Chapter 556 - Supply Raid (3)

"Shall we continue?" The leader of the elite soldiers said.

"Sure!" The supply delivery's leader replied.

The supply delivery group continued their journey towards the stop area. Meanwhile, Auron's group was in a difficult position.

With the addition of 5 elite soldiers, there were 15 enemies in total. It was twice Auron's group's size. Moreover, 5 of the enemies were elites soldiers. Although the rest of the enemies were not elite, they could not be underestimated.

As the supply delivery group continued their journey, Auron had to decide quickly. If they started the raid near the stop area, maybe they could still destroy the supply. However, at that point, it would be harder for them to survive.

Auron was thinking hard. It was now or never. He quickly whispered to Cedric, who began to fade using the stealth skill.

Auron could only rely on a surprise attack. So he quickly told Cedric to aim at the enemy's cleric. Meanwhile, the other followed and waited for the command.

It was fortunate that there was only one cleric among the enemies. So, if Auron's group could kill this cleric quickly, their chance of winning would increase a lot with a cleric on their side.

Cedric stealthily approached the group from the back. Just like a standard group's formation, the cleric was positioned in the group's center.

A few seconds later, Auron started to chant his [Fire Blast]. When the spell was about to ready, Axton also prepared to release his most powerful shot and aimed towards the cleric. 

Auron's spell was unleashed and directly aimed at the group's center, where the cleric was. Combined with Axton's [Arrow Shower], attacks rained down upon the supply delivery group.

The supply delivery group was already vigilant about their surroundings all this time. So, when the arrows and Auron's spell were near them, they could somehow react quickly. Unfortunately, it was still difficult to avoid a surprise attack completely.

The arrows and spell hit the supply delivery group and created chaos. However, the supply delivery group's leader tried to maintain their group's orders. The five elite soldiers already went ahead and charged towards the attack's source.

The supply delivery group took a blow from Auron's spell and the arrows. However, they quickly regained themselves and prepared for battle. Amidst the chaos, Cedric was near the cleric. He jumped over the cleric and comboed the cleric to death.

The sudden assassination of their cleric was surprising. However, they quickly surrounded Cedric. The latter was in a dangerous position inside the enemies' group.

Auron and Axton released another round of attacks. However, they were not aimed towards the five elite soldiers that were coming towards them. Instead, the attacks were aimed towards Cedric's place. They had to help Cedric out of the encirclement.

With a dagger in his hands, Cedric blocked an attack from the nearby swordsman. However, another attack was already coming towards him. He moved back and used the supply delivery's caravan as a shield.

Unfortunately, there were already enemies waiting for him at the other side. A chop coming towards him. Cedric tried to move, but his shoulder was grazed by the sword.

Cedric was hurt, but he could not stay still yet. Another attack already coming towards him. Before the attack reached him, Auron's spell and the arrow poured down towards Cedric's surroundings.

Quickly, Cedric used this chance to escape. The enemies who lost Cedric gnashed their teeth. The leader could not order to chase Cedric because battling running against a thief was useless. That was why the leader ordered their full power attack towards Auron's group, who was still inside the forest.

Meanwhile, after Auron unleashed the spell to help Cedric inside the forest, he moved over to his swordsman character and charged along with the other new swordsman. His mage character was still attacking with spells, but the attack was not directed properly.

Auron and the swordsman got buffed by the cleric. They got an increase in attack and speed. Also, they got a barrier. Although the barrier was not that strong, it was better than nothing.

Auron and the swordsman quickly met with the five elites. The two of them immediately attack. However, their number was on the losing side. Two of the five elites clashed with Auron and the swordsman. Meanwhile, the rest of them quickly passed the two of them and tried to attack behind them.

Auron, who saw this, gritted his teeth and left the swordsman alone, battling against two people while he dashed towards the other three.

Auron had to shield his ranged and magic members. From behind, Auron attack the three elite soldiers. Unfortunately, it was not easy to score a hit from an elite.

One of the elite turned around and blocked Auron's attack. The other two continued moving towards the cleric, Auron's mage, and Axton.

After finished helping Cedric, Auron's mage and Axton could focus on these elite soldiers. They attacked the elite soldiers trying to slow them down. And, it worked. The elite soldiers had to stop to block the attack.

However, there was a delay between Axton and Auron's mage attack. The elite soldiers used those delays to advance closer. Auron was fighting against one of the elite.

Auron was in a hurry and tried to shake off this elite soldier. However, the elite soldier didn't let that happened easily.

The battle getting more chaotic over time. As the elites were hindering Auron's group, the supply delivery group also charged Auron's group.

Cedric, who was behind them, tried his best to lure the supply delivery group by killing them one by one. However, obviously, it was not enough, and he was not that quick enough to finish all of them.

After killing three more people from the supply delivery group, Cedric found himself was far behind the supply delivery group's guards, who were already close to the elite soldiers.

Seeing this, Cedric could only follow the group while praying Auron's group could hold on.