The heavy gates of Grinburg roared open with a deafening winch! The drawbridge collapsed, splashing up muddy water.
Linde took the lead, his warhorse charging forward like an arrow released from a bow!
Behind him were the remnants of the Silver Lance Knights led by Astaire, and the Holy Punishment Knights, personally overseeing the battle and radiating a chilling holy light!
Next came all the remaining garrison troops in Greenburg who could still pick up weapons. Their eyes burned with the determination to fight to the death, and like a flood bursting its banks, they surged toward the Orc camp!
The earth groaned under the trampling of horses' hooves and footsteps.
Golden battle aura surged around Linde, while the power of light veins and shadow abyss surged within him, forming a strange and chilling pressure.
His only goal was the giant cannon deep within the Oak camp that gleamed with an ominous light!
However, the Sassians did not stand idly by! The moment Lind's army charged out of Greenburg, the Sassian camp, which had been huddled together, erupted like boiling water!
"Stop them!!"
The hysterical roar of the Sass officer pierced the battlefield.
The dark, dense phalanx of Sassin infantry surged out from the flanks like a black tide bursting its banks, recklessly crashing into the arrowhead of Lind's charge!
They had clearly received orders to hold back this sharp blade aimed straight at the heart of the Orks at all costs!
"boom--!"
The two torrents of steel collided violently and without any frills! The dull and terrifying impact sounded like two mountains colliding!
The crisp sound of spears breaking, the explosive sound of shields shattering, the muffled thud of bones being crushed, the screams of the dying... all intertwined in an instant into a symphony of hell!
Sharp spear tips pierced through the simple leather armor, heavy battle axes cleaved through the blocking shields, and the Silver Lance Knight's charge was abruptly halted. The Holy Light Slash of the Holy Punishment Knight exploded into clouds of blood mist in the dense crowd, but more Sass soldiers, like numb puppets, stepped over the corpses of their comrades and clung to him with their flesh and blood!
The battlefield instantly transformed into a chaotic meat grinder! Blood and bits of flesh splattered across the land, sparks from clashing metal and splashes of blood gleaming in the dim light. Every inch of the earth was frantically devouring life!
"My lord! We're being held up!"
Aster roared, his silver battle aura swirling like a whirlwind as it swarmed and killed the enemies rushing towards him, but there were just too many Sassians, like an endless swarm of ants!
Linde looked toward the distant Ork Camp. The light of the crystals embedded in the base of the crystal cannon grew increasingly dazzling, and the dark red energy accumulating inside the cannon barrel resembled a volcano about to erupt!
The deep, resonant energy hum even drowned out the shouts of battle that were right next to us, like a countdown to death pounding on everyone's heart!
We can't wait any longer! Even a second later, Grinburg and everyone here will be reduced to ashes!
"Aster! Pris! Stop them!"
Lind's voice was like rolling thunder, carrying an unquestionable command.
"Silver Lance Knight! Holy Punishment Knight! Follow me—pierce them!"
He suddenly turned his horse around, and golden battle qi and light vein power erupted, forming a dazzling armor of light and flame around his body!
He no longer sought to inflict damage, but instead focused all his strength on one point—charging! A reckless charge!
He was like a red-hot iron, fiercely stabbing the weakest point of the Sassin army formation, the one closest to the Ork camp!
"For the Kree Empire! For Grinburg!"
The surviving Silver Spear Knights unleashed a deafening roar, their silver battle auras coalescing and following closely behind!
"Purify the heretics! Holy flames pave the way!"
At Priest's command, ten of the most elite Holy Punishment Knights instantly left the main battlefield. Holy light burned on their bodies, converging into a scorching arrowhead that tightly guarded Lind's left and right flanks!
This is an arrowhead made up of the sharpest spearheads!
Linde charged ahead, his golden battle aura and the power of light veins forming a shield that forcefully smashed through the spears and shattered the shields blocking his path!
The Holy Light of the Holy Punishment Knight was like a hot iron, and wherever it passed, the soldiers of Sass, who were tainted by the aura of the Shadow Abyss, let out shrill screams as their bodies melted like wax!
The Silver Lance Knight, like the blades of a meat grinder, mercilessly tore apart the enemies who were trying to close in from both sides!
With Linde as their spearhead, they carved a bloody path through the chaotic battlefield! Their speed was incredible, their objective clear—a breach in the Ork camp!
Finally, they broke through the first line of defense built by the Sass people with flesh and blood! The rugged wooden palisade of the Orks was now in sight!
However, what awaited them was another steel barrier!
"Waaaaah!"
The mournful sound of the Oc horn rang out.
At the breach in the Ork camp, a formidable defense was already in place! Rows of Ork heavy infantrymen, clad in heavy plate armor and wielding massive tower shields and long-handled battle axes, silently formed an impenetrable shield wall, like steel behemoths emerging from ancient times!
Sunlight shone on their rough, dark plate armor, reflecting a cold, deathly sheen.
The tower shields slammed heavily into the ground, and long-handled battle axes emerged menacingly from the gaps in the shields, forming a despairing forest of steel thorns! These were the Orcs' most elite warriors, true veterans of countless battles!
There was no fear in their eyes, only unwavering determination and absolute obedience to orders!
"Crush them! For the glory of Orcs!"
The leading Ocq warlord let out a deep, thunderous roar.
"Charge! There's no time!"
Linde roared. He could clearly feel that the energy accumulated by the Crystal Skeleton Cannon behind him had reached a critical point, and the air was distorted by that terrifying energy! He could even "hear" the scream of the violent energy inside the cannon barrel about to go out of control!
Without any hesitation!
Linde used the power of the Shadow Aura in actual combat for the first time! The cold, dark force field spread out instantly, not as a large-scale attack, but as he condensed and compressed it, like an invisible sharp cone, stabbing fiercely at the central connection of the Orc Heavy Infantry Shield Wall!
At the same time, he gripped the longsword tightly with both hands, pouring his golden battle qi and light vein power into it without reservation, and the sword burst out with a blazing light like a small sun!
"break!"
Boom—!!!
Linde merged with his sword, transforming into a golden bolt of lightning that tore through the air, and slammed into the Orcs' steel barrier!
The corrosive field of the Shadow Aura took effect first, and the contact point of the sturdy tower shield instantly turned gray and became fragile!
Following closely behind was Lind's all-out attack, imbued with the power of divine order!
"Crack! Boom—!"
Like a thunderclap! The joints of the tower shields, corrupted by the power of the Shadow Abyss, shattered like rotten wood! Lind's sword light was unstoppable, blasting the two massive tower shields, along with the Orc warriors holding the shields behind them, into countless flying fragments and blood mist!
The sturdy shield wall was blasted open by Linde's terrifying strike, which combined light and shadow!
"Charge in!"
Linde's voice was hoarse with exhaustion, but he didn't stop and rushed into the gap first!
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