It took only a few seconds for the number of the sought silhouette to climb to the hundreds, and all of them were of the same demonized race, the demonic wolf 🐺. 👿 If it could be called a race, even from his position, Damien, due to him being a vampire 🦇, his eyes 👀 were custom-made for hunting at night; he could see everything and everyone clear as day.
In front of them, war was like a sea of demonized creatures, manly made of the wolf 🐺 variant, but according to the larvae, their discipline and tactics improved over time, so some kind of other demonized ones must exist whose intelligence or wisdom rivaled humanoid.
So caution must be employed when dealing with them but he couldn't shakethe felling that the numbers of the enemy didn't add up they were a lot lower than he expected they were between four hundred to six hundred while they may seem a lot his legionnaires in this narrow pass could easily dispatch them so he was left only with two theories first the other side was doing reconnaissance in force the way it worked you send a wave 🌊 of you soldiers with little expectation for them to survive so you can identify the strong and the weak point in the enemy line plus to howa they respond to attacks as for the seconde theorie it was much simpler the enemy they are facing is just here so the can deplete their ammunition and their stamina then try to leverage this situation in a later decisive battle .
Coming to this conclusion, Damien turned to Crowley and said, 'Crowley, please dispatch someone fast to Clark and tell him not to use the artillery and musketeers; I think the enemy is trying to deplete our ammunition.'
Hearing this, Crowley frowns. 'Could it be that a frown could be seen on his face?' 'Young, may I ask what led to reaching this conclusion? Maybe they already exhausted all their manpower in the previous battle?'.
Hearing this, Damien was in a pickle. 🥒 He couldn't just tell him he had seen this tactic used before in the battlefield, then he said, 'From what the goblins said before, this demonized creature became more tactical in their approach, plus I can't shake the feeling that we are being watched.'
Crowley: 'If you do this way, Lord, it wouldn't hurt to be careful. I will send someone right away, plus I too feel that we are being watched, but I can't sense their exact location.'
With a nod from Damien Crowley, he walked towards the centurion to send a legionnaire to Clark.
At the same time, the second-grade mage, who was Dorian, who heard the entire conversation, said, 'I too sensed that presence. The only thing that I could deduce from the feedback of my sensory spell is that a creature belonged to the reptilian 🦎 family, a snake or a lizard humanoid, perhaps who is highly skilled at shielding their presence. Probably it's their innate ability or using a breathing skill manual that emphasizes the art of hiding.'
Damien: 'Thank you, Master Dorian, for the information. ℹ️ It will come in handy when guarding or dealing with the enemy. As for now, I will trouble you to keep using this spell in case he makes a move; thus, it will give us an early warning ⚠️ if you detect anything.'
Dorian: 'It's no trouble at all; it's just a minor spell, and I was already planning to keep watch in case he makes a move.'
Hearing this, Damien smiled and said, 'Will we be counting on you, Master Dorian? And thank you.'
But what didn't master Dorian said is that if he couldn't detect the culprit they are just two reasons for it either he is a second grade life formor he come from a special line of life form who specialise in shadow, illusion or cloaking art if it's latter they can easily deal with if he acted but if it's the former that would be hard to eliminate him at best repealing and injuring him in the process.
At same time Clark was looking at the enemy after the first few minutes he could see the numbers of the assailant their number didn't exceed six hundred nothing compared to the numbers they of enemies who have assaulted the goblins outside which made him an easy you shout that just the first centurion is consisted of hundreds of legionnaires plus using the shield wall tactics it was more than enough to wear down the enemy then going for the kill specially in this narrow space where the demonized wolfs 🐺 😈 couldn't use their greatest asset mobility to flank them so just as he was about to give new orders a legionnaire arrived bearing orders from the baron.
After hearing it, he found them sound and highly possible, so he quickly dispatched new orders for the artillery crew to retreat and for the musketeers to hold fire instead of using javelins and pilum.
While the legionnaires were waiting for the attack, the wolves stopped a dozen meters away; they all froze at the same time in unison, ready to spring Glowing Eyes. Their eyes reflect a fiery, burning red; no sound could be heard, and if someone looked closely, they would have seen darkness seem to coat and stretch around their feet 🐾.
Suddenly, without a prior signal or alarm that could be heard or seen The attack begins not with a howl, but with a synchronized, explosive leap from the dark; the entire pack of the demonized wolves charged directly at the line of legionnaires.
On the other side it was a second for the officers and legionnaires to react, but rapidly their training and accumulated experience kicked in, and a flurry of orders could be heard: 'Steady, ready to throw.' A barrage of flying missiles was thrown at the wolves; many were killed or wounded, but many more kept charging. A second volley of javelins and pilum was thrown, causing more wolves to die. By now more than a hundred wolves were dead or incapacitated, making them unable to help.
Right after it you could here :' shield up and prepare for the impact' soon the only sound could be heard is 'thud thus thud ' the wolfs were slamming their bodies at the oval shields of the legionnaires the only other sounds are being heard are those of the wolves trying to bite the shields and scratching them with their claws and on the other side the centurion is ordering his man to hold the wolves at bay if they breakthrough the shield wall it will be a slaughter so he was instructing the second line to help those at front to whistand the frienzed charge.
While the charge of the wolves concentrated on the center, some of them went to the flanks where the goblins are stationed, thinking of them as easy prey.
On every flank the goblins divided themselves into groups of three, two wielding a spear and a big shield tasked with holding the enemy at bay, if possible, wounding him and not letting him do as they pleased, and behind a goblin with a two-handed axe 🪓 or two-handed sword 🗡️, his job is to deal damage to the enemy by delivering the finishing blow. This tactic worked well for the smaller and weaker goblins when facing more ferocious and bigger enemies, but even so, against frozen demonized creatures who will ignore safety just to get the kill, maybe not enough. Thus, Clark added a little something to their group.
What the leader of the wolves or the one directing didn't know that mixed with in them are the legionnaires who are responsible for guarding the artillery; while they won't have the strength to suppress the wolves, they will be enough to keep the line from crumbling.
So when the wolves attacked the goblins, the legionnaires acted like an anchor ⚓ and morale boost to them using their shield 🛡️ when a wolf is about to pierce through or stab them, and when the wolf is busy with goblins, to react to the stealthy attack.
Returning to the center after enduring the first charge, the officers looked at each other, and like a well-oiled machine, they all shouted, 'Bach, stab and close.'
Hearing this, the legionnaires bashed the wolves with their shield, followed by a stab, then closed the shield wall, and then repeated this process until Clark deemed that they had thinned their numbers enough and ordered, 'Change to wedge formation and advance.'
Hearing this, the legionnaires' first century started taking their position after a half minute or so. They formed the medieval equivalent of a tank (a tactic famously used by the Roman legion to beat the Queen's body rebellion in England) and started moving. Even demonized wolves must have been surprised. 🙀 Just a minute ago this steel wall won't budge, and now it's moving towards them and killing any wolf. 🐺 They get close to soon. 🔜 Every wolf was totally eliminated, leaving probably only the leader, who didn't show himself and had probably already retreated.
What everyone didn't know is that in dark corner of the cavern ceiling above them black eyes 👁️ where watching them and the reason they didn't acted is that they felt indirect suppression from Damien bloodline the creature was conflicted on the inside as the only time they felt this way it was when they were corrupted by the master and since his original plan was just to watch and relay back how the enemy fought and only engage if he was hundred percent of success thus he chose to retreat and like the mist he went back 🔙 unoticed by anyone or at least this isn't what he thought 💭.
Next to Damien, master Dorian spoke: 'Baron, it seems that the creature has retreated.'
Damien :' thank you for your hard work master Dorian but this is only prove that the enemy at least posses at least the ability to detect danger ⚡ but nonetheless we will crush them in the next battle probably they will be guarding the entrance to the realm with all they got Crowley please instruct Clark to despise quickly of the bodies heal the injured and let's head to give them the finishing blow 🌬️ '.
Crowley: 'Yes, Lord.'