The Lord Of Blood Hill

Chapter 537: He Dares Not Act

For this operation, Henwell has committed more than one thousand people. More than thirty teams have entered the valley for the raid.Each team has around thirty people, with at least three Battle Knights as its backbone.

Six warriors with arm shields and longswords advance at the front.

Right behind them are six warriors with shields and spears, ready to cover and protect at any time.

Behind them are twelve warriors with Recurve Crossbows, providing the team's ranged fire support.

The final six are the command personnel, and they also handle support tasks.

The entire team is like a precision machine, advancing steadily and swiftly.

The teams do not interfere with one another. Each focuses only on its own task.

Even if enemies pass through their attack range, they will not stop them unless those enemies affect the mission.

Between teams, and even among members inside each team, there is very little communication. Most of the time, they use hand signals.

When the situation is urgent, they only speak in code words and combat terms.

Silent, cold, efficient.

There is one phrase that describes them perfectly: professional killing machines.

A meticulous plan, a sudden strike, elite warriors, and tight coordination leave the Veil helpless before Henwell's raid.

A few minutes have passed since the operation went loud, but the Veil still has not organized any effective resistance.

No organized guard units appear. They have been cut apart into individual areas, each forced to face these elites of Peace Haven alone.

Sioro, the sharp-eyed squad captain's superior and the patrol captain, is currently being held down by a professional.

His opponent is Kivel, commander of Peace Haven's Third Legion. Facing this silent young attacker, Sioro is already finding it difficult to hold on.

They are close in strength, but Sioro was caught unprepared. He is not fully armed and is not even wearing armor.

More importantly, his subordinates are far inferior to the other side's men.

Only a few minutes have passed since the battle began, yet his men are almost all dead or wounded.

Once the other side's subordinates finish clearing the battlefield, he will be surrounded.

Anxious, Sioro shouts toward the area at his side, "Blood Axe, if you still do not come out, all of us will be killed. You will not be able to escape either."

As soon as he finishes speaking, a second-floor window in the mountain wall beside him explodes, and several figures jump out.

The huge man in the lead carries a shield in one hand and a battle axe in the other. He sweeps away the Peace Haven warriors blocking the exit below.

The guards behind him are also fully armed. They immediately force away the remaining Peace Haven warriors and completely tear open this gap.

A moment later, dozens of armed guards rush out, while many more jump down from the second floor.

Sioro is overjoyed. "Blood Axe, move toward me. My people are not out yet. We need to join forces."

After hearing him, Blood Axe immediately gathers his subordinates and begins forming a formation.

But at that moment, the armed guards who have not yet jumped down from the second floor fall one after another, bloody holes appearing in their backs.

Elia and Dominic appear at the window with their men. First comes a round of crossbow suppression, and then the two seize the chance to jump down with several personal guards.

After landing, the two immediately establish a defensive line, creating a safe foothold.

Some warriors upstairs continue firing crossbow bolts, while the others jump down after them and gather behind the two commanders.

Without waiting for all the warriors to descend, Elia and Dominic lead more than thirty men and begin attacking the enemy formation.

Dominic blocks Blood Axe. Elia is the first to tear open the opposing formation, and the Peace Haven warriors punch into the enemy battle line.

Although these armed guards can already be considered elite, even the weakest people on Peace Haven's side are at knight rank.

The difference in strength is obvious, and the difference in weapons and equipment is even more drastic.

As soon as the two sides clash, more than a dozen armed guards are cut down on the spot.

The dozen or so Peace Haven warriors stabilizing the foothold behind them continue firing crossbow bolts, accurately killing the guards on the outer edge of the enemy formation.

Not far away, Sioro watches in fear. At this moment, the Peace Haven warriors are cutting down Blood Axe's subordinates in swaths, like grass before a scythe.

As more and more Peace Haven warriors appear in every area, Sioro's heart sinks into the valley.

Especially when he discovers that the ballistas on the upper mountain wall, which should have been slaughtering intruders, are now firing deadly bolts at the guards gathering below.

At that point, Sioro understands that Forge Furnace base is finished.

But what happens next terrifies him even more.

After tearing open the formation of Blood Axe's subordinates, Elia does not stay tangled in the fight. Instead, he turns and charges toward Blood Axe.

Because Blood Axe is the instructor in charge of the training area, he and his subordinates are always prepared to respond to possible trainee uprisings.

Because of that, they often wear armor and equipment. After the alarm sounds, the people on this side are the fastest to react.

Blood Axe is the first to notice enemies coming from above. He immediately smashes the stair exit, buying himself some time.

Then, after discovering that the first floor exit is blocked, Blood Axe does not rush out recklessly. Instead, he has his men put on their equipment first, then smash through the second floor to open the blockade.

Blood Axe's reaction and tactical quality are both solid, but he has underestimated the strength of these attackers.

So far, he has already seen more than four Grand Knights.

The young man fighting him is also highly skilled in combat. He is nothing like a showpiece trained only on a practice field. Like Blood Axe himself, he is a professional forged through countless battles.

Facing Dominic alone is already putting Blood Axe under heavy pressure. When he sees Elia rushing over, his heart goes half cold.

Only a few minutes later, Sioro hears a scream. From the corner of his eye, he sees Dominic cut off one of Blood Axe's forearms with a single sword strike.

Immediately after, Elia raises his sword, knocks aside Blood Axe's final desperate counterattack. The longsword falls, beheading Blood Axe on the spot.

Blood Axe is indeed quite strong, but the two legion commanders grew up together from childhood and have fought countless battles side by side.

They have fought together all the way: Forge Furnace Training Camp, their days as young gladiators, their struggles in Yinxin City, and finally the killing fields of Peace Haven.

It is not only the two of them. All of Peace Haven's former young gladiators have extremely high tacit coordination with one another.

They do not need words. One glance is enough.

Sioro has already understood a terrible reality.

This is no longer about whether Forge Furnace base can withstand the raid.

It is about whether he can leave alive.

At this moment, he has no time to be shaken by Blood Axe's death, because all his own subordinates have also been killed.

Three more Battle Knights have joined the encirclement against him. Although they rarely attack and do their best to avoid clashing head-on with him, each strike lands precisely when he is attacking or defending.

This lets Kivel steadily build an advantage. Forget counterattacking; even withdrawing becomes extremely difficult.

As time passes, he is certain to die here.