Chapter 1351: Growing Ever More Intense (Part 2)
Leo Ray waved his hand slightly and responded, "Breaking through means that both sides will inevitably engage in close combat, and compared to the robust Trolls and Minotaurs who excel in close-quarters combat, Flower Fairies and Dragonborn will undoubtedly be at a disadvantage."
"In other words, if the Flower Fairies and Dragonborn choose to break through, it means abandoning their long-range and terrain advantages, putting themselves in a highly unfavorable situation."
Still gazing intently into the distance, Leo Ray replied, "It is not difficult to see that the Minotaurs and Trolls are using a strategy that harms themselves by eight hundred to kill a thousand enemies, obviously aiming for a life-and-death struggle with the Dragonborn and Flower Fairies."
"Furthermore, if my guess is correct, the former two will certainly employ some means to force one or both of the latter two to choose to break through, thus losing their advantages."
After listening to Leo Ray's analysis, everyone nodded thoughtfully, the expressions on their faces becoming increasingly solemn.
This undoubtedly means that a real melee is about to commence.
Sure enough, once the encirclement was completely formed, the Trolls and Minotaur Grand Army immediately began to advance further, with a large number of Magic Cannons and catapults being brought out one after another.
Under the vast night, Leo Ray keenly noticed that these catapults were all engraved with deep and complex magic patterns, clearly not the usual equipment used by the Human Clan.
At the same time as the Trolls and Minotaurs advanced, the Dragonborn Grand Army, which had reformed its formation on the mountain peak, took advantage of the terrain to strike first. Accompanied by deafening roars, brilliant and dazzling magic cannon fire lit up all at once, roaring towards all directions of the mountain massif.
However, because the strike range was too broad, despite the Dragonborn's impressive offensive, their firepower was clearly too dispersed, far from the devastating concentrated assault on the opponent's cavalry at the beginning, merely falling futilely upon the absolute defense barrier of the Trolls and Minotaurs' encirclement.
Seeing this scene, Leo Ray nodded slightly. It must be said that enclosing an entire mountain with such a dispersed force while still maintaining overall absolute defense barrier coverage, the Trolls and Minotaurs are no pushovers.
While the Dragonborn attacked, the Flower Fairies, who had already reestablished their absolute defense barrier, were not to be outdone, similarly deploying a large number of Magic Cannons to bombard the opponents at the mountain's base.
However, unlike the Dragonborn, the Flower Fairies targeted only one area, instantly dimming the absolute defense barrier above the opponent's head considerably.
Amid the thunderous roar of magic cannon fire, the attacking Troll and Minotaur Grand Army also entered firing range, with dense flashes of verdant stones and bluish-green cannon fire launching simultaneously, roaring towards the high peaks of the mountain massif from all directions, falling upon the absolute defense barriers of the Dragonborn and Flower Fairies, stirring up wave after wave of intense energy waves on the barrier wall.
At this point, both sides entered a phase of mutual bombardment, causing the ground to shake and tremble everywhere, with endless roaring and explosions that even a Tier 5 Powerhouse would be instantly annihilated if they stepped in.
After the initial attempt, the Dragonborn quickly adjusted their strategy, choosing to focus their attack on a specific area like the Flower Fairies.
Thanks to the targeted bombardment by both, combined with the terrain advantage, the absolute defense barrier of the attacking Trolls and Minotaurs began to visibly dim, clearly on the losing side.
After a brief moment of passivity, the dense Trolls and Minotaurs at the mountain's base quickly adopted new measures, with thick gray mist rising from their formations, completely covering both lines and rendering their precise positions invisible.
"Interesting, this way, as long as the Trolls and Minotaurs move part of their formations, the concentrated attacks of the Dragonborn and Flower Fairies from the mountain peak will lose their effect."
Broy's eyes lit up, nodding thoughtfully, "Under the cover of thick fog, the Dragonborn and Flower Fairies find it difficult to discern which area of the enemy is within range, it seems the situation is about to reverse again!"
As expected, as the fog at the mountain's base grew thicker, the Dragonborn and Flower Fairies, losing their targets, were forced to blindly bombard, while the Trolls and Minotaurs' offensive became fiercer, causing the barrier walls of the former two to grow increasingly dim.
Especially for the Flower Fairies, who had built their defense barrier for the second time, under the opponent's fierce concentrated attacks, the flickering barrier wall soon cracked again, looking precarious.
"The Trolls and Minotaurs clearly intend to break through the Flower Fairies first, who had previously suffered significant losses, and with nowhere to escape on the mountain peak, it seems the latter is once again on the verge of crisis."
In Shuert's old eyes was reflected the countless flashes of magic radiance constantly spreading from afar, the earth-shaking momentum causing even the entire Waterfall Watcher Fortress to tremble.
"Since the Dragonborn don't want the Flower Fairies to fail and face both forces alone, they're likely to make a new response soon."
With one hand supporting his chin, Leo Ray carefully scrutinized every detail on the battlefield.
"In the absence of a clear view of the opponent, if one wants to make the enemy slow down their attack, there's only one way, and that is close combat."
Crisis pondered slightly and then suddenly realized, "Your Majesty of the Humans, your analysis was indeed correct, the smoke was a tactic by the Trolls and Minotaurs, it seems the Dragonborn are about to begin their breakout!"
"This is the most reasonable way to break the stalemate, otherwise the Dragonborn's previous efforts would all go to waste."
Leo Ray gently stroked his chin, a look of foresight on his face.
Following Leo Ray's words, sure enough, the Dragonborn Grand Army's cannons turned direction, all concentrating on the foot of the mountain near the Giant Valley, with earth-shaking booms ensuing.
After a round of ferocious volley, the Dragonborn Grand Army started rapidly moving towards the position just covered by their own artillery fire without a second of hesitation.
Seeing the Dragonborn Grand Army surge down from the mountain peak like a steel torrent, although the movements of the Troll and Minotaur Grand Army were not visible, one could distinctly feel that the latter's artillery fire had diminished, clearly deploying a new formation for interception.
With the assistance of the wing membranes borne by all members, due to the extremely fast movement speed of the Dragonborn Grand Army, it was already in close proximity to the opponents at the mountain's base within mere seconds.
Where the Dragonborn Grand Army passed, the dense fog instantly vanished, obviously having used some kind of dispel magic.
As the thick fog was dispersed, the Troll and Minotaur soldiers at the mountain's base quickly re-emerged.
Only to see the latter's towering and robust Heavy Infantry at the front, spearmen, and long-axmen at the back, followed by other swordsmen and hammer soldiers adept at close combat, all highly prepared for battle. Evidently, the opponent had long anticipated the Dragonborn Grand Army's breakout direction, having waited here for some time, given the well-laid-out dense formations.
"It turns out the opponent released the fog not just to evade bombardment but also secretly prepared the intercepting formations, waiting for the Dragonborn Grand Army to take the bait, otherwise, such an neat formation wouldn't be possible in a short period of time!"
Broy slapped his forehead, blurting out, "It seems an intense battle is inevitable!"
"I didn't expect the Trolls and Minotaurs to have anticipated the Dragonborn's attack route, truly terrifying opponents."
Crisis widened her starlit eyes, deeply attentive.
Almost in the blink of an eye, with both having the protection of absolute defense barriers, the Dragonborn Grand Army and the Troll and Minotaur Grand Army had engaged in close combat, colliding fiercely.
Boom!
With a thunderous crash, the absolute defense barriers of both shattered simultaneously upon contact, breaking into countless fragments, with intense battle cries and weapon clashes resounding across the skies, commencing army against army melee combat.
At this moment, no one noticed yet another huge force, never before seen, swiftly approaching the rear of the Troll and Minotaur Grand Army under the cover of an illusion technique.
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