Chapter 57 - Corcas Mountains Punitive Expedition 4 (1/2)
Woohyuk instructed Gaius to gather the punitive expedition together and entrust them with different tasks to bolster their defenses.
According to the scout’s report, the monster’s army had already arrived before them, so a direct confrontation was no longer possible.
As he was overlooking the fortress in preparation for the upcoming battle, he received a message from Leifina.
[Monsters are invading the Guard camp.]
[How many?]
[About three thousand.]
They had left only 500 Guards to defend the camp. It would be difficult for them to hold on for an extended period of time. Even if they fought their hearts out it wouldn’t be long before they were defeated.
Woohyuk quickly summoned Aris and Irene to his side.
“You two go help out Leifina.”
“Yes!”
“....”
The Guard camp wouldn’t fall so easily because it was a well fortified military base.
As the two women disappeared, he spotted the monster army approaching in the distance.
Vast numbers such that they were surrounded on all sides.
Woohyuk looked down at the enemy from his position up on the watchtower.
‘Is that guy the boss?’
There was a huge Elder Troll that appeared to be leading the horde, escorted by Wild Ogres.
He was almost certain of his guess based on its size and well as its equipment that looked superior to its fellow monsters.
He considered sending some magic spells his way, but hesitated at the last minute. Trolls were a race that had an inherently absurd level of regeneration.
“I’ll have to wait until it approaches.”
Woohyuk placed the troops at their encampment’s entrance. They had a decently defensible position, having set themselves up on a hill, as well as digging a moat and building a rough wooden palisade.
It shouldn’t be a problem to defend this place for quite some time, so long as their supplies held up.
Shooshooshoo!
As the Orc rushed to cross the moat, the archers wielding longbows set up along the wall let loose their arrows.
Upon seeing this, the Elder Troll gave out new instructions, having them attack the encampment with a catapult.
Quuuang!
A large rock rained down from the sky, crushing a few soldiers upon impact.
“Aggh!”
“Help!”
The cries of the wounded rang in the air.
‘Looks like we will need to deal with that soon.’
Since they had no siege engines of their own, it was hard for them to retaliate.
A total force of 1,200 undead.
It was a mix of different types. From flying units like Gargoyles and Griffins, to Cavalry and even Mages.
“What are those?”
“They look like undead….”
The soldiers stared with wide eyes. It never crossed their minds that Woohyuk might be a Necromancer.
[Exterminate those monsters before you.]
Upon hearing Woohyuk’s order, the undead commanders led their troop in an assault against the enemy.
At first glance, it seemed like quite the reckless plan. However due to Isaac’s Death Templar ability that would summon his victims as Dark Knights, their numbers didn’t suffer too much.
His Leadership Stats had also increased, and he was now able to command 500 undead.
Whuiaaaak!
Every time that Isaac struck with Darkness Slash, a black wave flew out from his sword, felling any monsters before him.
He was mainly targeting the Ogres and Trolls, which due to their large size, were difficult opponents for most of the undead soldiers.
“Grrrr”
In response to this sudden counter attack, The Elder Troll ground its teeth and redeployed the army. Roughly half were sent to deal with the undead’s assault, while the other have pressed on to capture the encampment.
They had to cross the moat in order to take the camp, but they had come prepared.
Kuuung!
Large trees that had been recently uprooted were carried by Trolls, placed down as logs to create a makeshift bridge.
This allowed the smaller Orcs to make their way across.
ShuShuuShu!
Arrows continued to rain down upon them, put the Orcs pressed on fearlessly. This was because the Elder Troll had used a Battlecry to boost their morale.
Hwarrrk!
As the Orcs crossing the wooden bridge neared the camp’s entrance, a flame barrier blocked their path.
Yoo Kayoung had cast her Firewall.
Also, Undine summoned a dark cloud to rain above the wooden bridge. The rain made the wooden surface quite slippery, resulting in many Orcs falling down into the deep moat.
“Kahak!”
“Krrrrr”
Screams filled with pain resonated in the air.
Seeing that they weren’t making any progress in capturing the encampment, the Elder Troll attempted to call a retreat, in order to first wipe out the undead army.
Just as he was about to give the order.
“Kyaaaah!”
A squadron of Gargoyle and Griffons appeared from the sky, performing a vicious ambush. They were being led by the undead Lee Shinwoo, who as a Dark Shaman, could fight from atop a flying mount.
Hwuiiiic
The Ogres nearby swung their fists to knock them out of the sky, but the airborne undead were unharmed due to the corpse strengthening skill they had been buffed with.
As the Elder Troll continued to take damage, it began to fear for its life and began to retreat.
Just then, a dark blue wave appeared and hit it’s ankle.
[Bondages of Death]
A curse spell that reduced the opponent’s movement speed by 20%, for a duration of 10 seconds.
“Hyaaah!”
As Lee Shinwoo gave him the signal, Isaac spurred his horse forward by forward as he charged over with his Dark Knights.
Dudududu!
The plateau shook as if an earthquake had struck.
“Chuiic!
“Krawraw!
The surrounding Ogres and Troll did their best to escort the Elder Troll to safety. However, as soon as Isaac and James struck with their Darkness Slash, they quickly collapsed.
Eventually they had closed the distance with the group escorting the Elder Troll, and James lifted his longsword, casting Oathbreakers’s Curse.
A skill technique that targeted a party’s unity, causing you to betray your own allies. Although it didn’t cause any direct damage, its impact was enormous.
Monsters turned around to attack their colleagues nearby, sending the enemy group into complete chaos.
As victory was within their grasp, James headed straight for the Elder Troll. It wasn’t able to run away, because its escape route was being cut off by Dark Arrows sent by Lee Shinwoo.
Kalang!
His longsword surrounded by a dark aura, clashed with the opponent’s staff that was bathed in flames.