Battle of Ravenwood Town (3)

Meanwhile, at Shadow Garrison.

On the city walls, Lase, the commander of the Shadow Garrison Knights, was observing the foreign troops surrounding Shadow Garrison with a simple telescope. The more he looked, the more he felt something was wrong, and at the same time, he felt he had overlooked something.

After a while, he finally discovered the problem. He realized that the number of foreign troops active in the siege camp outside the castle did not match the massive camp they had set up. Their construction of a huge camp was giving him the illusion of overwhelming numbers. The reason they were surrounding but not attacking was their insufficient strength, posing no threat to Shadow Garrison.

"Daisy!"

Suddenly, Lase's expression changed drastically. He had finally found the crux of the problem. Since this was just a feint, their true target could only be Ravenwood Town. The relief request sent by Ravenwood Town had likely been intercepted by them. Without time to think, Lase quickly said to his adjutant beside him:

"Quick, assemble the troops! Leave a portion to defend the city, and the rest will follow me to break through the encirclement and head to Ravenwood Town at full speed!"

The sound of hurried footsteps echoed as the Shadow Garrison troops gathered under the city gate. For the sake of speed, Lase only brought the two hundred cavalrymen stationed at the Shadow Garrison and ten formal knights with their squires. The infantry of the Shadow Garrison went ahead to block the foreign troops outside the city.

The city gate opened, and the Shadow Garrison soldiers roared as they charged out of the castle. As Lase had expected, the foreign troops outside the city were just showy; they lacked good armor and fine weapons, and their combat was entirely instinctual. Lase then led the cavalry out of the castle, continuously thrusting his spear to kill the surrounding foreign troops blocking their path. With the assistance of the infantry, they quickly broke through the encirclement and headed directly towards Ravenwood Town.

The perspective shifted back to the Ravenwood Town church. Lase had already arrived at the front of the church with the main force. He saw Dorodamenro, shirtless and standing at the forefront, and his pupils constricted. "A Sword Dancer. It seems the girl's identity is true!" The Shadow Garrison reinforcements could return at any moment, and Lase dared not delay. He waved his hand, roared, and was the first to charge out.

The guards and mercenaries around Dorodamenro quickly stepped forward, raising their shields and spears in a ready stance. Lase charged to the front of the formation, suddenly leaped high, bypassed the front row of soldiers, and landed directly within the formation. Gripping his swords with both hands, he spun his body continuously, sending the surrounding soldiers flying. Dorodamenro's eyes narrowed, he twirled his dual swords, and also quickened his pace to charge forward.

As the allied foreign forces charged into the formation, a chaotic battle began. The first wave of foreign soldiers was mostly pierced directly by the upright spears, with only a few lucky ones hitting shields. The formation was broken, and the Ravenwood Town soldiers could only defend themselves in small groups, protecting each other from behind. Although the foreign soldiers were tactically inferior to the Ravenwood Town side, their innate physical abilities surpassed humans. Relying on their ferocity, instincts, and numerical advantage, they quickly gained the upper hand.

Dorodamenro trapped the arm of a soldier thrusting at him, spun, and used the soldier to block a saber slashing from behind, then delivered a back kick. The foreign soldier who had attacked his comrade was pushed by the kinetic energy of the body as he was unable to retract his saber. He continuously spun his body forward, swinging his swords with his rotations, cutting through the necks, abdomens, and chests of one foreign soldier after another. Most blows were fatal, and those who were lucky enough to survive were finished off by the Ravenwood Town soldiers.

Seeing Lase swing his greatsword and hit a soldier's raised shield, knocking it down directly, then kicking the soldier in the head and snapping its cervical spine, twisting its neck into a strange angle, Dorodamenro knew that only he could deal with this ferocious brown Orc.

He quickened his pace, killing with nimble sword techniques while rapidly closing in on Lase. Lase also noticed Dorodamenro approaching. He forcefully smashed the head of a soldier he was holding against the blade of the greatsword in his other hand. The blade was cut halfway through, and blood and brain matter sprayed onto the blade. Lase let go of the limp soldier's corpse and revealed a bloodthirsty smile to Dorodamenro.

Dorodamenro was not provoked at all. The hardships of his early training and battlefield experience had made his heart as solid as rock. When he was active on the battlefield, Lase was probably not even born yet.

The two approached rapidly. As they met, Dorodamenro suddenly ducked and slid behind Lase, simultaneously cutting a wound behind Lase's left calf. Lase roared and swept back, but Dorodamenro dodged it with a "bridging" maneuver and quickly got up, thrusting his dual swords straight into the sides of Lase's abdomen.

Lase roared in pain and swung his sword down. Dorodamenro tried to pull his swords out but failed. Lase's muscles were extremely strong, and he had firmly jammed Dorodamenro's dual swords. Seeing that he wouldn't be able to dodge Lase's descending greatsword if he didn't let go, the totem on Dorodamenro's body flashed. Dorodamenro's strength and speed suddenly increased, he pulled out his dual swords and retreated three meters away.

He spun his dual swords to shake off the blood, then stepped forward with one leg and backward with the other, holding his swords horizontally, one higher than the other, facing Lase. Lase compressed his muscles to temporarily stop the bleeding from his wounds, gripped the hilt of his sword with both hands, raised his sword, and took a stance at his side.

Dorodamenro sidestepped and dodged Lase's descending greatsword. The greatsword struck the ground, sending sparks flying. Just as Dorodamenro was about to counterattack, an Orc suddenly rushed out from his side. Dorodamenro had to retract his swords to block the attack. Looking left and right, the Ravenwood Town guards had already retreated into the church, and Dorodamenro was surrounded by foreign troops, trapped.

Taking a deep breath, Dorodamenro suddenly jumped and dodged a spear thrust by a Lizardman. At the same time, he twisted his body in mid-air, landed behind it, and directly pierced its chest with his dual swords, throwing the corpse to knock over another Lizardman. Dorodamenro squatted and swept his hands horizontally, directly cutting off the legs of two surrounding foreign soldiers. The two foreign soldiers fell to the ground.

Without time to finish them off, Dorodamenro quickly crossed his dual swords behind him to block a saber, then kicked back to force the enemies away. His dual swords quickly slashed horizontally to the left. As the enemy blocked with their swords, he suddenly straightened his right hand, changing his slash to a thrust. Although the enemy blocked Dorodamenro's left-hand sword, they were pierced through the neck by his right-hand sword.

Hearing the wind, Dorodamenro quickly retracted his swords to block, but was sent flying backward by Lase's immense strength. Seeing that he was about to crash into an upright spear thrust by a Lizardman, Dorodamenro had to once again activate the power of his magic patterns. He twisted his body forcibly in mid-air to dodge the spear while simultaneously cutting off the Lizardman's head.

Surrounded by enemies, even with Dorodamenro's formidable strength, it was difficult to cope. After all, he had no sturdy armor, and even weaker enemies could injure him. Soon, Dorodamenro sustained several wounds.