A baby dragon has built a nest outside the Novice Village

Chapter 63 Cannon Fodder
In the town of Pala, a new force is being formed.

"They relied on Haiyin Town, as well as Rock Castle and Riverwood Castle, which supported each other, to form a complete defense line."

The original mayor's mansion has been transformed into a command center, with staff officers from the mercenary group coming in and out, and orders being passed on to the towns and villages that have come under Shadow Crow's control.

Inside the headquarters, Lannia and Deputy Captain Brian were standing in front of a map.

This decisive raid successfully captured a large area of ​​land, but the expressions on Lanya and Brian's faces were not good.

"We still underestimated the enemy's military strength."

Even though it was a surprise attack, even though the Undead had not yet fully assembled, it gave the Shadow Crows the opportunity to defeat them one by one.

However, the number of enemies far exceeded their expectations. Even with such an advantage, Shadow Crow still suffered heavy losses.

The two large companies involved in this operation suffered casualties of two to three hundred men.

Shadow Crows are not ordinary armies, they all have at least level two strength and above, like the original regular army of Sagat City. Shadow Crows can defeat five with one and win.

"In this case, we can only switch to a defensive position temporarily."

“Even if they responded as quickly as expected, there is no chance that they would achieve the original plan.”

But even with them as a framework, other recruits will need at least two or three months of training.

"The dragon, the dragon is back."

This will give the enemy the opportunity and time to create more undead creatures. The city of Sagat still controls a large number of villages and towns. As long as they are given some time, these living people will become undead creatures.

Lanya had no choice but to modify the plan with her staff.

There was a sudden noise outside.

"It sounds like you guys need some help."

Soon, the command center was moved to the square.

And the speed of transforming these living people into undead is definitely faster than the Shadow Crows training new recruits.

All that remains is the finishing touches.

After being stuck in a standoff, the flaws of the Shadow Crow Mercenaries were exposed.

The recruitment of new soldiers went smoothly. There were many retired soldiers and adventurers returning to life in the nearby towns and villages.

According to the original plan, the Shadow Crows would take advantage of the enemy's troops gathering to quickly infiltrate the city of Sagat, cut off the city's connection with the surrounding areas, and then wait for the experts of the Cult of the Sun to arrive and capture the Undead Lord in Sagat in one fell swoop.

"Even if they react as slowly as expected, we can only barely take over Haiyin Town at best."

"As for the basic soldiers, those goblins can handle it, and as for the high-end combat power, Safrina, I, and your Reinhardt team can also handle it."

There are too few people, their ability to withstand losses is poor, and there are too few truly high-end combat forces above level seven or eight.

The result of eliteization is that it is not easy to replenish such a strong mercenary. Shadow Crow cannot bear losses like those ordinary armies.

The windows trembled under the sound of Fari's voice.

"The number problem is being solved by recruiting new troops, but as for high-end combat power, we can only wait for the arrival of the Grand Master and the Sun God Cult."

Next, a giant eye appeared outside the window.

Fary dipped a little ink on the table with his claws and drew a line on the map.

Fary was the reason why the headquarters was set up in the square. He refused to transform into a human form and enter the mayor's mansion which had been transformed into the headquarters.

"This is the Undead's line of defense. This line of defense blocks my goblins." The Undead who were besieging the goblins would not receive new reinforcements for the time being, so they once again changed their combat methods and built an extremely solid line of defense.

The goblins launched several attacks on this line of defense, but the results were not good. Each attack left dozens or even hundreds of corpses behind, but it was almost impossible to achieve any results. Not to mention breaking through the line of defense, it was even difficult to cause damage to the undead.

Fary roughly calculated that the casualty ratio once reached fifty to one, with the goblins suffering the fifty losses.

This is just the apparent casualty ratio. In this kind of battle, the goblins cannot recycle the corpses, and the corpses left on the battlefield will be transformed into the source of soldiers for the undead. The actual casualty ratio will be even more exaggerated.

No matter how fast the goblins replenish their members, they cannot compete with the Undead on the opposite side in terms of consumption with such a casualty ratio.

But as long as the goblins do not launch an attack, the undead will extend their positions forward. Although it is very slow, with time, they will be able to eat up the goblins' activity space piece by piece, and eventually block them in a small area and eat them in one bite.

"The front of the defense line is very solid. Even with a combat power advantage of more than ten times, it is difficult to open a gap. But the situation is different behind."

Fari drew an arrow with his claws, from the town of Pala, across the two castles still under the control of the Undead, and pointed directly to the back of the Undead defense line.

"As long as this gap is opened, the goblins can join the battle."

Lanya glanced at Fari. Next to his claws, Safrina had changed into human form and was frowning at the map in front of her.

The map showed the number of undead troops marked by the Shadow Crow reconnaissance team. The number was much higher than she had expected, and she was now somewhat glad that she had not rushed headfirst into the city of Sarger.

The density and strength of the undead in there will only be higher. Even if the crystal is used, it can probably only ensure that the two "dragons" can be evacuated.

"As long as you and Miss Savrina are willing to help, it should be possible."

Shadow Crow can only spare a company of 1,000 men to carry out this operation. If it were just them, it would take quite a while to get to the two castles.

Judging from the reaction speed of the Undead during this raid, the time wasted under the castle was enough for the Undead to determine the Shadow Crows' intentions.

Whether it was strengthening the defense behind the front, adding more troops to stop the Shadow Crows, or directly attacking the undermanned Pala Town to cut off the Shadow Crows' retreat. The Undead had many countermeasures, and each countermeasure, as long as it was executed in time, would cause heavy losses to the Shadow Crows.

"The time window is only about two days, and we can't spend more than one day in the castle."

This time window was estimated based on the undead's previous reactions.

They will probably react within three or four days and start taking countermeasures in sequence. Even for the most time-consuming countermeasure - attacking the town of Pala, it will only take them a little over a week to organize their forces and launch the first round of attacks.

Shadow Crow must quickly carve a gap in the Undead's encirclement of the Goblins, and then organize a defense to deal with the Undead's countermeasures.

"I'll take action."

Savrina spoke lightly, there were about five to six hundred undead in each castle, led by a sixth-level blood heir, and two or three fifth-level undead as guards of the blood heir.

It was not difficult for her to clear such a castle.

"I have a problem."

Fary looked at the overview of the enemies in the castle marked on the map and spoke hesitantly.

"I'm a bit unstable as a dragon, it'd be best to have some help."

Farui is still at level seven now, so it is not difficult for him to empty a castle like this one, but it is not as easy as Safrina, and it will take a lot of time.

Naturally, Lania's eyes turned to Reinhardt who was standing nearby. He was still a little pale, and when he saw Farui, he shuddered.

The great hero who rescued the town of Pala retched in the square for half an hour, and this "legend" has spread throughout the town.

Reinhardt now has a little PTSD about traveling with Fary.

(End of this chapter)