Chapter 738: Behemoth (2/2)
The Dragonlight Cavalry rammed into the enemy and cut down everyone in our way. The ranged attacks from Stranger of Three Lifetimes, Beiming Xue and Ling Xueshang were especially deadly, filling nearly every corner of the forest path in Spiraling Arrow Blades and Galaxy Storms.
”Ssibal!”
The humiliated Korean riders charged toward Beiming Xue, but a single Evil Spirit Volley was all it took to send them back to Burning City.
The slaughter took no time at all, and in fifteen minutes, all 20000 Korean riders were killed in the path. They probably didn’t expect a group as powerful as ours to ambush them, and it was possible that their intel on us was inaccurate. One mistake was all it took to cause the death of this elite cavalry troop.
After looting everything we needed from the battlefield, I pointed to the east and said, ”Snowy Cathaya is over there, so we’ll head over and meet up with them. Prepare to fight a full-on battle!”
Everyone nodded. The exhaustion on their faces was clear, but no one looked like they wanted to call it a day. That being said, some people strongly requested a toilet break, so we had to rest in the forest for 30 minutes. Everyone logged off to go to the toilet, drink water and fill their stomachs. It had been almost 29 hours since the Nation War began, and we hadn’t had a real opportunity to log out of the game until now.
Murong Mingyue, He Yi, Beiming Xue and me also logged out of the game to take care of our business. However, there was no time to eat a proper meal, so we all ate a loaf of bread and swallowed it down with warm water for now. The celebration could wait until the war was over.
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Swhoosh!
Thirty minutes was over in the blink of an eye, and almost everyone except a handful of players had come back online. When we called these players to check in on them, we discovered that they had fallen asleep on top of the toilet.
We spent a moment reorganizing the parties before officially departing to the east. After we passed through a dense forest, long stretches of Snowy Cathaya troops abruptly entered our view. Not only that, we saw Purple Lily, Mad Dragon, Rose of the Holy Domain, The Monarch Descends, Baidicheng and even Warsky Alliance as well.
Warsky Alliance only had tens of thousands of troops left, but that didn’t stop their leader from fighting on the frontlines and laughing. ”Beat these cowards and send them back where they came from! Don’t let them enter Winter Pine Forest!”
I spurred my mount forward and reached Snowy Cathaya in the blink of an eye. However, I saw everyone—Clear Perfume, Purple Marquis, Shadow Chanel and Zi Chuanyu—except Lin Yixin. I hadn’t been able to meet Lin Yixin when she repelled the Titan God and moved back to Dawn City, and now I still wasn’t able to meet her. I couldn’t help but feel a sense of growing disappointment.
”Qingqing!” I shouted.
”Oh?” Sun Qingqing stopped shooting and turned around. When she saw me, she gave me a smile and said, ”Ohh, Vice Leader Lu has finally returned to us? I heard that Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls fought a beautiful ambush at Horse Hoof Valley earlier. The battle was even streamed live on the gaming channel and praised by everyone, hehe~~”
I was in no mood to entertain this subject, so I simply looked around and made an inquiring noise. ”Hmm?”
”Cut it out, you…” Sun Qingqing rolled her eyes at me. ”Yiyi logged out of the game half an hour ago. Both she and her father left for the hospital because her mother will be receiving some very important treatment today. It’s highly probably that she’s not going to log back into the game until the Nation War is over, so after delegating the defense of the city to me and Purple Marquis, she logged out at the entrance of Dawn Valley.”
What could I even say? ”Ah…”
”Ah, what? Anyway, stop loafing around and prepare for battle already. Everyone’s suffered huge losses, and we can definitely use Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls’ aid. Hmph hmph, Candle Dragon is an interesting bunch. They withdrew almost all 300k of their players into Dawn City claiming that they need to rest and defend the city, when really they’re just avoiding the fiercest battle of the day…”
I nodded and said, ”Let’s continue!”
”Mn!”
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I sent our cavalry and warriors to the frontline and spread out our formation. Then, we began engaging the Northern Alliance players in battle. We swung our weapons at each other in practiced fashion almost as if we had rehearsed this before, and the resulting deaths were innumerable. The battle line was a hundred meters wide, and flesh and blood was spilled all across the battlefield as parties fought against parties.
About two hours later, I suddenly heard a cry from the front, ”Not good, Hegemon Palace has lost the battle! Even Little Piglet is almost killed…”
”What?” My eyes widened.
I looked to the plains and saw a group of defeated players running toward our direction. It was none other than the remnants of Hegemon Palace. I thought they were slaughtering the ranged parties of Hot Sand City, so what happened, and how did they lose this quickly when they had several hundred thousand troops?
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Suddenly, the ground began to rumble threateningly. It obviously didn’t belong to your usual cavalry. When He Yi and I looked to the horizon, we were shocked to discover a stretch of giants riding toward our direction! They were cavalry riding on giant beasts, and the emblem on their shoulder marked them as players of Chariot City. They were Germany’s elite cavalry!
”Wh… what the hell are those things?” He Yi said in a shaky voice.
The giant beasts had claws as huge and powerful as a lion’s and full body scales that looked like dragon scales. They also had a long tail and an incredibly ugly head. They walked on three limbs, and one of them floated slightly above the ground. I could see a stone cone embedded between its claws.
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”Behemoth…” Hot and Sour Noodles’ pupils shrank into needles. ”It’s the Behemoth Cavalry, the trump card of Chariot City! Behemoth is a Purple Gold Rank Boss mount that can only be found in Chariot City, and they are intelligent enough to attack without direction from a player. It’s over. The Germans used their last trump card on this Nation War…”