Chapter 883: An unstoppable army (1/2)

GDK 883: An unstoppable army

The guards of the House of Han charged at Ralph’s Second Corps divine guards like an unstoppable spear. But as they charged, they maintained formation, perfectly organized, moving in perfect unison.

While charging at Ralph’s army, these divine guards of the House of Han looked after one another with great rapport. The demonic combat formation they used when marching at their enemy maximized their firepower potential and allowed them to break apart their enemy in the most effective way.

The divine guards of the House of Han wore emotionless faces as they calmly coordinated themselves with their teammates. Every step they made was of millimeter precision.

If one was to observe from above, one would see that every guard in a squadron was at an equal distance from each other. The squadrons were also well-coordinated with each other as though each squadron was an individual in a bigger group. Those guards with great strength and the ability to make formidable attacks stood up front, acting at the edge of the spear. Meanwhile, those with more ordinary abilities but cultivated the energy of water or earth - energies with great defensive power - would stand in the middle. Their job was to deploy layers of boundaries to defend against their enemies’ attacks.

The individual strengths of these House of Han guards weren’t substantially greater than those of the Second Corps divine guards. However, when they worked together as a team, when every individual’s potential was utilized to the fullest, they could unleash an exponentially greater amount of power and become far more formidable than the Second Corps divine guards.

Seeing the House of Han guards charging at them, those Second Corps divine guards immediately employed defensive measures. Their leaders, Ralph, Locke, and Walter, were occupied with Sanguis, Bollands, and Gilbert. Without the three highgods to take the brunt for them, intimidated by the House of Han guards, they employed defensive measures without thinking.

Though they had made the right choice, it was still not enough!

As soon as the conical-shaped formation made contact, the defensive wall that the Second Corps divine guards formed in haste immediately crumbled as though made of paper!

Right after that, the House of Han guards shot into the gap between those Second Corps divine guards. The squadrons and companies spread out like inflating balloons before quickly reaping the lives of those divine guards nearest to them.

When the Second Corps divine guards launched attacks on the House of Han guards, they would be handled by those guards who specialized in neutralizing incoming threats. Meanwhile, those guards in charge of attacking could completely ignore their enemies’ counterattacks, allowing them to focus on what they did best.

With that, even though the two clashing forces had around the same number of troops, the two sides were not being ground down at an equal rate. The attacks that the Second Corps divine guards made were mostly ineffective, which would cause only some light injuries at most. Meanwhile, the attacks that the House of Han guards made would often cause severe injuries if not death.

The fatal flaw of those Second Corps divine guards was immediately exposed. It was obvious that they lacked rapport and did not know to cooperate. When facing an attack, they were typically only focused on preserving their own lives, which would lower the frequency and deadliness of their attacks. Those divine guards were also very selfish. Not only did they not give a shit about the lives of their comrades, but they would also sacrifice their injured teammates just to keep themselves unharmed.

The gap of strength between the two forces was revealed as soon as they clashed and it only grew larger as time went by. Most of the miserable shrieks came from the Second Corps divine guards. More than a hundred died from the bombardment from the House of Han guards in just moments, during which the House of Han suffered just two casualties and a dozen or so injuries.

Having been taught to fight in demonic combat formations, the House of Han guards knew how to work together to maximize their firepower and defensive power. They had way surpassed the Second Corps divine guards in cooperativeness and team cohesion. In large-scale combat like this, the House of Han had an absolute upper hand as they mowed down those Second Corps divine guards.

Ralph had been rather passive since the start of his battle with Sanguis and he found himself rather helpless against the ferocious bombardment of bloody radiances. He did not expect Sanguis to possess such formidable strength and to be so damn ferocious.

Ralph could not feel more remorseful as the miserable shrieks of his troops played over and over in his ears. He had not just underestimated Sanguis, Bollands, and Gilbert’s strengths; he had severely misjudged the situation. He did not expect to find that not only had those refugees escaping from Fort Lasberg not suffered any casualties, but they were still bursting with energy and at the top of their game.

Fucking hell, did Hofs and Larikson even invade the Fort? How is it that two late-stage highgod experts with so many highgods and divine guards have not been able to leave the slightest scratch on the House of Han? What the fuck happened?! cursed Ralph internally as he watched his divine guards being slaughtered.

Before Ralph was Sanguis, staring fixedly at him with his blood-red eyes. A broadsword giving off the reeking of blood whooshed past him and caused the blood in his body to rush chaotically.

Ralph was confident that he could eventually defeat Sanguis. He realized that Sanguis was only barely able to stay on top by relying on the bizarreness of the energy he cultivated. Based on Ralph’s assessment, Sanguis was overdrawing his energy and he wouldn’t be able to keep it up for too long. Sanguis would soon be exhausted and he only needed to defend himself until that moment.

But Ralph also knew that if he kept on waiting, more and more of his divine guards would perish. The only other option was to risk his life and go on an all-out fight against Sanguis, which he himself would suffer greatly for, even if he could defeat Sanguis.

Ralph had been passively waiting because he would rather let his subordinates die than risk injuring himself.

As Ralph silently defended against Sanguis’ ferocious attacks, he found the time to observe Locke and Walter. He had high hopes for the two experts sent by Wallace.

But he soon realized that his hope was misplaced.

Locke and Walter, the two trusted aides of Wallace were also being passively bombarded by their opponents. In fact, Locke and Walter were in a worrying situation. Against the ferocious attacks of Bollands and Gilbert, the two highgod experts were candlelights in a storm - they could be extinguished at any moment.

What the fuck! No wonder the House of Han won the last time! No highgod my ass! What a liar! cursed Ralph in his mind. He had no idea that Sanguis, Bollands, and Gilbert in fact were not highgods during the competition and that they had simply soared in the little time since. He thought that the Fifth Corps defeated his Second Corps because Sanguis, Gilbert, and Bollands were too powerful.

We can’t keep going on this path. Otherwise, we would all be finished! After re-evaluating the situation, Ralph finally stopped being so passive in the battle. He finally put his life on the line and went on an all-out fight against Sanguis.

When Ralph stopped being overly cautious and stopped being so reserved, his strength substantially improved. While spending divine energy to stabilize his blood, he fought Sanguis without a care about getting hurt.

With that, Sanguis no longer had the upper hand. Against a mid-stage highgod going all-in, Sanguis had no choice but to strive even harder. He had gained many more fresh wounds in just moments.