Chapter 11: The Hillside Slaughter.
"Who would have thought that stick fighting when I was a kid would save my character in Dynasties Online?
"I learned that day that even a player with the skill rank of expert."
"Could have the practical skill of a novice."
"While a novice could have the practical skill of an expert."
"NPCs are different though, for their skill rank reflects their practical skill level."
"It all depends on your fighting skills which can be transferred from reality to the game and vice versa."
Reginald Coulan, creator and head of House Aurellion in Dynasties Online.
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Leon’s exhausted limbs protested as he swung his spear in a wide motion slicing the necks of 2 incoming orc wolf riders as he rode down the other side of the hill, his horse archers skillfully riding out towards the left and right as the wolf riders were led towards the bottom of the hill, where waiting was 5,000 elite heavy cavalry, their horses coated in mail and their faceless tinted crimson and black steel-clad riders turned them into terrifying apostles of death their pointed lance tips shooting towards the wolf riders as they started to thunder up the hill to engage them.
The wolf riders, filled with the excitement of the hunt and with a battle frenzy, eagerly followed the mounted Chavarian archers over the hill, not realising the deadly trap they were entering as they headed straight towards a line of heavy cavalry as the horse archers turned to circle round the wolf riders surrounding them while continuing their relentless rain of arrows.
Lucius led the charge towards the wolf riders as around him, faceless royal Chavarian knights accurately impaled the approaching orcs with their lances leaving them sticking into the orcs as they dropped them and drew long curved sabres and began to hack and slash at the remaining orcs and wolves.
Lucius found the leader of the wolf riders turning his horse and mustering up his courage as he charged toward him, thrusting his spear towards him; however, his reactions seemed slower than the orc in front of him as he skilfully dodged Lucius’ novice spear stab and stuck him centre mass his steel axe cutting into Lucius’ steel breastplate denting it slightly the steel blade drawing a slight trail of blood as it impaled itself into Lucius flesh.