From troll tribes to elf empires

Chapter 274 Altar Attack and Defense

45 kilometers away, the airship formation has descended to about 10,000 meters above the ground. The battle ahead is almost happening under the eyes of every witch doctor. They clearly grasp all the situations on the battlefield. At this time, they are also preparing for the battle.

Those weird ancestor altars gave me a headache.

The target of the headache is naturally not the small city in front of them that can be destroyed at the fingertips, but the power of those larger cities, and even the central cities of various races.

It is useless to think too much. Under the cover of darkness and monitoring all directions, the airship formation began to descend. While shortening the linear distance, it also reduced the vertical distance.

By 4:44 p.m., the airship formation was still about 25 kilometers away from City 034, and its flight altitude had dropped to about 5 kilometers.

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To the south of the city, 15 hunting groups, assisted by the firepower of the unarmored machine gun team that arrived later, frightened the sheltered residents back into the city after eating one-fifth of the strength of the breakout mixed force;

After losing the cover of the large army and suffering rapidly increasing casualties, the Mammoths had no choice but to retreat.

Turn your attention to the east and west of the city.

Under Cynthia's previous order, 18 armored soldiers broke into the city from two directions, and their goals were quite clear. It could be said that they quickly moved towards the altar regardless of other factors;

The small town with a radius of only 1.5 kilometers and an extremely empty interior could not slow down their steps at all. It only took a short period of time for the elves to cross the inner city and arrive under the altar, where they were blocked by a layer of light curtain.

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This light curtain, in the understanding of the Republic, is something like a defensive shield, but its operating mode has nothing in common with the totem armor commonly used in the Black Forest;

The protective shield belongs to the 'energy system' rather than the 'reinforced material system', and because it was born out of and completely dependent on the ancestral altar to be effective, it belongs to the chaotic spell system that cannot be analyzed at this stage. It can be said that it is innately similar to the elves.

Witch doctors have conflicting attributes.

From a functional point of view, the shield activated by the altar is indeed very powerful, whether it is faced with traditional physical attacks, or "seemingly non-physical entity" attacks such as Wind Blade, or "real" attacks that the Republic has not yet mastered.

·Non-entity attacks have defense capabilities within certain limits.

In addition, the 'identification' that is common in chaos spells and coveted by witch doctors is also reflected in the function of the shield;

Its isolation effect can distinguish between inside and outside and between ourselves and the enemy. Once it is erected, enemy attacks cannot come in, but attacks within the shield can be fired out. It is a very practical technology.

However, effects like this are not something that the small town in front of you can use. The altar here does not have the 'energy' to maintain the shield while maintaining its own attack.

So at the moment, when they realized that the enemy's long-range attack seemed to require a long buffering time, the shamans at the altar decided to withdraw the power invested in the defense and instead use it to assist in the breakout in the north of the city;

However, the sudden and rapidly approaching armored soldiers temporarily disrupted their plan.

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The cost of breaking in when the protective shield is on is very high, but since the purpose of the warriors' trip is to force the shamans to maintain the protection of the altar by creating threats, there is no need to risk breaking in;

The altar is only that high in total, and the armored warrior's shoulder cannon has an attack trajectory like a mortar, which is enough to project wind blade scatter projectiles onto the altar from the bottom;

Therefore, they only need to show a threat in the process of attacking the shield. Breaking in without permission is not conducive to completing the mission. It is just mindless suicide;

As a result, the shoulder cannons of several combat-type armors began to function, pouring attacks one after another on the surface of the dark red energy body, announcing their existence.

Their attack indeed forced the shamans above to be in a dilemma for a period of time. Should they focus on defense, attack the enemies at their feet, or continue to assist the breakouts in Beicheng?

But the entanglement did not last long. This group of heroes who voluntarily became "abandoned" had already made their final choice when the attack on the shield lasted only a few rounds.

Next, under the somewhat admiring gazes of the elves, the dark red light dissipated from the sky;

Obviously, the shamans gave up on self-defense through the shield, and instead chose to help the main force in the north of the city break through.

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At the bottom of the east side of the altar, 3 groups with a total of 9 armored warriors gathered;

And when the dark red light dissipated from before their eyes, what appeared in front of them were nearly a hundred mammoth warriors whose whole bodies exuded the strong smell of the blessings of the ancestors' spirits;

Judging from the common habits of the tribes in the North, these should be specially trained altar guards.

The temporary squadron leader of the three hunting groups here is a combat armored soldier. After seeing the array of reinforced mammoth warriors on the opposite side blocking all the way forward, he immediately issued an order to his team members,

'The young old guys above look like they are ready to die. The reconnaissance armor is covering them, and the combat armors are rushing in with me.'

'clear.'

'clear.'

There are three combat types in front. In terms of defense, they have stronger armor performance. They are equipped with shoulder cannons that fire "Wind Blade Explosive Bombs" on both sides of the shoulders. There are two "Wind God Cannons" on the palms, and there are "Wind God" on the top of the arm armor.

Wolf Machine Gun';

In addition, there are a large number of hidden weapon thorns hidden in various parts of the body, which will only appear on the body surface when needed. There is also an exclusive weekly wave blade weapon, which is used to break armor and kill enemies in close combat.

Six units of reconnaissance armor are at the back. The Wind Blade sniper rifle and Wind Blade machine gun are their main long-range weapons. For melee combat, they use the Weekly Blade as their main weapon, as well as hidden thrust pieces usually placed on the shoulders, shafts, knees, etc.

At this time, three combat armored shoulder cannons launched an attack, but their target was not the mammoth warrior in front of them, but the platform above the altar;

But the moment it was activated, the chain hammers on the noses of the six mammoth warriors diagonally above flew out quickly, completing an interception in mid-air that their bodies could not do; the wind blade scatter bombs therefore exploded in the air in advance.

, a large number of wind blades flew out in all directions, and the two 'men and horses' at the bottom were also affected.

The power of the chaos system's blessing was revealed. The heavy metal armor on the mammoth's body had obviously been improved by more than one level of defense, and it survived the impact of this attack in an almost undamaged manner.

'The cover team changes to sniper rifles, the offensive team follows me!'

The armored warriors had the roar of the Fengshen machine cannon on one side of their palms, and on the front of their arms on the other side, there was a shock-wave blade that was integrated with the arm armor. After completing their preparations, they all charged towards the mammoth warrior array.

At this time, the reinforced mammoth warriors were not to be outdone and also began to charge, and due to the elevation problem, they had a great advantage.

In front of them, special whistling sounds continued to be heard, and then the face armors were broken one by one. In just a few seconds, more than ten mammoths were directly hit in the head by the wind blade;

The Fengshen cannons in the palms of the soldiers were spitting out 'flames' crazily, and the cyan wind blades were like death's scythes, licking towards the mammoths charging from top to bottom;

The solid heavy shields were staggered and raised upright, forming a cover on the charge, but they would still be smashed out of the gaps from time to time, and several lives were harvested as a result.

The heavy shield blocked the mammoths' sight to a certain extent, which gave the three warriors who were overcoming the elevation angle an opportunity to rush upward. They immediately launched another shoulder cannon attack;

This time, three attacks successfully bypassed the blockers and landed on top of the altar along a high parabolic trajectory;

And its effect was also very significant, causing the purple light that was still brewing to disappear immediately, and was generated again only a moment later.

Another three rounds hit behind the front shield hand, creating a gap from the inside out, and then several more heads were shot.

However, the altar guards who did not want the enemy to interfere with the shaman's spellcasting showed strong determination at this time, and with the blessing of the ancestors' souls, they had the power to fulfill this determination.

At the very front, the distance between the combat armors was extremely close. When the mammoths launched an attack regardless of the situation, the weight was transformed into real speed. Although they continued to make sacrifices along the way, they finally succeeded in ushering in the impending close combat. moment.

At the forefront, the huge shield was thrown away and slammed downwards, followed closely by a long chain hammer waving at the end of the nose;

The former hit the armor, causing it to stagger, and the latter hit the target firmly, destroying the already affected balance even more completely;

The unsteady squadron leader was knocked into the air, but the two comrades behind him did not use their bodies to help block it. Instead, they completed the displacement in a short period of time, allowing the squadron leader's teammates to fall heavily while maintaining their position. The attack from the Fengshen cannon on one side of the palm resolutely held its position;

The team sank in front of the combat armor that came forward. The mammoth warriors here had to form a siege, while the remaining warriors continued to approach the cover group behind;

However, the cover group began to fight and retreat, and because the assault group held its position, the altar guards were forced to lose touch with each other, the formation became scattered, and they fell into a hesitation of whether to look ahead or tail;

And it was in this hesitation that both the front and back departments encountered head-on blows.

At the rear, the assault group also took advantage of the loose encirclement to dodge heavy hammers while using the Zhou Bo Blade to kill.

On the outside is a thick tower shield erected high, and on the inside is a fight under a giant hammer. Two armored soldiers, back to back, started a close-to-hand fight with this group of mammoths;

The Zhou Bo Blade is extremely sharp, and the shoulder cannon can fire a blow every two seconds. In addition, there is also the Fengshen Machine Cannon fired from the palm of the other hand. The two elf warriors actually killed a man shorter than them in a short period of time. The mammoths were beaten from the inside so that they could not lift their heads.

However, there were too many enemies. Under the entanglement, the left-hand mobile cannon gradually lost the space to carry out precise long-range attacks. However, it did not become silent because of this. Instead, it turned into a blind fire state to create gaps;

If you are lucky, you can directly hit the faceplate to harvest life. If you are not lucky, you can repel a target like a hammer, thus creating opportunities in the squeeze and chaos.

In the front, the cover team took advantage of the gap created after the break and caused considerable damage at once;

They can vigilantly seize every opportunity created by their companions. As long as the eyepiece captures a glimmer of opportunity, they will accurately harvest a head;

The battle line was slowly opened, and the altar guards had to take care of the two surrounded soldiers on the one hand, and the armored scouts who were constantly firing cold shots on the other;

Casualties gradually increased, and the altar guards were unable to catch up with the kite-flying cover group, so they had to return reinforcements to shrink the defense line.

Although this move uses a tighter space to compress the space for the soldiers to move, thereby limiting their ability to advance, it also makes the cover team lose the threat they face directly, so they can find opportunities to complete headshots more leisurely, which in turn makes

The altar guards could not concentrate on dealing with the two warriors.

In the center of the encirclement net, all the short-range and long-range weapons were roaring, but the armor the altar guards wore was the best armor in the city, and it was strengthened by the spirits of the ancestors. It had a level of protection that could not be broken by a simple wind blade. It only had high-frequency cycles.

The blade still retains its powerful lethality;

Therefore, the elf warriors rely on the kinetic energy of long-range weapons to provide a knockback effect at this time, and then move closer to the weapons to complete the harvest.

However, the strength of the mammoths was also revealed at this time. Their hands were not conducive to grasping weapons due to the short knuckles, so they simply designed the ends of the heavy armor on the upper limbs into long war hammers, and the arms were swung

It can bring about its huge power in a short time;

There were several "boom" sounds, and the armored soldier's single-armed weekly wave blade was also extremely lethal. At the critical moment, he sidestepped and squeezed the mammoth warrior on the other side to avoid it, and then used his height advantage to chop off the head of the attacking mammoth;

But more altar guards on the other three sides have already surrounded them, and the armored warriors were temporarily suppressed amid the siege of dozens of mammoths.

Although each swing of the Zhou Bo Blade can take away an enemy, there are also too many attacks that need to be blocked. It is not that they are afraid of the armor being shattered, but that the "power" of heavy weapons cannot be protected with existing totem technology.

, once the continuous sea of ​​hammers hits, the enhanced strength of the mammoths is likely to cause dizziness in the pilot's brain on the spot, just like the temporary squadron leader who was shot away just now.

Despite their scruples, the space for movement was always compressed. Fortunately, both sides were large warriors with wide stances, so they could not gather too much power in the immediate area, leaving room for maneuver.

At this time, the squadron leader also flew far backwards and finally adjusted his posture before landing. When he stepped on the step surface and his leg joints completed the bending of the knees to accumulate force, the two reaction chambers on the soles of his feet were immediately activated.

The nerve plexus also controls the sudden ejection of hydraulic joints;

At the same time, the 'Wind Blade Mortar' on the shoulder started charging, and the Fengshen cannon on the arm started roaring again;

Immediately afterwards, the armor rushed forward like an arrow, and jumped high along the slope, even jumping over the fighting enemies and ourselves, and went directly to the steps higher up;

The moment it landed, the mortar's charge ended, and after two "whoosh" sounds, it struck toward the back. The unexpected impact created quite a lot of trouble for the mammoths. Several soldiers immediately became gourds rolling on the ground.

Then one by one their heads were exploded.

But the altar guards had delayed for too long. At this stall, the unobstructed altar finally changed. Some kind of brewing that had been going on before came to fruition. Several rounds of invisible fluctuations, centered on the altar.

released with purpose

The first round is a strengthened halo covering all mammoth species outside the north wall;

The second round is a weakening halo that covers all individual elves outside the north wall, and also 'takes care' of the armored warriors at the east and west feet of the altar;

In the third round, the purple light that was the prelude to the previous ray attack began to brew.

The moment the weakening fell, it was offset by the totem effect in the armor, but the squadron leader, who was behind all the enemies present, was not very happy because he failed to block the power of the altar, and the shamans succeeded in the end.

, which means that the blockade in the north will be more difficult.

'We must break the halo as soon as possible. Then we have to rush forward.' He thought this way.

But the altar guards were actually even more angry, and immediately wanted to turn around and block the armor that jumped behind, but their turn created an opportunity for the other two surrounded elf warriors;

The two commotions created a brief gap among the soldiers. They seized this moment to activate the reaction chamber, and used the limited space to complete their stance;

Rushing up, "people fall on their backs", causing larger gaps in the formation. The sniper rifle will not miss any opportunity, and the offensive of the internal soldiers is also out of control;

This high-intensity wave of impact effectively delayed the guards who wanted to return to defend and block the attack. At this time, the squadron leader quickly moved upwards and away without looking back.

'The cover team should pay attention to the distance between themselves and the enemy, and don't fight with them. The same goes for you two. I'll go up first!'

'Okay, here we are!'

'Ha ha!'

Charge quickly, and accelerate again after the reaction warehouse has finished accumulating energy. Although the steep steps are not convenient for going up, with almost no obstacles, the armored soldiers finally saw signs that the steps were about to disappear, and whispered in their ears

There was also the sound of "jirgulu" chanting mantras.

'Damn Birdsong'

The squadron leader cursed secretly, and controlled the charged mortar to attack the enemy at a high angle. Once again, he completed the task of interrupting the spell casting. There was also an almost identical sound coming from the opposite side. It seemed that the teammates to the east also at least

A combat armored soldier completed the breakout.

But at this moment, a dazzling light started from the center, crackling in a circle and spreading outward. In the blink of an eye, it expanded its radius to tens of meters, and hit the two people who had just emerged from the edge.

Elf;

The high-intensity voltage penetrated the armor surface and acted directly on the armored soldiers inside. The energy carried by the current caused their body surface to be instantly scorched;

The skin was cracking inch by inch, and the purple blood flowing out was evaporated into gas, but the squadron leader still forced himself to take two steps forward, and actually came to the altar platform, wanting to complete the mission of interrupting the halo.

However, what hit him head-on was still two arcs of high-speed expansion, one large and one small. They hit the armor one after another within an interval of less than a second;

A rare scream since the beginning of the war came from the elf's mouth, and the pain in his body was as strong as if his heart had been pierced by countless black-edged gold points.

‘Boom!’ ‘Boom!’

The sound of heavy objects falling to the ground came from the east and west directions, and anxious inquiries came from inside the armor.

‘Squadron Captain?! What’s this? How are you doing??’

The sound and light of thunder may be the deepest memories of the warriors, but a very similar sound came from above the altar, which made them feel unusually uneasy and made them ask;

However, there was no response from the other end of the message.

Immediately afterwards, the electric light dissipated, the purple light rose, and the rays all over the sky were smoothly emitted. They broke through the barrier of darkness and descended to the north of the city in an instant, right in the middle of the battlefield where soldiers were already fighting hand-to-hand;

Without the interruption of heavy artillery, these rays no longer flashed away, but maintained a steady output. One after another, the light rose, disappeared, rose, and disappeared, flickering like fluorescent lights in a theater.

Finishing tomorrow.

(End of chapter)