Chapter-30

Chapter 30: "Siege of Beasts, Part Three"

Back at the Northern gate, the Logistics department had done an excellent job cleaning up the area, and the gate was closed again. Ouyang Shuo climbed to the top of the tower once again, in preparation for the next wave. In less than two minutes, he once again saw smoke in the distance.

This time, it was wolves. This time, nearly a thousand wolves under the leadership of their king quietly rushed out of the woods, heading toward Shanhai Village. Wolves were level 4, with a large population. Their elites were level 6, while the king was a **Level 9 Boss**. By the time the wolves had reached the Village, their numbers had fallen to six hundred. In the end, as they were about to reach the village's **Northern Gate**, they charged straight for the **Western** Gate together. In a rush, Ouyang Shuo rushed alongside the Crossbow Cavalry Second Squad to assist the **Western Gate**. By the time he'd arrived, the remnants of the wolves were about to climb the fence. He saw Lin Yi leading the other three squads in, riding hard. The two groups immediately moved to pincer the wolves between them. The combat effectiveness of the Crossbow Cavalry showed, the crossbows had paralyzed the wolves' command system.

Although wolves were ferocious fighters, they had no defence to speak of in the face of fast-attacking cavalry. With fragile bones, they could be stomped to death by a pair of hooves riding over them. Even if they escaped the trampling crush of these horses, the soldiers could easily kill them. After all, they were only level 4. Within twenty minutes, the wolves were finally destroyed, with Lin Yi having stabbed the Wolf King to death. The Wolf King dropped an Interspatial Stone (small) for Ouyang Shuo which he immediately used.

During all of this, the regional announcements had not stopped, they continually sounded with more and more territories stricken from the rolls:

> "Regional Notice: Dongchuan area Peach Blossom Village failed to resist the beast attack, its name is expunged!"
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> "Regional Notice: Wuding District Baiyun Village failed to resist the beast attacks, its name is expunged!"
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> "Regional Notice: Lianzhou area Surabaya Village failed to resist the beast attacks, its name is expunged!"
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Ouyang Shuo had taken note of this. At this time, seven villages had fallen in the Lianzhou Basin area alone, their names were taken off the list. There were a little under a hundred villages in the Basin originally, and nearly a tenth of the lords were gone. The pain of this mandatory quest could be seen clearly.

Doctor Song and the Medical Team tended to the wounded militia reserve members while the Logistics Department cleared the field of Javelins, Arrows, and Wolf Carcases.

In five minutes time, smoke once again rose to signal an imminent attack. This third beast wave was the Level 5 Boar Group. Their Elites were Level 8, while the Boss was a **level 10 Boss**. Ouyang Shuo was worried, this could be a problem, the boars were even more enraged due to Ouyang Shuo not only killing the previous **Wild Boar King** but had also stolen their entire singular of **boar piglets**! This time, in order to take revenge, the new generation had convened a horde more than **four hundred meters across**, leading nearly **three thousand boars** straight to Shanhai Village!

Given the size of the Wild Boars and their bulky nature, the traps were highly effective against them. Unfortunately, the preceding two waves of Wild Dogs and Wolves had already triggered half of the traps. After forcing their way through the ring of traps, the whole setup was mostly destroyed, and yet still **more than two thousand boars** were left behind. The next wave of beasts wouldn't have to enjoy the hospitality of the traps. 400 Meters from the village, the boars seperated into two herds, heading for the **Northern** and **Western gates**. They had the potential to bring Shanhai Village to ruin!

Ouyang Shuo, left with no other option, passed command over to Zhao Dewang. **Zhao Dewang's** scalp was tingling, before now, he wasn't even official militia, and now he was in command?

Ouyang Shuo quickly rode out of the **Northern Gate** with the second squad of Crossbow Cavalry. His plan was simple: Use the advantages of the Crossbow Cavalry team, take the initiative, and split the numbers of wild boars to take the pressure off of the militia. Before the Wild Boar could complete the encirclement, Ouyang Shuo and the **Second Team** of Crossbow Cavalry broke out of the village. Seeing a group of humans escaping drove the boars into a frenzy. The elites immediately split to herd, and half of the boars made a U-turn to chase madly after the escaping cavalry.

As a direct result, the pressure on the **Northern Gate** was immediately reduced. Zhao Dewang stood on the tower, staring at the incoming boars. When they were sixty meters away, he waved the flag and shouted, **"THROW!"** with three consecutive volleys of javelins tossing, close to three hundred boars were instantly killed. Still, more than two hundred boars rushed to the fence. Zhao Dewang seemed to have been infected by the atmosphere of the battlefield and rushed down the tower. He lifted a javelin in his hands, shouting, **"Brothers, with me!"** He rushed forward to engage the boars in close melee. Injuries began to accrue, they only had crude wooden javelins, they weren't a match against crazed wild beasts. Just when the boars were about to break through, five squads of Crossbow Cavalry arrived from the rear. Two volleys of bolts came streaking in, and the remaining wild boars were wiped clean away.

Behind the Crossbow Cavalry was the group that Ouyang Shuo had lured away. The cavalry rushed into the village, dismounted, and readied arrows for the incoming boars. Seeing the rescue team arrive, the morale of the milita immediately rose, and they returned to their original positions. Once again, when the boars arrived at the 60 meter mark, they did not hesitate to throw their javelins. With close to one hundred members of the militia plus almost all of the cavalry, the fate of the boars was sealed. The remaining boars had no defense and soon, were shot dead. With the third wave over, Ouyang Shuo sighed in relief.

Ouyang Shuo went to the middle of the village to visit the injured. This time, more than twenty villagers had been injured, a heavy loss. In addition, one person was severely injured, his left hand bitten almost completely off by a **wild boar**. He told the Medical Group to help the truly injured back to the hospital for treatment. As for the minor injuries, so long as it did not affect them throwing a javelin, they returned to their posts. They still had one more wave to deal with, after all.

Within ten minutes, another smoke signal rose from a sentry tower. The last wave of the beasts was here and they were the most powerful! They were level 6 buffalos, their elites were level 10, while their king was a level 12 Boss. In front of this herd, most of the traps had already been destroyed. Except for an occasional loss, the traps didn't form much of a threat to the incoming herd. By the time the group of nearly a thousand buffalo charged through the traps, more than nine hundred remained.

Similar to the previous waves, the buffalo divided their force to attack the Northern and Western gates. The **Northern Gate's** force numbered less than three hundred head. Although this last wave's herd was extremely strong, Ouyang Shuo was not worried. He still had his trump card of the killer fire array, but had not used it yet, leaving it ready for this last wave.

Ouyang Shuo calmly stood on the tower, watching the buffalo charging toward the fence. When they reached 50 meters from the fence, he lit a readied fire arrow. Hissing fiercely, the fire arrow was accurately fired down into the trench filled with hot oil. It took merely seconds for the two-hundred meter ditch to fill up with fire. The foremost bulls charged right into the flames and bawled endlessly as they burned. Behind them, the rest of the buffalo pulled up in fright at the sight of the flames. At this time, countless arrows and javelins rained down upon the remaining buffalo, in less than ten minutes, they were all wiped out. As for the **Western Gate**, Ouyang Shuo was not worried at all as there was an even more powerful fire array set up there.

Sure enough, even before Ouyang Shuo could rush over to the Western Gate, a burst of pleasant system music sounded in his ear with another announcement:

> "**World Announcement**: Congratulations to Shanhai Village in China. Under the leadership of its lord, it has succeeded in resisting the Siege of Beasts and is now ranked First in the World!"
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As the world announcement sounded thrice, this time, Ouyang Shuo knew, he was truly going to become famous.

## CHARACTERS

* Ouyang Shuo
* Lin Yi (Lieutenant, Shanhai Village Militia)
* Zhao Dewang (Deputy Secretary, Construction Division)

## ENEMIES

* Wolves, nearly a thousand, including:
	+ Almost a thousand Ordinary Wolves (Level 4)
	+ Around a hundred Elite Wolves (Level 6)
	+ A single King Wolf (Level 9 Boss)
* Wild Boar, nearly three thousand, including:
	+ At least two thousand Ordinary Wild Boar (Level 5)
	+ A few hundred Elite Wild Boar (Level 8)
	+ A single Wild Boar King (Level 10 Boss)
* Buffalo, nearly a thousand, including:
	+ Around 600 Ordinary Buffalo (Level 6)
	+ Around 2 to 300 Elite Buffalo (Level 10)
	+ A single Buffalo King (Level 12 Boss)