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Chapter 927 - 927 102 Forced March

927: Chapter 102: Forced March 927: Chapter 102: Forced March Looking at the alien race army that appeared on the horizon and then glancing back at his own troops, Rakel’s brows suddenly furrowed.

The time had ultimately been too short.

They had managed to reorganize the deserters, but there was simply no time to train the troops, let alone command them smoothly.

With supervisory teams watching over them, they were passable for defending the city, but if they were to carry out other combat missions, they would probably collapse as soon as they left the city.

“Pass the order, have the Magic Crystal Cannons target the enemy camp and fire in unison!”

Rakel sighed.

Lacking personal strength, he was unable to seize the opportunity to launch a surprise attack while the enemy was still unsteady, leaving him only the option to intimidate the adversary with Magic Crystal Cannons.

The result didn’t matter, the key was to bolster his own troops’ courage.

Just by looking at the reactions of the soldiers on the walls, it was clear that even before the enemy had attacked, some were already trembling.

The thunderous sound of cannons marked the beginning of the great battle.

The artillery shells that flew and the dirt that sprayed from the explosions covered the face of the Giant leader, rousing the fury of this commanding general.

The massive being, eighteen meters tall, picked up a boulder one and a half meters in diameter and hurled it at the city wall, roaring, “Counterattack!”

The Giants within the ranks started bustling, some swinging boulders, others uprooting large trees…

all greeting the city walls directly.

A boulder that fell from the sky crushed three defending soldiers, immediately creating a puddle of flesh.

As if awakening the memories of terror embedded in their bones, many defending soldiers dropped their weapons, looking to escape the battlefield, infuriating Rakel to the point where he drew his Knight Sword and personally beheaded two deserters on the spot.

The supervisory teams also sprang into action and managed to stop the farce using the heads displayed on the city towers.

Although saying nothing aloud, deep inside, Rakel too was greatly shaken.

If flesh and blood could stand against Magic Technology without falling, it was no surprise that the War Hammer Kingdom collapsed so quickly.

If the Giants’ numbers were any greater, the landscape of the Continent of Aslante might well have shifted.

To his knowledge, these giants of over ten meters tall were only average within the Giant Tribe.

Based on intelligence gathered from the dukedom, the largest Giant currently appearing on the battlefield was over thirty meters tall.

Such a powerhouse entering the battlefield is a bona fide weapon of mass destruction.

“Truly a species capable of rivaling Giant Dragons!”

Rakel couldn’t help but exclaim.

This statement may sound exaggerated, yet Giants who could contend with Giant Dragons did exist, but they were the stuff of legends, known as Titan Giants.

Casually reaching fifty or sixty meters in height, their badass statures could even surpass a hundred meters, these behemoths were indeed on par with Giant Dragons.

As if cursed by fate, the powerful Titan Giants disappeared as early as the Ancient Era.

Their remaining bloodline carried on within the Giant Tribe, where occasional lucky awakenings happened, but those were fleeting.

Compared to the Human Race, ordinary Giants were still powerful, but their numbers had forced them out of contention for the continent’s stage.

Seeing the Warhammer Kingdom fall and needing hundreds of years to recuperate, the Giant Tribe allied with various Ancient tribes and returned to the fray only because their domain’s resources could no longer sustain their race’s growth.

“Katem, keep your cool, don’t forget our mission!”

The Octopus Monster chided.

Facing such an impulsive partner, Holt was quite helpless, but there was nothing he could do as his Multi-Claw Tribe had been seeking warmth in unity with the Giant Tribe for many years.

If the Giant Tribe were typical of having muscles without brains, then his Multi-Claw Tribe represented the other extreme.

Under the pressure of survival, two species with complementary talents naturally came together.

In truth, not all Giants were brainless, but those with brains were in the minority, the majority being of an impulsive nature.

And the Multi-Claw Tribe wasn’t exactly weak, just that compared to the Ancient tribes of the World of Ice and Snow, the overall strength of the species was inferior; Holt, for instance, was a Strongman.

Judging their strength was simple, just count the claws.

One claw represented the First Order, and eight claws represented the Eighth Order.

As the vanguard, their mission wasn’t to besiege the city but to draw out the human army inside or to intimidate them into leaving.

Without doubt, this time the mission had definitely failed.

Thinking of this, Holt was full of frustration, as since partnering with Katem, except for successfully scaring the enemy away twice, all other missions had ended in failure.

The Ancient Heritage Alliance could unite because they had established detailed rules to govern everyone’s behavior.

For example, the post-war territorial distribution, of greatest concern to all, was linked to the achievements gained on the battlefield.

After Katem’s tantrum, it was of course impossible for the defenders within the city to sortie for a sneak attack.

Not having fled now meant that what was likely to come next was a bloody battle.

For the Ancient Heritage Alliance, when it comes to lands they desire, less profitable sieges are best avoided if possible.

Why not, when each Clan in the Alliance had limited large families to spare?

Without advance preparation, they might revel in victory now, but if later the human army launched a counter-offensive, they wouldn’t be able to withstand it.

“Holt, this isn’t my fault.

It was the Human Race who struck first.

I simply ordered my men to counterattack.

Besides, wasn’t it going well before?

Merely by frightening the defenders a little, they were scared into running all over the place.

Let me try again.

If even the defenders inside the city are scared off, we can save the trouble of besieging the city altogether.”