nChapter 44: Wall of Fire

nTranslator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation

nThe battle had already started. The gnolls took the initiative to start the fight.

nJust as the first lights of dawn could be seen, the six mutated aardwolves rushed forward. They were followed by a dense wave of gnolls.

nOrdinary people would feel shivers running down their spine when looking at this.

nEven though gnolls weren’t that strong, those numbers were enough to overpower anything.

nWithout troops from River Shore City, it would be quite difficult to face those gnolls with only White River Valley garrison members.

nEveryone was hiding behind the fortifications and holding their breaths.

nThey picked this mine entrance because it was the closest to the edge.

nThere was a hill on the left and a forest on the right, making it relatively easy to defend.

nThe garrison’s young men were tightly clutching their weapons, ready to deal with any surprise attack coming from the gnolls.

nThe last time they were in this situation, Marvin had ordered them to retreat due to being heavily outnumbered.

nBut they couldn’t retreat this time!

nThis was the only way for them to get back their homes!

n...

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"I need some time!

"

nHearing Masked Twin Blades calling for him, Joey the archer didn’t make things difficult. On the contrary, he was straightforward.

nAll veteran adventurers knew what to do in battle.

nAlthough they agreed to let Marvin handle the gnoll Sorcerer, but he was only a lone Ranger. If he couldn’t find his target, the hiding Sorcerer, the battle would turn quite troublesome.

nJoey was indeed quite outstanding, or else he wouldn’t have been able to become famous in River Shore City by only relying on himself.

nHis farsight specialty wasn’t only used to restrain those using stealth. It was also extremely useful for reconnaissance!

nDespite the lack of light, he soon found that short gnoll!

nThat peculiar short gnoll was standing in the southeast hill. He had a few dozens of guards protecting him.

nThey didn’t charge with the others. They were merely standing there.

nAs for the other gnolls, they split into three waves and kept a fixed distance from each other while charging toward the human camp.

n‘Seems like that gnoll knows some military tactics!’ Marvin thought. ‘This guy really seems to have high intelligence.’

nUsually, when gnolls attacked, it would be messy and disorganized. But they seemed a lot more organized under the Sorcerer’s orders.

nThis wouldn’t be easy to handle.

nUnder Joey’s directions, Marvin also quickly found the Sorcerer.

nAs long as he was able to kill that gnoll, the battle would become a lot more simple.

nBut there was a problem.

nThey were quite far from each other. Marvin was hiding in the camp and that cunning Sorcerer was quite far in the southeast hill.

nAnd he also had guards.

nStealth would definitely not work. This Sorcerer had the eye of pain, so anyone using Stealth around him would be in for a lot of trouble.

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"Joey, help me!

" Marvin thought hard, and then called out to the archer.

nThe latter straightforwardly rushed to Marvin’s side.

nHe moved very carefully and wasn’t noticed by the gnolls.

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"I’ll go kill that gnoll Sorcerer.

"

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"But I need your help. First we have to approach from behind.

"

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"Can you use Stealth? Never mind, we don’t really need to get too close. The eye of pain has a range.

" Marvin quickly explained his battle plan.

nAfter hearing the plan, Joey thought about it for a short moment and felt it was doable.

nMarvin waved at Anna, and then the two used stealth and left from the eastern part of the camp.

n...

nAs for the front line of the battlefield, the six rushing mutated aardwolves would soon reach the camp.

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"Is that woman, Anna, frozen in fear?

"

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"The time has come and she still hasn’t called for us?

"

nInside the mine, Cat was looking at the situation and was somewhat unable to hold back.

nEveryone else in the Lynx team was also restless.

nIn their eyes, White River Valley garrison would simply be unable to resist this assault.

nIf they collapsed, they would also fall into a crisis.

nThey should have been sent to kill those gnolls in one breath.

nWhy hadn’t Anna given the order yet?

nThis made them quite puzzled.

nHowever, Gru, the other captain was actually very calm.

nHe kept watching the situation while holding onto his heavy sword. He only said one sentence to his restless team members:

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"Wait a bit more.

"

nThe Bramble members immediately relaxed.

nAfter experiencing a lot of battles, they had total trust in their captain’s words.

nSince their captain told them to wait a bit more, there was definitely no issue.

nBut they were also quite curious. When those from White River Valley built the fortification yesterday, a few of them had disappeared for some time. What they did was unknown.

nHow would they stop those seemingly unmatched aardwolves?

n...

nThey quickly had their answer.

nJust as the aardwolves were about to charge on the fortifications, Andre who had been watching the situation, suddenly shouted,

"Cut it!

"

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"Slam!

"

"Slam!

"

nA few sounds started echoing in the forest!

nEveryone blankly looked to the side.

nAt that time, the reckless adventurers paid attention, unaware of when it had started. The two big trees near the mine entrance had a few ropes attached.

nThe ropes were tied to other big trees.

nAndre just ordered those two garrison members hiding in the woods to cut those ropes.

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"Snap!

"

nThe two big trees began to tilt!

nAnd surprisingly, they were falling in the direction of the battlefield!

nThe mutated aardwolves were startled and attempted to slow down, but their previous speed was extremely fast. How could they suddenly slow down that easily?!

nTwo breaths later, those two big trees hit the ground with a loud sound!

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"Rumble!

"

nDust flew everywhere.

nThe ground was shaking!

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"That’s why!

"

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"Those two trees were cut down before and were only remained standing thanks to the ropes. That pack of gnolls didn’t pay attention to this. Serves them right.

"

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"The one who thought of this tactic is really a genius.

"

nVerne’s eyes were shining while giving out praises.

nThe other adventurers were also showing admiration. For them, getting rid of their opponent without fighting was the most beautiful thing in the world.

n...

nThe big trees falling down frightened the gnolls!

nWails could be heard coming from the rushing mutated aardwolf in the frontmost position, due to being flattened by those falling trees.

nThe aardwolf directly behind was also not able to stop on time and his head burst open from knocking against the tree at such a speed.

nUnfortunately, the rest of the aardwolves had some good luck. They managed to slow down and attempted to jump on the thick trees!

nBut at that time, a garrison member threw a torch!

nThe torch fell on top of the tree. The tree trunk which was fully covered with pine grease immediately burst in flames!

nTwo fire walls were formed in an instant between everyone in the camp and the gnolls.

nThe two mutated aardwolves who had jumped on the trees ended up with their fur on fire.

nThe other two were scared to move forward.

nAs for the gnolls, they were even more frightened. They didn’t know what they should do.

nThe humans on the other hand, were full of energy due to the great victory!

nAnna lifted her sword and yelled,

"Gru! Verne!

"

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"Move in!

"

nThe two captains immediately rushed out from the mine.

nThe two mutated aardwolves who had jumped past the fire walls had just managed to avoid a calamity… But ended up surrounded and killed by the adventurers!

nThe tables have turned!

n...

nOutside the mine, White River Valley’s garrison members tactics of chopping down the trees and setting them on fire attracted the attention of the gnoll Sorcerer.

nThe short and thin gnoll Sorcerer had a stunned expression on his face.

nHe didn’t think the enemy would use this kind of strategy to block his attack.

nHe immediately roared a few times, taking advantage of his innate racial skill, Communicator to give new orders to all the gnolls.

nThe Communicator skill was a very rare innate skill. It would help the gnoll Sorcerer to issue better orders a lot faster.

nIgnore the fire walls. Go around. All out attack!

nThese were his orders!

nUnder the gnoll Sorcerer’s commands, a lot of gnolls found a path to follow and began an attempt at circumventing the wall of fire from the east side in order to attack the enemy camp.

nBut at that time, two stealthed people stopped 80 meters away from the hill.

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"Almost there,

" Marvin whispered.

"Any closer and he might notice us. Do your best to make it work.

"

nThe archer Joey silently took out his bow and said with a serious expression:

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"I’ll do my best.

"

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