Novel Boss
Chapter 131: Battle Of BoneFire Valley 2
Chapter 131: Battle Of BoneFire Valley 2
Without the goblin king in play, then it was quite obvious that this fight would be going down very differently than he imagined. But they were already out here without a king, so it's either they were confident enough to win without the king, or they had no idea he wasn't here. And if they had no idea he wasn't here, then it would mean someone could either be impersonating him, or its just normal for the most elite force of a king to take the battlefield without him. Either ways, a fight was still bound to happen, they needed to start making a move because an outdrawn ranged combat would end unfavorably for Rezar and would favor the Goblins as ranged combats wasn't something any member of his army was really good at.
"We need them to charge, we can draw them into the trap once they're down in the valley." Priest said as he shifted his focus back to the battlefield.
"I know I don't need to tell you that they're not that stupid, whoever walks down that valley first would be a fish in the barrel. We didn't calculate for how to get them down into the valley and let our excitement carry us away, the valley is a kill box we prepared for them, of course they don't know we prepared it for them, but now its obvious they're preparing it for us. They'll keep their distance and put pressure on us by attacking from range, so we either get pelted to pieces with their spells and arrows or we'll be forced to retreat giving them a chance to chase us from behind." Rezar said as he narrowed his eyes at the army of Hobgoblins opposite them.
"So what do you suggest we do, from what I can see, the best option available to us would be to bring the fight to them on the ledge or drag them down into the valley, but we can't drag them down into valley just like that. It pretty obvious this army of Hobgoblins are much stronger than all the others we've faced, so there's no guarantee former tactics would work here.
Sure they don't seem to be completely immune to illusions of the Kitsune, but the idea is that we have to get the kitsunes to the other side without them seeing them coming. But it pretty much means we are giving them enough time to come up with plans and contingencies of their own. We need to either launch an attack now, we can't go round the valley as that would give them enough time to reorient themselves and even prepare an ambush for us." Priest said as he adjusted himself on the back of the necrotic forest wolf that served as his mount.
"Master I think we just need a strike force to bulldoze their way into the midst of that army, at the very least cause an enough disturbance. Sure it might be a loss on our side, but it might shake their confidence a bit, plus from what I can see this is going to be a really long and drawn out battle, and no real moves would be made until the night falls, and that's the time where most of the assets we have on hand will come into play, and I'm pretty sure it's the same with them. we need to strike a decisive blow now, before they make any attempt." Brutus said as his massive bull form stood shoulder to shoulder with Rezar that was sitting on a giant ant.
"Well that seems like a good idea Brutus, a charge wouldn't be a good idea as that would leave us to their mercy, leaving no other choice but a drawn out long range battle that would be more in their favor than ours. We need to go after them now, or at least break them a bit. In that regard how many undead do we have to send after them, consider the fact that we can't send much as we're not dealing with simple goblins anymore and we need all the numbers we can get." Rezar said to Brutus as he adjusted himself, ready to give the required orders to the undead behind him.
"We only need to send one master, just one is enough to cause the sheer amount of damage and shock we would need to end this fight. Heck if this attack goes well, we would be able to end this fight immediately be capitalizing on the chaos." Brutus said, leaving Rezar very confused.
"One? How? And who?" Rezar asked, only for priest to give him the answer to that question.
"You!" Rezar blanched for a second, and then everything became a lot clearer to him, he looked at Brutus as the Ghost Bull nodded its massive skull for a head at Rezar.
"Indeed Master, you have to think about it. No matter what they throw at you, you won't die, and you can cause enough damage to not only disrupt them long enough for Lenore to spring her ambush, but with you distracting them, the rest of us can run down the slope and attack the enemy. There'll be less casualties this way, except for you of course, but I believe we can all live with that master." Brutus said with a rather cheerful tone, Rezar smashed a knuckled fist on his head, smashing his skull into the ground and making an indentation before smiling at the bull.
"It's a viable plan Priest, very well get the rest of the army to back off and hide within the tree lines and wait for me to give the order to charge. Or if I seem in trouble you all can come save my ass, I'll give the required orders to Lenore, she'll make a move before you guys, but this should work in our favor." Rezar ordered and watched as Priest bowed before retreating with the rest of the army leaving only Rezar standing on the ledge, it was time to move.