Act 121 Decisive Battle(9)
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Chapter 121 Decisive Battle (Second Update)
The silver elf commander took off his golden peaked helmet, shook his head, and let his beautiful silver hair flow down like a waterfall, and then let out a sigh of relief. His pair of pale silver eyes looked at the mess on the battlefield with some indifference. The corpses of lizard men were scattered among the ruins. The blood flowed into small streams, trickling, and the air was filled with a pungent smell. This smell is enough to make most normal people feel nauseous, but to the bloody elf warriors, it is the smell of victory floating in the air.
No, far from victory.
Euchir ran away, and his men tried to pursue him, but Namenes stopped them. The silver elf commander sheathed his gilded, cage-handled command sword, then gave the others an advantage, allowing them to gather and prepare for their next move. His orders were decisive and precise, without any sloppiness.
At the same time, he had seen Huque leading another group of elves coming from the other side of the battlefield.
This was not the first time Huque had seen Namenis, but he couldn't help but be slightly startled. After the bloody battle, Namenis exuded an astonishing beauty. He originally seemed a bit too feminine, but the bloodstains on the golden armor set off a discordant contrast. Coupled with the traditional silver elf hair and an indifferent expression, it actually made his whole life look like a monster. Different attraction comes.
"Commander." Huque was stunned for a moment, but immediately responded: "The battle here is over."
"Yes." Namenis nodded.
He turned around and saw that the gray flag in the direction of the festival hall was still flying high, but no one knew to what extent the fighting there was going.
"But it is far from a victory." Namenis replied: "We will return immediately according to the original plan. I hope that your lord can truly fulfill his promise and not take his own life as a joke."
"Wait a minute," Huque interrupted him: "That's not what the Lord's original order was."
Namenes gave him a condescending look.
"You have also seen that monster. Even if we faced it in its heyday, we would have to fight it three against one to avoid falling behind. Do you really believe that your lord can hold him back for more than half an hour?" Silver Elf Commander Leng He asked coldly: "Mr. Captain, my criterion for judging the situation of the battle is to take victory as the ultimate goal. On the battlefield against the Dragon of Darkness, there is no room for womanly kindness."
"But……"
"I don't have time to discuss with you. I just report our actions to friendly forces as usual." The elf commander replied: "In other words, Miss Antitina is still your lord. In my opinion, , the latter is far more important in this battle than the former, which side do you choose?"
Huque fell silent and couldn't help but glance in the direction of Antitina.
Namenis shook his head: "Okay, human being, I need to explain to you: Medisa gave up her life for this reason. It may seem incredible to you, but in our history, tolerance for oneself means giving up." Hope for tomorrow, I hope you can understand this." Then he lowered his head and whispered: "About this, in fact, I have privately sought the consent of Miss Antitina."
After saying that, he stood up straight and waved his hand.
"Phoenix Guards, prepare and set off"
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In fact, just as Namenis and Huque expected, the first battle commanded by Antitina did not go smoothly. Since there was no danger to defend, the lizardmen quickly broke into the first outer wall, and because there were no obvious obstacles, the mercenaries were exposed to the range of the opponent's crossbowmen. Even a long-range counterattack would be difficult to form. scale.
However, the tenacious fighting will of the Lubis mercenaries was clearly revealed at this moment. Under the impact of the three mercenaries on the outermost edge and nearly thirty times their number of enemies,
He lost his position three times in a row and regained it three times. The intensity of the lizardmen's attacks was so high that Antitina twice ordered another team of mercenaries to support but was stopped halfway. The last remaining person among the three finally detonated the only bomb on his body. The solution crystal caused the largest casualties among the lizardmen since the war began in this direction:
Almost fifteen lizardmen fell on the sloping ladder between the first outer wall and the second outer wall.
But the subsequent battle became bloody, and a brutal tug-of-war began between Lubis' mercenaries and the lizardmen. Both sides competed for meat at almost every stronghold that could be defended. After paying an exchange ratio of 22:4, the lizardmen finally broke through the outer wall and began to attack the central platform outside the altar hall.
At this time, nineteen minutes had passed since the two sides started fighting, and ten minutes had passed since the first contact from the rear.
The mercenaries began to shrink back, but this was not a long-term solution, because the space left for them to shrink the defense line gradually became narrower. Further back, there is Antitina.
An arrow almost grazed the fair face of the noble daughter--
Blood drops quickly seeped out from under the cut skin, but the latter was unaware of it. She held the flagpole with both hands and stood firmly on the edge of the platform - the girl was calculating the changes in time and the battle situation, and she was waiting for an opportunity. However, every death of a mercenary on the battlefield made her heart heavy. Brando never suffered any casualties when he led them, but after being handed over to her for only ten minutes, they suffered heavy casualties like this.
Especially when the little elf girl named Tia rushed to block the fatal arrow for her, this noble daughter who had never experienced any war in person almost felt that the tears in her eyes were about to burst out uncontrollably. But she still bit her lip tightly and endured. With one hand, she laid the pale and peaceful elf girl flat on the ground. Her body was still warm, as if she had just fallen asleep.
Then Antitina felt someone hand her a handkerchief.
She turned her head in surprise and saw Fuluo looking at her calmly. She was the sister of the dead girl.
"You are injured, Miss Antitina."
"No, it's okay..." Antitina took a deep breath, choked and said, "I'm sorry..."
Fuluo's pink lips moved, but she still wanted to say something but couldn't bear it. Brando didn't say anything, and she couldn't speak easily.
"Please give me the flagpole, Miss Antitina, it's too unsafe here." After hesitating, she said.
Antitina shook her head.
"No, this is my place." This was her promise to Brando, and she told herself that she must do it.
The lizardmen had broken through the fourth line of defense, and the mercenaries retreated again. The two sides had approached the gentle slope formed by the collapse of one side of the platform below. Judging from the distance, it is less than fifty meters. Fro saw that the crossbowmen among the lizardmen had raised their crossbows and aimed their sights in the air. Although their shooting accuracy was not flattering, they still found the location under the flag after repeated attempts.
The elf girl frowned, stood in front of Antitina, and held down the elf rapier at her waist with one hand. Like her sister, she no longer has any spells, but even so, she still has to complete her mission.
"Flo."
"kindness?"
"Thank you..." Antitina coughed and whispered.
The elf girl smiled slightly, but her gaze fell downward again, and the expression on her face quickly became serious again. The lizardmen were tightening their heavy crossbows, and soon there was a creaking sound among the group of them. But when they raised their crossbows again, she was not sure whether she could block all the crossbow bolts. She gritted her teeth and unconsciously clenched the hilt of the sword.
The crossbow was raised——
Antitina and Flo felt suffocated at the same time. Even if they looked at death, the moment before they truly faced death, everyone would feel an impending sense of despair. But it seemed that the imagined scene did not happen, because a small, shining crystal suddenly flew out from behind the two of them, and then drew a beautiful arc and fell into the group of lizards below.
It seemed like a blood-colored flower blooming in a dark green ocean. With a loud bang, the lizard man's severed limbs and internal organs suddenly flew in all directions, and then fell down like a bloody rain. Everyone was stunned, including the lizardmen, the mercenaries, and even Antitina and Fro. The only disintegration crystal left among them is the one in Antitina's hand, but she has clearly given it to the three mercenaries for use.
Antitina turned around subconsciously——
She immediately heard a clang, and a long sword was thrown up from the ruins behind by someone unknown, and then she immediately saw Roman climbing up on his hands and knees below. As soon as she arrived on the platform, she lay there as if she was about to die, gasping for air while looking at Antitina with a super proud smile: "Phew, I almost got lost, so... phew, Huhu... It wasn't easy to find this place. An... Huh, Titina, I have learned swordsmanship and can protect you... Huhu... Oops, I'm exhausted..."
"Wait a minute," the noble daughter couldn't help but ask after being stunned: "Roman, why are you here? No...that's not it. I mean, didn't you give your disintegration crystal to Brando?"
When the business lady heard this, she looked aggrieved. She held down her bag and whispered: "Well... Antitina, I only hid a little bit."
"How many, wait..." Antitina suddenly reacted. No wonder she always felt that the power of the explosion that night was not right. She immediately grabbed Roman's shoulders: "Damn it, didn't you mean to use those ten together? Was it last night? Was it those?"
"Absolutely, definitely not that many. Roman promises, Roman only has nine...no, eight."
Roman's expression changed, and he immediately shook his head like a rattle while rolling his eyes and replied.
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