Chapter 131: Tactics
The battle at this moment is very intense. The army of Roam City is gradually pushing back the army of Tharros City toward the citadel.
This is a very terrible thing; it is exactly like being backed into a corner, or it could be said, being hemmed in. This means that just launching a random slash or any strike would cause danger to the Tharros side.
The barrier of Tharros City is gradually weakening due to the great destructive power from the energy cannons.
Beneath the ground. There are many people wearing black cloaks continuously pouring energy into a silver square stone block floating in mid-air; it is one of the square blocks used to maintain the barrier. But just looking at them, one can see these people are gradually losing strength and can hardly maintain the barrier.
The cannons usually aim at one point of the barrier and attack, but a few energy cannons are firing toward the forces behind, right against the walls of Tharros City.
Clamr, the eldest son of Cavensyl, is also retreating in the crowd of soldiers and returning with blood all over his body.
The vice-captains are the same, the mercenaries too.
As for the strong individuals in the army of Roam City, they are also quite tired. Hufu, as strong as he is, is also panting and standing behind; Sasori has also stopped attacking and stands observing to recover strength. Not just them, but everyone is like that, only the soldiers.
On the Tharros City side, there are three layers of shields erected in rows to block the advance of the Roam City army. Energy spheres, slashes, elements... they fly whistling past heads and attack toward the living shield walls created by brave soldiers.
Boom!!!
Many people are killed, but that shield wall does not let anyone enter when there is a gap; they immediately fill the gap.
There is one person in a black cloak coordinating between the Earth element and Water element to create a swamp under the feet of the Tharros shield walls. But behind, there are people creating a large energy membrane under the feet so the soldiers step on it and do not touch the ground.
But the plot to break the defensive formation is not finished; many large wolves rush forward, even buffaloes, tigers... But as they rush up, they are all blocked by those with long-range attack capabilities.
But the living shield formation is also human. On the Roam City side, the Frenzy Blood Drums continuously beat "Boom Boom" from afar, making the Roam City soldiers like a bloodthirsty mob.
Varlen, standing far away, feels a bit annoyed because of the lost time, turns back, and shouts loudly toward the rear:
"Where is that guy? Why is it taking so long?"
From afar, a fat guy with a giant body, each step heavy, but his two arms are very strong. He walks to the place where the drum is being struck hard by a muscular man with two drumsticks. This guy is bigger than the man by two heads; he pushes hard, making the man fall to the ground. The "creaking" sound as he steps on the wooden floor seems to show the firmly built wooden floor is weakly crying out.
His two hands hold two large pieces of wood as thick as tree trunks, climbing the stone stairs heavily. He swings his arms and beats the drum with great power, making the sound echo several times louder than the muscular man's beating.
Boom…boom….boom…
At the same time, from two sides. One army on the right led by Cattara—originally it was Kamika, but the girl didn't want to, so she switched to Cattara. The left side is Zaier, and the rear is Numb. Three armies of Tharros City tightly surround the army of Roam City.
Varlen, standing far away, grits his teeth in anger, and the look of panic is still clearly present.
"Damn it."
Though surrounded, the army of Roam City is slashing left and right, breaking through the encirclement. The Frenzy Blood Drums beat very hard, making the Roam City army increase in strength and suicidal madness.
Explosions echo from energy blasts, dirt and rocks fly everywhere, screams of miserable pain, screams of madness.
Inside Tharros City. Hastk, vice-captain of the southern defense army of Tharros City, is sitting in the middle of a large empty plot of land, legs crossed, eyes closed in extreme focus. His body is covered by a thick layer of energy, two hands gradually bringing themselves close together.
Selena stands atop the wall and observes down with a worried look.
"Please, Goddess, let me succeed."
Hastk suddenly widens his shoulders a bit to both sides, his mouth spitting out a mouthful of blood due to overload.
He has a very useful power, which is teleportation. Not to mention his teleportation ability is so strong he can create red stones to act as bridges to teleport others. The red stones that Selena distributed to everyone are exactly the stones Hastk created with great effort.
He was supposed to be a person of the Royal Family, but he refused the main army of this kingdom and stayed at Tharros City for his wife, partly not wanting to leave his homeland. But there was also a condition: if there was war between nations, he would be forced to join the army.
Teleportation ability is very strong. The reason such a small army made Hastk spit blood was because it wasn't enough. Not enough here refers to time; the stones Hastk created did not yet meet the conditions to be used, but since time was urgent, he was forced to create them at that level. Thus, the conditions were not met, but he tried to use them, which is why he coughed up blood.
From three directions—left, right, and rear. A soldier with a green outfit blending with leaves, he camouflages himself and glides past tree trunks cautiously. Squinting his eyes to see clearly, that is Varlen shouting loudly commanding the battle. The soldier says nothing but silently turns away, his eyes having a bit of killing intent but then it fades. Because even if found, it is only one person, while to kill the leader of the pack needs more, but more would cause attention, so it would be very difficult.
In this soldier's hand, he holds a quite small golden cup; inside is a black liquid with a bit of purple light. The soldier holds it very casually, but it does not spill at all.
The soldier looks toward distant Tharros City in deep thought, praying in his heart that everything will succeed.
Suddenly, Selena creates a large pink energy sphere as big as a well-mouth, and this sphere is round. She launches it straight up into the sky. Cavensyl below swings energy slashes upward toward the sphere above their heads.
Boom!!!!
The energy sphere explodes loudly in the air, black smoke flying hazily in the space above. Varlen, standing far away, is panicked, an uneasy premonition rising in his heart.
"Is it some signal? Could it be the encirclement tactic isn't everything?"
He shouts loudly giving orders:
"Beat the drums harder for me, or I will kill you!"
The drum sound echoes louder, feeling as if everything is shaking because of the loud noise.
The soldier is watching the sun which has passed the zenith, showing the battle has taken place from early dawn until past noon and is still continuing. Suddenly seeing the large explosion, he seems to know that is the signal and turns around.
Right after the signal occurs, the entire army of Tharros City immediately flashes with light and disappears. All of them are teleported by Hastk back to the large empty land in the city; everyone is panicked, not understanding what happened. There were a few who were overly cautious; when the stone glowed with red light, they threw the stone away, and now only a few scattered people remain with the entire army of Roam City, who are staring blankly, everyone's face panicked to the point of fear because they have an ill premonition.
The cup in the soldier's hand is covered by a blue energy source created by this soldier; very quickly the transparent barrier layer is no longer there.
The black liquid with purple light gives off a pungent, unpleasant smell that makes anyone who smells it wince; it is OIL.
Immediately sitting down and tilting it toward the ground.
Instantly, like a giant wave, oil pours out from the small cup. In his hand is a flame; he has the power to use fire, his steely eyes looking down.
Below the battlefield, from three sides—rear, right, and left. A tide of oil surrounds the entire battlefield like a cataclysmic flood sweeping everything; the oil has a black-purple color submerging everything. The wave surrounding the entire army is 1.5 tharns (3 meters) high.
On top of the oil tide is a large fire running along and running at extremely high speed.
The entire army of Roam City has not finished being panicked because the Tharros City soldiers were teleported away. Now they are further surrounded tightly by the oil tide approaching like a flood. Varlen stands on high, watching the black-purple oil tide with fire burning extremely high gradually submerging his army. He is stunned and collapses to his knees, his eyes blank, his panting becoming increasingly rapid as he knows this is the end for him, an incredibly abrupt end.
The Roam army had many who rode on a few birds, among them Sasori and Hita clinging to the legs of the birds, wanting to escape in panic. But the army on the wall wouldn't let them escape so easily; energy strikes and energy arrows fly "Whoosh Whoosh" attacking, making them fall.
The entire army of Roam City is submerged in the oil flood and struggles as their bodies are soaked in hot oil, stinging to the point of madness, and gradually burned to death. Miserable screams echo piercingly as if from the deep hell of souls down there longing to be reborn.
The hot oil is terrifyingly hot, making their skin charred black, their bodies like pieces of meat in a large frying pan, the bodies making "xèo xèo" sounds as flesh is burned, but overwhelmed by the screams.
"Aaaaaaaa."
"Save me."
"It's so hot I'll die, my body..."