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Chapter 1163 1161. The Short Man's Mental Journey: From Despair to More Despair

Loren didn't know why things turned out this way.

He was a foreign commander who clearly had a grudge against Transia, but driven by the dwarves' violent temper, he inexplicably became a supporter of the Transians in front of a group of dead people, and he even made a bet with them using the token of love given by his wife.

This made Loren, who had calmed down, very upset.

But at this point, it was impossible for him to withdraw the bet voluntarily, so the dwarf could only pray to the Mother Goddess of the Earth awkwardly in his heart, asking the merciful Mother Goddess to bless the Transians so that they can regain some face on the battlefield.

Well, just this sentence coming out of Loren's heart was funny enough. I guess the Mother Earth would be laughing when she heard this prayer.

And the stubborn Pharaoh of the Underworld did not continue to provoke.

The dead were always silent, although it was still obvious that they did not believe Loren's judgment of the Transians. He firmly believed that the living could not be tougher than the dead, and it was even more impossible to defeat the dead and gain victory in a close ground combat that tested courage and morale.

That doesn't make sense at all, okay?
He had already made up his mind that after defeating the dwarf, he would graciously return the pistol engraved with a girl's name to the foul-mouthed dwarf, as a double humiliation.

Well, the dead are actually quite vindictive. At least the dead of the Songhai people are a bit petty and very vindictive.

In this silent waiting and entanglement, the airship passed the destroyed third fortress and entered the central area of ​​the Prilig Oasis two hours later. Goddess Gaia seemed to have really heard Loren's prayers. Right in front of them, the Transians who had advanced here were fighting a fierce ground battle with a Hades army that had broken the Prilig family's battle flag.

The battle has now reached its climax.

The generals of the Hades Army and Marshal Loren witnessed with their own eyes how those foreigners launched a brutal attack on the Hades Army on the opposite side with the support of the artillery barrage from the rear.

Those guys are crazy!
They charged fearlessly amid the artillery barrage, using the roaring dragoons spewing death as their advancing units. Groups of players one after another poured a hail of bullets forward, with shells landing beside them almost every minute, and at the closest they even exploded a dozen meters away.

The blast knocked the fanatical players to the ground, but they just jumped up, brushed off the dirt, and continued to rush forward as if nothing had happened.

On the flank of the battlefield, a group of Undead Cavalry were being chased by strange three-wheeled mechanical motorcycles. Those foreigners were speeding on the battlefield full of bullet holes on green motorcycles. One person was driving, while the other was operating the vehicle's machine gun that could fire continuously forward, or carrying a tube of Iron Fist missiles and firing forward.

In the command area of ​​the Hades Army, which was in a jagged pattern, the small number of power armored knights with extremely strong attack capabilities were crossing back and forth on the crazy battlefield.

They would only seek out those valuable commanders and destroy them with thunder strikes, and systematically interfere with the spellcasting units on the flanks of the Hades Army. Those liches that posed a great threat to the artillery positions were their perfect hunting targets, as the liches' death spells could not effectively kill power armor in most cases anyway.

As long as they are not stupid enough to be hit directly by Meteoric Ice or Finger of Death, these guys are almost invincible units on the battlefield.

As we all know, a domineering spell like Finger of Death always has some "little flaws" in terms of aiming and searching for the enemy.

The activeness of Transia's epic war unit, the Power Armor Knights, forced the Pharaoh of the Underworld of the Prilig family to send out several golden undead to try to fight against them. As expected, they were in turn targeted and hunted down by the Power Armor Knights who were in a killing spree.

There are also some pretty outrageous flying vampires on the battlefield acting as "precision fire teams".

Once the players on the front line discover that an Undead commander has escaped and report the location in the communication, one or several vampires will immediately rush over with small bombs to "eliminate the target."

Those silver-level melee fighters were assigned to the front line by Lao Qin, commanding wave after wave of attacks from the fearless newbies. Some newbies even brought troop carriers to the battlefield and used the heavy machine guns on top of them as temporary firing points.

Two heavy machine guns in one carriage, plus a pile of Panzerfaust missiles and a few accurate Iron Barrel Boys formed an excellent mobile fire shelter.

The Hades Army, which was supposed to be as unshakable as a mountain under any circumstances, was beaten back step by step by the continuous punches from the ground.

Especially after the players used flamethrowers that could spray flames over a dozen meters to burn the skeleton warriors and zombies, the Hades Knights, who were grassroots commanders, were even desperate enough to drive their chariots to launch a deadly charge at the roaring dragon riders.

Often, when they are halfway through their charge, they will be blown to pieces by one or several Panzerfaust missiles fired by players nearby.

The phalanx formed by the skeleton warriors could not withstand the barrage of heavy artillery bombarding forward. Those grenades filled with fuel would always take away the bodies of all the undead around them at once when they landed. In the shell craters that were still emitting smoke, those tiger-like and wolf-like guys rushed forward in groups of five.

Even if they were unfortunately surrounded by the undead and had no hope of escape, those guys would drink special potions and then ignite balls of black explosive energy during the charge to clear the way for their subsequent companions.

Although the two sides are still in a stalemate.

However, the Hades Army, which has nearly ten times more military strength than the players, can only end up in a stalemate, which in itself speaks volumes.

At this critical moment when a breakthrough was urgently needed, the arrival of the first and second phalanxes of war airships loaded with bombs became the last straw that broke the camel's back for this absolutely elite Hades army.

When the Murphy's Hammer, commanded by Major Serak Fenda, brought five airships to the battlefield, opened the bomb bay and hurled down the burning iron rain, when the lines of fire that burst out from the ground tore through the battlefield like swords, when the dragoons tore through the flames and harvested crazily with staggered cutting sickles, in the eyes of the silent pharaohs of the underworld, the underworld army that was said to never collapse.
collapsed.

It is not a collapse of morale, but a systemic collapse at the organizational structure and institutional level.

If I have to describe it, it's similar to the scene of an avalanche or a mudslide.

The undead who survived the incendiary bomb attack were still fighting, but their individual bravery was no longer able to turn the tide. The entire battle line that stretched for several kilometers was retreating everywhere, and the entire line of the Underworld Army that blocked the wilderness in front of the main city of the Pirig family had been torn into a sieve.

Just like wheat being cut down by a sickle, no matter how tough the trunk is, it cannot withstand the farmer's cruel blade.

"That's the Iron Tomb Army of the Pirrig family."

The pharaoh who had been so stubborn before reached out and pushed his desert lizard mask. He now leaned against the window in a dejected manner and said in a hoarse voice:

"They have always been famous for their tenacity among the Hades Army. Three hundred years ago, they were the ones who withstood the frontal attack of the Mamluks' World-Hating Army. They held out for seven days and nights on a single-layer position, preventing the World-Hating Army from advancing even a single step. This gave Hammons I's Eternal Death Cavalry the opportunity to launch a flank attack.

But right before our eyes, the Iron Tomb Army was defeated head-on by the Transians."

"The melta cannons used by the Iron Tomb Army are old and have a short range. The enemy's indirect fire can easily hit them, but their artillery cannot fire back. In addition, the Transian airships drop incendiary objects from the sky."

Another Pharaoh of the Underworld clenched his fists at this time, and he defended himself in a pale tone:
"They were still holding on before those airships dropped their explosives! So we didn't lose to you! Why are you all just looking at them? Say something! Do you also think that the dead lose to the living?"

"If this isn't a loss, then isn't it a win? Isn't your Iron Tomb Army retreating, but attacking in the opposite direction?"

Loren, who was watching from the sidelines, was cheering in his heart for the wonderful performance of the Transians, but he controlled his tone like an old gambler.

This guy picked up the chilling Hades sword from the table next to him and played with it in his hand, sneering and saying something. However, after seeing the silence of the undead around him, the dwarf marshal suddenly felt bored.

What is there for me to be happy about?
It's not that we won the battle. The stronger the Transians are now, the more miserable our pioneering army will suffer when they attack the Plantagenet Kingdom in the future.

Have I lost my mind?

Are you so happy about the Transian victory?
He had obviously won the bet, and he didn't have to suffer domestic violence because of losing the pistol his wife gave him. He had obviously saved face in front of this group of stubborn undead, but he really couldn't be happy at this moment.

The dwarf threw the sword back to its owner and shook his head.
"But to be honest, it's not your fault. This Hades Army performed much better than the previous jackals. At least they held on until the last moment before collapsing. Such strength is also considered a powerful army in the Old World. It's a pity.
That is the saying, the era of classical warfare is over.

All the commanders in the Old World are catching up with me, just like me. I heard that when Marshal Baldwin of the Winter Wolf Legion attacked the Western Sahara barbarians at the Savage Border last month, he sent out armed airships to bomb their rear.

The effect was very good, and the barbarians fled in fear at the sight of the burning winter cliffs. The pioneering corps has also begun to form its own airship force. Although our mechanics have not been able to crack the formula of the incendiary bomb, they have prepared an alchemical oil that can also explode and burn.

Anyway, now, you Songhai people should also join this learning process.”

Loren shrugged his shoulders. He watched the airship turn around on the battlefield and prepare to land behind the battlefield where the victorious Transians were. He turned his head and said to the pharaohs of the underworld beside him:
"Look at the bright side, guys. You have the Sun Boat in your hands! This way, if you have to fight the Transians in the future, at least you don't have to worry about them using bombing tactics that require air superiority against you.

Once Transia is unable to fully utilize its firepower advantage and force them into close combat on the battlefield, your numerical advantage can be utilized again."

"But why should we fight the Transians, sir?"

The Pharaoh of Hades, who was not happy at all after getting his sword back, said doubtfully:
"Mr. Murphy, the governor of Transia, has become the will of Hades. He is our Hades and the absolute leader of the Hades army!
The Transian warriors will be the most steadfast allies of the Hades Army. In fact, our silence just now was only because the Hades Army felt lost for not being the sharpest knife in the hands of His Majesty Pluto, not because we have any hostility towards the Transian warriors.

What's more, don't you know? The marshal of a foreign country.

Because the Transians helped the Songhai Empire through its most dangerous moments, because they aided Thutmose II and protected Queen Friel, we have decided to gift the Origin Vanguard to Transia.

This means that the Transians will also have a solar ship and more power armor knights.

Well, maybe more than one."

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"Ok?"

These two pieces of news made Loren's eyes go dark and he was struck by lightning.

What?
The Transians, who are already difficult to deal with, need the ultimate weapon like the Sun Boat?
More than one?
Besides, didn't Murphy come to celebrate the birthday of Pharaoh? How did he become the "Pluto" who sounds so awesome?

Loren suddenly thought of the "Pluto Worm's Ascension to God" that had been widely circulated in the Old World a few days ago. He immediately asked:

"So, your Lord Hades, the King of Hell, ascended to the throne of God."

"Well, that was a beautiful thing that was accomplished under the witness of our twelve ancient kings and with the permission and assistance of His Majesty Pluto."

An enthusiastic pharaoh of Hades explained to the dwarf marshal:
“Of course, you people from the Old World don’t quite understand the rules of the underworld, so you don’t quite understand the significance of this matter. You might think that this is just something that happened in the thousand-year-old sea of ​​sand, but that’s not the case!
This matter has a direct connection and impact on every civilization in the world.

I must emphasize to you that Lord Murphy is not only the Hades of the Songhai people!
In the future, when the underworld in various regions of your old continent is established, he will also become your Pluto.

Although it is more of an honorary title, Hades will not directly participate in the management of the underworld in various places. He is just the Lord of Death who guards this system, but your souls after death still have to be loyal to him. Huh? Sir Loren, why are you so pale?
Are you feeling unwell?"

"Haha, nothing. I just suddenly thought that if I were a half-dwarf, would my soul be taken back to the kingdom of God on earth by Mother Gaia after I die? If not, then... well, my fate would be a bit uncomfortable."

With the feeling of visiting his own grave, the pale-faced short marshal left the airship with the pharaohs and entered the rear command post of the Transian army.

Lao Qin heard about the arrival of the Underworld Observation Group. In order to show respect to the host, he came to greet these friends in person. However, before he could say anything auspicious, a Pharaoh of the Underworld wearing a desert lizard mask came towards him and handed over his gloomy sword with both hands.

"This is?"

Master Qin looked at him with some doubts, and the Pharaoh said in a hoarse voice:

"This is the student's reward for the teachings that the teacher is about to impart. Please accept this 'Soul-stealing' battle blade. It is a common honor for it and me to serve a war master."

"Well, I'm welcome then."

Lao Qin wanted to refuse, but the gorgeous Sanghai-style sword in front of him was obviously a magical weapon.

Based on the principle of players being absolutely greedy and never giving up, he just took it.

Speaking of which, although Lao Qin is not a strong man, nor a coward, he has a lot of magical weapons in his hands.

The previously recast Wolf Blood Holy Blade was still lying in his bag. Although it was no longer a divine weapon after the recast, it was still a dominant-level divine weapon. It was just that the properties of Lao Qin's parallel-imported silver were terrible, and he had not yet met the requirements to equip it.

The Soul-Catcher Sword in front of him came at the right time. Lao Qin decided to use this Hades Blade as an emergency measure before he could equip the Wolf Blood Sacred Blade.

However, just as the two sides were exchanging greetings, the sharp-eyed Old Qin saw Marshal Loren hiding among a group of pharaohs and pretending to be just passing by. He was surprised as to why this short marshal appeared here.

But when Lao Qin wanted to ask, the old Qing soldier who was commanding the battle on the front line sent back a report:
"Master Qin! Something happened. Our scouts sneaked into the main city of Pilig and assassinated the city defense general. As a result, the general became a Chaos Vanguard after his death. After Yaya and Xiaoshou's investigation, they found that Pharaoh Pilig gave his soldiers on the city wall a Chaos drug that was suspected to be a 'downgraded version of immortality potion'.

It can be confirmed at present that the soldiers on the city wall have become potential Chaos Walkers!
Yaya also caught a messenger who ran out to report the news. The latter claimed to be a servant of Pharaoh Pirig's chief minister and conveyed the chief minister's news to you.

Pharaoh Pirrig poisoned the water wells in the city area close to the front line, and the people in that area are doomed!
After witnessing this perverse behavior, his chief minister decided to defect. That guy is organizing civilians from other districts to enter the shelter. He has seized the toxins that were originally going to be released in other districts, and requested that we launch a solar bombardment on the city immediately!

This will put an end to the brutal rule of Pirrig."

"it is good!"

Lao Qin was overjoyed when he heard this. This attitude surprised Loren next to him. He asked back:
"What good is it for the other party to become a Chaos Servant? Doesn't that mean that your attacks will suffer more casualties?"

"That's true, but it also means that the other party has taken the lead in launching anti-human tactics."

Lao Qin narrowed his eyes and said:

"Now we won't have to feel any psychological pressure when using some inhumane weapons. Immediately notify the fifth airship formation to replace the incendiary bombs with white phosphorus bombs and special ammunition! At the same time, order the psionicist troops to be ready. If the battle situation is intense, then I need them to conduct a small-scale astral tear near the city wall of Pirig!

Notify the Millennium Quicksand again!
A large number of Chaos creatures are suspected to have appeared in the city of Pirrig, and we need support from solar bombardment.

I don't want it to get that bad.

But if that happens, then we have to be ready.”

After saying that, Lao Qin turned around and invited the Pharaohs of the Underworld and Marshal Loren behind him:

"Everyone, please follow me! Next, I will show you the Transian air-to-ground all-round strike tactics, as well as the most advanced war art in our hands! We call it the 'gold-burning reaction accelerated cloud-explosive bomb'."

"Another new type of shell?"

Loren had a headache and asked:
“Is it more terrible than incendiary bombs or white phosphorus bombs?”

"Well, Marshal, believe me, in the face of this new weapon, your understanding of 'destructive power' will be updated to another level. But in the face of the threat of Chaos, this is not a bad thing."

(End of this chapter)