Chapter 739 Return along the original route?
"What should we do now! Teacher, how about we just go back the way we came and meet up with Johnson, City Lord Bruno and the others?"
Gust and others didn't know what the Golden Shield Family represented in the Holy Continent, but Weldon knew it clearly.
Since the Golden Shield Family has chosen to take action this time, their group of more than 500 people will definitely be unable to resist.
The best plan for now is to evacuate directly and go back to reunite with Johnson and others' team. By then, even if the Golden Shield Family becomes more arrogant, they will not dare to directly conflict with Johnson and other city lords in the Land of God's Fall.
Gervis did not answer Weldon immediately, but chose to take out a simple map and start looking at it.
The east of Gervis is the area designated by the Sky City, and there are definitely no enemies there, so the pursuit team sent by the Golden Shield Family can only come from the west.
According to the map, there is only one way to come from the west, and that is to take the fork in the road from the second city they passed last night.
The second city they are currently based in is only twenty miles away. If they return along the same route now, they might be able to get back to the Sky City's sphere of influence before the Golden Shield Family catches up and reunite with other holy cities.
But that would mean that his hope of capturing a city as a base would be dashed. If he could not capture a city of his own within thirty days, the only chance for the passage to move would be missed.
There is another point that made Gervis not decide to return the same way. If they were to pass through those two cities in broad daylight, the natives in the cities would be able to see their strength immediately.
By then, these natives would probably rush out of the city directly to destroy them. Maybe they would have a fierce battle with the natives before the Golden Shield Family arrived.
"Your Majesty, there is a bridge here. Why don't we just cross it? Then we will be not far from City Lord Johnson and his team!"
"Besides, we are now attacking from behind, so we don't have to worry about the natives destroying the bridge."
Gust was also looking at the simple map in Gervis's hand.
He pointed to a bridge-shaped pattern on the edge of the small town they were targeting this time and said.
He was also a veteran who had led troops in battles, so he naturally had the same vision as Gervis, and understood that returning now would be tantamount to delivering food to the natives.
So I thought of another way out.
The small town chosen by Gervis could actually also be passed from the direction of Johnson and others, but when passing from that side, they had to cross a bridge outside the small town to cross the river to the other side and continue to capture the small town.
The reason why Gervis chose to take a detour was that he was worried that when they went to attack, the wooden bridge would be occupied and destroyed by the natives. If such a thing really happened at that time, they would be caught off guard.
There were no boats available, and the river was three or four hundred meters wide. It was impossible to ask my subordinates to swim across in such deep and turbulent waters.
But now it is different. They have already taken a detour. Even if the natives are guarding the bridge, they will only pay attention to the direction of Johnson and others. They will definitely not expect that Gervis and others will attack from behind, so Gervis has a chance to occupy the bridge before the natives destroy it.
By then, he will occupy the bridge and can attack or defend without having to worry about any danger.
"Sure! It's too risky to go back the same way. We may be blocked by the natives. So for now, we can only go around to the other side from that wooden bridge. By then, even if the Golden Shield Family really has pursuers, we can evacuate quickly and reunite with Johnson and the others!"
Gervis thought for a moment and immediately accepted Gust's proposal.
After deciding on the next steps, Gervis stood up and yelled to the entire team.
"Everyone! Speed up! Go now!"
Afterwards, the entire team began to move forward quickly, more than 30% faster than the previous few days.
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"Captain, the Killer Gods seem to be speeding up? What should we do?"
Gervis and his companions quickened their pace, and within half an hour they were noticed by the dragon bird knight hovering overhead.
After last night's incident and the loss of three teammates, the Dragon Bird Team truly hated Gervis.
Therefore, last night two teammates had already rushed non-stop to meet up with the team that came to ambush them, and acted as guides for them, allowing them to catch up with Gervis and others faster.
At this time, Gervis suddenly accelerated, which was naturally not what they wanted to see.
"It will take at least a day and a half for the people sent by the Duke to arrive. If they move quickly, it will take even longer. We must find a way to slow down their progress!"
Naturally, Enbi also hoped that Gervis and others would be killed quickly, and immediately began to frown and think.
"Although the fireball technique of that killer god is powerful, when we fly to a height of 200 meters, the fireball will not pose any threat to us!"
"So, we will fly to a height of 200 meters and then start to attack them continuously. Even if we cannot kill them, we can still distract them and prevent them from moving quickly!"
Enbi immediately came up with a plan and tried to slow down the progress of Gervis and others.
"Okay, Captain!"
Hearing their captain's words, the other four Dragon Bird Knights nodded immediately.
Then the five of them lowered their altitude at the same time, and began to release the blue light ball from last night towards Gervis and the others.
"Oh no! Those dragon bird knights in the sky are attacking!"
The moment Enbi and his four companions made some movement in the sky, Gervis and others below naturally noticed the situation at the first time.
The five balls of light that appeared in the sky immediately stopped the entire team. The soldiers nervously looked at the blue balls of light and prepared to hide.
"Fireball!"
"Fireball!"
Seeing this, Gervis immediately released five fireballs in succession into the air, heading towards the rapidly approaching dark blue light balls.
Boom boom boom! As Gervis's fireball hit the blue light ball, red sparks immediately burst out in the air.
"Huh? A fireball can't solve it?"
Gervis released a total of five fireballs, one at each of the dark blue light balls, but when the orange-red collision sparks dissipated, the dark blue light ball only became a little smaller but did not disappear.
"Fireball!"
Gervis did not dare to delay and immediately released five huge fireballs towards the blue light balls again.
Boom boom boom! Finally, this time the explosion was not just orange-red flames, but also mixed with a hint of blue light.
When the sparks disappeared, the blue ball of light in the sky also disappeared.
This means that only two fireballs of Gervis can offset the blue light ball released by a Dragon Bird Knight.
"Keep moving forward! Don't stop without my order no matter what happens!"
After making sure that he alone could block the light ball released by the Dragon Bird Knight, Gervis gave stern orders to the paused team.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Afterwards, their team of more than 500 people continued to move forward.
"Captain, they are starting to move forward!"
"Don't be afraid! Keep attacking them! Even if we can only hold them back temporarily, it will be good!"
Seeing that Gervis and others continued to move forward, Enbi was not in a hurry.
He immediately led his subordinates to continue the attack.
(End of this chapter)
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