Chapter 123: The Defense of Two Eyes Island (2)
“If it was a bronze level ocean frog, I would need a helper to surround it.”
“But ordinary ocean frogs are not my match!”
“I must kill it as soon as possible, the faster the better.”
With strong battle intent, Lan Zao quickly finished off the ocean frog.”
He looked around, then rushed to another place.
“Kill!”
He fought bravely and purposely looked for ordinary ocean frogs to attack.
Ocean frog skin was tough, and those of similar level would usually get in a deadlock with them.
But the battlefield was a race against time.
“Good, I killed another!”
“That’s the second one.”
“But it isn’t enough.”
I need to do better, get more battle merits, and stabilize my position.”
“Then I’ll be able to help the commander and not disappoint his expectations of me!”
Lan Zao’s battle intent stood tall and unafraid.
Situations similar to his was taking place everywhere.
The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps had formulated the best strategy. They dealt with the ocean frog attack by having their bronze levels deal with ordinary ones, their iron levels deal with bronze level ones, and their silver levels deal with the iron level ones.
Thus, in every contest level suppressed all and allowed them to quickly clean up the ocean frogs and stabilize the rear.
As time dragged on, the greater the damage the ocean frogs would cause.
The Bandage Mercenary Corps’ second line of defense had collapsed because their higher-ups had failed to respond adequately and hesitated.
Soon after, the dragonman youngster and Zong Ge returned to their command post.
The highest level in this ocean frog group was only iron level. This allowed them to swiftly eliminated the ocean frog group.
Such good luck won’t persist for long.
Before long, they suffered a second ocean frog group jumping in.
This time, the frog leader was a silver level.
But Zong Ge and the dragonman youngster fought together and swiftly beheaded the silver level leader.
“Say, these ocean frogs could become one’s mounts. They can be domesticated.” Said the dragonman youngster.
He had always been interested in establishing cavalry.
Mystifying Monster Island was like so.
But Zong Ge shook his head, as a general, he knew more, “Ocean frogs are unsuitable for humans. Frogmen have a more mature taming method. Frogmen can breathe underwater, steer ocean frogs across the seafloor, then jump ashore. That is one of the frogemen’s most common tactics.”
The two took a moment of leisure to chat a few words, then once again sallied out to attack.
The beast tide brought increasingly more pressure, and eventually, one of the walls collapsed, throwing a dozen people from it, followed by them being submerged by the beast tide. This was the first time the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps took major casualties.
Due to the dragonman youngster blocking the gap, that section of wall was swiftly repaired.
The basic maintenance puppets displayed ither immense impact.
They soon withdrew, and under Zi Di’s control, they entered an alchemy formation built beforehand and filled up on their respective magic power.
“Moo!” With a prolonged growl, a turtle slowly climbed onto the old island.
“What is that?” Someone cried out in alarm.
“Gasp…” Someone drew in a cold breath.
When a merchant alliance store manager in charge of the defensive line, a silver level fighter, saw the turtle, his face greatly changed, “That’s a bramble turtle group. Quickly, send a distress signal, we can’t stop them!!”
Bramble turtles were slow moving, however they were massive, like gigantic elephants.
Every time they took a step, they would leave behind deep footprints in the ground.
The surrounding beast tide surged around them, but it couldn’t stop the turtles’ advance. Regardless of whether it was ghost face fish or lightning sharks, the turtles could easily crush one with its foot.
Walls and iron panels collapsed with a loud rumble.
All were toppled by the turtles.
As a silver level fighter, the merchant alliance manager stayed on the front lines and tussled with the turtle leader.
After a few rounds, the silver fighter felt powerless.
He was the same level as his opponent, but the latter’s defense,, regeneration, and bodily essence far surpassed a human’s, he couldn’t even bite at them.
The others besieging it also suffered grave complications.
The bramble turtle had sharp brambles growing all over their back.
The brambles whipped or tied up the people attacking it from the front, allowing the turtle to continuously move forward at a smooth pace.
Every bramble turtle was like a moving fort.
With them taking the lead, the defensive line was completely broken through. A gap in the old island’s defense appeared, and the beast tide surged into that gap.
One Eye immediately transferred manpower to help the defense.
Three clergymen and six silver levels rushed to provide aid.
Two Eyes Island had at least 27 silver levels, not counting the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps.
These fresh troops rapidly displayed their impact and for the first time, the bramble turtles stopped moving.
The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps didn’t have bramble turtles, but they did welcome a large amount of narwhale.
The narwhals outnumbered the turtles by several-fold, and their charge was like a battering ram at a city gate.
The spiral horns on their heads extended out a few meters, and with incomparable sharpness, they penetrated the iron panels and walls. Some unlucky Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps mercenaries were skewered by the horns and died on the spot.
“It no longer essential to continue defending the second defensive line.” Said Zong Ge.
“Retreat!” The Dragonman youngster ordered, and the mercenaries began to conduct an orderly retreat.
The cultivators brought up the rear, while the ordinary members withdrew first.
When two fighters responsible for gathering information witnessed this, they couldn’t help but sigh.
“This is the most combat coordinated mercenary corps I’ve ever seen.”
“Not just mercenary corps, I believe the city guard is unimpressive in comparison.”
One Eye and the others didn’t have detection type alchemy puppets, they had to dispatch scouts to gather information on the defensive lines in a timely matter.
Therefore, the two fighters saw a lot.
The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps gave them an amazing feeling.
Not only did their teams coordinate, but their leaders also assumed their duties.
The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps’ powerful members fought with all of their strength and at the head of their troops. The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps was not hasty or disorderly, their various dispatchments were tight and smooth.
This information was handed over to One Eye.
After One Eye looked at it, his gaze tightened, “The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps really is the strongest of them.”
“Excluding the city guard, they are second. They are even stronger than my patrol fleet!”
“Their defensive position was historically the most heavily attacked part of the island.”
But now, they only just abandoned their second defensive line.”
“Until now, they have never displayed their full strength. They haven’t used the gold level cannon yet either.”
“Once you reach the third defensive line, I don’t believe you can still endure that temptation!”
One Eye looked forward to seeing the gold level cannon being used.
The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps was a true newcomer and had no foundation on Two Eyes Island.
Although Hun Tong thought favorably of the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps, under the pressure of the beast tide, Hun Tong’s defense plan still struck a nerve oh how he used the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps.
The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps reached the temporary dock.
Their 12 ships were stored here. All of them were ordinary ships. The dragonman youngster’s and Zong Ge’s flagships were medium sized ships, while the rest were small sized ships.
After the main force arrived on deck, the beast tide followed at their heels.
Silver level narwhals crashed into the enormous clearing, followed by lightning sharks, ghost face fish, and other beasts swarming in.
For a moment, pressure on the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps increased dramatically.
Ocean frogs jumped on deck, breaking a mast after continuous strikes.
Mercenaries used alchemy crossbows and firearms to return fire.
The dragonman youngster and Zong Ge had been prepared, but they were unable to rout the beast tide’s offensive.
The beast tide suffered disastrous casualties, but due to their enormous scale, they could suffer even more.
“Should we use the cannon?” Cang Xu asked, “We cannot protect our ships.”
Zi Di shook her head, “No need!”
“Using the gold level cannon will consume too much magic power.”
“We need to use at minimum, a silver level artillery shell, an expensive proposition.”
“Before the battle, Hun Tong did not pledge to compensate these expenditures.”
“What does it matter if a few ships are lost? These are ordinary ships and are cheaper than artillery shells.”
“This is Hun Tong’s domain, not ours.”
Zi Di understood this cost calculation clearly.
Actually, on this battlefield, if the two magicians displayed their genuine abilities, that is necromancy, would yield a strong battle result, and would get even stronger as the battle went on.
But it couldn’t be used!
Ordinary mercenaries would panic and flee.
News would leak, and the survivors’ outward identity would be ripped to pieces.
The Sheng Ming Empire cracked down on and hunted necromancers with constant vigilance.
“We need a magic ship! If we had one now, even a lowly bronze level one, it would be much better.” Zong Ge sighed.
When they arrived at the third line of defense, the pressure on the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps was greater than the other two mercenary corps.
The main reason was that besides sustaining heavier beast tide attacks, they didn’t have a magic ship.
Both the Iron Club and Bandage Mercenary Corps had a bronze level magic ship that served as their flagship.
In this forceful defensive battle, having a magic ship was the backbone of the battlefield.
“If things don’t work out, then we’ll have to retreat first.” Said the dragonman youngster.
Zong Ge replied, “Perhaps we can continue blowing up passages to allow the ships to follow our retreat.”
The dragonman youngster shook his head, “That will damage the old island even more, and that will influence our relationship with Hun Tong. Don’t forget, we still need to rest and reorganize on this island, along with participating in the auction.”
As the dragonman youngster was planning their retreat, reinforcements arrived.
“Commander Long Fu, I have come to lend you a hand!” The wandering ronin Ku Feng brandished his long sword, shouting as he killed his way into the battlefield.
On the other side, treasure hunter Hong Zhu swam through the sea water, occasionally jumping out, and occasionally diving back in, leaving fish corpses behind.
Not long after, the card magician Shi Fa also rushed over.
His hand was constantly moving.
The cards he threw out turned into flames, ice, thunder balls, and so on.
The dazzling magic bombardment greatly restrained the beast tide’s offensive.