Dust billowed in the distance, and the dull pounding of footfalls beat against everyone's hearts like muffled drums. First, a row of coldly gleaming saber blades came into view. Then the muscular bodies of the orcs astride dire wolves appeared, one after another.
These orc Wolf Cavalry had clearly just finished looting. The bags on their dire wolves bulged, and it looked as though the shops of Doro Town must have been stripped down to the last roof tile.
Perhaps it was precisely because these Wolf Cavalry carried so much plunder that their dire wolves' speed had suffered, allowing Bichir and his party to make it this far on their feeble warhorses.
Behind the boulder, Han Shuo held a sturdy crossbow and calmly aimed at the most powerfully built orc at the front. Beside him, Fanny also held a crossbow, constantly adjusting her aim. Determination shone in her bright eyes. It seemed that, faced with life or death, Fanny too understood that she had to harden her heart.
Lisa's hands were empty, but several huge boulders stood beside her and some of the other students. Han Shuo had already positioned these rocks so that a firm push would send them rolling down, certainly inflicting even more terrifying damage than the crossbows.
Amid the howling of dire wolves, several dozen Wolf Cavalry raced forward like the wind and finally came fully into view at the entrance to the passage. They moved swiftly, never anticipating an ambush along the way. Waving their sabers and shouting brazenly, they drove their dire wolves charging forward.
"Awooo! Awooo! Awooo!"
Several dire wolves were the first to catch their forelegs on the tripwires. Their front legs suddenly buckled, throwing them off balance, and they let out agonized howls. Carried by their momentum, four Wolf Cavalry riders