The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 620 Going to war
After the agreement was made, the two clergymen left, and Ryan and his friends appeared at the party again, bringing the atmosphere to a climax. They did not return to their house until the midnight banquet was over.

The next morning, Ryan and his team made all kinds of preparations and met up with the Harper at the gate of the Supreme Palace as agreed. Then, they used the power of the Silvermoon City Mage Tower to teleport to the Moon Forest in the north of the city with the ninth-level ranger named James. This was where the orc chieftain Obould Many-Arrows was entrenched after he lost the Many-Arrows Fortress.

Ryan and his men moved very fast in the forest. According to the ranger, they did not move like mages at all, but rather like some wanderers. It must be said that this veteran saw it very accurately. Ryan and Hermione did use the methods used by the assassins in Assassin's Creed to travel when they were on the road.

After we had advanced five or six kilometers, we could see the signs of massive destruction of the forest. There were large areas where everything was destroyed. Everything from trees to shrubs had been cut down, and even the grass had been dug up in some places.

"In the north, many orcs go south to plunder in the winter. This is also the most dangerous time of the year. In previous years, we in Silvermoon City would be prepared, but this year we did not expect Obould to lead a large group of orcs south. If these orcs are not driven away or eliminated, the mere fact that the caravans are cut off will prevent a large number of small villages from obtaining winter necessities, which will cause at least half of the people to starve to death. Not to mention that the power of these orcs themselves is enough to cause harm to everyone around them. In fact, many rangers and elves have been killed in the past few days."

After listening to the ranger's story, Ryan and his men were filled with righteous indignation. Soon, under the invisible Rose Crystal's aerial reconnaissance, an orc plundering team was discovered. This was also the orcs' own fault. If they hadn't cut down all the surrounding trees, Rose Crystal would have had a hard time finding them from the dense jungle.

Soon, under the cover of the surrounding natural environment, several people avoided the perception of the orcs and touched a place not far from them. After Ryan sent a signal, Hermione instantly summoned shadows to fix the dozen orcs on the ground together, and then Ryan summoned a large net made of lightning to cover them. At the same time, Rose Quartz also summoned a large number of crystal fragments to strike down.

The orcs were completely unprepared for this three-dimensional surprise attack. They had not expected an aerial attacker like Rose Crystal that could hardly be warned in advance. They had not expected a legendary wizard to carry out such a sneak attack that was totally out of character. So after just one round of attack, all the orcs in this team were collectively wiped out by Ryan and his three men. The ranger who came with them didn't even shoot an arrow.

The level gap was vividly displayed here, especially the overwhelming advantage of high-level spellcasters over these low-level warriors. In the next two days, Ryan and his men raided more than a dozen strongholds and killed more than 30 looting teams. The harpist had to admit that if a legendary mage and a high-level mage put down their pride and ran to attack those low-level orcs, it would be a massacre for the orcs.

For example, when attacking the largest stronghold, there were three teams of nearly 200 orcs in the stronghold. After Rose Crystal confirmed that there were no hostages in the stronghold, Ryan and his team spent half an hour building an altar in the woods near the stronghold under the surprised eyes of the Harpers. After that, they climbed up the altar and spent seven minutes summoning a lightning bolt that turned the entire stronghold and the orcs inside into ashes.

After two days of clearing, almost all small and medium-sized orc strongholds and patrols in the jungle were swept away, and only some large strongholds remained. After wandering in the jungle for more than half an hour and still not finding small-scale enemies like the previous two days, they gathered together at lunch to discuss the next move.

"Let's do something big this time before retreating, Brother." Rose Crystal suggested excitedly. She hoped to end the war with a glorious victory. And according to Alustriel's fairness, if they could make a great contribution, the reward would be even greater.

"You're right. At least two hours ago, we discovered that the orcs have stopped sending out plundering teams. At the same time, they have concentrated in several large strongholds, which are difficult to attack. It will be impossible to eliminate small groups of enemies like this." Ryan nodded to Rose Crystal. "So we will carry out a complicated plan. If we are lucky, we can even solve the orc problem in one fell swoop-"

After discussing for more than ten minutes, everyone reached a consensus. Then they packed up their things and headed for the location of the orc king's court that they had scouted before. The journey seemed to be smooth, because they had killed nearly a thousand orc warriors in the previous two days of cleanup operations, which was equivalent to half of the number of local orc warriors. Under such a painful loss, Obold Many Arrows had to shrink his troops to defend in order to avoid being defeated by the attackers one by one. Of course, this was also a helpless solution. Before, the orc chief had ordered an elite team of 100 people led by his most valued son Argen Three Fists to search for attackers from the front gathering point, but the team was discovered by Rose Crystal as soon as they set out, and then the harpist ranger lured them away from the base and led them into the trap set by Ryan.

When Obould Manyarrows realized something was wrong and rushed over with his personal guards, everything was over. Ryan and his men used magic traps to wipe out the orc squad, and also made a surprise attack and used the power of fire and shadow to destroy the front-line stronghold that was empty due to the departure of the main force.

In the end, Obould Many-Arrows only saw his son, whose money and magic items were swept away, the bodies of the elite 100-man team, and the front-line stronghold that had turned into a huge fire. What was worse was that a lot of food supplies were stored in this stronghold to facilitate the attacks. This time, all of them were set on fire by Ryan, making the orcs' already scarce food and grass even more scarce.

Although the previous attack allowed Ryan and his men to kill a large number of orcs, the orcs were probably timid because they lost half of their warriors for no apparent reason. The harpist ranger led dozens of constructs that Ryan had temporarily transformed into using Transfiguration to make a fuss for a long time at the gate of a stronghold closest to the royal court, but apart from shooting and killing two orcs who accidentally showed their heads, no reinforcements were seen from the royal court as planned.

When night fell, the ranger James left the stone men where they were as planned, and then returned to the camp to eat. Sitting by the campfire, he said excitedly: "There are three of us - no, four of us."

After hearing the Ranger's change of words, Rose Crystal looked away with satisfaction and elegantly raised the specially made small porcelain cup to drink a sip of hot tea. Ranger Jaime looked at the little puppet that had just stared at him angrily and said, "The four of us can actually make 1000 strong orc warriors afraid to go out. I think this will become a goal that the bards in Silvermoon City and even the entire Northland will sing about for a long time."

"If we succeed this time, we can definitely do it." Ryan said, his face becoming serious. "But the more we are at this time, the more we can't be careless. According to the information I read before, Obould Many-Arrows is a brave and ambitious orc leader. He can't let us kill his army without any counterattack, especially after his most beloved son was killed by us just now."

"You make a lot of sense." James also became serious. "Orcs have a greater advantage than us humans at night. I guess they are likely to attack us at night under the cover of darkness.

At this point he looked at the seven or eight tents in the camp and the fire in the middle of the camp that was obviously too big for four people. "But I think the camp is a bit crude. These orcs are all experienced warriors, so it should be hard for them to be fooled."

"We know!" Hermione nodded, "But our real trap is not here. This place is enough to weaken the enemy a little bit."

"Well, sometimes I really can't understand the concept of money of you spellcasters." James shrugged. The reason why he thought this place was the final trap was because the supplies Ryan placed in the camp were worth at least two or three hundred gold coins, but he didn't expect that Ryan and his men spent so much money just to harass the orcs a little.

(End of this chapter)