Audrey examined the corpses on the ground and turned to report to Lin Rui: "Master, the corpses have been dead for only one or two hours, attacked around nightfall."
"Advance quickly to the camp to assess the situation."
Following the direction of the fallen bodies, the army soon arrived at the Lusen Chamber of Commerce’s camp in the Blood Maple Forest.
At this moment, chaos and clamor surrounded the camp. The wooden camp backed against a ridge, and a dense, attacking army of Ogres filled the space in front of the wooden palisade.
Inside the camp, a mere two to three hundred humans were utterly incapable of withstanding the army of over three thousand Ogres.
If not for a few powerful guardians repeatedly flashing spiritual energy to repel the Ogres climbing the palisade, the camp’s defenses would have already collapsed.
Orit anxiously said to Lin Rui, "Master Lin Rui, please offer your assistance quickly. You are a hero, destined to lead humanity and repel all evil invasions."
Do the heroes of this world have such noble missions?
Lin Rui calmly said, "There are over three thousand Ogres in the army below. Recklessness will only lead to total ruin. Our greatest advantage is the Ogre army’s lack of preparation, allowing us to impact the battlefield with a single strike. So even if we are to attack, we must first find the key to influencing the battlefield situation."
Terion, Audrey, Lundestadte, and Silver Moon all gathered around Lin Rui, standing together on a protruding boulder, observing the fierce battle in the distance.
Among the Ogre army were roughly over six hundred Ogres, accompanied by more than a thousand goblins, goblins, Gnolls, Wild Boar-men, and Kobolds.
Besides these humanoid units, the army also had a large number of Ogres’ trained Sword-toothed Beasts, Stone-Horned Beasts, and venomed spiders.
But the most troublesome were the Giant Beast units in the army. Among the Ogres were eight Bigfoots, each about six meters tall, wielding large tree branches as clubs, standing a head taller than the camp’s walls.
The Stone-Horned Beasts were even taller and sturdier, complete war machines, standing half a head taller than the Bigfoots. Two Stone-Horned Beasts with thick skin were almost unaffected by the camp’s crossbow arrows.
Such a vast and well-organized army surely indicated the presence of an Ogre Lord.
However, the reality was even worse than Lin Rui anticipated. Silver Moon pointed to a battlefield with spiritual light flashing at the front line: "Master, the Ogre Lord has been found. The one with the butcher knife in the left hand and a hooked arm for the right. But he has two Ogre Flame Mages by his side."
Lin Rui followed Silver Moon’s finger direction. The Ogre Lord stood nearly four meters tall, with a waist equally wide, practically a humanoid meatball. The two Ogre Flame Mages beside him wielded magic staffs like giant hammers, reaching Tier Three. Each time they unleashed a Flaming Fireball, a scorching heat wave would erupt, blasting away many camp defenders.
Faced with this situation, Lin Rui finally understood the significance of ordinary armies in this terrifying world.
The vast army system and powerful Spiritweavers combined seamlessly, achieving attack and defense flawlessly.
Even if Lin Rui had three Heroic Spirit Level units under his command, executing a decapitation strategy would be impossible.
Once engulfed by the army’s encirclement, they would be blasted to smithereens by attacks from all directions.
To counter such a well-organized army, the best approach remains an equally complete military structure.
Orit anxiously positioned himself below the giant rock, craning his neck to ask Lin Rui, "Master Lin Rui, the camp can no longer hold on. Shouldn’t we launch an offensive now?"
Lin Rui gazed at the shattered distant front lines, calmly saying, "Do you wish to share their fate and advance together, or do you wish to turn the tide and save everyone’s lives?"
"Well... of course I want to save everyone’s lives."
"Then be patient and wait."
This unparalleled composure immediately filled everyone with confidence.
Although Orit was unclear about Lin Rui’s plan, he sincerely believed that Master Lin Rui already had a foolproof strategy to turn the tide.
No wonder the young man could become a legendary hero!
The battle continued to favor the Ogre army. The Flame Mages and Giant Beast units relentlessly devastated the camp’s wooden walls. The human front line was on the verge of collapse.
This was only a camp of a human caravan, entirely unable to resist an Ogre Lord’s formal army attack.
How long the front line could hold depended entirely on how long those few powerful humans on the front line could withstand. They were desperately struggling, killing one Ogre Warrior after another.
In this situation, humans could no longer make waves, and the outcome was merely about inflicting as much damage as possible to the Ogres.
Soon, the Ogre Lord realized this issue. Dragging his grotesque and terrifying body through the gaps of the camp wall, he aimed to use his formidable combat skills to eradicate the core of human resistance and reduce Ogre casualties.
The advance of the Ogre Lord also gave humans a desperate hope for survival. Only by killing this massive Ogre Lord could humans stand a chance to turn defeat into victory.
All human strongmen threw themselves desperately at the Ogre Lord. The defense line that had been holding on finally collapsed. The Ogre army surged into the human camp like a tide, and slaughter, wailing, and blood splatters were everywhere.
Lin Rui finally saw the opportunity and decisively said to Audrey, "Hold nothing back, and use Death Finger to eliminate the Ogre Flame Mage on the right."
One Death Finger opened the prelude to the Golden Pansy army’s assault.
Lin Rui looked at the fallen left-side Ogre Flame Mage and felt unfazed by this absurd performance. He used Grip of Cyan Wave to terminate the other Ogre Flame Mage.