Chapter 785 - More Than One Enemy (1) (1/2)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The soldiers above the city walls watched nervously as the pitch-black waves of Undead Creatures gushed toward them.
On the other hand, Rhode was extremely calm because he understood the approximate structure of the enemies. This Undead Army consisted of low-level troops. Even though the Country of Light’s scouts didn’t find any clues about the enemy’s numbers and formation, he knew that the situation wasn’t as complicated as they thought. Each squad consisted of 100 Skeleton Soldiers and a Death Knight was responsible for 10 squads. Rhode deduced that the Necromancer who led this Undead Army was between level 40 and 50, which was based on the 30,000 troops formation. This was common sense for the players who had fought the Country of Darkness. Back then in the mid-stages of the game, the Undead Army had up to tens of thousands of troops as vanguards. But, in fact, they would be glad if most of the troops belonged to their own forces. This was because they would always have the most number of low-level troops due to their snowball strategy. Of course, if one were to include the soldiers between level 5 and 10 that the Necromancers awakened from their graves, their total number would reach a billion… But that would be meaningless.
This was why it was common to see a player pointing at an Undead Army with a million troops and said that there were only thousands of them. They only considered the troops that belonged to the Undead Army and neglected the presence of the worthless troops that were awakened from their graves.
Compared to the army that Cullen led to attack the Land of Atonement, which consisted of the Gargoyles, Bone Griffins, Vampires, Skeletal Trolls, and a Night Wyvern, this bunch of enemies now wasn’t even worth a mention. If Rhode wanted, he could jump over the city wall, slash his way through, and end everything after annihilating the Necromancer. Although the Undead Army would scramble after losing their commander, this wasn’t Rhode’s territory or the Munn Kingdom, after all, so he didn’t give a damn. But… he had no interest in doing his utmost for the Light Parliament.
He was better off seizing the chance and eliminating the Light Parliament.
Rhode swept a glance to Gillian and the latter turned around upon sensing his gaze. Both of them exchanged a look and Rhode gestured to the orderly.
“Get ready to attack.”
“Huh?”
The orderly looked in astonishment and subconsciously gazed ahead.
“The Undead Army is still a distance away. Why are we attacking so soon? Isn’t this… too quick?
He hesitated and at this moment, Rhode repeated.
“Get ready to attack.”
“Yes, Sir.”
Even though he didn’t know what was going through Rhode’s head, he quickly retrieved the bugle from his belt and blew.
Oo… Oo… Oo…!
The bugle echoed in the entire defensive line loudly. The soldiers were as baffled as the orderly and couldn’t understand the meaning behind this command.
The enemies are like black dots in our eyes now. Why must we get ready to attack so soon?
Some of the soldiers turned to the tower to check if the orderly was mistaken. But shortly after, the dazzling flare affirmed that this was undoubtedly an order to launch their attacks.
Despite their doubts, the soldiers held the duties to obey orders. If it was necessary, they would even leap over the city walls and into their deaths. Shortly after, the other towers were also lit with flames. The bugle sounded once again and the soldiers raised their bows instantly. The Country of Light had learned how to deal with the Undead Creatures after losing that many manpower previously. Their soldiers drew their flame arrows and pointed. However, they weren’t paying particular attention to the enemies. Instead, this was just their instinctive behavior as soldiers. In fact, it would be meaningless even if they released the arrows because they wouldn’t be able to hit their enemies.
“What’s going on? What happened?”
On the northern battlefront, the Light Parliament was also surprised to hear the bugle that signaled the launching of attacks because they felt that this was too early. They would normally start defending when the enemies were approaching the city walls… This should be the standard way. But now, the enemies hadn’t even entered the danger zone yet.
Is your brain rusty? The enemies are still so far away. The soldiers can’t possibly keep their bowstrings drawn for half an hour.
“It seems like an order by the young overlord.”
“What a joke. He wants to get ready for attack? He must be kidding.”
Unlike the southern battlefront, the commanders on the northern battlefront disregarded Rhode’s command and signals. However, Rhode wasn’t under the command of the Light Parliament and vice-versa. Even if the commanders were doubtful, they couldn’t do anything about it.
“What does General Bill say about this?”
Andre asked the adjutant. He held the sword hilt and and gazed forward with knitted brows.
“General Bill says to observe the situation and not act rashly.”
The adjutant said and shook his head. Logically speaking, this was the correct response. But…
“Inform the rest to get ready for battle.”
“Sir?”
The adjutant gazed blankly upon hearing Andre’s command.
“I don’t think that man is here to mess with us, especially in this situation. Undead Creatures are unlike humans. Perhaps the man has some ideas. Go!”
“Yes, Sir.”