Chapter 18: Battle

In Su Lun’s camp, there were only thirty-five Barbarians and over forty Mercenaries who could fight. As for the craftsman slaves, their combat ability could be ignored, and Su Lun did not want to send them to the battlefield.

The cost of buying these craftsman slaves was much higher than that of Barbarians. Just these forty-five craftsmen cost over a thousand Gold Nar. If these craftsman slaves died in battle, he would not have the money to buy more.

After a hearty lunch, Su Lun had the Mercenaries start preparing their equipment. Then he led the Mercenaries to the wall in the northeast direction. Because time was short, most of the camp’s walls had not been turned into stone yet, and part of that was on the east side.

Su Lun’s Territory had only two gates, one on the east and one on the west. This time, the enemy was coming from the northeast. There was a high chance they would attack the east gate. Su Lun planned to set some traps there. When it came to setting traps, the Barbarians were experts. In the past, when they hunted in the Wilderness, they often relied on traps.

Although these traps would not be very effective against a large number of monsters, killing even one was helpful. While the Barbarians were making traps, Su Lun also led the remaining forty-five craftsman slaves to bring out the reeds they had collected and dried these days. They piled them up near the east gate.

Time passed minute by minute. It was three o’clock in the afternoon. The south might still be very hot, but in the Northern Wasteland, it was already quite cool. The autumn sky was clear and the air crisp. On the distant Wilderness, a black line was quickly approaching.

As they got closer, they realized it was not a black line, but a huge army made up of over a thousand Goblins, Hobgoblins, Kobolds, and Gnolls. In fact, it was less like an army and more like a group of bandits. No, even worse than bandits.

Most of them didn’t even have clothes. The weapons in their hands were mostly wooden sticks or bone weapons. Only the Gnolls used crudely made metal weapons. Even though many weapons looked like poor quality, they were still metal weapons.

Besides these monsters, Su Lun also saw several tall monsters. These monsters were even taller than the Gnolls, with bulging muscles that looked very powerful. Su Lun had seen pictures of these monsters before; they were Trolls.

Although the number of Trolls was small, they were much stronger than the Gnolls. Even though there were only about a dozen, their combat power could easily defeat a group of a hundred Gnolls. The Spiked Clubs in the Trolls’ hands weighed about forty to fifty kilograms. They looked ugly and had unmelted iron slag on them, but their power was not reduced at all.

The number of these monsters was also different from the earlier reports. This group had at least fourteen hundred monsters, double the previous number. This many was almost twenty times Su Lun’s forces.

The Mercenaries on the wall felt their hearts beat faster. Their hands and feet turned cold. Looking at the monsters in the distance, their minds went blank, and their eyes were full of fear. If they didn’t know that they couldn’t outrun the monsters in the Wilderness, these Mercenaries would have probably dropped their weapons and run away.

Seeing this, Su Lun shook his head secretly. These Mercenaries had poor mental strength.

“Lord Su Lun, the number of monsters has surpassed a thousand. We have less than a hundred people. We cannot withstand their attack. This is no longer about saving Noble face. I suggest we drive the Kobold slaves and Goblin slaves, abandon all supplies, and retreat immediately…” Ji En said anxiously.

“Retreat? Why retreat? Just because of these weaklings?” Su Lun laughed loudly and slapped the wall. “I actually think they came too few! With so many slaves, if we capture most of them, my Lord’s Castle will probably be built soon!”

Hearing Su Lun’s words, the Mercenaries looked at each other. Their eyes when looking at Su Lun were as if he were a fool. But the Barbarians cheered along with Su Lun. Although they had followed Su Lun for less than a month, these Barbarians had already become his loyal followers, carrying out his orders without question.

While the Mercenaries were still thinking about running away, the monster army outside launched their attack.

“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!”

Arrows were shot from afar. Su Lun gently swung his spear, deflecting all the arrows aimed at him. The Barbarians also swung their weapons, knocking the arrows away. Only a few unlucky Mercenaries were hit, but these arrows were too weak. The arrowheads didn’t even pierce their Leather Armor.

The Kobolds’ archery skills were poor. Their strength was limited, so they couldn’t draw strong bows. Most of the arrowheads were made of bone. They might work against unarmored Wilderness monsters, but they were almost useless against Su Lun’s forces.

Seeing that the arrows had no effect, the Gnolls roared in anger. They angrily swung their Spiked Clubs, sending a Goblin that failed to dodge flying. Then they roared at the monster army, and the entire monster army began to Charge the camp.

They covered the thirty- to forty-meter distance in a few seconds at full Charge. But many monsters had just run ten meters when they stepped into pits and had their feet pierced by wooden spikes, or were hit on the head by falling rocks. Some unlucky ones fell and were trampled to death by the monsters behind them.

But this did not stop the monster army’s advance. Soon, the gate was broken through. Su Lun did not send anyone to block it. Instead, he led the Barbarians and Mercenaries to retreat further into the camp.

Breaking through the gate so easily made these Wilderness monsters very excited. In their minds, human fortresses were hard to break into. But once broken, there would be rich loot inside: sweet food, beautiful clothes, various pretty objects, and the tender meat of humans.

These excited monsters didn’t pay attention to why this camp was so easily broken into. Whether Goblins, Kobolds, or Gnolls, they all swarmed into the gate.

Behind the gate, the first Kobolds to rush in wanted to charge further to plunder. But to their surprise, there was a Stone Wall blocking the way on both the left and right sides. Before they could figure it out, they were pushed forward by more monsters behind them.

These two Stone Walls were made by Su Lun using the Turn Mud to Stone skill. There were thirty meters of Stone Wall on each side of the east gate. With the two Stone Walls blocking the way, they could only move straight ahead.

Soon, the monsters that rushed in saw their enemies.

Two groups of thirty Barbarian Warriors stood ready with giant axes. There was no hiding, and no way to hide. In a breath, the Barbarian Warriors made contact with the monster army. Giant axes swung, flesh and blood flew, and the front rows of monsters fell like wheat being cut down.