Chapter 269: Mission: Blockade (2/2)
“You!”
The two Abel Academy teachers hesitated.
Although Rui was missing, four other members of Holy Dawn Academy’s infamous Holy Dawn Evil Six were currently present. Adding on how incredibly eccentric Ayrin’s group was, the two Abel Academy teachers weren’t confident in winning even if they called over another team of Abel Academy arcane masters.
“What is that?!”
At this time, several more shocked cries abruptly rang out as the hazy yellow eye within the dark purple pillar of gas completely disappeared and many giant shadows charged out from the hills beside the pillar.
Because of how far away they were, Ayrin and the others couldn’t discern what they were. They could only tell that these shadows were many times larger than normal arcane masters.
“Are those giant monsters?”
“There’s so many of them!”
Morgan’s face trembled as he watched hundreds of the three or so meter tall shadows surge across the distant battlefield.
A hazy glow emerged from the snow white pupils of Shirley, who was in the midst of River Bend Academy’s team, as she shouted in shock, “Those are orcs!”
“They seem to be orcs created through the combination of human and beast blood!”
“During the Era of the War with Dragons, some Evil Dragon Followers had methods to combine human and beast blood to create orc servants who were willing to die for them! In some cases, even armies of them were formed.”
“There is currently someone who has managed to learn a skill like this in their midst?”
“The Evil Dragon Followers have so many orcs, but they never revealed them in the past!”
Screams of disbelief and shock incessantly rang out from the midst of the three academy teams, especially as the students came to see the low level Evil Dragon Followers like the Evil Dragon Archers swarming out amidst the orcs.
With these shorter figures in their midst, the imposing presence of these orcs became even greater.
As the orcs and Evil Dragon Followers reached the Devil Snake Trees, they quickly climbed up them like monkeys.
“They are treating the Devil Snake Trees like mounts?” Stingham’s eyes nearly popped out as he exclaimed, “How come these Devil Snake Trees are attacking us but not them?”
“The battle is becoming more intense… Teacher Liszt, what’s the plan?!” Ayrin agitatedly asked as he watched the battlefield become increasingly chaotic and remembered that he was still idly standing at the edge of it all.
“We shall charge into that pillar of gas. That is where the true floor of Fallen Shadow Valley is… that is where all of the most important secrets of the Evil Dragon Followers are,” Liszt responded as he nodded towards the giant pillar of gas. His face was unusually solemn.
Clancy and the others simply remained quiet. It seemed like Liszt was the person in charge here.
“As for you academy student teams, your task is to set up a blockade.”
“Don’t worry about the fighting elsewhere. Once we break, you all are to intersperse across that area as quickly as possible,” Liszt ordered as he extended his arm and pointed at an area in the distance on their left before them.
A river rapidly flowed through the area Liszt pointed at. It was one of the rare lush and green areas atop the plain. Behind the grasses was a cluster of pointy buildings which looked like the pointed hats worn my magus.
As Liszt spoke, Clancy and the others handed each squad a map. On the map, there were six points marked.
“All of you Office of Special Affairs people are charging into the depths of the pillar to fight in the true heartland of the Evil Dragon Followers… and are leaving us here to just wander around and clean up out here?” Stingham dispiritedly shouted as he heard Liszt’s orders.
“Idiot, how strong do you think you are?” Rinloran rolled his eyes. It was very clear to him that it was impossible for them to be of any use in a battle between the true elites of both sides.
“Don’t undermine the importance of this blockade!” Clancy said in a low voice.
“This time, we are not merely trying to occupy this place, but we are trying to completely disperse the strength of the Evil Dragon Followers. Thus, it is imperative that we choke them of as many resources as possible and prevent as many of them from escaping as possible. Based on the most recent intelligence, that area is likely one of the places where the Evil Dragon Followers made their clockwork metal puppets. It is likely that they have stored many demonic crystals and other materials there.”
“Can we take those demonic crystals if we find them?” Stingham asked as his eyes abruptly brightened.
“……” Morgan and the others were speechless.
“You can. We agreed with the Kingdom of Doa that all spoils gained by arcane masters would belong to the arcane masters who discovered them,” Clancy nodded. But his tone became serious once more as he said, “Do you now understand the importance of your blockade mission?!”
“Yes! We are to wait there and rob anyone who comes!” Stingham excitedly shouted.
“It really is just to clean up the battlefield… as this battle continues, all of the elite arcane masters will definitely gather together and fight a final decisive battle. In fact, it has already begun. The elite teams are already clashing as they converge towards the pillar. Soon, only low level arcane masters will be left still fighting atop this vast plain for the most part.” Rinloran composedly thought to himself.
Indeed, as Rinloran predicted, Liszt sternly added at this time, “Last but not least. For your mission, you all only need to deal with Evil Dragon Followers with less than four gates. If you all encounter an Evil Dragon Follower with four or more gates, you all are to immediately scatter!”
The Office of Special Affairs wished to temper them, but they also didn’t wish for any of them to die.
“But there are seven squads, and only six blockade points marked on this map,” Ayrin abruptly exclaimed at this moment.