Lord of the Myriad Worlds

Chapter 386: Meeting on a Narrow Path

Right as Li Wei led the team and galloped westward, that white bird also circled and disappeared into the sky. When it appeared again, it was already in a valley twenty kilometers east of the mountain pass.

That white bird was currently perching squarely on the shoulder of a Neanderthal Cross-Border Player.

He seemed to be receiving the various pieces of information brought back by this white bird, so much so that his expression maintained a constant shift.

"Li Wei came personally? But he didn't bring his large crow. How truly interesting. His Riverside Fortress is currently enduring the terrifying flood peak brought by the Frost Duke, yet he traveled hundreds of kilometers north bringing only a few dozen cavalrymen. So, does he want to seek out a fair and open field battle? Or does he plan to rescue Socrates?"

"But regardless of what it is, this is a good opportunity. Kill him and seize his Pioneering Card, then the staff officers under his command won't be able to hold on for much longer."

Saying so, the Neanderthal activated seemingly a magic scroll used for communication with a painful expression. The words he had just spoken were recorded within it.

Almost at the exact same time, all Neanderthal Cross-Border Players within a radius of thousands of kilometers received the same message. And in just a short few minutes later, this message appeared before the Frost Duke.

Simple, fast, and expensive!

But if used to strangle Li Wei, it would be very cost-effective.

Yet, the current Li Wei was completely unaware of this—or rather, even if he knew, he wouldn't care. He had swaggered out of his territory's boundaries with over eighty cavalrymen. With such a massive target, how could it possibly be silent and traceless?Nowadays, the Frost Duke and the Neanderthal Cross-Border Players were scouring the whole world grabbing populations. Bumping into them and encountering encirclement and interception was something with a high probability of occurring.

However, aside from rendering support to Mark on this trip, proactively initiating a regional decisive battle was also his goal!

Galloping westward along the highway for roughly over twenty-five kilometers, the road ahead was cut off. A highway bridge had been violently smashed down not too long ago. Even the traces were fresh, probably destroyed last night, because it rained last night; this kind of trace couldn't be faked.

But not a shadow of an Ability User could be seen in the surroundings, save for up to a hundred traps scattered in the wild fields.

So what was the purpose of this?

To encircle and annihilate Mark's convoy?

Because yesterday, it was impossible for the enemy to know Li Wei was coming. Deducing from this, there would be a roaming Ability User squad nearby?

Li Wei dismounted. In less than half an hour, he confiscated all the traps. Subsequently, he inspected the surroundings again, and the conjecture in his heart was essentially confirmed.

However, this roaming Ability User squad must have received the message not long ago, so they made an emergency retreat. Or perhaps, they wanted to leave behind new traces to lure them into giving chase.

Well then, arriving at the right time is better than arriving early.

Where would one find so many exceptionally advantageous combat environments, and where would one find so many opportunities of favorable timing, favorable terrain, and favorable human conditions?

Since they discovered them, then they would just wipe them out.

He wanted to achieve exactly that—discover an Ability User legion, wipe it out; and ultimately slaughter his way over like chasing rats!

"Listen up, everyone! There might be a roaming Ability User squad ahead. They have already discovered us, and will attempt to leave traces to lure us into an ambush ring, or reversely lure us toward taking another route. This is highly possible; perhaps at this very moment, there are already more roaming Ability User squads flanking us from all directions."

"But it doesn't matter. Our goal is to simply slaughter our way over. Kill one when we see one; wipe out a squad when we see a squad!"

"Xuanxuan, you guys maintain a distance of fifty to one hundred meters from me. Don't get too close, and prepare yourselves for combat at any time. As for those new recruits, allow them to slow down their pace, so long as they don't fall behind by one kilometer. Also, have them try their best not to deviate from the route. The mountain paths are difficult to traverse, be careful maneuvering."

Having said that, Li Wei was the first to charge down the highway and into the wilderness. At this moment, the advantage of +8 Perception was displayed to its absolute fullest. He could almost ensure that using him as the center, within a radius of five hundred meters, no crisis, ambushing troops, or traps could escape him.

However, the mountain paths ahead grew increasingly rugged. The traces left by those Ability Users headed directly toward a hill ridge. They were somewhat messy, and it could be clearly seen that they were performing a rapid march retreat in a certain direction.

Then it didn't matter. Chase after them, bite onto them, and wipe them out!

Li Wei's speed began to accelerate. His entire person and the warhorse beneath him were practically like man and horse united as one, sweeping by like the wind even on such a steep and rugged path.

Simultaneously, he was also able to tread out a relatively safe and stable route for everyone else behind him.

This kind of advantage was something others couldn't even hope to match.

In truth, Zhao Xuanxuan and the other forty-two Heavy Cavalrymen with Cavalry Cards were still okay. The stamina and agility of Four-Star warhorses were extremely excellent. Under the premise of Li Wei blazing the trail, they were still able to maintain a galloping state of thirty kilometers per hour.

But the remaining light cavalrymen had no choice but to slow down their pace.

Looking from afar, their team had stretched out nearly a kilometer long.

And it was stretching further and further.

Like those twenty new recruits who had only recently started training, they already had no choice but to dismount and travel on foot.

But Li Wei didn't care about this, because there was no danger. This was considered an encounter battle. The enemy hadn't had time to mobilize yet, and their side also didn't need these new recruits to play any role.

Just consider it experiencing the atmosphere of a great battle in advance.

Finally, as Li Wei galloped wildly all the way, successfully traversing the most steep and rugged parts and cresting the top of this hill ridge, a dense forest immediately spread out ahead. A tightly packed mass of trees covered the entire mountain slope and valley. Looking from afar, it simply resembled an ocean of emerald green trees.

This scenery was beautiful indeed.

It was just highly unfriendly out on cavalrymen.

And here, the traces left by the Ability Users became even more chaotic. Furthermore, there were some hastily laid out, somewhat messy traps within the forest. It was certain that this roaming Ability User squad was down in the valley below; they were reorganizing their ranks and forming their formation.

Li Wei could even hear their violent panting. Haha, they must have had a crazed run just now too, right?

So this was the feeling of a cat catching a mouse.

Li Wei's mood was exceptionally pleasant. He even thought about the idea of circling around to their rear alone and wiping out this squad of Ability Users himself. Truly, to him, this was as simple as returning to his own turf.

However, one large objective of this trip, was still to train troops!

You aren't ordinary cavalrymen! You can't just keep thinking about relying on plain terrains to perform one-sided slaughters against the enemy. This terrain right before us is pretty good.

"Li Wei—"

Zhao Xuanxuan intended to persuade him. This place was practically a nightmare for cavalry. If there were traps within this forest as well, it would be even more hellish. There was completely no need to create difficulties and make things hard for themselves.

"Mark, Blessing!"

Li Wei's voice interrupted Zhao Xuanxuan's question. Mark, who had been following behind Li Wei the entire time, suddenly drew his longsword and pointed it toward the sky. In an instant, a bright light shone from that longsword, continuously expanding until it covered the forty-two heavy cavalrymen. In this moment, everyone felt as if they were illuminated by the golden morning sun; warm currents surged, exceedingly comfortable. Even the warhorses benefited immensely.

But Li Wei received a different set of information at this moment.

[You have commanded Paladin Mark to consume 42 points of Faith to unleash a Divine Blessing Spell on the 42 Heavy Cavalrymen. In the following 30 minutes, regardless of man or horse, all will gain a special buff of an extra +100 Life and recovering 10 points of Life per second.]

[Friendly Reminder: The Temple currently has 1000 Faith remaining. This is pure conviction left within the Temple by freemen. Each person can contribute one point of Faith annually.]

"Benjamin, stay behind and organize the ranks; the rest of you, follow me! The enemy is right before our eyes, kill!"

With a loud shout, Li Wei once again took the lead and charged into the forest. This time, however, he drew his Enchanted Strong Bow, shooting arrows in rapid succession like a string of pearls, triggering and detonating the traps hidden in the bushes and on the tree trunks one by one.

Crackle and pop! One trap after another let out shrieks of death. Ballistas, poison arrows, snare loops, pitfalls—an endless variety, layered and interlocked.

It made Zhao Xuanxuan and the others behind break out in cold sweats. This was too damn thrilling.

However, they now counted as true elites. Even if their hearts pounded with fear, not a single person shrank back. Moreover, all of them were able to maintain a good speed, following closely behind Li Wei through the dense branches and lush foliage where even the sky couldn't be seen. It was like a life-and-death adventure where just a slight mistake would result in the warhorses crashing into trees.

Fortunately, they were actually capable of handling this kind of terrain. They were actually even more outstanding than they had imagined.

It was nothing more than this!

And within this short period, Li Wei had already continuously shot over a hundred arrows, once again breaking over a hundred traps. Following that, the path ahead was safe, because the enemy had no time to deploy any more traps.

"Roar!"

Accompanied by a massive roar, a Level 5 Stone Giant charged out from the valley ahead, wielding a dozen-meter-long log and striding over aggressively.

And almost simultaneously, three consecutive fireballs the size of human heads soared into the sky and smashed down toward the charging formation of heavy cavalrymen!

Several hundred meters ahead, roughly fifty heavily armored Half-Pigmen and Half-Minotaurs were surging out from behind the trees, beginning to form up ranks. Behind them was a number around twenty light-armored Half-Catmen and Half-Dogmen units.

Dozens of Centaur Archers charged out from both flanks, continuously drawing their bows and firing arrows!

As expected, this was a roaming Ability User squad, and it was even a mixed Ability User squad with a rather complete configuration.

But for some reason, the Neanderthal Cross-Border Players were nowhere to be seen. Having seen so many traps earlier, he had thought there were Neanderthals here?

The exact moment this thought flashed through Li Wei's mind, he fired three consecutive feather arrows violently into the air, directly blasting apart those three human-head-sized fireballs at an altitude of roughly a hundred meters above the ground.

For a time, raging flames roared, and clouds of fire blotted out the sky. The massive shockwave shaved the tree crowns within a hundred-meter radius completely bare.

But ultimately, it hadn't caused much of an impact.

In fact, under Zhao Xuanxuan's lead, the forty-two heavy cavalrymen had already initiated a full-speed charge at this moment!

Yes, Li Wei was right. In an actual setting of a heavy cavalry charge, he was still just a little brother.

Although the enemy was powerful and numbered almost more than double their own forces.

But Zhao Xuanxuan and the others seemed to have spontaneously entered their most proficient racetrack.

In fact, even if Li Wei hadn't drawn an arrow and blasted apart those three fireballs, they actually wouldn't have been affected much.

Because they had already ramped up their speed.

They surpassed Li Wei in a flash. The violent gales swept up seemed as if they were launching a mockery at him, as if he had suddenly become an outsider.

Yes, this feeling was truly too wondrous.

As if Li Wei's confidence had been possessed and stolen away.

(End of this chapter)