Chapter 388: Taking down a village (1/2)
In between the crowd of people trying to find the coins on the street , were sparsely distributed mercenaries and nine cloud kingdom soldiers.
The sheer density of the crowd and the frequent infighting , as well as the continuous clamour and noises , made the entire town feel like an extremely crowded fish market. It was soo bad that if someone shouted for help , it may not even traverse 5 full meters before being drowned by the sounds of the crowd.
It was the perfect cover for commiting crime. As one by one , groups of four soldiers under Rudra , dressed as common men , would bump into a soldier or mercenary as a part of the crowd and stab them with four swords at once.
The men could not even shout for help , as they died on the spot. The soldiers committed murder in plain sight , yet the crowd busy in finding gold coins did not even bother.
Simmilar instances occured all over the city , as enemy numbers dwindled without a fight. When the numbers dropped below a certain level though , the mercenaries started to notice , something was off. Their teammates were respawning back in the church of light of their hometowns by the hundereds. As the situation was reported , the other mercenaries started to get more vigilant.
However , all this was already factored in by Rudra , who gave the order to rain Flame arrows onto the Village!
Thousands of flaming arrows covered the sky in an instant , as the low levelled players were baffled at the sight .
The arrows rained down on the village and it's houses , as the fire started to spread. Hundereds of innocent adventurers died , and many mercenaries were injured by the sudden attack.
When a System Notification , broke everyone from their stupor.
System notification : THE VILLAGE OF MERCURY IS UNDER ATTACK BY HAZELGROOVE KINGDOM FORCES.
BY AGGRESSING ON ENEMY TERRITORY , THE HAZELGROOVE KINGDOM HAS DECLARED WAR ON NINECLOUDS KINGDOM .
KILLING ENEMY'S FROM OTHER KINGDOM WILL NOW NOT INCREASE INFAMY , AND RESPAWN TIME IS INCREASED TO 24 HOURS.
War had been declared , as thousands of cavalry of the first division , bravely charged towards the village walls.
Panic ensued inside the village , as low levelled players lost their minds , the village was burning and there was enemy attacking and respawn time had been increased to 24 hours.
Which meant that if they were killed , it would take 24 hours for them to log in back into the game. Hence ensued a period of madness and chaos , as stampede went rampant in the village.
Seeing the charge of the cavalry , the soldiers shouted ” ENEMY ATTACK .... CLOSE THE WALLS , DEFEND THE VILLAGE , ALL MEN TO THE WALLS! ”.
” ENEMY ATTACK ”.
” WAR! ”.
The people Manning the walls of Mercury village , quickly started to throw spears and release arrows at the charging cavalry. However , the ones who ended up dying were them and not a single cavalryman from Rudra's faction was hurt. As they were utterly backstabbed by the soldiers who had already entered the village.
Rudra Gave them a minute by minute breakdown of tasks , where two minutes before the start of the rain of fire , the soldiers were to take cover , and gather near the entrance of the village , and take aim at the people Manning the walls.
The moment that the fire arrow rain ended , and the village was enveloped in chaos , Rudra lead the charge of the cavalry personally , towards the village gates. Where the soldiers defending the walls redirected their efforts , only to leave their backs completely exposed to those who were already inside.
From then on , the soldiers on the inside , slaughtered their way to the village walls , and opened it wide for the cavalry to enter.