Indoor Close-Quarters Combat
"Boom!!!"
With a deafening crash and the piercing noise of wood shattering, the heavy spruce doors of the Lord's Hall, under the relentless pounding of the small battering rams brought by the Sauron, finally succumbed to the pressure, breaking in half and collapsing inwards! Splinters of wood and twisted iron bars flew everywhere!
The moment the door burst open, Karl, whose nerves had been stretched to the limit behind it, roared with all his might without hesitation, "Charge out!"
There was no hesitation, no fear, not even time to think!
The remaining soldiers of the defending army, who had long since disregarded life and death, roared like springs compressed to their limit. Following their Lord, they charged out like a flood bursting its banks, fearlessly facing the blinding firelight and the dense swarms of enemies outside the gate!
This sudden and desperate counterattack greatly surprised the Sauron soldier outside the gate!
They originally thought that after breaking through the gate, they would be facing the remaining enemy who were hiding inside and putting up a stubborn resistance. However, they never expected that the other side would dare to take the initiative to fight out!
The few Sauron Plate Armor Knight and heavy infantry at the forefront were caught off guard and instantly overwhelmed by the violent shockwave!
"Die!" Brendan, charging at the forefront, his eyes bloodshot, wielded his long axe with unstoppable momentum, slashing fiercely at a Sauron knight who had just sheathed his battering hammer and hadn't even had time to raise his shield!
The knight only had time to turn his head before the long axe struck heavily at the joint of his shoulder armor! The sturdy plate armor blocked the blade, but the enormous impact still sent him staggering backward, knocking down his companion behind him!
Karl followed closely behind, his longsword darting out like a venomous snake, precisely piercing through a gap in a shield and striking the unprotected throat of a Sauron spearman! Warm blood splattered onto his visor!
The defenders' desperate counterattack had a miraculous effect at the narrow doorway! In an instant, the vanguard of the Sauron troops outside the door were thrown into chaos, with seven or eight men cut down, and for a time, the enemy's momentum was suppressed!
However, the Sauron were battle-hardened elites, and the initial chaos lasted only a few breaths!
"Hold on! They're almost all gone! Surround them! Kill them all!" a Sauron Army roared hoarsely, stabilizing the situation.
The Sauron soldier, realizing what was happening, roared in fury. With their overwhelming numbers, they surged forward from all directions like a tidal wave, trapping the defenders who had rushed out of the gate in the narrow area at the entrance! The soldiers behind them pressed forward frantically, trying to push the defenders back into the hall or crush them at the entrance!
In an instant, the breach in the city gate became the center of a bloodbath! The most elite and best-equipped heavily armored soldiers from both sides engaged in the most primitive and brutal close-quarters combat!
The space was so cramped! It was almost to the point where people were pressed against each other and armor was bumping into each other!
Longswords, Battle Axe, maces, and other similar weapons are difficult to use for wide, sweeping attacks; instead, one can thrust and stab forward through gaps in the crowd!
Both sides' soldiers wore heavy plate armor or chainmail, making it difficult for ordinary slashes to inflict fatal wounds. The battle turned into a pure duel of strength and a deadly strike aimed at finding gaps in the armor!
Karl felt as if he had been caught in a vortex of steel and flesh! He was surrounded by people all around him, and his ears were filled with the roar of clashing metal, the frantic shouts of soldiers, and the dying groans!
He gripped the longsword tightly with both hands, needing no aim, relying solely on instinct to desperately thrust forward through the gap between the shield and his body! He could feel the resistance of the sword tip striking objects from time to time, and the sensation of warm blood splattering onto his arms, but he had no time to see who he had actually killed.
"Clang! Clang! Snap!"
Heavy chopping and scraping sounds kept coming from his helmet, making his head buzz! Several times, the cold tips of spears or swords even slammed into his visor, producing a teeth-grinding scraping sound and sending sparks flying!
Fortunately, the Schmidt Family's ancestral plate armor he was wearing had an astonishing defensive capability, perfectly protecting his vitals and deflecting most of the attacks.
However, the enormous impact still caused his blood to surge and many joints to ache.
Brendan, Richter, and others around him were the same, holding the line like rocks, using their bodies and weapons to form the last line of defense.
The Sauron were equally ferocious. They roared and pressed forward, ramming with their shields and smashing with their Battle Axe. Soldiers fell one after another due to exhaustion or broken armor, but immediately others with red eyes rushed forward to take their place!
Right there in the narrow breach in the city gate, barely a few meters wide, the two sides were engaged in a brutal war of attrition, risking their lives and sheer willpower! Corpses piled up rapidly, and the slippery blood soaked the ground, making it difficult to even stand, but neither dared to retreat even a single step!
If the defending forces retreat, it will be annihilation; if the Sauron retreat, it will mean all their efforts will be in vain!
Despite the astonishing courage and determination displayed by the Carnford defenders, the gap in strength ultimately proved insurmountable.
With their overwhelming numerical superiority, the Sauron surged like relentless waves, relentlessly assaulting the defenders' crumbling lines.
One by one, the defending soldiers fell, the gap widened, and finally, the defensive line collapsed completely!
"Charge in! Capture Karl alive!" The Sauron soldier roared in victory, and like a flood breaking through a dam, they finally broke through the barrier at the entrance and surged into the Lord's Hall!
The final, and most chaotic and bloody, indoor melee erupted instantly!
The once solemn and spacious Lord's Hall has now been transformed into a battlefield of carnage.
The clanging of swords, the screams of the dying, the roars of anger, and the clatter of furniture being smashed mingled together, creating a deafening cacophony.
Soldiers from both sides were crammed into a confined space, hacking and slashing each other wildly, blood splattering everywhere, staining the walls, carpets, and broken furniture red.