The addition of war beast reinforcements undoubtedly injected a shot in the arm into the morale of the expeditionary force.

The launch of a general offensive has, in Cumberland's view, become a possibility.

Under the discussion of the army commanders, the time of the general attack was chosen in the middle of the night after a light rain.

At one o'clock in the morning, the forest was filled with a faint haze, the starlight was obscured by the canopy, and the sky was still dark as far as the eye could see.

The 20,000 troops of the Dragon Expeditionary Force were divided into more than a dozen columns and entered the forest by night.

Randall's sixth column was personally led by Ackerman, the commander of the Holy Cult.

The knight, who had abandoned his horse, was led by the lizardman scouts, avoiding many traps and quickly approaching the nearest stronghold to the east.

"One kilometre further forward and you'll see where we're targeting. Kellogg, the lizardman, looked up at the position of the moon through the leaves, and said, "It's almost time." ”

Randall, who was wearing a keel, carefully watched the hive on his back and said, "There is no signal yet." ”

The werewolf Aldenan looked at the gray-haired giant wolf beside him, one man and one beast, looking at each other.

Aldenan turned his head with difficulty and asked Joonella, the beast control behind him, "Why does this guy look at me like this...... Spooky?"

Joonella glanced at the gray-haired wolf behind him and said absentmindedly, "It has a crush on you." ”

"What did you say?!"

"It's female, you're male...... Man, it treats you like one of its kind. ”

The corners of Aldenan's eyes twitched, and he unconsciously ducked to the side.

The Minotaur Bourville rubbed the battle axe in his hand, looked at Joonella and said slowly: "The first time you go to the battlefield, nervous?"

Joonel tugged at the keel parasite's limbs, "I've done a lot of training before I came here......"

"Training is one thing, actual combat is another. Bourville tried the edge of the tomahawk and nodded with satisfaction: "The quickest way to adapt to war is to kill an enemy with your own hands." ”

Standing in the shade of the big tree, Randall touched the letter of appointment placed in his heart, and said softly: "As long as this battle is won, the Kingdom Expeditionary Force will be able to open the way to the city of Taylor, and we can continue the mission assigned by the Holy King." ”

The orc Carol tightened the handle on the back of the heavy shield and said to Randall: "Once the passage is opened, there will definitely be a gap in the defense around Taylor City. ”

"That's right, the defeat of the Church army will cause chaos around Taylor, and we can take this opportunity to sneak through the checkpoints and defenses around the city, but we must be fast. ”

Carol turned her head and looked back, and said to herself, "I hope everything goes well." ”

At this moment, Joonella suddenly said to Randall: "I got the news, the other columns are starting to move!"

The latter will be suspicious: "Are you sure? Why hasn't my hive moved?"

"Because the communication method I use is not infrasound, but radio waves, so I ......"

Before Joonella could finish speaking, the hive on Randall's back suddenly vibrate.

Listening to the identical hum coming from the keels of the knights around him, Randall raised his sword and shield and said to Ackerman, "Joonella is right, it's time to act. ”

Ackerman pulled one of the arrows out of his quiver, whistled behind him, kicked his legs, and jumped forward through the trunk of the tree.

After a few vertical leaps, Ackerman came to the edge of the forest, less than a hundred meters from the outskirts of the enemy stronghold.

The moon had just passed through the middle of the heavens, and most of the stronghold of the Church Coalition was sleeping soundly in the barracks, except for a few people who were on guard.

With the barely audible sound of a bowstring, an arrow shot out of the dense canopy and flew towards the towering watchtower on the edge of the colony.

With a soft pop, the arrow pierced the throat of one of the sentries and then pierced the back of the other sentry's head.

After clearing out the two sentries on the outermost watchtower, Ackerman poked his head out of the canopy and watched the lizardman Kellogg not far away, using his mimicry to climb the second watchtower and silently kill the two enemy sentries with his dagger, removing the threat from the other side.

Ackerman nodded, gesturing to Randall under the tree.

Randall lowered his body, and the hive on his back gave one command after another.

One hundred and forty knights were in front, more than nine hundred werewolves, orcs, and minotaurs, and nearly a hundred elves were behind, slowly approaching the enemy camp.

The long-extinguished campfire in the center of the enemy camp still emitted green smoke, and the snoring of the sleeping soldiers could be heard clearly through the tents.

Randall gestured, and Aldenan, who understood it, took dozens of his kind, stretched out his claws, and fell on all fours, and began to slaughter the soldiers of the night vigil around the tents.

The dozing soldiers standing at the tent door often slit their throats with sharp claws and fell into pools of their own blood with their eyes wide open before they could see what was in front of them.

Looking at the already completely defenseless barracks, Randall tapped his shield lightly with his long sword and said behind him, "Attack." ”

The orcs wielded their flails and let out an earth-shattering roar as they burst into the enemy camp, smashing the heads of one enemy after another like smashing watermelons.

The Minotaur raised his great axe, cut down the wooden pillars of the tent, and then trampled to death one after another of the howling humans with their huge hooves.

The elves gathered fire, ice, and lightning in their hands, blocking all paths through the camp, leaving any enemy who tried to flee the area facing death.

"For the glory of the dragon god!"

Bourville grabbed two enemies who didn't even have time to put on their armor, slammed them face to face, and threw the two bodies to the ground in a burst of red and white splashes.

Taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the others, one of the enemies picked up a musket from the weapon rack, hid behind the wooden box, hurriedly loaded the gunpowder, and then aimed the muzzle of the gun at the minotaur.

Before he could pull the trigger, a giant wolf several meters long suddenly jumped on top of the wooden box and looked at him coldly with his mouth wide open.

"Monster ......"

Before he could say the word, the next second, his neck was bitten to two ends by a giant wolf.

Hearing the movement, Bourville turned his head, first at the musketeer who had been devoured by the giant wolf, and then at the pale-faced beast control not far away, and laughed and said, "Human boy!

Shooting an arrow at an enemy soldier who had turned on his horse and tried to flee the camp, Ackerman put away his bow and arrows, looked at the devastated stronghold around him, and said, "This is almost over." ”

Randall took off his helmet, removed the parasite limbs, wiped the blood from his face, looked to the east and said, "We must rush to the enemy's next stronghold immediately, the sooner the better." ”

Ackerman nodded: "The movement here will definitely alert the enemy, and the next battle may not be so easy to fight......"