Yarra’s Adventure Notes
Chapter 510 - 74: The True Strength of the Defensive Knight_1

Chapter 510: Chapter 74: The True Strength of the Defensive Knight_1

"Look, that’s the area I was talking about." Laboriously climbing a rock as tall as a person, Lina pointed in the direction ahead. As soon as she started speaking, she was stupefied by what she saw. The four girls had just crossed a slope littered with flesh and entrails. A small landslide had thrown the controlled Sea Race into chaos, most of them knocked down by the sliding debris. Once the landslide ended and the situation stabilized, the four girls easily advanced a few hundred meters until a rock as tall as a person blocked their path. Catherine was barely holding back the enemies surging back up from behind, while Lina, after enhancing her body with a Divine Spell, climbed onto the rock first. What appeared before Lina was a relatively smooth slope with closely packed rocks, resulting in minimal elevation difference and a gentle incline that was easy to traverse. On this slope covering more than two thousand square meters, about six to seven hundred of the controlled Sea Race huddled together. Silent and expressionless, they carefully approached from the direction of Lina’s climb. Lina put her hand to her mouth and muttered softly in shock, "Denia, has the patrol team from underwater been summoned up?"

"Huff, huff, huff." The other three girls also climbed up with great difficulty, their faces rigid with shock at the sight before them. Catherine’s mouth twitched as she let out a dry laugh, "Lina, are you saying that the place where those Sea Race are standing is where we need to go? Ha, ha, you must be joking, can you double-check? Maybe you got it wrong."

"Face reality, big sister, don’t deceive yourself." Lina’s throat felt dry as she raspily uttered, "That is our destination, I didn’t get it wrong."

"I think we could try luring them away." Vivian looked up the mountain and suggested, "We can lure them to the top of the mountain, circle back quickly and search here. Maybe we can avoid their blockade."

"Didn’t you notice they stopped approaching us after a certain distance?" Freya shook her head and spoke, "They are the last line of defence and they wouldn’t leave their post so easily, we can’t lure them away. I really regret not bringing my portable crystal energy cannon. I knew this mission would be tough, but I didn’t expect this... this is a nightmare."

"Do you have a good idea, Big Sis?" Lina turned her gaze to Catherine and asked softly, "I have no idea what to do."

"Can you use that wide-range terrain alteration spell from the crab encounter again?" Catherine asked hopefully, "If you could, it would be so much simpler. A pit of several tens of meters would be enough to trap them all in."

"I managed to do that out of desperation, by extracting all the divine power from the spell book." Lina shook her head with a bitter smile, "To use it again, the spell book would need at least a month to recharge on its own. Even if I could, it would be troublesome. The Divine Artifact would interfere with the divine power here, it’s very likely that the divine spell would weaken or even completely fail near the Divine Artifact."

"Big sis, we need to decide quickly." Vivian cast a few Impact Spells at the controlled Sea Race trying to jump up the rock, "The enemies are getting closer. If we don’t decide soon, we’ll be surrounded."

"Vivian, Freya." Catherine took a deep breath. As the leader of the adventure team, she had to make a decision at this critical moment. Regardless of whether the decision was right or wrong, she had to bear this heavy responsibility. She knew there was no more time for hesitation, and she forced herself to ask, "Can you two work together to construct a movable defense circle? It has to withstand a 360-degree attack, including attacks from Legendary Rank enemies, can you do that?"

"We can set up a defense circle, but moving it is difficult." Vivian and Freya exchanged a look, Vivian said, "It doesn’t seem like they have an Element Mage. If we work together to construct the defense, including Legendary Rank, anyone trying to break in would have to deplete my mana completely first. Given the dense crowd of enemies, not many can attack our defense circle. If I fully support it, it can last at least one hour. But my defense Array can’t be moved, to change the range, a new one has to be set up at the front. With my current vitality, I can set up five consecutively within twenty-two hours at most."

"My area of operation can be moved." Stated Freya," But it won’t be a quick process."

"How fast to set up?" Catherine asked, "If it’s quick enough, we might be able to hold a positional war with them."

"About three minutes for me." Vivian replied, "I have prepared a Mithril Array Disc in advance for the array. The Array can be projected directly onto the ground from the Mithril Disc. Because of this, only five can be set up. Projecting the array consumes a lot of vitality."

"I am slower, at least around six minutes." Freya said, "And I need Vivian to delimit the approximate range first. I need to construct in accordance with her array range."

"No problem, as long as you have faith in your two defence sets to fend off a large number of enemies." Catherine finally showed a smile on her face, "Later when we break into the enemy side, I’ll take responsibility to hold them off for ten minutes for you to set up the defence. Once you finish setting up the defence, you two will be in charge of defending. Lina, you’ll search inside the defense circle, and I’ll search outside. The key is to search the rock crevices because, from here, we can see the rock surface has nothing strange. Hence, the target can only be in the crevices. It doesn’t matter if we don’t know what the target is. After all, it’s an unusual man-made object, and it shouldn’t be hard to find."

"Trench warfare, huh?" The three girls looked at each other, and all nodded together, "That should work."

"Legion, assemble!" Catherine raised her long sword again. A phantom flag appeared behind her, the high-hanging flag fluttered like it was in a strong wind. Behind Catherine’s flag, one flag after another emerged from the phantom. Under each flag stood a fully-armed knight. The knights in the phantom this time were not riding warhorses, instead, they stood on the ground with their legs, but the air of iron and blood they emitted still made people shudder.

"Legion, charge!" Catherine pointed her sword, leading the way as the arrowhead, with the welcome knights following her closely. They stepped on the gravel under their feet and launched a brave charge against the enemy. After becoming Legendary, the phantom legions formed from Catherine’s skills saw not only a significant increase in number, but also in strength. Half of the knights became neatly Gold Rank, while the other half, still holding swallowtail flags, became neatly Silver Rank. This is the terrifying part of a Legendary Rank Knight, who can be termed a master among knights. Within a short time, they can transform into hundreds of upper-rank knights and a single person can directly confront a ten thousand-strong human legion.

The Knights were silently shouting, swiftly cutting into the densely packed controlled Sea Race. They forcefully tore a gap in the midst of their crowd. The other three girls did not hesitate and followed the phantoms into the gap without even thinking or considering. If Catherine could not keep her promise of holding out for ten minutes, they would be torn into pieces by the controlled Sea Race. The Knights were charging, but after only advancing more than ten meters, Catherine, who was at the core of the team, found that the pressure the troops were under had reached a limit. After all, there were at least thirty to forty Legendary-ranked creatures hidden in the crowd of the enemy. With their presence, the team of Knights could no longer advance even half a step.

"Legion, barricade!" Catherine raised her sword vertically and drew a circle in the sky, shouting out loud, "Formation, defence!"

The Phantom Knights quickly changed their formation, warmly changing from the arrow-shaped formation to a circular defence formation. The Gold Rank Knights held shields outside, the Silver Rank knights wielded their lances inside. Shoulder to shoulder, they formed an impenetrable wall of humans, forcefully boxing out around a hundred square meters, layer by layer, encasing the three girls inside. Catherine was constantly moving inside and outside the walls, the moment any Legendary-ranked sea race approached the camp she sprang out of the defensive circle to drive back the enemy.

The Phantom knights had a simple task. The Gold Rank Knights defended the outskirts at all costs. They held their shields, not retreating even when they were dealing with damages exceeding their limits. They would stand their ground even if it meets dying, exploding into a cluster of light dots. The Silver Rank knights were inside the defensive circle brandishing their lances through the gaps, making the defensive circle look like a sea urchin with its spines.

It was evident, as the core of the team, Catherine was under considerable pressure. The use of military skills was not without a cost. All the attacks suffered by the Phantom Knights actually indirectly affected her. This meant that she was, each moment, bearing the attacks of dozens of people. Among these enemies, not only were there Gold and Silver Rank, but also quite a few Legendary Rank enemies. She soon began to sweat, and her face gradually turned pale.

There were also continuous departures within the defence circle. When a Gold Rank knight departed, the Silver Rank knight attached to him would, after launching their final lance, explode into light slices. Whenever a knight died, the defensive circle would shrink slightly, maintaining a shoulder-to-shoulder state, not giving the enemy any chance to attack.

It must be admitted that if a Legendary-ranked defensive knight wanted to stick to a position, it was quite worrisome. Their characteristics lie in their defence capabilities. Even while constantly bearing the attacks of dozens of people, they can still rush forward and back. Even if they turn pale, they show no sign of falling. Moreover, with each centimetre the defence circle shrinks, the area under attack decreases a bit, and the defence strength correspondingly strengthens. The Sea Race in the outsides wanting to break through the defence circle seemed to need more time. Precisely because of this, Catherine had the assurance to promise to hold for ten minutes. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to qidian.com to support me by voting. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)