Blood Valor

The next moment, a tide of steel and flesh crashed together with a thunderous roar!

"Boom!!!"

It was not the sound of a single impact, but the dull, terrifying thunder of hundreds or thousands of weapons, armors, shields, and bodies colliding violently in an instant!

Roderick felt an immense force surge through his spear shaft, numbing the web between his thumb and forefinger! His spear had pierced a Sauron soldier's chest, but the rough Iron-reinforced Leather Armor and solid muscle had stopped it from penetrating any deeper!

The Sauron soldier let out a beastlike roar. Enduring the agony, he grabbed Roderick's spear shaft with one hand while raising the Battle Axe in his other hand, preparing to hack down along the shaft!

"Hold it down! Rear ranks, push!" Roderick braced himself against the spear, digging both feet into the ground as he shouted. His companions behind him immediately pressed their shoulders against his back, transferring their strength forward!

At that moment, personal valor and exquisite techniques had both lost their meaning.

The soldiers on both sides were like two broken dams unleashing floods. Those at the very front were pinned in place by the surging masses behind them, crushed together in a mob. The only thing they could do was pour all their strength into thrusting and shoving their spears forward—or wildly hacking through the gaps with Battle Axes and curved blades!

The battlefield instantly became a gigantic, noisy, bloody meat grinder!

The sounds of bones breaking, blades sinking into flesh, the dying wails of the wounded, frenzied cries, officers' roars, and clashing weapons all blended together into a cacophony of countless noises...

Every second, someone fell. Blood quickly soaked the earth beneath their feet, turning it into foul mud, while the air filled with a thick, nauseating stench of