My Players Are So Fierce

Chapter 2310 -771: The Miraculous Invitation of God’s Chosen – Bonus for Frostfang’s Claw Brothers [4/30]

Today in Shadow Valley, it’s the seventeenth day of the blockade battle in the Desolate Mountain War Zone, and everyone had a rather “eventful” morning.

Just within a few hours in the morning, the wolf people launched two attacks at the valley entrance. The outcome of the battle was that the Nord positions gained hundreds more body bags. These brave soldiers killed an equal number of enemies on the bridge that symbolized hope for resistance, but while the wolf people can afford such losses, the Nord commanders cannot “recklessly” expend their soldiers’ lives.

While the valley defenders were holding back the wolf people, the gnolls inside the valley hadn’t stopped their excavation.

The Earth Priests continued to use precise Earthquake Skills to collapse the tunnels excavated by the gnolls, but every time they destroyed one, the gnolls would reopen at least two more. When the battlefield was confined to specific areas, making it impossible to utilize flexible maneuvers effectively, the numerical advantage of the Black Disaster side once again became a decisive factor.

Whether above ground or underground, the wolf people steadily gained the upper hand, like two arm-wrestling strongmen, where the side with absolute strength always wins when techniques are evenly matched.

No army in the valley will suggest retreat at this time, but all commanders are motivating their troops while preparing for orders that might come at any moment. Most tunnel systems are still in the hands of players and NPCs, and this is their last lifeline. Unless Governor Morphy has truly decided to perish together with the wolf people here, a massive retreat like at Blackflame Mountain Pass would be the best option when the situation becomes irretrievable.

But this is not an escape from responsibility!

Unlike the death hold at Blackflame Mountain Pass, the strategic goal of the Desolate Mountain War Zone blockade battle from the start was delay and attrition. Everyone knows a decisive battle is impossible in this terrain—it would be a death sentence.

Leading the People’s Army to support the Nords, General Maxim is now inspecting the positions. Taking advantage of the soldiers’ rest, he plans to talk to Colonel Basomiyang, one of the Nord army’s commanders. Currently, the defenders in the valley aren’t just the Nords, but perhaps to prove the courage of the Great Wilderness descendants, these guys stubbornly refuse to retreat, resulting in astonishing losses these past days.

Their sacrifice and fighting spirit are evident to all, and no one in the valley now blames the Northerners for the disaster at Blackflame Mountain Pass.

Maxim feels it’s necessary to discuss this with Colonel Basomiyang. If they continue using such reckless tactics, the Winter Wolf Army’s vanguard will soon be unable to bear subsequent duties due to excessive losses.

None of these battle proceedings affected the underground frantic digging by domestic 003 and his organized “Engineer Battalion.” Facts proved that when a group of people share the same goal and are willing to work hard for it, even the speed of digging with engineer shovels is much faster than imagined.

At the current pace, 003 optimistically estimates they might only need four days to dig to the planned detonation site. This would have a significant impact on the increasingly intense battlefield of Shadow Valley. As their engineer battalion continues digging, large amounts of explosives are being transported through still-clear tunnels to the areas designated by 003.

The command also deployed martial monks of the Shadow Trace Sect and berserkers of the Wam Brothers Society to patrol the nearby tunnels constantly, to prevent this excavation action from being accidentally discovered by the gnolls under the wolf people’s command.

Morphy and Maxim originally had the idea of “one big operation” before retreating, and 003’s risky action fits this theme quite well. Therefore, Maxim made this explosive operation the core battlefield for the final counterattack in Shadow Valley.

While the valley defenders suffer, the recent smooth progress in battles has put General Huggesen in a good mood.

This joy is partly due to Old Manse’s shipwreck. Though the poor old priest found a hunting priest to bear its soul, Lady Yvette’s Arrow of Judgement left Old Manse weakened in every aspect, making it miserable.

Let alone commanding operations, it now struggles even with daily guidance of hunting priests’ prayers to the Divine Spirit.

In this situation, the “eye” placed beside Huggesen by the Blood Scar Clan naturally cannot continue its secretive and vile “surveillance” work. As a result, the Hunting God’s Chosen can now fully autonomously arrange their tactics and deploy troops without any interference.

Facts proved those involved in faith might be adept at indoctrination and preaching, but military matters are not where they should shine.

Without Old Manse’s meddling, Huggesen personally commanded operations that quickly filled the pressure on Shadow Valley’s defenders. Under the full-scale suppression by the Hunting God’s Chosen, the opponents could no longer execute flexible maneuvers, and their strategic space was further compressed.

This forced final battle will soon be on the agenda, and Huggesen has no doubt of his victory.

However, this doesn’t mean the Hunting God’s Chosen can rest easy, because besides Shadow Valley, another factor has been interfering with their army’s deployment these days.

Those elusive Star Realm Wolves!