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At Vigrid's command, Nockmur's soldiers surrounded Garen's vanguard.
Garen suddenly burst forth, charging down a soldier, seizing his weapon.
"Fearless Vanguard!"
Garen roared loudly:
"Form ranks!"
At Garen's command, the Fearless Vanguard, who had accompanied Garen, instantly assembled. Their formidable combat skills were displayed without reservation, and they immediately performed a bare-handed disarming maneuver!
They snatched weapons from Nockmur's soldiers and, without hesitation, slashed at them, cutting them down!
But at this moment, enemy soldiers with crossbows also rushed to the scene. The sound of bowstrings being drawn followed one after another, and a volley of arrows flew towards the Fearless Vanguards!
Garen quickly used the long banquet table to block this wave of attacks.
Immediately after, the shield guards quickly gathered around Garen, forming a group, and charged directly out of the banquet hall's doors!
They crushed all enemies in their path. Nockmur's soldiers were nothing in the eyes of the Fearless Vanguard!
The Fearless Vanguard charged out, Unstoppable Force, but at this moment, Garen looked into the distance and saw hundreds of thousands of torches, all heading towards Eldrune!
Garen immediately recognized that the equipment of these soldiers was completely different from Nockmur's, and their demeanor was also entirely distinct from Nockmur's soldiers!
What assailed him was the grimness and terror of war. Garen knew that the approaching soldiers were their old adversaries: Noxus soldiers!
Eldrune instantly fell into chaos. The Fearless Vanguards, who had been stationed in the castle camp, with their extremely high individual combat skills, immediately realized the problem. They all picked up their weapons, assembled, and charged out of their barracks together.
As expected of Demacia's strongest unit, the Fearless Vanguard, they completed their formation in an instant.
The defensive soldiers of the Eighth Shield Formation, raising their massive Shimmersteel shields, charged out of the barracks!
Indeed, outside the barracks, a killing formation had already been laid out. From one barracks, a volley of crossbow bolts flew towards them.
But the Shimmersteel shields, as tall as a person, blocked all the crossbow bolts, not even leaving a dent. This kind of attack was completely futile!
After charging out of the barracks, the Eighth Shield Formation immediately formed a shield wall, with shields interlocking.
At the same time, the warriors of the First and Fourth Shield Formations quickly joined the formation, forming the second and third lines, and then the entire unit began to advance.
When they were only a dozen steps away from the enemy, the shield guards of the Eighth Shield Formation instantly split into two teams, one pulling to the left and one pulling to the right.
The First Shield Formation and the Fourth Shield Formation charged out through the gap in the middle, rushing into the Nockmur soldiers. The disparity in strength between the two sides was too great; Nockmur's soldiers could only be mercilessly killed in front of the Fearless Vanguard!
In just a short while, Nockmur's soldiers were routed, throwing away their helmets and abandoning their armor!
Having successfully broken through, their most important task was to immediately rendezvous with Garen and his group. They immediately shouldered the equipment left by their comrades in the barracks and advanced towards Eldrune.
Not long after, two small teams of the Fearless Vanguard met at the castle's hillside!
The Eighth Shield Formation raised their large shields and formed a circle outwards. Garen and the others picked up their weapons inside, quickly reorganizing. Garen also took his greatsword named Judgment.
Then he and Quinn began to discuss how to break out. They both agreed that they could only seize the stone bridge with lightning speed and cross it quickly!
Just as Garen and his group were about to reach the bridge, the massive drawbridge chains suddenly loosened, and the deafening sound of the chains sliding echoed. Their path was about to be blocked!
In the nick of time, Koryll the Minotaur from the First Shield Formation threw down his sword, suddenly took a large stride forward, and slid directly beneath the drawbridge.
He propped up the gate with his horns, and the sound of the chains rotating abruptly stopped!
The heavy gate pressed Koryll the Minotaur to one knee, and the veins all over his body instantly bulged:
"Demacia!!!"
With a roar, he pushed his hands above his head, and, trembling all over, he stood up, holding the gate!
Seeing this, Garen immediately lunged forward, striding to Koryll the Minotaur's side, and together they bore the entire gate!
The situation was critical, and the Fearless Vanguards quickly bent down to pass through.
As the Fearless Vanguards passed, Koryll and Garen retreated together, released their hold, and charged out!
The drawbridge slammed down heavily, making the entire stone bridge tremble!
The Fearless Vanguard had passed the bridgehead on this side of the bridge. The Fearless Vanguard only needed to pass the remaining bridgehead on the other side to successfully leave!
Quinn immediately rushed to the other end of the bridge. Although there were no Noxus soldiers there, Nockmur had soldiers on guard, and they were lowering the gate!
But by the time Quinn arrived, the gate had already been lowered.
The Fearless Vanguards watched helplessly as the drawbridge fell. Garen watched in horror as the drawbridge clanged down. This time, no one had time to catch the gate!
With a loud crash, the gate had been lowered.
They were too late to escape; now they were also trapped on the stone bridge.
But at least, Quinn's falcon, Valor, had already flown out. She would take the message back to Demacia and bring reinforcements!
The newly built stone bridge was wide enough for hundreds of thousands of Noxus troops to pass quickly and launch a rapid attack, and at this time, Demacia would have no time to react!
At the combat speed of Noxus soldiers, a fierce offensive could reach Demacia within a few weeks!
Garen stood at the very front of the three shield formations. He stared at the enemy for a moment, then turned and walked back to his Fearless Vanguard line.
The Fearless Vanguard's formation was the same as before, with the Eighth Shield Formation's defensive soldiers in front, and the First and Fourth Shield Formations behind, the three shield formations supporting each other.
The Fearless Vanguard's formation was neat and orderly, with no gaps between their shields. They faced enemies several times their number, and not a single one of them showed any fear or hesitation!
"Sons and daughters of Demacia!"
Garen shouted loudly:
"We are the shining silver shields! We are the unyielding Great Wall!
If they are the surging tide, we are the stubborn rocks of Havencliff!
Let them sweep and wash over us; even the fiercest waves will turn to foam beneath our swords!"
The vanguards' gazes followed Garen, their eyes burning with the same determination and pride as his.
"Demacia!"
Garen roared, his Judgment piercing the sky.
All the vanguards echoed his war cry, raising their longswords, and shouting in unison with an earth-shattering sound.
"Demacia!"
Now they had no retreat; behind them was their homeland, Demacia.
They would block Noxus's attack for their homeland!
Facing hundreds of thousands of Noxus soldiers, Garen, Quinn, and the Fearless Vanguards felt immense pressure. Under continuous attacks, they never retreated a single step!
However, they were already prepared to die for their country, ready to face death.
The three shield formations rotated defensively, but Garen was always on the front line. He accidentally lost focus for a moment, revealing a weakness. A Noxus soldier ambushed Garen, his battle-axe swinging towards his back.
But at this critical moment, from the dark sky, two green streams of light slid down.
"Bang bang bang!"
Several gunshots rang out consecutively, and the Noxus soldier who ambushed Garen was riddled with bullets.
Garen pushed away the enemies in front, retreated a few steps, found a gap, and turned to look at the sky behind him, where two familiar figures stood on a flying board.
"Chen? Powder?"
At this moment, Chen, holding a Black Cleaver in one hand and a streetlamp in the other, stepped onto his skateboard and plunged directly into the crowd of Noxus soldiers.
Chen spun the streetlamp in his hand and arrogantly roared:
"I'll fight ten!!!"