Among the five major races, the total history of human beings is the shortest.
But the war history is the longest.
This short-lived and vigorous race has been accompanied by war from the moment the first word of the first epic was written with ink, until now.
This is certainly not something to be proud of, since most of our weapons and strategies are used against our own kind. But like everything else it has its own value and necessity. In this war history, which is as long as human history, when it comes to weapons, equipment, castles and even military units, all capable commanders will come up with the same theory even if they are thousands of years apart:
"There is no strongest weapon/unit, only the most suitable."
It is true that there is a level gap between the arms. The powerful maneuverability and impact of the expensive cavalry company and its men and horses allow them to often crush the opponent's infantry. But if you want to conquer the world with just one heavy cavalry, it is absolutely impossible.
Man-made or natural terrain obstacles are one of the factors that restrain cavalry.
And if the opponent is strong enough to ignore the impact of the cavalry's most powerful weapon - the war horse.
They can also reach a stalemate.
"Bang!!"
The dead tree, which was as thick as an adult man's waist, was thrown four to five meters away and landed in the middle of the crowd.
Screams, roars and roars covered up any voice trying to command - admittedly they were all elites, but in the face of the unrivaled power, they could only fight and flee on their own.
The types of these three earth dragons are the same as the one infected by the witch before.
It belongs to a branch of temperate lower earth dragons, and its scientific name is Gray Saw-backed Earth Dragon - this is named after the segmented spines that protrude from the skin on their back like a hunchbacked person. When this kind of earth dragon lies on the ground, it is far away. It looks like the teeth of a saw.
Although the largest recorded individual of this kind of earth dragon can reach 13 tons and 16 meters long, they are still classified as inferior subsaurs in academic classification.
One of the reasons is that it does not have any breath or magic-related abilities - which is a great blessing among misfortunes - and can only rely on the brute force of its own body to hunt.
And the second reason is.
The nature of the gray saw-spine dragon is extremely greedy.
Although they possess a considerable degree of intelligence, their greedy carnivore nature often makes some of their characters no better than those of lower carnivorous hybrid dragons or even dragon lizards.
--what does that mean?
In the destructive weather brought by the witch, there were almost no living creatures left in the Bao Forest. The slight scars on the scales of these dragons represent that they may have had conflicts with the undead, and they The eyes are still the normal yellow-green color, which means that they obviously have not swallowed these poisonous undead.
In this situation, Henry and the others who appeared in front of Dilong were like serving fragrant and delicious barbecue to the mouth of a person who had been hungry for several days.
The situation that Captain Stephen feared most as a hunting mercenary happened.
The hunter becomes the hunted.
Although Stephen's hunting mercenary group is ranked among the best in the industry, they have few effective weapons against dragons.
The dragon scales are as strong as steel. Coupled with the thickness of two to three millimeters and the raised edges, even spear throwing and heavy winch crossbows can only create a gap and cannot achieve effective penetration. The only thing that can definitely guarantee penetration is strong warriors using powerful armor-piercing weapons for melee attacks, or installing larger combined ballistae.
But even so, this only broke through the skin's protection. Compared with the huge body of the earth dragon, it could only be regarded as an attack with skin trauma, but it meant that the human side had to pay a huge sacrifice.
They have the courage, but now is not the time to show it.
"spread!"
"Abandon the packhorse!" The difference between the elite troops and the fledgling rookies is not only the ordinary discipline, but also the time it takes for them to readjust after falling into chaos is much shorter than that of laymen - after all, they are all people who have seen strong winds and waves, although in They lost some members due to Earth Dragon's powerful brute force, but when they recovered from the shock, they showed a level consistent with their professional qualities.
The vanguard's safari kept a distance to avoid the initial attack of the earth dragon, and after expanding the scope of action, began to harass them with long-range weapons. These experienced hunting mercenaries were familiar with this, and their excellent shooting skills on horseback caused the crossbows and arrows to be shot at the fragile eyes of the earth dragons, annoying them and successfully distracting the attention of these behemoths. force.
A group of three light cavalry hunters crossed left and right, distracting the earth dragons so that they could not tell which annoying little thing was attacking them, while the people behind who had just stepped onto the flat land quickly spread to the left and right. Come, avoid formations that are too dense and make it impossible to dodge the bite of the earth dragon.
Like the ripples created by a stone thrown into a pond, the human cavalry spreading in all directions caused the three earth dragons to lose their target. They bought a little time, but if they didn't come up with a way to hit them hard and make them give up before the earth dragons locked onto their target again, they would have no choice but to abandon their supplies and disperse the team to escape.
This is still based on the premise that the Earth Dragon Club will let them go.
Earth dragons weighing several tons have a big appetite. In the absence of other reliable food sources, they will most likely follow them even if they escape.
——But the situation worsened at a speed that even the sage could not predict.
The one that came out of the forest to the north was close to the Paladins. The medium-sized earth dragon seemed to have the best mind. After it realized that the arrows of the safari could not penetrate its scales, it turned around leisurely. Standing up, facing the rain of arrows, he once again stared at the group of Paladins in front of him who were about to retreat.
"Roar——!" "Crack——!!" The huge yellowed teeth made a clearly audible collision sound under the action of the strong biting muscles. It chased towards the Paladins. The pressure on the people in the formation was relieved, but it was hard for Adolphus and others.
"Go into the woods!" The paladin minister suddenly came to his senses. He made a good plan and wanted to enter the woods where the earth dragon's huge body could not move easily. But there were no large enough trees nearby, so the Earth Dragon that collided with it was almost unobstructed. The broken dead trees actually greatly interfered with the actions of humans.
"Roar!" "Ah -" A lagging paladin was directly bitten by the earth dragon and died after letting out a brief scream. However, his death not only did not slow down the pace of the earth dragon, but also caused the left This end started to go crazy.
A knight in plate armor is not really a delicacy, and the sharp sword he held in his hand stabbed the upper part of its mouth when it was bitten by the earth dragon. The stinging and teeth-gnashing feeling made this The head dragon let out a deafening roar, and then spat out the bitten knight's flesh and twisted armor on the ground along with its saliva.
The glorious Paladins were also in a helpless dilemma when facing such behemoths. However, even if others wanted to come to help at this moment, they were unable to do so.
The earth dragon in the middle was the largest, so even though the main formation had the largest number of people, Henry immediately gave the order to disperse. The loose array made it difficult for the huge earth dragon to exert its powerful brute force, but it also made the few people at the front in danger of dying at any time, as if they were dancing on the edge of a knife.
"Pack horses, use pack horses to divert them away——" The idea of abandoning soldiers to save the carriage came naturally. Even though they knew that losing such a batch of supplies would probably lead to a more cruel dilemma, they could only do this in order to save their lives.
But Dilong did not look at the packhorse.
What a despairing fact this is.
The character of the dragon is bad. To a certain extent, it is very similar to our domestic kittens.
The huge yellow-green vertical pupils of the earth dragon in the middle are shining with the light of playfulness and wisdom, a light that does not exist in the eyes of the hybrid dragons and dragon lizards that the hunting mercenaries used to deal with.
Using easy targets to distract its attention, which works wonders against dumber predators, does not work against the Gray Sawback.
"Damn it, run!" "Neigh--" A frustrated mercenary swung his riding crop hard and hit an inferior packhorse. He tried to change the direction of the earth dragon's attention by making the horse move. .
But as we said before, this doesn't work for it.
The packhorse whined, but did not dare to move.
This behemoth was approaching slowly and leisurely, and its every move made people feel more and more like they were watching a hunting cat despite the huge difference in size.
It's just that when you stand on the side of a bystander, you find it extremely pleasurable to hunt the hateful rats. When you are in the position of the prey, you imagine that you may not even be able to die a happy death.
Cold sweat on palms.
Can't stop.
Then they saw it.
After waving for the safari to disperse, the sage dismounted alone, holding Claymore in his right hand and patting the horse's butt with his left hand to make his car run away.
"He's crazy."
One mercenary expressed what almost everyone was feeling.
Henry, who is two meters tall, is a big man among humans, but he is so small next to the adult Seraphimus, which weighs more than ten tons.
Dilong looked at him playfully.
This kind of tiny creature would only scream and run away in front of it. Even if there were a few who didn't run away, most of them would be so frightened that their legs and feet would become weak and collapse to the ground.
Yalong's excellent sense of smell and hearing can often smell the ridiculous smell of urine and hear rapid breathing and trembling sounds.
But not this one.
This one, an equally small creature, had a steady heartbeat and steady breathing.
He smoothly raised the ridiculous sword and pointed it at himself.
It lost its patience, and its appetite overcame its slight hesitation, no matter why this tiny creature dared to face itself, under the dragon's jaws.
All beings will be given equality.
die.
"Clang——" "Click——!" The powerful jaws clenched together, Mira's eyes widened behind her, Horno frowned, and Filippo opened his mouth wide.
A black cloak drooped at the corner of Earth Dragon's mouth. Many mercenaries shouted in anger or regret, but Earth Dragon himself turned his head angrily.
"Roar!!" it roared, and only then did everyone see something shining on the left side of its chin——
Henry stabbed it in the jaw, a wound the earth dragon had never suffered so badly except in battles between its own kind. It suddenly realized something. That little shiny silver thing could cause harm to itself. That was different - but all its wisdom only stayed at this level. After all, it was not a high-level dragon, so it was slightly different. Fear was quickly overshadowed by anger and appetite.
It raised its head, and the precious dragon blood spread all over the mud, but Henry dodged and rushed to the side of the earth dragon.
"Ka--" The bite failed again. It changed its attack method and tried to raise its claws to attack. Little did it know that this was exactly the moment the sage was waiting for.
Most of the slender earth dragon's body is covered with scales. Even if it is as sharp as a Claymore, it will be difficult to cause enough effective damage when attacking most parts.
But it is a living creature after all, and its body joints need to move, so naturally they cannot be made of solid scales.
The inner parts of the limbs, like the armpits of humans, are the areas on the dragon's body that have no scales at all.
Henry raised Claymer high, and in an instant he kicked up his feet and stretched his whole body upward.
"Ouch!" The heartbreaking pain caused the earth dragon to tilt to the right and fall down. Hot dragon blood quickly flowed out from the armpit of its left forelimb and covered the entire dragon's leg. The sage quickly stepped back and distanced himself again.
"Okay!" The mercenaries who saw this scene were greatly boosted in morale.
"Support him!" Magic instructor Camilo immediately reflected. Even if magic cannot effectively damage the earth dragon, it can always distract its attention and create opportunities for Henry. And faster than them human magicians, Horno waved his hand and launched his own attack.
"Roar!!" The earth dragon, which had never been so severely injured, roared angrily. It rolled on the ground trying to get up and find Henry. The sage's actions seemed to kick off the human counterattack. Stephen and the others in the south were worthy of the name of high-level hunting mercenaries. They relied on a trap made of thick hemp ropes to successfully capture the smallest earth dragon. He tripped and fell to the ground.
The mercenaries who seized the opportunity smashed their heavy hammers directly at the dragon's head that was originally high above them. The heavy blow directly hitting the vital point made it difficult for the earth dragon to get up again. They quickly expanded the results of their victory, but at this time they were helpless. To the north, Adolphus and others finally fell into a complete dead situation.
Broken trees covered the ground, and the Paladins retreated into a valley with steep walls. The cliff, which was only a few meters high, now became a deadly cage.
"Wrong decision, but at least I should be glad that this is the last wrong decision in my life..." Adolphus sighed with a self-deprecating tone.
"No matter what, I am honored to fight alongside you -"
"People behind, abandon your horses and climb the rock! Buying you time to escape is the last thing I can do." He said, but everyone behind him was silent.
No one left their cars. They held their weapons and silently faced the approaching Earth Dragon.
"Really, a bunch of idiots." Adolphus shook his head, but there was a smile on his lips.
"May the radiance of the Holy White shine upon me. No matter whether I am alive or dead, I will stick to my position."
"I am born as a holy knight, and I wish to die in a worthy place and live up to this name."
"Knight, at your command—" He raised the sword in his hand.
"Everyone, rush-"
"Bang——!!!" "Ouch!!!"
After a flash of light, the earth dragon on the left let out the loudest scream so far.
"Uh-" The white-gold sword stayed awkwardly in mid-air. All the knights raised their heads and stared at the earth dragon that screamed and crashed into the side of the mountain wall. Its side face was bleeding profusely, and the silver spear stuck on it was shining.
"I heard such a big fuss, but fortunately I didn't miss the party."
A calm female voice came from above the northern cliff, and the knights raised their heads. The person who made the sound walked to the edge of the cliff. She was wearing light armor, and her silver hair was tied into a ponytail and swayed gently behind her head.
This lady's figure, face and appearance are all unprecedentedly eye-catching, but what makes people unable to take their eyes away the most is her gentle swaying with her steps.
On that belt.
A dazzling red card.
"Sorry for being late."
