PFM: LEGACY

Ep. 29 100,000 Goblins and 78 Cavalrymen

Entering the path where the Adventurer Union was located, Team 2 saw a large number of players coming, the number was probably tens of thousands. Level meters were mostly level 1, only a small part of level 2. This is a surprising number. Given the proportion of professional players is usually much smaller than that of casual players. There are many players who take part in this mission showing quite a number of players in the Rockhelm fortress who are professional or at least semi-professional players.

Team 2 could not advance at all.

A lot of players know them, crowd them and ask for photos and so on.

"Hey it's Frozen Anvil.."

"Look at that Ares, he seemed to have already obtained the equipment set. It's envious."

"Huh, who is that beastman? But if it's a woman, it should be a beastwoman. Real pretty. I heard there was a rumor this morning that Fiona and Alissa were with that beautiful beastwoman around the Rockhelm fort this morning."

"I saw them, I asked them for their autographs, I doubt they remember."

The enthusiasm of the players made team 2 feel overwhelmed. But they can't refuse.

Until a few minutes later, 6 soldiers came to them, one of them said,

"Sorry gentlemen, are you going to the Adventurer Union. If yes, let's deliver."

"All right, guys, I'm sorry. We'll go first to the Adventurer Union. Looks like the mission will be shared soon." Ali said kindly.

After that, team 2 ushered the soldiers through the sea of players. After leaving Romeo and the other mounts, team 2 enters the Adventurer Union. Ali could breathe a sigh of relief.

"Popularity is sometimes exhausting?" I heard the voice of a woman.

Ali sees Rain Stormrider as the head of Chrome Blade. Along with the other 19 Chrome Blade members, they were also waiting.

"Hello Ares, some days do not meet.

Is Frozen Anvil already open? We want to order equipment." Rain says.

"Hello Rain, it seems that on your side is also going well. Not yet, maybe a few more days. Ann'll call you soon when everything's in order."

"Tell him, we wait. Besides, we don't have enough money yet."

"Haha... Hows it? Do you have any information about the mission this time?" Ali asked what he wanted to know the most.

"It looks like a sizable portal from another world will open to the east of Rockhelm. This was according to the report of the master formation team. I don't know how, they're pretty sure there's going to be a monster attack. Right now we're waiting for where we're going to be sent."

"Hi Frozen Anvil, I know you're coming. In an event of this magnitude, Frozen Anvil will definitely come." I heard a woman's voice. Ali recognized the woman, as she did not change her appearance at all.But to convince her conjecture, Ali checked her information.

[Shaa level 2]

"Hai Shasha, you came first." Fiona says hello. Apparently, they already know each other.

"Of course, this is my job. I didn't see Ron and Alan. So it's true they're in New Front town. Btw, meet Farid from the Lighthouse guild and Tara from the Fairydust guild. They're two guild repeaters from Server 5. We just met, they want to meet Frozen Anvil."

"Hai Shasha, I was watching when you were interviewed on TV. You really surprised me. Hi Farid and Tara, greetings. Meet me Ares." Ali shook the hands of the three of them.

As they chatted, suddenly there was a male voice that although not loud, but all the players inside or outside the Adventurer Union building heard it.

"Good night adventurers. Meet Seev, director of the Adventurer Union at Rockhelm Fortress. We have received word from the authority of the Rockhelm fortress, that at least 100,000 goblins have appeared from the winter peak mountain. Their level was from level 2 to level 4. We hope that adventurers who have horses or other mounts will soon go to Winter Gade village to help with defense. Those who do not have will leave with the troops from the fortress.

Ding

[Defend the Winter Gate village and destroy the goblin army

Difficulty: D - C

Mission: ensure the winter gate village does not fall into the hands of goblin troops. And destroy the goblin army. Prizes will be distributed based on contributions]

"Ok, since the mission is out, we want to leave immediately. For those who have horses, let's go." Ali says.

"We also thought it would be like this. So we've bought a horse." Rain smiled

"me too. I want an exclusive corner so I can get a good image of the Frozen Anvil attack formation." Shasha said, and some of her friends agreed.

"Allow us too." Farid whom Ali had just known also asked his guild to come along.

"We're coming too." Tara too.

Ali thought for a moment. Ali was not comfortable refusing it. This time Ali had to be tough.

"I'm sorry if it's rude. I will not refuse, but please enter my party and listen to my orders. Since it's a job, we'll be serious."

Seeing Ali's seriousness, some people hesitated.

"Okay, we accept. In a battle involving many troops, we certainly need a leader. We Chrome Blade accept."

Started by Rain, everyone agreed. There were even some individuals who did not have a team, agreed to it and joined Team 2.

Overall, there were 78 people ready. Ali then made sure no one else wanted to join, then invited everyone who joined his party out.

After riding each other's mounts, Ali said in the party channel,

"Depart."

Witnessed by thousands of players, Ali led the combined team off.

"Wow..is that the guild Frozen Anvil?"

"Yes.. But not all. The majority were from other guilds. I also saw the name Stormrider. It's the name of the second clan in Rockhelm's castle."

"Wow, with 2 clans in Rockhelm. The Rockhelm players will dominate the Northern region of server 7."

"It seems so, however, that the odds of getting a legacy clan are less than the odds of getting the lottery grand prize. I heard the last legacy clan sold for 10,000,000 USD. And now it doesn't sound like anyone's selling it anymore."

"The number of player clans on server 7 is only 6 confirmed. I think it's too little. On average there are 10 to 15 clans on other servers."

"That's the pain of the new server. Btw, there was the issue that the number of player clans in the entire legacy was only 100. There are now 93 clans established. Means there's 7 more legacy clans out there."

"That's not entirely true. You know, the number of NPC clans on server 7 is more than any other server. This was because the foundation of the Southeast Alliance were NPC clans. And there was almost no armed conflict between the clans on server 7, this was because they used the city-state system, and the Southeast Alliance had no authority to govern each city. I read all of that in the fortress library. So this is pretty accurate"

"Don't talk anymore. Look at the NPCs have arrived. We're going to leave too. I hope we're part of the monster ration."

.......

Not many players have horses and other mounts. Plus the NPCs that went with the players, a total of only about 3,500 cavalrymen left for the winter gate village. 2,000 NPC cavalrymen who had levels 4 to 5. The rest are the players who make up the party there are also hundreds of player singles.

Currently the players and NPCs had yet to be integrated on a single command. Ali guessed that they would start to organize the troops when they arrived at the winter gate village.

"Ali, how will our tactics be?" Rain asked as he ran side by side with Ali. This made Ratih pout, but Ratih did not want to burden Ali.

The others also listened. They were hesitant to make Ali the leader. Because they know Ali is a newbie. They just want to listen to Ali because it's for a long-term investment. They hope to establish a closer relationship with Frozen Anvil.

Ali realized that. Ali is not a person of his own accord either. Ali realized his experience was lacking.

"Do you have any ideas?"

"We better be with the soldiers. At least our safety is guaranteed. When the collision happens, we'll have plenty of chances to kill the monster."

But apparently Farid disagreed, "Sorry Rain, I disagree. We don't know when the cavalry soldiers were deployed. Like my experience on server 5. They usually only get involved if the players' circumstances are already desperate."

Tara and the other players agreed with Farid's opinion.

"But the goblins have levels 3 and 4. Most likely those goblins had an ice element. If there are only 100 shaman goblins that have skills such as ice arrow or ice ball, it would be too dangerous for us to attack ourselves. When their priorities are higher than ours, we are vulnerable to slow exposure. Imagine when we're in their midst, suddenly we're slow.." Rain did not continue his explanation, but they knew it was true.

Farid was afraid that would happen. But he can't recede here. Because the profits his guild gained would be greatly reduced if they joined the NPC cavalry squad. They did not know when the cavalry moved during the battle. But he doesn't have a good plan.

"What do you think Ares is?" Farid was desperate.

Ali smiled, "We don't have to join the NPC cavalry, and we'll attack those goblins when they're not ready."

Everyone was interested in Ali's words. They were waiting for Ali's next words.

"We will attack where the attention of the goblins who have long-range attacks is not there. If they are focused on the left wing, we will attack the right wing. If they're alert, we won't attack.

The point is we're gonna go guerrilla. With our numbers, it will be difficult for us to influence the course of the battle. So we use that to harvest points bit by bit."

Hearing Ali's explanation, everyone agreed. But of course there are critical.

"Your father is good Ares, I admit it. But how do we know that? In a chaotic war, we cannot perfectly implement your idea. It was hard for anyone to see the entire battlefield. Just one mistake, we'll be stuck in the middle of a goblin siege." Rain said he was not convinced by Ali's implementation of the plan.

Rain said, This plan can only be carried out on paper, but it is impossible to execute.

Others also saw weaknesses in Ali's plans.

"Sakuya show Kuro to them." Ali smilingly said.

Sakuya proudly called out to Kuro. Kuro who was monitoring the situation ahead then lowered his altitude and flew towards them. He circled above Ali's party at a distance of 50 meters. But no one noticed it other than Sakuya, the ibex and ibex riders who were told their ibex, including Ali.

When Kuro was 10 meters away from them, only one of the players using the arrow weapon realized it.

"There's a bird watching us." He yelled. He's getting ready to shoot.

"Don't the arrow, he's my pet." Sakuya prevented him from acting.

After showing himself, Kuro returned to the front, conducting a reconnaissance.

"If you can't notice the bird within 10 meters in this state of alert. Imagine, if the goblin could know its existence, if the height of the bird was 50 meters?"

Actually Ali hides the fact that Kuro usually lurks at a height of 100 meters, and he is never detected if he does not want it, because he has stealth skills. Kuro also has a stealth bonus if he flies above 20 meters from the creature.

"Clan Mythcaller is too OP. You know that?" Rain smiled bitterly. There was envy in his eyes.

The members of Frozen Anvil said nothing. Only pride was visible in their eyes.

"Beautiful.. The nice scene." Shasha said breaking the silence.

"Don't you tell me, you've started recording it?" Rain could only smile in defeat.

"Yep. don't worry. You look beautiful on camera." Shasha smiled mischievously.

"That's not what I meant. But yeah, that's it. Ares, I agree with your tactics."

The others nodded.

"You can answer or not. But it will affect tactics. What is the Strom Rider clan skill?" Ali asked.

Rain smiled. "Secret.."

Ali's face turned grim.

Rain laughed, "hahaha.I'm sorry I was joking. Our skills are related to wind and rider elements. That is, our clan skills focus on wind element skills that are relevant to cavalry.

The first skill we unlocked was the Air wall. This skill was a shield from the air that if used in front of the enemy, would cast it and cause a wind element demage. This shield has a duration of 5 seconds. For 5 seconds, any demage that hits this shield will be negated."

"Wow, how long's the cooldown?" Ali was interested in this skill.

"20 seconds" Rain replied.

"This is indeed a skill suitable for cavalry. If you use 4 layers of rows and wear them alternately, this will be the infinity Air wall." Ali analyze.

Rain was gobsmacked,"That's brilliant. Why don't I think about it. Thanks Ares. You're a genius. It's natural you're captain while you're replacing Ron." Rain's gaze to Ali became warm.

Train in the back of the throats.

Ali could only smile, then say, "that would take practice. Use this mission for practice."

Rain can only nod, "Em.."

I heard Ratih stirring again.

"Is your throat alright Ratih" Sakuya approached Ratih while asking caringly.

"I'm fine." Ratih's face flushed.

All the party members laughed at him.

After that Ali asked the skill tendencies of all who were members of his party. Ali then divided them into 3 groups. For melee fighters, it would be in the first and second layers. Long-range attackers are in layers 3 and 4 while healers are in the deepest layer.

The attack formation will be triangular in shape with the melee fighter always in the outermost position. The shape is more or less like this ∆.

After explaining, Ali asked "Is there a question?"

"No" all the party members shouted.