Heroes of Might and Magic: Grand Consul

Chapter 180 Silver Snow Thief Bandits
Faced with Isildur's high-speed mobile army, Bear Fort changed its strategy, sending several ground troops to infiltrate and sabotage.

Thieves are naturally inclined to stealth, making them well-suited for raids along long battle lines. However, Leven's reconnaissance skills are too formidable; any sign of movement toward Frosttree Road will attract the encirclement of Silver Pegasus Star.

So Wayne contacted a well-known thieves' guild in the North through the refugee camp and recruited new soldiers.

【Silver Snow Bandits (Neutral Tier 3, Class 2, Thief, Water Elemental Baptism): Attack 12, Defense 5, Damage 4-8, Health 15, Speed ​​8, Small Size】

Element: Water Element (possesses the magic to remove obstacles and destroy ships; can only be used once within a certain period of time)
Snow Wanderers: They wander the snowfields without a fixed abode, gaining +2 movement speed while marching. They are unaffected by terrain while marching in the snow and their camouflage is enhanced.

Silver Snow Dagger: Forged from magical ice, this dagger inflicts 3 points of frost damage on every attack.

Evaluation: Blending seamlessly with the snow, its pure white surface conceals boundless killing intent.

Wayne possesses a mid-level perk that can significantly boost a rogue's attack power and critical hit rate, but the rogue's stats are somewhat lacking, making him less effective on the front lines.

This time, contacting the Northern Thieves Guild to recruit new thief-type troops has significantly improved our capabilities.

Su Mu also spent a lot of money, 350 gold coins for each Silver Snow Bandit, and equipped Wayne with a 100-man raiding team.

This group of people works in the underground world year-round, and they are a mixed bag with impure intentions. Unlike the soldiers trained in the castle, they are much less loyal.

However, Wayne, as a bandit hero, was most skilled at training bandits. He gathered newcomers in the tavern, using a combination of kindness and severity to make an example of them. He not only suppressed the troublemakers but also offered generous rewards to motivate the Silver Snow bandits.

After rallying the troops' morale, Wayne led the raiding party eastward along the border of the withered grass and snowfield.

Isildur's army gradually deployed to the front lines, advancing step by step. The Frosttree Road stretched endlessly, and they had already captured several key cities as transit points for subsequent troops.

Once the battle lines are stretched out, there are more places to defend. Even though Leven Farrell was wise enough to destroy all the cities held by the Northern nobles except for the key ones, the defensive lines still became vulnerable.

If these 100 people were deployed to the front lines, they would make no difference, but if they were infiltrated as spies, they might have a surprising effect.

Wolf's Breath City, located in the eastern part of the Dry Grass Snowfield, has been occupied by Isildor and is currently under martial law. A large army from the fortresses moves in and out daily to transport troops. As for the remaining humans in the city, only daily supplies of food and drink are permitted, and they are under extremely tight surveillance.

On this day, after a large number of Frost Treemen left, they transported supplies as usual. When the carriage stopped at the trade market, dozens of people suddenly emerged from the carriage and quickly scurried into the streets.

As night fell, they met again, discussed their objective, and then split up to carry out their mission.

Since this month is a month of strengthening troops, using buildings will increase damage. Moreover, Leven looks down on the castle's soldiers and has no intention of recruiting them. He only found some opportunists and thieves to help guard the city.

They thought that with a large army passing by at any time, there wouldn't be any major problems, but Wayne discovered the enemy army's movement trajectory and managed to sneak in between their two deployments.

He led about 60 Silver Snow bandits straight into the Thieves' Guild, chopping off their ears and eyes first.

They then attacked the soldiers left behind by Eshiton. Since Wolf's Breath was a relatively important transit city, several hundred archetypes and silver pegasus were left to guard it, and there was even a bastion ranger in command.

The original plan was that if a powerful enemy attacked the city, the Great Elf would defend it, and the Silver Pegasus Star would provide support at any time. Who would have thought that a small team would infiltrate the city and launch a sneak attack?

When Wayne led the Silver Snow bandits onto the city walls, the enemy died in their sleep. The Great Elves, facing the melee bandits, were utterly powerless to resist. Moreover, with the buff from the Governing spell, the bandits' attack power and critical hit rate were terrifying, basically killing with a single blow.

The Rampart Ranger awoke in the chaos and tried to escape on his Silver Pegasus, but before he could leap out of the stone tower, he was surrounded by Wayne and the bandits and cut down. Seeing their commander surrounded, the Silver Pegasus horses swarmed down to his aid, but they were no match for the Silver Snow bandits and met their demise.

Wayne pinned the ranger to the gate of the city wall, and with a slash of his dagger, the ranger's head fell to the city gate.

"Open the city gates and set the city on fire!"

Before Isildur's arrival, a large number of the city's inhabitants had already migrated to Wolf's Breath, so the city only had some rebels who had defected and were not worthy of sympathy.

Burning down this city will drastically increase the distance the enemy has to travel, making it easier for them to carry out their subsequent plans.

"Murder! The North has returned!"

"Run! The rangers are all dead!"

"Get out of here quickly, they are all silver reapers."

Fires raged within the city, and the rebels fled in disarray. The Silver Snow bandits showed no mercy, killing another group and seizing some of the treasure.

In the case of an ordinary legion, the punishment for taking spoils of war privately would be severe, but Wayne knew the habits of bandits all too well. He did not allow bandits to plunder human cities belonging to his own side, but as for traitors, it didn't matter.

Simultaneously, attacks were launched not only on Wolf's Breath City, but also on Dusk Gorge and Black Raven City further east, all not far from Norton City. Previously, Leven's army could provide support, but now, with the battle lines stretched out, even the Silver Pegasus Star would struggle to arrive quickly.

Wayne's goal was simple: to create chaos and escape as quickly as possible.

They did not covet the extra wealth within the castle. Utilizing the Silver Snow Bandits' high-speed movement ability, they first regrouped at a certain location. Then, under Wayne's unified command, they used the superior mobility learned from Logistics Studies to maneuver around the Silver Pegasus Star's pursuit.

Crossing snow-capped mountains, traversing rivers, and wading through icy lakes, Wayne led 100 men and completely outmaneuvered the Silver Pegasus Star force, which numbered over 800. The enemy split into several units to encircle Wayne's forces, but they couldn't catch up with them no matter what.

Having applied Swiftness to speed up their journey, and just when they thought they were about to catch up with Wayne, he slipped away again. Silver Pegasus Commander Theo Foster was absolutely furious.

Despite possessing intermediate-level logistics skills and enjoying the bonuses of the Silver Pegasus Star, he couldn't even catch up with a group of bandits.

Just as Theo was about to cross the northern border in pursuit, he was ordered to return by Leven, thus ending the absurd chase.

Wayne stood on the other side of the snow mountain, watching the Silver Pegasus Star disappear into the horizon, a look of regret on his face.

Inside the cave behind them, Ouling had already led the Earth Bow into position, ready to ambush the enemy.

The original plan was to find a high vantage point to inflict maximum damage on the air force, but the enemy was so cautious that they stopped pursuing us as soon as we left the snowfield. I should have lured them here directly.

After Oling appeared, he shook his head: "Liven Farrell's reconnaissance ability is too strong. Perhaps he has already noticed something. We need to be more careful next time."

How are things going with Forrest's instructions?

Wayne retrieved a large section of Frostwood: "The new equipment, combined with magic, is remarkably effective. If we take it a step further, their Frostwood Forest could become our own!"

(End of this chapter)