Chapter 53 Attack!
Dong!
Dong!
Dong!
Two giant lizards appeared on the battlefield. The lizardman shaman waving the bone rod made of the hind legs of some kind of beast and beating the huge war drum. The dull sound of war drums had a strange force that shakes people's minds, and even made people's heartbeat vibrate with the drum sound, and the blood flow began to become rapid. These lizardman shaman priests rode on the giant lizard with gray-black skin, and drove the giant lizard forward by a tall and strong lizardman warrior.[]
"It's a petrified giant lizard!" A wild druid who had fought with the elite lizardmen frowned and said in a deep voice: "These giant lizards have turned into monsters under the elemental tide, and the person bitten by them is likely to be petrified by them."
Petrified giant lizard?
Murphy picked up the Qianli Mile Mile and looked at it intently, and immediately found that these giant lizards were much darker than he had seen before.
The skin of the giant lizard encountered in that battle was dark green, and the skin color of the two giant lizards that appeared now appeared strange gray-black, just like a stone sharpened by wind and sand, with a deep sense of oppression.
Two petrified giant lizards appeared on the battlefield, one left and one right. The lizardman shaman sitting on the giant lizard began to sing a sacred song with a strange tone. Then a row of lizardman swords and axes pressed against a team of half-elves and captives appeared in front of the battle formation. They raised the battle axes in their hands high and then fell heavily. The heads were scattered on the ground, and the blood sprayed was nearly two meters high.
--"roar!!!"
The Lizardman warriors let out a frenzy roar, and they waved their weapons excitedly and howled at the enemy in front of them.
"They are offering sacrifices." Artoria's eyes were full of anger, and she turned her head and couldn't bear to look at it, saying, "In the fight, they will take the captured prisoners to sacrifice to their gods."
Sacrifice?
Murphy frowned and activated the auxiliary system of "Total War". With the help of the auxiliary system, Murphy immediately saw a blood-red aura floating on the corpses of the half-elves whose heads were cut off. These blood-red auras that were invisible to the naked eye fell on the warriors with the singing of the Lizardman Shaman. Suddenly, all the Lizardman warriors in the battle formation were stained with the blood-red aura.
There is no doubt about it!
This sacrificial ceremony obviously has other functions!
This ancient and bloody ritual has a certain amplification effect, which can make the warriors become brave and fearless under the stimulation of bloody slaughter, and can even achieve the effect of reducing pain in battle, similar to a kind of mental paralysis and hypnosis. A fanatical consciousness will greatly increase their combat effectiveness. Murphy has seen this method in those gnolls.
"Rite to disperse them!" Although Murphy had not seen other elite Lizardmen troops, today's battle was a tough battle, and he could not make the enemy's morale so high. Obviously, the commanders of the Lizardmen wanted to use this ritual to bring the soldiers into a state of fanaticism to offset the fatigue caused by the company's journey.
Since there is such a sacrifice ceremony, there are naturally solutions to deal with it.
In Athens, the priestesses leading the temple had the ability to disperse. With the help of the divine power of the goddess of wisdom Athena, they could even suppress the enemy. The priests of the Temple of War can also use the war songs to achieve the same effect and enter a state of equality with the other party. However, the priests leading the temple are not here now, and Murphy can only let the half-elf moon god priest use the power of "tranquility".
More than a hundred high-level priests of the moon god Eluen gathered together. They whispered to pray to the goddess of the moon, and then sang the ancient hymns of life in the high elf language. The song was like the spring breeze, beautiful and moving, and as the ancient hymns echoed on the battlefield, a breath of tranquility and peace enveloped everyone.
The elves priests who believe in "Nature and Life" are born with a power that makes people feel tranquility.
This kind of power may not be used to increase the combat effectiveness of the army, but it is best to destroy the enemy's fighting spirit.
peaceful.
A breath of life envelops the battlefield.
The Lizardman warrior, who was still very motivated just now, became a little listless after his initial excitement. His expression seemed to have just been injected with some kind of excitement, and he was immediately relieved of his erectile weakness. As we all know, people can burst out with quite strong power when they are in an excited state, but once they pass the excitement period, their entire energy and will will be greatly consumed.
Fierce Dong Shu.
A rapid sound of war drums interrupted the chanting of the moon god priest, and the lizardman shaman beat the war drum like crazy, recalling the fighting spirit of the warriors.
However, the fanatical state that was blessed before was eliminated by the chanting of the Moon God's Sacrifice. Even if the fighting spirit of the warriors is recalled, it is impossible for them to enter that state again.
"They are going to attack!"
As the sound of words fell, the sound of war drums turned heavy. The lizardman warriors who had been arrayed raised their shields in front of them and rushed towards the half-elves. Perhaps because of Murphy's loss in the last battle, these lizardman warriors did not charge, but blocked their bodies behind the shield and trotted forward. The mud stained with blood had already told them how heavy the price they would have to pay.
After taking a bow and arrow, the Lizardman obviously learned his lesson.
This time, the heavy infantry even brought huge shields, put their weapons behind them, and held the shield in both hands to advance. Obviously, they planned to use the shield to block the rain of arrows and steadily close the distance, and then enter the close-fitting melee battle they are good at. Although this will cause considerable casualties in the process of advancing, this is undoubtedly the most reliable way of fighting. As long as they enter close-fitting melee battle, the lizardman with physical and weapon advantages can steadily suppress the half-elves.
The distance between the two sides is getting closer.
"Array!"
"shooting!"
"Forty-five degrees of angle shot ahead!"
The commander ran on the front line and gave Murphy's order. The subordinate officer roared and spread the order throughout the front line. The enemy gradually entered the range, and the half-elf archer tightened his bowstrings and his eyes were locked in front.
"Let it go!"
As the central army sent the order to shoot, the half-elf officer also shouted loudly. "Let it go!"
Say whisper!
A dense rain of arrows hit the approaching Lizardman warriors.
The Lizardman warriors rushing in the front row fell down like cutting wheat. Although the lizardman suffered a lot of casualties under the dense rain of arrows, they could not achieve the effect of Murphy's last battle in any case. The shields equipped by the enemy forced Murphy to give up more lethal direct shooting and chose to shoot the enemy with the rain of arrows.
The lethality will undoubtedly be deducted if it is severely beaten!
(To be continued).
Chapter completed!