Chapter 821 - sBe true to your followers to gain fealtys (1/2)
Chapter 821 - ”Be true to your followers to gain fealty”
“Keng keng keng…”
After three consecutive arrows bounced off the Lion King Shield, Matcha moved her arm away and began hacking at the enemy monsters with her sword. She impatiently said, “We can’t go on like this, the Revered One’s Archers’ attack power is too strong, not to mention they’ve been focusing their attacks on our front lines. If this keeps going, we’ll end up getting pushed back.”
I swung my sword and readily replied, “Matcha, why don’t you activate the effect from the Lion King Shield? I’ll take 5,000 of our Steel Blade Horsemen and rush at the enemy. If we cut them all down in one fell swoop, we’ll make sure they don’t come back for a long time!”
Wang Jian nodded, “Agreed!”
Matcha sunk her shield into the ground. Rays of light began to shoot off from the body. Not only [Zhan Long], but even nearby soldiers from the Royal Army, [Legend], and [Judgement], received a BUFF from the effect. My Zhen Yue Blade shuddered as I activated [Zhen Yue Battle Song]. Once I received all my BUFFs, I led Li Mu, Wang Jian, and the first and second infantries of the Steel Blade Horsemen to charge at the [Blizzard] army, and we aimed straight for the cavalry archers.
“Pu pu…..”
I could hear arrows whizzing past my ear and burying the nearby players. One after another, members of [Zhan Long] were falling beside me. What made it worse was the fact that the Revered One’s Archers were incredibly intelligent. They actually knew how to retreat while shooting at us, and they used kiting method to whittle away at the Steel Blade Horsemen. Li Mu’s eyes nearly rolled out of his skull, “This… how the f*ck are we supposed to fight against this?”
The [Frost Wing]s on my back began to shudder and I rose up into the sky. As I did so, the vanguard of my Zhen Yue Blade extended out, creating an energy blade that fell among the crowds of people. I ordered, “Everyone split up and charge full speed ahead. We’ll surround them from the sides and flank them!”
“Yes sir!”
In this troop of Hybrid Demons, there were at least 50,000 of the Revered One’s Archers, but there was no way for us to kill every single one of them. All we could do was focus on the 4,000 that were targeting [Zhan Long] and the Royal Army to decrease the pressure on them. After all, we weren’t world saviors — we couldn’t save them all.
Li Mu and Wang Jian led a group of people while Matcha and Wan Er lead another. I continued leading my troop in the front and faced the monsters head on. The archers’ attack power was not nearly enough to break through my defenses. In fact, the combos from my blade were like a nightmare for these archers. Blood splattered and they fell one after another, turning into achievement points for me.
After a few minutes, we had them completely surrounded and we slaughtered them like sheep. Even if we took heavy losses, we had to kill all 4,000 of these archers. Wan Er activated her [Undefeated Spirit] state and darted in and out of the crowd of monsters, leaving corpses in her wake. Old K on the other hand raised his Blood Giant’s Battle Axe and activated [Kehl’s Rage]. A powerful aura began to emanate from him and a powerful wind rose up. He dashed forward, turning into a whirlwind that raged through the crowd of monsters. All enemies caught in his path were ripped to pieces. Even if Old K didn’t have as much damage, with this skill, he was far more than capable of instantly killing these ten thousand health archers.
Li Mu and Wang Jian all activated their AOE attacks and charged ahead. The rest of the Steel Blade Horsemen activated all their defense type skills to protect their healths before focusing all their energy on attacking. Unfortunately, this battle style meant that we would be faced with startling loses under the attack of the thousands of Blizzard soldiers and these archers. After ten minutes, all the super BUFFs ran out. Despite that, we couldn’t retreat, not until all of these archers were killed.
……
I flew into the sky and threw a [Seven Star Fragment Slash] into the enemy pursuers. I glanced at the Zhen Yue Blade in my left hand. Blood had completely covered the elegant engravings that used to be there. I dashed to the rear of the Steel Blade Horsemen and asked, “Li Mu, how many people did we lose this time?”
Li Mu glanced around and said, “Of the five thousand horsemen we brought, we lost 1,400. Not too bad?”
“That’s terrible. Hurry up and head back! Everyone needs to get back in the healers’ range!”
“Yes sir!”
When we returned to our troops, I went to check on the Royal Army’s situation only to see a number of corpses lying on the ground. Even with the cover from the Steel Blade Horsemen, they still lost a lot of soldiers. I couldn’t help but feel a pang in my heart. But, after carefully counting, I noticed that we had lost a thousand men at most. After the battle at the Sea of No Return, these Royal Army soldiers had increased the level of their equipment and attacks by quite a bit. Since their battle power increased so much, they became much harder to kill. At the very least, they were not as easy to kill as they had been during the previous battle.
I looked at the distant city as I hacked down a monster. I could make out two figures at the top of the wall. It was Luo Lin and Gawain. Both of them were originally human generals who had fallen to Demon status because of their hubris. And there they were, having a lighthearted conversation as they ordered their troops to slaughter their own people.
“Han Yuan!” I growled.
Han Yuan cut off the head of one of the Blizzard soldiers and turned around to face me, “General, what do you need?”
I gave a nod and pointed at the wall, “Can the cannons and the Dragon Crystal Cannons reach that wall? If they can, why don’t we call Luo Lin and Gawain down for a final battle!”
Han Yuan gaped at me, “General, the cannons and the Dragon Crystal Cannons have a maximum range of 700 meters. We’re more than 1,100 meters away. I’m afraid we can’t do that. Besides… look at our situation right now. This battle is in complete chaos. Even if we wanted to, we won’t be able to use the cannons, or else we’ll hurt our own brothers. For the moment, all we can use are the crossbow carts!”