How Level Zero Devil Destroys Player Experience

Chapter 78: The Impending War

"It looks like they are coming with great force. I hope Yuwen Hao's guild alliance can step up their efforts."

I collected my fleeting thoughts and looked at the Orc troops approaching in the distance, and I couldn't help thinking in my heart.

At the same time, Xing Luo Wan Xiang on the hill also saw the scene of the Orc army approaching. Although the shock shown through the monocular telescope was not as great as the effect of the Eye of Ugar, it also set off alarm bells in his mind.

The orc armies that appeared in the west and south could be explained as detours, but the army that appeared on the north side of the expeditionary force could not be explained in any way, unless these orcs knew about the expeditionary force's actions and ambushed them in advance.

If this inference is true, this army of orcs is definitely fully prepared.

"Let's retreat, behind the expeditionary force!"

After hurriedly putting the telescope back into his backpack, Xingluo Wanxiang immediately gave orders in the team.

"Why, Luo Ge, isn't this a great opportunity to earn points?"

Kuang Lang had just made preparations for the battle when he heard Xing Luo Wanxiang's order and was stunned.

Others also cast doubtful glances.

"Yeah, with so many of us here, are you still afraid of those monsters?"

"There are millions of people here, and some are elites from the guild alliance. No matter how strong the orcs are, they can't be this outrageous. If we retreat at this time, will others laugh at us?"

"If everyone were like this, there would be no need to fight this war."

After all, the team had not encountered many proper battles since morning, and most people were itching to fight. Now they finally encountered such a large-scale orc army, and it was really unacceptable to ask them to retreat before the battle even started.

"Believe me, I have a feeling these orcs are definitely well prepared."

Xing Luo Wan Xiang's face was serious.

Feng Ling'er hesitated for a moment and said, "Listen to A Luo. I think it's better to be careful."

"Aro's intuition is pretty accurate."

"With so many orcs, there must be a lot of fish that slipped through the net for us to pick up."

Roasted Ginger Pork and Yuhua also echoed this.

Seeing Xingluo Wanxiang and the support of Fengling'er and others, Kuanglang and others in the team felt sorry but they all obeyed the orders and retreated to the rear of the expeditionary army under the leadership of Xingluo Wanxiang.

This team has good cohesion and a captain with excellent awareness.

I glanced at the stars in front of me, shrugged my shoulders, called out Xiaobai and followed the team. After all, for me, it doesn't matter where I watch the show.

In fact, the Xingluo Wanxiang team was not the only one that chose to retreat.

There were many smart people following the main force, and many of them retreated temporarily when they saw the situation was not good. However, most people believed that with the power of millions of players, they could completely fight against the orcs, so they stayed where they were and began to prepare for defense and attack.

Of course, these are only for ordinary players.

For the Guild Alliance, there is definitely no reason to retreat.

After the thieves brought back the news of the orcs' attack, Wenren Shanshui and others immediately gave instructions in the guild channel to prepare for battle. At the same time, they issued a series of orders, which were conveyed to each legion through lower-level nodes.

Following these orders, the players of the guild alliance quickly changed and formed a preliminary formation.

When Xingluo Wanxiang led the team to a higher hillside about one kilometer behind the expeditionary force, looking back they could see a team of players winding for several kilometers like a giant dragon crawling on the Manjiao Plain.

Due to the attack of the orcs, the dragon was restlessly agitated, and magical light was flickering everywhere.

In the originally clear sky, clouds composed of various elements are taking shape.

It was like a thick palette of paint splashed on a canvas, covering a large area of ​​the sky including the sun. The entire grassland began to darken, with lightning snakes slithering through the rolling red clouds, and strong winds howling everywhere, contrasting with the dark clouds above the orc troops in the distance, as if the end of the world was approaching.

This is the spell chanted by the mages in the expeditionary force before preparing for battle.

Even those scattered players without anyone in command knew what they should do. Even if they were squeezed in the middle of the team and couldn't see the detailed situation in the distance, as long as they turned on the order mode and would not hurt others, they just needed to prepare magic in the direction of the orcs' attack.

The entire guild alliance team was stretched out to form an outward defensive formation. Many warriors and knights wearing heavy armor rushed to the periphery. Behind them was a healing team composed of priests. They lowered and raised their staffs to bless the front row with defense.

It was obvious that Wenren Shanshui and his men intended to use a defensive strategy to resolve the first wave of attack from the Orcs.

This is a smart move.

Because the Orcs' attack was sudden, the expeditionary team was in a passive position. In addition, after a long journey, most of the players were still resting. If they organized an attack hastily, they would only disperse the formation, giving the Orcs' cavalry an opportunity to take advantage.

If you choose to defend, you can stabilize the formation and lay a good foundation for subsequent actions.

This can be seen from the actions of other players.

After the guild alliance formed a defense line, no one dared to organize a group to actively attack the orcs. They were all waiting for the orcs to rush in and then launch an attack. After all, no one else followed up. Such a move was simply seeking death, and hiding in a large group could bring a great sense of security.

This subconscious thought also made them consciously move closer to the guild alliance's defense line, or merge their own forces into the defense line, which better facilitated the guild alliance's command.

But will this trick really work?

It is a good tactic to deal with the beast tide, but it may be questionable if it is used on this group of intelligent orcs.

The actions of the orcs further confirmed this point.

From the time the players first received the news of the orcs' attack, two or three minutes later, the orc troops from the southwest, south and north directions of the expeditionary force finally approached, and a war was about to break out.

Millions of expeditionary players and the orcs were about to collide to create the most brilliant sparks, but just when the orcs' vanguard cavalry brigade approached within a thousand yards of the expeditionary force, their attack formation suddenly changed.

Originally, many people thought that the orcs on both wings would rush straight to the center of the expeditionary force and use the charge of the cavalry to separate the players, but they did not do so. The orc cavalry brigade in the front began to turn, and the entire team drew an arc and faced the player troops from the side, and gradually approached, but the speed of shortening the distance was greatly slowed down.

The orcs rushing from the north and south all circled eastward, as if they wanted to surround the entire player expeditionary force.

Can a snake swallow an elephant?

The answer should be no. After all, the base number of the expeditionary force is there. Judging from the number of advance troops assembled by these orcs, it is impossible. Not only Wenren Shanshui and others, but even many players on the periphery of the team feel very strange.

Not waiting for the time they guessed.

Suddenly, earth-shaking roars rang out.

Chapter 79: Rain of Arrows

These sounds all came from behind the Orc army.

Those half-naked behemoths with hideous faces stopped, raised their ugly heads and let out earth-shaking roars. The roars of thousands of behemoths combined together actually overwhelmed the thousands of troops, and the entire huge battlefield could not help but shake.

As the roar sounded.

The drummers beside the giant beast pulled out the big drums on their backs and placed them in front of them. The orc shamans on Behemoth waved their scepters, and bright light emanated from the scepters.

Especially the shaman elder, Ursak, shines the brightest, as bright as the morning star.

At the same time, the infantrymen swung their wooden hammers and hit the war drums hard.

boom--

The drums sounded, one after another, and circle after circle of blood-red light quickly spread outward with the shaman on the Behemoth as the center and the drummers as nodes.

Since the behemoths were evenly distributed in the infantry phalanx, the red halo spread to all the surrounding orcs, even the cavalry brigade in the front. The orcs were immediately covered in red light, holding their weapons high and roaring in response to the drums, their majestic bodies grew taller and stronger as if they had received the blessing of the beast spirit god.

Millions of orcs roared at the same time, creating an extremely violent momentum, which even caused the clouds in the sky to change color. War drums are often the best way to excite the fighting spirit and can also shock the enemy's mind. It can be seen from the pale faces of many players on the expeditionary force side that they are obviously feeling a little confused.

Amid the roars, the Orc cavalry, which had already formed a long battle line, slowed down the pace of the beasts below and spread out. In the huge gap in the middle, dozens of powerful archer brigades appeared behind them.

These horse archers took out the black bows from their backs, pulled the strings and aimed them at the players.

Large numbers of horse archers have completed their attack preparations, and the front row is only 300 yards away from the players.

"Oops……"

When Wenren Shanshui and others saw the orcs' formation, they immediately realized that something was wrong.

Other players may not know this, but they have done a good job of investigation before this expedition and compiled intelligence about the Orc troops, including information about the Orc Cavalry Archers.

These horse archers, like the orc archers, have specially forged weapons, and their maximum attack distance can reach about 400 yards. However, it is quite rare for players to reach 300 yards at this stage, which means that at this moment most of the horse archers have entered their attack range, and they are unable to fight back.

What's worse is not just this. Before Wenren Shanshui and others could give any orders, the drumbeats of the Behemoth war beasts suddenly stopped, and the roars of thousands of orcs stopped at the same time.

But tens of thousands of sharp arrows also left the bowstrings at the same time.

buzzing-

The sound of the bowstring trembling shook the nerves of all players.

What made them even more terrified was the rain of arrows falling from the sky.

More than a hundred thousand sharp arrows whistled from both wings and enveloped the expeditionary force.

Six hundred yards is a terrifying distance.

The war zone had only been open for a few days, and only a few players had experienced the power of the orc archers. Even the members of the guild alliance thought it was safe at such a long distance. Who would have thought that the arrows shot by the orcs were not ordinary arrows.

These arrows were surrounded by a sharp light, leaving brilliant afterimages as they passed through the sky, so fast that no one could react. By the time the players on the periphery felt something was wrong, the rain of arrows had already poured down.

scoff-

Countless piercing sounds rang out almost simultaneously.

Although most of the arrows were blocked by shield warriors and paladins, the maximum range of the archers was 400 yards, and there were groups of priests distributed in the 100-yard staggered zone between the 300-yard distance between the archers and the expeditionary force.

Originally, the guild alliance planned to use shield warriors and paladins to block the cavalry's charge, and priests would use blessings and healing to relieve the pressure in order to resist the first wave of attacks from the orcs.

Who would have thought that at this moment, these priests who thought they were safe behind the front row would become the dead souls under the bows and arrows.

In addition, although these horse archers are only inferior orcs, the combined power of several arrows is also considerable. Even those high-defense shield warriors and paladins will end up being killed after being hit by seven or eight consecutive attacks.

These hundreds of thousands of sharp arrows fell down, and I don’t know how much HP of countless players were taken away.

The white light of death almost formed a dazzling band of light along the two wings of the expeditionary force.

No one knew how many players were killed by the sharp arrows, but the screams of those players before they died and the panicked voices of other attacked players together formed the main theme of the battlefield at this moment.

And this was just the beginning. The archers who shot the first wave of arrows did not stop, but continued to stretch the battle line in different directions. The players also pressed closer, obviously intending to include the mages and archers further behind the expeditionary force into their attack range.

"hiss……"

"how so."

Feng Ling'er and others outside the battlefield couldn't help but gasp when they saw this scene.

Especially Kuanglang, who previously felt it was a pity that he could not fight the orcs head-on, but now he has completely given up on such idea.

If all the team members had chosen to stay and defend, judging from their positions, those players who died tragically under the arrows of the cavalry archers would be the best examples. Thinking about it now, I am really glad that Xingluo Wanxiang made the decision at that time.

"These orcs are really hard to deal with."

Xingluo Wanxiang also had a heavy expression on his face.

But the Guild Alliance is not to be bullied.

I hugged Ali and added silently in my heart.

After all, they are old rivals, and I have confidence in Yuwen Hao and his men. It would be unacceptable if the Guild Alliance, which occupies half of the Orwyn Empire, could not even eat this appetizer.

Damn, these cunning beasts!

Just as I said, Wenren Shanshui knew that he could not just sit there and wait for death, so he immediately gave orders in the channel.

"The shield warriors and paladins in the first to third rows should push forward, and the assault team should prepare to charge."

"The even-numbered priests, mages, and archers will follow up alternately to kill those damn archers. The bandits will go around to the flanks to harass us."

As the guild alliance was carrying out Wenren Shanshui's orders, the second and third waves of arrow rain came just a few seconds apart, knocking down large numbers of players to the ground like cutting wheat.

It was not until thousands of people were killed that the expeditionary force finally moved.

"Go, kill these orcs!"

"Fight them!"

"Keep up, keep up, the people behind don't fall behind."

On the outskirts of the expeditionary force, the shield warriors and paladins of the guild alliance raised their shields and, under the command of the captains of each legion, advanced outward in an orderly manner under the rain of arrows. From a distance, it looked like a wave line spreading in the direction of the orc army, with no protruding sharp corners to cause chaos or breaks in the front line.

Chapter 80 The Opening of the Melee

Behind them, some were priests who had not been replaced, performing healing and blessing for the front row, while others were many mages and archers, following behind the front row and advancing rapidly.

Another wave of arrows fell, but did not cause too many casualties.

This was due to the protection of the front row and the blessing of the priest.

In addition to blessings, there are also mages who cast magic shields on themselves during the advancement, shooters who bless themselves with unique dodge BUFF, and arcane mages and holy mages who have similar group shield skills also raise their staffs to set up a barrier effect for their comrades in the surrounding area.