Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 265: Fight at the Same Time

"Retreat!"

Allen shouted as he threw the silver hand/lightning in his hand towards Kamu. Then she turned around and ran away. Lucy shot a ball of red light into the sky with her flare gun and retracted Number 7 to join the evacuation team.

The trolls didn't have much left. Even though they hadn't fully contributed, it was equivalent to crippling the strength of this special force. Only four or five trolls could not achieve much. Moreover, with a powerful general like Kamu, there was no need to think about returning to the base if they didn't get caught up by the main force.

Alan threw the silver hand/thunder across the battlefield like a cannonball and smashed it straight at Kamu. The Saber Demon General thought that it was just an ordinary high explosive hand/thunder. He stretched out his hand and pulled a heavy spear beside the beast. He threw it at the hand/thunder, trying to detonate it in mid-air so that he could continue to chase after Ellen and the others. It was a pity that the hand/lightning had detonated, but the power of the hand/lightning was beyond Kamu's imagination.

The heavy spear accurately hit the hand/lightning and detonated it in the air. However, the exploding hand/thunder produced a pale ice-colored flame. Wherever the flame passed, countless snowy crystals flickered in the air. The temperature of the space rapidly dropped. Kamu and the surrounding knights quickly climbed onto the light blue thin frost armor. A bone-chilling cold energy desperately drilled through the pores of their skin. Even Kamu couldn't help but shiver, let alone those elite Wolf Cavalry that were only around level 10.

More importantly, thickets of ice suddenly appeared on the ground. The horned wolf that was running wildly collided with the battle beast. Immediately, the wolf tripped repeatedly and the knight on top fell to the ground, causing even more chaos. Kamu's Prison Fire Beast was brave and fierce. It directly smashed into a clump of ice spikes about half a meter tall in front of him. However, after the two fallen Horned Wolves tripped over the Prison Beast, Kamu jumped up. A tumble steadily landed on the ground in mid-air. He raised his foot and stepped on the head of the Prison Beast, stopping the mount.

However, with such a delay, there were no figures of Allen and the others in the night. Moreover, the cold Qi that entered his body desperately followed his blood vessels towards his heart. Kamu had no choice but to circulate his Origin Energy to disperse the cold Qi. He couldn't help but be speechless in his heart.

He scanned the other Wolf Cavalry and found that three of them were frozen to death on the spot. Their armor was covered in frost, their skin was covered in indigo, and the frost aura released by that hand/thunder was so tyrannical.

Kamu didn't know that it was Lucy's Frost Hand/Thunder made from the Ice Demon King's Origin Jade. That Origin Jade had only made three Hands/Thunder and five Enhanced Frost Bombs. The Ice Demon King was no ordinary item, and the ammunition made from its Origin Jade was naturally exceptionally tyrannical.

Upon seeing Lucy's signal, Peter immediately ordered the soldiers to retreat. More than a dozen soldiers who had been injured in the battle voluntarily stayed behind and died. They knew that after they were injured, they would definitely not be able to get to the Wolf Cavalry as quickly as the wind. Rather than being caught up and killed while retreating, and causing trouble for his comrades, it was better to fight to the death on the spot, so as to delay the evacuation of the others.

Peter did not object to these people's decision, but quietly left with someone who could move freely. Behind them, the rumbling of machine guns was exceptionally loud. Occasionally, high explosive hand/thunder explosions could be heard. Waves of heat waves caught up from behind. Behind every wave of heat wave was the loss of a life. Peter gritted his teeth and hurried forward. The remaining fifty soldiers formed a long line and ran straight to the location of the two main war chariots.

Peter turned around and saw a group of wolf cavalry chasing after him under the fire. The Blade Demon's ground unit was the fastest. The Horned Wolf sprinted at full speed and gradually drew closer to the team. Just a hundred meters away from the end of the team, a flame suddenly shot into the sky in the night ahead. Following that, a sharp howl of guidance/projectile pierced through the sky. A guidance/projectile pulled out a parabola in midair and landed precisely in the wolf cavalry's group after several breaths.

After an earth-shattering explosion, fireballs rose up and covered almost all of the wolf riders. Seeing this scene, Peter heaved a sigh of relief. With the suppression of the main war chariot's firepower, the Blade Demon's pursuers were just fat meat delivered to his door for nothing.

It was already dawn when they returned to the base. When they saw the convoy returning, the soldiers on the sentry tower couldn't help but cheer. The three city gates opened with a loud rumble, and the convoy entered the plaza of the base with a lingering smell of smoke in the dust. The two chariots were left outside the city. They could provide firepower comparable to the defensive heavy artillery and could move freely. When needed, they could rely on the cover of the two chariots to organize an assault.

After Alan and Peter got out of the car, they kept walking to the command hall. The hall was already filled with officers, and when they saw Allen and the other two, they all cast expectant gazes.

"I have good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?" Alan asked.

Officer, look at me, look at you, a person went forward and said: "We are prepared for the worst, let's hear the bad news first."

"The bad news is that the Saber Demon has deployed more than a thousand troops this time. Apart from the regular troops, there are also weapons of war like trolls among them."

Hearing this news, the expressions of the officers became somewhat unnatural. A few of them even moaned softly. Obviously, they knew that trolls were the natural nemesis of any line of defense. They were fearless of death and possessed extraordinary strength. The defensive wall of the idle base could not do anything to them, and they would be knocked down after a few strikes. When they heard that there were trolls amongst the enemies that were attacking, the officers all felt bitter.

"What about the good news?" The officer who asked earlier asked with a bitter smile.

"The good news is that more than half of the other 20 trolls were killed or injured by our ambush. The remaining few are probably covered by a single round of heavy artillery. That should be enough to clear them out of the battlefield, right?" Only then did a smile appear on Alan's face and he looked at Peter.

Peter nodded.

This was undoubtedly the news of a turn of events. Hearing that the troll army had been injured, the expressions of the officers changed drastically. Without the trolls attacking the defensive wall, the pressure on the defensive line would have been reduced by at least half.

Alan coughed softly and said, "Despite the success of the sneak attack, we have lost nearly 30 soldiers. Therefore, we cannot be blindly optimistic. Even without the trolls, the enemy's combat strength is still above ours. All we need to do is to persevere. A little more caution and a little more hope of survival."

"Yes, sir."

The officers left one after another, and Peter went out to confirm the work of the city defense. Only when Alan and the others were left in the command hall did he show some signs of exhaustion. He threw himself into his chair and hugged Chiyo, "After this war, we can almost return to Earth. So no matter what, you have to survive for me. As I said before, brothers, we're still a long way off."

"Don't worry, boss." William raised his fingers and said, "I promised Demi that she would go back."

"I also want to go back to see my family, so I will never die in such a place." Broy said as he looked out the window at the bright sky and gripped the Hammer of Extinction tightly.

Alan looked at them and sighed in his heart. He knew that there was no such thing as an immortal in war, but he still hoped that more people would survive this battle. It was all because other people were like them and had all sorts of reasons for wanting to live.

But who knew how many people would sleep in this desolate land forever after this war?

Even Alan didn't want to think too much about this heavy question.

An hour later, an alarm sounded from the base. Alan opened his eyes from his fake sleep and said to Qianjun, "Let's go."

On the defensive wall of Base 3, Alan and Peter stood side by side by the turret of a defensive heavy artillery. On the horizon of the Barren Lands ahead, a black line was rolling towards them. That was the army of the Saber Demons. Their advance speed was not fast. The telescope could see the enemy's formation in an orderly manner, naturally creating a huge pressure on the army.

Perhaps due to the influence of the enemy's aura, everyone felt as if they were weighing a thousand jin of heavy stones in their hearts. Even the daytime sunlight shone on the snow. The sky was filled with lead clouds. Grayish-white clouds gradually filled every corner of the sky, and the heavens and earth were filled with killing intent.

Alan held up his binoculars and scanned the enemy's array. Kamu arranged a typical formation of Saber Demons. Ordinary soldiers occupied the center of the formation, while Berserk Wolf Knights were distributed on both wings. Kamu was in front of the enemy formation, and on the left and right were the centurions and thousand commanders of the Saber Demons. As for the remaining four or five trolls, they were scattered in the formation of soldiers. It seemed that Kamu intended to let them attack the defensive line of the base together with the soldiers.

If Alan and the others hadn't severely damaged the vitality of this special force last night, Kamu could have formed a troll army to pierce through the defenses of the human army. The momentum of more than twenty trolls charging at the same time was enough to cause one's heart to chill. As for now, it was another situation.

Fortunately, due to the limited space on the Elusha, it was impossible for the guardians to keep a large number of servant beasts like the Saber Ants in the shrine. Otherwise, Kamu and the others would bring in a cannon fodder unit, which would undoubtedly increase the ammunition consumption of the base.

Alan put down his binoculars and glanced at his base. The soldiers had already entered their positions under the orders of their respective commanders, and all the firepower points on the three rows of defensive walls had been arranged for machine gunners. The defensive turrets scattered on Guard Wall 3 were ready to fire at any time. The two war chariots were scattered in front of the base, and behind them were two trenches dug last night. The trenches were filled with soldiers. They would be the first line of defense of the base, and if the situation was critical, they would immediately withdraw to the base.

Bloy and Wilick were also in the trench. Both of them held a gun in their hands and carried several high explosive hands/mines. They were like soldiers hiding in the trench, ready to move.

"Lieutenant Allen, it's a pleasure to work with you. Without you, how would we have had the chance to participate in such an important war?" Peter reached out to Alan.

Alan looked at him solemnly, his hands clenched tightly together. Alan said solemnly, "Strive to survive."

"You too!"