From Hogwarts to Strixhaven.

Chapter 247 Positional Warfare (600010000)

Ivy, who was the first to arrive at the designated defense location, jumped off the Golden Horn first and limped to find a stone for cover.

He felt that his inner thighs had been rubbed raw. Riding on horseback for three consecutive days was indeed not something a pampered wizard like him could endure. Fortunately, there were many potions in the Destruction Grimoire that could relieve abrasions. As long as he found a quiet treatment environment, he would be back to his best condition in less than five minutes.

The dwarves jumped off their horses one by one and drove the ponies closer to the stone wall.

"Bilbo!" cried Balin. "Watch out for our horses! And watch out for yourself!"

"Groin!" Thorin ordered another dwarf warrior, "Stand with the wizard to prevent any Orc bastard from attacking him!"

"They are coming!" Kili shouted the alarm. It was obvious that the orcs wanted to catch the Lonely Mountain Expedition Team off guard while they were still unstable.

"Do something, wizard!" Bofur, the musician among the dwarves, shouted.

Ivy recited a brief spell, made a few gestures, and pointed at the feet of the orc wolf rider. A piece of oily ground suddenly appeared.

Unlike the general one-ring grease technique, this is a two-ring fuel technique. Once it encounters sparks, it will burn violently. If it is in a small enclosed space, it may even cause a violent explosion due to burning too quickly.

It's a pity that Ivy's professional ability [Wild Elemental Surge] cannot be used on the fuel spell, otherwise the area covered by the fuel would be expanded several times.

Ivy did not use the oil spell directly in front of the dwarves' defensive formation, but deployed it on the weaker side. The musician Bofur, the doctor Oin, and the spearman Dori were responsible for the defense in that direction. Their strength was obviously insufficient, so Ivy's spell reinforcement was even more needed.

The wolf slipped on the greasy ground and threw the Orc rider on its back out, right into the attack range of the spearman Dori. Dori got the first drop of blood in this positional battle easily and happily.

The greasy ground would be considered difficult terrain, and anyone who stepped into it would have a high chance of falling. The charging wargs obviously could not change their center of gravity quickly enough to stabilize their bodies, so four or five wargs fell all over the place, and even brought down their companions around them.

Kili shot an arrow into the eye of the warg, which was dodging the greasy ground, and shouted excitedly, "Again, wizard!"

"Do you think my spells are uninterrupted?" Ivy complained in his heart. If his mouth hadn't been occupied by the spell, he would have definitely made these crazy dwarves quiet down.

The coverage of the fuel magic is still too small after all. Although the expedition team will not be attacked from the front and back, the range within which the orcs can launch attacks is still as wide as 180 degrees.

Many orcs who wanted to chop off the dwarves' heads first had already driven their wolves over their fallen companions and launched an attack on the dwarves' defense circle.

Although the orcs have an absolute advantage in numbers, Ivy's spells can also create a local numerical advantage for the dwarves.

His second spell is the fourth-level Firewall spell. As the name suggests, this spell can create a blazing wall of fire. With the help of the professional feature of [Wild Elemental Surge], Ivy can create a 70-foot-long, 20-foot-high and 1-foot-thick wall of fire.

This not only eliminated the possibility of the wolves jumping out or in, but also almost completely blocked the dwarves' way forward.

Ivy's fire wall was set up very cleverly. This semi-arc wall was stuck right between the orcs' vanguard and follow-up troops, making it so that the orcs and wargs facing the dwarves could not get support from their teammates, and also isolating their retreat routes.

Within this wall of fire, the numerical advantage between the orcs and dwarves was immediately reversed. Even if the wolves under their butts were counted, their number did not exceed that of the dwarves.

And at the first moment when the fire wall rose, three unlucky guys had half of their bodies stuck into the flames. The shaggy wolves immediately turned into a moving bonfire, and the orcs sitting on their backs became the iron grilled meat on the bonfire.

"The wizard has created an advantage for us!" Thorin saw through Ivy's intention at a glance. He was the first to rush out of the defense circle and launched an attack on the orcs and wargs.

Feeling the overwhelming heat, the orcs panicked and wandered around trying to find an exit. However, the high temperature and the dwarves shouting slogans interfered with their judgment, and no one could find the gap that Ivy had deliberately left.

That's right, even after the blessing of [Wild Element Surge], the fire wall created by Ivy couldn't cover a 180-degree open attack field of view, so he deliberately left a gap for the orcs. On the left side of the gap was the fuel spell that Ivy had left on the ground, and on the right side was the fire wall emitting scorching heat waves. If the orcs inside the fire wall wanted to rush out, or those outside the fire wall wanted to rush in, they had to take this path.

If the orcs who want to retreat collide with those who want to attack, it will undoubtedly cause traffic jams, and then they will all become fish on the chopping board, at the mercy of others.

It was even more stupid to wade through the oil spell. The greasy surface was considered difficult terrain, and moving through it would only be slower, making it more vulnerable to long-range attacks. Not to mention that with just a small spark, the oil spell would form a new sea of fire. Therefore, the orcs' attack route could only be the gap that Ivy had planned for them in advance.

In fact, this was exactly the case. After listening to the dying cries of their companions inside the wall of fire, the orcs outside the wall of fire decided to launch an attack through the gap.

"The wizards are not capable enough! There's a gap in the fire wall!" The officer leading the Orc team ordered his men to launch a second charge, "Go! Go! Go! Kill all the dwarf scum!"

Orcs are a species with a very strong sense of class. Orcs in a lower position dare not disobey the orders of their superiors, at least not in person.

They walked shoulder to shoulder, feet to feet, and filed in through the gap in the fire wall.

They were greeted not only by Orli's slingshot and Kili's bow and arrow, but also by Ivy's third spell - Extreme Chaos Arrow.

Ivy already knew that Extreme Chaos Arrows could be fired infinitely if there was a target, but during the chase, the Wolf Rider subconsciously distanced himself from the enemy, causing the spell to lose its ability to continue killing the enemy. Therefore, Ivy used a second-ring spell and a fourth-ring spell to reconstruct the battlefield, trying to squeeze the orcs and the wolves together so that his Extreme Chaos Arrows could deal tons of damage.

This is Ivy's tactical philosophy, mobilizing the enemy, hiding one's own intentions, and finally launching a decisive attack.

The manic magical aura struck again. In this small space, the orcs and the wargs no longer had any possibility of distance. Roars and flashes jumped back and forth between the orcs and the wargs. Every time they illuminated the dwarves' faces, they knew that another enemy was about to be killed by the sword.

The orcs who had been severely injured were already in a panic, and even wanted to escape across the greasy ground formed by the oil spell. However, Ivy's magic fire arrow would not give them this opportunity. The greasy ground became the second ball of fire in the battle, which looked more terrifying than the fire wall. Because although the fire wall was hot, it only burned steadily, while the oil spell was like a monster made of fire when it burned, roaring and swallowing everything on it.

Ivy's Fire Wall spell also underwent super magic, but he chose [Delay Spell], which increased the duration of the Fire Wall spell from one minute to two minutes.

However, within just two minutes, all the orcs who tried to enter the wall of fire fell down, and even some orcs who failed to squeeze in were hit by the jumping attacks of chaos arrows.

The officer leading this group of orcs could hardly believe his eyes. It was only a few minutes from the time the dwarves deployed their defensive formation to the time the wall of fire was extinguished, and only a few of the thirty wolf riders in his team were left.

Moreover, the few remaining people were all injured, and it looked like a gust of wind could take their lives.

The Orc officer knew that his situation was hopeless today, so he took out a horn from his back and wanted to warn other Orcs who were still in the forest.

"Don't let him make a sound!" Thorin was horrified. The purpose of their positional warfare was to reduce the pressure of being pursued. If the orcs knew the specific location of the expedition, even if the battle was won, the strategic goal would not be achieved.

Even faster than Thorin's voice was Kili's bow and arrow. As early as the orc officer reached for his back, the sharp-eyed dwarf had already set his sights on him.

The horn touched his lips, and the Orc officer took a deep breath, but found that he could not exhale the air in his lungs no matter what.

He looked down and saw the feathered arrow tail dangling under his chin.

"Well done!" Fili praised his brother's excellent shooting and cut off one of the wolf's legs with the iron sword in his hand. "Kill them all!"

The remaining wolves and orcs fled in all directions, no longer able to fight.

"Don't chase them!" Thorin stopped his companions. "Check your wounds! Orcs' weapons are all poisoned! Oin, show them!"

"We are fine!" The dwarves were all smiling, "The wizard's magic helped us a lot! Otherwise, we would never have it so easy!"

"In that case, hurry up and mount your horse." Ivy was already sitting on Golden Horn's saddle. "There must be a large group of orcs in the forest."

Thorin hesitated to speak, obviously he had not let go of his prejudice against the elves, but Ivy had established a certain prestige in the team through magic, and the dwarves jumped on their ponies one after another, waiting for Thorin's orders.

"Let's go!" said Thorin glumly.

　Only 4000 left, not much left! Go for it!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)