Blue Sword

The two power armor knights staggered back, their damaged vision occupied by cracks.

Eleanor took advantage of the situation to rush forward, and the second group of knights behind them rushed forward to cover the retreat of the two knights with damaged helmets.

The two knights on the left whose original attack was blocked also moved at the same time to complete the outflank.

"I'm coming too!" There was a roar from behind Eleanor, and Hidrifa, holding two battle axes in both hands, also rushed out and struck the knights in front with a whirlwind.

Whirlwind, nicknamed the battlefield meat grinder's ultimate move, the knights were naturally not stupid enough to take it hard, so they immediately retreated.

Suddenly there was a gunshot.

A sniper bullet fired from a distance hit a knight whose helmet was injured. The bullet penetrated through the center of the broken military glass and was blocked by the exoskeleton lining inside. The shock wave caused by the force almost knocked the knight unconscious.

The next second, Hidrifa stopped the whirlwind attack and aimed a jumping chop at him.

Her forward jump was very short, her feet were only slightly off the ground, and the ax hit the opponent's head, splitting the power armor helmet directly, and the head inside was almost broken into two pieces.

After reviewing the battle between Asker and the Black Knight last time, and realizing that the power armor knight is not invincible, the girls have made it clear that "the most effective way to deal with power armor is to repeatedly focus fire on the same part."

And the power armor knight who was unfortunately the closest became the first victim of the new tactic.

After killing the knight, the two girls did not take advantage of the opportunity to pursue him. Instead, they turned around and ran away.

The knights were also prepared for a counterattack and encirclement. When they saw the enemy fleeing instead of charging, they were suddenly a little surprised.

"Don't rush forward, be careful. It's a trap!" Alfred gritted his teeth angrily, but he did not lose his judgment. He waved his hand, "The first team tentatively moved forward, the second team covered, and the third team stayed back and paid attention to the surroundings to prevent being caught. Outflank! All the followers dispersed to investigate, and immediately alerted if there is any situation!"

So the knights cautiously and slowly moved forward, while the followers spread out, staying within a circle of more than 20 meters away from the team, and vigilantly searched the surrounding debris piles, blind corners of the walls, and bunkers.

Suddenly, the screams of the servants came from the right side. The knight who was closest rushed over and saw that in the dark alley, his servant had fallen into a pool of blood, and his throat had been slit by a sharp blade.

"It was a slit throat." Joel walked to the body and checked the cause of death, "and it was a slit throat from behind. The murderer's technique was very fast, the wound was flat without turning the flesh, and the depth was just right."

"So?" Alfred asked, "Does the depth of the wound mean anything? I can just cut off the head with a sword."

"It's different," Joel said. "People with greater strength often choose to behead cleanly, but this can easily cause the weapon to curl."

"If you don't decapitate, but just cut the throat, then the force that is too light will not achieve the purpose of killing, and the force that is too strong will cause the weapon to get stuck in the neck bone. This murderer's method is exactly the most economical way. "

"So he is a real assassin, right?" Alfred sneered and rearranged his tactics, "All the subordinates will move in groups of two to watch each other to prevent sneak attacks!"

The team advanced again for a moment, and screams, roars and fierce gunfire were heard from the rear left again.

When the knights rushed to the scene, they found that one of the two guards was lying on the ground and the other was sitting with his back against the wall. They were both dead.

"So multiple assassins collaborated to commit the crime?" Alfred thought about it.

"No, if there are multiple people, then there will be no gunshots." Joel picked up the rifle that was thrown on the ground and found a deep scratch with a sharp weapon on it.

"The assassin first assassinated the guard in the alley, and was discovered by the guard standing outside, so the guard roared and aimed at him and shot."

"However, it was not shot, otherwise there would be extra blood stains on the ground. In short, the assassin avoided the shot in some weird way, and at the same time rushed in front of the guard who fired. The first chop smashed the rifle, and the second The sword was thrust through the servant's chest and pierced his heart."

"The distance between the two corpses is more than 8 meters." Alfred frowned and said, "There are no bunkers around. How did the assassin rush through this distance unharmed? Or is this subordinate's marksmanship just too bad?"

"I don't know." Joel shook his head and said, "Anyway, let's take back each team's retinue first. If this continues, they will just be defeated by the enemy one by one. Don't forget that the enemy also has a sniper."

Alfred nodded and asked the scattered followers to return to the team through the communicator.

So the knights' retinues who were searching around left the building one after another and returned to the knights' team in the middle of the street.

Suddenly there was a loud sound of gunfire, and the knights' retinues who were the first to return fell down one after another like wheat. For a moment, the entire Crusaders in the scene were in panic.

"Don't return to the team! Roll over and find cover!" Joel, who finally understood, hurriedly roared with all his strength, almost biting his teeth out with regret.

He has completely understood: the other party has a sniper, but he has not fired a single shot from the beginning to now, just waiting for the opportunity to cause maximum damage.

When the retinues were dispersed to search nearby areas, the environment was relatively complex because everyone's positions were highly dispersed. Once the opponent shoots anyone, the remaining people can easily find cover nearby.

Therefore, the other party deliberately sent assassins to assassinate the nearby knights who were alone, causing the Crusaders to think that this dispersed search tactic was deliberately targeted.

In order to reduce the unnecessary loss of combat power, the Crusaders will naturally order the followers to regroup.

And once the followers came out from the cover of alleys, walls and buildings one after another, they re-entered the open air environment.

This is when the sniper can calmly and quickly kill these targets.

Damn it! This is a chain plan! Joel was thinking through gritted teeth when he heard Alfred, who was hiding behind the knight, roaring:

"Where is the gunman? Determine the direction!"

A knight immediately responded: "I saw the gun flames, at the top of the six-story building at 11 o'clock, 400 meters away!"

"A team of knights! Go kill that sniper!" Alfred shouted.

"Wait a minute!" Joel's heart thumped. This chain plan only has two steps, right?

"What if the other party sets a trap there?!" He yelled quickly.

"Then what do you think we should do!?" Alfred yelled back, "Are we just going to stay here and get beaten?"

Joel choked up when he heard this.

He wanted to say that maybe the opponent had limited bullets and could not keep shooting endlessly.

But now, when everyone is being beaten, saying "comrades, please hold on for a while longer" is quite a source of collective hatred.

Besides, he couldn't guarantee that the sniper wasn't lying next to piles of bullet boxes and shooting calmly.

While Joel was hesitating, a group of Crusader Knights quickly approached the building.

The loud gunshots coming from the top of the building seemed to calmly announce to them the location of the gunman.

It's like some kind of silent contempt.