Chapter 694 693 Black Tide Lonely City

Chapter 694 693. the Black Tide Lonely City
“Big Bird Regiment and Silver Moon Regiment got the remaining two crystal cores, they lost some of their brothers and are now moving towards Fort Courage’s side through the pits we marked, Brother Stick, and Master Qin, we have to bring people to meet them.

Otherwise, with this four-sided siege at the moment, the few people they have won’t be able to get in at all!”

In the Fortress of Courage under the night, Mr. Li, who was temporarily in charge of liaison, quickly stepped forward and passed the new news to the two commanders, who were currently guarding the outer sentry towers of Fortress of Courage along with many players.

In the face of Mr. Li’s proposal, both Stick and Old Qin did not say anything. The situation didn’t really need much explanation.

Everyone in Fort Courage knew how bad the status quo was.

Looking out from this sentry tower, this not-so-large plateau was already surrounded by Splintered Claw Jackal armies and their dog-headed servants in every direction, and it wasn’t even that kind of impromptu siege, in many places one could see trenches dug by the dog-headed people, although crooked but that was clearly imitating the trenches of the Transylvanians.

It was clearly the stance of a prolonged siege and attack.

Obviously the jackals also knew that Fort Courage’s defenses had become extremely difficult to break through after the construction was completed, so they chose a more prudent approach when they had the advantage.

In the case that the Black Flame Pass had already been breached, Fort Courage, which was hanging outside the battlefield, could not get any supplies or support, the jackals did not even need to attack repeatedly, as long as they surrounded here, consumption alone was enough to wear out this group of stubborn people.

This is not a strategic location.

But as long as the blood flag in the center of Fort Courage is still flying, then no matter whether it is the jackals or vampires, or even the believers of the several major churches, they all have the determination to fight and not give up this place no matter what.

“Can’t our Earth Priests bring them here by geomancy like they picked us up before?”

Happy Stick asked in a low voice, and Teacher Li shook his head, saying:

“Picking up people is fine, but not the core crystals. I’ve asked the priests, and they said that that thing comes with a psychic disturbance that interferes with the precise functioning of the geomancy, and that unless it’s manipulated by a psychic master like Madame Tris, it’s basically impossible for it to be transferred in through a teleportation-like method.

We’ll have to go out and pick it up.”

“Then go out.”

Old Qin, who had a pipe in his mouth, inhaled hard as he said:

“It’s nothing more than dying in battle!
It’s not a burden to us, rather the weight of the ‘strategic counterattack’ currently borne by Fort Courage will directly rewrite the ending of the Black Flame Pass attack and defense.

I’ve never seen the Astral Rift, but you veteran players have told me that it’s a powerful weapon that, when unleashed, will cause the Splintered Claw to suffer heavy losses, so I’m going to think of it as a tactical nuke.
It’s a necessary tool that can reverse a localized battlefield disadvantage.

The risk is definitely worth taking!

Especially with the current situation, even if the living forces of the Black Flame Pass can be withdrawn in an orderly manner, it is difficult to immediately replenish the morale that has already been lost, which is fatal in such a large-scale defensive battle.

The Black Plague still had two more phases to follow, and it was necessary to find a way to give the NPCs a serious boost of morale before the subsequent war could proceed smoothly.

Our numbers are too small, whether we can win this war depends on whether their will to fight is fierce enough.

I don’t want to see a defeat during the defense battle due to low morale.”

“We can understand what you mean, a shot in the arm.”

Mr. Lee nodded and said:
“The entire Shadow Tracker Faction is ready, Master Qin, as long as you give the order, we will never say anything!”

“And us!”

Undying Pride Guild Leader Cinnabar Dragon immediately waved his fist and shouted:

“We are all sort of new to the game, we should have lost this life to the position just now, our combat power dish can’t be put to much use, but we also know the importance of this counterattack, I’ll go and explain it to my brothers.

In a moment when we charge out to pick up the men, I guarantee you will see confident budding players marching out with you!”

“I think all the players in Fort Courage are mentally prepared for this, but the problem is that spreading everyone out right now isn’t enough.”

Happy Stick stood up and pointed in the direction where the two crystals were as he said:
“The Jackals in this direction have prepared a twofold position on the outside, it’s almost impossible to cut through it in a short period of time, even if the munchkins have the will to dedicate their lives, it’s hard to blow open the gap, and once this side moves, the Jackals in the other three directions will all come to support.

They’ve practically trapped us here.

So not only do we need the players to step in for this pickup, the NPCs have to act as well, and they’re going to launch ferocious attacks in the other three directions as a way to counteract our pickup.

The good news is that Knight Valander and the 500 Winged Cavalry under his command are at Fort Courage right now, and I can convince them to make a wave of trampling charges that will definitely carve through the Jackal’s position at the critical moment.”

“That’s not right, is it?”

Old Qin frowned and said:
“How do you let the wing cavalry charge in this terrain? You are heavy cavalry, you have to have an acceleration process to get enough impact, these jackals have learned from us and dug trenches have blocked the position, you can’t charge at all.”

“We can! Use a special method of warfare.”

Stick grinned triumphantly and clapped his hands:

“In fact, after the defeat at Sikor City, the Valander Knights have been trying to improve the Winged Cavalry’s overly traditional fighting style, remember the image of the Winged Cavalry jumping into the battlefield from the portal during the previous Blood Banner round?

Knight Valander and I have had our attempts, and we can have the Winged Cavalry start accelerating in the open space in the center of Fort Courage.

A distance of around 1000 meters is more than enough for the Winged Cavalry to enter three stages of acceleration, and opening the portal at the end of our charge path with the assistance of Lord Mannis the Endless will allow the Winged Cavalry to traverse the portal and enter the drop point without losing too much kinetic energy.

This way, by fixing the drop point of the portal at the rear of the Jackal positions, we can charge straight out of the portal, bypass their trenches, and chisel away at the rear of the positions with the majesty of trampling.”

“Crap! Portal raid tactics? Isn’t this an otherworldly rendition of the frog jump tactic? Bullshit!”

The few student parties beside them were dumbfounded.

Pigeon Treasure exclaimed:
“If such a tactic can be implemented, doesn’t that mean that the Winged Cavalry’s mobility has received an epic boost? You guys can totally appear in any position on any battlefield with a divine warrior stance now?”

“Well, indeed! But this method of warfare can only be done with the assistance of Lord Mannis, otherwise the Astral Lostness alone when traversing the portal would be enough to break our bones, and the Astral Realm is not kind to the beings of the material world.”

Happy Stick sighed:

“And it’s a shame that it can’t be used on a large scale, at the moment we don’t have that legion type portal that allows several thousand winged cavalry to charge through together.”

“That’s enough!”

Old Qin narrowed his eyes in thought, exhaled a smoke ring, and said:
“Then you and the Valander Knights will be in charge of the rear of the position’s penetration, and the munchkins and I will be sure to help you open up the front of the position before you pick up those two ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’. As for baiting the other three directions, I’ll talk to the NPC commanders in the castle .”

“No need!”

Old Eugene, the Zealot of the Church of Avalon, came out from the steps.

He hadn’t come alone; Vam Berserker Warrior Chief Floyd and Sue’s Friar Leader, Master Yuri, were both here.

“The Fortress of Courage is a sanctuary of the Trinity, and by guarding it we believers cannot allow the followers of the Evil God to go unchecked, and we can fully understand the importance of the counterattack orchestrated by the Transylvanians to the Black Plague War.

Therefore, while you fight, the followers of the Three Gods will also fight with you.

We will charge into the positions of the Jackals and attack them so that they cannot interfere with your actions.

This is an act of courage and a noble sacrifice.”

Old Eugene’s words represented the decision of these believers, but the more cautious Master Yuri cautioned:

“Warriors of Transylvania, you have more to consider, getting the core crystal is only one aspect, the participants needed to trigger the Great Tear in the Astral Realm are also difficult. The current number of psychics in Fort Courage is not enough to trigger the kind of attack you want to see.

It would take three times as many psionics to turn your wild plans into reality.

And the Dark Mountains are not Transylvania.

The boundaries of the realms here are so solid that it would be extremely difficult for you to lure down astral destruction here, and you would need a dowsing marker that could connect to the astral realms.

With all due respect, something like that is very rare throughout the continent.”

“I know that the difficulty exists, but things have to be done one step at a time.”

Old Qin said in a deep voice:
“The battle of destiny will never come when you are fully prepared, first retrieve the core crystal and then we’ll talk about the rest. Thirty minutes later, our compatriots will escort the crystal to the outside of Fort Courage, that’s when the battle will take place.

In this dark hour, we have no more options.

I hope you all will be prepared.”
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“Let me be clear beforehand, I’m just proposing this idea, I can’t guarantee if it will work, maybe we’ll get swept to the other side of the world by Starbound Trek when we rush into the portal later.”

In the center of the heights of Fort Courage, which had been widened and leveled by the Earth Priests, Happy Stick, who was riding on the “Shadow King” horse, put on his winged cavalry helmet while whispering to Valander, a Vulture Knight who was two times bigger than him, beside him:
“This is risky combat.”

“What battle of the Winged Cavalry is not risky? We were not meant to live in peace from the moment we were born.”

Valander, who had become a Knight of the Forestry Grail, scoffed at Happy Stick’s weak tone, and the leader of the mountain folk grunted, patting the shoulder of the great general under his command with a hand that could easily crush a steel pipe.

Even with the protection of his armor it hurt, and Stick bared his teeth.

“In Silanian cavalry tradition, any cavalryman who lives past the age of thirty is a coward. What I’m trying to say is, if we’re really afraid of death we wouldn’t be in this line of work.”

On the other side of Stick was a knight captain of the Blood League Sovereigns, and he and his hundred or so companions would be joining in the playful charge.

They had followed the players to escape from the collapsing Black Flame Pass to Fort Courage only a few hours ago, but now they were going back into danger, but there was no fear to be seen at all on the faces of these cavalrymen, on the contrary, everyone’s eyes were flashing with rage.

He answered Happy Stick’s concern with a Silurian proverb that made both Valander and Happy Stick laugh.

Behind them, five hundred winged cavalrymen and more than a hundred squire cavalrymen were already in charging formation, and in front of them, under the city wall a kilometer away, the Blood Vulture Clan’s psychic masters stationed here were doing their best to widen the open portal a bit.

Because of the nearby psionic interference, the landing point of this thing won’t be too accurate, but fortunately, the damn jackals have a big position outside, so it’s not a problem to be a little bit off.

“Woo Meow they’re already here, just behind the Jackal positions.”

Stick took a moment to glance at the latest news on the forums as he said to the Valandrian Knight:

“We can start now.”

“Let’s do it then!”

The Valeyard Knight put his Sacred Oak Battle Helmet on his head, lifted the armor-breaking hammer made of vines and oak twists in his hands, and urged his warhorse Chill up, but in the next second, he looked at Happy Stick and said:

“This time, you will lead the charge!”

“Huh?”

Stick was startled and said:
“Isn’t this the commander’s authority? With you here, how is it my turn to lead the charge?”

“Nonsense, you’re riding the Shadow King.”

Valander spat:

“That’s the leader of all the Shadow Mane Warhorses, having it guide the charge will send the Shadow Mane Warhorses into a berserker rage, which will make the impact even stronger, so hurry up and come, you lucky bastard! Cut the crap.”

“Oh, okay.”

Stick took a deep breath and pulled off his mask and lined up his horse.

For the first time, he stood in front of the 500 Winged Cavalry, and the Shadow King on his crotch was already a bit grumpy as he started kicking the ground with his huge hooves, as if urging his rider to hurry up and get on the field, I can’t wait to kick the crap out of a few Jackals and have some fun.

Happy Stick turned his head back, he looked at the cavalry behind him.

He saw the Transylvanian battle flag that was being held high, and the battle flag of the Cadman Raider Union that was being held up by a few of his own brothers, he knew the traditions of the Winged Cavalry, and the fact that he was able to lead a charge in a battle like this meant that he had become one of the representatives of the Winged Cavalry.

Ah, what an honor.

“Then, I order…”

Stick suppressed his excitement as he pulled on his horse’s reins to get Shadow King to advance, shouting as loud as his lungs could make him:
“Jog forward! Prepare to charge!”

In the next instant, the five hundred Winged Cavalrymen moved forward like an impenetrable group, strolling forward and slowly accelerating, and by the time they crossed the three hundred meter distance, the Shadow King was already trotting.

“First acceleration! Charge formation!”

The cavalry began to pick up speed, and the entire ground of Fort Courage began to shake, as Che Che, flying in the sky with a bag of explosive shells and incendiary flasks, clutched her staff and screamed:

“It’s coming! It’s coming! Look out! My favorite part is coming!”

“Secondary acceleration! Don’t fall behind!”

With only three hundred meters left before the huge portal that shone before them, Stick shouted out the command, and this instant’s wing cavalry square began to impact at full force.

The distance of three hundred meters passed almost in the blink of an eye.

In front of him was the flickering scarlet curtain of light, like a wall that could be entered into the battlefield by crashing through.

“Double wings unfold!”

He gave his final command and then charged into the flickering curtain of light with his warhorse, however, in the next second, he heard the strange mocking voice of the Endless One:
“How bad is your luck today? My dear commander forget it, let’s give you an extra service today.”

“Buzz.”

Time-reversing light flickered on Happy Stick, who had been unlucky enough to encounter Starbound Trek, bringing the already lagging behind back to just a moment ago, as he traveled through the curtain of light once again, this time without encountering Trek.

As the curtain of light flickered before him, he was the first to charge into the rear of the Jackal’s position in the middle of the field amidst the hissing of the Shadow King.

Right in front of him was the tent of a small Jackalese Inspector who was grasping a roasted meat and was savoring a late night snack, that Splintered Claw Jackalese Inspector saw the Winged Cavalry rushing out in the flickering of the curtain of light right in front of him, and the poor guy couldn’t even react in time to be knocked away along with his own supper.

In the “trapeze” miserable screams, more winged cavalry in full speed under the impact from the portal to kill out, in a flash there are hundreds of jackals honorably received box meal.

They were eating and singing in their own camp when they were suddenly attacked by the winged cavalry!

Who the hell would be able to withstand that?
The entire rear of the jackals’ position was in chaos almost instantly, and the sentry Little Reed Name sent out by Brother Meow Meow and Lady Water who were waiting in the rear immediately caught the wild reception signal.

She shouted into the air:
“Brother Stick is killing out of the portal with his wing cavalry, crikey! So ferocious, the position is being plowed through, I also want to be a wing cavalry too”

“Fark! Is this the cavalry you guys usually play with? It’s not scientific, is it?”

Judy, the cowboy who was following the Silver Moon Troupe as an “experience baby”, was looking forward to the heavy armored knights that were madly driving in the Jackal position, which was different from the “cavalry” she imagined. Well, there seems to be a subtle difference.

“Charge! Quickly! Follow them, it’s the only chance!”

Brother Woo Meow, who was riding the Thorn Beast, yelled, and the surviving players immediately escorted the two Boundary Core Crystals towards the Jackals’ position.

Their final target was the lone city that stood in the distance under the darkness of the night, as if it had been struck by a black tide but was still standing.

That was the first miracle created by the Transylvanians in the Black Plague War, who would have thought that the same story that was told at the fall of the Black Flame Pass would be played out here?

Ah, fate, what a marvelous dog of a thing!

(End of chapter)