AWB Chapter 291 Lure the Enemy
Chapter 291 Lure the Enemy
Encircle and ambush reinforcements, defeat enemies one by one, and pulling enemies is also a skill...
Whether you are a mage, warrior, hunter, or rogue...
Lorraine remembered this: next time before transforming, she'd better come up with a decent name... lest she be exposed as soon as she's asked. This is the third time she's been found out...
Fortunately, we didn't go too deep, so we weren't completely surrounded...
The enemy gave chase... Turning around, he saw a large group of silver-armored guards rushing down the hillside. Lorraine used Blink to quickly cross the crossroads, but when he saw the familiar tree where he had been hiding before his transformation, he immediately stopped running...
He turned around and waited quietly for the guards of Nanhai Town to arrive... so that they could surround him!
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When Rayleigh chased after Lorraine, he realized something was wrong with her because Lorraine suddenly stopped limping and ran incredibly fast...
Honestly, pretending to be a cripple to infiltrate was a bizarre and foolish decision... Lorraine thought about it carefully and realized it was... it was practically asking for trouble. Before disguising himself, Lorraine even painfully cut his thigh... It was truly brilliant!
Unfortunately, they forgot that having a plausible identity is key to infiltration; they only provided an outward disguise. If they were stopped and checked, they'd be exposed...
Information is the key to success or failure...
This is true in any era...
Lorraine truly admired those who remained unfazed even deep within enemy territory, such as the spies he encountered infiltrating Scarlet Monastery in Tirisfal Glades, the 'Cutsword' senior... and the long-lost undead rogue 'Chrysanthemum Tea'...
They are the true stealth operators... appearing and disappearing without a trace, picking locks, breaking doors, disarming traps, planting bombs—they can do it all...
Next time, shouldn't we let the professionals handle this? We mages are straightforward; it's better to just throw fireballs at them head-on! But it was our teacher's advice, and Lorraine always listens to his teacher's suggestions. Besides, he also thought that disguising himself as a wounded soldier would make it easier to infiltrate the enemy's rear base...
Facts speak louder than words...
True knowledge comes from practice...
Lorraine cast a series of teleportation spells, confirming that the opponent was indeed a mage... However, such skillful teleportation techniques indicated that the opponent could not be a mage apprentice, but most likely a spy from some organization.
The disguise hat given to him by Varimathras made him appear human even when running, so Lieutenant Rayleigh couldn't determine Lorraine's true identity. He could only surround him and prepare to take him back for interrogation.
Paladins are equally ruthless towards their enemies; this is a lesson and principle learned in blood.
Britney, the new recruit and disciple skilled in holy prayer, still lacks combat experience! She's easily deceived by the enemy and prone to misplaced kindness. Whether it's the undead, demons, or even human bandits and brigands, they can all disguise themselves...
From this perspective, the Scarlet Crusade's strict vetting process is understandable, given the pervasive and insidious nature of the Scourge's minions...
The first problem the human kingdoms faced was the inability to distinguish friend from foe. Judging by appearance alone was difficult; dragons could transform into human form—they inherently possessed human-like features. Other races also had human appearances, perhaps an undead in disguise, a werewolf in disguise, or a beast in human form...
This is a lesson that sometimes can only be learned by sacrificing one's life to make disciples understand that one cannot distinguish between good and evil, friend and foe, strong and weak based on appearances!
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Lorraine was surrounded. Lieutenant Rayleigh and ten guards surrounded Lorraine at the crossroads leading from Southshore to another area, where a large, thick tree stood out conspicuously.
He deliberately allowed the guards of Nanhai Town to surround him...
Not far behind the big tree was a dilapidated watchtower...
The watchtower, formerly in the hands of the Forsaken of Tarren Mill, is now deserted... There's no Alliance flag flying either; it's an abandoned watchtower, unguarded. In reality, it was recently contested by both sides, with victories and defeats on both sides, and both retreated to their respective positions.
No one can occupy these watchtowers scattered throughout Hillsbrad Foothills, which were once part of Lordaeron, for long.
"Why aren't you running anymore? Who are you? What do you want here?"
With a wave of his hand, two burly human men were about to grab Lorraine.
Upon hearing this, Lorraine neither ran nor answered, calmly standing in place, only unconsciously looking around as if searching for something...
Rayleigh cautiously scanned the surroundings, following Lorraine's gaze. They were some distance from Southsea Town... but in the distance, they could see a squad of human guards approaching from the hillside, led by none other than his disciple, the Holy Knight Britney, skilled in using holy light magic to heal...
Rayleigh noticed the surroundings were unusually quiet; not even a mountain lion, which he usually saw, was present, let alone the occasional rabbit or deer roaming the forest...
He suddenly realized something, and the next moment, he turned around sharply and used his longsword to block a dagger.
"Dangdang!"
Knight Rayleigh successfully parried the assassin's attack.
The next second, he was struck on the back of the head by a heavy object and fell to the ground...
The other soldiers around them were shocked, and one by one they were attacked as well.
Lorraine saw that the once empty crossroads had been transformed into a host of masked Forsaken assassins. Some leaped from the trees and slit throats, while others emerged from the grass and slashed at their enemies' legs with their blades.
Some appeared as if they had materialized out of thin air, suddenly appearing in front of the guards of Nanhai Town, stabbing, backstabbing, tearing, and strangling!
A master can render an enemy completely silent, leaving them clutching their neck and bleeding to death...
The prey nearly cried out in pain and collapsed, trembling and unable to fight. Only a few novices, perhaps lacking the strength, managed to leave fatal wounds on their targets. Blood splattered all over the ground, and after running a few meters away, they reached out for help in the direction of South Sea Town before collapsing and not getting up.
These human guards were fully armored, with virtually no flaws.
However, he was still instantly strangled and maimed by the undead assassin...
Two people died instantly, and the remaining few lay on the ground unable to breathe, on the verge of death.
It seems that only Rayleigh is possibly alive, because Lorraine stopped his own kind from attacking him, and Rayleigh was nearly beheaded...
Lorraine believed that the human knight lieutenant was already an officer second only to the knight captain, belonging to the Alliance's level 7 officer, equivalent to the Horde's blood guard, which was one level higher than his current level 6 quasi-stone guard.
Judging from what the female knight said, Lieutenant Rayleigh isn't just the captain of the guards, but also an instructor...
His life has more value...
The remaining guards, clad in full plate armor, were attacked by the undead assassins from tricky angles, targeting their throats, armpits, and groins. The scene was so gruesome that Lorraine couldn't bear to watch.
However, in the battle between the Forsaken in Southshore, Tarren Mill, neither side will show mercy...
Lorraine's purpose in this trip was to deplete the enemy's manpower to the maximum extent. The reason why he felt he could not bear to look at the methods of the undead thieves was perhaps due to his remaining human memories.
The assassin vanguard of Tarren Mill will show no mercy; they will end the battle in minutes and escape unscathed, even if it means risking their lives!
Are the lives of the dead not lives?
There was no time to think about that now; he had lured Rayleigh to the crossroads to ambush them. Since the disguise had been exposed, he might as well act directly, drawing out a group of human guards... an ambush was part of the plan.
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"No! Teacher! Quickly, quickly, help them..."
The blonde human girl, Britney, cried out anxiously.
She saw her teacher being hit from afar on the hillside, and the remaining guards were almost killed on the spot. They could have arrived in less than a minute, but the undead assassins were faster. Leading the elite of the Undercity Death Hunters, they acted efficiently, decisively, and secretly.
After doing all this, they simply disappeared.
Assassins leaped from trees, emerged from the ground, appeared out of thin air, or flashed from the shadows, using light and shadow to infiltrate the surrounding environment once more, leaving Lorraine staring blankly at the corpses scattered on the ground...
"The stealth team is really strong..."
"You think the Death Hunters under Varimathras are a joke?"
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"Traitor! Aren't you leaving? Are you waiting for us to come and kill you?!"
Britney angrily unleashed a Holy Shock at Lorraine... Lorraine took the hit and staggered back two steps, seemingly unharmed.
"Sigh, another batch is arriving..."
Britney directed another squad of Southshore guards who had arrived to quickly check on the wounded of their fallen comrades. While she fought off Lorraine, she also tried to reclaim her teacher...
But who knew...
Just as she bent down to touch Lelein... a sharp blade reappeared from the shadows behind her, slicing towards the girl's delicate neck...