparable to militia and city defense troops.In front of the regular army, the resurrected corpse might be caught off guard, but as an Outer God's method, it is too shallow.

Behind Krista is the layout of Outer God.An indescribable shadow has spread its net, and the more time passes, the closer the doomed danger is.Griffith knew that the disaster was coming, and knew that Christa was a tool of conspiracy, but he didn't know what to face.The high-hanging threat is as disturbing as the boots upstairs that have not fallen.

Griffith looked up to the southeast.

Could it be the shadow that appeared in the southeast?Jill and Desai's reconnaissance has not yet returned, and the army has not reported detailed information.

After waiting for a while, Griffith received an order to prepare for a general attack.The orc's line of defense has been loosened, and it's time to break through.

Victory is in sight, and Griffith's heartbeat is getting faster and faster.If the enemy has a backup, the winner will be decided if it is not activated.

He rode on his horse and inspected the vicinity, and saw that the Ninth Army under the command of General Mordres, who was in the center of the battle line, formed a dense formation and moved towards several gaps after the artillery was ready for fire.They chanted slogans and rolled up like awakened giants. The movement was loud and shocking, but Griffith found that they were dawdling and did not attack for a long time.

Compared with the unshakable tenacity and perseverance before, this offensive is like running wildly in place, while pretending to go all out.

This, this is not attacking, this is dancing in circles on the spot.Sure enough, the situation is not right...

"Squadron assemble!" Griffith immediately summoned the squadron to move towards the headquarters.On the way, I met Sonia and Dedius who were riding over.Seeing him coming, the Countess hurriedly asked him what happened. Leaving the position without authorization is a serious violation of discipline.The headquarters is constantly dispatching the cavalry of the Praetorian Guards to issue a general attack order to the entire army.

Dedius is also on the sidelines.His squadron was taken to Pierrefond by Berthier, and he followed the army headquarters and Sonia idly.Kulala followed him, not looking at his lord, but looking around vigilantly.She looked at the southeast for a while, then at the Ninth Legion moving around in place, and finally at the quasi-knights:

"Griffith, what do you think is there? Could it be Duke Meyer's reinforcements?"

No, I haven't heard of such an arrangement.Meyer's defense zone is very important, and the Teutonic group does not need additional troops.Griffith didn't speak.An officer came this way and found a cavalry squadron not far from the headquarters, and asked loudly from a distance:

"Storm Squadron? How did you get here?"

As soon as the words fell, a wave of woods rose up in the direction of the Meyer Duchy of the Tierne River, shining in the sun.

That's gun array!

Immediately afterwards, there were bursts of shouts like a mountain roar and a tsunami on the battlefield in the east, accompanied by rumbles.

There is the silhouette of a hill shaking.

"What it is?!"

Everyone saw the gun forest and the hills, and there was a lot of noise.Suddenly, a huge boulder the size of a carriage whizzed towards the back of the army formation and rolled non-stop, setting off a cloud of gravel and dust that soared into the sky.

"How did this stone fly over?!"

As soon as the words fell, the second boulder struck towards the rear of the army, hitting a phalanx just in time, and half of the squadron disappeared in an instant.

Accompanied by the falling rock, thousands of voices uttered the familiar roar of the Bayeran army.

"Ula!"

Several phalanxes of orcs and half-orcs suddenly appeared at the right rear of the Teutonic group and launched a fierce attack.Locust-like arrows hit the army's back.Amidst the sound of intensive shooting, there was also the roar of wolf cavalry and the tremor of boulders falling to the ground.

The army rioted.Immediately afterwards, loud noises like a river thawing from the southeast came from the southeast, and earth-shattering sounds of breaking, splitting, collapsing, drifting, galloping, and collapsing came from that direction.

The religious order guarding the right flank disintegrated in an instant.They uttered earth-shattering screams as if they had hit a ghost. 2 people were frightened and ran away like sheep.

Griffith listened to the chaotic screams.This defeat came too fast, and it didn't sound like the cry when the team was defeated, but more like the scream when facing some indescribable monster, and the mind and courage were shattered together.

"Sonya, Dedius, let's go!" Griffith, who had been tense all the time, jumped up, "Squadron assemble, go south, Lean, go and call the people of 603 Squadron, bring only light artillery, Follow us."

"But the order is to go north... ah!" Sonia just asked, and was led by her knight and ran away.Kulala also took Dedius's reins.

The high ground where the headquarters was located was in chaos. A group of cavalry rushed down from above and went straight to the southwest, while anxious messengers ran wildly in all directions.

After a while, the three attacking legions suddenly turned back from all directions.After the shouts of "we have been tricked", there was another voice of "run for your life".The indomitable army suddenly thawed like a river. Everything was broken, collided with each other, crowded each other, and panicked.

The Ninth Legion, which was still dawdling just now, turned around like lightning and rushed towards the south. The speed was so fast that people suspected that Mordres was waiting for this moment.The No.12 Legion on their left wing ran faster, discarded their luggage and formed a column, and ran southward like a gust of wind.

Griffith charged south with his cavalry.Along the way, I encountered a large number of clan alliance troops attacking from the east.They passed through Duke Meyer's defense zone and suddenly appeared behind the Teutonic cluster, about to block the road to the south.The Storm Squadron immediately attacked them, and several cavalry units that maintained their organization also attacked together, crashing into the enemy's unclosed encirclement.

The cavalry poured down like lava from a volcano, rushing towards the enemy.The thrust of the spear smashed through the crowd, crushing the army in a blink of an eye.

After dispersing these enemies, Griffith found that the enemies intercepted from the flanks were all exhausted, their bodies were disheveled, and their formations were in disarray.They came a long way to outflank us and cut off the road between us and Teutoburg. As long as the legionnaires hold their flanks, they can't...

Griffith was still observing, when there was a shrill roar in the air, and another boulder flew by.It was extremely fast, making a sonic boom that tore through the air, and trembling when it hit the ground.

Amidst the flustered and miserable wailing, Griffith faintly heard a word, and heard the roar of countless orcs and half-orcs filled with admiration.

"Gron!"

"Gron!"

Griffith raised his head in the direction of the voice, and his whole body felt cold.

In the turbulent sea of ​​people, huge hill-like shadows appeared on the treetops of the eastern forest.The chaotic and evil brown giant eyes stared at the panicked humans without any emotion or fluctuation.Its body is gigantic, as strong as a fortress, with a round belly, and between the arms containing strange strength and the sharp claws washed by ice and snow, the dense forest is wiped out like a wisp of ashes.

It emerged from the forest, glanced at the panicked army, and waved its giant claws at them casually.Amidst the continuous crackling sound, a group of soldiers became a rain of blood, and their iron armor and war horses were no different from thin paper before the avalanche of attacks.

This is the most powerful legendary creature in the world. The cubs have extraordinary power, and the adults even have the mighty power of a demigod.

"Beamon!"

All the soldiers of the Storm Squadron shook, together with the infantry around them, they let out heart-piercing screams.Everyone knew what kind of terrifying existence they were facing when they saw the terrifying body of the giant beast.

Beamon approached them, waving his giant claws and making a sonic boom.The invisible shock wave swept the nearby crowd into a rain of blood, and knocked down those far away like grass.

Chaotic and evil thoughts stretch out their tentacles under the sea of ​​collective unconsciousness, and just the tip of the iceberg revealed makes people feel like they are facing the abyss of despair.Countless crazy thoughts resonate in the wilderness, forming indescribable original images or distant echoes, even the pure sky is fluctuated, and some kind of transparent barrier seems to be cracked and broken.

The belief and courage of the soldiers seemed to have been emptied of their foundations, collapsing straight to the most primitive consciousness.Tens of thousands of people are losing their rationality, and at this moment, they experience the same emptiness——

"How is this something that humans can overcome... What am I doing here?"

The army was in chaos, but anyone who saw this terrifying beast for the first time could not bear the crazy and cruel torture.The officer abandons the soldier, and the soldier abandons his duty.Mortals who beheld the behemoth for the first time dropped their weapons and hid in mud puddles and mounds, or fled shaking their hands like seaweed.

Sonia and Dedius were screaming, and Kulala grabbed them to keep them from running around.Griffith heard his teeth chattering, and a gag of fear surged in his throat.He wanted to retch, wanted to run away.

However, a stronger emotion overwhelmed the fear in his heart and mobilized his mind.

Krista, where is Krista?This thing appeared in front of us again.The beginning of this tragedy...

I have to attack, just kill this thing, everything, everything will be fine!This is just a Behemoth, I am not the same as I was a long time ago!

"Hahaha, hahahahaha!" The quasi-knight covered his face with his hands and laughed wildly, "Don't panic, gentlemen."

"Griffith..." Sonia looked at the monster she had never seen before, trembling with fear.Suddenly, her knight laughed wilder than the sight.

The entire squadron looked at the laughing captain, their faces turned pale, and they even forgot the giant beast in the distance.

"Griffith, what are you laughing at?" Kulala patted him with the back of his saber, thinking that if this man went crazy, it would be over.

"I laugh that Beamon has a superficial appearance, and the orcs are difficult to get into," Griffith raised his hand, "They came to attack us from afar, and the formation was chaotic and unstable. As long as we concentrate our blows, we will be able to attack us." put them..."

Before the words were finished, the giant beast from ancient times left the forest like a wreck, and grabbed a boulder casually with its extremely ferocious long limbs and giant claws.It was not thrown immediately, but crushed in both hands like a play, and squeezed tightly in the right hand.

Under the horrified eyes of countless people, the monster as big as a hill raised its right hand backwards like throwing a ball, raised its left foot forward, and leaned back slightly.

It's going to shoot!That's okay too? !

"Dismount all, hide!" Griffith was so shocked that he almost fell off his horse, turned around and rushed towards Sonia, pressing her under him.

As soon as the words fell, the overwhelming gravel swept over like cannonballs.

The dense rain of stones whizzed down, looking like a cloud of dust from a distance, and falling on the heads of the Byelan army were helmet-sized stones.Swept by the raindrops of falling rocks, dense blood-colored red flowers bloomed in the wilderness, and screams and wailings soared into the sky.

The gravel rain swept across in a fan-like pattern, and several squadrons were severely injured in a blink of an eye, and the gravel bounced on the ground wrapped in severed limbs.

This tragic scene surpassed the volley of fifty cannons, and the auxiliary legion and the armed forces of the religious order fled in disorder.The roads, paths, bridges, plains, hills, valleys, and woods were all filled with routs.Call signs and discarded rucksacks and weapons filled the wilderness.

The regular army, which was still moving in an orderly column, also fell into chaos.

The situation took a turn for the worse, no compatriots, no generals and orders, only an indescribable terror and the obsession to escape from here.

The most terrible rout of the retreat occurred.

Under the enemy's front and back attack and Beamon's attack, most of the army was in a mess, vying for the way out. The cavalry and infantry escaped separately, retreating southward like a stormy sea.

Several phalanxes are like rocks in the water, standing in the turbulent flow of the defeated army, and have completely lost contact with the defeated army in all directions.Some of them guarded the high ground, and some guarded in the wilderness, preparing for the last fight.

After Beamon's shocking blow, the orc army also swept in.Relying on the coercion of the giant beast, they were almost unstoppable wherever they went, and they were about to block the road of retreating south.

The Storm Squadron was also in a mess. Everyone couldn't hear Griffith's order and mixed with the defeated soldiers.If it weren't for the crowds of people on the retreat road, everyone would have escaped without a trace.

"Kulala, Lean! Take Dedius and Sonia and retreat," Griffith found a few calm people in the crowd, and handed Sonia to them, "Assemble those who still have the guts Cavalry, retreat to the southwest, do not go to Teutoburg."

"What are you going to do?" Everyone exclaimed together.

Well, what am I going to do...

Griffith tapped his helmet and clenched the lance in his hand.Thousands of thoughts turned, as if returning to the scene a long time ago.

He whispered in his heart:

"Go to the dead and salute the dead (Morituri te salutant)."

　It's too late for the two updates today, and the boss battle will be added tomorrow, but it's not the end.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)