Chapter 127: The Beast Emperor's Lineage (3)
However, the fanatical orc warriors seemed to be oblivious to the hanging corpses of their companions, and they tried to stand firm on the ground that swayed up and down, and then continued to move forward as far as they could.
Minsk and Sean's high-level magic is indeed very lethal to orc warriors, two magic at least seven or eight hundred lives, but these hundreds of people are a fairly small number for two orc 10,000 phalanx, those orc warriors who have been blessed with "bloodthirsty magic" do not take the synchronous life and death to heart at all, in fact, they don't even care about their own life and death, at this moment these are "totem fire dance" The only thing that affected the orc warriors was the desire to fight, and they stepped over the pit struck by lightning, bypassed the stone pillars that rose from the ground, and continued to rush towards the human position.
When these orcs entered an area about 50 meters away from the human position, they were greeted by a large number of low-level magic released by human magicians, which naturally could not be compared with high-level magic in terms of power, but they made up for the lack of power of individual magic with their numbers.
The power of level 7 magic is huge, and the range is naturally much farther, otherwise you will accidentally hurt yourself, so Minsk and Sean consciously use those level 7 magic to attack the follow-up troops of the orcs, disrupt the scheduling of the orcs, and slow down the support speed of their reinforcements. While the other mages involved in the attack used a large amount of low-level magic to cover the large open space between the attacking positions, coupled with the human ballistas fired from time to time, crossbow arrows that pierced the orc's body in a straight line, Ryan's troops formed a death zone on the battlefield in front of him.
In order to pass through such a death zone, the orc troops must brave all kinds of magical bombardments, watch out for crossbow arrows that can penetrate the bodies of several people, and if they are unlucky, they will be killed by sudden feathered arrows. When the orc warriors set foot on the positions where Lane's forces were stationed at a terrible cost, they found themselves in despair to find themselves faced with massive walls of metal shields.
These giant shields, which are more than a person tall, stand side by side, leaving only a small gap between them for the human warriors behind them to observe the enemy, and in order to pass through these oppressive shield walls, you must first find a way to avoid the sharp blades of the spears that protrude from behind the human giant shield warriors.
At this moment, the orc warriors standing in front of the human shield wall didn't even have time to hesitate, because behind them, more orc warriors who were lucky enough to pass through the death zone came up again, and none of the orc warriors wanted to go to the death zone again, so in order to get away from the area where a large number of companions' lives were harvested as soon as possible, they desperately pushed the orcs in front of them, and finally forcibly crowded the companions standing at the front of the line and crashed into the human defense line headlong.
The screams came one after another, which were emitted by the orcs who had pierced their bodies with spears but could not die temporarily because they had been blessed with bloodthirsty magic, and they helplessly waved their weapons to chop those guns, only to find that this kind of guns were different from those used by other humans, it was made of steel, and the sharp axes could only spark out, and they could not damage anything at all.
The human spearman withdrew his spear with all his might, and then stabbed it out with all his might, and another scream rang out, and the blood of the orcs burst onto the shield wall, and then flowed down the giant shield to the ground. From time to time, human archers or magicians use the gaps between the giant shields to shoot cold arrows or release magic outside, and Ryan also consciously commands several giant shields to retreat, deliberately exposing a gap to attract orcs to attack, and Allendo and others personally kill the enemy in the exposed gap, of course, there is no need to worry about orcs taking advantage of the void.
Of course, the orc warriors didn't know this, they saw that the perfect shield wall of the human race suddenly appeared a loophole, and naturally let out a fanatical roar, desperately rushing there, but because the warriors at the front could not or through the blockage of Alendor and others, they were densely crowded.
When Ryan felt that it was almost the same, he immediately commanded Alendor and the others to disperse, revealing several ballistas behind them, in such a narrow space, several ballistas were fired together, and it was impossible for the orcs crowded together to dodge. The bowstring snapped, and the adult man's thigh-thick crossbow bolts shot out towards the orcs with a look of despair in their eyes. Because the orcs are crowded quite a lot, and the human crossbow arrows are extremely penetrating, so there are often several orcs who are worn on a crossbow arrow, and their bodies are pierced through a huge hole, but they will not die for a while, so under the connection of the crossbow arrows, everyone stands there and struggles in pain, and the mouth exhales a miserable cry, which makes people shudder.
Ryan hasn't made a move, and this is the first time he's ventured out of his hometown. Originally, Ryan was fighting on the front line and held out to the end, but this time he was responsible for a heavy responsibility, not only the life and death of the hundreds of people under him, but also the defense of the entire defense line, all of which were tied to Ryan, so Ryan put more time on observing the forms of both the enemy and us, and issued various orders to direct his subordinates to deal with the actual situation.
Although the hand-to-hand combat only lasted for more than ten minutes, the battle was quite fierce, because of the many orc warriors killed, outside the shield wall where Ryan was stationed, the corpses of the orcs had piled up to their knees, and the giant shield, which was originally slightly taller than the orcs, was much shorter than the other party because the orcs stepped on the corpses of their companions to attack.
Don't underestimate this little bit of height, this makes humans who are already disadvantageous in stature more passive, and the best direction for spear warriors to exert their strength is directly ahead, if the stab angle is too high, it is not conducive to causing the most ideal killing effect. When Ryan saw that Minsk and Sean were already sweating profusely on their foreheads, he knew that the mana of these magicians was about to run out and that they had to be adjusted, otherwise they would not be able to suppress the orcs, and the orcs would attack more and more fiercely.
Ryan knew that when the orcs attacked, because the attack was not as fierce as it is now, when the humans repelled their attack, they would immediately clean up the position, carry the corpses of the human warriors to the rear for burial, and throw the corpses of the orcs aside and pour fire oil to burn, which was also to avoid the occurrence of the plague, but now because the orcs are attacking too fiercely, there is no time to do this, so the corpses will accumulate more and more.
Fortunately, the 300-man army led by Ryan, as well as the mage troops who came to assist, did not suffer any casualties, at most they were slightly injured by the stray arrow, so they still hold on, and the human army on both wings of Ryan has slowly retreated because they can't withstand the impact of the orcs, and if they don't take countermeasures, then their own army will soon become a lone army.
Ryan thought quickly for a moment, and immediately ordered the troops sent by Jonas to assist him in defending to send men to clear the position behind him, and build a temporary defensive line about 50 meters away from his current position. When this second temporary line of defense is completed, Ryan will send all the magicians at his disposal, and strive to inflict the most fierce attack on the orcs in the shortest possible time, suppressing the attack of the orcs, and then he will command his men to slowly retreat and garrison the temporary line of defense to avoid being divided and surrounded.
After another ten minutes, the corpses of the orcs were almost piled up to the waists of the human warriors, and the temporary line of defense behind Ryan was barely completed, and Ryan immediately sent all the magicians, including him, to personally intervene, forming a terrifying magic storm in front of his own position.
In just 3 minutes, the orcs who rushed to Ryan's position were all mutilated corpses and lay quietly on the ground. Melinda, the water magister, even recited a large magic spell, forming a large ball of water composed of water elements in the sky above the heads of the orc's follow-up troops, and when this magic was completed, the super-large water ball suddenly burst, and the light blue liquid sprayed out towards those orcs, drenching a large area of orcs.
At first, the orcs felt very comfortable, and it was still comfortable to take a cool shower on a hot summer night. But soon their faces changed, as the light blue liquid that burst out of the water balloon began to cool rapidly, and after just a dozen seconds, it became ice.
When more than 500 ice sculptures made of orc warriors appeared in front of everyone, everyone's hearts were still gasping despite the heat of the day. Those orc warriors didn't all die, after all, the light blue liquid condensed by the water element was not the same for each person, and the more drenched ones were already frozen, and the only ones that were contaminated with a small amount were just frozen.
Some people may think that these orc warriors who are contaminated with a small amount are more lucky, but in fact, for them, they are more painful, many orcs themselves are frozen, and the other half of their bodies can still move, this psychological blow is more than physical pain. Some orcs struggled hard, but their body parts were frozen and inactivated, and when they broke free with too much force, the frozen parts turned into ice chips, and their bodies became disabled. However, what makes people feel desperate is that due to the numbness of their limbs from the cold, they don't feel pain, and they don't see blood in the parts that have lost their limbs.
Seeing that Melinda's psychological deterrence caused by this "rapid cooling" magic had stopped the orc's attack, Ryan immediately ordered a slow retreat. Soon, Ryan's troops reached the makeshift line of defense, reunited with the retreating allies, and formed a new line of defense.