Chapter 499: Erso's Death, Recovering the Territory
The battle between Martins and Erso lasted the longest among the total 68 battles.
The two giants, wearing different Terminator power armors, fought desperately with superb swordsmanship.
As time went by, Martins gradually found the key to dealing with Erso.
Don't even think about competing in swordsmanship. There is a gap, and you have to face it. He must make good use of his equipment advantage.
And he did a really good job.
He used the "cheating" tactic again and again. When he suffered a disadvantage in swordsmanship, he would often give up defense and launch a fierce counterattack. It was obvious that you might hit my cavalry with your sword and hurt me, but with my sword, with the unyielding defensive effectiveness, you will definitely be more injured than me.
Erso would definitely not engage in such an exchange and could only return to defend.
But sometimes he couldn't help it.
Or feel that this exchange can make money.
In fact, after several exchanges, both of them basically took advantage of each other. You cut a scar on my abdomen, and I gave you a hard blow on your arm.
Often, Martins would be less injured due to the thickness of his armor; but due to the difference in swordsmanship, he would always suffer more attacks than Erso.
After fighting to this point, both of them were covered in wounds, and it was hard to say who was in worse condition.
However, the accumulation of fatigue and injuries made the two men no longer fight as tightly and flawlessly as they did at the beginning of the battle. They inevitably began to make mistakes, which further made them more vulnerable to being hit by the other side during the confrontation.
The warriors from both sides who were watching became even more nervous. They could see that the duel had come to an end and was about to decide the winner. With both sides making more mistakes, the probability of the next sword deciding the outcome was becoming greater and greater.
And this moment has finally arrived.
Erso once again found an opportunity with his exquisite swordsmanship. This opportunity was better than any other before. Under his manipulation, Martins's door was wide open, and his sword went straight to Martins' head.
He had hit Martins' head before, but the sword was a little off, and Martins' reaction was too quick, so he failed to end the fight, and only created a crack on Martins's cavalry helmet.
And now, he had the opportunity to follow this crack and strike with his sword again. He was absolutely sure that with this strike, he could kill Martins.
Martins could no longer block Erso's sword, so he adopted a similar strategy as before, giving up defense and thrusting the power sword forward. He chose the junction of Erso's chest armor and abdomen, which had also suffered a round of attacks from him before.
But this time, Erso did not choose to return to defense.
Between taking the knife alone and chopping off Martins' head, he still made the choice.
Even though Martins' knife might go up through his abdomen and into his heart, he would not hesitate.
Space Marines have two hearts. Destroying one of them is a serious injury, but it won't cause death on the spot, as they can be rescued later.
The two men's attacks hit almost at the same time.
Erso's sword clearly hit Martins' head, accurately stuck on the crack that existed before.
Under his heavy blow, the crack suddenly became larger. Although he felt a sense of sluggishness, the sword continued to chop down. Until, he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen.
His power armor was pierced.
Moreover, Martins's method was just as he had expected in the worst case scenario, piercing his heart diagonally upwards.
In order to do this, Martins leaned forward as much as possible, with his head against the tip of Erso's sword, making it easier to stab the sword upwards diagonally.
This certainly made it easier for Erso to slash with his sword, but the scary thing about him was that he seemed to have not completely cut through the helmet, and his power sword seemed to be stuck.
The helmet is hard enough, and maybe Martins' skull is hard enough too.
He was still trying hard to break it completely. Even though his body was pierced, even his heart was pierced, it did not affect his output of strength.
Of course it was painful, and it was a serious injury, but as a genetically modified super warrior, the Space Marines themselves could be considered a powerful war machine. Especially for a top master like Erso, unless he died completely or had an objective injury like a broken limb that could not be cured, his combat effectiveness would hardly be affected.
Even if one heart was lost, the other one would beat even more vigorously, giving him power no less than at his peak.
This is of course unsustainable and a huge burden that will affect future recovery from injuries. But in a life-or-death situation, there is no need to worry, as his body will react automatically and instinctively.
However, before he completely cut open Martins' helmet, a terrible electric current suddenly appeared in his body and pierced his second heart.
But at the same time, Erso's sword finally cut into the entire helmet.
The two bodies froze at that moment.
…
"Who won?" Cardoso couldn't help but ask Pastor Rizzo next to him.
At this moment, a power sword was embedded in Martins' head, half of it was cut in; the other power sword pierced into Erso's abdomen, most of it was penetrated.
After being connected together by the power sword, the two chapter leaders were like two wax figures, motionless.
Even with Cardoso's eyesight, he couldn't tell what the final result would be.
On the one hand, it was a bit far, but the most important thing was that the battle between the two men was too intense, and the difference at the last moment was too subtle. No matter who won or lost, who lived or died, it was all possible.
There is even a considerable probability that both of them will die in this duel.
Even Rizzo frowned at this time. He couldn't see what Carduso couldn't see.
Even though he had a strong belief, he still did not speak at this time. He just stared at the situation in the arena nervously like everyone else.
A moment's wait seemed so long at this moment.
The two people who had been still finally moved.
Martins slowly pulled out the power sword that had pierced Erso's body.
Erso's body lost its support and fell backwards with a bang. The heavy Terminator power armor smashed into a large amount of dust on the ground.
Martins stumbled back a few steps, the power sword still embedded in his helmet. He let go of his own sword, then grabbed Erso's sword, pulled it out, and then took off his helmet.
A hideous bloody mark appeared on his face, starting from the top of his forehead, cutting through his left eyebrow, popping out one of his eyes, and tearing his entire left face apart...
Erso was really close to cutting Martins' head open.
But in the end, it was Martins who survived.
After the silence, there were the joyful cries of the phoenixes.
In sharp contrast, the raging flames on the opposite side were as quiet as a library.
Amid the cheers of his fighting brothers, Martins held up his broken helmet, not caring about the blood on his face, and shouted loudly!
…
This duel between Martins and Erso was also the last duel in the entire chapter.
We haven't even finished a hundred games yet, let alone Fury winning a hundred games.
So far, they have only won 11 games in total.
For these 11 victories, the Fury Chapter paid the price of sacrifice from the Chapter Master, the First Company Captain, the Second Company Captain, three Chapter Champions, a series of Company Champions and NCO veterans.
The eleven prisoners who were brought back were kneeling on the ground. They themselves did not think that their lives were worth so much.
The remaining eighty-nine who were under the care of the Phoenix did not want the regiment to continue fighting.
I can't fight anymore.
The surviving senior members of the Fury Regiment - the third captain and the chief chaplain - stood up.
No matter how bitter they felt, they could only negotiate with the Phoenix while dragging back Kazimierz Erso's body:
"That's enough. The duel is over."
"Do you want to admit defeat?" It was Cardoso who spoke on behalf of the Phoenix, and Pastor Rizzo stood next to him.
Martins was also seriously injured. After returning to the military train, he fell into a coma and had to wait for the pharmacist to provide emergency treatment.
Facing Carduso's contemptuous question, Adler Paulitos, the third captain who spoke on behalf of the Fury Corps, lowered his head and said, "Yes, we admit defeat. You are the winner."
"That leaves 89 prisoners. According to regulations, they will not be released."
Abandon your comrades.
Even if Paulitos stood up and admitted defeat, and had thought of and accepted all the consequences, when he really had to say it out loud, he still felt as painful as a knife.
He even wondered why he wasn't the one who died in the previous duel?
He would rather die in the duel than endure such humiliation.
However, the humiliation had already come.
The honor of Fury was completely lost when they only won 11 out of 68 games, their captain died in battle, and they were afraid that if they continued to fight, all 800 people would die here and they would not be able to win 100 games.
The humiliation is bound to fall on the heads of the Fury Chapter, and will become "famous" throughout the universe with this duel.
Paulitos really would rather die.
But it doesn't work.
The regiment must continue to survive, and it takes greater courage to live than to die.
He could only take a deep breath and said, "Let you do whatever you want."
After saying that, he left without looking back.
Before the Silent Furies boarded the ship leaving the surface, they heard gunshots.
As if intentional, the gunshots in the distance rang out one after another.
No one wanted to count, but every Raging Space Marine clearly heard exactly 89 gunshots in the distance.
At the moment before boarding the spacecraft, as the last person on board, Paulitos couldn't help but look back.
In fact, it was too far away. Even with the superhuman vision of the Space Marines, it was difficult to see clearly.
But the places where the blood of 68 core members of the chapter was shed and the scenes where 89 Fury captives were executed seemed to be revealed before his eyes and were deeply engraved in his heart.
…
The backbone of the Fury Legion was broken.
Perhaps, with the perseverance of the Space Marines, they will be able to recover from such blows in the future.
But at least not now.
They fled from the Dragon Eagle Star Region in a panic like a stray dog without staying there for long.
Even Space Marines cannot avoid the effects of having their morale crushed.
They tried to take away all the naval vessels under their control, but they were not the only ones whose morale collapsed.
The result of this duel spread quickly, and many ship commanders who originally followed Nuyan began to wonder in their hearts: Is it really a good thing to follow such a Nuyan?
The Fury's own fleet, that is, their fleet, did not have this problem. Although their morale was low, they were all their own people after all, and Fury could still take them away.
However, in the Dragon Eagle Star Region, many of the ships that originally stood with them were not their direct descendants. More than half of the ships were from the Imperial Navy.
Among them, the Yunluo Fleet is the main force. In addition, some support ships that the Eastern Space Government mobilized from various parts of the universe during the previous Iron Teeth War have basically fallen under the command of the Fury Corps.
When Nuyan was about to leave, they had no obligation to follow Nuyan. After this duel, they didn't want to leave anymore.
Many ships were "left behind" during the retreat; especially in front of some star tunnel jump points, some ships seemed to have started the jump engine, but after the jump, there were always a few or a dozen ships that stayed where they were, as if the jump engine was broken.
The Alliance Navy Command Center, which was accompanying them from a distance, successfully "incorporated" these ships.
It’s not that they are completely incorporated, that would be against the rules. These ships all have their own fleet sequences.
However, there would be no problem for Ye Lisia to order these ships to temporarily obey her command in the name of the Imperial Navy Admiral - which she is now.
By the time the Fury Corps left the Dragonhawk Star Region, the only thing left with them was their own fleet that they brought into the Dragonhawk Star Region.
It is even less than that time, after all, a lot of losses were suffered in the war.
As for the evacuation plans formulated by the Fury Corps' command before the duel, none of them could keep up with the changes and were abandoned.
They simply don't have the time or the desire to carry out plundering searches on various planets.
Even if they forcibly implement this evacuation plan, it is actually unrealistic.
The alliance's main fleet and the ferocious Phoenix were following behind.
They had thought about this situation before. If the alliance dared to do this, they would turn around and fight the alliance and create a local conflict. Who would be afraid of whom?
But now, I have already admitted defeat, so what's the point of fighting?
Can you beat him?
The Broken-Backed Dog had no intention of fighting and only wanted to leave this nightmarish star field as soon as possible.
And the alliance will defeat the entire Dragon Eagle Star Domain.
(End of this chapter)
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