Thud thud thud…
As more and more Behemoth Cavalry dropped into the swamp, the players finally realized the severeness of the situation. The vice leader of Prophecy hurriedly shouted, "Dismount, dismount now! It"s impossible to fight a cavalry battle in a swamp, your mount will only drag you down here!"
He then unsheathed his sword and growled, "Prepare to battle on foot! Show the people of Dawn City the strength of the elite fighters of Chariot City!"
The vice leader"s face was ashen. In less than ten minutes, he had led almost 10000 Behemoth Cavalrymen into a death trap where they were almost certainly going to die a worthless death. Enraged and resentful, he abruptly ran toward Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls and shouted, "Dragonlight Cavalry doesn"t have their mounts as well, so charge! Take them out and take revenge for our guild leader!"
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I smiled coolly at the incoming enemy. "Cancel Knight G.o.d and Knight General and activate Royal Road and Soul of the Foot, quickly!"
Very soon, Royal Road, Martial G.o.d and double Soul of the Foot took over the parties" stratagem slots. A large majority of the enemies were using Encourage VII, and, at best, the stratagem boosted their Attack by just 80%. In terms of stratagems, the advantage was completely on our side.
"Kill!"
I became the first person to charge toward the enemies. I had no qualms fighting on foot because I was covered from head to toe in Outstanding Earth-grade equipment!
Chiang!
I sent a magic knight"s spear flying away and hit his chest with Universe Break, dealing 31887 damage and killing him on the spot. As it turned out, the magic knights were much more fragile without their mounts, and killing them took barely any effort at all. I love swamp terrains!
Chaos Moon, High Fighting Spirits, He Yi and the others charged forward as well. When two people meet, only one will emerge victorious. A ton of AoE skills lit up and caused a shower of flesh and blood!
Thud!
Standing in the mud, drenched in muddy waters,both sides hacked away at each other to kill the other party. It wasn"t long before the soggy mud of the swamp became red with the blood of the players.
The Phantom Wolf King was also doing its best in the soggy terrain by picking off players with high Attack and low Defense. It had greater movement speed than almost everyone in the swamp, so it was able to run all over the place. In a battle like this, people with great Attack would always be the bigger threat than tanks with high Defense and low Attack.
High Fighting Spirits let out an angry roar and unleashed Xiezhi Howl in the middle of a group. The unstoppable Dragonlight Shatter he wielded crushed all the enemies around him like nothing and dealt great damage to those who were brushed by the skill.
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It was at this moment battle cries broke out from the forest next the swamp. It was our players charging out of their hiding spots and stepping into the swamp despite how dirty it was. Led by Beiming Xue and Murong Mingyue, they quickly formed a circle around the enemy and fired away with their spells and arrows!
"I knew there would be ambushers. Someone, wipe them out from the wings!" the vice leader ordered again.
Several thousand dismounted Behemoth Cavalrymen tried to carry out his order, but it was practically impossible to chase anyone when the mud was literally clinging to your feet. Even Charge was unusable in a terrain like this, and the Behemoth Cavalry was killed long before they reached our ranged players. Our morale and our contribution skyrocketed thanks to this.
By the time the battle finished, the mud was completely red. Countless Chariot City players had sunk into the mud, and the cries of death resounded above the trees of Sunset Swamp.
In less than half an hour, we had killed at least 30000 enemies while losing almost no one. We had ranged support and the enemy had none, so we were able to ignore the enemy"s counter-offense completely. He Yi, Gui Guzi, Heaven"s Rain and the rest of our magic knights had their HP and Defense increased by 40% thanks to Royal Road, so they couldn"t be killed even with multiple Barrier Breaks.
Most importantly, we were healed by a super priest party led by Murong Mingyue and Moon Dew. The Behemoth Cavalry had come to Sunset Swamp alone, so they didn"t have any backup at all, and their health pools were limited.
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Seeing that the situation was worsening rapidly, the vice leader of Prophecy barked out yet another order, "We can"t fight in a place like this! Withdraw now!"
They hurriedly moved toward the exit, but the giant crocodiles lurking in the swamp kept ambus.h.i.+ng their men and pulling them into the deep waters. By now, they were all regretting their foolishness and hating our guts for luring them into this death trap.
Suddenly, an army carrying the banner of Sky City appeared at the horizon, and it was none other than G.o.ds of Destruction. It looked like they hadn"t encountered many battles because I counted about a hundred thousand of them. It was almost a miracle how well-preserved their troops were considering how fierce this war had turned out to be. At the same time, I also recalled that Hot and Sour Noodles had requested G.o.ds of Destruction and Peach Garden to guard Sunset Swamp earlier.
Dominating Heaven Blade dismounted and raised his blade with a grin, "Hey look, it"s the invincible cavalry of the frontline, the Behemoth Cavalry! What on earth happened to you guys? Hahaha! Well, it"d be unkind of us not to help out Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls after the wonderful trick they pulled to lure our prey right into our domain, so kill them all, my brothers and sisters! Don"t let even a single one of them escape!"
Grief and indignation scorched the army of Chariot City. Had they encountered G.o.ds of Destruction on a normal terrain, they could"ve wiped the guild out even with their numbers reduced to 50000. But this was the swamp, so there was no longer any hope for the Behemoth Cavalry to survive this battle. G.o.ds of Destruction"s army was pretty intact, and their mage, archer and priest parties were all present. They had nothing to fear from their opponents at all.
Dominating Heaven Blade roared, and his old-timers—Dominating Knight G.o.d, Dominating Warrior G.o.d, Dominating Archer G.o.d and Dominating Mage G.o.d—charged into the swamp and engaged the Behemoth Cavalry. Behind them, the archers and mages wreaked havoc upon their enemy, and the priests kept their fighters healthy and spirited.
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"Er… man, G.o.ds of Destruction sure is shameless. I can"t believe they"re actually stealing our kills…" Chaos Moon said with a dumbfounded expression on her face.
I smiled. "It"s fine, their intervention means that we"ll lose less people. Everyone, continue the chase! Don"t forget that these Behemoth Cavalrymen are walking bags of contribution points! When the Nation War is over, all these contribution points will be converted into experience, and those who are ranked high enough on the ranking will even gain the legendary Luck stat!"
He Yi nodded with a smile and said, "Yep. Keep chasing the enemy, everyone!"
Caught between a rock and a hard place, the lives of the 50000 Behemoth Cavalrymen were made even worse. Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls" a.s.sault was especially fierce as our fighters went as far as to jump into the swamp to chase after the enemies. Who would"ve thought that the elite Behemoth Cavalry would become someone else"s object of slaughter one day? The Behemoth Cavalry themselves certainly hadn"t seen this coming until they fell into our trap.
Beep!
I received a message from Hot and Sour Noodles. "How are things, Lu Chen? Thanks for luring the Behemoth Cavalry away, by the way. It would"ve been real bad if they were allowed to remain on the battlefield…"
Instead of answering, I shared my POV for half a minute. When he saw countless brave Behemoth Cavalrymen being killed in the swamp like lambs to the slaughter, he grew so excited that his voice was shaking, "Holy f.u.c.k! Well done! Well… done! Hahahahaha! The Behemoth army is dead! Chariot City might as well be dead as well! Hahaha, I can"t believe you actually managed to take out Chariot City"s strongest army. All I"m wondering now is whether the gaming channel is broadcasting your battle. If they are, then Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls will surely become famous throughout China…"
I laughed. "Don"t worry, uncle. It is definitely being broadcasted. You can check out the home page of the forums yourself!"
"Oh, that"s wonderful!"
A livestream was embedded at the home page of the Chinese forums, and it was broadcasting the battle of Sunset Swamp right now. The t.i.tle was, "Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls tricks their enemies once more by luring 100000-strong Behemoth Cavalry into Sunset Swamp! They are without a doubt the hero of the day!"
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After bidding Hot and Sour Noodles goodbye, we continued our annihilation of the Behemoth Cavalry. However, just because the Behemoth Cavalry were no longer a factor didn"t mean that our allies were having an easy time on the other battlefield. The Northern Alliance"s a.s.sault was as fierce as ever, and Vienna"s Sorrow"s Fire Catapults put great pressure on everyone. Now that Candle Dragon had lost most of their Viper Dragoons, the option of sniping the Fire Catapults with a cavalry charge was no longer on the table.
Luckily, we had destroyed 30 Fire Catapults during the battle against Vietnam"s Hot Sand City. Otherwise, the enemy would"ve had the firepower to destroy the walls of Dawn City instantly. The Fire Catapults were that terrifying.
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The battle lasted for almost half an hour. In the end, all 100000 Behemoth Cavalrymen failed to change their fates and died in Sunset Swamp. There were countless equipment drops as a matter of course, but a large majority of them had sunk into the bottom of the swamp, impossible to be collected. This time I managed to s.n.a.t.c.h two loaves of bread for myself, and I gave one to He Yi. There was no way I was going to let my guild leader fight on an empty stomach.
We left the battle zone and returned to dry land. Then, we climbed back onto our mounts.
"Casualty report, please," I said to Chaos Moon.
A few minutes later, Chaos Moon reported, "We lost 105 Dragonlight Cavalrymen, so only 1440 are still alive. Their numbers are seriously shrinking. We lost over 5000 archers and mages during this battle, and our total casualties reached 12773 people. We only have around 60k soldiers left now…"
I inhaled deeply. Motherf.u.c.ker, you just couldn"t appreciate how precious every soldier was until the war actually began. Our numbers were slowly but surely dwindling, and I spared a moment to wonder how Li Chengfeng was doing against t.i.tan G.o.d. The battle must be more of a stalemate that I thought, or the dragon warrior would"ve sent us a message by now.
I looked at my equipment. The Crimson Flame Armor was in tatters, and the Stormy Waves War Boots were covered in blade marks. Heck, they were on their way to becoming flip flops, I could clearly see my toes peeking out.
Not a single one of my equipment had over 15% durability right now. If we didn"t repair our equipment, we would have to fight naked!
So I ordered, "Alright, time to march back to Dawn City to repair our equipment, buy our pots and stock up on supply!"
"That"s exactly what I wanted to hear…" Gui Guzi nodded.
Beiming Xue echoed in agreement, "Yeah, I"m about to run out of arrows…"
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After bidding G.o.ds of Destruction goodbye, we returned to Dawn City and spent a brief moment to resupply ourselves. To call today a hectic day would be a ma.s.sive understatement.
Speaking of G.o.ds of Destruction, Dominating Heaven Blade and his goons had returned to the edge of Sunset Swamp and waited for the next prey to walk into their death trap. It didn"t look like these shameless b.a.s.t.a.r.ds were going to engage the enemy"s main army anytime soon.