The night was dark and the wind was high—the perfect time for a surprise attack. The Centipede Soldiers used their innate abilities, crawling forward flat against the ground.
Under cover of the howling wind, the sound of their bodies scraping against the earth was nearly impossible to detect.
Closer. Even closer!
The swaying magic lamps cast a harsh glare that made the Centipede Soldiers deeply uncomfortable.
No matter how well they hid, once the distance between the two sides closed to within a hundred meters, they could no longer remain concealed.
"Attack!"
Realizing they could not continue sneaking forward, Legion Commander Maas decisively gave the order.
The Centipede Soldiers had only just risen and prepared to charge when a rain of arrows met them head-on, killing and wounding more than a hundred in moments.
Seeing this, everyone understood that this surprise attack had been exposed long ago. The enemy had deliberately let them approach.
"Bring up the ballistae and catapults!"
Legion Commander Maas gave another order.
The failure of the frontal sneak attack had been expected from the start.
Though the enemy had caught them in a minor scheme, it had little impact on the overall war.
To cover the two teams infiltrating from the sides, the bigger the commotion here, the better.
As the battle began, the Centipede Soldiers circling around both flanks were all nervous beyond measure.
Though the mountains on either side were not sheer cliffs, they were not much better. They were simply unsuitable for the passage of a large army.
Only one regiment of ambushers had been assigned to each side, not because the Centipede Race lacked troops, but because the paths were truly too difficult to traverse.
Although Giant Centipedes possessed magical beast bloodlines, they were not pure magical beasts after all. Their ability