Green Monster Epic

The mighty army stretched out like a long serpent, slowly wriggling southward, with countless supply-laden convoys sandwiched in the middle, closely guarded.

Several light cavalry units roamed back and forth across the distant grasslands, clearing away any potential threats in the vicinity. In the distant skies, human and wildland's sparse flying cavalry and raptor druids had already engaged in the first wave of fierce probing.

Allen, Yogg, and a dozen other powerful overseers stood suspended in the gale-force winds thousands of meters above, the endless gales raging around them, yet unable to shake their forward momentum.

Looking down upon the earth, the smoke signals released from human watchtowers on the horizon rose straight into the sky. Beyond these outposts, the edge of the horizon gradually revealed patches of black dots, varying in shade, occasionally interspersed with colorful specks.

The army advanced slowly, and the distant black dots gradually magnified, transforming into rows of figures arranged in formation, while the colorful specks became banners fluttering in the wind.

"The commanding general of the Rose Duchy possesses remarkable courage. Knowing they are at a disadvantage in terms of troop numbers, they still pulled out their kingdom's border legions. It seems they want to engage our legions in a battle in the open!"

In the sky, Lizardman demigod Regiment Commander Jhett's pair of amber-colored vertical pupils emitted a chilling killing intent as he scrutinized the human legions tens of miles ahead, arrayed and ready for battle, as well as the towering human fortress not far behind the legions, and couldn't help but speak with some caution.

"Then let's see how our legion's commanding generals respond!"

Allen wasn't too surprised. More than half a year had passed since the Alliance made the decision to deploy troops to the Manhorse Plains. Their intelligence network couldn't possibly be unaware of the news. The Rose Duchy, having been chosen as a target by the wildlands, must have already made preparations.

The fact that they are now taking the initiative to seek battle in the open must be the result of careful consideration and judgment, believing that fighting this battle is more advantageous for them.

The vanguard legion of fifty thousand soldiers, slowly advancing on the ground, also received the intelligence. Their forward speed gradually decreased, and as the company officers in the ranks issued orders, the slightly chaotic formation was being rebuilt.

The strict drills over the past few months had indeed brought about a qualitative leap for this ragtag army. Perhaps the most significant change was the gradual disappearance of the scattered, fearful, and other negative emotions in the eyes of each soldier in the ranks, replaced by a newfound fighting spirit and eagerness for battle.

Now, even if these wildland warriors were to have their formation disrupted on the battlefield and engage in chaotic melee combat, they would definitely be able to exert a certain degree of combat effectiveness, rather than scattering like birds and beasts after one or two waves of attacks.

Of course, it would be impossible to make them fight to the death. When the legion's casualty rate reached a critical threshold, they would inevitably expose the wildland warriors' inherent weakness of cherishing their lives, fleeing in droves to the rear.

"Should we engage the enemy in a fight?"

Having finally gained control of the army after traveling all this way, and commanding over thirty thousand soldiers, Ol' Tom was feeling somewhat elated. After hearing the intelligence brought back by the flying knights, he turned his head to look at his gnoll colleague.

Although the vanguard legion leading the charge only numbered fifty thousand, there were hundreds of thousands of comrades constantly rushing to support them not far behind the long column. At the latest, ten thousand reinforcements would arrive within half a day, so Ol' Tom was very confident in saying those words.

"...Let me think!"

Despite appearing calm on the surface, Aaron's heart was pounding wildly, and fine beads of sweat were seeping from his back and palms.

As the commander of a large army, Aaron could now feel the intangible pressure of tens of thousands of soldiers' lives hanging on his every decision, causing several thoughts to clash in his mind.

"Let's do it!"

After muttering a muffled roar, Aaron turned to look at the kobold scout captain beside him, who was wearing leather armor and had a blank expression.

"Expand the scouting range ten miles to the south. I need to know if there are any other lurking enemies in the area."

"Understood!"

The kobold scout captain replied in a deep voice, turning to leave.

"I'll only give you half a magic hour. You must give me accurate intelligence before my vanguard reaches fifteen miles from the human army's defensive line."

The kobold captain's figure faltered slightly, then returned to normal, leaving without any response.

"Now you also return to your legion and prepare your troops to await my orders!"

After dispatching the scout captain, Aaron turned to look at his deputy, Ol' Tom, and said in a deep voice.

"Alright, I'll go back and prepare the legion now!"

A look of joy flashed across Ol' Tom's face. Based on his understanding of this partner, he was probably also tempted by this battle!

According to the rough estimates of the flying knights in the sky, only twenty thousand human soldiers had come out of the city, and the remaining garrison guarding the city numbered no more than fifteen thousand. No matter how you looked at it, their legion vanguard had a sufficient advantage.

The most important point was that the main force of the human army had abandoned the idea of defending the city and instead took the initiative to attack in the open, which inadvertently reduced the difficulty for the wildland army.

If the humans were really allowed to defend the city, although they would inevitably be able to eliminate this forward outpost once the wildland main force and siege equipment arrived, the losses of soldiers during the siege would definitely be greater than in a field battle.

Soon, the scout captain returned, panting heavily. The intelligence they and the flying knights had desperately obtained finally made Aaron make up his mind.

"Tell Ol' Tom, it's time to move!"

The war drums suddenly sounded, reaching the ears of the legion soldiers ahead who were waiting in readiness. Countless high-pitched shouts rang out, and a tide of sharp, cold metal swept over the soldiers' heads, stretching straight ahead.

"Jie jie jie jie, brave warriors of the wildlands, today is the day to make a name for yourselves!!"

Ol' Tom, the jackalwere, who had long been unable to restrain himself, let out two hideous laughs, and then took a deep breath and roared loudly at the surging crowd around him.

At the same time, Ol' Tom circulated the energy within his body, and subtle magical fluctuations rapidly expanded outwards, instantly enveloping the soldiers under his command in a knightly aura.

"Charge!"

"Kill!!!"

Rumble!

Like the start of thunder, tens of thousands of robust wildland warriors strode forward, holding weapons and silently charging towards the human legions a dozen miles away.

In the distant human legions, a dozen figures stood suspended in mid-air, gazing at the movements of the distant enemy. The leader was a human general wearing golden heavy armor and a full-coverage helmet that obscured his face.

When they saw the black mass of wildland soldiers rushing towards them from afar, emitting various roars, a knowing smile appeared in the eyes of these human powerhouses, as if they had guessed the opponent's actions.

"The enemy has indeed made their move!"

"Then I should go down and prepare!"

After the human powerhouses in the sky clearly saw the actions of the invading wildland legions, the golden-armored human general calmly said to his colleagues, and then plunged into the human legions on the ground with his two deputies.

"Woo woo woo ~ ~"

The muffled sound of the ox-horn rang out, and the human legion soldiers arranged in a line drew their respective weapons and silently deployed their defensive formation.

Just as the spellcasters among the human powerhouses were preparing large-scale magic, wanting to alleviate some of the pressure on the human legions below, unfamiliar auras were rapidly approaching the space where they were located.

"Heh heh heh, it seems our opponents can't restrain themselves either!"

The fifteen human powerhouses stared coldly at the wildland powerhouses flying towards them, each locking onto their own target with cold eyes. At least in terms of the number of legendary-level powerhouses and above, the humans still had some advantages.

"Then let's also teach these lowly barbarians a lesson!"

For many years, only the footsteps of humans have constantly approached the wilderness, but rarely has the wilderness actively challenged the light of human civilization, making humans inevitably have a sense of superiority, and at the same time feel offended by the wilderness army's attack.

Of course, the generals who can command tens of thousands of border troops, the humans who can step by step reach the legend, are not kind people either. They will not make irrational decisions because of their unhappiness. At this time, their response to the wilderness is also their choice after weighing the pros and cons.

Clang clang clang! Ding dang!

...

Tens of thousands of people crashed into each other, merging into a twisted wall of people, all kinds of metal collisions intertwined into a symphony, and the roars and roars of countless warriors shook the grassland.

The soldiers of the Wilderness Legion are brave and fearless, wild and ferocious, while the great warriors of the Human Legion are calm and composed, advancing and retreating in an orderly manner; both sides have their own advantages, and for a time they did fight each other evenly.

Aaron, the Kobold commander in the rear, was very nervous, directly flying into the high sky to overlook the overall situation, and at the same time constantly looking into the distance, worrying about the enemy that was basically determined not to exist.

Whenever, in a certain battle line on the ground, the wilderness warriors fell into a disadvantage, or there were signs of collapse, his heart could not help but beat rapidly, until the battle line was desperately stabilized by the wilderness warriors.

However, as time went by, after the high fighting spirit was consumed, the Wilderness Legion, which occupied the advantage in numbers, gradually fell into a kind of fatigue, and the scene also slowly tilted in a direction favorable to humans.

Aaron, who had been concentrating on the battle situation, also became gloomy with the unfavorable war situation. At this time, he must take action, otherwise the first battle between the Wilderness Legion and humans would probably end in failure.

"Yellen, your legion can also be dispatched. Tear open a gap in the left wing of the human legion. I want to divide their formation!"

When tension became the norm, Aaron gradually calmed down, and his eyes radiated an unprecedented gleam. As soon as he landed, he pointed to a battle line on the left wing and said to an Ogre commander who had been waiting for a long time.

"Yes!"

The Ogre commander named Yellen roared in a low voice and left to take orders.

Half of the 20,000 central army was divided again. A team of Ogre warriors at the head waved wolf tooth clubs that were much thicker than ordinary wilderness natives, panting heavily and rushing to the front line under the leadership of Commander Yellen.

Above the sky, Allen frowned and looked down at the battle on the ground. As he said before, he did not interfere in the specific battle command of the army, only the staff department gave a suggestion to Aaron and the others.

From the brief confrontation, the overall strength of the human legion is indeed stronger than their wilderness coalition, but the wilderness legion has a constant stream of reinforcements. The victory or defeat of this battle cannot actually affect the final outcome of the fortress in front of them.

However, a group of whistling hot fireballs interrupted Allen's continued observation of the situation of the army below. The Bone Cleaver in his hand brushed out a sword, and in an instant, the ground-breaking magic rune array was activated, and a dim energy layer rippled on the blade, easily splitting the huge fireball in the middle with the surge of anger.

The fireball, split in half, exploded behind Allen, and the fire wave wrapped countless fire elements, quickly splashing around. However, the figure of the Kobold leader closest to it had already disappeared in place, rushing straight to the human powerhouse who continued to cast spells in front.

Whoosh whoosh!

Several angry wind blades detached from the Bone Cleaver's blade and swept towards the opponent's front first. With a wave of the human archmage's hand, several flaming shields suddenly appeared, and quickly expanded to the height of one person, actively crashing into the angry wind blades.

Boom boom boom!

The fiery red flames covered a large area of space, and countless fire rains fell to the ground, covering a battlefield, and countless heart-wrenching wails and cries of pain resounded through the sky.

A magic spell in the human mage's hand gradually took shape, and the flame floating in front of him changed from crimson to dark blue. Just as he aimed the target at Allen, he happened to see Allen's great sword pointing far in front of him, and the ray just shot forward and suddenly stopped more than ten meters in front of him.

Boom!

Thump thump!

Several layers of protection on the human mage's body shattered suddenly, and the huge counter-shock force directly smashed the mage's body away, but it happened to avoid the involvement of his magic aftermath.

Without time to think about how the opponent attacked him, the mage popped out a syllable, and then a star diamond on the staff dimmed.

Whoosh!

The dark golden great sword fell from the sky, and shattered the human mage's phantom on the spot. It was a pity that the other party's real body had already activated the teleportation spell, and appeared lightly thousands of meters away, still preparing for the next magic with lingering fear.

The human intelligence system had already found out the strongmen who went south this time and the scale of the army, so Andy, the legendary high-level archmage who took the initiative to face Allen at this time, had already anticipated in his heart that he would face tremendous pressure, but he did not expect that his pressure would be so heavy.

While casting spells, Andy the mage kept changing positions in order to get rid of the opponent who was still chasing him.

At the same time, Andy kept throwing out various scrolls and magic props to contain and harass the Kobold, so that he could not turn his spear to find trouble with his other colleagues.

The angry wind blade flew everywhere in the sky. Now Allen no longer needs to be stingy with the huge anger in his body. He can freely wave and cast it just to be able to delay the opponent's pace and disrupt the opponent's spellcasting.

After embarrassedly covering himself with several defensive magics again, Andy began to chant a long spell again to deal with the demigod powerhouse.

The opponent's invisible long-range attack just now was really a bit amazing, directly destroying his defensive magic, making Andy have to be more cautious.

Allen's Yanbo Step directly stimulated the speed to the extreme, and the invisible air in front of him suddenly became a hard wall, firmly blocking Allen's forward steps.

"Humph!"

Allen was impatient, and with a flip of his wrist, the Bone Cleaver directly swung forward, and the surging anger vented from the blade, immediately splitting the invisible obstruction in front of Allen.

The speed instantly increased by nearly double, and after a few breaths, Allen had already chased within ten meters of Andy the mage.

The hidden danger of bloodline impact has been slightly alleviated, Allen seized the opportunity to cast the instant kill sword skill again, and the condensed anger crossed the limitations of space. The sound of breaking through the air just started, and the sword energy had already arrived in front of Andy.

Puff puff!

The defensive magic that had just been cast, at this time, one by one, was like a bubble, breaking with a single poke, until it was blocked by a crystal ice shield, and then cracks rose on the ice shield, and with a bang, it turned into a sky full of flying snow, and Andy took advantage of the cover of this group of flying snow and quietly activated an arcane flicker, pulling away hundreds of meters again.

At the same time, Allen has several more negative blessing spells on his body, which have a considerable impact on his actions and even his thoughts.

The attack failed again, but Allen had already gotten used to it. The mage profession is indeed too rogue. Unless he has the opportunity to restrict the opponent's use of space magic, otherwise the next battle will most likely be a long chase.