"That place … …" Wyrd stared at the spot where the pillar of light had disappeared.
"Hmm?"
"It's nothing." The Elder Centaur seemed to have regained his senses. He turned around and walked towards the group of Centaurs. "What's wrong?" Amandina asked curiously when she saw Wade's reaction. Before the frost hit, she had put on a long shawl to protect herself from the cold.
"That direction is the Arbor Forest, the homeland of many Centaurs in the Green Tower." Brando replied.
"Ah … …" Amandina looked at the Elder Centaur's back sympathetically: "But how did you know, my lord?"
"Didn't the Deadwood Guardian Guide mention it yesterday?" Brando asked.
"I think so … …" Amandina was taken aback: "But … … But he only mentioned it casually. How did my lord remember it?" She looked at Brando with envy and surprise.
Brando quickly pretended to check his sword to prevent himself from laughing out loud when he saw Amandina's serious expression. [Nonsense, how can I remember it? The problem is that the twelve outposts around the Green Tower (there will be seventeen in the future) have become famous because of Valhalla.]
[But this is not a good reason to tell others.]
"Alright, let's go." Brendel interrupted the topic and said to Amandina.
"Hmm?"
"The wolves are coming."
The forest was now completely dark, and the dim starlight and moonlight were hidden behind the clouds. When the Demonic Wave arrived, the world became pitch black, and the pillars of light in the forest became the only source of light in the world.
The pillars of light were moving slowly.
Brando felt a sense of deja vu when he saw the first Calamity of Wolves in a video. Back then, only a few of the strongest Players participated in the Calamity of Wolves.
In the dark storm, a small number of Players raised their Fire Seed and advanced towards Valhalla. The twenty pillars of light were like the last flickering flames of hope in the vast land.
But they succeeded in the end.
As for whether he would succeed, Brando did not know. He looked around, the forest was already silvery gray in the dark, with his near 25 OZ perception, he could see a white shadow flashing in the forest a few miles away.
It was the Winter Wolf.
The Centaur Elder Wydd's voice came from the front of the group, and the group began to move forward.
Previously, after trekking for nearly ten hours, the group had already approached the southern end of the Thorn Ridge. A few miles away, two intersecting black mountain ridges formed the entrance to the Kalanga Mountain Range. The terrain became undulating and precipitous in that direction, but as long as they passed through there, they would have passed the first checkpoint.
Based on the team's speed, it would take them at most an hour to reach their destination.
But that place was known as the Wolf Pass.
It was also the most dangerous part of the journey.
Brando looked around and saw that there were more and more winter wolves in the forest ahead, but he knew that this was just the beginning. The Winter Solstice Wolves still needed some time to gather. He took out his pocket watch and saw that it was less than 90 minutes before the second wave of wolves arrived.
[Looks like we're just in time.] Brando thought to himself.
The group slowly passed through the last stretch of the Thorn Ridge. Occasionally, a few Winter Wolves would rush out from the snow, and naturally, they were greeted by the Centaurs' arrows. Although Brando had already set up a tight perimeter around the group, the Fireclaw Lizards, Shadow Rock Beasts, and Shadow Wolves. Even though Brando called them Rock Beasts, it was a pity that Amandina, Kodan, Carglise, and even Scarlet thought that it was a terrible name, so they simply ignored Brando's decision and called them Shadow Wolves. In short, the perimeter that Brando had set up was to prevent the mysterious Lord-tier monsters from entering.
As for the lone Winter Wolf, he did not mind the Fireclaw Lizards helping him monopolize the experience points, but if there was a slightly larger group of wolves, he would order his summons to let them in.
[I don't want there to be a gap in this line of defense. The centaurs can still pay the price of casualties to deal with the Winter Wolves, but if the mysterious BOSS sneaks in without anyone noticing, then it won't be a problem of running away anymore.]
As for the Winter Wolves, they were Silver-tier monsters, and they were like white ghosts. These white shadows accompanied the wind and snow as they howled and shuttled through the forest. Every one of them was the size of a horse, and they were as fast as lightning. They also possessed strength that ordinary people could not hope to match.
The Winter Wolves' strength was outstanding even among Silver-tier monsters. They could easily break a black pine tree that required a person to wrap their arms around it. Human Silver-tier soldiers were as weak as ordinary people in front of these terrifying monsters. For example, there was once a Winter Wolf that broke into the ranks of Erouine's diplomatic party's Knight guards, and even under the siege of more than ten Silver-tier Knights, the Winter Wolf bit one of them to death.
However, if it was only strength, the Winter Wolves did not deserve to be called the ghosts of the forest that breathed frost and fog. The real terror of the Winter Wolves was that although they were not Gold-tier monsters, they already had a part of the Winter Element.
Their claws carried the most fatal cold damage, and as long as they lightly scratched your armor, you would be frozen into ice. Not to mention, these monsters could also spit out frost breath from dozens of feet away, freezing your blood.
It could be said that the only fortunate thing about facing these monsters was that the Winter Wolves did not have an Alpha. Legend has it that the Alpha of the Winter Wolves was killed when fighting for the throne with Échis, the Wolf Calamity. Since then, the King of the Forest did not allow the Winter Wolves to have an Alpha.
Every player in The Amber Sword knew that the Winter Wolves only had a Wolf Lord. It was these mini-Bosses that united small wolf packs to form a real wolf pack.
The Winter Wolves also seemed to understand their shortcomings, so these creatures that lived in ice and snow moved in at least four or five packs.
Four or five packs, hundreds of Winter Wolves, seven or eight Lord-tier Winter Wolves, were considered a huge threat in any country in Wohnde at this time of the year.
Therefore, when they appeared at the periphery of the forest, a third of the thirty to forty light pillars were extinguished in a moment.
The extinguishment of the light pillars was self-evident.
In the wind and snow, everyone became a little worried.
The pressure in front was also increasing. The Winter Wolves were one of the most common threats in the northern border of Cruz, but not in the Black Forest south of Erouine. The centaurs were not used to fighting these unfamiliar enemies, and sometimes they could only passively choose how to take the Winter Wolves' attacks. Therefore, the battle was bloody and tragic.
However, this situation did not last for long.
After Count Audine discovered the problem with the centaurs' tactics, he immediately took the initiative to look for Wade and Quinn. He said that he had some experience in fighting the Winter Wolves and wanted to temporarily take over the command.
At this time, he did not have much time to think. It was obvious that if the centaurs, tree elves, and druids were defeated, they would not be able to survive this fierce battle.
Count Audine also knew that in the whole of Erouine, there were very few people who were good at fighting the Winter Wolves. Even he himself only had experience fighting the Winter Wolves once or twice when he was traveling in Cruz.
However, things did not go as he expected.
He quickly found out that there was someone who had more authority to speak about the Winter Wolves.
It was the young man who called himself the Baron of Abies.
Brando caught up from behind and took over the command without saying a word. Then, he, Scarlet, and Kodan entered the frontline of the battle, and it seemed that in an instant, the situation of the battle was reversed.
At that moment, according to Quinn, it was as if there was a ruler in the young man's heart.
Every time the Winter Wolves stopped, the young lord would raise his sword and order the Centaur Elders to stop, then throw their javelins at the White Specters to inflict heavy damage to them. Every time the Winter Wolves stopped, the young lord would raise his sword and shout out an order for the Centaur Elders to stop, then throw their javelins at the White Specters to deal heavy damage.
Although the Winter Wolves' attack was outstanding, their defense inherited the weakness of wolf-type monsters. When faced with an attack from an Upper Silver-ranked monster, it would only take one or two attacks to kill them.
After a rain of javelins, a pack of wolves would lose a quarter of its members.
However, when the Winter Wolves charged, the centaurs were also prepared. The centaurs in the front row retreated, revealing the two rows of javelins at the back.
It could be said that in the face of the same attack, the first move was crucial in determining the outcome of the battle. Unfortunately, the Winter Wolves did not have the right to make the first move in front of Brando.
Brando pressed his hand on his sword and stood in the middle of the centaur army, looking at the White Specters in the distance. He thought to himself that he had earned nearly a million EXP from the Winter Wolves in the past. If he could not win this battle, he should go home and plant sweet potatoes.
Cruz, Erouine, and the monsters around the Knight's Kingdom, Grace, and the Kingdom of Knights. He knew all of them like the back of his hand. With nearly a hundred years of experience in the game, he was familiar with all of them.
But in the game, this was the knowledge of all the players living in these countries. Brando's knowledge was not superior at all.
But here, history was intertwined, weaving a wonderful brocade under Brando's feet.
The heavily injured wolves finally retreated far away, howling maliciously in the forest. Count Audine could not believe his eyes. He did not even realize that his hand had left the hilt of his sword that he had been clenching tightly.
This … Isn't this the standard tactic used by Cruz's White Frostfall army to deal with the Winter Wolves?
At this moment, Count Audine almost thought of the old Cruz soldier who taught him how to deal with the Winter Wolves. They were both experienced, but the young man in front of him was obviously much more efficient.
However, Count Audine did not know that at this time, on another mountain a few miles away, someone was sighing just like him.
"Cruz's men?"
A swordsman with a five to six feet long sword on his back stood in the dense forest on the mountain. He was wearing a grayish-brown robe and looked young, but his shoulder-length hair had already turned gray. He was looking at the battle between the centaurs and the Winter Wolves from afar.
The man's grayish-brown eyes moved, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.
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