20 Steal the Flag 4 (1/2)

Everyone had charged out running, with only Han left to defend the flag. The sigh had come out automatically.

”Well, it can't be helped.”

It was better to take a step back rather than cause discord within the team. He sat down and blankly stared at his messenger.

-About eight people from the west army and our defenders have initiated an attack at the upper route.

– The same situation at the middle route. About ten people are approaching.

– The same at the lower route. About seven people.

It was easy to send support to the lower and upper paths via the middle route. It was pretty common to arrange the most troops in the middle route.

”There should be about 5-6 rangers as well. Last time it had been all-in tactics, but this time he's choosing to arm himself with both the spear and the shield, Jose.”

Han mumbled.

-The assaulters of the lower route, charge! There's no time to waste!

Although his voice couldn't be heard, the urgency was plainly visible.

The key elements of Karlheinz' battle tactics would be his swiftness. He must be quicker with his assaulters than the enemy rangers.

'If Jose had split his team of rangers equally between the two rocky terrains, it would be Karl's victory. However, if his ranger team works together… it's highly likely that he would be faster than our assaulters.'

Han quietly gripped his wooden spear.

”Then I must take responsibility as a sweeper and block their path.”

Upon his words, the rocky terrain defense team sent him a message.

– This is upper rocky terrain defense. There are six rangers who managed to break through, we only managed to block two. There are four rangers heading your way!

-This is the upper route defense team, unable to send backup due to enemy attack!

– This is center route defense, we're unable to send back up as well. Our defense team is too little. We have no military troops to send over. Quick, lower route assaulters!

Currently, the Eastern Army only had an upper hand in the lower route. In other paths, there was only a minimal amount of defense stationed.

”Huu.”

Han began to stretch and warm up his body. He sent a message. His data bracelet transferred his voice message into text format.

”Sweeper here. I'll try holding them up as long as possible.”

-Sweeper here. I'll try holding them up as long as possible.

”Hola! Amigo!”

Jose hopped over from the rocky terrain, and greeted. Behind him, three others followed. Jose had decided to gather all his rangers and break through together.

He had chosen to sacrifice some of his numbers in order to reach the Eastern Army central base faster.

”Jose, are you the lead commander?”

Han smiled and spoke with a light heart. Jose and his rangers encircled Han while drawing closer.

”I'm the lead commander. I thought you would be the Eastern Army lead commander, but I guess not. Who was the idiot that left you to be the sweeper?”

The best troops were usually assigned to be the rangers of the team. The sweepers penalty was too steep, while defenders' solo efforts were usually unremarkable.

”Ask me later. I don't think you have the luxury to chit chat, Jose.”

”I know. I'll make your end quick, Han.”

Jose gestured an attack signal to his team. They prepared their attack formation while encircling Han.

'A light attack would be enough to kill me. Sweepers have the worst stamina.'

Han scanned his surroundings. All the rangers were those with high agility within class B. To top things off, Jose was one of them.

'What to do.'

Han made a large sweeping motion with his spear to buy some time. Han ranked the best in close combat within class B. Everyone was already aware of this and didn't dare to carelessly attack.

”Rush in, let's go.”

Jose commanded the rangers. Two people might fall to their deaths, but this tactic was worthy of trying. Three rangers all came running toward Han at the same time.

”Jose!”

Han shouted hysterically. Jose didn't fight Han and instead jumped over to the flag post.

Bam!

The ranger struck Han's shoulder with their wooden sword. His battle uniform turned into a dark shade.

Han kicked off the enemy rangers, and violently swung his spear. All the rangers were pushed back.