Once the imperial army entered the ruins of Derrin, the fighting became a bloody, close-quarters affair. Both sides used the ruins to launch one desperate attack after another. The imperial army relied on its overwhelming firepower to try to wipe out Cront's Beastmen from a distance.
The Beastmen, meanwhile, did everything they could to close the gap. After all, once they charged into the imperial ranks and engaged in close combat, most soldiers were no match for them.
More importantly, the soldiers had little in the way of melee weapons.
At that point, there was little Li Wei could do to help. He could only tell the others where the Beastmen were advancing and how fast, then provide some long-range attacks and covering fire. Once the enemy charged into the troops, however, his hands were tied.
He could hardly shell his own army.
Fortunately, street fighting was always difficult, and the soldiers had prepared themselves for it. Despite taking considerable casualties, their morale remained fairly strong.
Of course, the Empire did have a way to counter these tactics: reconnaissance. Once they located the enormous Beast Generals, they made them priority targets for concentrated fire, or called in aerial or rear-line support to kill them.
Once a Beast General died, even the Beastmen slaughtering their way through the positions would become dazed, allowing the soldiers to finish them off. General Haig had also asked whether they could win those Beastmen over and have Tini control them. Tini said she could not. Her will was now completely blocked by the Great Being, and the other Beastmen and Beast Generals could not sense it at all. As a Beast General, however, Tini still had one very useful ability: her keen sense of smell allowed her to locate other Beast Generals. Even if they