Vol 5 Chapter 30.4 (2/2)
Xiang Luan asked, “When will we leave then?”
Ye Yin Zhu said, “When the beastmen come up the mountain. I want these giant trees to deal them some losses. Our sloping side is lush with trees. The side they are climbing have steep trees but in significantly less amounts. This may slow them down, but I’m afraid these rolling trees won’t be very effective. If only we had decent fire. It’s almost winter, so the trees are dry, meaning it would be very appropriate to attack with fire now. Yesterday, I even heard Elder Brother Oliveira specifically mention examples of fire attacks used in war. It’s a pity we’re not Fire mages.”
“Who said we didn’t have fire?” A voice suddenly spoke out, attracting the three’s gazes. Turning around to look, it was actually Sura, who had returned.
Sura’s complexion was somewhat pale, and his chest was moving up and down furiously. Gasping heavily for air, his face had a hard time masking his exhaustion. The small Silver Dragon Yin Bi was comfortably perched on her shoulder, its rather fat body still adorable. From time to time, it would use its front claws to scratch Sura’s head.
“Sura, why did you return?” Ye Yin Zhu asked in surprise.
Sura walked up to Ye Yin Zhu before plopping his b.u.t.t on the ground. “I already told the news to Oliveira. I was afraid you met danger, so I returned to find all of you. Who would have imagined I would find you atop the mountain? Yin Zhu, are you planning to use rolling logs to deal with the beastmen?”
Ye Yin Zhu nodded, saying, “There’s a steep incline over there. It’s easily guarded but hard to attack. I only wanted to delay the beastmen’s advancement as much as possible. I also want to give Elder Brother Oliveira more time to prepare. What did he say when he heard about the situation?”
Sura bitterly laughed and said, “What can he say? Although we have five hundred Dragon Cavalrymen, we only have a fighting strength of six hundred people with the inclusion of the students. The original five hundred defenders of Konya City can practically be disregarded. At this moment, he already used magical communications to notify Sacred Heart City. I don’t know how Sacred Heart City responded. Upon pa.s.sing him the news, I immediately returned.”
“Thank you, Sura.” Ye Yin Zhu’s eyes expressed a poignant radiance.
Sura quirked his lips downwards, saying, “For what? Have you forgotten that I said I would follow you?”
The two of them looked at each other and couldn’t refrain from revealing knowing smiles. Just at that moment, Ye Yin Zhu suddenly realized the beastmen had already begun climbing the mountain and hurriedly called out to the others.
The four of them came to the mountain side holding the tree trunks and looked down, only to see a vast amount of beastmen just starting to climb the mountain after exiting the valley. In the valley, the already a.s.sembled beastmen troops had begun advancing towards their mountain peak. This was the final protective barrier before Konya City.
Currently, the ones rus.h.i.+ng in the forefront were no longer Apemen; they were the slighter built but significantly faster Leopardmen. Their numbers were innumerable. The Leopardmen used their extremely astonis.h.i.+ng speed to climb up the mountain. Following the Leopardmen were the Tigermen and Apemen. Those striking Behemoths hadn’t moved; they seemed to be ordering the other beastmen to climb the mountain.
Sura glanced at Ye Yin Zhu. “What should we do now?”
Ye Yin Zhu countered, “You just said you had fire a moment ago. Were you referring to Yin Bi?”
Sura nodded. “Although Yin Bi is young, it can at least cast Red Rank Fire Magic. Even though it’s not enough to attack the enemy, setting things on fire is not a problem. These trees are also very dry.”
Ye Yin Zhu promptly made a decision. “Good! We will just use a fire attack. Regardless of the success, after sending these logs rolling down the slope, we will immediately returning to Konya City.”
Sura had Yin Bi jump down from her shoulder, patting its head. “It’s up to you now, isn’t it?”
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