Chapter 362 - We SHALL be Victorious (1/2)

Chapter 362: We SHALL be Victorious

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Link changed out of his training shirt and into a more comfortable Magician’s robe. As for the Storm Lord’s sword… Well, Link had grown fond of it and decided to keep it by his side.

Five minutes later, Link was ready and followed the officer to the stronghold center.

When he reached the hall, he found that everyone had gathered, including the religious leader.

The religious leader was named Yinnos, and he was a 50-year-old man with gentle looking eyes and brows. He was slightly bigger around the waist, a sign of prosperity.

In Firuman, the church did not interfere with affairs of politics and war. If not for the appearance of the Dark Serpent, he would not have come to this war meeting.

When he saw Link, he gave Link a slight smile before closing his eyes, sitting peacefully in his chair.

Duke Abel and his officers were dressed in full military attire. Duke Abel himself was only a Level-5 Warrior, but with his commander’s uniform, he looked very imposing.

He asked Link, “Sir Link, what is the progress with the magic formation?”

“They’ve had enough practice. As long as no one interferes, there shouldn’t be any problem with the formation,” Link assured him.

“Excellent!” Duke Abel said, punching his fist in excitement. Then, he said, “The Dawn Swordsman will lead 3,000 Silver-white Shield Warriors to surround the formation and defend it from enemies.”

Kanorse was in the hall. However, despite his individual fighting prowess, he was born as a commoner and did not hold a major position in the army. He did not have much say in this command structure. He stood to the side of the hall.

Listening to the Duke’s commands, he bowed to Link, looking extremely self-confident. The Silver-white Shield Warriors were the strongest in the kingdom and were all over Level-4. The commanders were at least Level-5. With over 3,000 of them, Kanorse had the confidence to defend against any enemies.

Yinnos spoke, “The leaders of the church will operate the Sacred Light Wall to protect the magic formation as well.”

“That will be fine,” Link expressed his gratitude.

Following this, the rest of the commanders began discussing their plan of attack.

All of this was about war strategy which Link was not well-versed in. Link stood silently by the side, observing and paying close attention to the details. He had to make sure he knew what was going on throughout the battlefield.

There was a magic sandbox in the middle of the hall that displayed a battle simulation. An area of about 50 miles around Orida Fortress could be seen.

The group of officers huddled around this sandbox to discuss the strategy.

After listening for a while, Link got an idea of the overall deployment of troops. On the iron-wall defense line, there were the First, Second, and Third Armies of the Norton Kingdom.

The First Army was the strongest, with 70,000 Warriors gathered in Orida Fortress.

Within the fortress was also 3,000 Dwarf Warriors, 2,000 Musketeers. The Yabbas had brought along one team of airships, consisting of three main attack ships and ten smaller defense ships. They also brought 100 magic cannons with them and had them set up along the city wall in a standby position.

The last force were the High Elves. Although they were the smallest in number, every single one of them was Level-6 Magicians or higher. They were also the main force forming up the Soul Slalom formation, so the army could not do without them.

As for their opponents, the dark elves, it was reported that they were over 10,000 strong. Furthermore, they were all very strong, and at least ten percent of them were high-level demons.

What’s worse was that they still had yet to discover the location of the demon army. No one dared to take the demon army lightly.

They had no other information on the Dark Elves, as they had the Black Forest completely locked down.

At the end of the discussion, Duke Abel sighed and said, “We’ve no other choice, we have to build our defenses around this fortress. Although we humans have the numerical advantage, we do not have enough strong Warriors. If we bring the fight to the demons and encounter them in the wild, we won’t stand a chance.”

Everyone was silent.

Link had brought back news that there were many high-leveled demons amongst the demon army. Many of them were at least Level-7 and Level-8 demons. An army of that strength would make anyone think twice before fighting against them.

With regards to this, Link also felt helpless. He knew that even with the advantage of high ground from Orida Fortress, this battle would still be a bloody one.

…

In the Black Forest

There was a new patch of clearing in the forest, within which was a Dark Army Camp. Similarly, they were discussing their attack strategy.

For this battle, the Dark Elves were also deploying all their strongest experts. All the members of the Silver Moon council were here, including council leader Romand.

Romand was the only Level-8 Magician amongst the Dark Elves. However, his strength was so close to Level-9 that he was almost on the verge of breaking through. Among the Dark Elves, his fame and power were extremely high.