“Archers, to the cliffs!”
The order was given, and ten militia archers, who had been hiding near the cliffs all this while, stood up, and with the targets right in front of them,
“Shoot!”
They opened fire.
Whoosh Whoosh Whoosh
“AAAWWWWOOOOO!!!!”
Arrows rained down like a deadly storm, striking the Agiles with precision. The creatures howled in pain and rage, but there was no escape. Every attempt to climb the walls of the ravine was met with another volley of arrows.
It wasn’t just the arrows the Agiles had to worry about. The Bonds of all Tamers in the town, capable of attacking from a distance, were here as well, doing damage to these beasts, no matter how little or heavy it was.
The Agiles, with weak defenses, fell quickly, their numbers dwindling rapidly.
The narrow space of the ravine left them no room to maneuver.
“AWWWOOOOOO!!!!”
They howled again. Their minds, corrupted by the dark energy, couldn’t comprehend the notion of their kin dying. Their instincts, however, told them that they were in danger and needed to get away.
Quickly, the Agiles split into two groups: a minority that rushed towards the other end and a majority that tried to return.
And of course, Kael had considered that as well.
“Light it up!”
A soldier shouted.
Near the entrance of the ravine, his soldiers had created a blockade using the pine tree woods that they had cut off beforehand. And it wasn’t just a normal blockade either—it was an advanced one.
A double blockade, where the first blockade was lit on fire, while the second one was strengthened by the Earth Beasts, making it a temporary gate. Behind this ‘gate,’ there stood an emergency unit, whose only goal was to continuously push and pull the spears in and out of the holes created in the gates.
Yes, Kael had made it such that the Agiles, who tried to return to the entrance, would not only need to avoid the barrage of attacks from the Tamers on the cliff, they would also need to cross through a sea of fire, then clash against the gates while trying to avoid the spears that constantly tried to pierce through them.
And what if they somehow passed through all these obstacles?
Well, to deal with that possibility, Sarah and Tobias, two of the strongest Tamers, had already made their entrance, taking over command of the entire operation on this end.
“They are here!”
An archer shouted.
“Archers! Shoot!”
Tobias ordered, and a barrage of arrows fell on the Agiles.
“AAWWWOOOOOO!!!”
The Agiles roared in pain. Their numbers had already fallen quite a bit by the time they got here. Still, seeing the massive sea of flames, these beasts paused. Despite their low intelligence, their instincts told them going further meant death.
The problem was…
That standing still, trying to climb the cliff on either side, or going back wasn’t an option either.
With the attacks continuously raining down on them, the Agiles were forced to make a decision.
And once again, they split into two groups: the majority that turned around, this time towards the opposite end, and the minority that jumped into the sea of fire.
“AAAWWWOOO!!!!”
The minority howled in agony as their skin was scorched.
“Keep attacking! Do not stop!”
However, their howls didn’t stop the attacks that continued to rain down on them. By the time these beasts reached the second blockade, there were only five of them left.
“Spearmen! Start attacking!”
Tobias shouted.
By now, Sarah had already killed five Agiles with her arrows. Yes, she was shooting her arrows from the other side of the blockade—she was that good.
The Spearmen started attacking. Their constant attacks made it difficult for the Agiles to break through. By the time they were able to break the blockade, barely two of them were left standing, and even they were riddled with heavy injuries. They stood no chance against Tobias and Sarah, who easily took them down.
On this end, all the Agiles were dead.
Number of casualties or injuries?
Zero.
As for the other side…
“Will she be alright alone?”
Tobias questioned with a worried look on his face, and hearing that question, Sarah laughed out loud.
“She is the last person you should be worried about.
Worry about the Agiles instead; they might return.”
“They might return…? From the other end…?”
Tobias was with Kael when they found and studied the ravine. He knew the other end was 10 kilometers away. Sure, at their peak, the Agiles only needed about 4 to 5 minutes to go from one end to the other.
However…
The Agiles right now were in no condition to run that fast. Even if they did, there were archers and Bonds prepared to attack them throughout the ravine. Returning here was no different than death.
Sarah understood his surprise. She, however, just shrugged.
“Well, they aren’t getting out from that end, that’s for sure.”
The woman was confident.
She then closed her eyes, her vision connected with her Bond, and very quickly, her eyes fell on the early minority that had decided to rush towards the other end in the first place. They had already died even before they could reach the other end.
As for the group of Agiles running towards the other end now, they were doing better than expected, and ten of them, although injured and battered, had managed to reach the other end.
In front of them, however, was a tanned woman, who had placed a mattress on the ground and had tucked herself inside a blanket.
“Oh? You are here?”
She muttered lazily.
“What is Sarah doing?”
She complained as she stood up, very unwillingly.
The space around her cracked as suddenly, two massive Earth Rhinos—one 12 meters big and the other 9 meters big, with dense stone-like, thick hides—stepped out of the cracks.
Lyra, with a lazy expression on her face, pointed at the Agile Beasts in front of her and,
“Keep them busy.”
At her words, the Earth Rhinos rushed towards the Agile Beasts while the archer herself took out her bow, and then,
She started shooting.
Her precision and accuracy were so high that, with her two Bonds stopping the Agiles from advancing, she attacked their weak points, and within 5 minutes,
The ten Agiles were down.
The battle of the Eastern Gate was over with no casualties or injuries whatsoever.
And the soldiers couldn’t believe it until finally, someone shouted,
“W-We did it!!!”