145 The Prowess Of Rank 1 Cultivators Part 1 (1/2)

The concern Tusk had was because of how clearly coordinated all of the magical beasts were. At first glance, it would seem to anyone that the attack was just a simple straight forward charge. Until you looked again and noticed how spread out all the creatures were from each other and how each volley of attacks came within a 1 to 3 second difference of the other. Meaning that the beasts were coordinating their attacks to allow the shields as little time as possible to reform.

This was especially bad because Captain Tusk clearly knew where the city officials' priorities lied in situations like this. Since this is a war of attrition to safeguard the city, the city officials won't use 100 percent of the city's defense capabilities. At maximum power, the shield surrounding Delmar City fully has the capability to completely defend against all attacks that the city is currently facing.

But, no one will fully activate the city's defense system because that will quickly drain the central energy core of which without the city will become essentially defenseless. To make sure that doesn't happen Delmar City would rather sacrifice the safety and lives of a few low grade soldiers rather than guarantee the safety of all their soldiers. It's a cruel fact that Captain Tusk doesn't like, but also has no say in. So, he can only buckle down and be the best leader for the brave soldiers who would dare brave the cruelty of war and risk their lives under him.

In the midst of the siege Captain Tusk couldn't remove an uneasy feeling that he had. So, he called on the aid of a trusted subordinate.

”Trevor get overhear”.

Trevor with a stern face approached Captain Tusk the moment he was called. The long scar on the side of his face made him look quite domineering wherever he went. Once Trevor arrived in front of Captain Tusk he asked Trevor a question.

”Where's Derek he should have been here a while ago?”.

Without needing to think much about it Trevor replied, ”Captain, Derek was recently put on a separate mission issued by General Emma. I don't know when he will be back but it won't be any time soon”.

”Geez, no one even bothered to tell me. Even after they took one of the best archers in the city from me. Whatever since he's gone you'll have to do. So tell me how far can you see?”.

”That range is stupidly huge, you archers always did have a grotesque sense of range”.

”Ya, but it's not like I can attack that far. I'm not Derek, so my attack range is only about 2-3 miles”.

”Either way it's way better than any average person at the same rank as use which makes you perfect for locating those rank 3 magical beasts. There's not a single one attacking the wall which is to strange for it to be a coincidence.

”I actually already have sir, before you called me I found them gathering together at the edge of the battlefield. They are all out of range of our mounted weapons on the wall. To hit them we would have to use the missiles”.

Captain Tusk shook his head as he replied, ”Their's no need to stirrup that mess of trouble this early on. I just wanted to keep tabs on all of them because once the rank 3 magical beasts join the fight the difficulty we'll face when defending the city will rise exponentially. Right now all those beasts are outputting as much damage as a being at the beginner stage of rank 4, but once all those rank 3 beasts join in their joint attacks might reach the intermediate stage of rank 4. The difference between the two stages is bigger than just their titles”.

As Captain Tusk worried about the future he heard something a bit strange happen behind him. It was the clearly distinct sound of something hitting the shields by what he could only described at the time as a wet bag. Once Captain Tusk turned to look he witnessed a scene that could be described as both brave and foolish.

With complete disregard for their lives, dozens of the flying magical beasts started to dive bomb the city. Which only ended up with them turning into splatter stains.

Captain Tusk watched what was happening with an intrigued look on his face, ”how in the world did those bastards cause them to do this”.

As Captain Tusk watched on he saw the dozens of strange and terrible magical beasts that were dive bombing the city increase from dozens to hundreds and hundreds to thousands. The wild creature and insects both big and small spiraled down like a tornado. The uneasy feeling and pressure all those beasts brought down on all the soldiers on top of the wall was immense.

With little time left Captain Tusk could only act, ”archers at the ready, reserve unit redirect all weapons up above”.

Captain Tusk had over 100 rank, 1 combatants, under him excluding the surplus of troops under him from the reserve unit. Once Captain Tusk gave the order all 50 of the people under him who specialized in archery drew their weapons and aimed towards the sky. Similarly, other squadrons stationed on top of the wall did something similar.