Green Monster Epic

Chapter 834: Initial Clash

The 150,000-strong main force of the Centaur Legion, before the main force of human officers arrived, retreated north along with the last batch of supplies and spoils being transported to the rear.

The 80,000 elite soldiers of the Wilderness Alliance, however, according to the consensus reached after Allen, Aaron, and Ahmad's group met, ultimately remained in this ruined city, holding fast to this former royal capital of humanity.

When the order was conveyed to the grassroots soldiers, their eyes were filled with incomprehension and doubt, but they still silently accepted it.

After more than half a year of military life, these once unruly wilderness rangers have finally understood the importance of military discipline, and have also developed a bit more trust and closeness towards their comrades, who may not even be of the same race.

Not everyone can entrust their back to each other in times of crisis; the camaraderie cultivated through countless battlefield battles has made their relationship as close as blood brothers.

Moreover, the Alliance's expedition this time has yielded great gains. The spoils gathered by each soldier who has survived to this point are enough to give their respective families a bright future.

And these spoils and wealth that have been collected, under the premise of guarantees made by the Alliance commanders Aaron and Allen, have been safely transported back to the Centaur Grasslands, and in the future, will be sent to their relatives and tribes according to the addresses they left behind.

The wilderness warriors, free from worries, although they did not understand the current arrangements of the Alliance's high command, and some clever fellows even sensed something was amiss, they still calmly accepted the reality without causing much commotion.

This is the helplessness of the wilderness's lower ranks. Even though many of the remaining 80,000 soldiers have been promoted to middle or even high ranks in these countless life-and-death battles, they still find it difficult to escape and resist their current situation.

On the northern horizon, the Centaur cavalry army dragged a long trail of dust, and on the southern horizon, a long snake was also wriggling, heading towards Newens City.

Allen and Aaron flew to a height of thousands of meters, overlooking the movements of the two armies from the north and south, their expressions neither sad nor excited.

"I wonder how many lucky ones will be able to return to their tribes in the end!"

Aaron and Orc's tone was full of guilt and desolation, overlooking the soldiers below who were still working hard to repair the various city defense defects.

"Brave warriors dying on the battlefield is their ultimate destination. If I am unfortunately killed in action in the upcoming war, I will feel proud and honored!"

Orc was already trying to adjust his mentality. Since there was no room for reversal, then as the commander of these soldiers, the trusted officer, the only thing Orc could do for these subordinates was to lead them to bloom a magnificent flower of war, so that their sacrifice would receive the greatest reward!!

"Yes! True warriors should die on the battlefield!"

Allen's heart was also very complicated at this time. He originally thought that there might be many with foresight in the wilderness, but few who could put it into action. However, after hearing the plan presented by the three court generals of Ahmad, he suddenly realized that he had really underestimated the rulers of other forces.

Whirr! Whirr! Whirr! Whirr!

The vanguard of the Dawn Empire's army gradually approached the dilapidated Newens Royal City, constructing a solid line of defense ten miles outside the south of the city. Beyond the line of defense, a large number of soldiers began to organize the site and build fortifications, creating a huge military camp for those who came later.

A group of wilderness experts in Newens City flew into the sky one after another, joining Allen and the others. Although everyone found it difficult to understand why the Alliance did not withdraw its troops after the enemy's reinforcements arrived, but instead relied on this dilapidated city defense to hold on, the group who had just made a fortune would have followed Allen even if he asked them to kill their way to the Dawn Empire.

"May I ask if you are the newly rising Bear Goblin demigod Allen?"

From the human side, more than twenty human experts also stepped forward. The leader had a thick beard covering his jaw and mouth, and his eyes under his sword-like eyebrows were bright and full of strong confidence.

The speaker was this human expert. According to the information given by the wilderness intelligence system, this human expert with a mouthful of beard was the commander-in-chief of the Dawn Empire's expedition—the legendary high-level necromancer Eippe.

"Hearing about you is not as good as meeting you. I didn't expect you to be so outstanding, with a temperament that is hard to forget."

"I am Eippe. Hahm, the commander-in-chief of the Dawn Empire's army this time, and also the opponent you will face next."

The human commander Eippe had a unique temperament. Even though he knew that the Bear Goblin in front of him had demigod or even stronger strength, he did not have the slightest fear, and looked at Allen with a completely equal gaze, but he showed a bit more contempt for the other wilderness experts behind him.

"Before the war starts, I still have a few words I want to advise you: My Dawn Empire's army is different from the Rose Duchy's trash. When the war really starts, my army will definitely not leave any future troubles under its blades, nor will it accept any alien prisoners."

"So, I personally suggest that you abandon the resistance of Newens Royal City for the sake of the lives of your army's soldiers and withdraw to your Centaur Grasslands, right?"

"If you agree to my suggestion, I am willing to guarantee with my personal reputation that my army will definitely not launch a pursuit within three days, allowing you to safely return to the Centaur Grasslands."

Eippe's proposal was surprising. If the Wilderness Alliance had not already made the decision to defend the city, they might really have accepted the other party's proposal.

"I have always admired the prestige of the Dawn Empire, but unfortunately, I have never had the opportunity to face the powerful empire, one of the three great human empires. Now that there is such a rare opportunity, do you think that if I leave after listening to a few words from you, will those little cubs below think that I am weak?"

Allen's mouth raised slightly, looking at this human expert with great interest, unconsciously mobilizing his substantial spiritual power and projecting it into the other party's confident eyes.

"My wilderness warriors are raised by nature, accustomed to being unrestrained and not threatened by anyone. Even if we encounter a stronger enemy, we will not admit the other party's strength without truly fighting them."

"If you want to prove your strength, use blades to speak!"

When Allen looked at him like this, Eippe only felt a majestic mountain coming towards him, causing his eyes to dodge a few times involuntarily, but then he regained his composure and met Allen's mountain-like heavy gaze.

"I thought you were a smart goblin, but now it seems that you are nothing more than that!"

"Since you want war, then I will grant your wish!"

"Attack!!!"

Although the human army had not yet gathered, the number of troops that arrived under Newens Royal City with Eippe was also more than 100,000. Just as a group of experts were confronting each other in the sky, the Dawn Empire's soldiers also completed their preparations before attacking the city.

When two words like thunder resounded in the sky, the human army on the ground, who had been waiting for this moment, immediately began to launch their formation, approaching Newens's south city wall.

Swish swish swish!!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!

Arrows, spears, and magic flew everywhere across the sky. The armies of the Dawn Empire were indeed formidable. The arrows and spears they shot were powerful and heavy. Moreover, each legion could communicate and coordinate with their surrounding colleagues when shooting, launching projectiles towards the city walls hundreds of meters away in batches.

The figures of the Wilderness soldiers were firmly suppressed behind the battlements, but there was no sign of panic. They calmly and quietly lowered their bodies, waiting for the enemy's ranged attacks to end.

Had it been when they set out from the Centaur Grasslands, perhaps the ground would have been littered with the corpses of warriors by now. But now, facing the dense, rain-like, continuous barrage of arrows, few Wilderness warriors were hit. Only a few unlucky ones accidentally exposed themselves and were struck by arrows or spears in non-vital areas, shrinking back in pain but enduring it.

The roaring magic landed on the city walls, and although there was no guidance from the artifact seal, the walls themselves, made of excellent materials, only suffered dents of varying sizes.

As for those that fell into the city, no one even bothered with them. Anyway, the royal city was now in ruins, with few living people left, so there was no need to worry about causing much damage.

When the enemy's siege troops, pushing siege ladders and chains, rushed forward, the Wilderness warriors, who had long been accumulating killing intent, emerged as the order sounded, using various implements and spears to launch a counterattack.

The ranks of charging humans immediately fell in droves, but no one stopped their advance. They still stubbornly approached the royal city. Soon, the first siege chains were thrown onto the city walls, and teams of agile human warriors climbed up the sturdy chains towards the top of the wall.

The Wilderness warriors on the wall were not to be outdone. Rangers and archers shone brightly at this moment. Each time an arrow or spear was shot, a person would fall in response, smashing into the filthy ground filled with a putrid stench.

Just as the Wilderness warriors emerged, the human ranged professionals hundreds of meters away from the city finally had a chance to show their skills. Arrows and spears transformed into poisonous fangs in the darkness, attacking the Wilderness warriors behind the battlements from unexpected places. If they were not careful, a warrior would clutch his chest and fall to the ground.

The two sides quickly fell into fierce battle. At the same time, the Wilderness powerhouses, led by Alan, also took the initiative to attack the human commander Aipu and the other human legends. In an instant, violent storms swept across the sky, engulfing the wilderness.

The fighting gradually subsided after night fell. The soldiers on both sides ceased fighting, collected the wounded, and at dawn the next day, the humans launched an even more ferocious attack.

As the human reinforcements arrived, the pressure on the Wilderness soldiers defending the city became heavier and heavier, especially when the main human force bypassed the east and west city walls and went straight to the Great North City, which had been breached by the Wilderness, and continuously attacked the temporarily repaired gap. The Wilderness warriors often had to pay a greater price to repel the enemy.

And that barely repaired gap was now crumbling and could collapse at any time, but it still stood firm under the unremitting efforts of the Wilderness soldiers.

After the siege lasted for five or six days, the main force of the Dawn Empire's reinforcements had basically gathered, and the entire Nance Royal City was surrounded. When the baggage train that arrived later came late, siege equipment began to be built, which also meant that the human army's offensive would only become more and more fierce.

Although the human offensive had not been small in the previous few days, both the attacking and defending sides were actually clear that this was just a test of each other. But even if it was just a tentative attack, the human army still lost more than 20,000 soldiers in these few days of offensive.

The Wilderness army also suffered not small losses. The number of warriors killed, including those who temporarily lost their combat effectiveness, also exceeded 5,000. Although it was much smaller than the human losses, it was still somewhat unacceptable to Alan and the others.

Although this allied army of Wilderness warriors already had the rudimentary form of some elite troops, they needed to learn too much in terms of basic tactics. Previously, through dangerous actual combat, the Wilderness warriors had learned how to fight and kill in human military formations. Now, suddenly letting them start defending the city and enter the battle in positions was different from the tactics they had learned before, and they were inevitably somewhat inexperienced in defense.

Fortunately, however, the surviving warriors had good adaptability and slowly adapted to relying on the city's defensive buildings to avoid attacks, while counterattacking at the right time, inflicting heavy blows on the human army.

With the human army having countless siege weapons, the offensive against Nance Royal City became more and more fierce. In the following two days, a large number of human soldiers even rushed onto the city wall and almost gained a foothold on the city wall. If it hadn't been for a team of Wilderness warriors, led by an ogre shield warrior captain, desperately charging and smashing open their defenses, disrupting their formation, perhaps the city defense there would have fallen into the opponent's control.

Thump! Thump! Thump!!

The Wilderness powerhouses fighting fiercely in the sky suddenly felt a heavy, huge animal sound coming from the ground. They turned around and looked, and a metal structure more than 20 meters high, supporting several huge mechanical arms, slowly moved towards the north city wall on the ground.

The defending soldiers aimed the targets of large equipment such as ballistae and catapults at this huge metal creation, and even the magic cast by the Wilderness spellcasters roared and submerged this giant.

Boom boom! Boom boom!!

Countless dust waves and flames rose from the giant's body, and the huge metal sound floated leisurely, but when these movements disappeared, this giant still moved slowly and steadily towards the city wall, unaffected.

When the giant came to the city, the mechanical arms that supported the movement slowly flattened, and the huge body was firmly rooted in the ground. The buzzing sound came from the huge, outstretched mechanical arms.

Thump!

Thump!

Thump!!

The outstretched mechanical arms suddenly pierced out, like siege hammers manipulated by hundreds or thousands of people, fiercely hitting the city wall, immediately causing a burst of earth-shattering tremors, and countless rubble fell from the city wall.

...

Alan frowned, and his heavy sword directly swept horizontally, immediately blasting two human powerhouses flying. Just as he was about to withdraw and kill the giant on the ground, a human shield warrior, holding a sword and shield, directly slammed into Alan's arms.

Alan raised a foot and kicked hard on the shield, and with the force of the impact, his body flew to the side, just in time to dodge several thrusts from a sword dancer.

At the same time, Alan waved his big hand, and the heavy sword made a chilling roar, driving Alan's body to spin, instantly forming a hurricane of sword blades, and the Sword of Turmoil plunged towards the mechanical giant on the ground.

In a short time, the six moving support pillars of the mechanical giant transformed into siege hammers, already hitting the north city wall more than a dozen times. The gap that had been temporarily repaired was now subjected to such a heavy blow, and at that time, it collapsed in the horrified eyes of the Wilderness warriors.

At the same time, the hurricane transformed by Alan also heavily crashed into the giant's huge body, and the clanging metal sound never stopped.