Chapter 650: The Dark Side of Humanity (1/2)
Rose Thorn was the spearhead of her party. Buffing her and her allies’ attack power with Encourage VII, she cut down all the enemies in front of her with Storm Slash and looked more like an invincible, unstoppable general. The 5000-strong elite cavalry she led was also very skilled, and they ran through Mad Dragon’s formation four times before losing just 100 riders. Rose Thorn then ordered a retreat and went back to the city.
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A furious Roaming Dragon screamed atop his Corrosive Armor Earth Dragon for his Earth Dragon Cavalry to chase after Rose Thorn, but Bloodthirsty Battle Monarch on the walls raised his sword and ordered, ”Archers, Far Shot these retards to hell!”
Twang twang twang twang…
The sounds of bow twangs filled the air as a hail of arrows covered the sky. The elite archers of Hall of Immortality were gathered on this front, and hundreds of Volleys, Spiraling Arrow Blades, Multi Arrows, and more drilled holes into the players’ bodies, eliciting countless bloodcurdling screams. Almost a hundred cavalrymen were knocked off their horses upon first contact.
Worse, the arrow towers also launched their arm-thick, spear-long steel arrows at the cavalry and dealt even more damage!
Thud thud thud...
The steel arrows penetrated the riders’ armor and exploded into showers of blood. The Mad Dragon parties who chased Rose Thorn and the Purple Thunder Cavalry to the gate suffered massive casualties as a result.
Roaming Dragon’s face turned green as he held his shield in front of him and blocked a couple of steel arrows himself. He was lucky his equipment was good, or that one volley would have been enough to delete him from existence.
”Guild leader, we can’t hold on for much longer! If we don’t reconsider our assault plan at length we’re going to lose a ton of people!” Inconstant shouted while raising his own shield.
After his general gave him the excuse to back off, Roaming Dragon shouted, ”Retreat!”
Just like that, the parties attacking the city withdrew. The brief clash had cost them almost thirty thousand players, and the biggest reason behind the loss was undoubtedly Roaming Dragon himself. The idiot wasn’t bad at hiring people, but to ask him to lead his subordinates and fight a virtual war of courage and wits was simply too much.
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Of course, their battle plan was idealistic at best. In a real battle, no one could predict what might happen next.
The war horns were blown again after ten minutes or so. This time though, it was the players of Immortality City who blew the horn of assault, not the players of Mad Dragon!
Creak…
The sounds of rattling chains and creaking gates filled the air for a moment. Shockingly, the east gate, south gate, and north gate of Immortality City all opened in unison. The army at the east gate was still Rose Thorn and her Purple Thunder Cavalry. The army at the south gate was Emperor’s Equal and his Greedy Wolves. Finally, the army at the north gate was Bloodthirsty Battle Monarch and his 10000 Ghost Riders. The Purple Thunder Cavalry charged Mad Dragon’s formation directly from the front while the other two cavalries attacked from the sides. The elite cavalries of all three guilds had emerged from the city to destroy Mad Dragon!
Finally realizing what was going on, Roaming Dragon swore loudly, ”Fuck! Those motherfucking trash guilds aren’t stopping the army from the north gate and south gate at all! Are they planning to make us fight three armies ourselves!”
Some distance away, the guild leader with a pointed mouth and thin face who made an agreement with Roaming Dragon earlier was laughing loudly. ”Mad Dragon is 140k players strong, so surely they aren’t afraid of mere tens of thousands of riders, right? Come on, fight them and show us how strong an ally you are, Mad Dragon!”
Iron Pardon clenched his teeth hard enough to shatter them. ”Fuck! We’ve been deceived! Those fuckers and Immortality City are on the same side! They were bribed by Hall of Immortality from the start!”
Inconstant shouted, ”Boss, make up your mind quickly! Are we fighting, or are we withdrawing?”
Roaming Dragon raised his weapon high and declared, ”For the honor and glory of Mad Dragon, attack! If Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls could defeat these Purple Thunder Cavalry, Greedy Wolf Cavalry, and Ghost Riders with just 3000-strong Cyan Tiger Cavalry, then we, Mad Dragon can do it as well! Fight for glory, Mad Dragon!”
Mad Dragon’s battle preparation was alright, but their overall strategy and deployment were abysmal to say the least. Not only was Hall of Immortality, Throne Seeker, and Rose of the Holy Domain attacking Mad Dragon together, even the fighters and archers holing up inside the city had emerged to assist their cavalry troops. Of course, the three elite cavalries probably didn’t need the assist because they were the deadliest troops of the army. The combined assault easily tore Mad Dragon’s formation to shreds. To put it bluntly, Mad Dragon had great numbers but zero quality.
Blood and the light of skills filled the battlefield for a moment. The soil turned into rivers of blood as the players of Mad Dragon did everything in their power to resist. Unfortunately, they were unable to stop the enemy’s march, and half an hour later, the main bulk of Mad Dragon’s army was basically destroyed. Less than 20000 players were able to retreat to safety under Roaming Dragon’s guidance.
The battlefield was covered in bodies. The storm of blood and death was over for now, but no one could tell how long the temporary equilibrium would last.
Roaming Dragon felt extremely defeated, and his gloomy expression was a reflection of that. Inconstant and Iron Pardon consoled him, ”Guild leader, victory and defeat is commonplace in military operations. This time we lost because we were deceived by scumbags, but next time we’ll definitely pay back both the principal and the interest! Hall of Immortality, hmph! Fuck their sisters!”
Roaming Dragon gritted his teeth and nodded. ”Right!”
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Beneath the city, the three guilds spent a short moment to sweep the battlefield before withdrawing back to the city.