Realizing there was no way out left the enemy troops with no other choice. Escape was impossible. Fighting to the last drop of blood was their only remaining option.
One of the n raised his sword and pointed it forward. "Attack them!"
The enemy soldiers charged back into the city. Ethan smiled as he watched them rush in with desperation written all over their faces.
The battle erupted, unavoidable and fierce. The team mbers unleashed their skills, cutting down more of the city’s enemy soldiers while making sure they themselves remained unhard.
Ten thousand enemy troops against sixty thousand soldiers of the Eastern Alliance. Even a child could see who held the advantage.
Ethan lifted his head toward the sky. A red light drifted toward him. It was Lyodra.
She had finished her task. Ethan ordered Lyodra to descend and join the fight, to kill as many enemy soldiers as possible.
Lyodra nodded without a word and shot down into the battlefield. Jack remained at Ethan’s side, staring ahead in awe.
He could not imagine what would happen to his city if the Alliance forces chose to wage war against them. They could bring the city down in less than five hours of combat.
"You’re not going to help them?" Jack asked.
"No," Ethan replied. "They’re more than capable of crushing the enemy forces on their own."
"If I join the battle, they won’t gain any experience."
Jack nodded. Ethan was right. The city’s soldiers were only NPCs, but the team mbers were not.
They were players with skills and lives. A battle like this would sharpen their combat abilities trendously.
One of the Blazing Arrow team mbers approached and inford Jack that two sailing ships had been completed and were ready to depart.
"Well? Do you want to pick up the rest of your troops?" Jack asked.
Ethan remained silent, still watching the fight before him. Then he turned and shook his head.
"Not for now. There’s no need for reinforcents."
"After this battle is over, we’ll head to the coastal region to retrieve them," Ethan said firmly.
Jack nodded in understanding and turned his attention forward again.
The two n could see that the enemy troops had decreased significantly. Many enemy team mbers were wounded or dead, sending their team leaders into panic and fear.
"Protect ! You, get over here and protect !" one of them shouted.
The Alliance forces no longer focused on the enemy soldiers but targeted the enemy team mbers instead.
They were overwheld, with many Eastern Alliance mbers attacking them together.
Their stamina was drained, their MP nearly depleted. The Eastern Alliance team mbers far outnumbered them.
"Keep fighting! Don’t give up!"
Thirty minutes passed. Not a single enemy soldier remained. They all lay dead on the blood-soaked ground.
A siege was ford, preventing the enemy team mbers from escaping. Watching the mont unfold, Ethan motioned for Jack to go with him.
They mounted their horses and rode swiftly from the southern gate toward the battlefield.
One of the alliance team mbers turned and saw Ethan arriving with Jack. He imdiately inford his unit commander.
"Stop the fight. Sir Ethan has arrived!"
They halted their attacks and stepped back. The twenty-seven remaining enemy team mbers breathed in relief.
Many of them were exhausted, sitting on the blood-drenched battlefield.
The alliance troops parted, creating a path for Ethan and Jack. The three enemy team leaders turned, their eyes sharpening as Ethan approached on horseback.
"An impressive fight, but you couldn’t even kill half my forces," Ethan said firmly.
He stopped his horse in front of the enemy team mbers, who had ford a circular formation to protect their three leaders.
"Sir Ethan!" one of them called out.
"Please... let us live, Sir Ethan!"
"We surrender. We’re tired of fighting!"
Several enemy team mbers said this, but their leaders shouted curses at them, calling them useless.
"Calling your team mbers useless is excessive. Do you even realize who was protecting your backs during the war?" Ethan asked coldly.
"Bring those three out of the formation."
Alliance team mbers dragged them forward. So resisted, but the alliance soldiers showed no hesitation.
Soon, the three enemy leaders were kneeling before Ethan, their eyes filled with sharp hatred.
"Arthur will never let you go!" one of them barked.
Ethan grinned. "Arthur will die in this event!"
"Kill them."
The three unit commanders drew their swords and thrust them into the stomachs of the three team leaders.
Not a single enemy team mber reacted in anger, only shock and fear.
One by one, the enemy leaders fell, blood pooling beneath them. Their core crystals dropped to the ground.
Ethan imdiately picked them up without hesitation.
Slowly, the bodies of all the remaining enemy team mbers began to glow with a bright blue light.
"Thank you for your rcy, Sir Ethan," one of them said.
In an instant, they were teleported out of the event and returned to the ga world. Ethan looked ahead as the event panel appeared before his eyes.
[Congratulations, you have obtained a Core Crystal!]
[Total Core Crystals: 240] [ 32]
[City Ranking: 1st]
Ethan sent a ssage to Leny, informing her that he had defeated the forces in the city owned by the Blazing Arrow Guild.
He also told her how many core crystals they had obtained. Leny understood and imdiately recorded everything.
"Thank you for helping us, Sir Ethan."
Ethan nodded and gently patted Jack’s shoulder, saying that this assistance was part of their agreent.
"We’ll rest on this island. You all return to the city first," Ethan said. The alliance troops and team mbers obeyed.
He and Jack left the battlefield on foot. As they walked, Jack asked about Ethan’s next plan in his invasion against the Redemption Sword Alliance.
"With three of their military units destroyed, that leaves four remaining."
"I’ve already sent my servants to both islands to guard them for the ti being," Ethan said.
As the two of them walked back toward the city, a Blazing Arrow team mber ran up to Jack.
"Captain!"
"What is it?" Jack asked.
"Sir Peter... he’s here."
"Peter?" Ethan asked, confused. "Who is he?"
"The leader of the Sword Legend Guild, the ruler of the archipelago."
"It seems my adjutant inford Sir Peter about your presence and your forces," Jack explained.
"He’s here to discuss sothing with Sir Ethan," the team mber added.
"Alright. We’d better not keep him waiting."
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