The spearman at the rear used the cover of the front row of shields to thrust the five-meter-long spear forward, maintaining a continuous coverage density, and exposed the metal tip in the gap between the shields.
Like the layers of sharp blades surging on the moving thorn bush, they intercept the fish that escape the net and try to approach from the sides and gaps outside the contact line.
There were an extremely large number of orcs, and they maintained a continuous charge under the command of the horn sound, swarming into the front row of the phalanx in a dense formation.
Use your body to hit the seams of the shield, and use weapons to try to pry open the gaps between the shields. Every time you are pierced or knocked back by a spear, new individuals will fill in and continue to advance on the remains of the previous batch.
Their body shapes are divided into different levels. The ones in the front row are the tall orcs with rough armor. They are holding broad-bladed swords and heavy battle axes, and their steps are heavy.
There are some smaller but more mobile individuals in the further formations. They are interspersed between the attacking formations and their movements are more flexible. When they come into contact with the front formation, they often try to detour from the side.
There are also a small number of strong orcs appearing deep in the queue. Their bodies are larger than ordinary orcs, and their armor is thicker.
The width of the shoulders and arms is significantly wider than that of its peers, and the speed of advancement is also faster. It can still maintain the inertia of moving forward after being hit by a spear.
Behind them were several rows of Orc archers holding crossbows, shooting a hail of high-throwing arrows at the center and back rows of the phalanx from a relatively long distance.
Although it did not cause many casualties, it disrupted the rhythm of some of the spearmen in the back row.
The Demon Dragon Legion in the sky is swooping down at a constant frequency.
One after another, the dragons dived from different heights towards the depths of the orc formation, spitting out a Dragonfire at a height close to the ground, and then immediately pulled up the height and returned to the air, forming a continuous cycle of suppression.
When Dragonfire lands in areas with dense orc queues, it will leave a trail of continuous burning on the ground.
Although those orcs have certain organizational skills and tactical coordination, when faced with a large area of flames, they cannot quickly adjust their formation to avoid it like the human army can.
Although the coverage of most Dragonfire is mainly limited to the depth area of the dense formation, rather than the front contact line, it did not cause accidental damage to the front square array.
However, the orc reserves who were waiting in the rear were weakened and divided piece by piece under the continuous attacks of Dragonfire.
As a result, they were unable to replenish troops to the front as smoothly as they did initially, and the rhythm of the charge changed from a continuous push to a burst of shock waves, with sufficient numbers to be regrouped every once in a while.
The figure of Ehm maintains an independent flight path among those Demon Dragon.
Its body is larger than the ordinary Demon Dragon, and the height and duration of each dive are also longer. When the dark red light beam is ejected from its mouth, it will drag out a scorch mark several meters wide in the orc array.
It is difficult for the strong orcs to maintain their position under its attack. Individuals hit directly will be carbonized the moment the light beam touches them, leaving only a small dark mark on the ground.
The flight path of Ehm gradually stabilized after several rounds of dives, and an oval coverage area was drawn with the front of the camp as the center, dispersing the orc troops trying to regroup from the flanks one by one before forming a reorganization.
King Ghidorah did not participate in the elimination of the orcs. It has maintained a position closer to the front of the camp from just now, with its three heads turning alternately in different directions.
At the edge of the battle line that was repeatedly illuminated by the fire, his eyes were fixed on the deeper dark area behind the orcs. There was something hidden in it that he was paying attention to.
Redd noticed the change in King Ghidorah's posture.
He did not interrupt its vigilance, but continued to maintain his current position, paying attention to the overall rhythm of the front's advancement and flame coverage, and confirming that no abnormality occurred.
Although the number of orcs is large, their advancing rhythm has been repeatedly interrupted by the air suppression of the Demon Dragon group and the forward contact of the spear phalanx, making it impossible to form a sustained squeeze.
They need to reorganize after being defeated in the charge, and then charge again after reorganization, and then be defeated again. Each cycle will leave a new layer of debris in front of the phalanx, and the subsequent queues are gradually getting thinner.
After several rounds of clearing up the battlefield ahead, the situation has begun to shift towards a slow and irreversible shift from the initial frontal impact.
Redd noticed that the horn sound in the rear was becoming sparse, no longer as stable as it was at first, and began to have irregular intervals and intensity changes.
He turned to the direction of Ehm, mentally estimated its flight endurance, and then looked at Douglas, indicating that he should continue to advance, but the pursuit of the remaining orcs should not be too long.
Although the crossfire between the spear phalanx and Demon Dragon formed a forward suppression, the security behind and on both sides of the camp still needed to be maintained, and it was impossible to lock down all possible detour routes at the same time during a large-scale advance.
Although the orcs are constantly retreating, they are not disintegrating, but are consciously distancing themselves.
Redd's eyes moved back and forth between their retreating direction and the fading horn sounds, and then issued a brief mental command to King Ghidorah, telling it to keep a high level of attention and not to be lured too far away from the camp by the retreating orcs.
Because the deep roar deep underground sounded again, and the sound traveled through the strata, bypassing rock formations and faults,
When it reaches the surface, it has deformed into a low-frequency resonance that is difficult to locate, like a stone door that is too thick to be pushed and is slowly opened with a gap.
This time, the ground began to really crack.
the Rift on the surface extends along the area to the left of the orcs' retreat direction, forming a fault zone that runs hundreds of meters in length.
In the middle area of the fault zone, the ground arches upward, forming a higher and higher ridge, and broken soil and rocks slide from the top to both sides.
The bulge continued to rise until the entire ridge line was completely raised in front of the formation, and the soil layer at the top was pushed away from below, revealing a wide, circular breach.
A creature that was too huge to be normal rose from the breach with its head. Its overall shape was obviously similar to Sandworm-the trunk was in the shape of a long strip, and the skin surface was covered with a rough dark skin that became smooth after repeated friction.
The thickness and texture are far greater than the skin of Sandworm - but its head is not round like Sandworm, with a mouthpart full of slender fangs, but more like some kind of mutated snake-shaped head.
It is flat and wide, with a long and narrow dark depression in the eye sockets on both sides. There are no obvious eyeballs, but there are continuous opening and closing movements.