BXBX NOVEL Chapter 185: Migration ( 35 )
'Why is Lord Rowan screaming like that?'
'Is this how Lord Rowan plans to draw out monsters? How did he even think this would work?'
'Who is Lord Rowan talking to?'
They were all confused, but they only voiced their questions inwardly.
To them, Rowan's scream was just like any other scream, with no sort of supernatural effects whatsoever. If they could use one word to describe his scream, they would even call it annoying.
It was definitely loud but not loud enough to reach a considerable distance to draw out the monsters lurking—at least, this was what they thought.
On the other hand, far away from Rowan and his soldiers, a pack of demonic wolves could be seen sitting quietly around a small cave. The other wolves were resting around the cave, while the leader sat atop it, scanning the area with bloodthirsty eyes, waiting for prey.
All of a sudden, a piercing sound resembling that of a makeshift whistle reached their ears.
The sound was neither loud nor silent, but somehow it magically gave them a clue of where it was coming from.
The pack of more than twenty demonic wolves, previously sitting quietly, stood up abruptly.
The bloodlust in their eyes became more visible.
The pack leader jumped down from the cave and let out a little howl.
Then it started charging towards the direction the strange sound hinted at.
The other wolves followed.
Not so far away from these demonic wolves, other groups of monsters and demonic beasts, even the solitary ones, heard the sound and began charging towards the same location.
Most of the groups collided on the way.
Naturally, they would engage in combat to assert dominance—but they didn't and kept charging.
If a camera could zoom from the sky at this moment, it would capture a shocking scene of monsters and demonic beasts charging savagely in the same direction from various points.
Meanwhile, the soldiers with Rowan kept looking amongst themselves, still confused about Rowan's bizarre scream.
"Lord Rowan, are you okay?" Some gathered the courage to ask the question running through their minds.
"More than okay," Rowan replied simply and continued, "keep silent and brace yourselves; they are coming."
The soldiers had the urge to speak more, but then they were greeted with the familiar sound of monsters charging towards them.
Their eyes widened at once as they realized Rowan's scream actually worked.
'But how?'
Sadly, there was no time to satisfy this curious part of them.
The archers braced themselves and took aim at the bush in front of them.
The martial artists and swordsmen braced themselves for close combat.
Rowan stood in the middle, calmly.
"Look over there!"
From the left flank of the formation, the first monster appeared—an elephant with red eyes and sharp tusks.
The demonic elephant, despite its size, charged at the group of humans without a single restriction.
The archers around gulped nervously.
"Leave this to me!" one of the captains of the archers shouted and readied his arrow.
PHEW! PHEW!! PHEW!!!
Three arrows shot out from his bow, heading at the demonic elephant, leaving a sharp sound as they tore through the tense air.
Time seemed to slow down as the three arrows darted toward their target.
THUMP
THUMP!
The demonic elephant was drawing closer, savagely.
STAB
STAB
The first two arrows precisely stabbed its eyes.
Before it could even let out a scream of pain, the last arrow found its way into the middle of its head.
The gigantic body of the elephant fell on its side, and it began convulsing.
The captain took out one more arrow without wasting time and aimed at the chest area, which fortunately was facing his direction.
[ Captain XXX has slain 1 Demonic Elephant, gained 97 evolution points. ]
[ 10% of the soldier's earned evolution points have been transferred to you. ]
Rowan received the first-ever notification in the battle that had just begun.
The arrival and death of the first demonic elephant was akin to the beginning of a storm.
From all areas, monsters and demonic beasts started pouring out in large numbers.
"This is it, everyone—the battle to decide if you're weak and useless and die, or if you're useful and blessed and grow stronger!" Rowan announced in a loud voice.
"Fight with all you've got for your life and your loved ones!" he continued.
"YESSS!!" the soldiers cried out in loud voices.
[ SUPER VOICE has taken effect! Your soldiers' motivation and attack power have increased. ]
The effect of this cheat skill took place immediately—those soldiers formerly afraid lost their fear temporarily as motivation overwhelmed them.
The archers at the forefront of the battlefield took their positions properly, some kneeling. With arrows aimed at vital points of the charging monsters, they fired!
The sharp sound of arrows darting through the air reverberated across the area, combined with the screams, growls, groans, and cries of the monsters.
Most of the FF-rank monsters that got hit by the arrows collapsed and died after the first round of arrows.
A few F-rank beasts were injured badly, which weakened them and reduced their charging speed.
As for the E-rank monsters, the arrows were almost ineffective. They only caused minor injuries and bleeding but didn't really slow them down.
"Keep firing!" Rowan announced.
The archers nocked new arrows and emptied them at the monsters and demonic beasts.
[ Your soldier has slain 1 Flame Spitting Cow, gained 40 evolution points. ]
[ 10% of the soldier's earned evolution points have been transferred to you. ]
[ Your soldier has slain 1 Low-rank Demonic Wolf, gained 40 evolution points. ]
[ 10% of the soldier's earned evolution points have been transferred to you. ]
Notifications about the few victories began pouring in one after the other.
Rowan mostly ignored these notifications.
His main focus at this point was supervising the soldiers and ensuring the formation and strategy were followed accordingly.
The archers had fired several arrows.
With the skills they possessed, all the arrows hit their targets precisely, some even dealing critical damage.
The lowest among the archers was able to earn around 500 evolution points, which was pretty low compared to the captains who earned around 5,000.
But Rowan wasn't bothered.
"Switch now! Close-ranged fighters, attack! Shield the archers while they get ready for their next round!"
"YEAHHHH!"