603 Monster Riders (2/2)

Wang Tong raised a fist and shouted, ”Let's go!”

Deep Blue snarled and pressed onward, with the rest of the bests following it orderly.

Joined by soul energy, the soldiers felt their bond with these beasts deepening. They no longer saw them as beasts, but instead, as their loyal friend. Since these beasts looked like an oversized wolf, the team decided to call their mount direwolves.

Everyone gave a nickname to their mounts. Whenever the human soldiers saddled on their back, the direwolves would loosen their scale to provide some cushion for their master. Everyone on the team was eager to encounter Zergs so they could fight with their best friends.

However, the direwolves' speed was too fast for the Zergs to catch up; therefore, they didn't encounter any of them. The direwolves were born in these caves, and therefore, they knew all the shortcuts. Before long, they saw a bright light and sunshine. It wasn't until then that the human soldiers realized that they had made it to the other side of Mount Dynamo.

They had made it!

…

When Wang Tong was absent, the tide of the war had changed again.

Despite the series of defeat in his home territory, Moye had doubled down on the attack at the front line. He gathered forces and attacked the human defense line the third time. Even though the Zergs had a significant disadvantage at the northern front, the overall number of Zergs was overwhelming. Meanwhile, after Michaux and Lie Jian's retinue had suffered the catastrophic defeat, the two Martian heroes had been struggling to stay alive in the Zerg territory. They had been refusing to request for help from the main human force, neither did the two ditch their injured soldiers behind to flee home. It was evident that they had prepared for the worst from the get-go.

Although Michaux and Lie Jian had done things differently compared to Wang Tong, all three of them were not afraid of death, much less the Zergs.

However, bravery and mettle could only carry one so far. The hard reality was that the Zergs were about to overwhelm them at any time.

The situation at the third line of defense was even worse. Every day, the war claimed hundreds of lives on both sides. However, the Zergs' rate of replenishing was much faster than humans', so they had the absolute upper hand.

The humans conceded that they had already lost the best timing for retreat. Even if they pulled back from the line of defense, they would not be able to regroup and fight again in such a tattered state.

Einherjar Lie Jintian, Zambrotta, and the Kaedeian princess all had attended the battle in person. Their appearance on the battlefield was a clear message to all the soldiers: Humans would fight to the death!

On the third day after the battle had entered a stalemate, humans' first group of GN gunners finally arrived on the battlefield. This development had greatly alleviated the severe imbalance humans had in numbers. With the GN guns, anyone who had enough strength to pull the trigger would be able to join the force.

Although the GN gun units still lacked experience in offensive missions, they were more than capable of hiding behind the defensive cover and blow the Zergs' heads into pieces.

The war had yet again reached a tipping point. Once the humans were able to hang in there until more GN gun units were trained and arrived on the battlefield, they could gain a decisive advantage over their enemy very quickly.

Application for joining the GN gun unit quickly piled up as everyone wanted to go to the frontlines and contribute to the war. Meanwhile, all cities used their expense budget and tried to squeeze out more coins to purchase provisions for the army.