Volume 2 Spread Wings Chapter 133: The Battle is Intense
As the battle continued, the casualties of the jackals increased, but Levi and his men were not unscathed either. This was not the cave they had been in before, which allowed them to occupy a special terrain and be able to block the passage of ten thousand men.
They were merely deployed on a small hillside, and the enemy had a certain advantage in numbers and could attack from all directions at the same time, which really put a certain amount of pressure on the defense.
Not all subordinates have as strong defense as the Jade Halberd Soldiers. Even with the continuous treatment of Lightforger and Janet, weaker subordinates are still constantly besieged and killed because they cannot take care of them all.
Especially when facing those level 3 Wolf Man Overlords , ordinary level 1 soldiers will be injured if they are close to them, and will die if they are touched.
But at the same time, the number of gnolls was also decreasing rapidly, thanks to Donna's increasingly excellent command. Almost wherever her arrows landed, dozens of arrows would follow in the next instant, turning many enemies into corpses covered in arrows.
During this process, the witch Tiwa did almost nothing. Except for occasionally placing a protective stone skin on the elite troops on the front line, all her attention seemed to be on Guang Yakong. She ordered the many jackals to lead him to retreat farther and farther, even beyond Donna's maximum shooting range.
At the same time, Levi also discovered that the werewolf hero chosen by God, named Chen Zhui of the End Times, had quietly slipped away at some point.
There was no way. Although he had paid special attention to the opponent, the distance was far after all. The werewolves basically looked exactly the same. He also had to continue casting spells and fighting, so it was really difficult for him to pay attention to the opponent the whole time.
But the opponent's behavior still made him alert. Was he going to run away or call for reinforcements? No matter which possibility it was, he seemed to have to change some of his battle strategies.
Unfortunately, the previous summoned creatures failed to test the strength of the witch Tiva. They were not able to get close to her at all and were killed by other werewolves on the way. The only eagle that could fly was also shot down by the opponent using the magic missiles that the magic natives loved and were widely circulated.
Judging from the number and power of the magic missiles, he could only roughly judge that he was slightly weaker than the old wizard Tess, but still slightly stronger than himself.
Just at this time, Sam also rode back quickly on his wolf mount. While the battle was going on, he did not join in. Instead, he continued to scout the surrounding area with some bees, because this was the central area of the gnolls, and they had to be vigilant at all times in case of reinforcements from the enemy .
As soon as he saw his slightly serious expression, Levi knew that something might be wrong.
Sure enough, Sam soon brought back bad news, and it seemed that there was more than one!
"Sir, there are some troops behind these gnolls. They seem to be escorting some prisoners, including greenskins and goblins. At the same time, a new gnoll force has appeared in another direction. The leader seems to be the Howling Scavenger Regiment we are looking for!"
Before Levi could react, the Lightforger shouted, "What? Did you see that?"
Sam glanced at him. "Of course, its claws and exposed fangs are shining black and red, and they are holding double-ended flails!"
The Lightforged One was immediately struck with awe, knowing that this must be the real culprit.
In addition to their natural claws, many warrior-type gnolls are fond of using heavy cold weapons such as maces and battle axes, and they especially like to use the flail, a special weapon that other races almost never use. It is said that this depends on their god Yeenoghu.
Although Yeenoghu is the Demon God of the Abyss, he is essentially a high-level demon lord and not the true god worshipped by many intelligent races in the main world. However, ordinary werewolves obviously cannot tell the difference. They only know that there are truly powerful people protecting them.
But even a Tier 3 Gnoll Warlord usually only uses a single-headed flail, which is just heavier and more powerful than an ordinary flail.
Those who use double-headed flails undoubtedly have a higher status among the gnolls. As for those who use three heads, there is only Yeenoghu himself!
Levi quickly glanced at the battlefield. Compared to the beginning of the war, the number of gnolls in front of him had been reduced by more than half, and they were basically all miscellaneous soldiers. Among them, the ranged units and the more threatening gnoll hunting masters and gnoll warlords were basically wiped out by Donna.
There are still at least a hundred or so coyotes and hyenas left, but although they are fast, they do not pose a great threat. Similarly, what can be gained by killing them is minimal.
"Sam, in which direction are the Howling Scavengers? How many are there? How far are they from here?"
Sam quickly told all the information he knew: "To the southwest, there are about sixty to seventy jackals and twice as many coyotes, about five or six miles away from here."
"Heh, completely different directions. If we continue to stay here, we might be attacked from both sides."
"And it's only five or six miles away. In this barren Gobi Desert, they will soon discover us even if they haven't communicated with the witch Tiwa before."
"Levi, what should we do?"
Levi glanced at the Lightforger who spoke, and saw that although his expression remained calm, he was actually a little anxious. Although his losses would be greater if he was attacked from both sides, the financial backgrounds of the two were completely not on the same level.
"We need to test it out and launch a fierce counterattack to see if this witch has made contact with the Howling Scavengers. If she has, her resistance will be fierce. After the test, we will start to retreat directly."
"But if they haven't made contact yet, the resistance will be weaker, and that will be our chance."
Although the contact time was very short, only a quarter of an hour in total, Levi had roughly figured out some of the witch Tiva's psychology. She didn't seem to want to fight him personally, but just hoped that her troops could win.
Especially after summoning the Guang Yakong, her energy was diverted even more.
But this is not completely incomprehensible. The four elements of earth, fire, water and wind all have their own characteristics. Since she chose the earth element, she must be defensive and conservative.
The Lightforged heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this. If Levi insisted on continuing the fight, then even if he was extremely reluctant, he would have no choice but to sacrifice his life for him. After all, it was because of his invitation that the other party joined.
But then he frowned again: "You want to use the decapitation tactic? Isn't this a bit risky?"
"Oh, that's not the case. I just want you to take this opportunity to clean up the battlefield and take away our spoils. Um, give priority to those with higher value."
He can give up the experience points and the witch Tiva , but after killing so many enemies, he can't just give up a piece of equipment, right?
The Lightforged suddenly perked up: "Okay, I'll give the order right away!"
If it was a competition of combat effectiveness, he would certainly feel inferior to them, but if it was just a matter of simply cleaning up the battlefield, he didn't think his subordinates would be weaker!
"Don't worry, I'll trouble you for a moment. Since this is a counterattack, of course we have to put on some form, for example, send out real cavalry!"
As he said this, he threw a series of auxiliary magic spells at the Arion cavalrymen next to him. In addition to the three sets of foot grease, magic weapons and mage armor, after several days of hard study, he also gained new insights, which can further enhance their combat effectiveness.
Although he was counting on them to fight hard, the mission Reiner assigned to him had not been completed yet. They could not die easily now. After all, if the mission was completed perfectly in the end, they would most likely become his subordinates!
The Lightforger smiled and began to cast magic, and all kinds of magic echoed with each other, which immediately attracted the attention of the witch Tiva in the distance.
"What are they doing? Huh? Casting a spell on those cavalrymen?"
She was shocked at once, and after quickly scanning the entire battlefield, she was even more shocked. It turned out that when she was trying to get some useful information from Guang Yakong, she accidentally overlooked some information about the front battlefield. Unknowingly, her side had fallen into a disadvantage.
Although the number of troops was still large, except for the direct troops that benefited from his own battle attribute bonus, the rest of the elite troops assigned to him by Hogg were almost all killed!
Now the purpose of the other party casting spell on the cavalry unit can be seen at a glance. It is aimed at me!
She didn't bother to continue interrogating Guang Yakong. The newly learned magic was important, but not as important as her own life. She had finally made the Eagle Eye spell work once, and she couldn't die here!
Witch Tiwa immediately ordered her subordinates to shrink their formation and retreat.
Anyway, in order to fight against the God-chosen heroes who frequently invaded the Stoney Highlands, Hogg recruited a lot of gnolls from nowhere every day, and then they died in battle one after another.
With its current status, it wouldn't say anything even if it lost hundreds of its subordinates.
At the same time, she couldn't help but secretly resent in her heart, wondering if this Chen Zhui of the end times had already seen this in advance, so he made such a decisive choice to guard the prisoners?
Normally, he would be the first to rush forward whenever there was an opportunity to take advantage, but now he slipped away early. He must have a secret in his mind!
After secretly taking note of the other party's move, she also began to try to command the frontline troops to retreat and then reorganize. Now they were in such a disorganized state that even if they fought for a while longer, they would have no way to defeat the other party. It would be better for them to protect themselves and retreat!
But she overestimated her prestige. Despite her orders, except for some coyotes and hyenas that retreated slightly, most of the remaining jackals still insisted on launching the attack. In such a fierce battle, they had already been completely eroded by the bloodthirsty desire.
But this alone was enough to make Levi and the Lightforged on the other side realize her general intention.
The Lightforger said excitedly: "Levi, it seems that she has not contacted the Howling Scavengers. She seems to want to retreat!"
But Levi was more cautious. Even the ogre knew to pretend to retreat and then lure himself into a trap. There was no reason why she, a werewolf hero, would not understand this. What's more, the Guang Yakong who appeared in front of her before seemed to have fallen into some kind of quicksand trap.
"We can't be sure yet, but no matter what, we can't wait any longer. Ellion cavalry, charge!"
