The game has become a real alternate world-Chapter 841 - 523: Severed

United Army Defense Zone, Southwest Battle Area.

Command Camp.

The one responsible for commanding here is the Night Watcher's tactical master—Hand of War.

He looked at everyone in the tent, pointed at the map on the table, and said: "I believe you have all received the news, the rats' forces are doing their best to redeploy to the northern salient to block the Night Watcher's action.

According to this news, other external troops can take advantage of this opportunity to break through the rats' defenses, directly striking their weaknesses and capturing previously hard-to-attack bases."

A Snake-man officer beside him said: "Based on our observations these days, this is exactly the case. Of the four rat legions we face ahead, two have already been redeployed, which means the number of enemies we face has been reduced by half.

Even the more troublesome Evil God followers have decreased by almost seventy percent, which is undoubtedly good news for us."

Though this is good news, it is also cause for concern, which means the northern salient is facing enormous pressure. And the present members of the United Army all fear that the Night Watcher would be crushed by such pressure.

It is known that the main axis of the United Army is composed of Night Watchers, if the Night Watchers' main forces suffer a heavy blow at the salient, the consequences would be unimaginable. The achievements of the past year and a half could very likely turn to dust.

Thinking of this, a human officer couldn't help but ask the commander: "Can the Night Watcher withstand? Perhaps we should not just watch the enemy redeploy forces over.

We should intercept, at least disrupt some of them."

This statement was agreed upon by quite a few officers present, with four complete rat legions, they indeed had to keep to the defensive.

But if only one rat legion is sent out and facing three rat legions, they are still fairly confident.

As for those Evil God followers, if they wish to leave, the United Army maintaining a defensive stance indeed cannot intercept them.

Listening to the crowd's discussion, the Night Watcher tactical master nodded.

"That is exactly what I wanted to say. Through reconnaissance units, we discovered, the rats' transfer is very crude, especially the latter legion being transferred has even lengthened its transport line.

This is a very good opportunity; I have already contacted the third and fourth assault battalions on the side, we will attack from different directions, directly cutting off this legion.

They must either stay and pay a heavier price, or abandon part to survive, then they will surely leave behind rats they cannot take, not to mention this will severely hit their morale, slowing their transfer speed."

Clearly, the Night Watcher temporarily doesn't want these rats to easily transfer forces forward.

"If that's the case... then the forward defense can no longer maintain a defensive stance, we must dispatch main forces for an attack to pull them, attract the enemy's attention.

Otherwise, if the rats proceed to support, unexpected situations may occur, leading to our encirclement."

In response to this statement, the officers in the tent fell into discussion and contemplation.

If it were in the past, they wouldn't have considered such possibilities, but now things are different. The rats' strategic thinking and action speed including discipline have improved a lot compared to last year.

Throughout the winter, not only they have been growing.

Soon, the plan of action was deliberated upon.

Action began.

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Eastern Southwest Battle Area, Howling Wind Gorge. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Morning mist dyed into a tapestry of crimson and gilded gold.

Wolfman Paladin Valkyria etched the Holy Light Rune into her war axe, leaping onto the howling battle wolf.

No need to marvel, among the Holy Light Church there exist warriors from various races.

In the canyon below, three hundred stitched giant rats were dragging the Black Iron Altar as they slowly moved, Ratman Priests whipped them with Corruption Whips, eyes glinting with Evil Fire Core.

"Holy Light Fuse, three-second countdown." She signaled to the Dwarf Priest on the other side of the cliff.

When the seventh altar crushed over the crevice laden with Radiant Crystal, the Holy Knights in the team chanted the "Dawn Hymn" in unison. The earth vein's Holy Light surged through the Rune Chain, sixteen golden beams melting the foremost giant rats and the dragged altar into boiling slag.

"Charge! Eliminate these damned rats!"

The most threatening enemy items had been destroyed, the assault officially began.

Ratman Priests hurriedly raised Skull Staff etched with Evil God Runes, but the Purple-Black Shield shattered at the instant of the Wolf Cavalry's dive—Valkyria's war axe cleaved the shield's fissure, the Holy Light Gem on the axe blade burning the priest's Spell into screams.

Remaining giant rats' joints were wrapped by blessed bronze chains, Temple Knights took the opportunity to stab the cursed Evil Fire Core with silver cones infused with divine power.

In the past, had they ever fought such a well-resourced battle?

Since collaborating with Night Watchers, many things have become relatively cheap, at least on the battlefield they were not stingy.

When the Hellhound howling echoed from the north, the assault team had seized three entire Chaos Altars. This was nearly half of the rat legion.

Without these, the rats' Evil Spell and the power to summon Evil Rat would be significantly weakened.

Valkyria snapped the corrupted spine of the Ratman transportation officer, letting the Holy Light purify the cursing head into ashes.

"That's it, the vanguard will soon react, we must withdraw now!"

This assault unit had completed its task, staying longer would mean being surrounded by large numbers of rats; after all, this was a trap they specifically set up, capable of becoming the enemy's grave, and theirs too.

Southwest main battlefield, Broken Blade Castle.

Initially just a small fortress, it has become a critical node in the United Army defense circle, undergoing renovation during the winter and continuing with continuous expansion until now.

And fierce wars are occurring here.

On the battlefield, corpses were piled everywhere, among which rat corpses were the majority.

In every direction, there were mountains formed of rat corpses that were even burning with fire, billowing thick smoke into the sky.

Snake Man High Priest Chronos inserted his scepter into the Holy Oil-soaked ground, emerald Purifying Fire burned along trenches.

Above the rat man army two miles away, a cloud composed of a hundred thousand plague bats was condensing a plague storm.

Among the two legions they faced, one rat legion seemed to have a deep connection with the "Plague Monarch."

To be honest, the trouble and impact brought by just this one legion were at least half more than other legions.

This is why the number of Holy Light Church members in this direction of the United Army is relatively high.

Sometimes you have to admit, Holy Light is much more effective when fighting these damn plague followers. Whether Holy Light's retribution and purification can offer definite advantages, preventing post-war issues.

"Dawn Light Shield." He uttered ancient prayers.

Three hundred human Holy Singers simultaneously struck the Light-Cast Bell, rain-like glimmer particles descended from the sky.

These bells manufactured by Night Watchers also indirectly illustrated the Holy Light Church had already begun deep alliance with Night Watchers.

When plague bats crashed into this curtain of light, their wing membranes ignited with silver-white flames.