The army of the Einherjar finally broke through the heavy firepower blockade that caused them heavy losses and entered the close range with us. These soldiers, who seemed to be from the ancient Roman legion, shouted valiantly. The sharp broadswords in their hands whistled and slashed in the air. They used simple but equally deadly soldier combat skills to launch fearless attacks against the powerful Einherjar who were far more powerful than them. Every second, there would be broken limbs flying, and every second, there would be multiple Einherjar soldiers turning into ashes. However, in the face of the endless enemy tide, this loss was nothing at all.
Even Enosaka and Emiya participated in the battle. As humans, their lives were far more fragile than the Einherjar's, and the Roman soldiers could easily kill them with a sword. However, the two of them were not willing to hide behind their friends for protection. Under the situation where Saber and the others were fighting head-on, Enosaka used his magic bullets, and Emiya used his projection magic, which he had received my guidance (well, it was a series of inexplicable and probably forgotten magic theories from Jaina) to imitate a bow and arrow to stop the enemies in the distance. Of course, even Enosaka's magic bullets were not much of a threat to the real Einherjar. However, those ancient Roman soldiers were also not real Einherjar, so the two of them could still deal with some of the enemies.
As a human, Geki Soichiro, who was brought by Midea, did not have long-range attack skills, and it was too risky to fight in close combat. It was a risk that Midea was absolutely unwilling to take, so he had to stay in the middle of the crowd to protect Ilya.
"Swallow Return!"
Sasaki's voice came from not far away. As his voice fell, more than a dozen Roman infantrymen fell to the ground. This was originally impossible for Sasaki, who was good at one-on-one duels, to achieve this result. However, the strange thing was that his power was increasing. The psionic energy on the bamboo pole was now so strong that it could emit a faint blue light. The attack range of the secret sword "Swallow Return" had doubled with the addition of this energy. It could almost be used as a mid-range weapon.
Where did his power come from?
It could be said that among all the Einherjar, the only one that I found strange was Sasaki, who had become my employee but was still full of mysteries. Not to mention the others, I could not find the source of the psionic energy on his sword.
"Soul Burning Strike – Decaying Soul Infection!"
Sandora's power permeated the battlefield. Her powerful soul attack was something that even the Einherjars with strong spiritual power couldn't resist. Every time she waved her hand, a large number of enemies would fall because their souls were burned. A Soul-Stealing Halo with a radius of half a kilometer formed around us. The enemies who entered the halo's range would gradually lose their minds in the continuous battle. Their minds would be absorbed by Sandora bit by bit as an energy source. Fear, greed, cruelty, and betrayal, as long as these negative emotions were planted in them, they would swell to an unparalleled degree in their hearts. Therefore, during the battle, I could always see the Roman soldiers who were still attacking us a second ago raise their swords and slash at their comrades in the next second. Some even killed themselves with their swords. This strange phenomenon shook the enemy's morale. It was even more significant than my Amaterasu and Void Explosion.
However, no matter whose attack it was, when it came to visual shock, it had to be Pandora and her sister …
The two little fellows each carried two six-barreled triple-barreled photon cannons. These huge weapons were a lot taller than them. When they were activated, it almost looked like four cannons were floating in the air and firing at them. Behind them, there were dozens of metal trapdoors floating in the air. It was as if they were throwing missiles into dumplings …
Just based on the deafening sound, Yuanban and the others decisively chose to stay a hundred meters away from the two little lunatics.
They had never seen Pandora and Visca go crazy. A thousand floating cannons sweeping across the battlefield would be a spectacular sight!
The sound of sonic booms rang in my ears. Vega, who was shrouded in a bloody mist, charged over at lightning speed. Along the way, she turned a large number of enemies into ashes. Then, she stabbed her twin swords into the ground to stabilize her body. The alloy shell at the tip of her tail suddenly opened, and the photon cannon that was charged to the point of exploding radiated a large number of psionic rays. Using this kind of short-range shooting to clear the battlefield, she cleared a large area of enemies around us and arrived in front of me.
"Commander!" Vega's body reeked of blood. Her exposed skin and beautiful face were stained with fresh blood due to her slightly exposed armor. This tall armored scorpion looked like a demon from hell. "I have calculated the number of casualties. Just the number of Infantry Spirits that died under your Space Cannons and Commander Sandora's psychic attacks has reached more than four thousand!"
Four thousand Heroic Spirits had been killed by two people in the short span of half an hour. Such a result could only be described as shocking. However, if it was two Commander-level Shiring Apostles, it could only be considered average. This was all within the range of Sandora and my 'normal firepower'. We wouldn't use those things that could destroy planets in one shot here.
Of course, that wasn't the main point. The main point was …
"Four thousand casualties, but …" I looked into the distance. There, there was an orderly Roman Infantry phalanx. A row of infantrymen broke away from the phalanx and raised the javelins in their hands at us.
"But they don't seem to have reduced their numbers at all."
That's right. Up until now, the enemy had lost more than half of their forces. No matter what, their numbers should have decreased significantly. However, whether it was the Roman Infantry phalanx that was fighting at the front or the reserve soldiers that were constantly replenished at the back, the Roman Legion showed no signs of a large number of casualties. Even their reserve phalanxes hadn't been mobilized yet.
Of course, it didn't mean that the enemy didn't have any casualties at all. It was just that the number of casualties was too small compared to what we should have achieved.
The enemy was still using the tactic of throwing javelins and fighting in melee to stall us. Due to the special skill of Heroic Spirit, they were able to use this illogical tactic, which caused a lot of trouble for us. Although my Void Detonation interception and the high-efficiency fighting of the others hadn't caused any substantial damage to us, Saber and the others were clearly showing signs of fatigue.
"Sakura, switch to the Crystal Virgin Mary!"
I thought about it for a moment as I turned around to tell the purple-haired girl who was using her shapeshifting hair to fight with her tentacles (what a strange metaphor). Although the purple-haired girl had joined the battle right from the start, she still hadn't used her battle stance, which was slightly out of the norm, since I hadn't given her any orders.
"Hey! Boss! "
Sakura chuckled in response and shouted at her Servant, "Rider, protect me and buy us ten seconds!"
A white pegasus with wings on its ribs descended from the sky. The Medusa, who had been sniping the enemy commander on the perimeter, dismounted and stood guard beside Sakura. Sakura had closed her eyes and stood there quietly.
A blue and white energy halo appeared on the ground, and the purple-haired girl slowly sank into the halo. Even in the middle of the battle, Genta and Wei Gong noticed this scene. Wei Gong had already faintly guessed what was going to happen, so he gave Genta a reassuring look to the worried Genta.
* Crack crack … *
Following the sound of crystals shattering, the blue and white halo that had just swallowed Sakura suddenly expanded by more than ten times, becoming the gigantic energy well that the Crystal Virgin Mary had summoned. Then, amidst a few exclamations, the floating crystal statue slowly appeared in front of everyone.
"It's so much more comfortable looking at it from this angle …"
Sakura lazily used her arms to support her body. She leaned against the crystal platform and yawned. Although the energy used to summon the Crystal Virgin Mary could be replenished by the psionic crystals below the floating platform, she still felt tired the moment the summoning was completed.
"Ah, Sister, how is it? I told you that the stingy alien boss gave me a nice gift, right? "
Hey! Since you admitted that it was a nice gift, can you not mention the word stingy? You signed a contract with Rider back then! Although that idiot had to write five times before he managed to spell his name correctly …
"Wah … If I didn't know about it beforehand, I would have suspected that you did some inhumane body modification on my sister," Genta muttered subconsciously. "What is this!"
Can you first explain what 'inhumane body modification' is!?
"Sakura, don't hold back. Release a wide range of psionic waves!"
I shouted at Sakura, who had turned into a giant, while summoning a Super Space Satellite Cannon. Immediately, another dozen Roman soldiers turned into green smoke.
This time, I paid attention. After eliminating the dozen Roman infantries, I immediately spread out my spiritual power and carefully felt the chaotic energy on the battlefield.
It didn't disappear. The killed Roman soldiers didn't disappear immediately. Instead, they turned into another kind of free energy and gradually merged with the energy that permeated the entire battlefield.
The new energy after the fusion seemed to have a certain degree of autonomy. It was gathering in one direction, where the Roman Legion's reserve team was.
New souls of the infantries were constantly being reborn there!
No wonder the number of enemies didn't decrease after fighting for so long. They were all like the Cardinal of the Spring Bro!
But why didn't the souls of the two hundred Roman soldiers that we killed in the palace come back to life? Was it because of the special energy that permeated the battlefield now?
I became interested in this energy that seemed to be everywhere. There seemed to be a lot of things in the inner world that the surface world didn't have. Even the Remote Garden couldn't analyze it 100%. What was going on here?
I felt the free energy everywhere, but I found that I couldn't find its source at all. It was too uniform. The distribution of this energy was extremely uniform. In the battlefield, it was almost impossible to distinguish its flow trend. The dead Roman soldiers were constantly resurrected and strengthened under the effect of this energy. This energy was undoubtedly the source of their power, and …
Was it also the source of Sasaki's power?
I clearly "saw" that around Sasaki, this energy showed a high degree of activity. It was gathering to Sasaki in a far more active manner than when he was healing the Roman soldiers. So, not only did the latter not have a trace of fatigue in the battle, but he also became more and more courageous.
In other words, this energy had no will. Then, its source was probably —
I raised my head and stared at the red moon in the sky.
The only possibility that could provide energy to the entire battlefield, and the energy distribution was extremely uniform, regardless of friend or foe, was that strange moon.
Perhaps the red moonlight that shone on the inner world was charging the Roman infantries on the battlefield. In other words, the moon gave them power. Thinking of more than ten thousand fat and strong Roman infantries killing us in the name of the moon, I suddenly felt a lot of pressure.
"Crystal Radiation!"
The huge Crystal Virgin slowly rose to about ten meters in the air and splashed a large blue curtain of light on the battlefield. Under the light of the red moon, these blue curtains of light seemed so weak, but the effect was amazing. The blue light swept through the area with a radius of half a kilometer. The psionic radiation that was extremely lethal to energy creatures hit all the Roman infantries within the range hard. A large number of infantries closest to the radiation turned into crystal statues in platoons. Then, they fell to the ground and turned into powder. At the back of the battle formation, the infantries that were far from the center of the radiation slowed down significantly. So, Medea could leisurely use magic bullets to kill them all.
This time, the enemy finally had a real reduction. The Roman infantries that were contaminated by the psionic energy could no longer accept the power of the red moon. It was just a flash of inspiration, but it had such a good effect. I was overjoyed.
"Sandora!"
I shouted loudly. The blonde girl floating in the air immediately landed and said angrily, "Ah Jun, why can't we kill all these guys? Do you want to use your ultimate skill? "
"The red moon is constantly reviving them. Are you planning to shoot down the moon?" I glanced at Sandora, who had already lost her temper. Although it wasn't that we didn't have the power to deal with these enemies, no one could guarantee the consequences of destroying the red moon. Moreover, it was too wasteful to destroy an entire planet just to destroy a Roman army.
"Sakura's power can restrain these guys. Let's go over there and take a look."
I looked at the rear of the Roman army. There was an energy signal that hadn't moved since the beginning. If the entire army had a commander, he would undoubtedly be there.
As for this place, I felt that with the two madmen, Pandora and Visca, as well as the huge cannon Sakura guarding it, there shouldn't be any possibility of breaking through.
The distance of a few kilometers was nothing to Sandora and me. In the blink of an eye, we had already crossed the smoke-filled battlefield. We rushed all the way with our energy shields up. Behind Sandora and I, there was a ten-meter wide no-man's land. Although the heavy infantries had reacted in time and formed a dense formation, their fragile shields were useless against the charge of two Commander-tier Shiring Apostles.
"Send in the reserve soldiers!"
Under such circumstances, the enemy's commander was still issuing orders in an orderly manner. The light infantries that couldn't do much retreated neatly, while a large number of heavy infantries that looked like tin cans advanced from the rear of the formation.
I could obviously feel that the energy waves of these soldiers were stronger, even reaching a third of the power of a genuine heroic spirit. In other words, are they elite soldiers?
Sandora and I quietly floated in the air, calmly watching the approaching enemy. As for the commander who issued the order, he had already entered our line of sight.
About a hundred meters away from us, there was a heavily escorted chariot wrapped in metal and leather. An abnormally tall middle-aged man stood on top of it. He was wearing light armor decorated with patterns and a long cape. Unlike the ordinary Roman infantries, this person, who was obviously the commander of the legion, didn't wear a helmet. His weather-beaten yet resolute bronze face was as clear as marble. His deep eye sockets were sharp as he stared at us.
"You aren't heroic spirits, so why are you participating in this battle?"
The tall, middle-aged man said in a deep voice. Even though we were a hundred meters away from each other, our loud voice still resounded in our ears. It was enough to prove that in the ancient army, where communication was based on shouting, having a loud voice was a necessary quality for a qualified general.
"You should know that we can easily kill you at this distance," I calmly stated. I believed that the commander had seen my and Sandora's terrifying attack power before. Did he think that he could block the Amaterasu descending from the sky with just the infantries around him?
If Sandora was willing, the infantries could rebel at the same time and dismember him.
"I admit that your strength is beyond my expectations, but it is my good fortune to be able to fight to my heart's content in this battle. The Crimson Moon shelters the warriors of the Holy Roman Empire. We won't fall so easily!"
"You better look over there."
I shrugged and pointed to the back. The huge crystal icon was as eye-catching as a lighthouse in the dark. A large number of Roman soldiers turned into crystal glass under its light.
"Indeed, I didn't expect you to kill my soldiers under the Crimson Moon. Perhaps I will die here today," The middle-aged commander's voice was still loud, and he was fearless in the face of death. "But as long as the great Gaius is still standing, the warriors of Rome will never die! Our brothers are waiting for you in front! Attack! "
"Kill!" The commander's voice became a declaration of war. The Roman infantries surrounding Sandora and me shouted at the same time. Then, they unsheathed their swords and rushed towards us with heavy footsteps.
"Brave general, it seems that using mind control to destroy your troops is an insult. Then, I will grant you the death of a soldier!" Sandora just quietly looked at the middle-aged soldier who was ready to die. Her slender arm gently drew an arc in the air to launch an attack. "Legion, against legion!"
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