Chapter 651 - Battle on the Ice Field (3/3) (2/2)

Everything is going as planned.

Rhode was rather spellbound by this scene. He didn’t contribute too much in this attack this time. The Orcs were on the average of level 30 and they were still a little too threatening for his men. But these Orcs weren’t worth any EXP for him, which was why he observed from the side after annihilating two dangerous Shamans for them. Rhode felt as though he had returned to the game just by looking at this scene. The noise and clamor brought back a lot of memories.

“Suppress the east! We can’t hold on any longer! Don’t lure the creatures here. Hold them back with your AOE skills!”

“Number 8! Where the hell are you?! Get your *ss back here within 10 seconds or I’ll kick you out of the party!”

“What the?! Those shameless skeletons are insane! Blast the bridge off now!”

But this wasn’t the game.

Rhode returned to his senses. Memories of banter between his players slowly faded. Every battle here involved life and death, unlike the game, where one could restart once again if one died. In the game, the player who died and laid on the ground could still joke with the Clerics in their spiritual status while waiting to be revived. But here, Rhode didn’t wish to test if he had the ability to revive on the spot even with the system support.

He wanted to live on and win.

And now, it was just the start. In order to prepare himself for the upcoming battle, he had prepared for a full year. Although his current forces weren’t as powerful as he had in the game, this was still a great start for him and he wished for a wonderful ending.

“Reporting, Sir! We’ve suppressed the entire fort!”

Marfa’s voice rang and dragged Rhode back into reality. Rhode nodded, but he spotted the hesitant look on Marfa’s face. As expected, the middle-aged mercenary voiced out his concerns.

“Sir, this was what happened. Our brothers discovered some Orcs when they were searching the fort. They…”

Rhode extended his hand and interrupted.

“Where’s Lize?”

“Ah?”

Marfa was taken aback by Rhode’s question, but he swiftly answered.

“Miss Lize and her team is currently treating our injured companions outside the fort, but the situation isn’t grave. We can still manage…”

Rhode once again interrupted him. He turned around and spoke to the other mercenary.

“Tell Lize to back out from the fort with Sol’s group and get ready to face the Orc riders.”

Rhode turned back to Marfa and nodded.

“Bring me there.”

Rhode said.

Under Marfa’s lead, Rhode arrived at the deeper parts of the fort that was in a terrible shape. Rhode spotted several fully-armored mercenaries looking out anxiously from the stone-built hall. Then, he saw everything inside.

30 to 40 young Orcs had curled up and gathered in the hall. They hugged one another in their shuddering arms and gazed worriedly at the intruders with widened eyes. A few female Orc corpses laid before them.

“We have just discovered this place and faced resistance from the Orcs. Our brothers have gotten rid of a few of them, but…”

Marfa paused. The young Orcs were still dangerous, but he couldn’t bear to snatch their young lives even though they were evil. This was why he reported to Rhode about it and hoped that he could make a satisfactory decision.

Rhode stood by the entrance of the hall and scanned the curled up, young Orcs. The young Orcs sensed his gaze and stood up bravely with wooden clubs in their shivering hands. Rhode looked on quietly before gesturing to his mercenaries and turning to Marfa.

“You do know that we’re here to rescue the residents in this region from the raids and threats of these wild beasts in the next decades.”

“Sir, I do understand that… But…”

Rhode extended his hand and stopped Marfa from speaking further. He swept a glance to the young Orcs once more and swung down his right arm. Along with this movement, a scarlet card emerged in his hand and a blaze erupted. The Hell Hound leaped out and locked eyes on its prey. Its razor-sharp claws dug into the ground and it let out a deep growl before pouncing forward.

Boom!

An explosion blasted into the sky and devoured everything.

“It’s settled now.”

Rhode turned to Marfa and said in a calm tone.