The Battlefield of the Gaxi Mountain Range

Leaving the northern part of the Sudaso Mountain Range and heading north along the edge of the wilderness, it only takes half a day to reach the southernmost point of the Gaxi Mountain Range.

The two mountain ranges are separated only by a vast wilderness, where headhunters used to roam freely. However, with the appearance of the Griffon Corps in the southern part of the Gaxi Mountain Range and their constant harassment of the headhunters in the wilderness, these headhunters have been forced to hide in the Black Iron Mine Castle.

More than two thousand headhunters were surrounded and annihilated by the Rebel Army Half-Elf Warrior outside the castle at the North Mithril Mine. As a result, these headhunters became even more cautious and hesitant.

At night, they worried about Assassin Squad descending from the sky.

During the day, he was again harassed by the Griffon Knight in the sky...

The Unicorn Wild Ox gradually migrated south, and thousands of Half-Elf Warrior traveled along the wilderness to the southern part of the Gaxi Mountain Range, where they stopped on the hillside opposite the South Black Iron Mine Castle.

Just like when the headhunters besieged the mine, thousands of Half-Elf Warrior gathered on the hillside, a formidable force...

There are currently only 1,500 headhunters in the Black Iron Mine Castle, and about 2,000 headhunters in the Central Black Iron Mine. This is the entirety of the headhunters' strength in the southern part of the Gaxi Mountain Range.

The Griffon Corps, and now that Commander Helik had led the Half-Elf Warrior to the South Black Iron Mine, they had not completely surrounded the castle.

Griffins occasionally soared across the sky, and the headhunters finally understood the feelings of those Half-Elf Warrior were trapped in the castle back then...

The headhunter Chieftain stood on the City Wall, his cold gaze fixed on the group of Half-Elf Warrior in the distance. His face was covered with dark markings, like a spider crawling on his face. He still remembered the scene of breaching the castle half a month ago. The headhunters rushed into the castle and almost killed Half-Elf in the castle. They forced the Gray Dwarf to make armor for them.

But now, to these headhunters, the castle is more like a cage, a prison that binds their hands and feet...

Since these headhunters moved into the castle, they have gradually lost control of the wilderness.

Now, the Half-Elf have gathered a large number of warriors and are preparing to trap them in the castle.

The headhunter Chieftain knew very well that within three days, these headhunters would be completely incapacitated, because there was no food in the castle and all their food supplies came from the wilderness.

The Griffon Corps has now driven the Unicorn Wild Ox far away, and their food supply has long been in trouble. If they are trapped in the castle, the headhunters will be starved to death and completely lose their ability to resist in just three days.

After pondering for a long time, the headhunter Chieftain said to his dozen or so team leaders, "Let's abandon this castle and go outside to fight them!"

The headhunter captains immediately obeyed, leading their respective headhunter squads out of the castle and standing in a row on the hillside outside the castle, holding Short Flying Spear and glaring menacingly at the Half-Elf Warrior on the opposite hillside.

More than 1,500 headhunters gathered together, and all of them began to approach the opposite hillside step by step.

The headhunters at the forefront were all clad in armor, their faces covered in black markings, their expressions menacing, as they cautiously advanced...

At this moment, the mixed-race Half-Elf Half-Elf Warrior on the opposite hillside also suddenly stood up. A large group of Sword Dancer came to the front, wearing heavy armor and holding Heavy Sword, forming a human wall.

Behind the Sword Dancer were a group of swordsmen in Light Armor, and on the high ground behind them stood a group of longbowmen.

The mixed-race Elf Sword Dancer continued to approach the headhunters, and the two sides only stopped when they reached the grass at the bottom of the hill, with the two camps less than two hundred meters apart.

At this moment, the headhunter Chieftain raised his Short Flying Spear first. He tilted his head back, gazing at the azure sky, and shouted with all his might: 'Brave hunting tribe! Our ancestors bestowed upon us the right to hunt on this plateau. Now, a group of elves stands before us saying no! We will use our Short Flying Spear to tell them... we are the true masters of Pagesto!'

'We are the masters of Pagesto...'

A group of headhunters shouted loudly in unison with their Chieftain.

Suddenly, a phantom appeared behind the headhunter Chieftain. The phantom was more than three meters tall and looked exactly like the headhunter ancestor.

As the headhunter Chieftain pointed his Short Flying Spear forward, the headhunters, who had been itching to charge, surged forward. With each long stride, they could cover four or five meters across the grass, their exceptional running ability allowing them to race against wild horses on the plains...

They ran forward for about fifty meters, and I threw the Short Flying Spear in my hand. A flurry of Short Flying Spear flew towards the half- Half-Elf's camp...

Commander Helik did not lead the Half-Elf Warrior in the charge; he simply ordered the Elf Sword Dancer to prepare.

As the rain of spears flew over, Commander Helik raised his longsword. A group of Sword Dancer assumed blocking stances and stood still. Just as the Short Flying Spear were about to fall, a barrier of giant swords appeared in front of the half- Elf Sword Dancer.

With a flash of sword light, the Short Flying Spear were all blocked...

Some Short Flying Spear also pierced through the gaps in the greatsword barrier and landed among the mixed- Half-Elf Warrior Half-Elf Warrior, causing some of them to fall to the ground injured.

As the Half-Elf's rectangular formation moved forward, the archers behind them drew their longbows to their full extent...

The Elf Archer launched their arrows into the air, creating a rain of arrows that flew out in perfect parabolic arcs.

Landing among the headhunters, these headhunters simply raised their left arms to protect their heads, letting the arrows pierce their bodies...

The headhunters, clad in armor plates, charged through a hail of arrows.

Only the lucky ones manage to avoid the Wolf Tooth Arrow; the unluckier ones even have two or three stuck in their shoulders and arms. These Wolf Tooth Arrow arrows have six barbs on their tips, making it impossible for headhunters to pull them out of their bodies...

The first volley of arrows was launched, but the second volley was changed to a horizontal barrage, and then the two armies collided with a 'thud'.

With the power of their ancestors, the headhunter Chieftain wielded his War Blade and felled three half- Elf Sword Dancer in succession.

He was then stopped by an Elf Sword Dancer whose greatsword blocked the headhunter Chieftain's War Blade. The headhunter Chieftain knew he had met a formidable opponent. He flipped his War Blade and struck the same spot on the greatsword repeatedly, but he was unable to force the half-elven Elf Sword Dancer to retreat.

At this moment, the half- Elf Sword Dancer held off the headhunters charging at the forefront. Their equipment was far superior to that of the headhunters, and even when the headhunters' War Blade struck them, they were blocked by their armor.

Moreover, the mixed-race Elf Sword Dancer and the swordsmen waiting behind them worked together seamlessly. Just as the Sword Dancer turned to the side, the swordsmen behind him rushed in, stretching their bodies and thrusting their Elf Long Sword into the headhunter's body at the most bizarre angles.

The headhunters were stronger than the Half-Elf Warrior, but food was scarce in the castle recently, so the headhunters went into battle hungry. As soon as they made contact, the two sides became evenly matched...

Under the command of Commander Helik, the Half-Elf Warrior began to disperse to the left and right flanks, their formation resembling an eagle spreading its wings, ready to gather all the headhunters under its massive wings.

What unsettled the headhunter Chieftain was that... the Griffon Corps, which was originally the most active in the Gaxi Mountain Range and the wilderness, had disappeared.

Seeing the Sword Dancer and elven swordsmen working together to annihilate the headhunters charging ahead on the battlefield, the headhunter Chieftain finally realized that these Half-Elf Warrior were different from all the Half-Elf he had ever seen before. They were decisive in battle and often gained the upper hand against the headhunters through cooperation.

In an instant, hundreds of armored headhunters were wiped out by the Half-Elf Warrior...

The somewhat exhausted and slightly injured Half-Elf Warrior retreated to the sides, leaving the center of the general's formation open so that the fresh troops could move to the front.

The headhunter Chieftain and the half- Elf Sword Dancer grappled for a while. Just as the headhunter Chieftain was about to finish off the half- Elf Sword Dancer due to his injury, the Sword Dancer suddenly ran to the left. The headhunter Chieftain chased after him for a couple of steps, but then stopped, sensing that something was wrong.

Then, the most incredible scene appeared before the headhunter Chieftain. As the half- Elf Sword Dancer dispersed to the sides, a row of ballistae appeared in the middle of the army formation. These ballistae had four wheels, and the bow arms were made of ten rolled black iron springs. The grooves contained crossbow bolts that were thicker than Short Flying Spear.

A group of Elf Archer stood behind the ballistae, and as the Half-Elf Warrior moved aside, they fired bolts horizontally.

The bowstring emitted a series of buzzing sounds...

The headhunters were huddled together, with no way to avoid it. The group at the front alertly lunged forward, feeling the crossbow bolts graze their scalps as they flew behind them.

Then came the dull thud of crossbow bolts piercing flesh, followed by the desperate screams of the headhunters who followed behind...

The headhunter Chieftain narrowly avoided an incoming crossbow bolt and charged toward the row of ballistae in the center of the army formation. By this time, no headhunters were following him.

Behind each ballista are two Half-Elf Warrior, each holding an iron hook. This specially made hook is used to pull the bowstring. The elves can place one foot on the footplate behind the ballista, and the two of them work together to pull the bowstring back and hook it onto the mechanism behind the arrow slot.

As the crossbow bolts were reloaded, the ballista was ready for its second volley of fire, and the headhunters charged forward recklessly...

These ballistae once again claimed the lives of another wave of headhunters.

On the battlefield, the formation of Half-Elf Warrior was rapidly encircling the headhunters...

As the headhunter Chieftain dodged the second crossbow bolt, it grazed his cheek, nearly tearing his left cheek open and exposing his tendons and bloody teeth...

He finally regained consciousness due to the intense pain.

The headhunter Chieftain straightened up and looked to both sides of the battlefield. Seeing that he was surrounded by Half-Elf Warrior, he finally realized the gravity of the situation. His whole body trembled violently as if he had fallen into an ice cave. He quickly turned around and shouted to the headhunters who were still charging desperately behind him, "All warriors of the hunting tribe, follow me and charge over there..."

He was speaking in the headhunter's slang.

And the Ancestor Shadow reappeared behind him...

The headhunter Chieftain channeled immense power into his body, allowing him to leap forward seven or eight meters, with a volley of arrows raining down behind him.

The Half-Elf swordsmen behind him couldn't catch up at all.

The headhunter Chieftain charged directly to the left flank of the chariot, with all the headhunters following Chieftain him...

The Chieftain of the headhunters leaped high into the air, raising his War Blade above his head, while the Ancestor Shadow behind him also raised its arms.

As the headhunter Chieftain swung his War Blade down, the Ancestor Shadow behind him instantly coalesced into his body. At this moment, the black markings on the headhunter Chieftain's face emitted a faint golden glow, and a surge of Battle Qi erupted from his body as the War Blade slashed down.

The Half-Elf Warrior who were blocking the headhunter Chieftain's way were almost simultaneously injured by the domineering arc of battle Battle Qi...

The headhunter Chieftain seized the opportunity to charge forward...

The other headhunters followed behind, managing to carve a bloody path from the flank and escape towards the north side of the mountain.

Seeing the headhunters break through the encirclement, Commander Helik was naturally unwilling to let them go, and he quickly summoned his Half-Elf Warrior to give chase.

The grass below the hillside was littered with the heads of headhunters.

A large group of Half-Elf Warrior chased after the headhunters...

In the eyes of these Half-Elf, the headhunters were nothing more than Slave Traders sold Half-Elf.

Back in Padesto City, it was the exposure of their resistance against Lord Alvis trade that sparked a planar riot among these Half-Elf...

Now, these Half-Elf Warrior naturally hated the headhunters in front of them.

This battle outside the castle at the South Black Iron Mine was meticulously prepared by Commander Helik. As the Scales of Victory tipped in favor of the half -Half-Elf, a large number of headhunters scattered across the slopes of Xiwana Mountain, fleeing north in a sorry state...

The group of headhunters ran all the way to the vicinity of the Central Black Iron Mine in Aorilian Mountain. Their disheveled appearance startled the headhunters guarding the Central Black Iron Mine Castle.

Before the headhunters could even figure out what was going on, the Half-Elf Warrior chasing after them stopped on the hillside opposite the castle.

The Half-Elf Warrior did not rush to the castle; instead, they began to gather on the opposite hillside...

At this moment, Roy is having more than a hundred Gray Dwarf build a wall at the southern entrance of Tianpu Canyon.

The Griffon Corps is driving the headhunters from Tianpu Canyon northward...

The rocks here can be sourced locally, and the stone base of the wall was built in just half a day.