"Let's break out now," the human commander said excitedly.
"Uh …" Big bro, why are you thinking about breaking out? Lu Li quickly explained, "This is just the vanguard. There are more coming. You're safe now. The longer you drag it out, the better it is for us."
The human commander then remembered that Lu Li had called for thousands of reinforcements.
At first, he thought that Lu Li was just bluffing.
The Orc Shaman also saw Lu Li's reinforcements and began to hesitate. Perhaps it was more accurate to say that he was starting to regret his decision. He shouldn't have wasted time worrying about the casualties of his subordinates. He should have just crushed these humans to death at all costs.
Now, he still had a chance. He could ignore everything else and continue to attack the surrounded human soldiers.
As long as he gave the order to go all out, they could at least break through the human defense line before reinforcements arrived. However, that would be a huge loss. What made him even more hesitant was that once the human reinforcements started fighting, the Orc army would only be left with a dead end.
Moreover, the human reinforcements were all cavalry!
As an Orc Shaman, no one knew better than him how terrifying cavalry was. The Orc Wolf Riders were one of the strongest troops on the continent.
This was actually a beautiful misunderstanding. Even the Paladins who joined the Night Watchmen didn't have the ability to fight on horseback, let alone these hundreds of ordinary Paladins. Compared to the Orc Wolf Riders, they were worlds apart.
These people made the Orc Shaman very afraid, but he didn't want to give up.
"Do you think they'll retreat?" The human commander was balding. He didn't look very old, at most 30 years old. There were many young and handsome humans in Azeroth who grew up with balding hair. No matter how handsome they were, they were still balding.
"I don't know. Do you want them to retreat, Your Excellency?" Lu Li asked.
"Let's force them to retreat. We've already lost enough blood today," the human commander said slowly after a moment of hesitation.
"Alright then." Lu Li didn't intend to overstep his boundaries. Since the victim had already said that they didn't want to fight anymore, there was no need for him to be so proactive. This wasn't a dungeon, and they would lose EXP if they died. If his elite team wanted to keep these Blackrock Beastmen who were around level 62 to 65, he would probably suffer a great loss.
Drifting Rain received an order from Lu Li.
The Paladins who were advancing at full speed immediately came to a halt. Their mounts beat the charred ground in unison as they pressed forward bit by bit.
This kind of momentum was even more frightening than when they were advancing at full speed. The orc shaman thought of another more terrifying possibility — the damn humans had more reinforcements on their way. These holy knights were obviously just the vanguard. They were waiting for the main force to arrive to surround and kill them.
Without any hesitation, the guards beside the Orc Shaman received the order and blew the bleak horn.
The Blackrock Beastmen that had surrounded the human soldiers retreated like the tide. They gathered around the Orc Shaman and quickly changed their formation, retreating in another direction before the Paladins could reach them.
Lu Li let out a sigh of relief. He was worried that the Orc Shaman wasn't intelligent enough.
It seemed like Dawnlight's recent updates had been to increase the intelligence of the natives.
Since this was the case, the reinforcements would be useless. Their trip was not a complete waste. After all, the strategy for the upper levels of the Blackrock Spire had already been discovered. If they followed the strategy, they could more or less kill a few Bosses.
Moreover, they were the heroes who had saved hundreds of human soldiers. When they went to Marshal Maxwell to accept the quest, they definitely wouldn't be troubled.
"I'm Captain Bukmid. Thank you and your friends." The balding man extended his hand to Lu Li. He had a reason to be grateful to Lu Li.
"You're welcome. This is what we should do." Lu Li gradually relaxed. Challenging an army of thousands of Orcs with only a few dozen people was really suicidal. Moreover, they had the guts to charge at the enemy. It was a miracle that they didn't get wiped out.
"You've saved my and my brothers' lives. I have nothing to thank you for," Captain Bukmid's face turned pale as he looked at the increasing number of adventurers.
There were definitely thousands of them. He couldn't possibly give out rewards to these thousands of people. Even if he sold himself, he wouldn't be able to afford the rewards.
However, he couldn't not reward them either. After all, they had just saved their lives. Otherwise, the few hundred of them would have been wiped out. Then, the Burning Steppes would have a new quest called "Captain Bukmid's Revenge" to mourn their sacrifice. At the same time, the players would be able to cut off the heads of a few Blackrock Orcs.
"Money is like dirt to us, and items are just worldly possessions. We want to increase our own strength," Lu Li said seriously.
"What does Shameless Lu mean?" Xiaoba Jiang was a quest-master, but she was also confused.
"He just wants experience and reputation," Wandering said. "He doesn't care about gold coins, and equipment obviously won't be anything good. After all, we have a few thousand people here."
Almost everyone in sight was from Ruling Sword. They treated this place like a playground for their outdoor gathering. Some people had set up barbecue racks, and the smell of food wafted through the air in the Burning Plains, which was littered with corpses and blood. Those who played the game were all crazy.
The Captain continued to struggle.
"Why don't we go to Marshal Maxwell first? I still have a quest to hand in," Lu Li said.
The rewards that a Captain could give were very limited. In fact, a Captain wasn't much in the system of Stormwind City. He could bring a few hundred people to the Burning Steppes, but it was likely that he was just temporarily in charge. Once they arrived, he would return to his normal position.
However, Lieutenant Bukmid wasn't a mediocre person. Lu Li had brought people to save him, so Marshal Maxwell would probably be very grateful to him.
The rewards that a marshal could give were much more than that of a captain.
Bukmid really couldn't give out a reward that would satisfy a few thousand people. He could only join up with Lu Li's main force and head towards Marshal Maxwell's camp.
With so many people gathered together, all the monsters that couldn't run away in time or didn't have the intelligence to run away were wiped out. Even the Ogres that roamed the Burning Steppes disappeared.
The Fire Belly Ogres from the south studied magic, but their strong physique made them not inferior in melee combat. If an ogre sorcerer had a club in his hand, he could kill the strongest dwarf warrior with it. This cruel race claimed that the Burning Steppes was the territory of the Ogres. They robbed any race that walked on this land, including the most powerful Blackrock Orcs and Blackiron Dwarves. They even dared to steal the dragon corpses that Nefarian used for research and roast them to eat.
Before they reached their destination, Lu Li and the others saw Marshal Maxwell.
He jumped off his horse and hugged Bukmid tightly. His beard trembled as he said, "You missed the appointed time. I thought something happened to you. Then someone said you were surrounded by the Blackrock Orcs. Thank goodness you're fine."
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