Chapter 724 - Competent Commander (1/2)

The inevitable battle ensued as players of the Light Faction came in to attack the convoy.

In the highlands, moving across with a large convoy was slow and tough. Without a chance to escape or even move elsewhere, the battle was forced to take place in a small pathway. Even though the enemies were largely overnumbered, they were not able to show the prowess as a whole.

Hence, their commander had improvised their attacks in waves. Each wave would have 50,000 players max. By doing so, they had significantly improved their battle prowess.

“Seven Star Warrior, do not forget to guard the front!” warned Jiang Fei.

“Don’t worry about us! We will keep our eyes peeled!” said Seven Star Warrior. He was in charge of guarding the front while Billy Boy was taking the rear.

The battle in the highlands was slow but steadily growing rowdier and violent. Melee fighters cross swords, healers repetitively trying to keep their tanks alive, and the range attackers were spamming all their AoE skills.

“Rain, when is the Forbidden Spell coming?” asked Billy Boy.

“Thirty minutes. At least!”

Little Rain had already expended his trump card and had no other way to recover his mana but by madly consuming potions.

“Guild master? Does your pet had any sort of Forbidden Spell?” asked Billy Boy. As he recalled, Jiang Fei’s previous pet, Isabella, could change into a large black dragon and use her own Forbidden Spell to destroy the enemy.

“I’d never check…” said Jiang Fei as he turned to Akatziris, only to see her shaking her head.

Akatziris might be a high tier Nephilim NPC but she was considered to be one of the weaker ones in the Nephilim race. Being a Succubus, their latent talents were all used in their beauty and appearance. Her battle prowess was not as strong as Isabella. Compared to a one-on-one fight, she would be extreme useless in a multi-target fight.

“We’re doomed…”

Billy Boy was growing anxious by the second. There were still over a million players waiting behind when they could not even defeat the first wave of 50,000 players.

They were only able to survive the first 300,000 players due to Little Rain’s Forbidden Spell. Furthermore, they were mindless players that were only coming to war without a commander. Even though they had a larger army, they would ultimately be defeated by Billy Boy and his well-coordinated soldiers.

Empyreal Dragon’s current enemies were large guilds that had made an alliance. They were strong, well-coordinated, and most of all, competent. Every player was well-equipped, not as good as Empyreal Dragon, but close enough. Like Empyreal Dragon, a well-managed guild would not mind losing their player’s equipment since they would have already anticipated such a loss. Compensation for equipment was already considered compulsory. Players themselves would not have to fear death for their guild would have their backs.

An army that did not fear death was an army that was scary. The threat to Empyreal Dragon was real, especially since they had more than thirty times the player count on their side. Since the start of the fight, Empyreal Dragon was being suppressed continuously. There was not even a split second of time to breath.

“Guild master. Please do something. If this goes on, we will lose!” said Billy Boy anxiously. The enemies were too great. No matter how well-versed he was in the art of strategy, there was no way in getting out of this.

“I see. Continue defending. I shall go on the front and take all of them by myself!” said Jiang Fei confidently.

Lady Casanova had led the first charge to attack but was completely suppressed due to the enemies’ sheer number. Quickly, she rejoined the remaining survivors at the back of the defensive line.

“Time for me to show them what I can do,” said Jiang Fei as he summoned the Evol. Skygliding Dragon!

As soon as he was in the skies, Jiang Fei unloaded a rain of arrows down at the enemies.

Once Ruthless Barrage was stacked to the max, Jiang Fei’s Attack Power had broken past 250,000. With Level Suppression in effect, Jiang Fei was able to kill every single player, regardless of their class, with a single shot.

Even so, Jiang Fei was not able to make much of a difference. Having to kill eight players per second was clearly fast, but not fast enough to save his convoy.