"My suggestion is to hold our ground." Thomas knew the situation was urgent. It would be a disaster if they held back any longer.
"I agree. We already have the first line of defense. Even though the height of the walls isn't high enough, the thickness of the walls won't allow the beasts to break through in an instant. At the same time, the defensive area is relatively narrow, so we have enough people to hold the line. On the other hand, if we choose to retreat, we also need to split up a group of people to hold back the beasts. If we don't have enough people to hold back the beasts, the entire expedition team will be in danger of being wiped out. If we have too many people to hold back the beasts, we might as well hold our ground. "Bord naturally supported Thomas' decision.
"Mary, tell us your opinion!" Chino looked at the beasts on the other side of the rain. They were still devouring the horned monsters and did not seem to have any intention of attacking.
"I'm more inclined to retreat. I don't think it's wise to fight these beasts head on," Bloody Mary expressed her opinion.
"What about you, Hugo?" Chino looked at Hugo.
"Hold our ground." Hugo pondered for a moment and said, "I know it's not a good idea to fight the beasts head on, but we don't have a better choice. Just like what Mr. Bord said, if we retreat, we'll easily turn a battle that we can hold on into an irreversible defeat. "
"What about Ilario and the Salesian Order?" Chino looked at Ilario, one of the two leaders of the Salesian Order.
"Personally, I don't agree with either choice. However, if we have to choose, I'm more inclined to retreat. Everyone, why don't we choose the third option? We don't have to fight the beasts head on. Perhaps we can adopt a more reasonable plan to avoid this battle. For example, we can withdraw most of the expedition team to the top of the walls and have a strong leader to defend the beasts. As long as they are at a height where the beasts can't reach, the beasts won't be able to do anything to them. The beasts won't stay here forever. As long as they leave, we can easily leave the canyon. We don't have to fight them to the end! "Ilario had another opinion.
"But what if the beasts think we're delicious food and refuse to leave? What should we do if they keep waiting at the bottom of the canyon?" Josiah asked.
"We can send out elites to lure them away." Ilario had his own ways.
"The question is, how high do our people have to climb to be truly safe? Ugly Giant Beasts are huge, but that doesn't mean they don't know how to climb. Especially inside the Long Rock Canyon, there are many relatively gentle slopes, not as steep as the edge of the canyon. What height or position do our people need to reach in order to be truly safe? "Chino had a headache, how to solve this problem.
"If we are scattered, we won't be able to concentrate our strength to defend against known and unknown enemies. This is also a problem." Bord was also a little worried. The enemies that had already appeared were already difficult to deal with. What if there were more unknown enemies?
What if the enemy launched an attack from the sky?
How would the exploration team members who were attached to the cliff face face the enemy? How were the leaders going to save them?
Concentration and dispersion of power.
These were two different concepts.
If those ugly giant beasts knew how to climb the slope, then the exploration team that was scattered would be defeated one by one, and the consequences would be even more serious.
"Arius and John, you two have a say as well." Chino looked at those Ugly Giant Beasts that were feasting crazily. He really hoped that the corpses of the long-horned monsters would be enough to fill their stomachs, but it was too ridiculous to hope that a group of bloodthirsty hunters would be merciful. Chino definitely did not believe that those Ugly Giant Beasts would let go of delicious and juicy humans.
"Hold fast. I feel that whether we retreat or climb the slope to avoid battle, we have to do it on the basis of holding fast. Otherwise, it will be a nightmare." As the Flag Bearer, Arius made a clear decision. "I will lead the Guardian Knights to defend against the first wave of the Ugly Giant Beasts' attack."
"We, the Eye of God, will defend against the second wave of attack." Thomas agreed with Arius' decision.
"We, the Ascetics and the Hidden Cultivators, will defend the stone wall throughout," an Ascetic representative said.
"I will fight side by side with you. I hope that the Paladins whose combat power is below 10 can prepare to climb the rock wall in advance. I guarantee that they will work on the second line of defense until the team announces to abandon the first line of defense. Only then will they climb the rock wall to avoid the Giant Beasts' attack. In addition, I hope that you can send Mary to go around the Giant Beasts and return to find Mr. Wood. It would be best if she could bring back Mr. Wood and his Special Forces! "Hugo hoped that he could send Bloody Mary to ask for reinforcements.
"If Duchess Mary agrees, John is willing to go with you." The Silver Spoon Wise John indicated that he could lead the way.
"Sure." Bloody Mary pondered for a moment and nodded.
"Mr. David, what do you think?" Cardinal Chino looked at David, the other leader of the Three Lions of the Plantagenet Dynasty. He knew that David and Bloody Mary were sworn enemies. He asked this question because he hoped that David would not cause trouble under such circumstances. He hoped that they would work together and face the enemy together. If there were any differences, they could talk about it after they got through this difficult time.
"Of course, I absolutely support your decision. In fact, I also want to know the whereabouts of Mr. Wood." David smiled very sincerely.
"Lady Light Spirit, what do you think?" Cardinal Chino respectfully asked for the opinion of the Patriarch of the Holy Way of Light.
"Since the decision has been made, let's do it. Everything will be fine!" The kind old lady nodded.
"Yes." Chino bowed to her again.
Then he looked at Cardinal Nero who had the right to speak but could not open his mouth to speak.
Because Cardinal Nero was the leader of the exploration team, he could not open his mouth to speak when there was a problem. Sometimes, when something came out of his mouth, it could easily become a conclusion and cause damage to the interests of the other major forces.
Now.
Chino brought out the choice for discussion and came up with a plan. He was only waiting for Cardinal Nero, the leader, to make the final decision.
Cardinal Nero nodded. He picked up the silver cross and piously kissed the holy image. Then he raised his eyes and looked around at the crowd: "This is the test of the Lord on our pilgrimage. The almighty God will use his eyes that are everywhere to watch us. As long as we have hope, we will definitely pass the test! I bless all those who have a heart of light. I wish you all the best! "
When this pretentious old man finished speaking, everyone immediately scattered in all directions and seized the time to deal with the upcoming battle.
Fortunately, they were in the Land of the Fallen, and there were powerful and bloodthirsty enemies approaching.
Otherwise.
This kind of unity was really rare to see.
Countless heavy weapons were assembled, such as the super giant crossbow that fired steel arrows.
They were assembled one by one and pulled to the previously prepared turrets behind the stone wall as the first weapon to stop the ugly beasts.
Flamethrowers, as well as solid oil Molotov cocktails, Molotov buckets, etc.
Were quickly delivered.
The exploration team members with Battle Power below 5 all went up the rock wall. They had to use the fastest speed to find a safe place to rest, not only for themselves, but also for their companions.
In the crevice hundreds of meters high, David, who was the fastest, was leading his subordinates to clean up the original natives in the crevice such as poisonous snakes, lizards, and spiders.
Hugo stood on the stone wall.
With a solemn expression, he stared at the ugly beasts that were still crazily eating tens of meters away.
These giant beasts didn't seem to see the stone wall in front of them. As for what the humans inside were doing, they didn't seem to care at all. They focused on devouring the prey around them, as if the horned monsters with sharp teeth that were unable to escape were enough to satisfy them.
Even though the distance of tens of meters was just a dozen steps for them to charge.
But the strange thing was.
They did not continue to close in.
"I think they have intelligence, and their intelligence is much higher than that of the long-horned monsters. They know that we will resist and that it will not be easy to devour them, so they first slaughter the long-horned monsters to fill their stomachs, then slowly grind with us and fight a battle of attrition! Of course, it is also possible that they are waiting for their companions. I noticed that their cries should have infrasonic waves in the huge tremors, and their companions have some way to receive their cries from far away. After confirming that there is enough food in a certain location, they will come to surround us. " Hugo would rather fight a group of beasts with no intelligence and only desire. But unfortunately, these seemingly brainless ugly beasts were actually quite smart, and could even be said to be cunning.
"They're not beasts, they're demons …" Cardinal Chino looked around, lowered his voice, and revealed a secret to Hugo. "Just now, I heard their name from someone in the know. In ancient times, these demons were called Shakarmano. Now, we call them Devouring Demons! They belong to the higher class of demons, and have intelligence close to that of a human teenager! "
"Shakamano??" Hugo was slightly stunned.
"Have you heard of this name?" Chino lowered his voice and asked.
"It is said that my grandfather's uncle died in the hands of these demons." Hugo came to a sudden realization. So this was what the demon Shakamano looked like. No wonder it was so powerful that it could completely annihilate a team of a hundred Knights Templar. Even the same number of reinforcements only managed to escape with five survivors.
"These demons rarely appear. We have entered the Land of the Fallen many times, but there are very few records of them appearing." Chino shook his head and sighed, "We are very unlucky to have encountered them this time!"
"Do you think they were driven by someone?" Hugo asked in the same low voice.
"Driving them shouldn't be possible, right?" Chino was not sure.
"What about luring them?" Hugo asked again.
"I cannot give you an answer. If your guess is correct, then our plan of hiding on the cliff to avoid the battle will be very dangerous! " Chino was not optimistic about the plan of hiding on the cliff to avoid the battle, because it was too passive. If the situation changed, the entire expedition team would be trapped in the Long Rock Canyon, unable to move. It would be difficult to advance or retreat.
"I hope that Mary and John can find Mr Wood as soon as possible and bring back reinforcements!" Hugo's only hope now was that Lin Dong could appear in time.
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