What did you do with the dice?

I'm going to say, what the hell is this? This is a word game, right? Hamlet Shield, you get out of my family tree right now! Or move to my son's generation.

Garces frowned, and flames appeared on his claws, gradually repairing the wounds caused by the holy light.

He took advantage of the time when Rusalka was standing still and "regenerating" to fly back into the air and grab the scruff of the necks of Leah and Lipa, who had transformed back into human form.

He glanced at Leah, whose body was in tatters and whose leg was still bleeding. She looked in a state of disarray, and at his own charred claw, and snorted, "Such domineering Light God power is quite interesting. It would be a pity to kill you here. How about this, I heard that you humans are more powerful when you gather together. Anyway, I know you also want to take over that iron house. I will take these two good-for-nothings with me and wait in there for you to challenge me with all your strength!"

He squeezed the back of the necks of the two dragon girls in his hands. The immense force caused a crackling sound of metal squeezing between his claws and the dragon scales on their skin. The sharp claws even scratched their necks, leaving bloody marks.

But in front of Garces in this state, the two Thunder Dragons and Dragon Girls who had been so arrogant before were now trembling with fear, not daring to have the slightest thought of resisting his brutality.

"I hope you won't die too quickly. I've finally made it all the way from that prison-like island to the mainland. If you can please me a little during the upcoming battle, maybe I'll let the other humans go."

After Garces finished speaking, he took a deep breath, randomly picked a scorched area of ​​the melee below, and breathed out a raging fire, growling, "brennen (burn)."

Seeing the blood-thirsty soldiers suddenly facing death, and then wailing and rolling in the red flames that ruthlessly devoured their vitality, this hellish scene satisfied his desire to show off his strength and use violence. He grabbed the two silver-haired thunder dragons by the scruff of the neck with satisfaction, turned around and flew back to the top of the slope with a big laugh.

He left only flames and his arrogant laughter on the battlefield.

Since Rusalka had just been resurrected, it would take ten seconds for it to move. I could only watch it fly away before I could move my body.

It was too late to catch up now. How could two legs fly as fast as two wings? I could only raise my arm and give him the finger.

Rusalka: Just wait, within three days I will rush over and scatter your entire family's ashes to the wind.

【warn......】

Uh, where is Nifeng Yang?

【warn......】

Rusalka: I give in. Can I keep his ashes?

Okay, fine.

Chapter 236: Battle for the Calbes Stronghold (10)

After letting the opponent run away, Rusalka couldn't help but feel a little frustrated: (Brother, I was careless just now. This dragon is probably called "Abyssal Beast", which can grab the little mermaid from the graveyard. It's quite powerful. But I can say that I defeated the dragon in the first round. Three dice were broken, and the opponent's two dragon maids should be seriously damaged, so I have a small advantage. How are you doing?)

Sanitieta and Rusalka have been friends for so long, so he definitely wouldn't believe Rusalka's nonsense: (Are you sure you're really that disabled?)

Rusalka frankly admitted that she had just been bragging: (At least that sister was really big, and she was really disabled, which together means "very disabled.")

But before being scolded by Sanita, Rusalka quickly returned to her normal state and reported: (I've already exhausted my ring slots. The damage caused by the Holy Slash to that sister will remain for a while. No matter how strong the dragon race's recovery ability is, it can't be faster than our eight-hour long rest to restore it.)

Sanitta thought about it and felt that if he could take a long rest, this battle with Rusalka would indeed sound like a small profit. After all, Rusalka now had a total of 24 life dice. He could recover one life dice at a time by taking a long rest, and it would be a sure win to break two dice and exchange blood with the opponent's strongest trump card.

However, this ace's control and lethality over the battlefield are too strong. It is just like the tanks in World War I and the planes in World War II. It is almost a dimensionality reduction attack on the army soldiers. Only Rusalka, a humanoid armor-piercing bullet, can cause such considerable damage to them who are wearing dragon scales, a natural and fully resistant leather armor.

Sanita looked at the fire, which had been reduced to a war zone of flames and charcoal by the dragon's breath, and at the soldiers struggling in the flames, still breathing but obviously beyond saving, and replied leisurely: (As for me, if we put aside the last blow, everything is probably going according to plan. It killed over two hundred people in one breath, at least half of them were our people. Fortunately, the dragon's breath did not distinguish between friend and foe, and it only sprayed the light cavalry, which was not very useful in sieges, so the losses were not great.)

What? More than a hundred of his men were killed by this evil beast again?

Rusalka's murderous intent leaped up: (No, I won't rest. I'm going to rush in and kill him now! To avenge my town and my men.)

Sanita: (No rush. Revenge is inevitable. Right now, you have a more important task. See that small bush area to your right? There's a lot of enemy weapons and infantry hiding there. Before I completely repel the cavalry, you and Hydra will go directly over and attack them. Try to attract their attention as much as possible and cause even greater chaos.)

Rusalka had previously said that she would guarantee a perfect execution. After hearing what her brother said, she immediately said to Hydra beside her, "Sister-in-law, do you see that small bush area in the front right?"

Hydra understood Rusalka's intention and replied, "Tsk, I'll drive away those soldiers. You can take this opportunity to dismantle the war equipment. You're immortal, right? If possible, try to kill as little as possible."

Rusalka was stunned by what she said: "Sister, this is a time of war. If we don't kill, the hatred will never end."

Hydra: "There are always many sinners in this world awaiting judgment, like those elves who chose to stand by and watch the evil war, intending to bring disaster, the beasts of the Aiel Empire, and the believers of the Goddess of Wealth. But there are also many innocent races, such as humans. I have seen too many short-lived humans in Esdi, and many of them were forced to fight on the battlefield. Let them go if you can."

Rusalka felt that Hydra was a bit racist, and she felt sorry for her ears and tail, as she was influenced by Esdi's Paladin culture.

But when I think about the fact that I am a human being and not subject to her discrimination, it feels good.

However, Hydra soon demonstrated with her actions how she could achieve the idealized outcome of "dispersing the enemy." She spread her sacred golden wings and flew into the air, then shouted to the trembling humans below, "In the name of the god Light, I command you to retreat!"

"She is a messenger of God..."

"Heavenly punishment is coming, run!"

Many soldiers who had no knowledge of theology, faced with such a sacred Hydra and the wings behind her, almost immediately believed her words. Aside from those soldiers who knelt down and begged for mercy, many people began to waver. Even though they still held their weapons, they could not help but follow the crowd and retreat, trying to stay as far away from Hydra as possible.

Rusalka was really puzzled. No, this is also possible? Seeing the glowing wings costume, she thought that the player was a krypton gold player and invested directly?

It's okay. He didn't hesitate and rushed towards the opponent's equipment. He chopped the mechanical arm of a catapult with a sword. Then, when he was about to chop down several soldiers who were hesitantly raising their weapons towards him, a white thing suddenly flew over.

Rusalka subconsciously swung her sword to smash the thing, but found that it was a glove.

Immediately, a loud shout came from the direction the glove had flown from: "Great Knight Rusalka of Pearl Tears, I, Mir, as a knight of the kingdom, challenge you to a fair knightly duel!"

No, buddy, are you as idealistic as the black cat? You treat war like a game, challenging me to a knightly duel in a place like this. Do you think I, Rusalka, would be stupid enough to accept your challenge?

Sani Tieta: (Tsk, the other side also has experts. This is a conspiracy to delay you so that the infantry can take the opportunity to bypass you and attack us. You can't refuse him.)

Rusalka disagreed and decided to teach him a lesson, to teach this hothouse flower what society is: (Why? Why should I care? Refusing a knight's invitation to a duel only costs five gold coins, I remember. I have them on me, so I'll give them to him.)

Sanitta: (That's the compensation rule for non-knights when they encounter a duel, but you're different. You're the kingdom's Grand Knight, a legitimate Grand Knight with a great reputation. You're the beneficiary of the rules. How can you undermine your own position? Unless someone else interferes with your duel, attempts a sneak attack, or something like that, otherwise, you can't refuse such a duel because of your honor and reputation.)

Rusalka never expected that the backward knight system that she used so smoothly in the past would now become a shackle that restricted her. The blood of the Snidi people is either that of mages or knights, and what they value most is the honor of being a knight.

Because of this, even in this precarious time for the kingdom, even among mortal enemies, everyone still abides by the basic laws of nobility and chivalry, and in name only, their fights are almost all above board.

And Rusalka was able to quickly win the hearts of the people after conquering the city and did not cause resistance. A big part of the reason was that everyone recognized his honor as a great knight and his morality as a paladin. This can be seen from the fact that many people privately called him "the Great Knight of Pearl Tears".

So the opponent's commander is also very smart. He knows that he has no hope of winning against Rusalka. In this case, he lets those guys who hold the honor of a knight to hold Rusalka back in this way. In this way, it is equivalent to restricting one of the opponent's trump cards alone, which is beneficial to the battle situation in any way.

Of course, Rusalka was unwilling to accept this and said, "What good would it be if I won a duel with you?"

The young knight, Mir, took out a knight's medal he carried with him and shouted, "Great Knight Pearl Tear, this is a life-and-death duel with my honor at stake! If you win, you can have everything, including my life! I have a house in Hebrew Town. With my head and medal, you can inherit all my inheritance."

The other party seemed to be determined to die, and he didn't even ask whether Rusalka would be willing to give him everything if he won. This shows that he knew very well that he was no match for Rusalka.

This respectable and loyal knight really made Rusalka angry: I am the Lord of Pearl Tears, who owns a vast territory on the eastern border of the kingdom, and I would be interested in your house and property?

The soldiers around seemed to realize that this place was about to become a sacred duel arena. Even those soldiers who raised their crossbows and aimed at Rusalka, who seemed to have made up their minds to die, put down their weapons and retreated a long distance, leaving enough space for Rusalka and Mir to duel.

This made Rusalka, who was hoping that they would shoot her with an arrow and give her a reason to refuse, curse inwardly. The Hydra in the sky did not seem to want to intervene, but just fired beams in the air, destroying those machines and the fighting will in the hearts of the soldiers one by one.

"I, the Great Knight of Pearl Tears, Rusalka, accept your invitation to a duel!" Rusalka spat, then drew his sword and rushed towards the opponent. Finally, he couldn't hold back and cursed: "Let's make this a quick fight, damn it!"

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For the defenders of the Kalbes stronghold, the situation on the slope was extremely bad.

First, the sentry was killed directly by the enemy's sharpshooter, resulting in no information about the enemy distance of more than 300 meters being transmitted back, and the enemy's military deployment was unknown.

Immediately afterwards, the leading cavalry vanguard was attacked by a friendly dragon and was forced to split the battlefield. This not only resulted in the failure to seize the strategic point in time, but also caught off guard by the opponent's lavish blade chariot charge and cavalry counter-charge, and almost the entire army was wiped out.

Moreover, no one knew what kind of strange magic was cast on those blade cars. After they rushed up, they actually stopped in place instead of sliding down. This was totally contrary to common sense.

In this way, the cavalry battle was equivalent to a great defeat. Not to mention going down the slope, they even lost half of the slope. It was not a solution if they did not defend the camp in case of being bombed. Girard really wanted to withdraw his troops and close the city, and learn from General Gao Hong of Chaudhry City to be a coward.

After all, climbing a slope is difficult, and occupying a slope is even more difficult. Throwing garbage down from the Kalbes stronghold will cause much greater damage to the attacker than on normal plain terrain.

But Gerald now understood why the family valued mages so much and would rather send an elite warrior like him to guard this small stronghold than bring those mages who seemed to only know how to read books and enjoy themselves and had no idea about war to Alice City.

Although he still felt that ordinary mages were useless, such as the trash-minded blue-robed loser beside him, the opposite Sani Iron Tower really taught him a lesson: the role of a powerful mage, or the role of high-level magic, was too great for a war.

He can use magic to attack you regardless of the terrain, and can also use magic to strengthen weapons to a level beyond common sense (he thought the blade car was also the work of Sanita), and you can only be killed again and again by the information gap brought by magic, but you can't do anything about him.

The worst thing is that these three dragons don't obey orders, otherwise Girard feels that he should win for sure.

Fortunately, these dragons did some work. They attacked Rusalka's state and sprayed away a lot of enemy cavalry with flames, hindering their attack speed and giving their own infantry enough time to deploy their formation.

Moreover, the most gratifying thing now is that even though the battle has reached this point, the opponent has not fired that terrifying beam of light towards us again.

The opponent couldn't be as arrogant as those stupid dragons and deliberately not use this killer move. This meant that the great wizard was not omnipotent and he was also limited in the number of spells he could cast. Perhaps for the entire day, or even in the best case, he would not be able to use that move to attack his camp from a long distance for a period of time.

He was completely wrong. The reason why the Sani Tower did not fire was not because it could not open the portal, but because it did not want to waste the sixth ring.

After all, for Sanita, the biggest threat from the opponent must be the three dragons, and he doesn't know whether these dragons are "disobedient", so he is not sure whether the opponent will send dragons to attack back, so he can only hold the ring position and be cautious.

But that's how war is. Without an omniscient God's perspective, everyone can only seek opportunities for victory in mutual games where they cannot achieve 100% offensive efficiency.

"Lord Gerald, our remaining cavalry has begun to retreat. The infantry can now maneuver their weapons downwards, and the archers can fire freely. We cannot be stingy with consumables in this battle. If we can repel the enemy's offensive, seize the lower slope, and push our weapons to a position where we can strike the enemy camp, we'll be considered successful if we can demolish that threatening platform."

Gerald nodded. "I understand. Pass the order. Have the ranged troops attack with all their might. Also, find two more knights to hold back Rusalka, who's deep within our position. Those dragons just now already consumed him for a round. Now we'll use a rotational attack to deal with him. If we can capture him alive, we can declare victory in this battle."

As his orders were issued, the troops going up the hill finally began to use long-range attack methods extensively. Countless arrows and falling rocks flew down the hill, finally posing a huge threat and causing casualties to Rusalka's army.

The battle to capture the slope entered its second stage.

Chapter 237: Battle for the Calbes Stronghold (11)

If Sani Iron Tower had actually come according to the plan at this time and intended to launch a first exploratory feint attack, he could actually have ordered the cavalry to withdraw and the entire army to retreat.

If everything goes well, then judging from the results, they have devoured the enemy's light cavalry and wasted a large amount of the enemy's city defense consumables. Even if they abandon the camp and retreat to Chaudhry City for rest, it will be considered a great victory in strategic terms.

According to the best combat strategy, Sani Tieta only needed to let his light cavalry cut off the enemy's rear supply line, just like the Wei army dealt with Ma Su, and make them isolated on the slope. Naturally, they would not be able to defend Kalbes to the death, and could only be forced to retreat or give up the geographical advantage and give it a try before the supply ran out.

Rusalka took over the Kalbes stronghold with ease without suffering any serious damage.

But this also has a disadvantage, that is, without knowing how much supplies are in the enemy's stronghold, the Pearl Tear Army can only die endlessly until the day they can no longer hold on.

Obviously, Sanitieta did not intend to wait forever. Under normal circumstances, he would definitely choose to wait slowly, but now he, like Rusalka, also wanted to take over this place in one go - he wanted to get the key to Alice City as soon as possible, which sounded very important for returning home. He would never allow himself to miss the best opportunity to cooperate with Rusalka to obtain the key in the melee in Alice City because of delays.

Once the war in Alice City is over, the situation in Sinidi will soon become clear. No matter who gets the key, it will be exponentially more difficult to snatch it away in public.

Especially Theresa. Now that they knew her identity, how could they still think she would be willing to give it to them? It would be safer to grab it themselves, and then find a way to have Rusalka quietly eliminate her.

Seeing his troops stuck halfway up the slope by this saturation barrage, unable to advance, Sanita immediately followed the plan and advanced his deployment to the second stage: "Send the word out, have the 5th Regiment (Light Cavalry) and the 117th Battalion (Ordnance Battalion) withdraw across the board. The 7th Regiment (Heavy Infantry) form up and advance! Push forward! The 8th, 9th, and 10th Regiments will follow. We must wipe out the troops on the opposite slope today!"

The retreat horn sounded, and the light cavalry in the front row immediately reined in their horses and turned back in an orderly manner after receiving the withdrawal order. The heavy armored infantry in the back row slowly arrived and slowly took the lead.

Because the tower shield was too heavy, and climbing a mountain was never a light burden, it was unlikely that ordinary infantry would have the strength to fight after carrying a lump of iron weighing nearly 100 kilograms from the slope to the top. Therefore, the Sani Iron Tower assembled the large tower shield on the crossbow cart as a baffle, and groups of ten heavy infantrymen slowly pushed the cart up the slope, and the medium-armored infantry in the rear were ready to take over at any time.

Ordinary arrows would be deflected when hitting the tower shield. All you could hear was the solid shield in front of you that blocked your vision, making a series of tinkling sounds, like a cowhide umbrella held up during hail, which gave you a sense of security.

However, soon, large city defense props such as rolling logs and stone ramparts began to be thrown down from the uphill slope. The huge impact force overturned several shield-converted crossbow carts, forcing the soldiers to raise their own round shields and seek cover behind the surrounding friendly vehicles.

If this continued, there would be more and more soldiers left unprotected. Sanita could only urge Rusalka: (How long will it take for you to defeat them?)

At this moment, Rusalka was indeed attacking the enemy with all his strength. He no longer cared about the Holy Healing Pool that he had hidden before. He filled himself up with it and activated the awakening aura.

A single blow from the Holy Slash shattered the opponent's shield and broke Mil's arm. The overwhelming pain made this man, who was not afraid of death, gasp for breath.

Another sword strike directly hit the opponent's defensive long sword, and hit the abdomen protected by heavy armor, making him vomit lunch and blood. He could no longer stand and fell to his knees on the ground.

Mir's arms trembled violently and hung at his sides. That was the price he paid for withstanding Rusalka's full-strength attacks twice.

At this moment, he couldn't even hold his weapon. Even raising his arm was extremely difficult. Seeing Rusalka holding up the greatsword and walking towards him, he murmured very frankly: "Sure enough, this is the gap between me and the Great Knight. Kill me. Although I can't defeat you, the Oaks family will definitely win!"

However, Rusalka still had a little respect for this simple fool, and he also had his own little thoughts, so he said: "What do you mean by killing you? Go and be a prisoner in my camp!"

"Haha, Great Knight Pearl Tears, give up. I would rather die than live in humiliation."

Rusalka waved her hand. "No, you just risked everything, including your life, in the knightly duel. Now that you admit I've won, does that give me the right to decide your life and death, as well as your actions? I'm ordering you to be my prisoner. Do you think you're going to renege?"

After he finished speaking, he shouted at the knights who came over with gloves in hand, trying to play rogue, "You knights of the Oaks family don't recognize the result of the duel, playing rogue, right? Very good, you are insulting my honor as the Grand Knight of Pearl Tears, and even more so, you are insulting the sacred act of knightly duels. I want..."

The knights around him took a few steps back in horror, and Mir also realized that what Rusalka said seemed to be in line with the rules of the duel, that is, the gap in strength was too big, and he admitted defeat too easily, which turned into a life-and-death duel in which he could win without being killed.

Mir immediately gritted his teeth and interrupted Rusalka: "Okay, I will obey your orders."

After saying that, he really staggered down the slope, but this humiliation was more than he could bear. He walked very slowly, deliberately expecting to be shot to death by Rusalka's army or his own people on the road. Dying on the battlefield was more glorious than volunteering to be a prisoner.

It was a pity that the people around him, including Hydra, actually respected the honor of a knight. They all subconsciously made way for him. Hydra even used holy light in the air to help him block a few unknown stray arrows.

Rusalka was speechless. He had just been looking for an excuse to humiliate his opponent and break this vicious cycle of dueling, but he hadn't expected his opponent to actually tolerate this: (What the hell, this is even possible? It reminds me of that meme where someone with a whip says "Bitch, torture yourself," and then he says "Yes, Master." Oh my god, man, another white glove is flying towards me. I'm at my wit's end.)

Sanita: (How long will it take you to eliminate all of them? Their catapults have caused quite a bit of damage to us.)

Rusalka glanced at the sudden surge of vegetation over there, knocking a catapult flying. He knew that Shana was destroying it from behind, but the effect was not ideal. It was definitely not as satisfying as his one-on-one attack. He was also anxious: "Come one by one is simply seeking death, come together."

However, the other party was determined to delay him. It could be seen from the fact that Mir was fighting and retreating from the beginning to the end, defending but not attacking, that Rusalka's simple method of provoking him would obviously not work.

Faced with this disgusting situation, which felt like being dragged into the mud, Rusalka's little brain suddenly had an idea: (Hey, I suddenly have a good idea. The enemy is a little ahead of me. You should move your troops towards me later.)

After saying this, he immediately accepted the challenge of the next knight, then rushed forward quickly and swung his sword.

It was obvious that the opponent was well prepared and didn't even think about counterattacking. He decisively raised his shield to block and act like a turtle shell.

Rusalka chuckled, threw away the sword in his hand, grabbed the shield that the opponent was holding tightly, and then picked up the clam shell shield to smash the opponent's side.

The armor and the shield collided violently. The shockwave made the opponent's head a little dizzy. He quickly used his Qi to try to shake Rusalka away. However, Rusalka was not pushed away. Instead, he grabbed the opponent's arm, pulled him directly in front of him, and suddenly grabbed his neck and lifted him off the ground.

The battle was fought relatively quickly, but the opponent was covered in heavy armor and protected by Qi. Rusalka obviously could not crush his throat with his bare hands. However, the opponent's attacks were immune to the same kind of attacks because he had Hamlet's shield. Rusalka seemed invulnerable to swords and guns, so it was no problem for him. He just picked up the opponent like this, turned around, and started running towards the friendly forces.

"Hahhhhh!" Rusalka was screaming loudly while running, as if she was pushing him hard in the direction of her own army.