Chapter 386 - Battle in Misty Mountains (1/3) (2/2)

Hidden beside Rhode, Joey gazed nervously at the faraway Fortress Joey had engaged in a certain extent of investigations on the Fortress before Rhode arrived In the end, he was disappointed Although Rhode had mentioned that the Fortress was not maintained for many years, the outer appearance seeh it was clearly worn, it didn’t pose a problem to those Barbarians Joey and his companions tried to sneak into the Fortress but eventually failed Most of the Barbarians were gathered outside the Fortress Although they seehly sensitive and hard to deal with Joey didn’t kno to strike because, after all, there were about 300 of them and he only had 30 Furthermore, it was much easier to defend than to attack the Fortress With the disadvantage in offensive strength, it gave Joey a headache on how they should proceed

“Should we get Miss Gillian or Miss Marlene to cast so?”

Rhode stared at hi to him in the future and if it was destroyed by Gillian or Marlene, the one paying for the repairs would be hi and besides, he was prepared with a better idea

Rhode turned around and beckoned to his mercenaries The mercenaries instantly focused their attention back to their leader

“I will split you guys apart into three groups We will continue to keep in touch and strike froestured with his hand

“Lize, Marlene, Kafa, Ralph, and Snook We will forroup will consist of Joey and his roup will be led by Marfa…”

Rhode nodded at the ed mercenary

“Lead Anne and Kars into the ditch on the left There will be a sewer pipe which leads into the Fortress I think it isn’t in use now so it should be safe Then, I want all of you to enter the first floor Joey, lead your ht and enter the second floor of the Fortress through the small trail Remember to be careful and do not alert any eneh positions to provide cover for Joey After Joey and his men enter the hall, you can lead your men to distract the enemies As for Anne, I want you to protect thenal, I want you to lead the re men for a frontal assault to finish the enen

“I will go ahead first After ten o Remember, if there are any doubts, notify me at once Understand?”

“Yes, Leader!”

“Good,” Rhode nodded in satisfaction “We’re off”

These elites chosen by Rhode displayed their superiority Although Rhode’s grouping was decided on the go, the ca and they were fa period of training After giving his command, Rhode quickly led his men away silently

However, Lize and Marlene didn’t expect that Rhode would lead the re mercenaries to a pitch-black cave instead of the nearby vicinity of the Fortress

“What is this place, Mr Rhode?”

Entering the cave, Marlene cast a sht to illu Marlene curiously observed the cave and she thought that this cave wasn’t any different fro upside down on the ceiling, and the ground was filled with ice-cold water Nomore than an ordinary cave

“This is a secret path into the Fortress The creator of this Fortress had once built this route to ensure they could escape in tie area of effect spells Otherwise, we could all very well die here”

Rhode paused for a moment

“And, this place isn’t as safe as you think”

“Eh?”

Everyone was astonished by Rhode’s re from the darkness

It sounded like a series of incoherent noises, but, it soon got louder, clearer and closer to thehtly and were prepared to strike Marlene and Lize leaned against one another and cast a ic shi+eld to prevent any possible ae shadow revealed theical radiance

“Blood Bats!”

A knowledgeable ures In a split second, Rhode struck

Facing the swar thunder in the dark The blade lights crisscrossed into a large net which struck the Blood Bats In a blink of an eye, a dozen of bats crashed to the ground and turned to carcasses

However, this wasn’t enough to stop those enor They continued to let out ear-deafening screeches while flapping their wings to avoid Rhode’s blade attacks

These Blood Bats were strong and oneveno their prey with veno dry of their blood Ordinary le in the face of these Blood Bats, however, the ht with him were above that standard

Marlene shouted and a erected a fire wall quickly fro the iven time to brandish their weapons prepared to attack