Chapter 276: Strategy

Meanwhile, the east battlefield didn't have any leeway after the enemies broke through their two wings.

Nathan stood above the others as soon as he witnessed such a scene.

"I have never thought that my own left hand and right hand actually let their enemies breakthrough their formations. And here I am… Can only sit and watch how everything is going…" Nathan shouted with a solemn expression.

All soldiers' eyes locked on him as their bodies became tense, knowing that their time had arrived.

Nathan glanced left and right, observing their expressions before shouting. "Now, I am going to handle this myself. All soldiers!"

"Yes, Sir!"

"Move out! I am going to show you how we are going to win!" Nathan shouted with confidence.

The soldiers were absolutely stunned. Many thoughts appeared in their mind, but not a single of them led to the victory. When they looked at their right and left wings, both were chasing the enemies instead of helping them, so there was no way that three thousand soldiers could win against their twenty thousand.

Yet, the confidence in his eyes was like someone who had grasped the entire battlefield. And only for that reason they got an urge to yell. "Yes, Sir!"

"Move out!"

The soldiers started going to their position, marching carefully toward the enemies.

On the other hand, the mermaid had utter disbelief. "This… Am I not hallucinating? Are they marching at me? Are they actually this foolish?"

Of course, with her in the helm, there was no way these three thousand soldiers could harm her twenty thousand magical beasts. Even Nathan had no opportunity to kill her because the last time they fought, the princess was the one with the upper hand, even with Ethan helping Nathan. Hence, this action was nothing but suicidal.

Suddenly, a turtle appeared behind her with a weird expression.

"Elder?! Aren't you with…"

"I leave him there because he said they are moving, so here I am."

"With due respect, I believe I don't need your help…"

"Little Princess, I am here to ensure your safety. Besides, I have taught you myself that a desperate enemy is dangerous, right? The fact that they are moving in like this, especially after getting both of their wings penetrated by our force, means they are desperate.

"If the two wings don't get stopped, they will kill their soldiers. Even with the spider dying, they won't be able to recover from their loss for a period of time. Hence, I am here to ensure your highness's safety… Even if you reject."

"…" The mermaid narrowed his eyes. This turtle was known to be stubborn even amongst the protectors, so she clearly knew she had no chance in persuading him. She could only sigh and nod her head. "But… Can you hide for now? Because I still believe I can do it."

"Certainly. I will be chilling in the middle of the beasts here, so feel free to move according to your plan." The turtle nodded.

The mermaid nodded and glanced over the magical beasts before raising her hand. "The foolish humans have been slaughtering animals in the past, and now all of you have the power to hunt them back. Show me your current power and make the humans know what it means to be hunted."

"Charge!"

The magical beasts roared in unison before marching to meet Nathan's army.

…

At the same time, Marlin was marching toward Ethan and Jose. And yet, before he even met the magical beasts on the East, he met five thousand soldiers with a woman leading them.

It was none other than Jose.

"Haha! Do they actually want to piss me off? To think they have an audacity of putting two women to stop me… I will make sure all of you are going to die today!" Marlin shouted like a mad-man.

"Do you have something against us, women? Do you think we are not equal? You will realize you are wrong, you damn fish!" Jose snorted and raised her hand. "Soldiers! Prepare to receive our guests."

"Yes, Ma'am!" The soldiers moved accordingly to their usual formation.

Before they hit, Nadia, along with her soldiers, appeared in the corner of her eyes. She and her soldiers were right in their tail. "That is our reinforcement. We shall make this place as a guillotine… And they will be the blade!"

The soldiers recognized what she wanted to do and formed the formation.

"Kill them all!" Marlin snorted. He charged from the very front, and the moment he arrived right before Jose's army, he waved his hands, killing the soldiers in his way as if they were never there.

And yet, Marlin suddenly noticed that their momentum decreased to the point that it became hard to continue because the soldiers were swarming them in a timely order.

Nadia also arrived and started killing the magical beasts in their tail, causing a huge stir on their back.

"We are going to be the blade. Prepare the same formation!" Nadia ordered the same formation as the one that Marlin managed to breakthrough. However, the difference was suddenly shown.

The magical beasts started getting killed one by one as if they were engulfed by a whirlpool and sank to the bottom.

Little did he know that this formation was actually a unique formation in Nathan's army. It was called Guillotine Formation. Ardus was the one who usually held the enemy back, while Nadia was the one cutting the enemies down. With Jose's army as a replacement, the formation had been completed.

"Do you think you can break through that easily? You are overestimating yourself… It's not you who can break our formation, but we are the one letting you break it," Nadia said as she sneakily went ahead and appeared right beside him, swinging her weapon.

Marlin widened his eyes as he instinctively parried her attack, but he suddenly looked in another direction where Jose appeared mysteriously as if she had been there this whole time.

Jose rested her spear in her hand, placing it down, so the handle touched her back. She smiled while narrowing her eyes to the point killing intent leaking out of her eyes. "Little Nadia, I shall assist you in this matter. Let's see whether he can survive from us, women… Because women will become the scariest creatures if they are pissed off!"

"Yes, Madam!" Nadia nodded and released her killing intent as well.

The situation became pretty heated as these three would soon engage in a fierce fight.

…

Meanwhile, Unsi, who had penetrated Ardus's army, was making his way toward Paolo's army. The moment they found those ten thousand soldiers after marching for a few minutes, a smile appeared on Unsi's face.

He roared to the beasts to show his excitement and shouted. "Kill them all!"

*Roar Roar!*

A series of roars echoed on the battlefield.

Obviously, Paolo and Erica knew this as well. Paolo stared at Erica with a serious expression before nodding his head.

Erica nodded back and shouted. "Soldiers. It's time to turn around. One thousand of you are going to be the wall on our back. Make sure that not a single of them strikes us from behind, especially that idiotic professor. The rest are going to turn around and receive these ten thousand magical beasts."

The people had pale expressions, but the moment they heard Erica's voice, they regained their calm a bit and turned around.

"We are going to create a four-layer of defense, consisting of one thousand soldiers each. Each line shall support each other to stop their momentum. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Ma'am!" The soldiers started to regain their composure as they gritted their teeth, swearing that these magical beasts won't get anything other than their own corpses.

Paolo's had two commanders like Nathan, and these two commanders had their own vices, leading five hundred soldiers each. This time, it turned out that these four vices actually hid inside Erica's army.

As if they had been instructed before, the four shouted.

"First line! Create four rows of soldiers with two hundred fifty people each."

"Second line! Create five rows with two hundred each."

"Third line! Create…"

"Fourth line! Create…"

And with the four vices supervising the distribution along with the formation of their soldiers, the four lines of defense were constructed within a minute, ready to take the full momentum of Unsi's army.

"Hmph! Do you think a mere human can stop me?" Unsi snorted and tried to ram them with his magical beasts.

And yet, the first line of defense suddenly struck back at him.

*Bam!*

"Gya!"

"It hurts!"

Many screams resounded across the battlefield as Unsi broke through the first line.

"Haha! That's what happens if you block my way!" Unsi was at his peak after getting momentum from defeating Ardus.

Erica, on the other hand, also saw Ardus coming all the way here. She nodded at him, and he nodded back at her as if they had some sort of agreement.

"What are you planning?!" Unsi narrowed his eyes before shaking his head. "No matter what, I only need to break through your defense, and I will win!"

"That is if you can…" Erica smirked.

Unsi snorted and kept pushing through.

Second Line… Destroyed.

Third Line… Destroyed.

"Haha… With this last one, I shall claim the victory!" Unsi laughed before he was stunned by the sight of the fourth line. Unlike a long four or five rows of soldiers, the last line was a shorter line but consisted of ten rows of soldiers.

The first three lines that had been swept to the left and right became a wall on each respective side instead.

The four lines formation suddenly turned into a 'U' formation, the same one as Ardus used earlier.

Erica had completely grasped Unsi's penetrating ability. If the one in front of her was Marlin, she might not be able to hold on, but Unsi was only a sea-urchin, it didn't have that extraordinary attack power like Marlin.

Seeing this, Ardus charged at Unsi with a single line formation as Erica did earlier.

"Wait, this…" Unsi suddenly realized something wrong as he looked at the back.

"You… You are letting me go all the way here! You…" Unsi opened his mouth in surprise.

Ardus's army had arrived before them and perfected Erica's 'U' formation and made it rectangular, trapping Unsi's army inside.

"That's right. Now sit here and relax until the battle is over… You won't be able to break through anymore… No, I won't let you!" Ardus smirked.

"Fufu… That's right. Everything has been calculated…" Erica suddenly heard a loud sound coming from behind, specifically Paolo's right side. An army of two thousand finally made their way from the East Battlefield, and their leader was none other than Kai Carter. Erica smiled and continued. "… By him."

This was the surprise that no one could ever predict. Two thousand soldiers suddenly appeared on their battlefield, marching toward the twenty thousand magical beasts that the professor brought.

Kai listened to the movements on the battlefield to confirm everyone's position. After that, he checked it with his own eyes before locking his gaze on the professor. He glanced at the soldiers on his back and smirked.

"Soldiers… Time to hunt!"