My Players Are So Fierce

2001: Chapter 668: Hold Out for Three Days!

I’ll Return to the Battlefield Like Lightning!

2001 -668: Hold Out for Three Days!

I’ll Return to the Battlefield Like Lightning!

After the Gnolls launched their full-scale attack on the Blackflame Mountain Pass, eager and battle-hungry newbies continuously dashed from the “safe zones” to join the fight.

Even though players below the Black Iron rank were not conscripted to the frontline, this didn’t deter the newbies’ determination and courage to contribute to Sir Murphy’s “grand plan” and the rise of Transylvania.

If you asked them, they would all say they are full of courage and willing to give everything for victory.

But the main reason is that staying at the rear is just too “boring”.

Currently, there are hardly any monsters in the Transia Region worth drawing a weapon for, leaving players only running errands for the NPCs.

At the Wolf Castle in the Polluted Swamp, you might receive combat missions from the Bloodclaw Clan to clear out Swamp Tigers, crocodiles, or wandering Skeleton Army members, but after witnessing the grand spectacle of the Black Disaster War, even newbies feel that going back to fight tigers and Skeleton Soldiers is somewhat unsatisfying.

This is just not coooool enough!

More importantly, a few “retired soldiers” from the Loyalty Song Guild have been teaching newbies how to set traps in the swamp using all the resources at hand, and the Loyal Brother’s arsenal has specially set up a production line churning out various models of anti-infantry landmines and some dangerous “Butterfly Mines”.

Lord Qin’s requirement for the newbies is to turn the Polluted Swamp into a guerilla combat hell before the first two defensive lines are breached.

This proposal has already received the approval of the Maginot Line’s Commander, Lord Kudell, and the immediate consequence of this order is that as long as the newbies are at the Wolf Castle, they have to complete over twenty trap setups each day.

Just like those goddamned tedious daily tasks disliked by everyone.

Initially, this kind of work was quite interesting, but over time it just becomes a passion drain, except for a few war veterans who absolutely love it, the other newbies still wish for a more “vibrant” gaming career.

Well, most people’s pursuit of satisfaction and happiness is quite simple.

If there are monsters to kill, they are very happy, and if killing monsters results in loot drops that can also earn them honor, the newbies’ enthusiasm will be completely ignited.

Of course, lack of skill is a big problem.

With the current level of combat skill, three newbies together can’t even take down a single Iron Elite Jackal Barbarian.

But the Six Gods’ Blessing from Shadow Valley has boosted their combat abilities, allowing them to pull through critical moments.

Most importantly, after the “Battle of Death Plateau”, every newbie has developed a mindset of a “Suicide bomber”.

Some little maniacs even started to enjoy this kind of kaboom, taking down the enemy while also taking down themselves in a cool combat tactic.

The only issue is that this tactic can only be used once every three days.

But that’s no big deal!

When playing games, as long as it’s fun, that’s all that matters.

“Boom”

Another newbie shouted “For the glory of Sir Murphy!” as they activated the curse and pulled the detonator amidst a cacophony of curses from the gnolls.

This explosive, filled with yellow dynamite, had a rather mediocre destructive power.

Triss had already developed “otherworldly TNT”, and the formula had been handed over to the arsenal.

Loyal Brother is in large-scale production, but the original stock also needs clearing out.

This means as long as newbies wish to self-destruct, the arsenal will never be short of tools to send them on a “three-day offline tour”.

However, the greatest weakness of the self-destruct tactic is that it has a “diminishing edge effect”.

Using a modern term like Ockham’s razor or whatever?

The courage and will of the newbies are indeed strong, but the number of enemies they face is just overwhelmingly huge.

Even if there are continuously newbies self-sacrificing and launching fireworks at critical moments, the first line of defense at Blackflame Mountain Pass inevitably fell into the hands of the gnolls.

They were not even willing to stop and continued their assault on the second line with a momentum like they intended to charge straight through the Blackflame Mountain Pass.

Fifty thousand ferocious gnolls and three times as many gnoll hooligans are enough to launch a terrifying and determined attack at any point along the mountain pass defense line.

This time, it’s not just some petty skirmish.

The gnolls have a complete military system, with Barbarian Soldiers, hunters, assassins, and priests.

The combination of these units gives them enormous charging power.

A spire of voodoo war flags stood aloft on the charging front, locking in the gnolls’ morale, and shackled Cannibal Demon beast infantry were released.

Additionally, in the rear, a group of werewolf necromancers incessantly revived bodies on the battlefield.

The most exasperating part is that these guys attacked with support from meteors descending from the sky.

This is a full-spectrum, multi-angle “ground-air integrated” assault, elevating the combat intensity at Blackflame Mountain Pass to a level that would even leave veteran players flustered.

Even though the second and third lines of defense are currently held by the Transia People, who have earned the nicknames “狂战” and “悍勇” through a series of recent victories, and although they remain as brave and resolute as ever, when faced with the overwhelming surge like a hurricane tidal wave from the gnolls, the players are forced to retreat constantly.

Two and a half hours after the general assault began, more than half the second line of defense had fallen into the hands of the gnolls.

Worse yet, the Shield Dwarves defending the underground tunnels already suffered over two-thirds casualties.

Unable to hold the excavated tunnels any longer, they chose to blow them up, but there are just too many gnoll servants.

The blasting tactic is utterly ineffective, as the gnolls continuously dig and quickly reconnect the tunnels.