Civilization: Beyond Two Worlds

183 Waaaaagh!

In the chaotic battle, a wooden puppet collapsed.

One of the three fulcrums on the battlefield had been destroyed.

The puppet scattered and collapsed with a bang. The commotion was earth-shattering. Broken wood and dust surged and splashed. The balance of victory tilted towards Valentine. The morale of the humans was greatly raised, and the elves were shocked. The culprit or great contributor who caused all this had already rushed towards the second bridge along the inner city wall.

At this moment, the elf horn sounded again and the messengers appeared. The battlefield command of the Dusk Legion was extremely efficient. The third wooden puppet collapsed, and the demons, bows, and infantry gathered around immediately redeployed.

The long-range troops were covered and suppressed. The infantry formation intertwined and retreated. The deer herd scattered and ran over. They carried the injured and handed over ammunition in an orderly manner.

As the humans carried out a long-range exchange of fire, they also ordered the elite troops here to move to the other two battlefields and order them to pass. They each had their own orders. The battle was still not over.

Kang De rushed to the second battlefield. A small part of the city wall had already been occupied. The soldiers did not care about their lives and attacked crazily, squeezing the bridgehead of the elves. The killing was extremely tragic. Corpses had already piled up. The dust raised by the magic bombardment mixed with the blood fog, making it look like hell on earth.

The battle was in a deadlock, at the price of continuous deaths.

It was extremely aggrieved!

The commander on the command platform deduced the fact that the Valentine garrison was equipped with many enchanted weapons through sharp observation. However, to the soldiers who had personally come to the battlefield, it was a completely different feeling. They faced it in confusion and paid a heavy price because of it.

It had to be known that the common tactic of the elf army was to organize an officer suicide team to carry out an assault. It was to gather the powerful and profound elite officers to form an unstoppable sharp knife army. This tactic had been tried time and again. After all, the racial advantage of the elves was so terrifying. A sharp army composed of supernatural beings was enough to tear open any solid line and destroy the morale of the enemy… However, there was a problem this time.

In fact, when a sharp knife unit formed by an elite army boarded the wooden puppet and prepared to attack the city wall, more than a hundred enchanted javelins and arrows flew over.

The heavy casualties were secondary. The regional commander, who was destined to be judged by military law, recalled the sharp knife team with red eyes. Then, he could only integrate the elite officers into every team stiffly like humans, or simply use them as sharpshooters. This lesson was quickly reported to the other two regions.

This caused the military strength invested by both sides to be extremely limited in the narrow width of the battlefield. The humans occupied the terrain advantage and replenished their numbers extremely quickly. The battle between the two sides was at a stalemate. However, the elves were elves after all. Although the human defenders desperately defended, the difficulty of pushing the elves down the city wall was really too great.

Kang De rushed to the battlefield from the right.

As usual, although he was inexperienced, he knew a lot. At the very least, he knew that the battlefield was a place where individuals squeezed. He could not be surrounded—he could not even squeeze with his allies.

The elves at the front line were fighting fiercely when the wind suddenly howled. Two flying axes turned around from behind and cut open the heads of the two elves. The precise archer hidden behind immediately drew his bow and searched, but he could not find any traces of the despicable human, because Kang De had already climbed into the inner battlements. He grabbed the wall with his left hand and ran all the way towards the first warzone.

He had already seen it just now. The battle was in a deadlock. The soldiers repeatedly rushed forward and fought at close range. In such a high-intensity battle, he could not take advantage of the situation to dismantle the wooden puppet.

Unless there was something more explosive.

He slipped through the walls and leaped across the battlefield until he reached the location of the first wooden puppet… That was the area where the first wooden puppet was close to the city wall, and it was also where Hong San was.

The intensity of the battle here was not inferior to the second place in front of him, but the advantage was that the wooden puppet here was already dead. It was only the last bit of magic power that was used to forcefully build the bridge. Moreover, the internal structure had already collapsed and the surface was burning. It was already impossible to hide and deploy the archer troops in the leaf crown, so the pressure of the battle was relatively small.

Kang De grabbed seven to eight spears along the way. He injected them with enchantment and threw them forcefully. The elves walking on the bridge waved their shields to block, but how could they block the enhancement of multiple forces? They were all knocked down the city wall by the huge impact.

The leaf crown was on fire, and the sharpshooter could not hide in it, so he could not counter Kang De, the spear thrower. However, the operation was still there. An elf officer waved his battle axe, and the blade flashed with lightning. There was a faint roar in the air. Divine light circulated and attacked, “Human, fight me!”

As soon as he finished speaking, two loud bangs sounded. The officer instinctively dodged, but all of this was already within Kang De’s calculations when he drove at twice the speed! In the next moment, a bloody hole broke open between the elf’s eyebrows. The hot and violent force shattered the back of his head, and his burly body in heavy armor knelt down.

“Times have changed! Silly!”

Kang De did not stop and rushed over. He snatched the battle axe from the other party’s hand and weighed it in his hand. Then, he swung it around and slashed, sending the two caught-off-guard elves flying at the waist.

The surrounding elves surrounded and squeezed forward. Kang De pulled out his pistol again and called out names one by one, “F*ck, don’t you know that I am trained in martial arts?!”

He fought his way out of the encirclement with exquisite martial arts and shouted, “Hong San! Hong San!”

“It’s here!”

A call sounded from afar. Kang De perked up and called over.

Not long after, there was nothing in front of him. Hong San waved his spear and lifted an elf into the sky and threw him into the city. Kang De cut open the corpse again and kicked it aside.

Their eyes met. Hong San shook his spear and suddenly stabbed. Kang De’s expression turned cold and he raised his pistol.

The spear swept past Kang De’s head and flew, piercing the elf soldier approaching from behind. The blazing bullet sent the skull of the elf-injured soldier standing up behind Hong San flying.

Hong San turned around and kicked the elf’s corpse away. He snatched the shield from him. Kang De took a few steps back and grabbed the flying spear shaft.

After throwing the spear back to Hong San, Kang De and Hong San stood back to back. He said, “It looks intact.”

Hong San chuckled and said, “Don’t forget what I’m best at.”

Kang De continued to ask, “The thing didn’t explode, right?”

Hong San pointed at the tower in front of Kang De. “Hidden inside.”

“Then take them back!”

The battle axe in his hand circled. Kang De strode forward.

Hong San held a gun in one hand and a shield in the other, guarding at the side.

Their combat styles happened to complement each other.

Kang De came from an unorthodox background and had never seriously cultivated martial techniques. The so-called combat experience was basically accumulated and imitated when fighting the animals on the Holy Seal Islands. It was not organized. It was only ferocious, fast, and indomitable. It often attacked the enemy and saved them, and it had shocking combat intuition.

Logically speaking, such an unorthodox path that had not been systematically trained actually had a fatal weakness. It was quite dangerous to encounter experienced enemies. However, Kang De relied on the three buffs of crystal strengthening, battle aura enhancement, and magic medicine to activate an unreasonable time acceleration. As long as he was fast and ferocious enough, the so-called flaw was no longer a flaw—what was a flaw if he could not hit it?

However, there were still limitations. For example, he was not good at group battles. Although this was made up for by invincible peerless martial arts, he still lacked the corresponding experience. This was the reason why Kang De had always avoided charging into the formation head-on.

However, it did not matter now. Hong San was familiar with martial arts and his moves were exquisite. Moreover, he was very used to fighting on the battlefield. His intuition was extremely sharp and he could check for gaps. As Kang De’s deputy general, he was the best bodyguard.

The two of them cooperated to kill and sweep through the elves. Soldiers continuously gathered beside them

until they rushed into the occupied tower.

On the command platform, the commander of the Dusk Legion stared fixedly at the two battlefields. Suddenly, he heard a loud bang like lightning and thunder. It was not the sound of any spell. He saw a blazing light explode on the root bridge of battlefield No. 1 and a visible shock wave. He saw many soldiers being blasted down the city wall and saw that the bridge was clear.

Then, the part of the structure that the number one wooden puppet had attached to the city wall collapsed!

It was exactly the same as the third wooden puppet!

The adjutant beside him immediately handed him binoculars. The commander looked over and saw many human soldiers lying on the ground continuously standing up and cheering loudly. Most importantly, he saw the Cathayan.

“Kang De! Kang De! Cathayan Kang De!”

A thought flashed through his mind, and monstrous anger arose in the commander’s heart. His admiration and curiosity for this Prince Consort of Goethe had already been thrown to the wind!

“It’s him again!” He revealed his killing intent and said sternly, “He was the one who destroyed the third wooden puppet, and he was the one who killed the first wooden puppet! Even when our surprise attack was about to succeed yesterday, he was the one who instantly disintegrated the soil slope! Such a method to instantly destroy arcane artifacts… must be him!”

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. The commander was furious. If not for this d*mned Cathayan, he might have successfully raided and taken down this city yesterday! Moreover, now… he was the one who was ruining things!

“This d*mned Cathayan!”

The commander was furious. Divine light circulated in his eyes, and killing intent spread out. He said angrily, “I understand. He’s probably the one who set up the bait trap and wants to eat our Dusk Legion!”

“A Cathayan is fighting for the Goethe people—could it be that the Cathayan doesn’t want to die and still wants to continue the old alliance?! No wonder the Princess of Goethe wants to marry a Cathayan! There’s actually such a thing!”

At this point, his anger had already calmed down—no, it was not calm, but he had restrained it. It was still roaring and burning in his heart, but it coexisted with calmness… The two actually did not conflict.

A cold smile appeared on the commander’s face. “Unfortunately, your delusions and mission have long determined the outcome… Kang De, the Cathayan, it’s best if you’re here!”

“The small failure and setback of the siege are really not worth mentioning under the glory of capturing you and discovering that Cathay is colluding with Goethe!”

He ordered the adjutant beside him, “There’s still the last wooden puppet left. He’ll definitely go over and turn the situation around… Pass down the order. I want to personally command the battle around the last wooden puppet!”

At this moment, the battle situation had already changed again.

The three wooden puppets approached the city wall and built bridges. Then, the core of attack and defense was these three areas. Now that two out of three wooden puppets had been destroyed, the center of gravity of the battle had shifted.

This was good news and bad news.

The good news was that the width of the battlefield was limited. No matter how strong the elves were, the number of troops thrown into the battlefield at the same time was extremely limited. The bad news was that there was only one battlefield left, so this meant that the elite strength of the entire Dusk Legion would gather here and not be divided into three groups.

Kang De and Hong San did not rush to the battlefield immediately. Instead, they looked at each other from afar and frowned in silence.

Hong San said in a low voice, “Master, your alchemical bomb is useless.”

Kang De nodded with a serious expression.

The elves’ learning and reaction abilities were very strong. For example, they were focused on by the city defense forces with enchanted projections and quickly made the corresponding tactical changes. For example, after the explosion cleared the bridge, they paid more attention to the interception defense of the strange projections…

Just now, Kang De had tried to throw a large wooden barrel, but he had been blown to pieces by at least four arrows and two spells. Now, there was only one battlefield left, and the elves’ defense and interception ability had greatly increased.

This meant that the explosion… was no longer useful.

“We have to think of a way,” Hong San said. “Even if there’s only one wooden puppet left, the elves still have a huge advantage. Or rather, with only one left, their strength has increased.”

“Apart from the fact that the width of the battlefield is still limited and we can’t invest too many troops at once, all their projection troops and mages are deployed around here. Their support ability has almost doubled. The current situation is still a tug-of-war. It’s difficult for them to advance, but we can’t push them out…”

He turned to look at Kang De. “Unless you use that method…”

Before he could finish speaking, Preston’s shout sounded behind him, “Dong Zhuo! Dong Zhuo!”

The two of them turned around and looked. The battlefield commander of the west wall quickly rushed over with a few officers and arrived beside Kang De. He said in a low voice, “You destroyed those two wooden puppets?”

Kang De nodded.

“That’s good!” Preston pointed under the city wall. “All the spellcasting power, war machines, and projection troops Valentine can mobilize will be at your service. A suicide team is already in place. I’ll lead the charge. Our mission is to create an environment and opportunity for you to resolve the last wooden puppet at all costs—what else do you need and request?”

Before Kang De could speak, Hong San said, “There has to be a feint attack team to test the reaction of the elves. Moreover, after it’s done, who will cover his safe retreat from the elves’ revenge attack? What’s your plan?”

Preston gritted his teeth and said, “What perfect plan is there now? Now…”

Before he could finish, the city wall suddenly shook. The wooden puppet actually moved! Thick roots spread and grew from under its feet, boring into the soil and climbing up the city wall!

The expression of the mage beside Preston changed, “Not good! The enemy is only left with a single area to fight in. The power of spellcasting is focused. They can even transfer the mages to inject magic power and control the wooden puppets to destroy the city wall…”

The commander was anxious. “Dong Zhuo! What are you waiting for?!”

“They won’t be able to sit still.” On the command platform, the commander looked at the remaining wooden puppets, “As long as we scare them, they’ll hurriedly take action. The core of the operation is definitely Kang De. He’s going to the battlefield personally… Hmph, the Twilight Blade is ready, right? When he appears,…”

In the next moment, he revealed a puzzled expression, “What’s that sound?”

The adjutant was at first confused, but then he heard it too. It was a voice he had never heard before as if it was a roar. Moreover, it was continuously approaching from the east of the battlefield…

The command platform was very high and could look at the entire battlefield. The adjutant turned to look. The blazing sun shone and the vast battlefield could be seen. As the area of the siege battlefield, it was a flattened farmhouse. To the east of the battlefield was a rising hill. The scouts and cavalry spread out and scouted warily. They all heard the rumbling sound.

Behind the hills, large amounts of dense black smoke rose.

The adjutant shouted, “Be wary! Mobilize the wandering cavalry… What’s that?!”

He cried out involuntarily because, in the roar, a huge steel beast flew up from the highest slope of the hill and landed on the ground. It was like the body of a carriage, but it was not pulled by a pack beast. Its entire body was covered in iron armor and circulated with the light of magic as it rushed toward Valentine City at an extremely fast speed.

Adjutant Elras blew the horn and ordered the mobile defense cavalry to surround and attack. The thick horn sounded leisurely—then quickly turned into a flat sound like farts.

The adjutant choked.

He saw the most ridiculous thing he had ever seen in his life!

Behind the steel beast that was racing on its own, swift black shadows flew up from the high slope of the hill. Then, they roared and landed on the ground, flashing wildly.

They were strange things with two wheels. They were huge and thick wooden iron wheels. Their fangs were erect, and they were huge and strange. They were even decorated with spears, shields, and heads of elves. They were messy and tasteless, and their butts were sprayed with dense black smoke.

The most strange thing was that there were actually…

“Green-skinned!”

The commander could not be bothered to reprimand the adjutant and could not help but be shocked.

He thought of the tyrant who had appeared in the city. The tyrant had repaired the destroyed catapult and controlled it, causing a huge threat to the elf soldiers… And now…

The two were definitely related!

Green-skinned… could it be that they had hooked up with the Goethe people?! Why? Who led them?

Filled with doubts, he raised his binoculars and looked over. He saw black smoke rising. The green-skinned people riding two monsters he had never seen before were following the steel beast, howling and sprinting.

Seeing this scene, the commander was speechless for a moment and even understood the adjutant’s loss of composure.

What… was the thing that the green-skinned rode?

The green-skinned in the lead was the largest, and the monster he rode was also the largest. The machete he held was also the largest. They collided with a scout team head-on, and blood surged. Broken limbs flew into the sky. The green-skinned cut a scout and the battle deer in half with a single slash. He raised his saber high and roared in the wind. Although he could only see the shape of his mouth, the commander completely knew what he was roaring at. Moreover, all the green-skinned were roaring together!

“Waaaaagh!”