The game has become a real alternate world-Chapter 781 - 463: Surprise Attack

"Puff!"

With the sound of a blade being pulled out of flesh, a large amount of foul-smelling blood sprayed out.

The Elf Captain of the Night Watch squad kicked the corpse of the giant rat several meters away.

The blood on the blade slid off its surface, casually flicking the blade to shake off the remaining blood drops.

The Night Watch Captain looked around at the situation.

With the fall of this giant rat, the few remaining rats finally collapsed and started to scatter in all directions.

Watching the fleeing rats, the surrounding Night Watchers and even the Knights of the United Army had no desire to chase and kill them.

Even the gray wolves under the Wolf Cavalry were too lazy to move.

They simply panted and rested on the spot.

"Take a break, check the bodies of these rats, gather them and burn them together."

The commander of this operation said.

Not every rat would turn to dust upon death, perhaps because the evil mice they believed in were not gods from the outside world.

Or perhaps as the world’s barriers gradually dissipate, the world’s rejection of external forces is gradually weakening.

"These rats are getting harder to deal with." Said a Night Watch member, looking at the scattering rat swarm.

In response, the surrounding United Army and Night Watchers nodded.

This simple raid.

They employed decapitation tactics, infiltration, and raids.

Despite having intelligence advantages, the difficulty of fighting was harder than the battles on the plains two months ago.

In the past, these well-equipped troops could at least defeat enemies ten times their number.

And still maintain extremely low casualties.

But not anymore; this time, the enemy’s numbers were at most six times theirs.

But they had already suffered casualties here.

A dozen injured, and even two dead.

"The rats’ weapons are getting more sophisticated, plus these disgusting biological modifications."

A Night Watch Mage poked at the rat corpse beside his feet with a metal stick, looking it over.

A United Army commander next to him asked, "What do you think makes these rats become so fearless?"

"What else could it be? Someone is definitely training them, using some disgusting methods as well."

"Forget it, no more of this, let’s clean up the battlefield and wait for the subsequent troops to arrive."

These professional research matters are not something they can figure out, better leave it to the professionals later.

They did not have to wait long.

The subsequent troops had already arrived, apart from this peripheral outpost, there were many more interconnected places.

The start in the northeast was at least considered smooth, but the real difficulties were still to come.

With these former rat abodes as bases, they were about to start a brutal tug-of-war with the rats.

...

At the southwestern region.

The key point of this battle.

The frontline commander stood on the fortress’ watchtower, looking at the distant rat stronghold through a constructed Magic Ball.

This side was different, as the tug-of-war here had been ongoing since long ago.

For the United Army fighting here, the current situation was merely leading up to the general attack.

"In the past two weeks, these rats have added many new troops we’ve never seen before, they seem hard to deal with, plus those disgusting bats flying over our heads every day."

Hearing this, the Assault Team Captain next to him smiled and said, "If they want to watch, let them watch. We’ve been fighting for so long. Who doesn’t know these few strongholds like the back of their hand?"

He pointed to the sky.

Another squad of scout bats flew over.

"Seeing them fly like that, truthfully, they aren’t daring enough to explore further inward, or see how long they last."

He said just as a reckless scout bat ventured further into the city.

An arrow flew straight and pierced it, bringing it down.

"See?"

"Of course I know, it’s just having enemy objects hovering above is really disgusting."

Changing the topic back to business.

"The frontline forces of the rats don’t seem to have changed much? It seems more like replacements, as if they don’t know we’re coming to attack."

"These rats aren’t foolish; their commanders are cunning and treacherous."

"Rest assured, I’ll take them seriously. These rats surely don’t plan to stop us with just these peripheral cities.

The harder you try to pierce this curtain, the tougher it gets."

The commander muttered and then gestured.

The gathered army below instantly began to move.

The originally assembled troops immediately dispersed, forming into structured organizations, starting to attack from all directions.

Vite looked at the paper map on the table, comparing it with the map in his own channel.

Constantly making adjustments.

Though he also issued orders via the channel, unlike another tactical master, his commands through the channel weren’t cumbersome.

Meanwhile, a team had already dispersed, forming an assault squad.

The captain was a Night Watch member, or rather the assault squad itself consisted of Night Watch members.

Their speed was extremely fast, quickly passing through the mountainous forests and reaching below that fortress.

First to greet them was countless rats, but to become part of an assault squad, marked them as being more formidable than ordinary soldiers or Night Watchers.

"Remember our mission, intelligence shows that a new type of projectile weapon is hidden in this fortress."

He added, "We must find and destroy them; the mission is absolutely resolute, with almost no chance of abandonment.

Otherwise, our actions would be hindered, making it difficult to breach the damn rats’ constructed defenses."

He said, casually eliminating a patrolling rat approaching them.

Just as this rat was dealt with, a pit appeared on the ground to bury it, sand covering it perfectly and concealing it below.

A dust of Magic Power scattered, and several Night Watchers vanished, hiding somewhere unknown.

Not long after, the Night Watcher’s assault arrived.

The arrival was in the form of a rain of arrows, falling like raindrops.

Honestly, using it like this was a bit wasteful, but for the Night Watch it seemed trivial.

They had plenty of such ranged munitions, the latest handiwork of Blacksmiths.

Many Night Watchers could even whip a standard one on the spot.

The dense rain of arrows brought by the first wave immediately caused panic among the rats unaccustomed to it.

"Hurry, retreat into the stone city inside the stone castle!"

"Run, ah!" 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

"I’ve been hit, help me!"

The entire fortress became somewhat chaotic at once.

"Blessing of the Evil Rat!"

A green ripple swept the sky, forcibly blowing away all incoming arrows.

This inexplicably increased the concentration of Magic Power around again.

"Counterattack! Use the latest weapons and fight back!"

No sooner had the words fallen than several fireballs dropped.

Making the commander shout again.

Finally, the new type of projectile weapon was brought up.