148 Pincer Attack (1/2)

Old John felt an extreme headache coming on as he watched the phalanx formation placed at the entrance of the castle.

This kind of dense formation was most suitable for defending narrow terrain. Very few people could get past at once, and the opponent had large square shields that were almost unaffected by the long-range bows.

”Bull****!” John Senior cursed extremely indecently. ”Charge up and kill them.”

In this situation, the only way to get past was to do it forcefully.

Immediately the shield soldiers of Delpon came forward with their shields raised. They walked side by side, shielding themselves and their fellow soldiers tightly.

A troop of spearmen was right behind them.

It wasn't that they didn't want to use more men, but the entrance to the castle wasn't wide enough, and only four men could walk side-by-side at the same time.

Four shield soldiers advanced with heavy steps. They wore heavy armor and held iron shields.

On the beggars' side, the soldiers held large wooden square shields and wore light leather armor… It was something that couldn't be helped. Hawk and the others had prepared beforehand even though they had expected today's events, but they still hadn't acquired enough weapons and armor.

The fact that they were able to make a hundred or so iron pikes in such a short period of time by smelting iron themselves was a pretty remarkable thing.

The soldiers in the phalanx formation wore somewhat heavy expressions. If the other side's shield soldiers were to just come over, it would definitely be the beggar army that would suffer after a stalemate.

In such a narrow place, it depended on who had the higher morale and the most courage, as well as better equipment. The beggar army's equipment was too poor.

Although it was difficult to take down the phalanx formation, with several times more men and better equipment, John Senior felt that, after some time, he could eventually wipe out these rebels.

Just as he was thinking this, Link, who had been at the back of the phalanx formation, suddenly moved.

He jumped up, leaped over the phalanx formation, and smashed right into the enemy's square formation.

The violent shockwave sent the surrounding people flying, and he smiled sweetly. Then, with him as the center of the circle, he spun the greatsword in his hand.

Onc circle, two circles, three circles, a whirlwind casting sand and stones in all directions.

The greatsword hadn't been sharpened. Everywhere it passed, the soldiers were thrown into the air, and if they were touched by the greatsword, they were either killed or crippled.

After spinning five consecutive circles, Link stopped.

Warrior specialty: Whirlwind Slash followed by Cleave.

There was no longer a single living person four meters in his vicinity.

They turned back and didn't attack Link.

Instead, they threw away their own shields and walked to the side with their hands up, trembling in fear.

Only an idiot would fight against such a professional.

When John Senior saw this, he turned to ask John Junior, ”Didn't you say that Link and Hawk weren't very strong?”

”It's true that they're not very strong.” John Junior swallowed and said, ”Six months ago, five or six well-coordinated soldiers could kill them, and their only advantage was nothing more than being able to revive from the Church of Life after death.”

”So now what's going on?” John Senior pointed at Link who was standing in a pool of blood.

”I'm not sure, either. There's no explanation for why he became so strong in half a year.”

This was mainly because Hawk and Link hadn't shown their strength in public since six months ago.

However, in reality, while the two of them were building the docks, they also looked for quests to complete so that they could quickly level up.

This was something that neither John Junior nor John Senior could have imagined or understood.

Link stood in a pool of blood and thrust his greatsword into the ground. He leaned on the blade of the sword and said with a smile, ”Mr. John Senior, I would still suggest that you consider your options.”

”There's no chance of that, lowly robber!”