Chapter 233: The War that Decides the Fate of 'The Bridge' Part 36
The fall of the wall made it smooth for the soldiers of the Green Horn City to invade the Dream Village.
They pushed and pushed the remaining soldiers of the Dream Village to the pits of what felt like hell and scattered those that were in good positions before quickly chasing after them inside their own territory.
In that simple manner, the soldiers of the Green Horn City invaded the inside of the Dream Village.
Since there were still ordinary residents left inside the Dream Village, Kayn made sure not to accidentally kill them and put all their focus on the escaping soldiers.
Just when everyone from the Green Horn City's side believed this is going to be a smooth invasion, dozens of siege weapons appeared all over the streets of the Dream Village.
They were pushed underneath the roads by an unknown mechanism, thus easily separating the soldiers of the Green Horn Village in between.
"Focus on the siege weapons," Kayn issued.
The siege weapons may not be highly effective in close combat against enemies, but they can inflict substantial casualties if left unattended. Even a single strike from these weapons can cause devastating damage to those within their range.
It is quite obvious already from this sight alone that the Assembly of Freedom aims for a good trade since there is no way for them to win this battle anymore with the enemy's soldiers already inside their territory.
Kayn absolutely can't let that happen again. He was already disappointed with himself from the last operation where they had to watch Jericho's men die one after another as they retreated.
If that happens once more, even if they destroy the Dream Village, they would still not be able to achieve their goal of maintaining the morale of their men before the war.
What must happen is a victory with only a few casualties on their side. In that way, their people would believe that they have absolutely dominated the battle and claimed a crushing victory against the Assembly of Freedom.
Gilbert, Jude, Charles, Jericho, and Jadiel knew of this fully well as they'd been briefed by Kayn about his vision for this battle.
Without wasting any time, Kayn's group along with the elite soldiers of the Green Horn City turned their focus to assaulting the siege weapons. At the same time, the leaders in charge of the formation made sure that their group wouldn't be hit by the siege weapon's attack.
Although that was next to impossible to achieve, at the very least the casualties were minimized to an exceptionally low scale before all the siege weapons fell into destruction. As a matter of fact, there was no death, only seriously wounded soldiers, which soldiers with the Priest class immediately took care of and brought to the back line in order to allow them to recover in a safe environment.
Upon taking down all the siege weapons, the Assembly of Freedom was left with no other means other than to retreat toward the direction of the Hush Village located north of the Dream Village.
The soldiers of the Green Horn City no longer continued chasing upon seeing their enemy retreating to their other territory. Instead, they focused their attention back inside the Dream Village.
With the retreat of the Assembly of Freedom, their allies remaining in the Dream Village could only try their best to save themselves.
However, it was impossible. Because the soldiers of the Green Horn City had already set up perimeters everywhere outside the Dream Village. The instant they reach outside the wall, they'll immediately be spotted and apprehended, and possibly even killed directly.
Left with no other choice, their enemies started surrendering one by one as they express their desire to no longer continue fighting.
White flags were raised.
Sounds of fighting started to slowly quiet down.
And soldiers of the Green Horn Village could be seen resting on the street while at the same time receiving aid from the thankful residents of the Dream Village.
The fight can already be considered over at this point in time.
Watching on top of a building, Kayn can't help heaving a sigh of relief.
After so much effort, his vision of an overwhelming victory for Green Horn City was achieved.
"Great job everyone!" Gilbert smiled heartfully.
"This is what I call a victory," Jericho felt glad that this time they didn't simply just make a good trade with the Assembly of Freedom.
Jude, Charles, and Jadiel nodded in agreement.
"Now, we should inform Old Mayor George that they can start expanding their operation to this side of the Slumbering Forest," Kayn informs the elite members who were just standing by for his next command.
A few of them quickly left to return to the Green Horn City's base, while the rest continued resting.
"The remaining tasks we have to do is to gather the spoils of war, evacuate the residents, and make one last sweep around all buildings to make sure that there aren't any remaining rats hiding on the corners,"
Kayn's group and every soldier of the Green Horn City did just that until evening finally came.
Because the battle has ended, they spent the night in the Dream Village peacefully.
As they looked at the night sky above them, they finally understood the reason why this territory was named the Dream Village.
The starry night sky above everyone's head was like a scene straight out of a dream. Moreover, there was some kind of aurora dancing gracefully with their bright and vivid color lights.
It wasn't the actual aurora seen on Earth though, just a dense and solid cluster of mana.
"Wait a moment," Kayn realized something. "There should be a treasure of some sort close by,"
That's right, a dense and solid cluster of mana can only be caused by a treasure as this treasure absorbs a lot of mana from the nearby surrounding, thus explaining why they are dancing.
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