Armipotent

Chapter 1795 New Pattern

Chapter 1795  New Pattern

Tang Shaoyang stayed on the watch post by himself as another two weeks passed quickly. It had been seventeen days since the first battle since he was appointed here, and he had been here for twenty-five days as he spent eight days in a battle. Captain Rainer told him before that the interval between attacks was from two weeks up to two months.

That meant they were in the range for the next attack, "I hope they will not attack us for the remaining month." Tang Shaoyang muttered as he looked up at the Void Gate. A week ago, he hoped for the Void Cult to attack again so he could acquire more materials for his spirits.

Now the timing was not to his liking because he could take his monthly leave in three days for three days leave. He already thought about what he was going to do in those three days. Two days spending his time with his daughter, making sure that his daughter would not forget his face. Then he would check up on the Dimensional Tower.

Zhang Mengyao had reported that everything was good even though a few factions decided not to join the alliance for the dimensional tower's exploration. The other forces from the other worlds were also quite reasonable, not the type that discriminated against them. They managed to climb to the third floor in one month because Zhang Mengyao thought it would be best not to actively compete with the other worlds because he was not with them.

Zhang Mengyao, Wei Xi, and Alton agreed to take it safe and made sure to take every advantage they could get from each floor. The report was quite satisfying for Tang Shaoyang, and he spent his time chatting through The Communication System with his wives.

Aside from the update for the dimensional tower, he was surprised with news that Elinova and Li Shuang might be pregnant. The two had not gotten their period for the month, so Kang Xue, the former doctor, suspected that the two might be pregnant. Kang Xue added at the end not to have a high expectation because maybe their period was just late.

"I want to go back!" Tang Shaoyang grumbled. There was really nothing to do in here. He returned to the city a week ago, and he immediately returned to this post after one day. He revisited the gambling house, then he visited the fighter pit, then spent some time looking for a good restaurant.

He left the gambling house after two hours, and the fighter pit was mostly for the Myth Rank up to the Demi-God Rank. Most of the fight was against the beast rather than people against people. The God Rank's fight became their main attraction, and they held the God Rank's fight once a week. He left the fighter pit after less than ten minutes.

His face crunched in displeasure when he recalled the food experience in the city. The cook in the post-zero quarter made better food than the one in those restaurants. So here he was, back to his watch post.

"Should I try learning smithing?" Tang Shaoyang was so bored that he thought of becoming an apprentice for the blacksmith. They were the busiest division right now, melting the equipment from the void creature and making something better from it.

The blacksmith was flooded with requests after the battle, and fortunately, he ordered his bow much earlier, so he already had his bow in his inventory. The longbow was a Primordial Grade Bow, still better than the one he got from Divine Armory.

He was thinking about what he should do to spend his free time. It just didn't feel right that he just sat there, doing nothing while waiting for the enemy to attack them. He was about to convince himself to be the blacksmith apprentice until he noticed energy moved in the Void Gate.

When he was this close to the Void Gate, it was hard not to notice when a big influx of energy moved. He stood up and looked at the Void Gate. At the same time, he sent messages to his team and Commander Edson. He told them that there might be an attack, telling them to be prepared.

Commander Edson replied to his message so quickly. [It's not funny if this is a prank!]

Tang Shaoyang furrowed his brow and looked back at the wall. Commander Edson and his subordinates were already on top of the wall. He forgot he had not told Edson that he could see the energy movement in the Void Gate.

He ignored the message and looked up at the Void Gate. One void creature came out from the Void Gate twenty seconds after he noticed the energy movement. The first void creature was another black troll, but its body was not deformed just like the previous troll. In fact, it perfectly imitated trolls, and it was geared from the head to the boot.

Tang Shaoyang could tell from that single troll that this attack might be different from the previous one. Then another five trolls came out from the Void Gate, landing near the first one. The same with the first troll, the five trolls were equipped with full gear, holding a war axe in their hand.

 He thought of taking out his bow, but he remembered Edson's words, he must regroup with them and listen to his command for the battle. Tang Shaoyang turned around and left for the watch post.

More trolls came down from the Void Gate, and Tang Shaoyang could see them pouring down like the first wave through his Chaos Eyes. He returned to the top of the quarter in less than a minute. The other squads had been positioned on the other side of the wall, and Commander Edson stayed with his team again.

"I thought you would be given more freedom for the next attack if I listen to your command?" Tang Shaoyang furrowed his brow. "And you should not spread out your subordinates for this attack. This attack might be different from the previous attack."

"I just want to make sure that you return to your team before I leave my post. And what made you think this attack would be different from the previous one?" Commander Edson took Tang Shaoyang's words seriously even though the latter had less experience than him in fighting the void creatures. He was willing to listen even though he did not believe this attack could be any different than the previous one.

"This is no longer a horde, but an army. The void creatures also made a perfect copy of whatever they tried to imitate. I don't know if you can see it from here, but those black trolls don't have deformed parts. They all looked the same as the normal troll with no deformation, and they were equipped with gears, full gear." Tang Shaoyang told him.

Edson was prepared to tell Tang Shaoyang that the attack would be no different than the previous attack. He had been guarding this place for hundreds of years, and they never changed their attack pattern. It was always the mindless void creature horde.

However, his expression changed when he heard the later parts. There was no deform, and the black troll was armed with full gear, from helmet to boot. He could understand why it was no longer a horde, but an army.

Edson tried to look at the void creatures that gathered below the Void Gate, but he could not see them clearly. He could see the outline, but it would be hard to see whether they were deformed or armed with gears. It was just too far for him, and he did not really have an eye skill.

"They have helmets and armor, but I am not sure about the deform," Khaya confirmed Tang Shaoyang's words after she inspected the new enemy with her eye skill. "More is coming, and they also have black-skinned Orc riding giant wolves, and they are also armed."

"I think it's really an army, Commander. Minotaur, Centaur, and Ogre are coming down now. They also wear armor and have weapons, of them. I don't see any monsters with three hands, and I think they are indeed a perfect imitation, or they are maybe Calamity instead of void creatures." She added.

If it was an army, there must be a commander that commanded the army. That meant they would no longer be attacking them mindlessly like a horde. They would move systematically, using strategy instead of killing any people in sight. Splitting the soldiers into squads against an army was a bad move. Instead of attacking in all directions, this army might concentrate the attack on one side.

Commander Edson immediately made his decision, it was to retreat to the city. He called his subordinates and told the other posts to retreat to the city immediately. Then he evacuated the staff in the post-zero. He agreed with Tang Shaoyang that spreading out the soldiers was a bad move in this scenario. So yeah, he gathered The Hurakan Legion in the frontier and brought the fight there, the place with the best defense.

Tang Shaoyang was not expecting the retreat, he thought they would fight as a whole unit instead of spreading out. With how fast Edson made the decision, it seemed like he had prepared for a situation like this. Just like that, The Reds returned to their original lodging in the Frontier.

"We are really unlucky, huh? We have to fight the moment we arrive at the post-zero even though they just attacked a week ago beforehand. Now we are facing the anomaly of the void creature." Castor complained as he threw himself on the sofa.