Chapter 90: Stop them! (1/2)

Scarlett had been doing her best to take down the towers as fast as she could. Slowly she was starting to be more accurate with her hits taking down the NPC knights with a couple of arrows each, as she would hit the head more often.

Finally, she had taken down the first tower and quickly started to move onto the next.

”Phew!” Scarlett said as she checked the status screen.

She could see that all of her teammates were still alive which was a good sign.

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With the Hershel team temporary stunned by the message that appeared, it gave the chance for the Montem team to regroup. The knights had all been defeated and the tower was no longer in danger.

The Hershel team was waiting on Frank's command on what they should do next. Alex knew that Hershal had two choices. They could choose to continue fighting five against four and capture the flag before Ashley reached their flag, or they could go back as a group to protect their tower.

In all the games Alex had watched so far, Hershal played with confidence. It wasn't like nobody had ever done this strategy before. But they always chose to fight it out 5 vs 4 if this situation arrived. Alex was hoping Hershal would do this exact thing as this would give them the most time to hold off Hershal, while Scarlett pushed forward.

The Hershel team stood still momentarily, then Frank gave the command.

”Fall back, protect the tower.”

Alex's eyes felt like they were about to pop out of his head as he saw the Hershal team retreat back. This was an unexpected move that they had never done before, so why do it today?

Frank knew he had two choices and if it was any other game, he would have chosen to attack but there was something telling him to be cautious. After watching the match with Eton and feeling Novis's power in person. Frank had a feeling that the team in front of him, wouldn't be as easy to deal with as everyone else thought.

As Alex saw Hershel retreat, he needed to make a decision fast. Originally, Alex hoped they would be able to stay by their tower. When a team was a player down the tower acted as a good defence, it was almost as if you had a fifth player on your team.

But if Alex and the team went to stop Hershal from advancing, then it would truly be a 4 vs 5 situation.

”What do we do?” Ashley said looking at Alex.

Alex readied his shield and sword and shouted.

”Attack, don't let them get to Scarlett no matter what!”

The Hershel team was suddenly surprised when they heard the sound of footsteps from behind them. As they turned around, they could see a spear flying through the sky Infront of them. Frank was the quickest to react lifting up his shield just in time deflecting the spear.