Chapter 668: It could be done
Riva and his companions' plan had clearly succeeded. Though they did not yet know it, Qin Xiaoxia understood that the Savage Beastmen army had lost at least a third of its troops to the flood.
A small contingent had already crossed the river, but it posed little threat. The large force that had yet to cross could only stare helplessly at the water for now.
On the mountaintop, Youyi gazed down at the raging flood. The water seemed endless, making it all the more terrifying.
She looked excitedly at Riva and the wounded soldier, Gurian, whom he was supporting.
"We did it!!! How do you think the Savage Beastmen are doing now? Did lots of them drown? They were crossing the river, right?"
"They will!! Plenty of them will drown!"
Gurian smiled and glanced at the sky.
"Only Lord Riva could observe the changes in the stars so precisely. According to his earlier calculations, the Savage Beastmen force could number somewhere between a hundred thousand and two hundred thousand. They would also choose to cross at night. They're too impatient to wait, and getting that many troops across takes a very long time."
"The flood will keep gathering force as it rushes down the gorge. When it reaches open ground, the surge will fan out. It will definitely inflict unimaginable losses on the Savage Beastmen!"
The other soldiers, their muscles aching, also gazed into the distance with anticipation, as though they could hear the Savage Beastmen's panicked roars at the sight of the flood and their dying screams.
"Uh-oh, shouldn't we get going? Those Sogians down there must be losing their minds..."
Youyi joked in an odd, distinctly Earthlike tone, pointing toward both banks of the dam below the cliff.
Countless torches had already