Chapter 732: Eye of the Storm (1/2)
Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun said, ”What else? We need to withdraw with them, or we’ll be pincered from three sides and wiped out!”
He Yi nodded. ”Yes. Let’s tighten our formation and retreat to the back. We’ll draw the Northern Alliance’s army to Dawn Valley and kill them with its complex terrain!”
”Lu Chen will cover our retreat, and the Dragonlight Cavalry will charge the battle line one more time to minimize our losses. Is that fine?” Li Chengfeng looked for my approval.
”That works. Go!”
The Dragonlight Cavalry was already standing by for orders. Once we joined the parties and took over as party leaders, we all activated our stratagems at once!
”Attack! We’re covering our men’s retreat!”
After I barked out the order, all 1800 Dragonlight Cavalrymen activated their Charge and ran the enemies over. When it came to guerilla warfare, our cavalry held the absolute advantage. At the very least, it would be incredibly hard for anyone to kill us with our stats.
The Cyan Tiger Cavalry’s numbers had dwindled to 7000 or so, and they were also covering our troops’ retreat under Du Thirteen’s leadership. We were able to withdraw slowly to the deeper parts of the valley. Candle Dragon was doing much worse because the enemies were literally on their asses. Behind Candle Dragon was Winter Pine Forest, a map about one kilometer wide, and normally it would be filled with Level 165 mobs. However, this was the Nation War, and the players of three major cities were gathered here. Level 165 wasn’t too threatening, so the mobs were probably swept clean a long time ago.
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Meanwhile, Hot and Sour Noodles was riding across an open plain and shouting, ”Withdraw slowly to the valley! Stay in formation! Hegemon Palace, Mad Dragon, Flower Room, cover for Candle Dragon right now!”
Roaming Dragon and his cavalry were standing by on an empty plain in front of the forest, but he curled his lips and said, ”Why should we? Candle Dragon has always treated us like dogs, so why should we take a bullet for them? Candle Dragon can die for all I care. We’ll fight if the cowards of the Northern Alliance attack us, but that’s all!”
Flower Room’s Li Le was of the same opinion. ”That’s right. Candle Dragon thinks we’re inferior, and Candlelight Shadow barely gives a shit about us. In that case, he can suffer the consequences of his own inability. Pooh, Candle Dragon thinks they’re unbeatable in the entire world, when really they’re nothing without us! I’m going to stand right here and watch you die, you fool!”
Spring Mud grinned widely. ”The guild leader is wise!”
Li Le grinned back. ”Of course!”
Little Piglet grinned in understanding.
Shangguan Wan’er walked up to Pillar of the Nation and asked, ”Are we not going to help Candle Dragon, guild leader?”
Pillar of the Nation curled his lips. ”Nah. In fact, I can’t wait for Candle Dragon to die so that Hegemon Palace can do well in this Nation War! Hmph hmph, when the Guild Ranking is refreshed, Hegemon Palace must advance to the Top 5!”
Little Piglet said, ”Okay. Guild leader is wise! By the way, my contract period has been over for quite some time... How much are going to add to my salary for the extension?”
Pillar of the Nation declared magnanimously, ”Just give me the number, and I’ll sign the contract!”
”The guild leader is wise and peerless!”
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Dawn Valley was a big, complex map that encompassed smaller maps such as Winter Pine Forest, Sunset Swamp, Horse Hoof Valley and more. It was also overgrown with mobs and the place where the victor of this war would be determined. Why? Because Dawn City was right behind Dawn Valley, and withdrawing into Dawn City was the last resort. Dawn City was only a tier 2 city, so there was no way it could survive the bombardment of lethal siege weapons such as the Fire Catapults.
Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls was able to withdraw to the valley as the Dragonlight Cavalry covered their retreat. By now, the Northern Alliance had breached China’s domain completely and was flooding toward us like tidewater. Tens of thousands of elite cavalry had come together as one to trample over the China server.
”Form up and assume defensive positions right… now!”
Both the main guild and the subguilds halted exactly when I told them to and assumed positions. The magic knights ran to the frontline, thrust their gigantic shields into the ground and prepared to use Holy Shield at a moment’s notice. Behind them, thick rows of archers, mages and other ranged classes were ready to open fire at any moment as well.
The random Northern Alliance guilds who were chasing after us stopped in their tracks at once. They understood without saying that they would all die if they treated our defense formation lightly, even if their numbers might be ten times, twenty times or even a hundred times bigger than ours.
Moreover, there were still 7000 Cyan Tiger Cavalrymen and 1800 Dragonlight Cavalrymen waiting for their turn behind the shield formation. They were the sharpened talons of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls, and they would tear the enemy to shreds as soon as they found an opportunity!
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The assault of the great army of the Northern Alliance had cut off the thin thread of communication that linked us and Candle Dragon up until now. On the plains, hordes of Northern Alliance cavalry were engaging Mad Dragon and Flower Room in a fierce battle. What this meant was that our guild had become fully isolated on the southwest side.
Fine by me! It only makes the battle more exciting!
I slowly walked the Armored Ice Qilin Horse slowly in front of the battle line as I gazed toward the distance. My guild emblem was incredibly conspicuous, but no more conspicuous than the five-pointed star on a red flag floating above my head and before my ID. In a Nation War, flags were added to a player’s ID so that friend and foe could be differentiated.
I turned around and shot a question to Beiming Xue. ”Beiming, you have further vision than us. Can you see ahead and tell me who are our pursuers, and how many Fire Catapults they’ve brought?”
Beiming Xue nodded and leaped up a nearby hill. Sitting atop the branch of a red maple tree and swaying her legs, she said smilingly, ”Big bro, I see 30 Fire Catapults and way too many people to identify who is coming after us exactly. However, I think more than half of them are players from Hot Sand City?”
“Hot Sand City… Vietnam?” I frowned a little. ”The Vietnamese sure are a loyal bunch. They didn’t even hesitate to come after us. Well, this is fine…”