The game has become a real alternate world-Chapter 735 - 417: Battle of the Grasslands

On the vast grassland.

Kana and their troops had already formed their formation, moving forward slowly.

Seeing this situation, the ambushed rats on the opposite side didn't hide anymore and came out from various places.

The excessive gathering of rats flattened the grass ahead.

"Ying!"

An eagle's screech sounded from high above.

Huerbei looked up at the blue sky, watching the eagle circling in the air.

In a lowered voice, he said, "The patrol people probably discovered us, hang in there, they should send troops for rescue."

After all, they were escorting such a large number of sheep, cattle, and horses; it's only natural to be caught and blocked by the rats.

Such a large team, even on this vast grassland, had a considerable chance of being spotted by the rats.

Not to mention that the rats were numerous enough to set up adequate spies on the grassland.

The eagle in the sky was the eyes of the patrol troops.

Kana glanced at the map and the information sent by the channel.

"Don't relax vigilance, the ones in front of us are just half, another half are still hiding."

Although the rats in front were numerous, they weren't much compared to the whole rat swarm.

Upon hearing this, Huerbei's face turned a little grim as he said, "Breaking through might be impossible, we can only wait for reinforcements."

"A tough fight it is." Waro the Minotaur leaned the wolf fang club he was carrying on his shoulder against the ground and said in a deep voice.

The waist-high grass rustled sparsely.

The rats were still moving in the grass, visible as red dots on the Night Watchers' map, continuously shifting to the sides, forming a massive encirclement around the group.

Even the sheep behind were caught within.

A large number of sheep crowded together, agitated.

The wolf pack guarded the sheep in the middle, maintaining their stability to prevent panic and escape.

"Attack, rats!"

The sharp shouting of the rats sounded, a green magic bullet arced towards them.

This attack served almost as a command, as numerous arrows were launched in return.

By now, the rats were not far from them; the need to launch from such a close distance showed the rats' weapons were rather primitive.

But the sheer number sufficed.

A dense rain of arrows covered the sky like a shadow.

"Shield! In rows!"

A Night Watcher Combat Master shouted out loud.

The mages among the Night Watchers, already prepared, raised their steel magic staffs simultaneously.

The instantly straightened shields linked together, perfectly lining up alongside each other.

Sloped upwards, they directly received all the launched arrows. Looking up, one could clearly see the ripple on the magic shield, akin to a ripple on the water's surface.

Perhaps it was due to the rats' attacks not being powerful enough; these arrows couldn't even break the weak single-layer shield.

The Night Watchers belonging to the Light Guardian troops were selectively trained, whether in skill choice or learning and application, they leaned more towards major battlefield legion combat.

Clearly different from the Night Patrol.

"Let us return fire!"

A Snake-man officer shouted.

The archers in the team immediately drew their bows.

"Fire!"

The United Army equipped with Night Watchers' gear wielded obviously more powerful weapons.

The sound of arrows slicing through the air followed, as large numbers of arrows flew into the enemy ranks amidst sharp whistles.

Accompanying the arrows were countless fireballs raining down.

These fireballs were only about the size of half a palm, and when they exploded in mid-air, they transformed into a rain-like downpour.

In an instant, the rats within were scorched and squeaked incessantly.

Usually, when battling other enemies, the mages among Night Watchers wouldn't do this, but against rats, it was different.

Effective area destruction was exchanged for a larger area of pain and fear.

This obviously lowered the morale of the rats.

Fighting rats, the key was to depress their morale, causing them to collapse, breaking their courage.

Indeed, trying to truly clear the opponents with enough lethal power, considering such numbers of rats, was excessively challenging.

Thus, this tactic gradually formed.

"Charge, forward!"

The front-line troops charged directly, accompanied by a coordinated thunderous roar.

Boosting their morale while intimidating the rats further.

At the flank of the team, a group of cavalry riding armored Land Birds led a group of soldiers on warhorses, piercing through the rats' encirclement with Night Watchers in the lead.

They didn't leave, but after circling around, collided straight into the rat troops from the side at great speed.

The front-line troops instantly cleared away a large number of rats before them.

But then a massive wave of rats surged in like a tide, surrounding them on all sides.

A fierce battle ensued.

A group of stealthily dressed Night Watchers hid among the troops, waiting for an opportunity.

"Go, encircle them, encircle!"

A mouse holding a fine battle knife shouted.

Targeting precisely, a shadow rose from behind him, the short blade in its holder piercing straight through his heart.

This large rat was instantly penetrated, its entire body even lifted up, then flung away.

The corpse was hurled into the rat swarm.

The attacking Night Watcher immediately started attacking on the spot.

After clearing the surrounding rats, they vanished into thin air.

"Bang!"

A crisp metal collision sound.

Another Night Watcher Assassin attacked, albeit unsuccessfully this time.

"Hehe, we, are the shadows."

Wearing light armor, holding a poisoned short dagger in hand, the rat turned and said.

The tail entwining the weapon blocked the Night Watcher's attack.

Seeing his ambush fail, the Night Watcher immediately launched a series of attacks.

Casually blinked his eyes.

The rat in front of him surprisingly was Level Six, a level rarely seen among the rat swarm.

Momentarily, the Night Watcher couldn't claim the upper hand and became passive, as the surrounding rats began to harass.

"Whiz!"

An arrow flew through the rats at a tricky angle, hitting the rat directly, piercing it.

The excessive power even sent the rat flying.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, just when the Night Watcher was about to deliver a finishing blow, the rat that hit the ground suddenly hid into the rat swarm and vanished.

"Runs quite fast." Along with the voice came another arrow, landing where the rat attempted to flee.

Only penetrating a few other rats, it couldn't go further.

"I'm impatient!"

"Calm down, their leader hasn't come down yet."