The Witching Hour of 1994
Chapter 1259

Holding Action (Part Two)

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As expected, just as the defensive fortifications laid out by the witches and Witches reached the mouth of the river valley, the Anse Elves could no longer hold back and launched their attack.

They chose a frontal assault.

Though Witches had always looked down on the Anse Elves' military capabilities, they had to admit that the Elves possessed a complete set of military qualities.

Attacking the valley mouth was an extremely dangerous and difficult choice, but it was also the only correct choice at present.

The terrain of this river valley was exceptionally treacherous. Though the valleys on either side were broad, the entrance itself was shaped like the neck of a bottle. In other words, attacking from above downward made it difficult to strike the camp the Witches had set up. That was the first point.

The terrifying downpour continued, as did the thunderstorm. If they wanted to climb above the valley mouth and attack, the Anse Elves would have to endure even fiercer bombardment from Witch disasters. That was the second point.

Blowing up the river valley was another option, but as described above, the bottle-necked valley mouth would inevitably leave behind a space that the Witches could defend after it collapsed. And with the Witches' engineering capabilities, by the time the Anse Elves decided to charge in, they might already have dug an escape tunnel underground, leaving behind a fully armed yet meatless hard bone for them to gnaw on. That was the third point.

Those three points were merely the [drawbacks visible at a glance]. Going into detail, there were dangers such as [ambush troops] and [spell bombardment].

A frontal assault was precisely the one and only choice.

"Fall back, fall back." After Li Li set another trap at the valley mouth—a mana tripwire triggering [Frost

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