Chapter 595: Together, We Fulfill Our Oath (1/2)
Both He Yi and Murong Mingyue were very busy right now, so I was responsible for shotcalling the guild. However, I didn’t want to underestimate my opponent, so I discussed the viability of the plan with Li Chengfeng, Beiming Xue, and Xu Yang first. All three of them agreed to the plan. Li Chengfeng offered his own input. ”If Hall of Immortality, Throne Seeker and Rose of the Holy Domain won’t change their minds, then there’s no reason for us to give them face, is there? All we need to do is to give them the slap of their life. Bloody Mercenaries and the subguilds will guard the territory. The main guild and its 7000 players will head to Cyanstone Valley and engage the enemy. We may be without our cavalry troops right now, but they don’t scare us one bit!”
”Very well. Xu Yang, give the order!”
”Yessir!”
After Xu Yang barked out the orders, all of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls players besides the three-thousand-man cavalry led by Gui Guzi left Dark Moon City and traveled toward Cyanstone Valley. A terrible war would be fought before the day was over!
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As we marched, we encountered many players who were grinding peacefully. We stuck to the road to avoid disrupting them or cause unnecessary trouble. It was clear that they respected us, however. Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls was not the pathetic guild it was a long time ago, and today one might even describe it as the sun of Sky City. The only guilds who could still stand against us were Warsky Alliance and Snowy Cathaya.
”What is the objective of this expedition, viceleader?” High Fighting Spirits asked mid-run.
Keeping my eyes at the front, I said, ”The objective is to intercept the three armies at Cyanstone Valley and deal as much damage to them as possible. Plant the seed of fear into their hearts and keep them at bay with the first engages. We can probably retreat after the Cyan Tiger Cavalry returns.”
A muscle twitched in High Fighting Spirits’ features. ”Most of us aren’t going to survive, are we?”
I nodded with a smile. ”Yep, I at least have no plans of returning to Dark Moon City before dying. Why do you ask? You feeling the jitters or something?”
Xu Yang joined in on the laughter and raised his own sword. ”That’s right! We may die, but we die together! If the name of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls is relayed far and wide, to the entire world, after this battle, what’s one or two deaths? Let’s die then!”
Li Chengfeng chuckled. ”Well said. We die together!”
Chaos Moon curled her lips. ”Shut up, the battle hasn’t even begun yet, and you’re talking about dying already? In my opinion, we should fight with the absolute confidence to win…”
Li Chengfeng shook his head. ”Let’s be realistic. We’re only 7000 strong, while the enemy has over 300000 players. Moreover, I heard that they have a full regiment of cavalry. We’ll be lucky to hold out for more than two hours.”
I said, ”It’ll be a win for us if the enemy can’t push past us in two hours. It’s because our Cyan Tiger Cavalry should be done with their battle by then. What we’re doing now is buying time until their return. Little Gui, Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun and Heaven’s Rain better perform well and come back to us before we’re all dead!”
Li Chengfeng, Xu Yang and everyone else clenched their fists and smiled. ”Let us fight to our last breaths for Ancient Sword! We may die, but we’ll bring as many of our enemies down with us as we can!”
”Yeah!”
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Half an hour later, we arrived at Cyanstone Valley. The mountain rocks were all covered in vines or trees, painting a beautiful, cyan-colored scenery on both sides of the road. No wonder it was called Cyanstone Valley.
”Hoho, it’s so beautiful…” Beiming Xue smiled beautifully as she gripped the Burning Shadow Bow and observed her surroundings.
I smiled. ”I guess? It’s going to be drenched in red very soon.”
Li Chengfeng observed the surroundings for a moment before saying, ”Lu Chen, let’s make our formation here. This place is about three hundred yards and just enough to fit our army of seven thousand. We can make a perfect defense line here.”
I nodded and examined the surroundings carefully. Then, I pointed a finger to the distance and said, ”Fighters, see that spot about 50 yards away from here? I want everyone to form a line there. Unfortunately, we are lacking in fighters right now, so I want everyone, especially tamers, to summon their pets and fill up space as well. The fighters will stand at the frontline. Next, see those tall, craggy rocks at the back? They’re tall enough to increase vision range and shooting range, so Beiming Xue, please position our archers and mages up there. We’re going to use heavy firepower to make up for our lack of magic knights and wanderers.”
Beiming Xue nodded with a smile. ”Got it, big bro~”
Moon Dew had also started arranging our priest squads accordingly. Meanwhile, I was feeling a bit worried. Our fighters were the strongest in the entire world, but a large majority of them had left with Gui Guzi. Therefore, we currently had a lot of firepower but not enough tanks to protect them. Our archers and mages were the key to stopping the enemy this time.
Li Chengfeng, Xu Yang, High Fighting Spirits and Chaos Moon had also moved to the frontline and pulled out their weapons. Then, they waited patiently for the enemy to show up.
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