When Zhang Yang released his dharmic power to craft 10 wolf-tooth arrows, Qin Yidao and the 10 elite bowmen were finally promoted to captains.
The compatibility bonus didn’t trigger, and it seemed that Wu Yuan would also be wrong at times.
But that was unimportant because the bowmen who hadn’t been main damage dealers before finally got the chance to shine as captains.
Not bad for a soldier type that possesses more technical skills.
At that moment, Qin Yidao and the rest grew to 2 meters in height. Their arms became strong and long, hanging above their knees and giving them the perfect physique of a bowman.
As for their attributes, except for a soul strength of E-, the rest were uniformly D+.
Archery proficiency had been raised from the previous 245 to 355.
There were no talents, but they learned two skills, neither of which was ordinary.
One was the Seeking Arrow, which was able to catch up with fast-moving targets with an accuracy of 100 percent.
The other was the Armor-piercing Arrow, a skill specifically used to shatter defense.
As for the weapons, it was a bit awkward.
One had to know that each recruited bowman came equipped with 35 feather arrows and when the feather arrows were used up, they couldn’t be replenished.
The 10 of them didn’t have a single feather arrow on their hands right now, so naturally they wasted this opportunity to strengthen their arrows into the captain-grade.
However, their bow was different. Ordinary bows became iron bows after reinforcement, and upon the third strengthening, they turned into captain-grade bows, which looked very ferocious.
The bow was 1.8 meter in length and as heavy and solid as steel. The bow string was thicker than one’s thumb and just placing it there exuded a regal aura.
Zhang Yang, with a strength of E-, went up to try the bow. However, he ended up humiliating himself. He couldn’t even pull the bow string back. Qin Yidao, on the side, playfully explained.
“Village Chief, without 5000 pounds of strength, one won’t be able to pull it. Shall I do a test shot for you?”
It was apparent that Qin Yidao was fond of the wolf-tooth arrows that Zhang Yang had just made. In fact, it wasn’t only him, but the other bowmen also stared with envious glints in their eyes. After all, they were captain bowmen with the ability to shoot down eagles. It would be a pity if they didn’t have feather arrows that matched their abilities.
“Don’t be ridiculous. For the time being, I only have 10 wolf-tooth arrows; one for each of you. From now onward, you will hide in safety inside the small fort. It is likely that enemies will appear soon, so I will be depending on your shooting abilities to kill them.”
Zhang Yang grunted, though he was actually very satisfied. In fact, he could have promoted 10 shield soldiers or spearmen, since their strength would be similar as captains.
But he felt that this time, the enemy was too mysterious. He didn’t even know what it was up to, so he had to be more cautious to avoid reckless battles. Now that he had 10 captain bowmen and occupied a high terrain, how could he still lose?
Next, he activated the soul force field and disintegrated the demonic power inside the green wolf demon blood. With that one green wolf essence in his possession, disintegrating and capturing demonic power became much easier.
But it was a pity that the green wolf was only a level 1 demon and contained too little demonic power. Had he known this, he would have experimented with red eagle demon blood from the start yesterday. After all, the red eagle was a level 5 demon and the demonic power in its blood would certainly be much stronger.
Of course, the difficulty would be increased too.
For three whole hours, even with the green wolf essence, Zhang Yang was only able to disintegrate 0.3 units of dharmic powers and successfully make another 30 wolf-tooth arrows. It was at that moment that the village imp frantically alerted him.
Village Chief, things aren’t looking good. The enemy is here again, and this time, there are at least five—no, six imps. They are trying to kill me. They knew from the beginning that I was hiding here.
Soon after, there was no news from the village imp. It wasn’t killed, but had hidden inside the Tree Demon Tower.
But at that moment, it was still silent outside. The Level 2 Vision scanned everything within the confines of the village and discovered not a single enemy.
“Sound the retreat! Inform Wu Yuan and his men to return!”
Zhang Yang ordered the soldiers to raise the alarm by striking their iron shields. At the same time, he sent some soldiers to the training grounds, where the 50 new recruits were, and gathered them at one spot.
After giving the order, Zhang Yang witnessed Wu Yuan and his men running back in a mess. It was apparent that they had come into contact with the enemy, and some of them were wounded.
What happened?
Suppressing the anxiety inside him, Zhang Yang looked into the distance. However, he saw nothing in the forest apart from towering, ancient trees.
“Village Chief, there are captain bowmen among the enemies. Song Dachui is hurt. He was hit by five arrows, but his injury isn’t fatal,” Liu Dali suddenly shouted. He was the one with a vision-boosting battle mark and could see as far as one kilometer away.
At that moment, Zhang Yang took another closer look at the forest and indeed, Wu Yuan, Wang Mumu, and Duan Kuan were engaging the enemy at the rear. Wu Yuan constantly swung his weapon, while Wang Mumu and Duan Kuan held shields and guarded him from both sides.
Despite that, none of the enemies could be seen in the distance, which meant that the enemy bowmen had a shooting range of at least 400 meters.
“Village Chief, shall we provide reinforcements?” Qin Yidao asked for an invitation to battle.
“No, you guys continue hiding. They can still make it.” Zhang Yang frowned, but kept his eyes on the statuses of Wu Yuan and the others using the Village Building Order. In just a short while, the four of them had already been hit by arrows. Song Dachui was the most badly hurt, but he was able to make it back into the range of the Tree Demon Tower alive.
The several others that were hit by arrows included Wu Yuan.
An arrow took away one-fifth of his health bar.
This was the weakness of not wearing armor; otherwise, the ‘four tyrannical bears’ would have rushed ahead for a counter-attack!
Zhang Yang inwardly criticized. The four tyrannical bears[1] were incredibly strong. However, they were bare-chested and only had a beast-skin apron around their waist, which was simply inviting the enemy captain bowmen to murder them.
Finally, Wu Yuan and his men retreated into the envelopment of the Tree Demon Tower. Zhang Yang immediately activated the Tree Demon Tower’s War Fog, which spread into the surroundings. It was a very costly move that required 100 energy points per minute. However, it could reduce the enemy’s vision by two-thirds.
In an instant, a cloud of green fog rose up, enfolding an area of up to 100 meters away. At that moment, more than 400 meters away, eight figures that didn’t look like humans emerged.
“They have human-like limbs and a wolf head. Their bow is similar to ours. There are six bowmen, and another two of them are holding shields. They should all be at the rank of captain. Village Chief, is that all the enemy sent over? It doesn’t seem right.”
At that moment, Liu Dali gave Zhang Yang a detailed description.
“Damn it!”
Zhang Yang cursed angrily. The situation suddenly became clear in his mind.
This may be the enemy’s advance party, while their main force is still in the back. But that’s basically impossible. If this werewolf village is capable of sending out 15 captains in one go, then what’s the point of playing tricks? They could just surround and attack us.
If this isn’t the advance party, then there is only one other possibility. That mysterious enemy is unable to gather a large-enough force for the time being, which is why they sent out only six captain bowmen and two captain infantry to disrupt my village’s development. They have enough long-range attackers that are powerful enough to kill, and my side has no one who can suppress them. They can comfortably block up my village until that mysterious enemy gathers a large-enough force.
As soon as this thought cropped up in his mind, Zhang Yang’s face glowed with ferocity.
“Charge out and fire at them!”
“Village Chief, don’t you need to use the cover of the fog to ambush them from the back?” Qin Yidao asked. Right now, they had the advantage of time and geographical conditions. If they were to fire arrows back at the enemy, they might suffer casualties. Besides, it was difficult to wipe out the enemy.
“From the back, my *ss. The enemy is well prepared and already has imps lurking underground. The War Fog can’t conceal you guys entirely, and in case the enemy pulls some shady move, we can still quickly retreat back to the fortress.”
Zhang Yang cursed, grabbed the last Spear of Imprisonment, and rushed out of the fortress. He had a hunch that this mysterious enemy was even more cautious and tougher to deal with than that deer demon. That was why if he didn’t take advantage of this opportunity, he probably wouldn’t have a chance to kill them in the future.
[1] Refers to the four powerful men: Song Dachui, Wang Mumu, Duan Kuan, and Zhou Datou.