When the Terror Beast charged, John also roared from behind the line.
"Fighters of Croland, take courage, we have repelled three enemy attacks! They are getting more and more panicked because our reinforcements are getting closer and closer."
"Let go!" Following the order of the frontline commander, the magic crystal gun shooter in the front row quickly pulled the trigger. Then he picked up the second gun handed to him by his comrade and pulled the trigger again. After firing the third bullet, the shooter quickly retreated back.
Because the Terror Beast's charge is much faster than that of the Highlander, there is only a gap of three shots.
As soon as the archers retreated, heavy armored infantry armed with large shields and spears behind the fortifications collided with the horror beasts.
The Terror Beast is very powerful, and the spikes on its back are also very tricky. After hitting a person, the spikes will quickly penetrate into the gaps in the plate armor and kill the soldier.
John had anticipated this early. The town was very small and could only accommodate a line of 3,000 people, but John invested 6,000 heavy infantry just to block the charge of this monster.
Indeed, in a short period of time, the brave heavy infantrymen used their bodies, steel and their own lives to do it. They delayed the horror beast in a short period of time.
But how can the fear beasts be so easy to stop? They can even trample on their companions who were injured by the magic crystal gun, and turn a blind eye to the companions who were blown up by the magic crystal cannon.
The Terror Beasts in the back row collided with the Terror Beasts in the front row, and some Terror Beasts even used the bodies of nearby companions to jump into the crowd of heavy infantry. Although it would soon be killed by spears thrust from all directions, more and more of these Terror Beasts still shook the line of the hoplites.
Magic crystal bombs played a key role at this time. The Crowlanders had already created magic crystal bombs similar to grenades. In an instant, countless magic crystal grenades, under the operation of Master Psionics, flew across the crowded battlefield and landed accurately among the fear beasts.
The blue explosions one after another blew up the flesh and blood of the horror beasts. Of course, many explosions also killed the infantry. The mages were not so skilled in using the power of hand mines.
Seeing the huge effect of the grenades, the magic crystal gun shooters on several arrow towers that had been repaired in the past five days also began to pour out firepower. Although one or two projectiles could not kill the horror beast.
But the Crowlanders have no shortage of magic crystal guns at all. The shooter can exchange one shot for another and shoot every three seconds. Even the Terror Beast cannot resist this kind of firepower.
The Terror Beasts were still charging and attacking ferociously, but their casualties were increasing.
All this was seen by Elena. She never expected that the Crowlanders, who had never been brave, could be so tenacious in order to survive. She didn't care about the loss of the Highlanders, but she felt very sorry for the loss of the Terror Beast.
Before the terror beast could completely open the breach, Elena and the Psionics mage beside her joined the battle with the main force of the Highlanders.
Elena launched her ultimate move at the beginning, using the association's secret technique. She borrowed all the spiritual power of the mage around her.
The purple Psionics became hot, manic, and unstable. When Psionics was built according to the spell model in Elena's mind, the energy was shot out like a cannonball.
The purple Psionics spell suddenly split into three during flight and shot at three arrow towers respectively. Only one of them was blocked by the Psionics barrier, while the other two successfully destroyed the arrow towers.
New Terror Beasts were sent up to make up for the losses just now, and worked harder to attack the heavy infantry line.
The Highlanders' horse archers began to run and circle around the outside. When the momentum of running reached its maximum, the heavy arrows already mounted on their bows were shot out.
This is a tactic that increases the power of the bow and arrow by running. With the strong strength of the highlanders, the heavy arrows falling from high altitude can even penetrate the not too thick plate armor, and the unarmored personnel will be nailed to the ground and die miserably.
A large number of heavy arrows fell like rain. The Croland defenders had a high armor rate, but they still suffered heavy losses from the heavy arrows.
John immediately ordered the magic crystal cannon to bombard the Highlanders' horse archers. If the horse archers ran, the shells would basically miss them, but in this case, it was a good time to bombard them.
Both warring parties knew that the battle had entered a critical period, and the soldiers and commanders were particularly desperate and persistent.
The highlanders endured the huge casualties from the shelling and still continued to shoot arrows. Elena used up 70% of her mental power. John not only led the high-level Knight to stabilize the front several times, but he was also injured.
After two hours of fierce fighting, it was finally the Crowlanders who could no longer hold on, and the heavy armored infantry defense line was broken through by the Terror Beast.
Elena, who seized the opportunity, immediately ordered the two thousand elite Highlanders to rush in through this opening. Not only were they powerful warriors who had mastered Psionics, they were also heavily armored.
The assault effect was very effective. The Highlanders were indeed natural cavalry. After the fear beasts made way for them, they plunged into the enemy formation like a sharp sword.
Without heavy armor or spears, no one could stop their charge. The elite Highlander cavalry broke through the narrow valley to the edge of the town in one breath.
As a last resort, John could only order those who could retreat to the interior of the town, and use the complex ruins and some crude fortifications to continue resisting. Only these things could withstand the Highlanders' cavalry charge.
After the battle line was opened, the battle situation became favorable to Elena. Her troops were already large in number, and the further the battle line was opened, the greater her advantage.
It seemed that Elena would soon win, but the price she paid and the casualties were not small. The Highlanders suffered close to 10,000 casualties, and the Terror Beasts also lost 8,000.
Fortunately, the battle has opened up, and the rest of the battle can be left to the Highlanders to resolve slowly. There are about 30,000 Crowlanders in the ruins of the town, and they should not be able to survive one night.
Just when Elena was about to change her strategy, withdraw the heavily damaged Terror Beast and let the highlanders fight the life-consuming street battles.
There was a roar and a roar in the silent valley, and many gravels on the mountain were shaken by the roar and rolled down.
The snow-white Behemoth rushed out from the depths of the valley like a speeding train. It grew in size as it charged. When it was about to reach the town, it doubled in size. Then it squatted and jumped up.
It jumped across a small town under the gaze of tens of thousands of people on the battlefield, and fell into a group of horror beasts like a meteorite, trampling hundreds of horror beasts to death in an instant. The impact of Behemoth's landing also stunned thousands of horror beasts around it.
The situation on the battlefield has reversed.
Elena's brain shut down on the spot. Why did Behemoth appear here? Isn't the World of Warcraft Queen Chloe still five days away from here?
Of course Chloe would not answer this question for Elena. In the virtual network, Chloe moved his hands and gave an encirclement command.