Chapter 296
Chapter 296: A tragic battle
In the mountain valley, members of the alliance were either lightly snoring, nodding off, or dead asleep. Very few were able to stay awake. The few solitary, cautious folk also gradually closed their heavy eyelids beneath the sleeping effect of the fog.
Everything seemed perfect. The outcome seemed predestined the moment the Death Guards started to advance into the mountain valley. This sneak attack could simply be considered a classic one for the books, if it hadn’t been for a frightening, loud rumbling sound.
Rumble…
A surge of wind blew from who knew where, just as the Death Guards crossed the channel into the mountain valley. The power of it was violent. The wind first uproot a small tree on the mountain, creating a strange butterfly effect. One tree after another fell in bizarre succession. This finally caused the unbelievable collapse of the rocks on the mountain.
Moss-covered rocks, as large as a millstones, smashed straight down on the mountain valley. This kind of movement created earth-shattering sounds, waking up all of the mercenaries that were sound asleep. They abruptly jumped up, as if faced with the greatest enemy of their lives, grabbing their weapons before looking at the situation.
Edwin was also an accomplished alchemist on the side. He understood that only sleeping drugs with minor effects would be the kind not as easily discovered by experts. Edwin had been gloating over the victory within his grasp when the rumbling sound completely destroyed his wishful thinking. He looked at the mercenaries stationed in the valley all looking around with weapons in hand and then at the Death Guards entering the mountain valley. Edwin had to swallow back his curses and issued an order to attack, “Forward, kill!”
Both Edwin and Laureton understood that their ambush would no longer be perfect thanks to the rumbling avalanche. The two secretly cursed as they hastily issued orders to attack, while their eyes looked up and down at the epicenter of that tumultuous incident. A strange suspicion filled their hearts.
Why had that avalanche happened? How could its force have been so large? How could it have generated such an astonishing effect? If it were man made, then who’d done it?
Doubt after doubt instantly piled up in their hearts, but only for a moment. The two couldn’t think much as all of their attention was pulled back to the slaughter that was about to take place in the mountain valley.
Dark grand magus Edwin also frowned when Han Shuo finished saying these words. He abruptly used the levitation skill to float up and out of the mountain valley. He carefully took note of his bearings before quickly returning to the mountain valley. He landed swiftly near the now twice berserk Laureton, “A large number of mercenaries are gathering here. How could this happen?”
“The Rainbow Sickle mercenary band isn’t far from here. They must have discovered something because we’ve caused such a big movement in this place. Heh heh, four to five hundred out of the one thousand mercenaries in the mountain valley have already died. Florida will only be coming to his death if we make good use of time and kill them all. Just his Rainbow Sickles alone simply can’t stop our momentum!”
Laureton randomly threw out an answer as he chopped a two meter tall orc warrior in half with a wave of his Berserker’s War Axe. He then rammed into the crowd in front, seemingly insane with happiness as he was able to indulge in battle.
“That’s not it. It isn’t just the Rainbow Sickles. There’s also a large group of orcs!” Edwin shouted to Laureton as if there was a fire was raging in his heart.
“Damn it! How can that be?” Laureton was startled. He abruptly jumped to Edwin and asked with horror.
“Kill them!” Adam Menlo was riding a ten meter long flaming bird in the air. He rushed forward with his family members, who were behind him, also riding various magic creatures.
The dull sounds of iron hooves pounding against the ground outside of the mountain valley were heavy, like a beating drum. The experts of the three great powers were gathering in the valley, tightly blocking Laureton’s group’s retreat.
“Shove it all and bring forth all your efforts to bear, or none of us will be able to escape!” Since the situation had become like this, Laureton naturally understood what was to follow. He let out a long howl to the heavens. His ferocity burst as he rushed straight forward to kill the remaining mercenaries in the mountain valley.