Facts have proved that as long as there is no military strength and combat power to crush, being attacked from both sides is a very passive thing.
After Richard led the system army to teleport behind the snow giant in the east and launched an attack, the snow giant, which had been maintaining its offensive momentum just now, immediately became confused. They didn't know whether to continue attacking the enemy in front of them or turn around.
Defend enemies behind you.
And Moriel was not idle either. After Richard launched a counterattack with the Champion Knight and the Unicorn Holy Beast, Moriel also flew out from Snowfield City with a dozen giant dragons. According to the tactics just now, as long as one side of the attack was defeated first
The Snow Giants can take advantage of the opportunity to expand their results. Even if they can no longer achieve the previous results, it will not be a problem to repel the Snow Giants' attack.
"Hold it!"
"My king is watching us from behind, don't retreat!"
"Hold on, reinforcements are right behind you! If you go back, you'll die!"
This time the snow giant's fighting spirit was obviously much tougher than the last time. Because Vernon and the royal court warriors supervised the battle, they were attacked by a combination of punches from Snowfield City and still managed to withstand the attack without collapsing.
From the elite leaders to the ordinary soldiers, everyone understands the truth. When attacking with a tribal alliance, even if they were defeated, they would most likely not die. At most, they would be punished. After all, each tribe regarded young people as their trump card.
How can I be willing to kill at will?
But now that the Snow Giant King has arrived, the situation has changed. As soon as he arrived, Vernon made it clear that the rules were clear. During the battle, those who stopped attacking without orders or retreated would be killed by the royal soldiers supervising the battle. This is not empty talk.
It was a threat, but it was done in real terms. In the previous rounds of attacks, some deserters who played clever tricks and returned were killed on the spot by the soldiers of the royal court without even a moment of hesitation.
If you continue to fight, you may survive until reinforcements arrive. If you run away, you will be sentenced to death by the Snowman King in this snowy field, and no one will be able to survive.
Therefore, the fighting will of the attacking Snow Giants from top to bottom was tenacious. They did not collapse quickly after encountering a back attack. Instead, under the command of the officer, some of the men turned around to resist, while the other part continued to destroy the front.
The TieJiMa tried to clear out a buffer zone.
"What happened in the front? Didn't you eat?"
"Why are your hands shaking? We don't have such a timid guy in our tribe."
The Snow Giant Commander, who was directing his men to guard against the human army behind him, turned around and saw a scene that made him angry. Two Snow Giant warriors worked hard together, but they did not turn over an iron horse for a long time, causing the progress of the entire section to be delayed.
There were many human soldiers around, relying on these iron horses to launch attacks, and cooperating with the humans who suddenly appeared behind them to attack them.
The key point is that a snow giant was still shaking when he lifted the iron horse. This made the commander think that the opponent was unable to use his strength because of cowardice, so he cursed a few times.
But soon the snow giant commander felt something was wrong. Just as he was about to rush over to teach the opponent a lesson, his body suddenly went limp and he couldn't help but fall directly to the ground. He felt like he couldn't use any strength, and at least three of his strength was gone.
In one case, he stood in place for a long time before he recovered. However, this recovery was just because he had temporarily adapted to the weak state and would not fall down, and his combat power was still in a damaged state.
This is of course the eight magic mages in Snowfield City playing their role. After casting several random buff spells on the army leaving the city, some random negative states were also added to some of the snow giants attacking outside the city.
The giant commander and the snow giant warrior in front were hit by the spell of weakness. The effect of weakness in the game is to reduce the attack power. In reality, it is directly related to its name, which puts the snow giant directly in a weak state.
I have no strength to do it.
"The dragon! The dragon is coming!"
"boom!"
"ah!"
The commander of the snow giant who was in charge of attacking from the east no longer had to scratch his head and wonder why he was suddenly weak. More than a dozen giant dragons led by Moriel came to their heads at an extremely fast speed. Snow was the first to bear the brunt.
The giant commander was directly wrapped in a breath of dragon breath by Moriel, who had transformed into an ancient black dragon. He let out a scream for less than a second and then lost his life. Due to the influence of weakness, he did not even have time to make a dodge move.
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Due to the death of the Snow Giant Commander and the entry of the giant dragon into the battle, the Snow Giants in the east could no longer hold on under this situation of left and right flanking attacks and upward and downward flanking attacks. They all gave up their previous offensive missions and began to flee.
And because the army led by Richard just happened to block their retreat, and because Moriel and Richard deliberately drove them away, these fleeing snow giants were forced to flee from both wings to attack the snow giants attacking from other directions.
"kill!"
The human soldiers who were originally hiding in the Tiejuma bush were also very cooperative. Under the leadership of the officers, they picked up their weapons and chased them out. They cooperated with Richard, who was driving away the snow giant's troops.
Especially Matt, the team that chased him the most. Although Matt was born as a civilian, he is an ambitious and spiritual person. After several rounds of battles, he has a strong sense of battlefield and is almost blind to Richard.
Because of his trust, Richard was already ready to attack when he appeared behind the snow giant. The moment the snow giant in front of him was defeated, he rushed out with his men.
"Why did it suddenly snow?"
But suddenly, it suddenly started to snow on the snowfield where there was only a slight wind just now.
Snowing on the snowfields is actually not a strange thing. Even in June and July, snowing on the snowfields is a common occurrence. In winter, it snows non-stop.
But something was obviously wrong with the snow in front of me. The snow came without any warning. Just a moment ago it was bright sunshine, but suddenly the weather changed and it began to snow.
Moreover, the snow was surprisingly heavy. The heavy snow fell densely and was accompanied by a strong wind. In less than three minutes, Matt, who had just chased out, was already covered in snow, from his shoulders to his helmet.
A piece of white flowers.
It turned out to be a sudden snowstorm...
Of course, a blizzard of this magnitude cannot occur naturally. The entire area of falling snow happened to only cover Snowfield City.
This is the high-level magic released by the Snow Giant King through the Key of Ice and Snow - Blizzard, which changes the weather within a range in a short period of time, causing an extreme blizzard.
Originally, the magic of blizzard was a covering spell, which should also have an impact on one's own people, but this spell is different in the hands of the Snow Giant King. Snow giants are naturally a race with high ice resistance, although they will also be affected a little.
But the impact is not big, at most it is just a squinting effect due to the wind. More than one meter of snow has a great impact on humans, to the extent that it completely affects movement, but for the snow giants, it is just a bit blinding due to the strong wind.
That's all.
Richard originally chose the time to avoid the time when snowstorms are prone to occur in the snowfield, but he did not expect that the Snow Giant King would be so good at it.
After chasing for a while, except for the giant dragon in the sky, everyone else was already affected. Especially the ordinary soldiers who were chased out were now unable to move even an inch in the snowstorm.
"This snow is wrong!"
"Let the army withdraw! Give up the outer front and all return to Snowfield City!"
"Moriel, cover their retreat!"
With such an unexpected snowstorm, Richard naturally noticed something unusual. He didn't care about expanding the victory just now, and immediately ordered the soldiers to retreat. In this kind of weather, it was very unreasonable for the soldiers to fight the snow giant outside the city. If it still happened,
If you insist on keeping the army outside the city, it is very likely that when the snow giant attacks again, the soldiers may be buried in the snow.
In fact, there was no need for Richard to give orders. Rhodes, who sensed something was wrong, had already ordered the army to stop the pursuit. When Richard gave the order, he quickly organized the soldiers to start retreating.
"Roar!"
On the other side, Moriel, who received Richard's cover order, led the dragon to launch a more violent attack, leaving the snow giant no time to turn back and pursue.
The snow is getting heavier and heavier, and it is not an easy task for tens of thousands of troops to enter the city. Although Rhodes and Richard reacted quickly enough, and the quality of the Hunter family's army was also excellent, there was no disorder in the retreat, but this time
We still had to queue up at the city gate to enter, and coupled with the constant wind and snow, the entire retreat was not progressing very quickly.
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"My king! My king!"
On the other side, the snow giants cheered collectively when they saw the sudden snowstorm. Many snow giants around Vernon's hand had seen the light just now. They naturally connected the current snowstorm covering Snowfield City with the Snow Giant King.
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The leaders of the tribe also shouted like ordinary snow giant warriors, but in addition to cheering, their awe for the royal court once again deepened in their hearts.
Although they all vaguely knew, and some had even seen the Snow Giant King display extraordinary abilities with the Key of Ice and Snow, this was the first time they had seen a blizzard of this scale by directly affecting the weather. This ability was beyond their understanding.
Perhaps the legend that Tate's bloodline is the bloodline of the God of Ice and Snow is well-founded.
"The effect turned out to be better than expected..."
Tate, who was enjoying the cheers of the crowd, looked indifferent now, but in fact he was not at peace in his heart. He knew the power of this spell. In an era when magic power was scarce, the Snow Giant King's lineage released spells.
They are all performed by relying on the power of the inherited holy weapon, the Ice and Snow Key.
Normally, a blizzard cannot cause such an effect. If this spell can be used to achieve half of the current effect, it is considered a good thing. Now it is so powerful that the Snow Giant King himself is a little surprised.
However, the Snow Giant King did not show this surprise on his face at this time, but maintained an enigmatic look, which further deepened his majesty.
"Let the soldiers of the Royal Court press forward directly and keep the retreating humans for me!"
After a brief observation, Vernon immediately ordered the remaining two thousand royal court soldiers to press forward. Human beings obviously could not withstand this blizzard and were already withdrawing their troops into the city. At this time, many troops were already stranded at the gate of the city.
Well, Vernon won't just let the human army leave easily.
The magic boiling effect of the Energy Tower is area-wide, making it difficult to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy. The magic power in this area is already in a state of recovery and is no longer in a state of scarcity. The blizzard triggered by Vernon through the Ice and Snow Key does not rely solely on ice and snow this time.
Instead of releasing the power stored in the key, the Ice and Snow Key acted like a magic wand, triggering the boiling magic power around it and unleashing a super-sized blizzard.
The effect of magic boiling was powerful for the first time, and it actually had a negative effect on one's own side. This was something that Richard never expected.
"kill!"
The human army has already experienced difficulty in moving in the blizzard, and its command and dispatch are in a negative state. Only the elite of the system led by Richard are still unaffected.
But this unaffected effect is only temporary. When the snow accumulates, the horses under the champion knights will be affected to some extent, and the snow will sink the horses' hooves.
The Snow Giant's counterattack was also very decisive. Originally, Richard's counterattack was quite effective, and it was very likely that the Snow Giant's attack would be in vain. However, after being hit by this sudden blizzard, only the giant dragon could still
He continued to fight without being affected, and the other troops stopped pursuing him.
Except for the Snow Giant troops who were attacked from the east and were severely damaged at the beginning, the Snow Giants in other directions were still capable of fighting and were not affected by the defeat of the army in the east. In addition, the Snow Giant King strictly ordered the attack and support.
The elite Snow Giant Royal Court came up, and the Snow Giant army quickly entered a counterattack state.
"boom!"
Another iron horse was overturned to the ground by the snow giant. Due to the raging snowstorm, the divine crossbows on the city top were now greatly affected. Although the soldiers stood on the city top and operated the divine crossbows against the wind and snow,
But the speed is much slower than normal, the accuracy is even worse, and the lethality is greatly reduced.
Only the high-level units in the system such as the Magic Mage and Phantom Shooter still maintain a certain output, but the number is still too small. The twenty-four Dark Gold Golems are on standby, and the Snow Giants have not yet entered their attack range.
Although the Dragon Army and the Griffin Army received Richard's order to withdraw to the Snowfield City, the retreat would naturally not be possible in a swarm, and some people would inevitably remain in the outer positions to delay the Snow Giant's actions.
The troops left behind on the ground are still fighting to fend off the snow giants that are destroying the outer positions. In the blizzard, these ordinary troops are the most negatively affected, while the snow giants are almost unaffected.
The human soldiers, who were no match for the snow giants in the first place, found it even more difficult to fight. It didn't take long for the number of casualties to rise sharply. They were completely unable to stop the snow giants from attacking. Behind them was a wide-open city gate and a group of soldiers still waiting to enter the city.
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Although the Snow Giant side has begun to gain an advantage on the scene, the Snow Giant King in the distance seems not satisfied, or wants to test the effect of the Ice and Snow Key again. After ordering the soldiers of the Royal Court to press on it, he raised it again
Shortly after the blue-white light of the Ice and Snow Key condensed in his hand, new changes appeared on the battlefield covered by the snowstorm.
Pieces of ice the size of goose eggs formed in mid-air, and then fell clatteringly in the heavy snow...