Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 2003, 1975: Roaring Light Gun
The rift opened by Rodel's ambush outside the city is not yet too large in terms of the overall formation of the demigod alliance; it is at most a crack.

However, a battle formation is an interconnected whole.

At the very center of the demigod alliance's formation are the patients who have gone mad with bloodlust, with hundreds of Rodel heavy cavalrymen charging straight in from the flanks and rear, and facing the Rodel city gates directly, there is an even more ferocious Rodel heavy cavalry phalanx!

"Don't move! Don't move!"

The quality of the demigod alliance was also quite high. Even at this point, on the temporary defensive line built directly opposite the gate of Rodel, there were still clear-headed and brave warriors shouting to stabilize the line.

"Hold on! Our only hope against heavy cavalry right now is to hold them off!"

"Mountain demon! Attack! Halt their charge!"

The one shouting at the top of his lungs was a Knight of Nymgford, who held a kite-shaped brass shield and a torch in one hand and a pickaxe in the other.

When giving commands, the hands holding brass shields and torches waved forward dramatically.

Thanks to the long-standing lenient policies of Gevya towards races such as demi-humans, hybrids, and mountain demons, due to its location on the border of the Golden Dynasty.

Therefore, although these races are still considered inferior by the people of the Golden Tree, they are at least regarded as members of the Golden Law era in Nymgford. They were always taken along when the people came to Rodel for their routine tribute missions.

Unlike other places, they were treated just like ordinary monsters.

Therefore, even in haste, the trolls would obey the Knights of Nymgford's orders.

"Ugh!!!" *5
The mountain demons were enormous, which made them slow to react.

At this moment, only five trolls followed closely behind the group, breaking away from the original retreat rhythm and instead turning around to join the defensive line facing the gate of Rodel.

At this moment, all five mountain demons roared out at the same time!
The power of their roars caused visible shockwaves to emanate from the air around their ferocious mouths!
Then, the shockwaves suddenly subsided, and after a moment of silence, "Boom boom boom!"*5!

Under the dim night sky, the light of the golden tree and the enormous moon became faint. The torches held by the demigod alliance flickered and swayed.

Five [Mountain Demon Roar] shots blasted through the air! They left five semi-transparent air tunnels in the air.

The torches in the demigod alliance, already wavering due to the chaos, were suddenly suppressed even more weakly amidst a 'whooshing' sound, and the surroundings became even darker.

But the darkness only extended to the demigod alliance.

The thunderous sound of hooves echoed as the heavily armored knights charged out of the gates of Rodel, a dazzling torrent of gold!
The Rodel Knights, who were resting and preparing in Rodel City, had far more resources and time than the Rodel Knights ambushing outside the city!

Each knight shimmered with the golden light brought by the prayer of the Golden Law, making them appear like gods!

Especially the two at the very front, the knights of the Golden Dynasty—the Great Tree Guardians!
The mount was three or four times larger than an ordinary warhorse, and the rider was three or four times larger than an average person.

The tree guardian, in its mounted state, is already over five meters tall.

He was much taller than the group of Rodel Knights behind him!

Their position was the first to be hit, so of the five mountain troll roars, a small portion were aimed at the two of them. The rest were fired at the large group of Rodel knights behind them who hadn't yet fully accelerated.

A massive golden halberd, a heavy golden shield.

The two tree guardians, beneath their golden helmets, didn't even glance at the roaring wave hurtling towards them.

The experience and strength accumulated over countless years enabled them to make a tactical decision in that instant.

"Hiss!" *2
Two magnificent warhorses leaped straight up into the air, soaring more than ten meters into the air!

As the most prized knights of the Golden Dynasty, their warhorses were not in the same league as ordinary warhorses.

"Boom!"

Two roaring waves grazed the hooves of the leaping warhorses and crashed into the ground.

The power of the mountain troll's roar was not as great as the battle ash that Lann faced in Lienia, which was personally incited by the [Head of the Flame Watchers].

Even so, the two Roaring Waves crashing into the ground were like detonating tons of explosives underground!
Each roar wave caused a large section of the football field to tremble and tear apart!

In the area affected by the overlap of the two roaring waves, the soil and rocks on the ground were directly blasted into the sky!
The blast sent the earth and rocks flying dozens of meters into the air!
Logically speaking, whether it's broken terrain or falling rocks from the sky, it would be a serious disruption for heavy cavalry during the acceleration process.

However, the Knights of Rodel were the exemplar of all knights in the borderlands, the order of knights that conquered the entire borderlands.

The power of prayer that blessed them, their rich experience, and their calm mindset all made them oblivious to these changes.

The tree guardian, leaping into the air, gleamed, and a golden emblem of law, perfectly covering the entire shield, suddenly appeared on its terrifyingly thick golden shield! *Whoosh!*2
The Tree Guardians' equipment alone is incredibly heavy, but in mid-air, their coordination and hang time are so light that they seem to be flying!

Two of the three mountain troll roars that were aimed at the Rodel heavy cavalry formation behind them were directly intercepted by the golden shield that shimmered with light.

Thanks to the golden law emblem on the shield, the incoming attack was instantly transformed into a golden force, which condensed into a beam of light and returned along its original path!

The remaining Roaring Wave was deflected by the edge of the golden shield as the Tree Guardian in mid-air raised its shield, causing the roaring wave to miss its target by a third.

The attack, originally intended to strike the heavy cavalry formation, only hit the adjacent Rodel city wall.

Just like in the previous months, not a single dent appeared on the walls of Rodel.

Five shots were intended to stop the mountain demon roar of the heavy cavalry regiment, but three shots missed and two bounced back, causing trouble for their line!
The enormous light gun bounced back.

The demigod alliance was no pushover either. Immediately, two knights from the Volcano Mansion took to the forefront of the battle line, their large shields gleaming with the blue-green light of [Magic Shields].

"Boom!"

Even though they had enchanted their shields, their combined weight couldn't withstand the impact of the golden light spear. They were thrown back four or five times, knocking over many of their own men, before finally coming to a stop.

Fortunately, the [Magic Shield] preserved the integrity of their shields, and thus protected their bodies behind the shields.

But it's pointless now... The Rodel Heavy Cavalry Regiment has already accelerated and is charging forward!

In an instant, a thunderous roar seemed to erupt between the hastily constructed defensive line of the heavy cavalry regiment and the demigod alliance!

The heavy cavalry, all clad in golden armor, were like a group of tanks!
It poured down and crushed everything in its path with a thunderous roar!
The instant the vanguard of the heavy cavalry made contact with the defensive line, countless people were propelled dozens of meters into the air by the impact, densely packed like a flock of carrion crows roaming the battlefield.

Then it plummeted down again!
Just as the demigod alliance had a vague idea the moment they realized the attack was coming: if the Knights of Rodel charged, the demigod alliance, which was in chaos, would be directly overwhelmed!

The Rhodes Knights were like a comb with iron teeth, sweeping across the loose and chaotic formation of the demigod alliance, leaving behind a bloody path that was plowed out!
The massive demigod alliance had three areas that needed to be dealt with at the same time.

There was simply no time to allocate manpower, and there was no strong enough order to do so.

Which side should we primarily target? Where should we primarily deploy our combat forces?

In the chaos of a battlefield, few can still see the situation clearly while on the battlefield.

Lan En and his group of ambush troops that had been set up in advance outside the city numbered only a few hundred, but when they actually charged into the enemy formation and started fighting, who would have known that there were only a few hundred of them?

In such a chaotic situation, there was no way to count, nor was there time to count.

Only by detaching oneself from the most chaotic battlefield and possessing a detached perspective can one observe and judge the situation. This is why command posts on large battlefields often need to be far from the battlefield and pursue a clear view.

Soldiers need command and orders.

However, at this very moment, no orders came out of the command post of the demigod alliance.

On the contrary, what was emanating from that command post was... a brutal force!
"Hurrah!"

storm!

A storm far more ferocious than when the Knights of the Lost Land used War Ashes to tear the command post apart in an instant, like a child crushing a candy wrapper!

"This is your plan? Lakad!" Gofia's enormous, twisted figure, like a demon in the dim light, roared, his voice filled with suspicion and resentment. "You want to hand me over to that false king of Roderli to exonerate yourself?!"

"Now that things have come to this, do you think you can still remain a high-ranking and powerful judicial officer at Mount Gemir? Foolish!"

The storm is howling. Griffia has ruled Nymgford for centuries. Although he is a demigod of the Golden Dynasty, the Nymgford region is too deeply influenced by the Storm King.

In addition, Storm King was a powerful figure who had once fought one-on-one against the "First King" Griffin before finally being defeated and killed.

Therefore, Gevya is not at all opposed to learning the Storm faction's War Ash.

However, there is no doubt that Gavya's power is significantly inferior to that of Lacad.

This storm, besides tearing the entire command post apart, could only ruffle the hem of Laqad's clothes.

The situation was critical, so this kind of open 'offense' was no longer even considered a provocation in Laqad's eyes.

(End of this chapter)