Chapter 234 - 145: A Cheap Excellent Hero
"Attack! Get them!!"
"Don’t attack the tanks! Don’t hit the front line! Go for the Priests and Mages in the back!"
Watching from the Lingxin Department, Wang Peng was frantic. He continually repositioned his soldiers, trying to attack the enemy’s spellcasters in the rear.
Unfortunately, they were all hiding outside the city walls, casting spells through the gateway.
The Shield Soldiers in the front were also very disciplined. They made sure to keep their bodies visible through the gateway, ensuring they remained within the casting range of the Priests and Mages behind them.
"Damn it, you’re the ones with the advantage! Can you stop being such cowards?!"
Seeing his forces unable to make any headway, Wang Peng was so anxious he was practically jumping up and down.
Even though the Northern Expedition Legion had a vast number of soldiers, each individual lord only commanded a small force. If their soldiers died, they’d get no share of the spoils to come.
That’s why, even though the lords on the periphery of the Northern Expedition Legion charged fiercely, they were all extremely cautious.
"Aaaah—"
A sudden scream echoed from one of the machine gun bunkers, followed by a burst of intense gunfire. Then, the bunker went silent.
"What’s going on?"
"Machine Gun Bunker 1098, what’s your status? Why have you ceased fire?"
"Machine Gun Bunker 1098, do you copy?! Respond!!"
No matter how many times Wang Peng hailed them, there was no reply from Machine Gun Bunker 1098.
"Damn it. They were taken out."
Wang Peng carefully observed Machine Gun Bunker 1098. Seeing no friendly signals, he instantly knew they were all dead.
"What happened? How could they all be dead, just like that? Did an enemy get inside? Didn’t I post guards?"
Wang Peng had stationed Mages and assassins in every machine gun bunker. The Mages had even placed detection traps at each entrance. Combined with the assassins’ keen senses, no assassin-type unit below Legendary rank should have been able to get inside.
As he was thinking, the signals from two more bunkers vanished.
"Damn it! Bebella, get to Machine Gun Bunker 1094 and hold it. Find out what’s going on with the enemy. How did they break through our defenses so easily? Isn’t their main force pinned down near the city gate?"
Bebella was an Outstanding-grade hero from Wang Peng’s territory, now at level 25 and considered one of the pillars of his forces.
Machine Gun Bunker 1094 was two bunkers behind the ones that had just been silenced.
Bebella had been patrolling nearby, watching for enemy heroes. Upon hearing the lord’s command, Bebella immediately rushed to the bunker on the front line.
With three fewer machine gun bunkers firing, the pressure on the Shield Soldiers at the city gate lessened considerably, and their advance quickened significantly.
The soldiers on the walls also found their jobs much easier. They watched for chances to leap from the ramparts into the city and quietly began to dismantle buildings.
By the time Belara reached Machine Gun Bunker 1094, the bunker just ahead of it had already gone silent.
So, he found a hiding spot on a tall building next to Bunker 1094, activated his scouting skill, Hidden Owl Eye, and covertly watched the bunker’s entrance.
Less than five minutes later, a blurry figure appeared next to Bunker 1094.
As Belara watched, the figure easily leaped over the detection traps in its path and slipped into Bunker 1094. On the way, it casually dispatched the defending Mage, assassin, and Guards.
After a few short screams, Bunker 1094 also fell silent.
Then, the blurry figure emerged from the bunker’s entrance. Having killed everyone inside, he was now letting his guard down.
At that exact moment, Belara leaped from the tall building and charged.
"CRASH—"
With a tremendous crash, Belara’s charge landed a critical hit.
The figure was instantly knocked out of stealth and sent flying into the machine gun bunker by Belara’s strike.
Belara followed up with a leaping slash, landing in front of the stunned enemy. With a few powerful chops, he cut the enemy’s head clean off.
’Whew... To think they’d send a hero just to clear out machine gun bunkers?’
Belara was a bit speechless. Judging from the feel of that short battle, the stealthed assassin had to be a hero—either a high-level Superior-grade hero or an Outstanding-grade hero of a lower level than himself.
"Belara, what’s the situation? How did the guards at Bunker 1094 get taken out too?"
"My lord, it was an enemy assassin hero! He seemed to be an Outstanding-grade hero. He killed all the guards in the bunker, but I’ve already slain him!" Taking advantage of the direct line to his lord through the Lingxin, Belara quickly relayed what he had learned.
"An Outstanding-grade hero?"
Wang Peng suddenly recalled something. A few days ago, someone from the Northern Expedition Legion had claimed on the world channel that the lowest-tier heroes in their legion were all Outstanding-grade.
Of course, nobody believed such an impossible claim. The person was relentlessly mocked by the onlookers on the world channel.
A fierce argument broke out. In the end, the bragging Northern Expedition Legion lord was no match for the entire crowd, and he was mocked into silence. He left with a final, "Just you wait and see!!" and then said no more.
Even that one sentence was used to mock him for a long time. People only stopped when they were sure the Northern Expedition Legion lord wasn’t coming back.
Now, it seemed that the Northern Expedition Legion lord who made the claim might have been telling the truth after all.
Only a legion whose weakest heroes were Outstanding-grade could afford to send one deep behind enemy lines for a dangerous job like clearing out firebases.
If that was really the case, then there was probably more than one Outstanding-grade assassin hero at the front.
"Be careful! There are likely other Outstanding-grade assassin heroes over there!!!"