The dozen or so captains quickly dispersed, and the Half-Elf guards swiftly formed a Silver Shield Wall in the jungle.
Jerome hurried over with a large group of Priests and immediately bestowed blessing auras upon the shield-bearing Half-Elf guards.
As prayers rang out continuously, beams of holy light shot into the sky, and towers of light rose throughout the jungle.
The Gray Dwarf Bandits came charging from afar with Square Hammers in hand. When they saw the Half-Elf guards forming a shimmering silver shield wall among the trees ahead, they immediately slowed and stopped at a distance.
Only when a Gray Dwarf Warrior clad head to toe in black armor stepped forward and berated the Gray Dwarf Bandits did they move again.
The Gray Dwarf Bandits began howling, raised their Square Hammers, and charged toward the Elven Guards.
Tens of thousands of Gray Dwarves formed a dark mass within the dense forest, their heavy footsteps making the entire woodland tremble without pause...
Commander Marchio charged at the very front, followed by a vast number of Gray Dwarf Bandits.
From an aerial view, one would have seen that the Gray Dwarves had formed an arrowhead formation, with Marchio at its tip...
As the Gray Dwarf Bandits rapidly drew closer, countless Elf Archers appeared on the horizontal branches above the Elven Guards. Then a rain of arrows shot straight down.
Commander Marchio hurriedly raised his Dwarf Chain Shield and shouted, "Raise your shields!"
The Gray Dwarves running in front all raised their Dwarf Chain Shields. Commander Marchio roared amid the crowd, and a shockwave spread outward from him. The faces of the Gray Dwarves around him turned crimson...
The arrow rain arrived in an instant. Most of the arrows were deflected by the Gray Dwarf Bandits' chainmail, but some slipped through gaps