Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1869 1841. Confrontation
Now, Lann's left hand gripped Argonti's wrist, which was wrapped with the holy mark, and his grip strength exploded in an instant!

Through the flame-patterned gauntlet of the Flame Watcher, he instantly crushed the opponent's wrist!
But at the same time, Lann had just kicked away the spiked club that Yaganti was throwing at him halfway.

His right hand, holding the knife, slashed at nothing, but because the opponent's wrist was torn off, he retreated without any hesitation, thus achieving nothing.

At that moment, it could be said that every limb of Lan En's body was doing its own thing.

However, the leader of the Watchers' shout as he dodged the blade revealed a fact: he had accomplices!
A dull but resounding clang of armor clashing came from behind Lan En.

It's not surprising that people wearing armor usually make this kind of noise when they move.

Strangely, when Lan En first heard the sound, he felt that the commotion was a bit too intense.

It doesn't look like a person wearing armor, moving forward on two legs alternately. Instead, it looks like a beast in armor, on all fours, its four legs moving rhythmically across the ground.

Lan En didn't have time to turn around and look; he could only hear the menacing voices behind him, which were rapidly approaching!

In that instant, the Witcher could only look at what was in front of him.

The wrist he was gripping was twisted and deformed, clear as mercury, and Aaron Deit slashed across with the thin, sharp blade.

However, because Yagangti pulled back with all his might, he broke his own wrist. The extreme distance he created only allowed the thin blade to slice off a small patch of his opponent's fiery red beard.

It was less than a centimeter away from the neck beneath the beard.

The head of the watchers remained calm, his golden, blessed eyes showing no emotion, as if the blade that was just centimeters away had not sliced ​​through the air in front of his throat.

As a veteran who has lived for countless years, he was naturally very rational at this moment.

But Lan En didn't feel there was anything to panic about.

In that instant, Lan En released his left hand from the opponent's wrist, which had already been torn and crushed.

"Click."

The sound of mechanical engagement came from his left arm armor; the projectile was loaded!
In a split second, the sounds of mechanical rotation and the muffled vibrations of the air mingled together!
"Oh!"

The impact of the Alder Seal was precisely twisted into a bundle, adding another force to the projectile that was already launched using mechanical force!

A small sonic boom cloud barrier flashed between Lann and Argonde!
With a 'thud'!
The projectile fired from the projectile hit Yaganti squarely in the forehead!
The head of the watchers was hit hard on the forehead, and his golden eyes rolled upwards.

Once he lost consciousness and tried to control his body, his entire weight was completely unable to contend with the kinetic energy of the bullet.

Its body, which was about the same size as Lan En's, tumbled through the air for a full circle before crashing with a 'bang' into the catapult base behind it.

As usual, the magic on the catapult dispersed the impact force onto the surrounding ground.

So, besides the huge alluvial fan created when the Qilin charged into the camp, there was also the impact of the Qilin crashing into it.

On the slanted side, a much smaller fan-shaped area of ​​ground was also plowed away by the impact, revealing dark soil and stones beneath the turf.

At the same time, a moment later, the sound of the armor moving rapidly behind Lan En was already very close!
[Lyman's Ear] begins working when Lann cannot keep his eyes on what's behind him.

The sound of armored footsteps pounding the ground, the sound of rain falling, and... the sound of a knife being swung through the rain!

The precisely captured sounds revealed a great deal of information.

This includes the speed, angle, and distance of the slash, and even the shape of the knife.

With this information, once the enemy enters Lan En's 360-degree [Eagle Eye Vision] range and is visually confirmed again, it becomes much easier for Lan En to make decisions in the fast-paced battle.

The Witcher, who had just blasted Agante away a moment ago, immediately turned slightly to the side.

Smaug's thick, sturdy shoulder armor was positioned at a delicate angle to meet the blade slashing down from behind!
"Stab!"

A sharp, teeth-grinding scraping sound erupted between the blade and Smaug's shoulder armor!

The longsword slashed down on the heavy armor, but because the strike was off-target, not only was it unlikely to penetrate the armor made of Smaug scales, but the impact force didn't even manage to penetrate the armor much.

The blade sliced ​​through Lann's shoulder armor, back armor, and down to his waist on the other side.

Unfortunately, even the bone-white dragon-skin armor around Smaug's waist couldn't be torn open much.

Only a cluster of sparks remained.

After that strike, Lan En had time to turn around.

The witcher didn't search much and immediately looked down at himself.

Sure enough, there was nothing in the air behind the Witcher.

Instead, at a height close to the ground, a lean knight with limbs so long they were almost deformed, fully armored, was lying prone on the ground!

He was dressed in full armor, with a bird-beak helmet on his head, and all in black.

The armor seemed to have been made specifically for his twisted body, so it was frighteningly lean, yet fit him perfectly. It was also suitable for walking on all fours.

The longsword in his hand resembled two waves of vastly different sizes. The tip of the blade was wider than the base near the hilt, making it easier to slash.

If this kind of knife were to successfully slice through a person's body, the wounds, varying in depth, would likely be very difficult to close, causing continuous bleeding.

Since Lan En already knew the general situation behind him using [Lehman's Ear] and [Eagle Eye Vision], and even noticed that his attacker was in an unusual prone position, he couldn't have been unprepared. Sure enough!

"Stab!"

When Lan En turned around, he didn't react in the usual 'counterattack from behind' manner.

When faced with the disadvantageous situation of being attacked from behind, most people will first turn around and slash without regard for the consequences. Regardless of whether they can hit the person, at least they can force the person behind them back to take even one step back, which can slightly alleviate the crisis of being attacked from both sides.

However, facing this strange knight in a prone position, if he instinctively turned around to slash, there would be no one in mid-air, and he would only waste the opportunity to strike.

But Lan En turned around and made a diagonal slash with the back of his blade, which was hanging down to his calf!

His blade was aimed straight for the knight's neck, which was in a prone position!

The current situation makes it seem as if this strange knight is lying down, making it convenient for him to carry out his execution!
The sharp tearing sound of the blade through the air lasted only a brief moment, followed by the sound of metal clashing!
Right now, this strange knight is carrying that wavy cleaver on his right arm.

But his knife was good for slashing but not for maneuvering, and he didn't have Lan En's skills, so he shouldn't have been able to react in time.

But besides the wavy cleaver in his hand, the knight lying on the ground also had his left hand supporting him on the ground!

He was wearing a hand hook on his left hand!

Three sharp, hooked blades extend from the back of the hand, between the three fingers, and are positioned to tear off any flesh that they hook!

But at this moment, he certainly couldn't use that hand hook to tear apart other people's flesh.

Because at that moment, all he had left was this one thing, which seemed to be able to save his life.

The gauntlet hook is almost an extension of the gauntlet itself, and it is very convenient to use, at least when turning.

Therefore, just as the cold light of the Lake Maiden's Sword in Lann's hand was about to slice into the neck of the strange knight on the ground like an executioner, the black iron gauntlet on his hand managed to barely block it from the side of his neck.

"when!"

A loud bang, like metal clashing against metal!

The strange knight remained silent; Arondette's blade was far beyond the range of ordinary weapons.

Upon impact, the gleaming blade effortlessly sliced ​​off the three blades on the gauntlet hook!

The three blades, with their clean, sharp edges, collided and fell together, producing a long, resonant sound reminiscent of high-quality steel.

However, although the Lake Maiden's sword was a divinely crafted blade, this block at least gave her a moment's chance.

The strange knight's figure flashed, and with a whoosh, the air was torn apart. His figure, which had been lying prone on the ground, vanished instantly.

More than ten meters away, his hands and feet, still carrying momentum, plowed several furrows into the wet, slippery grass before coming to a stop.

But as soon as he revealed himself, the ground beneath him, the soil, stones, and grass, began to emit an unusual blue-white light.

And the brightness is increasing at a rate visible to the naked eye!
Inside the armor, every hair, from the body hair to the head, stood on end in a chilling fright!

Before he could even think, his figure flashed once more.

"Clang clang!"

The unusually glowing ground seemed to be a kind of guiding force, as blue lightning from the sky crashed down, blasting a large crater into the moist grass of Lienia!

"Xilulu!"

The Qilin let out a dissatisfied roar. The people here were far too calm about being struck by lightning.

Upon noticing any signs of electrical disturbance in the environment, it goes without saying that one should immediately dodge and retreat.

But it was no use in the Qilin being dissatisfied. It had just seized the opportunity to activate the electric current, intending to deliver a fatal blow to the enemy.

After all, in the battle situation Lan En is in, the pace of the battle will be very fast!

Anyone who falls behind is immediately eliminated.

Qilin could only lend a hand in his spare time.

Immediately afterward, the ancient dragon from the New World swung its strong, long neck upward twice and let out a hiss.

On its head and the crystalline tips on its body, electric currents swirled incessantly.

A dozen or so bolts of lightning struck the roadblock camp with a loud 'clang'.

However, a small portion of the projectiles were used to strike catapults, but unfortunately, they didn't seem to be of much use.

The other large portion landed around the velvet ball.

The men that Yaganti brought were clearly intended to overwhelm and kill Lan En with sheer numbers.

However, when Lan En went to see him, he didn't bring the velvet ball or the Qilin. He also didn't expect that this 'Faded One' was actually someone with 'Kingly Potential' who had been helped by a 'Wise Beast'.

(End of this chapter)