Volume 3, Chapter 71 – Deployment

A few days later, the news that the beastman reinforcements were about to arrive was quickly discovered by the half-beast scouts Xingyu Muxi had sent out.

However, what was a bit regrettable was that the beastman reinforcements were already on the move and were very close to the beastman army at the Northern Fortress.

“The intelligence assessment was not wrong… the next step… is to defeat them one by one.”

After learning this series of information, Xingyu Muxi came up with the approach of defeating the beastman forces one by one before they could join up.

“Eh… but our army does not have that many soldiers…”

Tianyin voiced the question.

The army stationed at the Northern Fortress, which was Fisiel’s force of one hundred thousand, could not be moved at all. After all, they had to guard against the more than two hundred thousand beastmen on the Northern Fortress side. And if the Northern Fortress army could not be moved, then Eden’s troops alone, in terms of numbers, were completely unable to be used to fight the beastman reinforcements.

“That part cannot be helped, but if it is Xiaoyin, I still think it is possible.”

When it came to Tianyin’s combat power, Xingyu Muxi still had full confidence.

“We ambush them on the road and then smash this wave of beastman reinforcements. That way we can effectively ease the pressure we will face in the battles to come.”

“Wuu… Sister Xiaomu, you believe in me like this really motivates me… but my power can only last five minutes, you know… no matter how strong I am, if there are too many of them I will still have a hard time dealing with it…”

Although a Throne can turn the tide of war, for someone like Tianyin whose Throne power could only be used for five minutes every twenty four hours… facing a beastman army alone was really far too much of a stretch…

After all, even if you go full musou mode ¹ All-out using powerful moves. , finishing off an entire army in five minutes is impossible, right?

Besides, this army consisted of beastmen, the kind who were fierce and unafraid of death and would not surrender…

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So in theory, for such a huge beastman army, Tianyin would have to wipe them out one by one…

To kill one hundred thousand beastmen in five minutes… even if a wave of her hand could kill them by the dozens, something like that would still be hard for Tianyin to pull off.

“Of course I know that… but Xiaoyin, if you cannot wipe out that reinforcement force, inflicting heavy damage on them is also fine.”

Xingyu Muxi took a step back from the ideal outcome.

“Destroying the beastman reinforcements is very important, and the best result would indeed be to annihilate them. But in terms of strategy, what we actually need is only for you, Xiaoyin, to delay the time it takes for the reinforcements to support the other beastmen.”

“So you mean stalling those beastmen?”

Tianyin subconsciously asked.

“That’s right. The real plan is on one hand to delay the time it takes for the beastmen to organize, and on the other hand for me to try bringing another power into our Dawn.”

Xingyu Muxi explained.

However, Tianyin was extremely curious about the “other power” in Sister Xiaomu’s words.

“Another power? Sister Xiaomu… what does this other power refer to?”

“Who knows?”

The elf girl smiled as she stroked Tianyin’s soft long hair.

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“All that does not really matter. The key is being able to crush the beastman army and then take the Northern Fortress into our hands.”

“Mm…”

Tianyin only half understood.

Although this series of plans that Sister Xiaomu suddenly came to announce today left Tianyin at a loss for a moment, out of her trust in the elf girl, Tianyin decided to believe in Sister Xiaomu’s plan unconditionally.

“Hey, Xiaoyin.”

Looking at Tianyin’s cute and beautiful face before her eyes, a gentle smile surfaced on Xingyu Muxi’s pretty face.

“Xiaoyin, everything I am doing is for you, you know… Dawn, Eden, in order to give you a present, the ownership of the Northern Fortress, the defeat of the Stronghold beastmen, all of these things I have already… booked in advance for you~”

“Mm… I believe in you, Sister Xiaomu!”

For Tianyin, among everyone around her, Xingyu Muxi was the most special one.

Not only had she helped her back when she was at her most lost and most lonely, but also because she could feel that special kind of feeling this girl in front of her had for her, a feeling that made her heart feel exceptionally warm.

‘If things… could keep going on like this, that would be so nice…’

In a daze, Tianyin silently thought so in her heart.

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Very soon, under Xingyu Muxi’s series of arrangements, the next day Tianyin also led some half-beast soldiers and set out from Eden.

However, because they had someone who understood the beastmen’s way of fighting, for this ambush against the beastman reinforcements, Xingyu Muxi deliberately sent Orgum, who was also a beastman, to depart together with Tianyin.

At the same time, Xiaobingxue, who acted as Tianyin’s little tagalong, also very casually followed along.

And because Xiaobingxue was there, Xiaomengyao, Tianyin’s disciple, was also “unwilling to be outdone” and followed along as well.

Because the beastman reinforcements had already been not far from the beastmen at the Northern Fortress, this ambush was actually something Xingyu Muxi had decided on at the last minute.

So not long after Tianyin arrived at the ambush site with an army of only around ten thousand, the beastman reinforcements that had been sent appeared on the distant horizon.

“They are here, they are here, Master… Sister Xiaomu is amazing, she actually managed to predict the route the beastman army would march along~”

The ambush site was a stretch of forest, and at the edge of the forest there was a river that was relatively wide.

Xingyu Muxi had guessed that the beastman reinforcements would rest in this forest, so she set the ambush site in this forest.

“Alright, I see them… but make sure you protect yourself later, Xiaomengyao.”

Looking at Xiaomengyao next to her with a surprised expression on her face, Tianyin also could not help showing a worried look.

“And you too, Xiaobingxue, if any beastman attacks you, just use that ice sealing attack you used in the Training Camp before, alright?”

“Mm.”

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Xiaobingxue nodded expressionlessly.

“Seal them in ice.”

“Mm, why is what Master says to Xiaobingxue completely different from what she says to me?”

Hearing what Tianyin said to Xiaobingxue, Xiaomengyao felt a bit discouraged.

“Master, you should at least have some faith in your disciple’s combat power… I am a hidden class, you know, Master!”

“Eh… I know that part… but I still worry about you, Xiaomengyao… after all, Xiaobingxue is a genuine Throne-class, you know~”

“Uu…”

In the face of this answer, Xiaomengyao could only let out a wail to show how hard it was for her to accept it.

However, there was no time for more conversation, because while Tianyin’s side was partly observing the beastmen and partly chatting quietly, the beastman reinforcements in the distance, just as Xingyu Muxi had predicted before, chose the shade of this forest and the area near the water source to start resting.

Just like that, the beastman army, completely off guard and without any vigilance, put down the weapons in their hands and, right under Tianyin’s nose, began their “rest” time.

However… these beastmen did not know that what they were about to face was not any so-called “peaceful” leisure time…