Chapter 687: The Rhythm Controller
After proposing a challenge in front of Rhodes, the two came to the space created by the Phantom Ball located underground, and each led an army to fight. John commanded his cavalry team. And Bilan Heart chose a ground force composed of mercenaries and guards. Of course, Bilan Heart had just arrived here and had no prestige among the soldiers. Therefore, the actual commander of this unit was Mafa, and Bilan Heart was only responsible for issuing orders and then handed over to Mafa to implement. But even so, John had enough confidence to destroy this unit.
The cavalry regiment under his command was well-equipped, and after many difficult and hard tests and training, he completely obeyed his command and orders. But on the other hand, there was nothing on the heart of Bilan. Although Mafa was assisting by her side, her subordinates were just ordinary city guards and mercenaries. If it were Mafa and Thor's elite regiment, then John might even play drums, but he didn't take these city guards and mercenaries seriously at present. What if they could really do the orders? The gap in strength was so big, if a charge, they would definitely be completely defeated.
"Mr. Rod, is there really no problem?"
Standing on the valley next to him and looking at the two armies facing each other below, Lijie couldn't help but ask uneasy.
"Do you want Miss Xin to get familiar with her first and then start the battle after a few days? Now she has no tacit understanding with the soldiers. What if there is any accident..."
"Don't worry, Lijie."
However, before Lijie finished speaking, she saw the little bubble gum sitting cross-legged beside her wave her hand, then she pouted and looked at the battlefield below with a little dissatisfaction and ridicule.
"Don't look at Sister Xin's appearance. She is the worst guy among us. Humph, she doesn't know what she is thinking on weekdays. In fact, she counts the most bad water in her stomach. And compared to those rookies who are frightened by the chaos of the battle, the quality of these soldiers is already good. As long as they can listen to the teachings and obediently, John will be waiting to be killed by her."
“Haah………………”
When everyone heard the answer from Xiao Xiao Bubble Gum, they couldn't help but show a little confused expression. They looked at each other, and they could see doubts and confusions between them, and at the same time they were somewhat expectant. After all, among these people, Mafa and Thor are veteran soldiers, and they have long been used to commanding and fighting on the battlefield. Joey and Lando have been training for such a long time. They are basically the same as a veteran. As for Labis, they are just a completely fun person.
But no matter who it is, the eyes that looked at Bilan Heart at this time were filled with more expectations. After all, being able to be so highly praised by Little Bubble Gum, and Rhodes looked full of confidence next to him, which means that the woman in front of him must have some skills. But... how could she defeat John with an army she had never mastered before in such a short time and win?
As everyone was watching, Bilan's Heart was still drowsy. She rode on a short and thin war horse. Her body swayed slightly from time to time. At the same time, the heavy and gorgeous book in her hand was spread out and placed in front of Bilan's Heart. The woman held the book in one hand and gently rubbed a corner of the page with the other. The lowered eyes blocked her eyes, making it impossible to see her expression and thoughts.
John led the cavalry regiment to form a charge formation on the gentle slope of the valley at this moment, and the sunlight projected down from the sky behind him, shining on the entire plain and valley. This is the most favorable terrain for the cavalry, and it can be seen from the compact triangular charge formation in front of him that John is quite capable of controlling his subordinates.
"How do we do it? Miss Heart?"
Mafa narrowed his eyes and looked forward, but the dazzling sunlight made him unable to see clearly the real movements of John and his cavalry regiment. Although he had already gathered his guards and mercenaries, the woman sitting leisurely on the horse's back was silent and said nothing, but letting herself gather the soldiers. Although these guards and mercenaries were still obedient, it was not me who would have to pass the test this time.
"…………………Um……………"
Facing Mafa's answer, Bilan Heart did not react immediately. Instead, she lowered her head and gently picked up the pages of the book with her right finger. After a while, she groaned in a vague sense and said.
"Defensive formation, spread on both sides."
“Expand?”
Hearing Bilan Zhixin's answer, Mafa was stunned. He turned around and looked at the sparsely 100 soldiers beside him. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the well-equipped and neatly formed cavalry regiment above. He could not understand what Bilan Zhixin wanted to do. It was already very difficult for a hundred infantry to fight against the cavalry. Once this was unfolding, how could he fight?
"Let's get started."
But before Mafa could figure it out clearly, Rhodes on the side had already issued the order to start the battle. When he heard Rhodes' order, the canary next to him reached out and soon, a gorgeous fireball flew into the sky, marking the beginning of the battle.
"The whole army is ready and charge!!"
Seeing the fireball in front of him, John raised the spear in his hand and looked at the infantry troops on the plain not far away. A smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Then he waved his forcefully, and then rushed out. Behind John, the cavalry who had been waiting for a long time immediately shouted in unison, and then jumped down from the hillside like a tilted mountain torrent, rushing straight towards their target.
"Defensive formation, expand!"
Seeing that John and the others had rushed over, Mafa no longer hesitated and immediately shouted with his sword.
Although his strength is not as good as that of the players, at this time, the discipline of these soldiers under Mafa was perfectly reflected. After hearing Mafa's orders, they did not hesitate or doubt, and soon they were divided into three rows to form a narrow and long defensive line. At this time, John's cavalry team was already in front of him.
“………………………!!”
Seeing this scene, the people watching the audience couldn't help but hold their breath. Looking from top to bottom, you could see the huge gap between the two. John led the way to rush in front, and behind him, the cavalry were closely united in his center, gathering a tight formation and stabbing forward straight like a sharp blade.
On the other hand, Bilan Heart sat obliquely on a horse, hanging from the side of the soldier she commanded, looking like she was a passerby who was passing by and watching. On the contrary, Mafa, who was busy commanding next to the woman, looked more like the commander of this army.
"Um?"
I don’t know if it was because Mafa did not accurately understand the command of Bilan Heart, but when he asked the infantry to set up a defensive formation and pulled it apart, John’s cavalry had already charged two-thirds. Seeing the strange scene in front of him, John was stunned. He had been fighting for so many years, but he had not seen the change in the battle and was so slow. When he had already rushed in front of him, he set up his defensive formation. What’s the use?!
"rush!"
Looking at the scene in front of him, John didn't think much about it and quickly issued an order. Under his order, the cavalry team accelerated again! Finally, the two sides met!
"Bang!!"
Without any stagnation, the cavalry team led by John easily tore the defensive formation formed in a hurry just now. In the blink of an eye, more than 30 soldiers were knocked out. Although they would not be fatal to death in the phantom space, they would not be killed by fatal injuries, but the damage to the fall was inevitable. Now, they, who were judged by the system as "death", naturally fainted and had no consciousness.
John's impact was as if a sharp sword had tear open the tulle, and easily hit Bilan Zhixin hard. For a moment, not only was the defense line torn apart, but even the soldiers around him began to shake, and their formation began to become messy. Seeing that the opponent would charge again, there would be only a dead end. Seeing all this in his eyes, Mafa also frowned, and just as he turned around and planned to say something to the woman beside him, Bilan Zhixin raised his head and glanced at him.
“Go ahead, move forward.”
forward?
Mafa only felt that this order was really weird. What's the point of moving forward if people beat us right? If Mafa was a player, I'm afraid that he would complain now if Bilan Heart couldn't keep up with the Internet speed and issued an order. However, Mafa obviously did not feel like he was complaining at the moment. He hurriedly cheered up and yelled to let the soldiers continue to move forward. Although Mafa's order was inexplicable, the soldiers still rushed forward. Bilan Heart was still hanging leisurely behind, looking at the messy formation in front of him, and it was entirely relied on long-term training to maintain the overall formation in front of him. Even Mafa couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, but Bilan Heart didn't say anything.
"It's really too forced."
Seeing the development of the battle situation in front of him, Marin couldn't help but sigh in a low voice. She led the Magic Legion and fought so many games with the reformists in Fanhuayuan, and she had more or less understood the battle situation. At present, the army of Bilan Heart is completely at the end of its strength. Although they can barely remain intact, Marin also knew very well that as long as John beat them one by one, he would immediately collapse on the whole line. Originally, cavalry had an advantage over infantry, but now, no matter what Miss Bilan Heart wants to do, it would be difficult to succeed.
As expected, it was as if confirming Marlene's expectation at this moment. John led his cavalry team to circle the plains, formed a murderous attack lineup again, and rushed towards the troops under Bilan Heart from behind. This time, if Bilan Heart did not make any adjustments, it would be a complete failure.
"Stop, gather, turn around."
Although it was already extremely critical, Bilan Heart was not nervous at all. She lowered her head, stared at the pages in her hand, and then gave an order. When she heard her order, Mafa hurriedly ordered the soldiers who continued to move forward to stop and gather together. At this moment, Bilan Heart gave another order that made Mafa speechless.
"Aggregate, overlapping triangular charge formation."
charge?
Hearing this word, Mafa couldn't help but be stunned. He felt that the lady's order was simply unreliable. In fact, from the beginning, Mafa felt that the lady's performance was a rookie. She didn't react quickly to the battlefield at all, and even issued an order after someone else's attack. Then, she misjudged the situation and had lost more than thirty people on her side. What if she gathered to charge? They were infantry, while the other side was cavalry! It would be fine if she had spearmen under her, but there were ordinary infantry here. Gathering to fight against the knights to charge? Isn't this seeking death?
Although he was deeply slandered, because Rhodes had already said it first, even if Mafa had much dissatisfaction in his heart, he could only do it according to the orders of Bilan Heart. This time Mafa's speed was very fast, but the result was almost the same as before. When he sorted out the formation, John's cavalry was already in front of him.
“Haah………………”
Seeing this, many people sighed. In their opinion, the ending of the matter was destined. John's charge had already broken up the army of Bilan Heart. If it was penetrated again, it would be possible to completely determine the failure of Bilan Heart... This is almost a foregone conclusion.
And at this critical moment, I saw that Bilan Heart was still like she was about to fall asleep. She rode on the horse with her head bit by bit, like those sleepy students in class who forced herself not to fall asleep, until John's cavalry hooves had arrived in front of her. At this moment, Bilan Heart suddenly raised her head.
"rush."
She only said this short word and then said nothing again.
"rush!!"
Although I don’t know what the lady was thinking, now Mafa admits it. Even if he loses, he will go up and lose it quickly! It’s better than being killed if he doesn’t even have the power to fight back! Thinking of this, Mafa raised his sword and waved forward with force!
The two triangles collided heavily. In the eyes of everyone, the cavalry led by John easily smashed the infantry vanguard under Blue Heart. Next, as long as they beat the opponent in front of them again, everything will be over. But......
"Why?"
Annie widened her eyes in surprise. Looking at the scene below, everyone around her also changed their faces slightly.
John, who gained an advantage in the first confrontation, did not penetrate the opponent like before. Instead, they themselves became confused. The formation that was originally strictly integrated now seemed to have become a pot of stirred hot soup and kept spinning. In order to maintain the charge speed, the cavalry had a certain distance between them, but now, they had completely lost this "safe distance". From time to time, they could see the horses in front and behind colliding with the knights. Some people wanted to dodge, but they lost the center of gravity and fell to the ground. Those lucky enough not to collide and the knights were not much better. They lost their speed and lost their final threat. In addition, in this chaos, the cavalry could not even turn around in a formation, and were rushed up by the infantry, dragged down from the war horses, and then completely settled.
Simply put, it is like two triangular building blocks colliding together and then disintegrate with a "bang", and all the building block fragments are mixed together.
In just a moment, the victory and defeat reversed. The tall body of the war horse and the heavy armor of the knights had no effect in this narrow melee. Instead, the flexible figures of the infantry exerted their powerful power at this time. While they flexibly avoided the attacks of the knights on the war horse, they fought with them.
"What the hell is this..."
Looking at the chaotic situation in front of him, no one could figure out what was going on. They could not understand why John's cavalry charge could not penetrate the temporary protective lineup. At this time, Rhode also reached out and made a gesture to the Canary.
"Okay, it's over here."
Soon, another fireball flew into the sky and burst. Then, the battlefield where the melee gradually stopped. Rhodes walked down the valley and walked towards the battlefield in front of him. Everyone followed closely behind, looking at all this curiously and confusedly.
At this moment, John no longer had the majesty helmet and confused as before. His helmet was knocked off in the battle just now, and his hair was messy like a chicken coop. Although John could barely ride on the war horse, you can tell at this moment that he was hit hard.
how so?
Others may not understand why John lost, but John himself knew very well. Indeed, when he led the charge to tear the defense line for the first time, and by the second attack, his thoughts were similar to those of Mafa. Without a tacit army, there was no exquisite command, and the instructions of Bilan Heart were all simple and meaningless attacks. However, it was not until the end that Bilan Heart ordered the infantry to launch a charge that John finally realized the true meaning she was hiding behind.
On the surface, the combat power of both sides is not on the same level, but Bilan Heart has done something that makes John extremely scared.
She interrupted her rhythm!!
As we all know, there is also rhythm on the battlefield. This is a momentum, a subtle and indescribable existence. Just like John's cavalry team, when they first charged, they might be a group of people, but gradually, they will merge into one, like a person, breathing, running, moving forward, and even the movements are almost exactly the same. It is this sense of rhythm that connects them like glue and blends them into a whole.
The charge of Bilan's heart was very rough, but her time point was extremely exquisite. John could feel it when he was in contact with the other party. The original cohesion and rhythm that was integrated was instantly broken, which was like a person dancing in a superb way, but at this moment someone knocked over with a stick, interrupting his wonderful and coherent dance. The same was true for John's cavalry team. The original cooperation and the consistent rhythm were disrupted, and replaced by an extremely chaotic one. Not to mention that the dazzling sunshine in front of them also made them miss the opportunity to adjust immediately. Even under the sunshine, John and others could not see the enemy in front of them clearly, which made them fall into this quagmire without even being able to withdraw, and the ending was already destined.
Thinking of this, John couldn't help but feel cold all over. He stared at Bilan's Heart blankly and remained silent. It was not until now that he understood the meaning of the strange commands given by Bilan Heart. At the beginning, the reason why he easily defeated him was not that her command was too slow, but that she was using this to test and understand his attack rhythm! Then she ordered the soldiers to charge forward, and then turned around to use the sun to block his senses to prevent them from making adjustments in time. The speed of the formation before was too slow was not that Bilan Heart was not ineffective in command. Think about it carefully, when these two formations were completed, it was the moment when he had already rushed to the other side. At that time, even if he wanted to make any changes, he could only bite the bullet and break into it!
Although the sun shining on him was so warm, John felt like he fell into an ice cave, and he felt a long-lost fear. If he was really on the battlefield, he would probably not even know how to die at this time. Is it just a team of soldiers who have not been specially trained, and just a few ordinary orders, able to achieve this level? Not to mention, although it is very simple, on the ever-changing battlefield, it is very difficult and almost impossible to interrupt it on the ever-changing battlefield. And the lady in front of him can do it so easily...
"How is it? John?"
Rhodes' voice sounded, and it was not until this time that John realized that he had come to him, which made John hurriedly turn over and dismount and bow respectfully to Rhodes. Then he looked at the heart of Bilan with a little fear, and then he lowered his head deeply.
"I lost, Lord Rhodes."
The battle ended like this. Except for John, most people did not understand what was going on. Only a few veterans such as Thor and Mafa saw the tricks and were also respectful to Bilan Heart. Of course, they knew how difficult it was. But this was not the most important thing. What was important was that before Bilan Heart completed all this, they did not realize that Bilan Heart had any intention of interrupting the opponent's attack rhythm. Her random attack at first glance blinded everyone, and this alone was enough to be amazed.
Since John did not object, the matter was naturally settled. Just as Rod and others left the phantom space with satisfaction and returned to the training ground located underground, they unexpectedly saw Agave's traces.
"Is there anything wrong? Agavi?"
Looking at the sea elf maid whose tentacles were constantly swaying, Rhode asked curiously. Hearing his inquiry, Agave stretched out his arms, lifted the hem of the tentacles, bowed slightly to Rhode, and then spoke.
"Yes, Master, just now, Miss Seven Love and Mr. Walker have returned."
"oh?"
Hearing this, Rhodes' eyes lit up. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!