Chapter 323 – Heavy Cavalry

　　The Rainrevelers cavalry had about 2000 people. Considering how these 2000 players had varied ability, in this kind of large-scale battle, sending them out to confront the enemy army head-on was basically sending them on a one-way trip.

　　Fortunately, before their annihilation, they cooperated with a portion of mages who also came out and successfully destroyed all of the siege equipment.

　　In big battles like this, mages always dealt the most damage. However, they were also the weakest, with low defense and slow escape speed. If the mages were to go destroy the opponent’s siege equipment alone, the enemies would have dashed over and finished them before they could get the targets into their attack range. That was why Rainrevelers had their cavalry and mages cooperate.

　　Qi Luoyu’s heart ached to watch the cavalry that her guild poured in resources and effort to raise all lose a level, but felt lucky at the destruction of the siege weapons, which alleviated the pressure on her side.

　　Seeing the front wall of the base already crumbled along with the towers, Chalete slightly waved his arm. The drums sounded more urgent as the undead army started to advance more quickly.

　　The first to attack the players were the undead archers who released their arrows in an arc. The rain of arrows was so dense to the point that it blotted out the sky.

　　“s.h.i.+elds up!”

　　The very front rows of players all raised their s.h.i.+elds high. Clinks and clanks resounded as the arrows struck large steel s.h.i.+elds. Aside from the knights at the front, others who could use s.h.i.+elds all held up their s.h.i.+elds above their heads.

　　Several hundred players died in this round of attacks. Many were pierced into hedgehogs while some were smashed dead by the rubble from buildings that were damaged by the arrows.

　　“Counter! Archers, fire!”

　　Following Qi Luoyu’s command, the archers quickly a.s.sembled into formation and fired arrows in retaliation.

　　During the advance of the undead army, the mages and archers of both sides exchanged rounds of attacks and suffered casualties, with the players being the suppressed side with very heavy losses.

　　“Tsk, this is a base siege? It’s simply a grand legion war, alright?” At the sight of the properly aligned teams on both sides, Fatty didn’t know what else to say.

　　The Rainrevelers kept dying and returning. Some had died twice, or even three or four times, but their fighting spirit was still boiling as they did their utmost to defend the base.

　　Don!

　　The drumbeat suddenly changed. The undead army neatly parted to two sides, making way for a troop of cavalry in heavy armor.

　　Heavy cavalry!

　　The players held their breath at this sight. Heavy cavalry had always been an effective weapon on the battlefield. Unless there were a mage legion or another heavy cavalry troop to counter them, hardly anything could stand in the way of heavy cavalry.

　　This ‘heavy cavalry’ didn’t refer to the 4th cla.s.s enhancement of Knight, but the specialized cavalry of the armed forces which cost enormous resources to train. Each heavy cavalry regiment demanded several times the resources as compared to a normal cavalry team.