Blood tax

Chapter 319 How many steps does it take to kill a Sequence 5 Transcendent?
"Long gun, step forward!"

Some Clan Alliance officers shouted in vain.Their soldiers couldn't hear the officer's cursing at all, and the screams of heaven and earth shattered echoed in their ears. In front of them were broken soldiers splashing like spray foam and cavalry in brilliant armor.

The orc spearmen who were temporarily pushed up to resist were in a mess, no one wanted to stand in front, pushing and shoving each other into a mess.

Griffith and his cavalry first rushed into the sea like a hundred rivers, and broke through the enemy's battle line; after smashing the first batch of enemies, they did not continue to charge, but brushed the edge of the enemy's formation like a whirlwind, driving the defeated soldiers to attack the other side. arrays and queues.

Accompanied by the roaring iron hooves, the thick line of defense was pierced from the rear first, and then festered, letting out unbearable groans, screams and roars everywhere.

Mangurus tried his best to go back to the rear and meet the cavalry in person.If he were to resist, this armored cavalry would definitely not be able to destroy their own army so recklessly.But the human girl who fought with him entangled him indifferently, and even summoned more masters to restrict his actions.

The warlord was dragged on the front line, watching the armored cavalry sweep through half the army and break through the crowd.The leading knight has wings on his back and a dark gold helmet on his head.He waved the general flag on the lance, and the cavalry followed the flag and turned the axis.

"Close to me!"

The elite cavalry immediately regrouped under Griffith's banner and formed a dense formation.

On the wide battlefield, thousands of pairs of eyes watched Griffith turn the axis, and the place facing the fence was full of commotion; the soldiers of Bayeran raised their weapons and cheered towards the cavalry, even if Griffith Just by looking at it, you will feel endless power boiling in your chest.

The cavalry in the battle line looked contemptuously at the chaotic enemy phalanx ahead, as long as the flag pointed, even hell would be knocked away for you.

"Counterattack, warriors," Mangurus pointed at a commander not far away, "Lu Nan, you lead them."

As soon as he finished speaking, Krista stabbed at him with a flag spear.The Overseer hardwired the attack with his shoulders and shoulder armor.Although his strength surpassed that of Christa by a lot, at this moment he had no intention of fighting fiercely on the front line, and only wanted to restore the organization of the army.

The orc commander heard the commander's order and immediately retreated from the fierce battle on the front line.He shouted while breaking through, calling the warriors to move closer to him.He had already seen more human infantry rushing across the stone bridge, outflanking his troops from both wings.A group of soldiers heard the orders from the Overseer and the Commander, and tried to gather to stabilize the formation.

Galadia watched the battlefield under the cover of heavy guards.She first saw that her guardian knights had defeated nearly half of the enemies, and then found that the powerful warlord was getting rid of the resistance of Krista, druids and infantry and retreated from the front line.

She tapped the laurel crown above her head and sent a one-on-one message to the ranger captain:
"Halandir."

"Attend to order, miss." The ranger captain was shooting with his subordinates the warriors who were trying to organize in the enemy, when suddenly an idea was transmitted to him through the helmet.The half-elf ranger immediately drew out a silver armor-piercing arrow, and summoned several subordinates to build a ladder with their bodies, allowing him to look over the battlefield.

Galadia locked the position of the warlord and reminded the ranger with a wordless will:
"Snipe the enemy general."

Miss Elf drew a light green arrow from her quiver.This arrow is completely different from the feathered arrows and armor-piercing arrows of the tribe. It has no metal arrows or tail feathers, but a slender and delicate branch.The branches are still sprouting buds, blooming stamens, and then withering, and the cycle goes on and on.

Galadia took a deep breath, pulled up her strong bow like a phoenix fluttering wings, and aimed at the warlord's right knee, avoiding the well-protected upper body, which was also a fragile and critical part.Her mind was restrained, and her usual agility and cuteness like a deer in the forest was covered by the bleak autumn wind, and her eyes shone like morning stars.

Haranduil hitched a silvery armor-piercing arrow to the bowstring.Half of the rangers under his command stopped shooting the enemy soldiers, bent their bows and pointed at the warlord, holding their breath and waiting for an order.

Mangulus was trying to break out from the crowd to resume command, when he suddenly felt wrapped in a chilling aura.On the chaotic battlefield, he sensed two powerful and dangerous auras biting his whereabouts from different directions.

Galadia and Haranduil made their move.

First, a dense rain of arrows fell to the ground like three thousand stars.The soldiers around the warlord suddenly fell down.He swung the tomahawk, howling like the wind, and the rain of arrows was separated from the edge of the tomahawk and fell to the ground one after another.

However, in this rain of arrows, silver and light green arrows pierced through the wind-like defense successively.The first silver arrow hit the Overseer's knee, piercing the armor and tearing a slit there.The second light green arrow directly penetrated the leg armor from the gap, and pierced deeply into the flesh and blood.

Mangurus trembled all over.With a roar, he raised his battle ax and slashed at the light green arrow on his leg.Under the slashing of the big ax that broke the mountains and rocks, the arrow unexpectedly bent like a soft wicker, and then bounced back without any damage.

This fold and flick directly caused the orc warlord to kneel down in pain.He even felt that this wicker-like thin arrow actually took root in the flesh and blood, drawing his vitality to nourish himself.The flower buds on the arrow shaft no longer withered, and a small red flower bloomed like a mockery.

At the same time, Griffith immediately saw that the enemy was rearranging.

"assault!"

Following his order, the cavalry once again launched a landslide-like assault, heading head-on at the gathering enemy troops.The loose battle line shattered again in the blink of an eye because of the shaking, and the orc warriors who dared to fight back flew out one after another, and were dead when they landed on the ground.Their guts and bones were crushed and squeezed out of their mouths.

Thousands of warriors were swept and killed by less than two hundred cavalry. Countless orcs, trolls, half-orcs, and ogre warriors were knocked down, trampled to death, or knocked into the air in the chaos, blood and internal organs flew into the air. Everywhere.

The warriors who hadn't been hit by the impact were heartbroken, turned their heads and ran towards the center of the orc army with a whoosh.

Manggulus half-kneeled on the ground, watching the leader and his troops being overwhelmed by the human fence. In a blink of an eye, the leader's head was already hanging on the saddle of the leading knight.

The ogre warriors had already begun their chaotic retreat.The warriors were killed and wounded, and the camp was covered with corpses.The human shield wall moved again, pressing the enemy in front of it and slowly retreating. A large number of dead bodies were used to pave the way for every meter, and the originally dense battlefield gradually became loose.

The more and more desperate clan alliance soldiers brandished their weapons and hit the shield array that was advancing like a wall.But more human reinforcements crossed the stone bridge, and even freed their hands to divide the enemy's position, surrounding the warriors with walls and shields, swords and spears.

Another warrior fell, and the orc force suddenly reached a breaking point and began to scatter in all directions.Two or 3000 troops broke apart on the spot, and even the brave and resolute warriors felt that the situation was over, and rushed towards the east one after another.

The Mangulus Warlord had to break out for a certain distance under the cover of guards, and there were fewer and fewer soldiers around him.He saw human beings surrounding him, and even the fierce cavalry was charging towards him.

"Kill Manggulus!"

"The leader of the warlord can be knighted!"

All the soldiers on the battlefield noticed the enemy generals in the breakout, rushing from all directions.

Griffith gathered the cavalry, and even let go of some fleeing defeated soldiers, and took advantage of the situation to launch an all-out charge towards the warlord.

Enduring the severe pain in his right leg and knee, this powerful orc struggled to get up from the ground, sniffed, took off a bag of throwing spears behind his back, and pinched a throwing spear with his thick fingers.

Flames rolled on the tip of Mangulus' spear, and he aimed at an armored cavalry in front of him and threw it.Before the cavalry could react, the sharp iron spear pierced his chest, killing another light cavalry behind him in the rain of broken iron and blood.

The iron spear in the hand of the orc warlord fired 7 shots in a row, each shot piercing the armored cavalry rushing towards him, and also took away the light cavalry or dragoons behind him.

7 spears killed 14 people, including 2 knights and 4 sergeants!
Griffith suddenly found that the cavalry around him collapsed in an instant.Broken breastplates, feathered banners, and fallen cavalry and horses are everywhere.The knights and trainee knights who were temporarily incorporated into the squadron were torn apart and fled one after another.

Griffith gritted his teeth and shot into Mangulus's left rib. The sharp blood thorn pierced through the heavy armor, picked apart a large piece of flesh and blood, and tore a shocking hole in the warlord's body.

"Spread out and attack the enemy infantry." Griffith looked at the fallen cavalry with heartache, sent the rest of his men away, and carefully circled back, waiting for the large group of infantry to gather, like a pack of wolves hunting a wounded lion .

There was an indescribably strange smell in the air.This feeling made Griffith a little familiar, but he couldn't explain it clearly.

He vaguely heard the phantom sound of withered and withered vegetation.The blood on the ground has turned into a stream, and at this moment, there is a strange phenomenon of steaming, as if a giant beast is sucking.

Mangurus supported himself with a broken gun, and his fanatical and fierce aura still made people dare not look directly at him.Obviously he is at the end of the road, but there is still a feeling that he is the master of life and death.

The warlord said to the knight in front of him:

"I am Manggulus Bloodaxe, Commander of the Tirne Front, and the Warchief's fiercest fighter."

Griffith is calling the Extraordinary in the army to come to support.Suddenly, the pupils of his eyes dilated.

Among the cavalry and infantry who came to surround Mangulus, many were Extraordinary, or warriors with mysterious items.After they started fighting, they blessed themselves with different gain states.Even Griffith has a blessing from Christa.

Some spellcasters in the army are casting spells.Although they can't take action directly on the bloody battlefield, they can still assist the army to trap the enemy's remnants under certain conditions, or detect the nearby situation.

But at this moment, everyone within two hundred steps of Mangulus noticed the same thing.The blessings and enhancements blessed on them disappeared one after another.Even physical strength and courage began to fail, and timid thoughts were born.The effect of mysterious items is also rapidly weakening.

An imaginary living creature riding a huge black horse came from the void and appeared behind Mangulus, holding a scale in his hand, filled with wheat, flagon and flesh, making a hoarse and unrecognizable sound. echoed in my brain.

Somewhere, Griffith sensed an indescribable abnormality.He was seized by fear, as if seeing visions of withered land, withered vegetation, and countless corpses.On the bloody battlefield, the scorching vitality seemed to be swallowed by the vortex, shrinking at an astonishing speed.

Ah, it is! ?
The strong orc licked his lips and stared at the knight in front:
"I am the knight who sings about barrenness, enjoys barrenness, and dominates barrenness."

His wounds are healing rapidly, and his enemies are decaying at a speed visible to the naked eye.The warlord who was left alone stepped forward, as if he was allowed to gallop between heaven and earth, and asked with a grinning smile:

"Knight, what's your name?"

Griffith was timid and shaken for a moment.He knew the enemy's strength and authority, and realized that he was facing the enhanced version of Lana's enhanced version, Sequence 5 of the Extraordinary Path "Desolation"—Desolation Knight.

His throat was so dry that he could barely speak but whimpers of fear.However, the turbulent blood energy seemed to have been greatly provoked, and began to surge recklessly.A voice told him:
"Kill him, kill him, a good sacrifice, a perfect ceremony!

"Let him know that war is the most terrifying disaster!"

The blood thorn is also screaming violently, as if something is about to break through the restraint and burst out with excitement:

"Our time has come! Ceremony, this is our ceremony, it is up to you to appoint! Tell these reckless people what is war and what is means!"

Griffith restrained himself.After a brief shake, he regained his understanding of the situation, no longer afraid, and even wanted to laugh:

"I'm Captain Griffith [-]nd Assault Squadron."

"Oh, very good, young man," the warlord straightened his armor and put on his helmet. "Do you think you can take the life of Warlord Bloodaxe? Come on, let me show you."

Griffith unfolded all the shields and raised the blood thorn towards the warlord:
"Your Excellency, the Warlord, your strongest strength is your loyal warriors. I have deprived you of your wings,
"The ranger shot you in the right leg, weakening your speed.

"The shot just now penetrated the left rib. Your Excellency is just a bleeding beast."

"Hehe," Manggulus held the ax in his hand, and estimated the distance between himself and the quasi-knight, "Old dogs also have a few teeth, and bleeding beasts can also eat people. Come on, little guy, let me see Let's see if you have the courage to face the blood ax all the time, or do you dare to challenge me only if you have ten or a hundred minions?"

Griffith chuckled and pulled the rein:

"I don't care about the courage of a man in a one-on-one fight.

"Ten to one, a hundred to one, this kind of non-technical thing, I am also firmly opposed to it."

As he spoke, he swung his lance.With the small flag on the barrel of the gun fluttering.Dense armored heavy infantry and pikemen came in formation.

Thousands of soldiers marched like a wall, and the sound of orderly footsteps was like rolling approaching thunder, which made the earth tremble.They were well-armored, their military appearances were well-organized, and their murderous aura was as thin as the sky. They stopped approaching when they approached a hundred steps away. They set up a shield wall to surround the wounded Transcendent Warlord regiment, and showed off their gleaming spears and long spears.

Mangurus' face turned pale, his teeth were clenched, and his meridians almost burst out.He wanted to rush over to chop up the knight, but was forced back by a shower of spears.

Griffith retreated to the back of the army formation, asked Christa to cover him, asked Galadia to lead the rangers to support him, and quickly summoned Nona and Kulala.Then he yelled at the angry Overseer:

"My favorite thing is to crush one in a thousand, and crush one in 1, which is a super-technical thing.

"I killed all your subordinates, and then mobilized so many people to beat you, isn't it a super-technical thing!?"

He yelled a bit, and found it very enjoyable, pulled out Hanguang and pointed forward:
"Soldiers of Bayeram!

"Kill him!"

……

In today's battle, if the Warlord Mangulus is not killed, even if the clan alliance army here is completely wiped out, it will not be considered a complete victory.The Tilney Front Army still has a considerable force that has not been concentrated. If the Overseer is allowed to escape, it will be extremely difficult to find such a fighter next time.

Only by killing a commander at the general level of the front army can it be possible to completely disrupt the offensive of the clan alliance and buy time for the arrival of Bayeran's main army.

Otherwise, the war will continue to rage, and Odessa and Prince Commodus may take unpredictable actions in the fierce battle, giving the forces that revived Krista room to plan and plan.

However, Manggulus Bloodaxe is the warlord of the orcs and the commander of the front army, a leader comparable to Maximus in terms of status.Not only are they outstanding commanders, they may also be powerful transcendental beings.After all, it is not difficult to reach the high position of the Lord of Armies like them and obtain the potions and knowledge needed to become a transcendent.As long as they are not lawbreakers whose promotion path is locked, they will almost certainly be able to become extraordinary, and even have the possibility of hitting the demigod rank.

In the face of such a powerful enemy, the artillery should be able to kill effectively, but it is difficult to hit.For today's battle, in order to be able to actually kill a general with the same specifications as Maximus, Griffith prepared several layers of killing moves.

First of all, they used powerful cavalry to attack and break through the formation, and defeated the army of the clan alliance with a condescending surprise attack, stripped off the wings of Mangulus, and looked for an opportunity to kill him.

This was followed by a few thousand troops of heavy infantry, light infantry, and artillery of Battlegroup Berrimion.

The third is Harandir's Ranger Squadron.These half-elven archers are sharp and experienced hunters, almost tailor-made for besieging the strong.

The fourth is the noble wizards headed by Sonia and Berthier, and a large number of Extraordinary beings.Once the enemy's forces are routed, they can concentrate.With so many people besieging a Transcendent, there should still be a chance of winning.

The fifth is Galadia and Krista.One of them is a dual-attribute Extraordinary with magic eyes, and the other has the power of a saint, both of which have the strength of an extraordinary.Moreover, they are each in charge of the Noble Phantasm, and with proper cooperation, even a demigod-level Behemoth can be wounded.

If such a large-scale combat power and resources were invested, Mangulus would not be able to be defeated.Griffith can only use the power of the bone ring.Although the living corpses cannot kill the warlord with one blow, after the previous battles and the continuous pursuit and bloodletting of corpses, even a demigod will fall here.

In fact, many methods are not used at all.

The enemy's main force has been disintegrated.Berthier and Lean took part of the army to pursue them, and the others gathered from all sides to surround the warlord.

Mangulus held two battle axes, the blades of which were more than a chi in diameter, and with one swing of the ax, more than ten long spears were cut off.The sharp and heavy battle ax not only shattered swords, but also shattered shields and iron armor, and even dented flesh and bones.

He crazily sucked the mysterious and life force on the battlefield, turning them into his own endless power, roaring and swinging his twin axes.The densely packed spearmen retreated one after another, raising their armor-piercing spears and stabbing him randomly.Almost berserk, the Overseer jumped out of the customary pain and smashed into the middle of a group of infantrymen, tearing them apart.However, the serious injury on the knee worsened under this jump.

The warlord only felt his feet go limp, and fell to his knees again.

The two sides fought hand-to-hand, and the warlord's double ax got stuck on the armor of the corpse and he couldn't get it out. He grabbed the corpse and swept across, killing dozens of people.Harandir and his rangers didn't dare to approach, they only surrounded the warlord from a distance and shot, the arrows were like a shower, and the dense arrows pierced the orc's flesh, embedded in the muscles and bones, bleeding like a pool of blood.

The swarming pikemen raised their guns and rushed forward for another round of stabbing.A moment later, the heavy armor on the warlord's body was shattered into powder, and dozens of wounds were already on his body, dripping with blood.Like a crazy beast, he grabbed two long spears and swept across, killing rows of spearmen, and chopped off more than a dozen stabbing spears.

The desperate Overseer stood in the wind, motionless.The Bayelan army that besieged him was so frightened that they didn't dare to go forward for a while.

Mangulus knelt down on the ground, gasping for breath while clutching the sieve-like dense wound, and then laughed loudly: "Hahaha, Baiyelan rats, who else dares to kill me!?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of wheels, and the dense crowd and gun forest shook.Then, he saw the soldiers on one side step back with a whoosh, hiding far away.

Are the Byelan gang going to let me go?

He looked at the other side, and saw a team of unarmored men pushing the cannons on the double-wheeled gun mounts to a hundred steps away from him, aiming at himself with the black iron pipe.

A lieutenant and several warrant officers hurried around in his field of vision with several sergeant majors, and then shouted:
"Double shot! Full salvo!"

　Two chapters in one.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)