Chapter 816 - Initial Defeat (2/2)
Several units of the Barbarian Blade Shield soldiers all shifted to the border and raised their shields. Soon after, a spear pierced through the snowy landscape, plunging into one of the shields. “Keng, keng!” a rain of spears followed soon after. Thankfully, they didn’t deal much damage. On the other hand, the Royal Army archers let loose a volley of arrows, shooting down all the Demon Hunters.
The current landscape was far different from the past. The first time we came here, we took heavy losses at the hands of these Demon Hunters. This time however, just the Royal Army archers were enough to stop these Demon Hunters in their tracks.
Looking behind us, I saw that the Flame Dragon Army was incredibly well organized despite the little skirmish. No wonder they were the number one army in the empire. [Legend], [Judgement], and [House of Prestige] players surrounded the Flame Dragon Army as protection. Quite a few of them were actually officers in their military ranks. Fang Ge Que was one of the supervisors in the Flame Dragon Army after all. With his fan in hand, he calmly walked among the group of people. I could see his supervisor badge hanging at his hip. He was in the middle of a discussion with Enchanted Painting. Enchanted Painting rode on a white battle horse and carried her Water God’s Halberd in hand. Light reflected off of the blade, giving [Legend]’s number one knight a true heroic poise.
On the other side, I saw that there were quite a few [Flying Dragon] players in the mix. I could see Drunken Spear with his spear in hand quietly walking beside Soaring Dragon. Ye Lai taunted, “Well well, what’s the commander of the Xia Yu Army Harvest Troop doing at this event? Isn’t the Xia Yu Army not fighting the Hybrid Demons? Why don’t you just go back and continue planting in your garden!”
Drunken Spear scoffed and replied, “Can’t I take this chance to gain some achievement points? You *ss, if you say anymore, I’ll make a drill a clean hole straight through your chest... “
Ye Lai waved his hand, “I have around fourth thousand [Judgement] elites behind me, you dare to do so? Haha, besides, I am a lieutenant in the Flame Dragon Army cavalry, you can’t do anything to me…”
Drunken Spear face-palmed, “Would it kill you to have a little humor?”
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Everyone was in high spirits. Looks like I was the only one who didn’t seem optimistic about the battle ahead of us among the players. But in retrospect, I was no different from them. Even if the sky were to fall, I’d still have friends like Li Mu and Old K to help me hold it up. There was nothing for me to be afraid of.Since I was now the commander of the Royal Army, it was my job to shoulder that responsibility. I couldn’t live carefree any longer.
Not long after, our armies arrived before some plantations. I had been here once before. It was the map that bordered the Graveyard of Heroes.
“Careful, there are signs of the enemy!”
A scout shouted back to us from a distance. It seemed that he had gone too far ahead and couldn’t make it back in time. A sharp arrow suddenly pierced through his throat. Blood spurted forward and he fell off his horse. In the distance, a mass of monsters suddenly appeared on the horizon. They were Demon Flame Archers, Level 154 Hybrid Demons Category 5. They had terrifying attack power and exceedingly high accuracy!
TL Note: Due to the confusing nature of the levels, I’m switching Level 5 Hybrid Demons to Category 5. Sorry for any confusion!
On the outer edge of [Zhan Long]’s troops, Matcha immediately raised her Lion King Shield and shouted, “Shields!”
The knights around her all raised their shields in front of their chests. Soon after, the Blade Shield Soldiers from the Royal Army also raised their heavy shields. A dark cloud suddenly covered the sun. It soon became clear that it was a rain of arrows. The Demon Flame Archers took their advantage in altitude and led the first attack!
I could hear arrows constantly bouncing off of the shields. Players and NPCs that didn’t have shields to hide behind had no choice but to directly take the hits. In the blink of an eye, several hundred people died. The Flame Dragon Army also raised their shields to block the attack, but they similarly lost quite a few soldiers. This was the first attack from the Hybrid Demons and we were already at a disadvantage. Theodore raised his Marshal sword, fury coloring his face. He roared, “Flame Dragon cavalrymen, charge! Cut down those d*mn*d Hybrid Demons!”
In the next moment, one of the Flame Dragon majors waved his sword and led several units of cavalrymen in a charge.
I carefully observed the situation before giving the Royal Army my orders.
In the distance, I could see that Flame Dragon Army was close to their target. The Demon Flame Archers suddenly separated and revealed a group of Beastmen carrying long spears. It was the Beast Blood Spearmen, who were Category 4 Hybrid Demons*. I felt my heart stop at my throat. F*ck, the Hybrid Demons have long been prepared to battle Tian Ling City. This was not a good omen!
TL Note: Due to the confusing nature of the levels, I’m switching Level 5 Hybrid Demons to Category 5. Sorry for any confusion!
Soon, both sides clashed. The Flame Dragon knights rushed right into the Spearmen, clashing against their blades. Screams and howls rose up above the sounds of fighting. While the Flame Dragon Cavalry had killed quite a few Beast Blood Spearmen, both sides were fighting on equal footing. In the blink of an eye, corpses covered the field. After several minutes, ten thousand Flame Dragon cavalrymen broke through eleven layers of monsters before finally losing their momentum. They were left with no choice but to face death. The knights that didn’t manage to scatter in time ended up dying under a volley of arrows. A ten thousand man cavalry, and not a single survivor!
The Hybrid Demons’ strategy was incredibly simple. While the Demon Flame Archers retreated, they continued shooting their arrows and the Beast Blood Spearmen wedged themselves between the Flame Dragon Army and the archers, stopping their advance. A bloody scent wafted over in the wind. There were some Flame Dragon horsemen that hadn’t died and were still struggling to pull the spears out of their bodies.
All of the players were silenced by the scene before them. The commander of the Flame Dragon Army, the marshal of this expedition, Crown Prince Theodore didn’t speak a word, the expression on his face turned incredibly ugly.
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Han Yuan raised his blade and shouted, “Such… such terrifying Hybrid Demons! Commander, what do we do? Should I lead our Steel Cavalry in a charge?”
I calmly replied, “Why, do you want to die?”
“Then what do we do?” Long Xing asked.
I grinned, “That’s simple, we’ll have the Dragon Crystal Cannons and the Cannons fight this war. Seeing that these Hybrid Demons have decided to use this kind of strategy, there’s no need for us to wait for them to attack first, we’ll just blast them to pieces!”