Chapter 797: Ambush
Near the slope of cooled lava, on the walls of the fortress of the Black Earth plain.
Su Xiao had mingled with the empire's warriors and didn't feel any danger right now.
He sat quietly, munching on pressed biscuits and occasionally drinking water.
During battles, he didn't care if the food was delicious or not. The main thing in such moments was to fill your stomach as quickly as possible.
After resting for a while, the extreme fatigue left Su Xiao's body. Fortunately, he left on time, otherwise, if he stayed there for another hour or so, he wouldn't have been able to recover so quickly.
Most of the wounds on his body were roughly treated. The wounds that were too deep were stitched up, and the smaller ones were not even treated and were hastily wrapped in special medical bandages.
Because of the bandages, his body began to slowly cool down. In fact, it was the most common effect of the pain-relieving ointment that was applied to these bandages.
The imperial army's position was excellent. It was able to push through and occupy all the main points of the fortress, and now it has practically pushed the Union army to their slope. If things continue like this, the Union army will end up pinned down on the slope and end up in a very dangerous position.
After stopping to inspect his body, Su Xiao checked the amount of his merits.
[Current amount of military merit: 9.243 points.]
Su Xiao wasn't surprised by the number. According to his rough statistics, he killed at least 3,000 people in this battle. Although he had only fought for two hours, he had already been on the enemy's slope and in their rear, which allowed him to injure and kill a huge number of enemies.
If it was about killing ordinary warriors, then he definitely wouldn't be able to collect that many points, but it was about the elites of the Tribal Alliance, plus Su Xiao killed more than 50 dwarf crossbowmen. Each such dwarf was worth 60 Military Merit points. Moreover, during his advance, he also killed a few warriors from the special units.
At the start of the battle, he only had 1,436 Military Merit Points, but in just two hours, he was able to finish off that number to 9.243.
To buy a sacred oak branch, one had to have 9,000 War Merit Points, and even though he could buy this branch right now, unfortunately, there was still a battle going on. If he leaves the battlefield, he will become a deserter without any rights or military merit.
After recovering some more strength, Su Xiao decided to go back to the frontline. He wanted to earn some more military merit. After all, in addition to the branch, there were other very useful things on that exchange list.
After passing through the ranks of the empire's warriors, Su Xiao arrived at one of the fortress's peaks.
The Union army was already about to be driven back to its slope, and as the empire's army advanced endlessly, some of the Union warriors began to retreat.
Su Xiao quickly passed through the waiting ranks of the empire's warriors and walked out to the slope.
Ahead of him was the Union Army.
— We cannot retreat, our homeland is behind us! The Tauren roared, and it was true. If they retreat now, the fortress will return to the empire's control, after which, most likely, the empire will start advancing on the union's territory.
Although the Dragon Empire looked down on the barren land of the Tribal Alliance, it was very interested in destroying the cities and villages of the Tribal Alliance. Constant wars on the principle of "you attack, I defend" would only demoralize the citizens of the empire.
The Tauren were extremely brave, but after all, this subspecies of Orcs was very strong. The Tauren were the strongest Orcs in principle.
Su Xiao stared at the roaring Tauren. Using the Empire's warriors as a cover, he began to slowly make his way towards it.
— Imperial bastard! The Tauren grabbed the Imperial warrior with one hand, then grabbed the corpse with the other, and began to spin like a bundle, knocking down everyone nearby.
A circle quickly formed around him. All the empire's warriors knew that the Tauren were difficult to deal with.
This Tauren was extremely brave. With this simple attack, he killed at least three people and knocked down a dozen more.
— Ho-ho-ho... he began to breathe heavily. He had been fighting for two hours in a row and at least two dozen enemies had died at his hands.
Just as he started to catch his breath, he suddenly felt a chill on his back and immediately turned around.
*A clang*
The Tauren saw only a flash before his eyes, but that was all.
An Empire warrior calmly walked past him with a long sword in his hands.
— The Tauren was surprised to realize that the imperial warriors surrounding him had dispersed, and no one seemed to care about him anymore. just as the Tauren was puzzled, he suddenly heard the sound of water dripping.
*Drip-drip ... drip-drip...*
Red liquid flowed out of the Tauren's chest, and he subconsciously looked down.
Because he lowered his head, most of his upper body fell to the floor.
Once on the ground, he saw a somewhat familiar part of someone's body.
My legs and stomach stayed together for only a second before falling to the floor.
— It turns out I'm going to die soon.
A sharp pain immediately shot through him. The opponent's sword was so fast that he didn't even see it being cut into pieces.
The Tauren lay on the ground, waiting to die. Empire soldiers were running past him, but he ignored them.
The faces of his relatives appeared in his mind...
He wondered what would happen to them, if they would feel the same pain as he was feeling now?
With that thought in mind, the Tauren pushed himself off the floor with both hands and sank his teeth into the nearest Imperial warrior.
He didn't let go of it until he was hacked to pieces by that warrior.
War would not show mercy to a warrior because he had relatives.
After Su Xiao dealt with the Tauren, he approached a few orcs with a sword in his hands.
*W-w-w-w~*
Suddenly he heard the sound of bees.
Su Xiao looked towards the source of the sound and actually saw a dozen "bees". A dozen mechanical bees.
They were about the size of normal bees, but their wings were thinner. Their eyes radiated red light, and their bellies were a cylindrical glass bottle the size of peanuts.
And in this glass bottle, there was an orange-yellow liquid.
Seeing these bees, Su Xiao immediately thought of the enemy contractor and immediately retreated back.
A dozen mechanical bees immediately rushed towards Su Xiao. Flames spurted out from the legs of these bees, as if they were small rockets.
Su Xiao didn't feel anything from them, as if they were just ordinary harmless bees.
Jumping back, he quickly formed a shield in front of him and broke the connection between himself and that shield, then launched it forward, directly at those bees.
*BOOM-BOOM-BOOM...*
The explosions were deafening. These dozen little bees tore apart everything within a ten-meter radius of themselves. The shield he created with 50 Mana points shattered into pieces almost immediately.
A strong wind enveloped Su Xiao's body, causing his windbreaker to flutter endlessly.
Su Xiao's left hand was right in front of his eyes. He searched through the cracks in his fingers for any suspicious person.
*Knock, knock, knock...*
A rapid vibration suddenly started coming out from under Su Xiao's feet, and he immediately jumped up.
*Ding*
An iron bar shot out from the floor under his feet. At the tip of this iron rod was a ball, from which energy pulses immediately began to spread out in all directions.
*Wum-wum-wum...*
Counterattack shields immediately appeared around Su Xiao.
*Bang,bang*
The heads of the empire warriors dozens of meters away from Su Xiao started to explode, as if they were overripe watermelons.
And not just the Empire's warriors — the heads of the nearby union warriors also started exploding.
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