As long as the troops on the battlefield could return to the high wall, the advantage of the wall would be enough to drive back the remaining demons. This was Rocky’s only hope of winning the battle.
And to achieve this, to allow as many troops as possible to retreat, Rocky naturally took the lead to become the vanguard blocking the demons!
While the other soldiers retreated towards the high wall, he charged at the demons, constantly drawing their attention with the advantage of the Void Magic Armor.
Gliding instantly to a demon, Rocky raised his hand for a slash, immediately slid to the side, and struck another demon with his sword, then retreated after the blow and targeted other demons.
With the agility of the Void Magic Armor, Rocky continued to harass the demons through relentless repetition. His goal wasn’t to kill a large number of demons, but to attract their attention to the fullest, keeping the monsters focused on him.
He had done the same thing in the last battle, so he had experience on how to attract demons and how to entangle with multiple demons at once. It did not take long before at least six demons were enraged, directing their spears at him.
“Come on… come on… all of you, come here…”
To ensure that the demons always followed him, Rocky did not fly into the air. If he flew away, the demons would target others, so he always used the Void Magic Armor to glide close to the ground, slashing at any demon he encountered to draw in more of them.
At the same time, he absolutely did not engage in a drawn-out battle with the demons. Last time, he had put himself in danger by doing so, and Liliya ended up getting hurt trying to protect him. So, this time Rocky had learned his lesson. He wouldn’t entangle with the demons and would simply use the Void Magic Armor to soar into the sky and shake off any pursuing demon, nothing more.
Without a doubt, Rocky had grown a lot through ceaseless battles. Before this mission, he hardly had any encounters with demons, and the only time he did, he cooperated with Liliya. Now, due to this mission, he had rapidly grown into a qualified warrior, whether in skills, experience, or on-the-spot judgment.
In such a situation, an astonishing scene occurred on the battlefield. A large number of human soldiers were retreating toward the high wall, and the gate had already opened. The first group of soldiers had even made it back, but the demons did not take advantage of the situation to pursue a victory. At this critical opportunity, over half of them were distracted by one person.
That person was naturally Rocky!
From up high on the wall, one could see Rocky weaving through the battlefield alone, with a long tail of demons relentlessly chasing him, uttering furious roars. Over twenty demons were chasing Rocky at that moment, resembling a pack of hungry wolves pursuing a fleeing rabbit.
These hungry wolves were frenzied, baring their teeth and slashing their claws as they chased. It was easy to imagine that once they caught their prey, they would unquestionably tear it to shreds.
However, the pursued rabbit was quite clever. Despite being in constant flight amidst dangers, it always managed to escape from the gaping jaws of the hungry wolves, even taking the chance to attract more during the chase!
Thus, the situation on the battlefield underwent yet another change.
At this moment, there were fewer than forty demons left on the battlefield, and there were still about a hundred soldiers with combat capabilities. With this ratio, if they continued to fight head-on, Backhill Village would be undoubtedly defeated. Even if the troops started retreating, the demons would certainly not give them this chance.
But it was because of Rocky’s successful diversion, that more than half of the demons had their attention fixed on him. He led them around the battlefield as if walking dogs, drastically reducing the pressure on the others.
Under the cover provided by Lin Feng, Liliya, Monte, and a host of other squad leaders, along with the support of Archers and Mages on the high walls, even the demons that Rocky hadn’t drawn away were blocked from chasing down their victory, allowing more and more troops to make it back inside the high walls.
Once the bulk of the troops had safely returned, Lin Feng, Liliya, and the others also led the various squad leaders in a fighting retreat, eventually making it back to the high walls under the cover of Archers and Mages!
“Hold it! Everyone, help me hold the gate!”
Retreating to the gate of the high walls, Lin Feng grabbed a shield from someone unknown and took the lead in front of the gate, together with Liliya and the other squad leaders, they all became the most solid barricade, blocking the demons that were attempting to storm the high walls with them outside.
Meanwhile, noticing that everyone on the battlefield had managed to retreat, an utterly exhausted Rocky leaped into the air and soared towards the nearest Skyship, bellowing, “Fire! All hands, open fire!”
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At his roar, the nearest Skyship immediately started bombarding the battlefield, followed by other Skyships unleashing their cannons, turning the battlefield outside the high walls into a field of explosions almost in the blink of an eye.
At the same time, the Archers and Mages on the high walls once again began to unleash their fury, sending a barrage of Arrow Feathers and Magic beyond the walls.
Obviously, now that all the troops had retreated behind the high walls, the ranged units had another opportunity to come into play, an opportunity that was incredibly precious, especially for the Skyships.
That’s because once the demons started to attack the high walls, the Magic Cannons couldn’t fire anymore—otherwise, the cannons themselves would be sufficient to bring down the walls without waiting for the demon assault.
In this situation, the gunners aboard the Skyships didn’t have the time to aim. They used the Magic Cannons to bombard wildly, firing until the barrels glowed red hot, firing until there wasn’t a speck of Mana left in the Magic Cannons.
At the same time, Rocky had already flown back to the high walls, but he didn’t stay on top; instead, he flew directly toward the camp.
After the intense fighting just now, especially the last stage where he single-handedly held off half of the demons, the Mana in his Void Magic Armor was almost depleted. Whether he liked it or not, Rocky had to recharge his Void Magic Armor.
Until the Void Magic Armor was fully charged and Rocky could return to the front, the troops that had retreated back to the high walls had to rely on themselves.
Fortunately, with the bombardment from the Skyships, not only did Lin Feng and the others withstand the demon’s onslaught at the gate, but they also managed to close it successfully.
“Barricade the gate! Quick! Use whatever you can find!”
The moment the gate closed tightly, a massive bolt, which took several soldiers to lift, was thrust across it, yet this was clearly not enough; a single bolt could not withstand the following assaults of the demons. Therefore, Lin Feng immediately ordered to bring all the heavy objects they could find to thoroughly block the gate.
Under his command, carts, barrels, and even large grindstones from the village were moved over, completely sealing the gate shut.
After that, Lin Feng, Liliya, and the others charged up to the high walls.
However, the moment they reached the top, the deafening sound of the bombardment stopped, immediately sinking their hearts. They quickly leaned on the battlements to look down, only to see that the demons had gathered below the high walls and started assaulting the walls with their strong bodies!