MTLNOVEL Chapter 386: The Tide Turns
The command system of the Dark Alliance Army was situated on a hill.
Standing above, one could overlook everything around.
At this very moment, the upper ranks of the army witnessed an unforgettable sight.
A cavalry force of over ten thousand, consisting of Elves, Earth Cave Spiders, and various Demon Beasts, glowed with magical light, rushing into the Dark Alliance army like a colorful torrent...
The battle array of the Dark Alliance, though well-formed, was easily torn apart under the Cavalry charge as if it were made of paper.
Accompanied by screams, wails, the clash of weapons, and the "crack" of bones, the Dark Dwarf Warriors at the forefront were trampled into pulp by the Cavalry.
However, the Elves' actions were halted by the Dark Alliance army merely for a moment.
Because these large Earth Cave Spiders possessed immense strength, with their hard shells and swift speed, they knocked everything they encountered into the air...
The Elves at the forefront quickly pierced through the Dark Alliance's army.
Following closely behind, the Elves attacked the Dark Alliance soldiers, who were disheartened by the Cavalry's impact, while also shooting at distant enemies or launching pre-cast offensive magic...
Arrows flew, and the brilliance of magic blossomed among the ranks of the Dark Alliance, creating colorful bursts of light, the chaotic magical waves faintly perceptible even on the walls of the Death Holy City.
The attacks of arrows and magic prevented the Dark Alliance's army from encircling the slow-down Elf Army, and not only that, they inflicted even greater casualties...
Within a single encounter, the Dark Alliance side had at least three thousand warriors trampled under the iron hooves of the Demon Beasts, while more were engulfed by arrows and magic...
Lamentations spread across the field, with heavy casualties.
Yet the Elves easily broke through the formation of the Dark Army.
They maintained their wedge-shaped formation, leaving only sporadic Demon Beast corpses behind...
In that moment, the entire battlefield seemed to fall silent for a few seconds.
The soldiers of the Silent Alliance on the city walls watched the breathtaking spectacle and gaped openly.
Subsequently, there were deafening cheers.
However, unlike the Silent Alliance's boosted morale, on the hill, the high ranks of the Dark Alliance fell into a deathly silence.
As the Witch Demon King coldly glanced at Dororo, observing the severe losses of the army under the Elves' assault,
Duoruru, sensing the substantial killing intent of the other, almost fainted from fright...
"Twenty thousand infantry mercenaries, huh,"
the Witch Demon King scoffed.
The Mage who once supported Duoruru opened his mouth, finally lowering his head in shame.
Looking at the army nearly collapsing under the charge of twenty thousand Elf Knights, and the Elf Army, after breaking through the position, readjusting their formation, clearly intending a second charge, the gaze of the Witch Demon King Pelone finally turned serious.
Even at this point, he had not fallen into panic.
He sighed lightly and said,
"I still underestimated these Elves."
"Pass down the order, now that the enemy's reinforcements have arrived, there's no need to wait any longer..."
"Activate the original plan and keep these Elves here."
"Even if these Elves can resurrect, today I want to make them collectively die here once..."
"As for the Demon Beasts beneath them, not a single one is allowed to leave the battlefield!"
He had already seen it.
It seemed that only the Elves' bodies disappeared.
Which meant these Demon Beasts could not resurrect.
Following the Witch Demon King's order, two huge magical arrays suddenly appeared on the left and right of the Dark Alliance's army. These were pre-drawn Teleportation Arrays!
As the Teleportation Arrays lit up, two new armies emerged from the arrays...
They lined up in neat formations, including well-equipped Undead Knights, forming a dense crowd of not less than ten thousand!
Moreover, the arrays continued to flicker, with an endless stream of Dark Alliance soldiers emerging from them.
They turned out to be the Dark Army besieging other Underground City-states!
The locations where the two armies appeared happened to encircle both the Dark Alliance army and the Elf Cavalry Corps, as if well-prepared.
The Dark Alliance side had prearranged an ambush plan against the Elves!
None among the high ranks of the Dark Alliance on the hill seemed surprised by this, except for the newly "awake" Duoruru, whose jaw dropped in astonishment at the sight of the fresh troops, looking at the Witch Demon King with even greater reverence.
The Dark Alliance side had calculated from the start that the Silent Alliance would have reinforcements!
They intended from the beginning to annihilate the rescuing forces!
Although the strength of the Elves was beyond their expectations, with the appearance of the ambush troops, they still managed to encircle the Elves' army!
This time, with their retreat path blocked by the newly emerged enemies and without a long-distance run-up like before, the Elf Cavalry Corps was unable to charge as swiftly as the previous time...
They were already subtly surrounded by the Dark Alliance's army!
"Slay them!"
Pelone snorted coldly, issuing the command.
Accompanied by the howls of underground monsters, the ocean-like Dark Alliance army moved again at the command, launching an encirclement against the somewhat panicked Elf Army.
However, the development of events once again exceeded everyone's expectations.
The Elf Army seemed to be guided by an invisible hand.
Nearly twenty thousand Elves moved as one, quickly shaking off their panic.
They decisively turned around, sprinting toward the outer perimeter of the encircling army...
The high efficiency of command, the uniformity of movement, made the Witch Demon King observing from afar slightly stunned.
The level of organization, efficiency, and response exceeded his understanding of military operations!
Even for the Undead Army, achieving such rapid responsiveness and perfectly conveying commands took considerable time.
In army battles, for one side to successfully encircle the other, apart from the position, terrain, and strength factors, it relied on the sluggishness of the enemy's command system in large-scale engagements.
Yet... these Elves appeared to act as one, entirely lacking the delay and sluggishness of large army operations!
They roared, cheering excitedly, aimed in the same direction, tore through the encircling Dark Alliance troops, and forcibly charged out!
The prepared ambush plan of the Dark Alliance side collapsed in an extraordinarily bizarre manner.
It was not due to weak ambushing forces or poor positioning, but the reaction and actions of the Elves that truly defied logic.
It was as if each one of them received direct commands from the same leader.
"How... how can this be? How are they being commanded?! Could every Elf have mastered Sound Transmission Magic?!"
A high-level commander on the Dark Alliance side couldn't help but exclaim.
Sound Transmission Magic?
No... Sound Transmission Magic could only work one-on-one. How could it work in such a large-scale battle?
However, the higher ranks of the Dark Alliance couldn't dwell on this matter.
Because at that moment, waves of dust rose from the border...
Accompanied by tsunami-like shouts, new figures emerged once again on the southwestern border.
Another combined force of tens of thousands, composed of Elves, Dark Dwarves, and Underground Dwarves, appeared in the Dark Alliance's sight...
Their bodies flickered with variegated "Acceleration" magic, and although they were infantry, they moved at incredible speed...
As soon as they appeared, they charged toward the Dark Alliance in neat formations.
Meanwhile, at the same time as the newly arrived army launched their charge, despite the significant distance between them and having broken through the encirclement of the Dark Alliance, logically, the Elf Cavalry Corps, unable to notice the battlefield situation here, seemed to receive a signal and turned their bodies once more...
They reformed their ranks and launched a second charge against the Dark Alliance's army!
Reinforcement armies from two directions charged against the Dark Alliance, and the Dark Alliance, initially meant to be the encircling side, found themselves trapped in the middle, becoming the surrounded side instead.
In an instant, the situation reversed.