Chapter 653 - Uninvited Guests (I) (2/2)

The battle had ended

The Orcs had been scared witless They were caught off guard by the alliance of Sol and Marfa’s groups froic traps set up by Joey previously Then, Randolf’s ic arrows had wiped out nearly 200 Orcs Moreover, Rhode’s appearance instantly increased the count to over 500 deaths The reainst the well-equipped elite squad and iped out in the blink of an eye

This was also why Rhode was so confident in this battle In fact, if he wished to eli as Celia, Celestina, Gracier, and Madaras were around, he could slaughter his way into the fort, activate the Taboo Halo, and grant freedoe to wipe out even thousands of Orcs

However, Rhode didn’t take action until the very end in order to strengthen the coordination of his men He realized that the situation at the end was rather concerning, which hy he had chosen to settle the Orcs by hih his men coordinated well at the start of the battle, he wasn’t able to test out his tactic fully Although his men were trained in the situation where the reinforcements from the rear failed to appear, that was established under the fact that the main forces were trapped or defeated by the enemies Under such a circumstance, there were only three choices for Rhode Firstly, he could choose to retreat instantly and escape to the Land of Atone the Teleportation Door Flee if one couldn’t win in battle—that was the essence of guerrilla warfare Second, Rhode could shi+eld the others as they retreated Even though he was level 50, the four Holy Sword Cards in his arsenal were as strong as the Legendary Stage Even though the four cards were restricted by their seals, the Taboo Halo could only transcend thee and they couldn’t use the Order Diendary weapons, Rhode trusted that he would have a high chance of success with the average low battle strength and level of the NPCs in this world, unless he was facing presences such as the Four Legendary Generals or the heir of the Dragon Souls

The third choice was to defend their position and wait for thethe pincer attack Rhode had intended to use this third method to train his men However, John’s sudden disappearance was too unusual and he ht as well end the battle as soon as possible

“Mr John… Where could he be?”

Lizeice field worriedly However, there were still no signs of hi up the battlefield, everyone gathered around with unique expressions But their suspicions were all the sa the Orcs wasn’t an i in a coordinated tactic, after all However, John vanished into thin air without any proper reason, which left them rather resentful They also wished to see this tactic succeed Everything had gone smoothly from the start, but the unexpected situation at the end forced Rhode to take actions hih this could also be considered part of the tactic, some of them felt dissatisfied It would be fine if Rhode assisted theion But it wasn’t desirable that these Orcs landed them in such a miserable state

At the same time, everyone had the same doubt Where in the world are John and his troops?

Everyone was informed beforehand the tactic and they were clear of the Cavalryth, the Cavalryathered forces shouldn’t be belittled No one believed that they were murdered by the Orcs But if that wasn’t the case, what else could explain it?

“Boss, do you want a few of us to search for theer in his hand and scuttled toward Rhode His usual witty smile had been replaced by a stern expression

“We didn’t find any spoils of war frouess that fella John wouldn’t be defeated by them that easily Perhaps an accident has happened?”

“Ah, Leader Look!”

As Rhode nodded in agreement, suddenly, Anne jumped up and yelled loudly She pointed forward and everyone followed her gaze They were astonished On the horizon of snow, a black figure eure was sprinting, it appeared seeroup They opened their eyes wide and stared at the figure in the distance But at this ure was indeed one of the Cavalry was amiss The Cavalrye on his armor On the contrary, his expression was filled with anxiety What happened?

In a few moments, the Cavalryhtened instantly as soon as he spotted Rhode He urged on his warhorse and flipped down his saddle hurriedly before the warhorse careat that everyone’s doing fine… W-We have met with trouble!”

“Calm down”

Rhode twitched his brows and responded softly The Cavalryether

“Sir John and the others have been trapped!”

“What?!”

The men exclaimed in shock Rhode waved his hand for the to the Cavalry This hat happened While John’s Cavalrymen lured the Orc riders away, this Cavalryman had led his warhorse much farther away from the others due to fear As a result, he failed to return to the group immediately He knew that John was strict on discipline, so he desperately tried to return before John led his Cavalrymen back to the fort

However, he never expected that an accident would happen at that ed out of nowhere and surrounded John’s group The Cavalryman smartly came to a halt and flipped down his mount to peek at the situation froressively and John seeroup were stripped of their equiprave situation and he hurried back to the fort to report the situation to Rhode

“Stripped of their equipment? Who dares to do that?”

Marfa exclaimed in surprise

“We’re the private soldiers of Sir Overlord, so even regional corps have no rights to do this!”

Many of thereement Yes, they weren’t overned directly by a noble and weren’t restricted by any regional corps The regional corps by the borders wouldn’t dare question them at all as soon as they announced Rhode’s naroup of people who dared to do that?

Rhode wasn’t as astonished as Marfa He calmly listened to every word of the Cavalryman and said

“Have you seen who they are?”

“Y-Yes, Sir As clear as crystal”

The Cavalryman sucked in a deep breath and stuttered

“T-They are… the Country of Light’s army