Chapter 194: Holding the Line
Ssh!
More than 50 elite soldiers were cleaved in half, armor and all, before they could even attempt to resist.
The overwhelming stench of blood and the horrifying se sehrough the ranks of the frontlie soldiers.
They tried to retreat but were blocked by their rades behind them. Meanwhile, the heavy infantry raised their Modao once more and hacked down with deadly precision!
Some elite soldiers attempted to terattack.
But wheruck, they realized with horror that their swords were too short to reach the heavy infantry before the Modao came crashing down!
They simply couldn’t reach!
Some soldiers tried to fnk the heavy infantry, attag from the side or rear.
But they were frustrated to discover that the seemingly foolish side-by-side formation of the heavy infantry perfectly thwarted their attempts!
Ange's eyes sparkled as she observed the heavy infantry's spectacur performance.
She noticed their growing exhaustion and immediately activated a newly learned aura:
Basic Stamina Aura!
This aura provided all soldiers within 50 meters with a stamina boost, sting 5 minutes!
With their stamina replehe heavy infantry quickly pressed forward with renewed vigor.
In just a few breaths, over 200 elite soldiers fell beh the advang Modao formation.
An indescribable fear gripped the enemy soldiers, causing more of them to retreat in panic, throwing their formation into disarray.
The heavy infantry, who had been under pressure earlier, now surged forward with increased morale, sughtering the fleeing enemies.
Meanwhile, Yaya, who was still surrounded, swatted Tres away with her cws a several ambushing soldiers flying with a sweep of her tail.
Unbeknownst to her, Yaya's body was now covered in wounds, but her battle experience was growing rapidly.
She had learned which attacks posed a real threat to her, whies she could withstand, and which she could pletely ignore.
Additionally, Yaya had developed a better sense of prioritizing targets in bat, knowing that some enemies must be eliminated, even if it meant taking damage.
Although she was still being surrounded, as long as she protected her vulnerable belly and avoided the attacks of the high-ranking warrior Tres, she could hold out for a long time.
The ordinary soldiers' ons simply couldn’t break through her scales!
Yaya now uood that knowledge and experience weren’t the same thing—only through real bat could she truly grow.
Matthew climbed bato Yaya’s back, surrounded by his transparent but resilient magical shield.
Thanks to Yaya’s prote, though Matthew had been attacked, he hadn’t been injured.
He tio cast Fireball Spells, decimating the surrounding soldiers while stantly abs mana to maintain his magical shield.
He was gradually redug the pressure on the elite soldiers attag Yaya, giving her room to grow in battle.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Several swift arrows whistled through the air, crashing into Matthew’s rippling mana shield.
Before the shield’s defensive energy could fully dissipate, Matthew cast another mana shield.
As long as the soldiers weren’t all dead, Matthew’s mana reserves wouldn’t run dry!
He then unched another Fireball Spell in the dire of the ratackers.
A subtle wave of energy rippled through the Fireball Spell.
Fifth-Tier Spell – Spell Disruption!
The massive fireball expanded, but instead of vanishing, it tio grow and explode.
Boom!
Anroup of soldiers was ed by the raging fmes.
Spell Disruption failed once again!
After casting the spell, Matthew coldly locked eyes with Kaman, who stood far away on a carriage, deep in thought.
"So, the higher the spell’s level, the greater the bes aren’t just in terms of its power," Matthew mused.
"The more you uand and trol the spell, the less likely it is to be disrupted by terspells, and the higher the ce of success."
With Fireball Spell now at level 5...
Not even a high-level spellcaster with ordinary talent like Kaman could easily disrupt it!
Matthew realized his battlefield role was akin to a “spell turret” and immediately grew bolder.
"As long as there are enough fodder soldiers, my mana and spells are practically unlimited—how could you ever defeat me?"
Of course, Matthew khat if he faced Kaman in any other situation, he’d flee as far and as fast as possible!
As the fmes dissipated, revealing more than a dozen charred corpses…
Matthew’s mana reserves replenished, and a new Fireball Spell formed at the tip of his staff.
He held it back, ready to unleash it at any moment.
The message was clear: "Attack me, and I’ll hit you with another Fireball!"
The terrified ranged soldiers no longer dared to recklessly attack.
Hiding once more behind his soldiers, an exhausted Tres gritted his teeth, gring at Yaya, who was still full of life despite being surrounded.
"How a young dragohis powerful?"
In truth, Tres had never entered a real dragon before, so his uanding of a young dragon’s strength was shaky at best.
He began to worry about the morale of his soldiers.
From their initial dreams of being dragoo the current stalemate, their morale had plummeted.
The soldiers surrounding Yaya were no longer putting in the same effort, which was why she seemed to be getting stronger as the battle dragged on.
What worried Tres even more was that the Are Mage, who he thought would be easily dealt with, was still alive.
Moreover, Matthew tio exert immense pressure and wreak havo the soldiers surrounding him.
Tres’s heart sank.
What baffled Tres most of all…
Was that Kaman, one of the top three stro in the family, couldn’t suppress the opposing spellcaster!
It wasn’t that Tres was bming Kaman—his extensive bat experieold him that high-level spellcasters like Kaman had a limited number of powerful spells they could cast.
Kaman had already used half of his spells, yet the battle was far from over. Kaman would have to be more cautious.
In this moment, Tres had many thoughts rag through his mind.
"Hawk and his men must have been ambushed by all of Bay Territory's forces. They’re likely in dire straits."
"Without the elite soldiers led by Hawk, the family’s relic camp will undoubtedly fall into Bay Territory’s hands…"
Tres had no choice but to admit that the initial mission had failed—they had uimated Bay Territory.
Whether it was Bay Territory’s early restraint…
Or their sudden, precise strike on the Carlisle relic camp’s oints…
Or their strategy of exploiting Carlisle's greed to divide and quer…
Bay Territory had demonstrated remarkable wisdom and decisiveness.
"We ’t afford to wait any longer. If their reinforts arrive…"
A cold glint fshed in Tres’s eyes as he tore open the final trump card given to him by Vist Larry Carlisle—a Summoer Earth Elemental scroll.
FAL
