They hated the elves to the core, yet when they actually faced so many of them, they hesitated. The elves were behaving far too strangely! In past battles, the elves had never fought alone. They always hid behind human cavalry or infantry, firing arrows or casting spells to provide ranged support.
This time, however, these elves had gathered in relatively open terrain as a force composed entirely of archers. Either the elves had gone mad, or they were plotting something.
But there was clearly no easy way around this stretch of road. This was neither an endless plain nor a forest, but a swamp with no route around it. With so many elven archers facing them, venturing into the swamp would be unwise as well.
The orcs decided to launch a probing attack. There were too many elves for a hundred Wolf Riders to carry out the assault, so they sent two hundred Wolf Riders charging in a triangular attack formation.
The main orc force waited behind them, ready to attack at any moment. If those two hundred riders managed to break into the elven formation, the rest would swarm in to exploit the opening and wipe out these bluffing elves.
Yu Lin Bloodhawk was a little nervous himself. He still had little faith in this imitation Five-Element Formation. Compared with the confidence of the Bloodhawk Burning Legion's soldiers, his was like the glowing tip of a mosquito coil trying to outshine the moon.
From officers to rank-and-file soldiers, however, everyone in the Bloodhawk Burning Legion brimmed with confidence. They had complete faith in their old commander, who had become almost a legend, and were equally confident in the methods he devised. They believed that as long as they followed his instructions, they would make the enemy suffer, whether those