Chapter 575 - Catapults vs. Flying Mounts (1/2)
Asskickers United’s 60,000 players completely overwhelmed Alliance of Mages, forcing them to retreat back into the Edgarton Stronghold. Behind the safety of the walls, they once again became practice targets for the trebuchets.
Before long, the walls shuddered and partially collapsed. Asskickers United’s players came flooding in. A chaotic battle unfolded within the breach.
Alliance of Mages and Divine Protectors were on the defensive at every front. Their main army was quickly shaved away. Under Asskickers United’s all out assault, they started to lose ground quickly.
Crazy Magic and Divine Flame retreated with a group of players back into the heart of the Edgarton Stronghold. As they traded fire with Asskickers United, they felt stifled to the point of suffocation. It appeared the enemy was going to break their last line of defense at any moment.
A deep sadness welled up inside Crazy Magic’s heart. It seemed like it was the end of the road for the guild he built from the ground up. There was no way to turn things around.
Just as Alliance of Mages and Divine Protectors despaired, someone let out an excited shout, “Look, up in the air! Flying mounts!”
As everyone looked up at the sky, a squadron of 31 flying mounts came flying over.
This flying mount squadron was composed of Thunderhawks, Griffons, and Achlys Dragonflies. This could be considered the largest aerial force to date. Even if Nie Yan’s Darkwing Dragon appeared, it would end up getting surrounded and killed.
“Angel Corps and the Century Financial Group! They didn’t abandon us after all!” Crazy Magic cried out in elation. 31 flying mounts, perhaps such a force could turn the tide of battle around!
At this moment, Crazy Magic was like a drowning man who grabbed onto a life ring. Though the hope was distant, he refused to give up.
The Century Financial Group had mobilized all their resources to gather these 31 flying mounts, of which 20 belonged to Angel Corps while the other 11 came from elsewhere.
Bladelight was directing his troops when he looked up at the sky and saw the flying mounts. He quickly sent a message to Nie Yan,「Nie Yan, Alliance of Mages just received reinforcements, 31 flying mounts. What do we do?」
「Don’t panic. Flying mounts might be powerful in the sky, but as soon as they dive down into a crowd of players, they’ll become easy targets. Speaking truthfully, those flying mounts are only so-so. Gather all the Armoured Ice Catapults. As soon as they come down, fire away. A single round of bombardment should be enough to make them regret their actions dearly. Have our people recall their flying mounts. Don't fight in the sky. Only deal with the enemies when they come close to the ground,」Nie Yan said in a cold tone. If he brought the Darkwing Dragon over, he would only end up getting ganged up on.
Hearing Nie Yan’s words, Bladelight firmly nodded.
Apart from gathering all the Armoured Ice Catapults together, Asskickers United would continue as they were and assault the Edgarton Stronghold!
The 31 flying mounts circled in the air. They were the rulers of the skies, looking down on everyone below. However, Asskickers United’s forces didn’t seem to be paying them the slightest bit of attention. The 37 Armoured Ice Catapults, all huddled up together and became the most eye-catching target. However, their frightening might was a powerful enough deterrent to prevent the flying mounts from approaching.
Crazy Magic’s hope and elation quickly turned to disappointment. The flying mounts didn’t dive down and carry out a massacre on Asskickers United’s forces like he expected. They were hesitating.
“God dammit! Damn those cowards! By the time they come rescue us, my hair will already be grey!”
Crazy Magic understood one principle. In the end, you could only rely on yourself, not your patron, allies, or anyone else.
“Boss, let’s leave! Asskickers United’s forces are about to run us over!”
“Leave my ass! I’m going down with this ship!” Crazy Magic cursed madly.
At this moment, the last of the defensive troops near the breach were killed. Monochrome, Edgeless, and the others charged into the Edgarton Stronghold, leaving behind a trail of carnage. With the supporting fire from Tang Yao, Xie Yao, and the other Mages, Alliance of Mages’ players were dropping like flies. Even more Asskickers United players were flooding in from the breach.
As for the battle on the outside, Alliance of Mages was also being slaughtered like mutts. Their elites were already wiped out by the Armoured Ice Catapults, not to mention their morale was at rock bottom after suffering setback after setback. Asskickers United was killing them without mercy. All around were the corpses of their comrades.
At this moment, the flying mount riders in the air were wondering if they should go down and help.
Sitting on top of a Royal Griffon was precisely Soaring Angel. In the end, Cao Xu had still asked him to provide assistance.
“Fuck! How can Alliance of Mages be this weak? How are we supposed to help in this situation!?” Rock Splitter cursed. He sat on top of a Thunderhawk. Originally, they believed if Asskickers United and Alliance of Mages were evenly matched, with their assistance, perhaps Alliance of Mages could achieve victory. But it wasn’t evenly matched. Far from it, in fact. Alliance of Mages was suffering a crushing defeat. Not to mention after they appeared, the morale of Asskickers United’s forces didn’t seem to be affected at all.
Soaring Angel pondered for a moment. “Since we’re already here, we can’t go back empty handed, or we’ll become laughingstocks. Let’s destroy a few of those catapults.”