Eron Calendar, Year 589, 1st of January.
As the people of the Kingdom of Karen celebrated the new year, no one would have thought that in a sentry post far away, a group of young men were ready to shed their blood for the kingdom.
"Seventy years ago, the Orcs were chased to the other side of the plains by Emperor Konn. If they could do it, can we do it too?!"
"Yes!"
Hanks furrowed his brows. The response from the soldiers was not as earth-shattering as he had imagined. Everything that had happened in the past few days had affected them. Hanks knew that since the morale of the soldiers had dropped, he had to reignite their fighting spirit.
The only way to do that was to fight and win.
"Cavalry, get on your horses and move out! Reserve team, follow up! "
There were a total of 240 soldiers in Sora Outpost. In terms of quality, all of them were capable of picking up weapons and fighting on the battlefield. Therefore, Hanks brought 180 soldiers with him: 60 cavalrymen and 120 infantrymen. They were fully armed and ready to attack!
Hanks was not a fool. Although he seemed to be rash in leading his troops to attack, he actually had his own plans. Based on the casualties and eyewitness reports over the past few days, Hanks had already determined that there were not many Orcs in total. He estimated that there were not even eighty of them!
If they were to fight, their two hundred infantry and cavalry troops would definitely not be defeated. And if the enemy was "scared off", then their morale would definitely rise … No matter what angle he looked at it from, he would be able to achieve his goal by attacking.
With this thought in mind, Hanks led his team out of the camp in the sunny morning, heading straight for the wilderness where the Orcs might appear. He did not feel nervous about the upcoming battle, but he was more curious about the leader of the Orcs. What kind of person could make a bunch of barbarians use harassment tactics? What kind of person was he?
If I can behead him, the Duke will definitely give me a lot of rewards, right?
However, with this thought in mind, he did not go far before the scout brought him a piece of news that was completely out of his expectations.
The Orcs had appeared.
It was not a small team of 20, but a formation of 40 Wolf Riders and 50 infantry!
"Why are there so many of them? Did I judge wrongly? "
Hanks pulled the reins and hesitated. The number of enemies wasn't a lot, but it wasn't a small number either. He could advance or retreat … But obviously, if he retreated now, his "morale" would be completely destroyed.
Just as he was thinking of countermeasures, the Orcs had already appeared in his field of vision. Hanks finally let out a sigh of relief when he saw their appearance. He raised his hand and ordered, "Everyone, prepare for battle! Ready the reserves! Cavalry on both sides, prepare to charge! "
The Beastmen did have a lot of people, but there were more than a dozen hunchbacked old fellows in the team. All of their equipment was extremely simple, and some of them didn't even have enough animal skin clothes to wear …
The soldiers were originally nervous, but this situation immediately made them relax. On one side, there were fully armored and well-armed soldiers; on the other side, there were primitive orcs covered in animal skins and holding wooden clubs. In comparison, the other party was like a group of naked beggars.
Hanks calmly commanded, not panicking in the slightest. The forty cavalrymen got into formation, ready to charge, while the remaining infantrymen split into two groups. The eighty infantrymen at the front raised their shields, while the forty infantrymen and twenty cavalrymen at the back remained in reserve. There were a total of twenty-five archers with crossbows already nocked and aimed.
They were ready to annihilate the Orcs.
At this time, Sauron, who was charging at the front of the Orcs, sneered and clenched his battle axe.
No matter how many enemies there were, no matter how good their equipment was, they could not afford to fail this attack!
This battle concerned the life and death of all the Orcs that he had brought … If they lost, no one could live; if they won, they could survive this winter and gain the capital and hope to return to the Orc Kingdom!
He had no other choice but to move forward! Forward! Forward!
Both sides quickly entered within two hundred meters of each other.
When the human cavalrymen began to charge, Sauron waved his hand and cast the "Area Bloodlust". All the Wolf Cavalrymen instantly accelerated. The Orcs at the back had bloodshot eyes under the buff, and they roared and charged madly!
What Sauron was really good at was not "Area Witchcraft". He raised his hand and cast the single-target "Bloodlust", the single-target "Nature's Heart", the single-target "Fury of the Wind", and the single-target "Petrified Skin" one after another!
After the buff ended, Sauron's body expanded by almost 30%. Looking at the first batch of arrows flying in front of him, he did not even bother to dodge. He raised his battle axe and swung it. The blast from the axe alone was enough to shake off all the attacks!
Then, he collided with the charging human cavalrymen.
In the crackling sound of the collision, flesh and blood splattered in front of him. Steel armor and tough flesh were like thin paper in front of his battle axe. In just five seconds, the "King of Thousand Axes" was covered in blood and came out of the formation unscathed …
The broken limbs of men and horses flew into the sky, while Sauron, with a heart full of hatred, continued to advance with the whole army!
*****
"Wait, there's a sound."
Camilla stopped in her tracks and looked to her side in confusion. Behind her, the 14 members of the "Holy Assembly" also sensed something strange and stopped in their tracks.
But then, Captain Speck quickly gave an order, "Camilla, go ahead and investigate."
Along the way, all the work of opening up the path was done by Camilla alone. She was the one who had used up the most stamina and magic power. At this time, everyone knew that the sound from afar was not a good thing, but Speck still chose Camilla …
It was impossible to say that there was no resentment in her heart, but Camilla frowned slightly and took a deep breath, trying hard to suppress the dissatisfaction in her heart. She said in a low voice, "Yes, Captain Speck."
She turned and walked forward, but after a few steps, Camilla could clearly hear the undisguised conversation of the descendants of the High Elves behind her —
"Is this the arcane genius from back then? What a joke. "
"She stayed with that bastard daughter for 12 years. Her so-called talent is long gone."
"Shut up and do what you have to do."
Captain Speck's order silenced all the discussion. He was not interested in such a discussion, but he was the person that Camilla hated the most — the reason for this was naturally because of what happened 12 years ago.
But Camilla had no interest in arguing with them. She had chosen her own path, and she did not regret it.
She cast the "Light Feather" spell and used the wind element "Speed Spiral" to speed up her body on the snowy ground. Soon, she went over a barren low slope …
Then, she stopped in her tracks.
The thick stench of blood caused Camilla to frown deeply. She immediately wanted to hide herself when she saw the two parties engaged in an intense battle in the distance. However, after taking a few steps back, she realized that … the humans and beastmen had already killed each other to the point where they could not differentiate between one another. They would not even notice an inconspicuous existence like her.
The charge of the human cavalry was completely destroyed by the Wolf Riders led by Sauron. He led all his subordinates forward like a meat grinder, and the first line of defense formed by the human infantry seemed solid, but in front of him, it was still like a thatched hut in front of a tsunami …
"Boom!"
From a hundred meters away, Camilla shuddered at the shocking sound of the collision. She clearly saw that with just one swing of the giant axe, five infantrymen within the entire fan suddenly turned into minced meat flying into the sky...
This was a battle of two orders of magnitude. The Beastman's body was almost twice the size of the humans, and when he extended his arm and battle axe forward, the human soldiers three meters away could not even get close to him!
Even if the human commander at the rear waved for the reserve troops to join in, Camilla did not think that this would be able to stop the Beastmen's advance — she could see the madness of this group of Beastmen … They were completely desperate, and did not even consider the word "retreat".
Then, Camilla realized that there was not much meaning in watching such a battle scene. She broke away from the feeling of amazement and stepped back to report the situation. But just as she took two steps, a violent magic wave made her stop abruptly —
At that moment, the originally expressionless Camilla's expression turned cold. While her body dodged to the side, she stretched out her right hand and with a "hum", brought along a wave of elemental vibration. A blue shield in the shape of an "Ice Shield" appeared in the blink of an eye!
In the next moment, the shield made a cracking sound, and countless cracks appeared on it …
A white bone spear stabbed into the floating shield. Camilla's brows furrowed tightly, and only then did she notice that on the hillside forty to fifty meters away, there was a figure in a gray robe riding on a skeletal war horse.
"Necromancer … Damn it."
Although she was an arcanist, Camilla was far more agile than the average "mage". Seeing that the opponent raised his hand again, she immediately leaped to the side, and with one hand on the ground, she flipped sideways —
Amidst the cracking sound, the bone spear penetrated the shield, and flew past her by a hair's breadth.
At this moment, Camilla was still in the process of flipping sideways. Her slender figure was filled with the agility and explosive power of a ranger. When she steadied herself again, her other hand had already finished casting a spell. Along with a soft shout, the snow and soil within five meters in front of Camilla were suddenly swept up by a gust of air, and her figure was completely concealed.
Seven to eight seconds later, when the dust settled, Camilla's figure had already disappeared.
In the end, the Necromancer did not throw the bone spear out. He examined it for a moment, and finally gave up on searching for it. Then, he turned his gaze to the Beastmen and humans who were fighting to the death, and said in a hoarse voice, "Act according to plan."
Behind him, the team of undead knights riding on skeletal war horses charged straight towards Sora's Sentry Post, while the Necromancer held his staff and led a group of creaking skeleton soldiers towards the chaotic battlefield.
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