The rain fell in a patter, flowing into the muddy puddle along with the blood on the ground.
The sounds of shouting and the clashing of swords were endless. On the battlefield, the guards fighting in the heavy rain were fighting a group of werewolves.
What Raven saw when he arrived was such a bloody battlefield. The werewolves' sharp claws tore open the guards' iron armor, and they stretched out their long wolf kisses to bite through the guards' torsos. Four or five guards held spears and nailed the werewolves to the ground.
The scale of the battlefield has reached hundreds of people. The detachment that first encountered the werewolves has been completely wiped out, and the captain and his team members have all died. The first batch of reinforcements also suffered heavy casualties.
Although the soldiers of Weimar City were all brave warriors recruited from the citizens, and were both fully trained and well-equipped, many young recruits who had not experienced the war years could not help but tremble involuntarily when faced with such a situation. Raven even saw soldiers from other detachments dropping their weapons and running away.
The number of werewolves is slightly smaller than that of the Guards, but a single werewolf has the strength comparable to that of a low-level transcendent and has powerful recovery abilities. It takes at least three Guards soldiers to deal with it, so the smaller number of werewolves has formed an encirclement of the Guards.
This was different from the usual raids on criminal organizations, or even attacks on criminal organizations with extraordinary people. This was a real war. The guards, whose deaths were usually reported to the whole city and honored as martyrs, were easily torn apart by the werewolves like pieces of paper. Teammates who usually worked together day and night fell one by one in such a war. Raven could feel that the atmosphere in the East Fourth Detachment had become solemn.
Ellie saw the hesitation of the East Fourth Detachment and stood up and shouted loudly: "Soldiers!"
The members of the East Fourth Team subconsciously focused their eyes on Ellie, wanting to see what she was going to say.
"Our comrades are being ravaged! Those... beasts... want to tear our home apart! If we let them enter Weimar City, the bloody incident that happened more than a decade ago will happen again, and our relatives and friends will be in constant fear!"
"Do you want that to happen?" Ellie drew out her sword and pointed it high into the sky.
"No hope!" The hesitation and fear of the East Fourth Detachment disappeared temporarily, replaced by a surge of fighting spirit.
"Then let us fight for our homeland!"
"Fight for our homeland!"
A werewolf seemed to notice the newly joined East Fourth Detachment. It howled and called two werewolves to rush over.
Ellie narrowed her eyes slightly: "Just in time!"
Raising the silver sword in her hand, Ellie's long hair swept past Raven like a whirlwind. Before Raven could react, Ellie rushed into the middle of the three werewolves.
With a deft dodge, she avoided the claw attacks of the werewolves who had reacted quickly. Ellie thrust the silver sword straight into the throat of a werewolf, stuffed the pistol into the mouth of another werewolf and pulled the trigger.
"Swish!"
"Bang!"
The sounds of flesh being torn and pistols being fired rang out simultaneously, and the two werewolves fell to the ground at the same time.
The third remaining werewolf wanted to pounce on Ellie, but was kicked away in the air by Ellie, and a bullet hit his forehead.
In just two rounds, less than a minute, Ellie easily took care of the three werewolves.
The commander's active performance greatly boosted the morale of the East Fourth Detachment, and the crackling sound of raindrops hitting armor became the best battle song of the guards.
Seeing that her men were in high spirits and determined to fight, Ellie nodded with satisfaction.
The minor setback suffered by the three werewolves also attracted the attention of the large group of werewolves. More than a dozen werewolves quickly withdrew from the front line and surrounded them, greatly reducing the pressure on the front line.
The wolves stared at the guards who were formed in formation with a fierce look in their eyes, and pounced on them after a howl.
Just like a tsunami hitting a huge rock, the guards stood in place and split the wave of werewolves. The werewolves gained nothing except a few wounds from spears. Seeing that intimidation and direct attack were ineffective, this obviously stronger detachment attracted more werewolves to besiege them. For a moment, the East Fourth Detachment became the absolute focus of the battlefield.
Both the guards on the front line and the werewolves were paying attention to this small vortex outside the big battlefield. It seemed that the breaking point of this bloody battle lay in this sudden appearance of new force.
The police chiefs of other detachments breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the joining of the East Fourth Detachment had greatly eased their pressure. They gathered the remnants of the soldiers who had been killed and regrouped into an army. The formation that had been broken up by the werewolves was reformed, and the one-on-one fighting situation that was extremely disadvantageous to the Guards was turned back into a confrontation between two formations.
The East Fourth Detachment turned from the reefs into a wave-breaking sailboat, splitting the werewolf waves while slowly moving towards the main team.
The werewolves wanted to stop it, but they had no way to deal with the spiked iron ball. Even if a werewolf wanted to rush in, he would be killed by Raven and Ellie.
In this way, the East Fourth Detachment successfully merged with the main force and formed a larger formation.
"Thank you for your help. Which detachment are you from?" A sheriff who looked the oldest served as the temporary commander-in-chief of the army. He nodded at Ellie to express his gratitude.
"We are from the East Fourth Detachment. I'm Sheriff Ellie Gray, and this is my deputy Raven Yassin."
"Hello, I'm Herb Olsen from the West Second Detachment. Since I'm a few years older than you, I've been appointed by headquarters to be the commander-in-chief of this operation."
"Hello, Commander Olson. The East Fourth Detachment has arrived at the battlefield. Please give us your instructions." Ellie saluted Herb Olson.
"You're welcome. The situation is urgent, so I'll make it short. We are more than capable of protecting ourselves, but werewolves are agile and difficult for our ordinary soldiers to intercept them. So I hope that the extraordinary people can take action to prevent individual werewolves from escaping into Weimar City and causing casualties among citizens. I will lead a large force to guard here, pin down most of the werewolves, and coordinate the defense and formation of each detachment." Olsen returned the salute and gave Ellie instructions in a concise manner.
"No problem." Ellie agreed readily. "Everyone, follow the instructions of Commander Olsen. Raven, follow me!"
The first sentence was said to the ordinary members of the East Fourth Detachment, and the second sentence was said to Raven.
"Here we come!" Raven responded immediately, and the two of them broke away from the formation, looking for the werewolves who wanted to run towards Weimar City and intercept them individually.
Raven felt a little nervous as he stood in front of the three werewolves with his shield.
Even though these werewolves had basically just reached the strength level of low-level transcendents, and he himself had reached the peak of low-level transcendents, fighting one against three was still a big challenge.
I really don't know how Ellie did it. Could it be that she has quietly broken through to the intermediate level?
Fortunately, there is a powerful force, and if all else fails, I can drink the mutagen.
Three werewolves howled and attacked. Raven activated [Mythic Trick: Nimbleness] to distance himself from them, dodging and moving around to ensure that he was only facing one enemy at a time.
He used his shield to block the attack, used [Combat Reflexes] to attack the flaw, and then used [Powerful Slash] to chop two people apart. Raven's interception was very effective.
Looking at Ellie not far away, a single werewolf was basically no match for Ellie. Only when multiple werewolves surrounded her could they barely cause some trouble to Ellie. After the silver bullets in the pistol were used up, Ellie could only rely on the silver sword to deal with the werewolves without any disadvantage.
What a pity... If I had been issued silver weapons, I would have been the ultimate killer, but perhaps the headquarters would not issue them because silver weapons are too expensive. Raven could not help but secretly complain about the headquarters' stinginess.
Raven once again parried the werewolf's claw attack and discovered a flaw in his throat. His eyes lit up, and he moved his sword as his heart desired, striking the werewolf in the throat with one strike.
Even though the werewolf's recovery ability prevented it from dying immediately, it had to lie on the ground to rest after its throat was cut. The one-on-three situation became a one-on-two situation, and Raven was more at ease.
After knocking down the two werewolves one by one, Raven beheaded them one by one to prevent future trouble.
Their hands are stained with the blood of their comrades, and Raven will show no mercy to them.
After dealing with the three werewolves, Raven saw more guard detachments coming in the distance.
As more guards joined the battlefield, the power on the battlefield increased and decreased. The most crucial thing was that the mid-level extraordinary person Arios joined the battle, which made this war end with the werewolves' defeat without any suspense.
Raven and Ellie met up and high-fived each other.
"I saw your performance against those three werewolves. You did a good job." Ellie smiled at Raven.
"No, you're far inferior to Ellie." Raven scratched his head embarrassedly.
They were all low-level transcendents, and Ellie could defeat three people alone in one minute, but it took her so long even though she had a system and cheated.
"Don't be too self-deprecating. I was able to do that because of the advantage of my weapon. Even if I were to fight you one-on-one, I wouldn't have the confidence to break through your defense 100." Ellie affirmed Raven.
"Yeah, my defense is pretty good. After all, I'm afraid of death." Raven said shamelessly.
"Pfft." Ellie couldn't help but laugh.
"You two are flirting here after the fight." Arios strode over with a serious look on his face.
"Inspector!" Raven and Ellie quickly stood at attention and saluted.
"Okay, don't be so serious. I heard what Herb said about the situation. This time, it's thanks to you guys that you led the East Fourth Detachment to the battlefield in time, otherwise the casualties would have been even more serious." Arios' tone was also lower than usual.
"Inspector, how many casualties were there in this operation?" Raven asked cautiously.
"More than forty brothers died, more than a dozen were seriously injured, and nearly a hundred were slightly injured. The twenty-two people from the Sixth Detachment outside the city who discovered the abnormal situation were all killed in the battle, not a single one was left. All of them held on until the last moment, they are all great." The usually cheerful and lively Arios choked up at this moment, and it was hard to tell whether the water drops running down his face were rain or tears.
There are so many casualties... Raven couldn't help but be shocked. The casualties of the guards in the past two years combined were not so heavy.
"The Church of Valkyries must pay for this raid." Arios said viciously.