Chapter 574 - War Started (2) (1/2)

”Advance forward!” Smite shouted.

With that one command, everyone on Gaia's side began to move. Since the path towards the outpost was narrow, there was no use to separate into smaller groups. Hence, all of them took the same path.

Because there was only one path, it would be easy for the enemies to concentrate their attacks on them. So, Smite had anticipated this by letting a tanker take most of the attacks and concentrate the cleric's heal on them.

Even though the terrain was detrimental for Gaia's side, they had the advantage of number. There were almost 150 soldiers on Gaia's side for this campaign. On the other hand, Regalia's side only had less than 100 soldiers.

Regalia's side's number was not that many, to begin with. They initially only amounted to around 100 soldiers, 108 soldiers to be exact. Out of that number, 30% of them were dispatched for the harassing strategy previously, resulting in harsh defeat for Regalia.

From 108 soldiers, the number went down to 78 soldiers. Then, from those 78 soldiers, the noble son died, and also the Sparrow Family's representatives were captured. This made the number of soldiers at Regalia's side 70 soldiers.

Although Gaia's enemy only had half of their number, battle against an outpost without any siege weapon was still difficult.

Gaia's side marches with caution. They moved one step at a time. Meanwhile, the Regalia's side didn't let the Gaia moved freely. They started to bombard Gaia's soldiers with attacks.

Gaia's soldiers had already moved halfway. Smite's strategy seemed to work fine. There were no casualties yet from Gaia's side. Although there were several dangerous moments for the tankers, the clerics could pass it with great effort.

Regalia's soldiers didn't stay idle. They tried every way to at least caused a casualty towards the Gaia's side. From attacking the clerics directly until concentrated their attacks towards one target.

However, both strategies failed to cause casualties. When they aim towards the clerics directly, Smite had already anticipated this. He already assigned a group of 5 soldiers for each cleric to protect the clerics from the attacks. Meanwhile, the concentrated attacks were the ones that put Gaia's soldiers until the dangerous moment.

One of the tankers almost died because of the concentrated attacks. Fortunately, the Gaia's side's clerics, especially Spica, was proficient and hurriedly saved the tanker.

The outpost commander was racking his brain hard. With no casualties yet from Gaia's side would make the battle more difficult for him. Moreover, because of the harsh defeat from the harassing strategy, almost half of their current soldiers were a ranged and magic unit.

It would be difficult for these two types of units to engage in a close combat battle. Moreover, in a disadvantages number.

”Prepare the weapon!” The outpost commander shouted.

Although Gaia's side could reach halfway safely, it was still not enough to ensure their win. The real battle started right now. During a siege battle like this, the enemy's outpost would obviously have a siege weapon and act as a defense. Unfortunately, since it was just an outpost, the weapon would not be that high grade and expensive. Hence, there was a limit on their attack range.