Chapter 68 This is War_1
The sound of the bugle from the direction of the Eternal Domain shattered the quiet of the plains. It also caused the rapidly advancing alliance army of orcs, humans, and werewolves to slow their pace.
The Orc Malevolent Wolf Cavalry leader, Gustav, leapt to stand on the back of his wolf mount. No matter how much the wolf mount jostled while running, Gustav’s feet seemed rooted to its back as if nailed there. He looked into the distance and saw that the defenders of the Eternal Domain had already formed a battle array outside their territory. They’ve been discovered!
Gustav remounted his wolf mount and led his troops to relocate to a nearby slope. The entire advance team of Malevolent Wolf Cavalry completed their turn and took over the slope in an extremely short time. Meanwhile, a large number of Malevolent Wolf Cavalry scattered to perform reconnaissance across the entire battlefield. Such minor tactical maneuvers fully demonstrated the orc army’s elite status and their abundant combat experience.
By contrast, the Werewolf Tribe’s performance was a textbook negative example. The combination of warriors from more than thirty Werewolf Tribes, while following the Malevolent Wolf Cavalry to seize the slope, really looked like a mob of ragtag soldiers. They essentially split into over thirty small groups and then rushed up en masse. They showed no discernible formation or order whatsoever.
This chaos was not an intentional display by the werewolves. Their expertise lay within the swamps, and their war experience amounted to no more than skirmishes between villages for food. The werewolves lacked experience in large-scale military engagements. Especially when running freely on the open plains, as they ran, their formation would inevitably break apart.
Gustav cast a disdainful glance at the werewolves, who had once belonged to the same orc power, then turned his attention to the Eternal Domain, which was now fully in view. Even though he had mentally prepared himself, he was still stunned by what he saw.
"They actually used iron to build a fence around their territory, and there are two of them..."
After Yarlin directed the mercenaries to form lines, he rode his horse beside Gustav. Gazing at the Eternal Domain, he couldn’t help exclaiming, "Seeing these defenses again, I’m just as shocked as when I first came here. Do you see the armor worn by the soldiers of the Eternal Domain? Full-plate armor worthy of a knight’s envy, and yet the Lord here has provided each militiaman with one. He has no idea how much effort a knight must put forth to earn a suit of armor. A set of armor is both a knight’s companion and his honor. If contemptible militiamen can so easily wear such fine armor, it is an absolute insult to the knights."