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Ch. 295 Unrivaled Grass Cutting
🕑 Added 2024-02-15 16:00:05 +0000 UTCNot only Thor and Russell noticed it, but the Lord of Windrest Fortress also did.
Realizing that Thor and Russell couldn't continue their attacks like this, the Lord of Windrest Fortress made a decisive decision.
Initiate the closure of the barrier!
After the barrier was closed, although the lightning created by Thor and Russell would strike directly inside the city, it also meant that the defending forces inside the city could launch an attack on them.
The Lord of Windrest Fortress was not an indecisive person; he decisively ordered the mages inside the city to deactivate the defensive barrier.
After receiving the Lord of Windrest Fortress command, although the mages inside the city were somewhat puzzled, they still chose to follow the order.
Soon, the pale blue barrier enveloping Windrest Fortress began to dissipate.
Even before the barrier completely dissipated, the Lord of Windrest Fortress took the lead, wielding a silver trident in his hand, and flew rapidly towards Russell and Thor in the sky.
Joining him in the attack against Russell and Thor were the Windrest Fortress defenders.
A dense volley of arrows and colorful energy beams flew towards them as the siege of Windrest Fortress entered a new phase.
When the pale blue barrier began to dissipate, Russell and Thor sensed the intentions of the Lord of Windrest Fortress.
After controlling the lightning to strike one final time, they didn't hesitate and flew towards the Lord of Windrest Fortress and the Windrest Fortress defenders behind him.
As the commander-in-chief of the army, Thor directly targeted the Lord of Windrest Fortress, intending to have a good conversation with his former "partner."
Meanwhile, Russell chose the Windrest Fortress defenders standing on the city walls at this moment.
Asgard and Vanaheimr both had a tradition of kings fighting kings and generals fighting generals, and while Russell's strength was not inferior to Thor's, he had no intention of stealing Thor's limelight at a time like this.
When it was time for teammates to shine, he didn't mind giving them the opportunity to perform.
Boom!
Thor, wielding Mjolnir, and the Lord of Windrest Fortress, with his silver trident, were in combat in the blink of an eye, with raging lightning and fierce winds enveloping them instantly.
Russell paid no attention to the battle between Thor and the Lord of Windrest Fortress, flying toward the city wall.
As for the arrows and energy beams coming at him, he simply ignored them.
With his Kryptonian physique, he could afford to be this carefree!
Unless it was an energy attack from someone of the Lord of Windrest Fortress level, he wouldn't even bother to pay attention.
In a somewhat arrogant tone, the arrows and energy beams shot by the Windrest Fortress defenders couldn't even scratch his defenses.
In just a moment, Russell, wearing a light golden battle suit, arrived on the outer walls of Windrest Fortress.
Boom!
He struck the sturdy city wall, creating a shockwave that sent all the Windrest Fortress defenders around him flying.
Before these Windrest Fortress defenders could hit the ground, Russell, landing on the city wall, summoned the Sword of Athena from his inventory.
For him, having a weapon or not wouldn't affect his performance.
However, in this medieval-style siege, he decided to use the Sword of Athena simply because it looked more coordinated.
The Sword of Athena appeared in his right hand out of thin air.
Then, he attacked the nearest Vanir warrior.
Swish!
The razor-sharp Sword of Athena sliced through the air and cut through the Vanir warrior's body like it was slicing through fruit. Even though this Vanir warrior wore carefully crafted black armor, in front of the Sword of Athena, his armor was as weak as paper.
The cutting power of the Sword of Athena had reached a subatomic level.
Apart from armor forged by the dwarves, made of Uru metal, and enchanted with Odin's magic, ordinary armor, including the one Thor wore with divine power, would be pierced after a few strikes from the Sword of Athena.
Russell was well aware of the power of the Sword of Athena, but those Vanir warriors around him had no clue about the sword's capabilities.
Seeing their armored comrade cut in half like a cake, those who had intended to surround Russell just involuntarily took a few steps back.
While the Vanir people were warriors, being warriors didn't mean they were brainless berserkers. Any flesh-and-blood creature had an instinctual fear, especially when they saw their comrades gruesomely killed in front of them.
Though they didn't immediately rush forward to attack him, Russell didn't show any mercy to them. In the astonished gazes of these Vanir warriors, he launched another attack.
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!
The sound of the Sword of Athena slicing through bodies and armor continued to ring out as one Vanir warrior after another fell before Russell.
In just a few seconds, over thirty Vanir warriors had been harvested by the Sword of Athena.
In terms of numbers, this wasn't particularly astonishing. However, this was the result of Russell not exerting his full speed. If he unleashed his full speed, entering a state of hypersonic speed far beyond the limits of the human eye, the number of lives claimed by the Sword of Athena would have at least one more zero.
Even so, Russell's current display of power was enough to astonish these Vanir warriors who were capable of engaging with him on the city wall, and without advanced forces to organize Russell, he could easily clear all Vanir warriors on the outer city wall within half an hour.
But clearly, the Windrest Fortress defenders would not sit idly by and let this happen.
Realizing that the Vanir warriors on the city wall couldn't inflict any harm on Russell, the Vanir commander responsible for directing the battle on the outer city wall promptly called for reinforcements from behind.
The battlefield was not a place for showing off!
If one insisted on showing off, it would not only endanger their own life but also jeopardize others and even lead to the entire army's defeat.
Although the Vanir commander on the city wall didn't know who Russell was, one thing was clear to him: Russell was not an enemy they or ordinary soldiers could handle.
Powerful enemies should be left to their side's advanced forces!
This was the wisest decision on the battlefield!
After sending a distress signal, the Vanir commander on the city wall issued a new order. He no longer instructed the Vanir warriors on the wall to actively attack Russell but instead focused on defense.
Clearly, this Vanir commander intended to employ delaying tactics against Russell. As long as they could delay until their advanced forces arrived, his mission would be considered complete. Other matters would be handled by their advanced forces.
From the current situation, this commander's choice was not wrong. However, he overlooked one very important thing: Russell was not just a reckless berserker.
Upon noticing that the Vanir warriors in front of him were abandoning their attacks and adopting a defensive formation, Russell reacted immediately. Delaying tactics were a good idea!
Realizing the Vanir commander's intentions, Russell paused for a moment, using his super-vision to confirm the Vanir commander's position.
Then, he exerted a sudden burst of power in his legs, accelerating instantly from a standstill to a hypersonic state far beyond the limits of human eye perception.
The Vanir warriors blocking his path scattered like they had been attacked by something invisible to the naked eye.
On the crowded outer city wall, a path leading directly to the Vanir commander was formed.
Before this Vanir commander could react, Russell's figure appeared right in front of him.
Accompanying Russell was the excruciatingly painful sensation.
The Vanir commander, clad in silver-white armor, looked at Russell in disbelief.
Then, under the excruciating pain, he glanced down at his chest.
His sturdy armor had been completely pierced. The Sword of Athena had pierced through his armor as if it were piercing through a layer of paper, hitting the Vanir commander's heart with pinpoint precision.
In the bewildered gaze of the Vanir commander, Russell swung his right hand outward.
Swoosh!
The Sword of Athena, which had pierced the Vanir commander's heart, instantly cleaved his body in two.
Thud!
When the Sword of Athena left his body, the Vanir commander fell to the ground with a look of unyielding regret, joining the embrace of death.
With one sword, the Vanir commander responsible for directing the battle on the outer city wall had been killed. Russell once again activated his super-vision to find his next target.
Soon, he located his second target.
It was positioned within the inner city wall, surrounded by numerous guards, and it was none other than Ivette, who wore golden armor.
As the daughter of the Lord of Windrest Fortress, Ivette did not leave Windrest Fortress through a magical array like other noble ladies before the battle. Instead, she fully armed herself and appeared on the front lines of the battle.
Strictly speaking, Ivette, who was in the inner city wall tower, was not considered to be on the front lines of the battle. However, for a noble lady, this was as frontline as she could be.
If she continued forward, she would have to face the Asgard warriors attacking the city just like the ordinary Vanir warriors, face-to-face in combat. Although her strength was not inferior to ordinary warriors, her status predetermined that she wouldn't do so. Even if she were willing, the Lord of Windrest Fortress would not allow it.
Moreover, the Lord of Windrest Fortress had specially stationed a high-level force that could influence the course of the war by her side to serve as her guard.
Seeing Ivette, who was a female with female interests, wearing golden armor on the inner city wall, Russell wasted no time and targeted her as his second objective.
While the Vanir warriors around him were contemplating whether to avenge their deceased commander or continue delaying Russell as per their commander's last order, Russell activated his Kryptonian power of flight and swiftly approached Ivette on the inner city wall.
As he took off, countless arrows and energy beams flew at him at high speed.
On the city wall, the Vanir archers and other ranged units were not good at focusing fire on him.
But now, they would not hesitate. After all, the likelihood of accidentally harming their comrades had dropped to an acceptable level.
If they still dared not focus their fire on Russell in this situation, they would be derelict in their duty.
Just like at the beginning, Russell completely ignored these densely packed arrows and colorful energy beams, flying towards Ivette like a human missile.
In the blink of an eye, he was right above Ivette.
However, as he was about to execute a superhero-style landing, a howling tornado suddenly appeared beside him. It had a diameter of more than two meters and twisted its way up from below, like a titan python hunting its prey, attacking him.
An advanced force by Ivette's side had taken action!
Although the tornado attacking him was not much different from a magically conjured tornado, Russell keenly sensed the divine power contained within it.
The authority of the Windstorm Domain!
Facing the approaching tornado, Russell had no intention of withstanding it head-on. In mid-air, he displayed superhuman agility that did not conform to human physiological structure, evading the successive attacks of the tornado.
