Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 466: Take the City!

"Gentlemen, staying where we are will only lead to our death. We must fight our way into the city!" Gwen shouted as she addressed the crowd below from the high platform in the square.

The resistance fighters cheered and responded to Gwen with fervent words; they had won a battle and their morale was high.

Gwen smiled and nodded. Although the process of conquering Grizzly Town was somewhat bumpy, the result was quite good.

Seeing that she hadn't returned, the resistance in the woods organized another group the next day. When this group arrived, the town of Bazel was in chaos, and no one was sent out to intercept them. They successfully joined forces with Gwen's group, and now the number of resistance fighters in Grizzly Town was quite considerable.

This gave Gwen the confidence to fight the Winter Wolf head-on. At this moment, she raised her fist and looked firmly across the crowd.

Standing beside Gwen was Isaac, who looked somewhat dejected. His experiences in the Sea of ​​Unknowables were truly bizarre.

He felt he was going to die that day, so he decided to commit suicide so that his soul could return to the pupa and deliver the message to Castel.

Although we don't know Castel's specific situation or whether he has the ability to avenge us, this might give the resistance fighters another way out.

As a result, the pupa inexplicably rejected him, but Lina grabbed him across the entire Sea of ​​Ignorance and dragged him back to the real world bit by bit.

Lena's dragging force was completely beyond his resistance. Just as Isaac was despairing and waiting to die, he suddenly felt as if he had an additional dragging force on his body.

No, to be precise, there were two strands, two thin threads tied to his soul, with the other ends going in completely different directions, yet both were dragging his soul along.

For a moment, the two silk threads began to wrestle with Lina's hands and her body.

Isaac felt as if his body was being torn apart, but fortunately, he was a dual-path superhuman, and his soul was far more resilient than that of a normal superhuman, which allowed him to barely hold on.

In the end, the two threads won, perhaps because they had a numerical advantage, since it was two to one. In any case, Lina let go at the last moment.

Isaac, who nearly died in the Sea of ​​Ignorance, quickly fled back to the real world. He had thought that his dual abilities were extremely rare, and there weren't many superhumans who could rival him. But now he felt that this world was still too dangerous.
When he opened his eyes and saw Gwen, he was actually quite moved—he had finally met a normal person.

I used to think that mortals were too weak, but now I think it's good to be a little weak. The battle that just pierced through the entire Sea of ​​Ignorance was really terrifying.

Isaac, being a man of unwavering resolve, immediately understood what had happened upon seeing Gwen:
He was most likely being targeted by some terrifying being, someone who could fight Lina to a standstill and was far more powerful than him. If someone as extraordinary as him could be at the mercy of such a being, then what chance did someone as ordinary as Gwen have?

He immediately told Gwen to hurry up and leave. After all, he was a superhuman and of course he had to cover Gwen's retreat.

Gwen was the resistance's hope and his friend.

For an intelligence officer, "friend" is a luxury, but at that moment, it truly came to mind.

Then Gwen couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Recalling that scene, Isaac couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his eye, and his face grew even uglier.

Lina was simply wounded by a musket? And then she just escaped?
This...this shouldn't be happening!
Then the resistance forces stormed into Grizzly Town in one fell swoop.
Those were a whole unit of Winter Wolves, a cavalry force of two hundred men. Let alone two hundred men, even two hundred pigs might not be captured in a day.

Isaac originally intended to take some risks himself to help the resistance fight for a period of peace.

He ended up getting himself trapped and nearly dying, but when he looked back, he saw that the resistance had not only won peace with their own hands, but had also saved him.
This disparity left Isaac deeply disappointed. Isaac wasn't weak-willed; the Ash Alliance's development hadn't been smooth, but he had always personally stepped in to resolve crises. Why was it the other way around with the Resistance?
Gwen didn't notice Isaac's dejection; she was preoccupied with the upcoming battle.

Grizzly Town is now completely under the control of the resistance forces, who are not short of food and have plenty of manpower for the time being.

Everything seemed perfect.

But Gwen knew in her heart that this was just an illusion.

The resistance only scattered the Winter Wolves led by the alpha wolf, but there was more than just this one group of Winter Wolves.

Winter Wolves were stationed in all three towns, and the cavalry in the other two towns combined outnumbered hers by no less.

Those two towns happened to be located between the camp in the forest and Grizzly Town.

If they wanted to get back to camp, they would have to pass through the vicinity of the two towns, and it was easy to imagine that the winter wolves would not give up so easily.

Fighting the winter wolves on the plains is too risky, especially since they likely outnumber us.

That would be tantamount to suicide.

The other option is to hold out in Grizzly Town.

The Winter Wolf, as a cavalry unit, moves swiftly across the plains, but it has one weakness: it is not adept at attacking fortified positions.

They did not carry any heavy firepower, and cavalry attacking a city was already a risky proposition. With cover, the threat of pistols was also minimized.

Therefore, as long as the resistance forces want to hold out, they are likely to be able to do so.

Although Grizzly Town is indefensible, lacking even walls, the resistance forces are now well-resourced and can easily dig fortifications and construct some rudimentary defensive structures.

It may be rudimentary, but that doesn't mean it's ineffective—the pistol cavalry's ability to breach fortifications is practically nonexistent. They naturally have a significant advantage in fighting on flat ground, but they simply cannot engage in a firefight with the resistance forces inside fortifications.

The resistance is no longer as poor as it used to be. After occupying Grizzly Town, they naturally took over the Winter Wolves' camp.

Horses are one thing, as few in the resistance can ride them, but the Winter Wolves' firearms and supplies can greatly enhance the resistance's combat effectiveness.

The muskets used by the pistol cavalry and those used by the Empire were of the same origin and operated on almost identical principles. With a little practice, they could be used directly, making it a seamless transition. This instantly boosted the resistance's combat effectiveness significantly.

Therefore, Gwen once hesitated about whether to simply hold out in Grizzly Town.

but.
This is the North, and Earl Bazel has more than one army. If the Winter Wolves surround Grizzly Town, the resistance will be doomed.

There's no way to escape; how can you outrun cavalry on foot on the plains?
So Gwen set her sights on the nearby city of Sladedinburgh, now undefended.

(End of this chapter)