“Third column lead forward, second column stay in your position!”
The leading column knew that the Vampire Bats were three steps ahead of them. Then the space between the columns emerged.
The Vampire bats targeted the Dwarf furthest from the front of the leading column.
“The second column, cover the leading column!”
The Dwarves from the second column brandished their weapons at the Vampire Bats who came in flocks.
During battles, the highest priorities of Warriors is to assure the safety of their allies!
The commands were easy to follow all thanks of the kinship of the Dwarves.
“Three people from the leading column, move forward and close the open gaps, second column move forward, and third column maintain your current position!”
The Dwarves soon realised that the situation had a repetitive nature and knew how to deal with it.
It was important to maintain their formation and remain united while fighting the Vampire Bats.
The Dwarves were able to fight properly because of their helpful allies who supported them, and they were able to maintain their formation and remain calm.
Those who were wounded, fled from Vampire Bats to get healed, and once they were healed, they went back to battle.
With the formation Weed came up with, it was easier to fight Vampire Bats.
However, they weren’t able to guard against the Vampire Bats who flew above them passed column 6, and defeated column 7.
The darkness of the cave does not have any disadvantages to Vampire Bats, and because of their nature, it allows them to clings on people’s body really well. And by doing so, it created anxiety through the remaining Dwarven Warriors.
‘We can win, fight harder.’
‘Fight to win.’
The Dwarves’ eyes shone like lanterns, as they pushed forward with newfound energy.
“Advance Forward. Breakthrough!”
The Dwarves hastily moved their feet.
*Ttadadadadag!*
The column formation fought the Vampire Bats at a steady speed.
A shiver ran down the spines of the Dwarves.
This was a battle they had never experienced before!
It was common for five or six people to unite as one party. However, it was difficult to form a party while there were over hundreds of Dwarves fighting together in unison.
Taking a collective stand and fighting swarms of Vampire Bats, they felt a huge sense of pride in themselves.
The excitement rose in their bodies, and they found the battles exciting and fun.
Weed gave commands skillfully.
“Hurry up!”
He told them to increase the pace.
Hurry, hurry, hurry!
The Dwarves repeated these words to themselves to keep up their pace while wielding their weapons.
The Vampire Bats who ran into the leading group were defeated, however some flew past them and headed for the third and fifth column, they were lucky that the bats died in one hit. Despite all that they experienced some losses.
Weed used Lion’s Roar again to boosts the parties’ morale, and with the increase in morale, the Dwarves attacked the bats.
“Make haste!”
“Hurry!”
“Hurry!”
“Hurry! Hurry!”
The Dwarves spoke in unison as they ran.
This was the most exciting battle that they’ve ever had!
They did not know they had to fight in a dark and narrow cave. They had never fought like this before.
“From the first to the third column, stick to the left and right side of the cave. Fourth column, ignore everything else and advance. The current leading group, go together with the main force and stick around the rear!”
The Dwarves were initially worried about how their formation will be.
Since they were fighting swarms of Vampire Bats head-on, they experienced a large loss of stamina, and their vitality decreased immensely. However, because they did not want to voice their discomforts, they decided to tough it out as much as they could in order to continue with the exciting battles.
They moved dutifully because the entire battle formation could be destroyed if the front of the column formation were to collapse.
However, as if Weed could read the minds of the Dwarves who were at the head, replaced their ever building feelings of worry.
The Dwarves who, after fighting in the frontlines, were moved, clinging to the sides of the cave, exchanged glances with the Dwarves who were passing by.
‘Well done.’
‘Good work.’
Their eyes were filled with confidence!
The hearts of all the Dwarves were becoming united as one.
“Power through!”
As the frontline units were changed, so did Weed’s commands.
After that, the Dwarves ran through the swarm of Vampire Bats and wiped them out.
The size of the community of the Vampire Bats of the Shaspin Cave was enormous.
‘If we had fought normally, we would’ve struggled.’
‘Even altering just the battle formation could let us, groups comprised of only soldiers and warriors, fight like this.’
The truth that the Dwarves had learned came across as shocking.
By the fifth time they had swapped the front line units, they had broken through the swarm of Vampire Bats.
The Dwarves still had more than enough strength.
That was because the Dwarves who were in the frontline still had strength in reserve due to the early swapping.
“Everyone, about face.”
The Dwarves turned around without hesitation.
Of course, Weed was currently in complete control.
Since they were able to witness the effects of Weed’s commands, their readiness to defend themselves naturally increased.
“Charge!”
Just like before, they charged towards the Vampire Bats slaying every single one.
After the battle, the party would pick up the japtem that dropped along their way and would repeatedly do so after every battle. Right then, the Dwarf named Bindel asked Weed.
“How should we distribute the japtem?”
Originally, the party who received the most experience would take care of the japtem. However, during the battle, they had to continuously split into different party and get into formation, which made things complicated.
Furthermore, when it comes to the Dwarven race, there are many characteristics that can’t be overlooked.
Dwarves were greedy by nature, therefore Weed had to come up with an idea and told them.
“You can pick up japtem on your own. However, in case you pick up more than you can manage yourself and your movement speed slows down or if combat ability suffers, I will take measures to forcefully remove you on the spot.”
“…”
“The battles in this cave will be fought in the same manner as before, and will continue until you are sick of fighting. That’s why it is proper for you to loot with moderation so that your combat ability and your movement speed does not suffer.”
With this, the Dwarves nodded their heads.
It was better to loot japtem moderately than be uselessly greedy and become mobbed by your own team. It was because they were going to fight an innumerable amount of battles such as these unceasingly and there would be more opportunities to loot later on.
The hunting of the Vampire Bats of the Shaspin Cave!
As the Dwarven Soldiers and Warriors built up more and more combat experience, they became more efficient.
“Faster! Faster! Faster!”
“Forward, charge!”
“Crush them all!”
The Dwarves swept through the inside of the cave with a crazed fervor.
The main habitat of the Vampire Bats!
The dark and narrow caves that, Humans obviously, and even Dwarves would cowered from. There were rampant noises and such coming from the land as if it was a completely different cave.