"Charge!" The leading orc commander immediately gave the order to charge when he saw the large number of archers shooting from the bank. They had already expected this before the battle began, so they had no choice but to raise their shields and charge forward. The army on the other side of the river didn't seem to have a lot of people. As long as they charged forward, they were confident they could defeat the army in front of them first.
"Archers, three volleys!" Beside the white river, the half-elf captain Ron's eyes flashed with excitement when he saw the orcs charging forward. He gave the order, and all the archers quickly lined up in three rows. The first row quickly retreated after firing their arrows, followed by the second and third rows. The first row was ready to fire again.
Compared to the human army that used archers to cover fire, they didn't care about accuracy and focused more on coverage. The North Town City archers focused more on accuracy. With a large number of half-elf archers, the accuracy of the North Town City archers was terrifying, especially when it came to three volleys like this.
The elven war bows and centaur longbows had a long range and were extremely powerful. The white river was less than a hundred meters wide. At such a close distance, the arrows could easily pierce through the wooden shields made by the orcs and continue to shoot through their bodies.
The orcs kept falling under the rain of arrows. Many of them directly fell into the river, and the river was soon dyed red. The orcs began to fight back. Many of them picked up their bows and began to shoot at the North Town City army. However, since they were standing on the wooden rafts, they couldn't stand steadily, so the power and accuracy of the arrows were greatly reduced.
These orcs that were shooting with bows quickly became the priority targets of the archers. They were soon turned into hedgehogs by the arrows. Many orcs on the wooden rafts were falling into the water after being hit by the arrows. However, these orcs continued to charge forward under the lead of the orc commanders.
The endless rain of arrows was like an invisible line of defense. The orcs fearlessly ran into the impenetrable line of death. The flood of orcs fearlessly charged into the line of defense. Blood red waves bloomed all of a sudden. Cold arrows fell from the sky and pierced through the bodies of the charging orcs.
The wooden shield had completely lost its defensive effect. Be it centaur longbows or elven war bows, they could be easily pierced through. Even if he was wearing metal armor, the arrows would still be able to enter through the gaps. Blood splattered everywhere and dyed the surface of the river red. At this moment, life was being harvested like grass.
After paying a huge price, the Orcs were finally 20 meters away from the shore. These Orcs jumped over 5 to 6 meters into the water and continued to swim towards the shore. At this time, the river water had already reached their waists. A distance of 10 meters would only take a breath on land, but in the water, their speed was greatly limited.
Many of the Orcs were shot to death before they could even reach the shore. The Orcs behind them began to throw their javelins. Although they weren't very stable, they were still very lethal. The longbowmen retreated one after another, and the elite spearmen, who had been waiting at the side, quickly stepped forward.
The Orcs that had just reached the shore angrily rushed forward. The sharp blades in their hands slashed at the spearmen's shields. A deep mark was left on the ironclad wooden shield. What surprised him was that the human soldier only took half a step back and stabilized himself. The spear in his hand instantly shot out like a poisonous snake.
The Orc warrior didn't have time to dodge at all. The spear instantly pierced through the leather armor and into his abdomen. There weren't so many complicated changes on the battlefield. Under normal circumstances, it was a killing move. Life and death were often decided at the moment of contact.
During normal training, the spearmen only had one move to attack, and that was to stab. Over the years, they had already practiced this move to the point of perfection. The Orc only felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. He couldn't help but take two steps back. Blood kept gushing out of the wound. But before he could react, a spear beside him instantly pierced through his throat.
At this time, at the bank of the White Water River, the elite spearmen with shields and spears had already formed battle groups of three. They were constantly killing the Orcs that had rushed to the shore. These Orcs were horrified to find that the weak and malnourished humans in their impression weren't killed like vegetables. Instead, the Orcs were being defeated by their attacks.
Relying on the advantage of their equipment, these human soldiers cooperated with each other and quickly reaped the lives of the Orc warriors. Even if there were a few Orcs who didn't care about anything and fought with their lives, they could only seriously injure their opponents. When they wanted to take another step forward, they were killed by the warriors beside them.
There weren't many Orc soldiers that had rushed to the shore. In just a short while, more than half of the Orc soldiers had died. When the Orc commander on the other side saw this situation, he didn't continue to attack. After a few angry roars, the Orcs began to retreat. After seeing the Orcs' movement, Suhlen gently waved his hand, and the longbowmen began to shoot.
Shooting was the furthest way to shoot arrows. Now, the entire river was covered by the arrows. Those Orcs who didn't make it to the shore in time were shot to death by the arrows that fell from the sky.
The Orcs on the shore had no more reinforcements, and their retreat was cut off. Knowing that they were going to die, the Orcs crazily counterattacked the human soldiers. Seeing this situation, the elite spearmen who didn't want to fight the Orcs formed a shield wall. Then, they surrounded the Orcs and killed them one by one.
Soon, the battle by the river was over. The Orcs on the river had paid a heavy price and finally retreated to the shore. Only the corpses of the Orcs on the shore and the wooden rafts floating on the river were left to tell the story of the fierce battle just now.
After the initial probing battle, this group of Orcs had stopped underestimating the humans. Although there weren't many humans in front of them, with the help of the terrain, it wouldn't be easy for the Orc army to cross the river.
"Let's go back." The Orcs on the other side of the river looked deeply at Suhlen, and then led the Orcs back to the camp.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host. Under your command, the Northern Battlefront City army has obtained a great victory."
"The battle has ended. You have received 8360 experience points."
"The battle has ended. You have received a gold treasure chest. You have received 2 Tungsten Steel Ingots."
Suhlen first cast Physical Healing on the injured and the unfortunate ones. He also collected the corpses of the unfortunate ones. He left some people to clean up the battlefield and monitor the Orc army on the other side. Suhlen brought the others back to the camp.
Zhang Tie opened the strategic map. After leaving the territory, the vision range of the strategic map was 20 kilometers around Su Lun. The most conspicuous thing on the map was the large red light spot on the other side of the Baishui River.
The Centaur army wasn't close to here. Suhlen could only see a few yellow dots on the edge of the map that represented allies. According to the agreement between both sides, the Centaur army would suddenly attack the Orc army during the final battle. Now, they needed to hide.
With the strategic map, the battlefield could be said to be completely transparent to Suhlen. Every move of the Orcs was under his surveillance.
Other than the Orc army in front of him, Suhlen also discovered that there was another Orc army hidden in the forest nearby. Looking at the size, there were about two thousand Orcs. It was obvious that the Orcs hadn't revealed their full strength.
After keeping the system in alert mode, Suhlen opened his inventory and checked his rewards.
The Northern Battlefront City had lost two people in this battle. One was pierced through the heart by a javelin, and the other had his neck cut off by an Orc. However, that Orc's heart was pierced through as well. There were more than ten Orcs who were heavily injured. There were more than thirty Orcs who were lightly injured. There were about three hundred Orcs who were killed. Most of them were killed by archers.
The experience points weren't enough to level up. Suhlen opened the treasure chest in his inventory.
There was a flash of light and a system notification sounded in his ears.
"Congratulations to the host. You have received the talent [Iron Bones]."
[Iron Bones: After cruel training, your resistance to attacks has increased. All attacks that deal damage to you will be reduced by ten percent. Normal weapons are ineffective against you.]
The Iron Bones talent was quite good. It could reduce damage. With this talent, Suhlen's defense had increased again. Normal attacks were ineffective against him.
After moving his body, Suhlen took out the Tungsten Steel that he had just received. This steel ingot was cold to the touch. It wasn't heavy, and its color was close to silver. There were many naturally-formed patterns on it. This item was considered a high-end material in the game. Wearing it would increase one's attributes.
[Tungsten Steel: A metal with magical power. High-level forging material. After wearing it, it can increase Spirit by three points (the effect will disappear when the Spirit exceeds 30 points). It also has a mana recovery effect, recovering one percent of energy every minute.]
This item was definitely good for Mages. Not only could it increase Spirit, but it could also recover energy. There was no Weave in this world. If one wanted to cast spells, they had to rely on their own mana. It was very difficult to become a Mage.
Therefore, mana recovery was a very important issue. This Tungsten Steel could recover one percent of its energy every minute. Although it wasn't much, it could recover ninety percent of its energy in an hour and a half.
Of the two Tungsten Steel ingots, Suhlen took one for himself and prepared to give the other to Hathaway. As the only Mage in the territory, it was best to give this item to her.
After putting away the items, Suhlen went to Hathaway's tent and handed one of the Tungsten Steel ingots to her.
"What kind of metal is this? I feel that my Spirit has increased a lot, and my mana recovery has also sped up." Feeling the benefits of the Tungsten Steel, Hathaway asked in surprise.
"This is Tungsten Steel, a high-level metal material. This piece is for you." Suhlen smiled and said, "Of course, you can also try to study this metal material and see if you can make magic equipment with it."
"I'll try my best. I've never seen this metal before. I won't touch it easily if I'm not 100 percent sure." Hathaway looked at the Tungsten Steel in her hand with shining eyes.
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