Book 10: Chapter 49
“Attack!!”
Our soldiers attacked the enemies in the valley as we did before once again. This time, however, they weren’t stopping at the valley.
The artillerymen unleashed a large scale barrage of explosions aimed at the valley. My artillerymen weren’t trying to just pressure the advancing anthropoids, but also to support our advancing units.
The soldiers charged across the frozen floor and to the valley. We weren’t just luring them this time. It was a real attack through and through.
The soldiers were no longer afraid of the anthropoids after our numerous attacks aimed at testing the waters. It appeared as though the anthropoids’ internal structure had begun to crumble due to internal conflict. The lowest level anthropoids were defending the valley. The werewolf tribe and huge birds didn’t appear.
Judging from the type of resistance we faced, it seemed that they were not willing to send out their main force. They all wanted to conserve their main force that could put up a fight. I didn’t think they were holding back to reserve their main force for me, but to fight with each other. If they were reserving their main forces for us, they wouldn’t retreat. Anybody with half a brain would know that they should unite their strength and counterattack, for they currently had the upper hand.
Holing up the way they were gave humanity time to mobilise troops. The anthropoids made no movements, though. They were active until Leah began her mission after which they stopped all activities.
The best opportunity and location to face us was right in front of them, but they didn’t grab it. They should’ve attacked us, yet they defended. They should’ve fought us to the death there, but instead, they withdrew their armies to preserve themselves. I couldn’t say for sure if their brains were just dysfunctional or if they didn’t have a choice. Perhaps their alliance was so fragile that it took just one sentence to bring down
There were without doubt a good number of low anthropoids in the valley, but there weren’t as many as the ammunition and cannonballs we had. I drew up a magic formation in the camp so that Vyvyan could instantaneously deliver us supplies via the magic formation. If the anthropoids were the best at creating the low anthropoids and then drowning their enemies with their sheer numbers, then I had absolute confidence that my centralised factory produced gun powder faster than they could produce the low anthropoids.