Volume 49 Chapter 7 part1 (1/2)
[V49C07] A Head-on Match (part 1)
Froe Cult had arrived in the Harpan Region
“Grass Porridge, Grass Porridge, Grass Porridge!”
A swar the whole plain with their endless numbers!
This main force was not only co down into the region were fro coinners who had played for less than 100 days after they first stepped foot into the world of Royal Road in Morata or Dawn City
“It’s not every day we can join this kind of big event”
“You’re right This is bound to be fun”
“Excuseswept down by the crowd for two days already!”
“I’ve also been swept down for a whole day, I was just selling so you!”
In no tie Cult [1] was spread over the Harpan Region like a ion, wasthe users of the Grass Porridge like a starving jackal, but it didn’t result in any visible effect By the time they had cut down ten thousands users, a hundred thousand e Cult’s ranks Ten thousands could still be considered a significant amount, but Jerome was not satisfied: most of the users they had cut doere novices with levels below 100, and those with levels above 200 had not been easily caught Whilekicked around by the Imperial soldiers, the more experienced users could simply use this opportunity to run away
“So, what are the numbers of the eneion’s strategy e answered Jerome’s question
“The estimated nuerated their population statistics to a ridiculous extent Not totheir lies”
“This is the statistical data obtained by the US Departuys interested in counting the cultto understand the influence of the Grass Porridge Cult in real life”
A heavy silence settled inside the Second Legion’sto face an enereater than the entire population of many nations!
‘Even if in this, with sonear me in real life, would I even be able to stay in my town once they find out I’m the one who defeated theo to school from now on?’
The users of the Hermes Guild tried to picture the exact scale of 70 ave up
Theits enor to discuss the numbers of the tens of millions of troops and assess their power, but it was quite another to actually witness those stupefying numbers So far, Jerome’s army had only attacked the outskirts of the eneh to launch an all-out assault, but there hadn’t been any sign of da their advance to the south unabated, and now the Second Legion was beginning to feel a greater threat than the one they had posed to their enemy
“We will eventually reach our li cannot even count as slowing theoal is to stop thehts broke out, the Northern users in the surroundings si southwards It was only a e took over the entire Harpan Region
“As we are under such special circuest a drastic countermeasure… we need to find a point froh our enee across the Grass Porridge Cult — a plan to h the enemy rank, tear them apart, and immediately escape the field
“I’erous…”
“On the contrary When ere conquering the Central Continent, the valor of our legion proved to be highly efficient, but right now the size of the eneth of Jero the conquest they had h the ene their formation
“Aren’t mobility and focus-fire the specialties of our troops? nobody would even ireat mass Even if we encounter some bothersoh, not staying too long to fight theh”
“There will be soe, yes, but think about ould happen e successfully penetrate their reat shock to our eneion will be known as the most powerful army in all Royal Road
“Well, that sounds…”
The users who had been objecting to his idea becath of the Hermes Guild, they had heard about the reputation of Weed and the Arpen Kingdom, but most of them had never experienced defeat until now[2]
“It’s certainly a great nuinners”
“They won’t be able to stop our assault Even if things don’t go as favorably as we hoped, we can always penetrate their ranks closer to the edges, instead of going through the center of the whole army”
With Jerome’s repeated persuasion, other Here their ion had yet to be defeated
“Those weaklings cannot be a ainst our troops’station out there is watching us”
“Yes, sir!”
The Second Legion faced the e Cult in the Great Plains of Wulooph in the Harpan Region
“Charge!”
Jerome led his troops valiantly and carried out the central assault operation as planned Froy, but should they succeed, they would accomplish a deed that would let them leave their na you have on the line We are the Second Legion With all our pride and dignity as the glorious Ihty spearhead that will penetrate the very heart of the eneion rushed towards the endless streae Cult
There were a lot of war experts who had backgrounds as high-rank e Cult, and they knew that the outco on the et ion of the I now Their strategy of spreading instability by slaughtering users all over the Harpan Region is quite dangerous to us”
“Our users have risen for a heroic cause, but ruets delayed and more deaths occur If theend to our cae crowd, people easily get swayed by the change of reat power of the Hermes Guild can come as a shock”
“H seized control over the Central Continent Every single one of their members is an elite soldier who has experienced at least a hundred battles”
“Our people should already know that each user with a level in the 400s or 500s is very strong However, not ly powerful they can becoroup without any first-hand experience”
While the war experts were devising an operation plan for the Grass Porridge Cult, Jeroht into theireverything in front of them
“Ride faster There is nobody who can slow us down!”
Jerohtly Order’, which was a war skill that increased the attacking abilities and ion reached its full height as they pierced the enee
“Hahaha I’ll cut down everyone that co aion were thoroughly enjoying the dozens of enele skill — this kind of intrepid assault was the very reason why they had chosen to becohts
“They can’t attack us with spells or arrows With their ranged attacks disabled, we can kill theraze of our swords in direct combat”
“It will be even better if they do decide to attack us from a distance There will be far more attacks that miss than that hit us, and our ene attacked by their own allies”
The Second Legion sped through the e Cult for more than 3 kilo the battlefield!
As the Steel Knights could clear a path without getting tired, they hadn’t lost any of their initial strength
“Run away!”
“No, fight! We can win this if we just hold up for long enough!”
The users of the Grass Porridge Cult rushed forward to stop theth between the two sides, they were not able to drive off the assaulting Second Legion
“Block them with your shi+elds!”
“It’s no use They are just penetrating our defense”
Suddenly, the great crowd of the Grass Porridge Cult was collapsing h level users sporadically appearing to join the coh to stop the advance of the Second Legion They were targeted by a focus of fire and quickly faded into grey nothingness There were groups of thousands of novice users clustered together in the field, and as they could be killed by a single area-of-effect skill, they were being completely wiped out before they even had time to come up with any plans
“They launched a full-frontal assault against us…!”
“I enious tactic Oneoff the branches of our troops, and they suddenly turned to penetrate our main force in the middle of our e Cult highly regarded Jero to do, both strategically and tactically, yet he ed to strike precisely at his enemy’s weak point Actually, this scenario had already been considered in their earlier prediction as one of the worst possible cases, but they had no choice but to ignore it, as it was practically impossible to prepare the tens of millions of users for this kind of unexpected situation
“It’s already late, but we need to start getting into battle forh level users to the battlefront where they can fight against the Iion”
“It will take hters to stand in the vanguard Also, even when they do step forward to fight, if we throw the eneion’s assault once they fall”
“This is a race against tiht lose millions of lives here — no, we WILL lose millions of lives No way around it”
The Grass Porridge army, with its poor defense, allowed itself to be coh when faced with the furious attacks froion had already proven their great firepower andthe conquest war of the Central Continent, and presently the effectiveness of their storht coe Cult had soe users, willing to throw their very bodies as shi+elds when all else failed, but unfortunately they had all moved to the south before the main force
“As our weakness has been exploited by the enemy, we have no choice but to risk soht now is to find the second-best solution”
They were completely unable to cope with the power and speed of the Second Legion So, the heads of the Grass Porridge Cult decided to let their enee on them In the meantime, they prepared for a counterattack
“I will send requests to the architects and other support troops”
“Let’s show them the viciousness of cohts that dawned on the h the ale of wind:
‘They were coainst our attack!’
‘It looks like they believed their numbers would scare us so much that ould never come up with a plan to assault them directly’
All what the users of the Grass Porridge did was to fall by their hands unceremoniously
Jero behind him
“Are you ready to continue?”
“Yes, let’s see just how o We’ve come too far to turn back now”
They had advanced about five kilo Northern users all the while Jerome and the other powerful users under his banner continued breaking through the ene swords and spears on both hands
“Keep riding forward!”
“Show theion is here!”
The order of knights rushed after the every Northern user who had been standing transfixed with terror and shock
“They’re just so fast…”
“We need to stop the on the spot, dazed and devastated; they could not bear the sight of dozens of their allies being dom had faced the Hermes Guild in the past, but the speed and efficiency [3] of the Second Legion was simply too much to handle While the Hermes Guild user couldn’t use their skills continuously due to the cost of h to clear paths through clusters of users; the th displayed by the frontline units would sway the Northern users’ will to fight, and after that, all that was left to be done was for the following forces to swing their weapons and harvest the eneo even further!”
“Who would be able to stop us?!”
Occasionally, soh level users that had moved from the Central Continent to the North stepped out to face the knights Only a trail of corpses was left behind after the Second Legion had swept past
‘We didn’t have to worry so reat number, they are all weak’
‘Size is certainly one thing that represents the strength of an arht…the size can prove to be just a nuhts that crossed the ion They didn’t even care about guarding the rear, because there were Steel Knights following behind and protecting them
“We shall be a lance that penetrates the Grass Porridge Cult Today, we becoend!”
Jerome raised his spear into the sky and bellowed
Although slightly fatigued, the users of the Second Legion still had sufficient ah the eneion had changed to penetrating the very center of the Grass Porridge Cult They would suffer nificant loss of troops, but they would also be able to attain a more impressive battle achievement The army that had its very core skewered by its enemy was bound to lose their morale — the troops would beco that they could not win the battle even if they tried
“Let’s fight on our own ternificent scene of battle in which the Second Legion coh the eneh broadcasts, engraving the legion’s power in theacross a battlefield populated with an arreat accomplishion continued, so did the chaos spreading ae Cult
“shi+eldbearers! Anyone who can use a shi+eld, go forward!”
“Everyone gather over here; we are going to set up a blocking line!”
Even when the users organized the groups of shi+eld units to stop the charging knights, Jeroion si their routes left and right And then they ordered sohts to eradicate the shi+eld units co behind thee Cult was helplessly tra place on their guild channel
– Hylon: We cannot break down like this, people You need to keep your position and fight!
– Rectop: A round for just a moment More troops are on their way at this very ht
– Moon Bear: We are the invincible Grass Porridge Cult Keep yourat least prevented the Northern users fro in all directions trying to flee
In the roups of users orking on their own task
“Dig it deeper Those scoundrels are bound to come this way, as they had their fun before”
“A trap! This is all we can do right now”
The architects dug into the ground together with the users around them It was extremely fortunate that many Northern users carried a shovel with them, as they were accustomed to ging would be of no use if the Second Legion decided to just cause a ruckus inside the ene their assault However, if they did insist on penetrating through the whole arht by this trap, which was set right in the central area, wide and deep
Katakatakata!!
When the sound of the clattering hooves of the Second Legion was heard, a smile appeared on the faces of the architects and other nearby users
“They’re coins here”
The soldiers of the Second Legion tore straight through the architects and the surrounding users as well As they had massacred countless users so far, they did not hesitate to blast the crowd of people with their area-of-effect skills to clear their way
But the an to collapse around theround…!”
“It’s a trap!”
“Stop! There is a trap!”
They hastily ca at nearly full speed they were unable to stop in time More than a thousand troops fell into the pits that had been dug in a number of places, and their formation was ruined