Zen was the last person anyone in the academy would think of relying on when training an army. He didn’t blame them either. Zen would rather exploit game bugs to clear his quests if not for the unique side quest. He didn’t know if this would work, but it was worth a try. The water formation wasn’t something he created. Instead, it was created by an ancient general before guns were invented. The effectiveness of this plan was in the speed of movement. However, he could not use this method previously when the game kept locking him out of the action.
Now that the restriction was lifted, there was no reason for Zen not to teach it. Zen wasn't afraid of the numbers that threatened them with him in the centre of that formation and a small group of highly mobile army. The key was to have a low hierarchy of reporting structure. The soldiers must be highly disciplined to do as they were told, reacting to split-second changes in instructions. The water formation was derMentally, Zen was exhausted. He spent so many hours clearing the main quest that it was way past lunch. Now, he had already gone past dinner by an hour. Thankfully, his party and guild members had enough food from the morning’s batch to fill their stomachs. The leftovers were neatly stored in Liu Feng’s refrigerator, which any party member could access. The blind man had a special section reserved for his food that Zen meticulously prepared as part of their omerta agreement. Nobody was foolish enough to steal Liu Feng’s food, but everything else was up for grabs. Oritha was the greatest threat to the food supplies, but thankfully, the girls had a stash of instant meals in their rooms that Sasha’s family sent.The in-game army strategist considered logging out for a while to eat something before he continued the last battle. However, there was a timer for preparations. The gamer didn’t want to waste the thirty-minute preparation timer and lose focus
Whatever the humans were planning, the goblin lord was confident that the battle would not last more than an hour. Their army was superior in strength, and compared to before, they already knew all the tricks humans would employ. These humans couldn't do anything without the cover of snow to scare them. No birds or ranged attacks will work because the goblin elite army spent the rest of winter gearing up.Standing on the front line, the hobgoblins in padded armour that looked too small to cover them fully impatiently swung their maces and battleaxes. With a magician accompanying them, fully focused on holding up a defensive barrier against projectiles, they would not be defeated like the last time. The goblin lord ordered all soldiers to only attack while remaining within the barrier’s radius. Anyone who passed the barrier’s protection would not be assisted even if the enemies attacked them.The magicians were left in command of the vanguard, with the goblin lo
The small hill of corpses disturbed Zen greatly. The water formation effectively defeated a small scouting party of monsters despite the enemy’s superior strength. The human army suffered not a single damage for the first time. It was miraculous!Everyone was resting now that the immediate danger was over. Zen had a close-up look at the monsters for the first time since he started the side quest. The hobgoblins were bigger than Venedict by a little, but the brutes… they made for a great barricade to hide behind. Hence, Sir Rowan instructed the soldiers in his lane to pile the brutes’ bodies in front of the lane leaders. There were only two brutes, but it could shield eight people. Although it was a great emergency measure, Zen didn’t know how to feel about the fresh corpses.Monsters in the dungeon usually decomposed and disappeared upon defeat. They turned into experience points and dropped loots that automatically entered a player&rsq
It was fast… too fast! Were these really humans? The goblin lord saw some of the things that transpired. However, it made little sense to him. How did the humans topple the catapult with only a few horses? Something did not add up. As expected, they still had many tricks up their sleeves. However, the good thing was how the brutes and hobgoblin they sent returned with their lives intact.BOOM!Before their eyes, the brutes and hobgoblins that managed to return to the barrier exploded. Immediately, the goblin lord sprang to his feet and dashed over before the mysterious fire could spread to the rest of the camp. With a merciless swing of his broadsword, the powerful monster used the blunt edge of it to whack all three aflame subordinates out of the protection barrier, killing them in the process. However, his quick thinking saved the rest of the camp supplies from burning up.Zen watched everything happen from afar with his lane leaders. Although he wasn&r
The soldiers at the top of Stoneberry’s wall waited anxiously for Zen’s flags to fire. The strategist remained unmoving. From their perspective, they weren’t sure if he was asleep or waiting for the right time. With nothing to hold them back, the enemies rushed forward valiantly—the hobgoblins and half of the brutes charged forward from the three magician’s squad. There seemed to be a different kind of fire in their eyes that made them scarier than before.“Permission to fire, sir?!” the garrison commander shouted from atop the walls when he saw the catapults drawing back, getting ready to fire.Zen raised his hand as a signal for them to hold their fire. It was too soon to let the cannons loose. Those catapults wouldn’t reach them due to the angle of slope and gravity unless the game developer forgot to code in realistic physics.Swoosh!As the catapults let loose, Zen quickly observed their trajectory and yelled c
Before the goblin lord could understand what was happening, the sound of the human retreating caught him off guard. At the same time, the magician leading the team on the left was too quiet. Despite the lack of sight, it did not hinder his sixth sense. Something was wrong.“Move out!” he told the subordinates on his team. “Scout all three teams and report back in three minutes!”Three minutes?! It was a tall order from their liege but nobody could complain. They simply swallowed their misery and ran. If the lord told them to cut off a limb, no monster in his army was foolish enough to protest. All they could do was ask which limb.Taking a gamble with their luck, three of the four hobgoblins from the goblin lord’s squad left to check on the situation. Whatever the humans were doing, they prayed that they did not end up like all the other fallen comrades on the battlefield. Running with their lives, the hobgoblins prayed that they could ke
With the goblin lord leading the march and a magician giving the remaining goblins cover from the cannons, there was little the humans could do apart from waiting for his arrival. For them to force him to make a move personally, this batch of humans was commendable. After observing the flow of the battle for this long, the goblin lord concluded that there were no magicians among the humans. Everything was done using human inventions and tricks. Whoever the general was, he was outstanding. If he surrendered, the goblin lord might accept him into his camp as an adviser.“Stop the cannons,” Zen frowned after the blasts made no difference to the battlefield.By now, the goblin lord was already halfway up the slope. It wasn’t a particularly steep climb, but the ascent was still considerable. Zen sat on the platform, and slowly, the goblin lord’s height increased as he came towards higher grounds. That monster was huge! He had to be at least five meters t
How was that weak?! Sure, there was nothing human-like about those abilities. Zen was a walking bag of tricks, but there should still be a limit to bluffing. Those abilities were cheating, even if his muscles didn’t support them. That pet slime removed the magician’s ability to cast any spells, and anyone would never survive a stab to the unprotected throat.Cruel. That kid was too cruel, and even Ugi shuddered at the lack of emotions when Zen activated his killing move.Rolling to the ground, the last goblin magician fell. Nobody in the goblin army dared to breathe or move a muscle. It was difficult to believe their eyes. The squirt could never be the weakest warrior! Although their magician was terrible at running and carrying catapults, he was still a respectable goblin who could dodge a regular stab. Zen’s pet slime was a foul move! Their lord would never accept such an outcome!“Now!” Zen yelled while everyone else was frozen i