The Zar-Bros didn't panic as the Great Warrior charged at them, their featureless black metallic masks gleaming dully under their black hoods as ten of the ranger knights in the front row immediately put their bows away before they swiftly drew their swords in their right hands and daggers in their left hands in perfect unison, and then they moved forward to intercept the bikini warrior as mud splattered beneath her boots while she closed the distance between them fast in just three bounding strides with her greatsword rising overhead, ready to cut down her enemies.
But instead of meeting her head-on, the ten Zar-Bros quickly scattered sideways, making way for the enchanted arrows released from the Zar-Bros on the rear ranks at the bikini warrior; it was the same tactic Zarba had used previously against the drakes in the Kroll Forest.
The bikini warrior's eyes turn sharp as she sees the enemy's cunning tactical maneuver while the iron-tipped shafts move at great speed towards her. If she were a normal human, she wouldn't be able to survive this, but fortunately for her, she was not a normal human at all!
Without delay the bikini warrior immediately moved down her greatsword in front as a shield before the arrows arrived, knocking on her weapon in a resounding clang that made her bones vibrate from the powerful impact before they eventually forced her into a defensive spin as her moving blade shattered another volley of arrows that followed, causing sparks to dance on her greatsword and her spinning form.
While the bikini warrior was busy with the arrows, one Zar-Bro took advantage of the situation as he charged at her with an enchanted dagger aimed at her exposed flank as the other Zar-Bros used the attacking Zar-Bro as a distraction to put the bikini warrior in an encirclement at the same time.
The bikini warrior saw the Zar-Bro coming at her, and immediately she pivoted; her boot moved fast as she kicked the attacker's leg with a metallic sound from their greaves clashing together while she swept the Zar-Bro off his feet with her inhumane strength, and then she followed up with a quick swipe of her greatsword that severed the Zar-Bro's helmeted head clean off his shoulders. The decapitated body immediately dissolved into shimmering dust before it even hit the ground.
"Hmph…!" she snorted, purple eyes behind her helmet narrowing as she scanned her surroundings that were already filled with enemies. The remaining nine ranger knights are not as reckless as the one she destroyed, as they just circle around her like a pack of wolves waiting for an opportunity, and beyond the encirclement there are also the rest of the knights with their bows and arrows aimed at her.
"Haha! Here I come…!" But instead of growing cautious, the bikini warrior grinned at the dangerous situation with a thrill and excitement. She then recklessly charged at one of the Zar-Bros, only for another two Zar-Bros to charge from her flanks with their weapons raised while three arrows also flew towards her as well.
But with superhuman speed, the bikini warrior swung her blade at her first target, who barely managed to block with his short sword as he was sent flying to the side from her great strength, before she pivoted her body to deflect two arrows with her greatsword next, but a third one managed to graze her side, drawing a thin line of blood that she doesn't even notice.
When the two Zar-Bros finally arrived in her range, what greeted them was the greatsword that swung at them in a wide arc, and they had to stop and dodge the attack by stepping back in a hurry. Then the bikini warrior immediately lunged at one of them with her blade thrust forward.
The Zar-Bro managed to block the thrusting blade from impaling his torso, but the greatsword didn't stop as it slid upward from his short sword, tearing a large gash in his pauldron and cutting his shoulder slightly. If Excellent was just a normal steel sword, the bikini warrior greatsword would have snapped it in half.
But before the bikini warrior could continue her assault, the cracking sound of bowstrings snapped her focus back to the archers on the outside of the circle as she caught a glimpse of them; they had already let loose another volley of arrows towards her, and she would have to defend herself from them if she didn't want to turn into a pincushion.
"Tsk…!" The bikini warrior clicked her tongue in annoyance as she was forced to stop her attack and had to defend herself against the magic enchanted arrows while the two attacking Zar-Bros used this chance to back away from her.
Now they are back to the beginning of the encirclement, while the Zar-Bro that was sent flying is already getting up and back to circling around the bikini warrior with a dent on his cuirass and three of his rims broken, but that doesn't really affect the fighting capability of the summoned unit much.
The Zar-Bros' tactic is quite simple; they just have to keep her busy for Zarba and Xin to escape the town. The circling Zar-Bros facing the Great Warrior weren't attacking—they were waiting for her to make a move first, and then they would exploit any openings she might make while she was attacking one of them.
If she didn't move, then they would just force her to parry or counterattack, then retreat or interfere before she could land a killing blow on any of them while, simultaneously, the archers outside of the encirclement would let loose their arrows, forcing her into a defense or evasion that disrupted her momentum.
Mud splattered the bikini warrior's legs as she sidestepped an arrow, her greatsword whirling to shatter another arrow aimed at her neck. A slightly frustrated growl escaped her helmet. These weren't what she wanted; they were denying her the proper combat with this annoying tactic.
On the other hand, the commotion at the gate has quieted down into just a whisper on the wind. The Gay-Bros had breached the barricade completely, and they were already swarming over the place like ants on a sugar cube. Three remaining mercenaries stumbled backward from the group of Gay-Bros who were still charging at them. One of the mercenaries, seeing no way out, became desperate and did the sensible thing by shoving another mercenary forward to the rushing Gay-Bros as the faceless constructs immediately pinned the sacrificial mercenary down, swords rising and falling on him silently while he screamed curses at the one who betrayed him.
The last two mercenaries then tried to flee toward the gate, only for Gay-Bros to catch up to them right after and then hack them up without mercy as they died face down in their own blood puddle on the muddy ground.
The bikini warrior didn't even register what was going on at the gate. Her world is now narrowed to just the Zar-Bros' infuriating tactic as another volley of arrows forced her into a defensive stand; sparks showered from her blade as enchanted arrows shattered against her greatsword.
"Hah! Die…!" After the volley, she immediately lunged at the nearest knight, swinging her greatsword at him as she channeled her frustration into her attack. Her blade became faster and more powerful with every strike as she eventually went over what the Zar-Bro could keep up with and bisected him in half with blooming sparks and shimmering particles.
The bisected Zar-Bro immediately dissolved into dust, and before she could feel satisfied with her kill, two more of the Zar-Bros were already closing in dangerously, their daggers moving towards her unarmored ribs like vipers. She has spent too much time on one Zar-Bro and exposing herself to them!
"Rarrrrrrh—!!" She roared as she moved by instinct while she swept her blade in a wide arc with a spin in a risky maneuver.
The two daggers of the Zar-Bros managed to dig into her exposed flesh and cut her skin but not deep enough to damage her muscles, as the bikini warrior spun her body to dodge their attack narrowly before her greatsword cut through the left arm of a Zar-Bro and stuck on his cuirass as she dragged him along with her greatsword to slam him into another Zar-Bro and sent them both flying away with her inhumane strength.
"Hahaha, this is it...! This is what I want!" The bikini warrior grins with excitement as her heart pounds in her chest. "Come on, let's continue!!"
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"It's our chance." At the same time in the alley, Zarba said to Xin as now the gate area is already cleared out by his summoned units. "I just ordered the Zar-Bros outside the town to get our carriage ready and wait for us on the road, so let's go."
"Oh my..." Xin giggles as Zarba picks her up bridal style before he runs out of the alley towards the east gate while the half-elf wraps her arms around his neck with a smile on her lavender-shaded lips.
When they arrived at the front of the town gate, the Gay-Bros could be seen clearing a path for them as they moved the corpses and whatnot out of the way while the stench hit the two first—blood, voided bowels, and who knows what. Xin wrinkled her nose with an unpleasant expression as she buried her face in Zarba's shoulder while they stepped over a mercenary with many stab wounds in red leather armor whose face was frozen in agony, his hand still clutching a Gay-Bro's sword that impaled him in his guts.
"Open the gate!" Zarba shouts at the Gay-Bros as ten of them immediately run to the gate, their hands working on removing the wood log that blocked the gate. With a loud thud of the log falling to the side, the gate was then pulled inward, revealing the muddy road stretching far along the river.
Zarba tightened his grip around Xin's petite but curvy body as he ran past the gate while he mentally commanded the Gay-Bros to close it behind them and defend the gate. From the distance Zarba could still hear the bikini warrior's roar echoed as the Zar-Bros were trying their best to keep her busy...