Chapter 57: The War Begins (Depressed Mood)

  "Our commander is indeed cursed, isn't he?" In the queue of the Parliament City Allied Forces, a warrior in the front row looked at the monsters wearing thick armor and holding huge weapons in the distance, and laughed to his companion: "This is completely different from what I thought, when did the equipment of the demons become better than ours?"

  "That monster's city has been producing weapons, didn't you know?" The warrior's companion said with disdain: "What's so strange about having better equipment than us? But even if they wear armor, they're just monsters after all. How can they possibly be a match for us Salte warriors?"

  Outside the jungle near Lobito, the Thunderhorn's monster legion finally waited for the appearance of the Parliament City Allied Forces. The Parliament City Allied Forces had more than 2,000 people, forming a loose formation, each holding a large shield to enhance their protection against arrow rain, so as not to cause too much harm due to others' simultaneous shooting.

  However, this also makes their ability to withstand impact decrease. Once a cavalry with an unusually fast speed launches a charge, it is easy to penetrate the formation of the Sardinians. However, in the rugged mountainous terrain of Elan, there was no space for the cavalry to accelerate, so the Sardinians naturally formed such a formation.

  This is a tactic that the Sault people have developed through their minority ethnic struggles, which has been passed down to this day, and it is also what Refora wants to see. The monster corps that has made a surprise attack on the middle road and cut open the opponent's formation is more beneficial to the Sault people the more dispersed their formation is.

  "What's the situation with that road to the north?" Claud, riding his horse on a hill overlooking the enemy formation, asked his deputy officer beside him: "Can Bugas' people get through there?"

  "It won't do, they've been blocked," the deputy officer replied. "The area is already full of traps, and if we clear them out, it will take at least two days, but obviously we don't have that time. Now they've retreated back, I've ordered them to stand by as a reserve team."

  "Hmm, you've done well." Claud frowned and said: "The monster formation on the opposite side is quite strange. The heavily armored Minotaurs and Horned Demons are all concentrated in the center, while both wings only have some Goblins and a small number of Werewolves. Is this formation planning to launch a direct attack on the middle road? Let Bugas' legion wait in ambush on the middle road and thicken the formation there."

  "A demonic legion has been discovered on the left flank." At this time, a scout rushed over to report: "The scale is the same as the army in front of us, it should be the second demonic legion mentioned in the intelligence."

  "Indeed, they have ambition." Claud heard the scout's report and smiled, saying: "In that case, this should be right, they want to cut us off from the middle and then sandwich our left wing. Now immediately order the legion to advance, we must defeat the enemy in front before they do."

  In the jungle of the Parliament Hill coalition, the command of the First Legion was set up here.

  "The legion across the way has begun to advance." Groke slid down from a tall tree, addressing Reforla who was studying a map: "The group of warriors that were blocked have been sent to the rear of our central formation, our intentions have been completely seen through by them."

  "Has it been seen through? That's also an unavoidable thing." Lefula thought for a moment and said: "It seems that the commander opposite is not a fool, now they want to defeat us in one fell swoop. In this way, the second legion on the left wing is still approaching, even if we rush to the battlefield, we can't do anything, and can only be forced to retreat."

  "So, are we retreating?" Glog asked: "Since our plan has been completely seen through, staying here is also useless."

  "No, the plan remains unchanged." Lefora shook his head and said: "Even if they thicken the middle array, we can only delay it. I was prepared to not break through from the beginning. As long as we can give the Second Legion a chance to attack, even if we are surrounded, it is worth it. Moreover, our preparations are not just these, those things that were just transported over, I have already had the earth spirits carry them on their backs."

  "Can that thing really do what it's supposed to?" Glock said with some skepticism. "Because of the rush in transporting it, we haven't even tried it out yet. Whether or not it can produce the effects described in the manual is still an unknown."

  "I didn't plan on putting my hopes on this either." Reforla sighed and said, "Even if we fail, it doesn't mean the entire battle is lost. It mainly depends on whether we can hold out until the Second Legion arrives."

  Raiden Cliff delivered the last batch of supplies when he found the Council City Garrison in the First Demon Legion. Along with these strange backpacks, there was also a manual to tell Lefora how to use this thing called Black Fire Pack and what effects it would have.

  According to the description in the manual, such a gunpowder package is the dwarves' weapon against the trolls. Specifically, whether it can be effective on the battlefield is not clear to them either, after all, when they were sent out, they were just hastily made things. As an object that can trigger an explosion, gunpowder packages are theoretically capable of causing massive damage.

  These things will be handed over to the gnomes, and once the battle is at a stalemate or in order to achieve an unexpected effect, they can let the gnomes carrying gunpowder bags rush into the enemy's formation, using the ignition source to detonate the gunpowder bags and cause casualties to the enemy. However, these are things invented by the dwarves, and Mo Yan doesn't understand how they were made either, and also reminds Rhefior in the command book not to put his hopes on this.

  The Sartans' formation slowly advanced towards the monster legion, gripping their shields tightly in preparation for possible crossbow attacks. The monsters charged simultaneously with the Sartans when they approached within a hundred meters, and the two massive currents collided, stirring up blood-red waves.

  The Sart people underestimated the combat effectiveness of these demons, and they were surprised to find that the horned demons in armor and the Minotaurs with giant axes could mostly fight them to a draw. On the battlefield, there were constantly people who fell down unwillingly, and the tall demons were also beheaded one by one.

  The goblins let out shrill cries, brandishing their long spears and forming a tight circle of several dozen. They stabbed wildly in all directions, achieving some small victories. However, they were soon dispersed by the shield-wielding Saldian warriors, either killed or fleeing to regroup elsewhere.

  The clash of swords and armor, the roar of the Salt people, and the howling of monsters became the main melody on the battlefield. The plan of the monster legion was not realized, as the thickened middle legion did not break through as expected. The monsters and the Salt warriors commanding them were slowly surrounded by the Parliament City Legion.

  Just then, explosions suddenly erupted among the Salter forces. One by one, the gnomes lit their fuses and charged into the Salter ranks, taking surrounding Parliament soldiers with them as they were blown to pieces. After dozens of casualties, the Parliament soldiers discovered these explosive gnomes.

  As they opened up the distance with the surrounded monster corps, they also shot and killed the goblins carrying strange backpacks on their backs as they rushed towards the parliament city's warrior formation.

  "That's weird stuff." Claud said, looking at the goblins exploding in formation in the distance: "Where did they get these from? I've never heard of them having such weapons."

  "There are some dwarves of the Greybeards clan there." The lieutenant replied, "The dwarves will use a strange powder made from some sort of mineral dust and monster dung to concoct a weird powder, which they call black firepowder. They set traps with that stuff, and occasionally use it to blast mines."

  "Is that so?" Claud replied to the vice officer's words, "If we can't defeat that legion yet, we'll have to retreat. It seems our estimate of the monster's fighting strength was wrong." Claud looked at the second monster legion that had already appeared not far away and ordered the vice officer, "Have the others attack immediately, or else we'll retreat."

  The Final Assembly Legion chose to retreat, although they had already surrounded the demonic legion in front of them. However, the approach of the Second Legion and the presence of explosive land spirits made this battle impossible to end quickly. They could only temporarily choose to retreat, regroup at the camp, and reassess their plans. For now, it can be said that both sides' plans were successful.

  Although the First Demon Legion paid a considerable price, it managed to delay the Parliament City. Meanwhile, the Second Legion, which arrived in time, only needed to seize the opportunity to bite into the tail of the retreating Allied Forces of the Parliament City and gain an advantage.

  The Allied Forces of the Parliament, although they did not completely annihilate this demon legion at the end, can also be said to have caused heavy damage. In a short period of time, this legion will not be able to participate in the war. Now they only need to leave the battlefield and return to their camp, which is equivalent to winning this battle.

  Let's not discuss whether the second demon legion led by the Carthaginians can bite the tail of the retreating Council City. A dragon's roar in the sky made the retreating coalition forces of the Council City feel a chill in their hearts.

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