“In yesterday’s battle, a total of six waves of Demons came,”
Rocky said flatly.
But his matter-of-fact tone did nothing to reduce the impact of his words, and upon hearing this, Liliya couldn’t help but gasp.
“…Six waves of Demons?!”
“Yeah, during yesterday’s battle, sixty Demons came in total…” While speaking, Rocky glanced at Liliya and then, without warning, flashed a grin. “Heh, I killed four Demons in the fight! Pretty impressive, huh?”
“Impressive my foot!”
Seeing Rocky suddenly adopt a teasing and smiling demeanor, Liliya couldn’t restrain herself and, raising her fist, thumped him on the head!
Didn’t he realize how worried everyone was?
Struck on the head by Liliya’s fist, Rocky chuckled twice, and Liliya, helpless at his reaction, rolled her eyes before pressing on, “Since another wave of Demons came after I left, how on earth did you win?”
With six waves of Demons in total, that made sixty of them! Although the Demons were being killed off during the process, it was not as fast as their arrival, which meant the number of Demons they faced kept increasing.
Honestly, Liliya couldn’t comprehend how Rocky and the others could have possibly won such a battle; she clearly remembered that when she was carried back to the village, the forces on the battlefield had already been pushed to their limits and simply couldn’t withstand any more assaults from the Demons.
“It was all thanks to the Skyships.”
Yet, faced with her question, Rocky directly provided the answer.
The reason why they managed to win yesterday’s battle was that the Skyships played a crucial role!
Although the Skyships joined the battlefield late, arriving when the fourth wave of Demons had not only already arrived but were entangled in combat with the soldiers, this caused the Skyships to fail to exert their full power, and their effect was extremely limited on the battlefield.
However, as the fifth and sixth waves of Demons appeared one after the other, the significance of the Skyships became evident.
When the fifth wave of Demons appeared, the Skyships directly bombarded them with fierce firepower. Ten Skyships firing in unison blew away more than half of this wave before they could join the battle.
And by the time the sixth wave of Demons appeared, the Skyships followed suit, resulting in numerous casualties under their bombardment as well.
Therefore, although two more waves of Demons arrived after Liliya had returned to the village, thanks to the Skyships, these waves did not exert too much pressure on Rocky and Lin Feng, at least not fatal pressure. It was for this reason that they finally achieved victory.
“So that’s how it was…”
Listening to Rocky’s brief account of the battlefield situation after her departure, Liliya contemplated as she nodded, then looked at him.
“Rocky, what do you plan to do next?”
Although they had won yesterday’s battle, the mission was far from over. Less than half of the month had passed, meaning the Demons would continue their assaults, and Rocky would have to keep defending.
But after yesterday’s fierce battle, both the Guard Corps and the Backhill Village forces had suffered heavy losses. The Guard Corps had over ten injured and three fatalities; the number who could participate in the next battle would not exceed eighty.
Compared to that, the losses of Backhill Village were even more severe. Due to the poor equipment of the soldiers from Backhill Village, over twenty were injured in the battle and more than ten died on the battlefield, greatly diminishing their strength.
Because of this, it became impossible for either Rocky or Lin Feng to continue to fight the Demons with their own troops separately. Moreover, from the last battle, it was clear that there would be no more minor skirmishes against just a few Demons. Each battle from now on was bound to be a bitter struggle!
So, how to defend became the current priority.
And regarding this matter, Rocky had already made some plans, so he directly said, “From now on, both sides must defend together; otherwise, we will definitely not be able to withstand the Demons. I will lead the Guard Corps, and Lin Feng will lead the troops from Backhill Village. Each of us will command our own forces; there is no other way.”
It was quite coincidental that just as Rocky had finished speaking, someone entered his tent, and it was none other than Lin Feng.
“Commander Rocky, how are you feeling?”
As Lin Feng walked into the tent, he nodded to Liliya and then came over to Rocky’s bedside, asking with concern.
“Much better, I reckon I’ll be fine after resting for one more day.”
With a slight smile, Rocky sat up from the bed and said, “Captain Lin Feng, you’ve come about merging our troops together, haven’t you?”
Lin Feng’s arrival was not unexpected, much like Liliya was concerned about how to cope with the upcoming battles, Lin Feng would naturally think of this too.
“Right, I wanted to ask for your opinion.”
Indeed, Lin Feng nodded directly, indicating that he was indeed there for this reason.
Afterward, Rocky discussed the matter with him. They had no objections to merging their forces because both had mentioned this point at the start of the mission, and everyone had been prepared for it early on.
So the issue was quickly settled after a brief discussion, with both sides agreeing to lead their troops together in the coming battles, each commanding their own teams.
At the same time, the Skyships could not continue to remain idle above Break-Sky Mountain. The location where the Skyships were docked was a bit too far from Backhill Village. Although it would only take about ten minutes to get there, in the rapidly changing battlefield, this time was enough to determine the outcome of a battle.
In fact, in the previous battle, if the Skyships had arrived earlier, the casualties of the troops would certainly not have been so great.
Therefore, Rocky decided to dispatch two Skyships for patrol every day; on one hand, to provide early warning, and on the other hand, to allow these two Skyships to quickly join the Armor in suppressing the battlefield as soon as the battle started, before the other Skyships arrived.
After they had finished discussing this matter, Lin Feng told Rocky about another issue.
He indeed had other matters to discuss with Rocky.
“Commander Rocky, I discussed with the village chief yesterday. The number of Demons is too great this time. If we continue fighting, I estimate that it will be difficult for us to last a month, so it’s been decided to shorten the mining schedule to twenty days.”
“Reducing the mining period means that your mission time is now twenty days instead of a month. But rest assured, Commander Rocky, the commission for the mission will still be paid as we previously agreed, and all the Demons killed in battle, including those we kill, will belong to you.”
“Commander Rocky, what do you think?”
Having said that, Lin Feng looked at Rocky, seemingly waiting for his response.
It was exceptionally rare, but in Lin Feng’s gaze, there was also a hint of nervousness, as if he feared that Rocky would refuse his proposition.