Chapter 410 The Battle of Five Armies
After the Silverlake Base and Emberwick Base, the people from Snowfall Cult also arrived near the battlefield.
Compared to the other three forces, their advantage lay in their sheer numbers.
Although the combat level of those cultists was not high, due to the brainwashing by Snowfall Cult, they were all fearless and unafraid of death.
Some even firmly believed that as long as they could die for the holy war, their souls would ascend to a divine kingdom filled with flowers and food!
This time, Neil led over a thousand cultists to the scene!
They were the closest to the estate, but without wheels, they showed up a little late.
Steven did not choose to attack them immediately.
Firstly, killing these ordinary cultists had no meaning.
Secondly, there was an unreliable agreement between them; they would become Steven's helpers if necessary.
Steven reminded everyone in the communication channel, "Heads up, the Snowfall Cult's here. That's three out of four—only Frostwood Base hasn't shown yet."
Lily had a look of eager anticipation on her face.
Knowing that the people from Emberwick Base were nearby, the killing intent in her eyes was almost uncontrollable.
She was desperate to kill the people from Emberwick Base to avenge her dead students!
Only by doing so could she vent her inner pain and guilt!
But Henry, ever the logical one, chimed in, "Didn't we agree Snowfall Cult and Frostwood Base were on our side? If they come at us, do we take them out?"
Steven's voice was ice-cold, "If they cross the line, take 'em down. No hesitation."
Helpers? More like snakes in the grass.
The second Steven's crew showed any weakness, those so-called allies would turn on the shelter in a heartbeat.
No point playing nice
"Got it, I understand! This makes things much simpler." Henry's expression relaxed a lot.
He lowered his head and lifted a tarp in front of him, revealing a large amount of ammunition and two Gatling guns!
These large-caliber guns could pierce through armored vehicles.
If used against people, a single bullet could kill a person!
After the people from Snowfall Cult reached their destination, they noticed that no one from the other forces had arrived, which seemed a bit strange.
They immediately contacted the other forces.
Megan and Leonard hoped they would lose more people to deplete the shelter's defensive strength.
So the two pretended they hadn't arrived yet and told Neil to wait near Emerald Estate.
Neil sensed something was off.
However, he only gave a perfunctory response and did not move forward.
Because they never intended to really fight Steven to the death.
"If Steven's crew can hold their ground and wear down the other three, we hit 'em from behind. But if they crack under pressure, we're jumping in and taking our share," Neil muttered with a sly grin.
There are no eternal friends or enemies, only eternal interests.
Shortly after they arrived near the shelter, the people from Frostwood Base also arrived.
Their transportation was equally outdated, but they had a large number of strong sled dogs.
Sebastian and Patricia rode on Morgan, followed by over five hundred robust men in white combat uniforms!
On their sleds, besides guns and ammunition, they also had some very special cold weapons.
Huge battle axes, war hammers, swords, and even shields made of refined steel.
It almost felt like a return to the era of cold weapons.
Sebastian picked up binoculars from a distance and stared at the shelter.
He said to his men, "Without my order, no one is allowed to attack Steven's shelter! Today, we're mainly here to watch the show."
The four forces arrived one after another, and it was time for their agreed-upon joint attack.
As the initiator of this encirclement, Megan opened a multi-party call and brought in the leaders of the other three forces.
"You're all close by, right? Stick to the plan—hit the shelter from all four sides," Megan pushed.
Sebastian jumped in, "We're going in from the rear."
Leonard frowned, "The shelter's backed up against a mountain range. You planning to scale it or what?"
Although the mountain range wasn't high, it would still be difficult to traverse in the wind and snow.
Not to mention launching an attack from a higher position.
Sebastian thought to himself: I'm just here to watch the show. If I go around to the back, you won't notice that I'm slacking off.
"Precisely because of that, we can catch them off guard! You handle the front, and we'll attack from the back."
The other forces naturally had no objections, and even if they did, it wouldn't matter.
After all, the four forces were fighting their own battles, and no one could command the others.
Megan and Leonard could never have imagined that Sebastian had already made a secret agreement with Steven.
After all, in their eyes, this was a campaign they couldn't possibly lose!
Leonard said, "Alright then, we'll handle the frontal attack with our three forces!"
Megan suddenly said, "By the way, they've got a sniper who's no joke. Watch your back. Plus, there's some psychic freak who can deflect artillery. So, if you're thinking heavy firepower, think twice. Otherwise, it's gonna blow up in our faces."
Leonard added, "I wanted to remind everyone about that too. We've suffered quite a bit because of it."
The two of them thought that Snowfall Cult and Frostwood Base had also been sniped by Steven.
"Got it." Sebastian and Neil's reactions were rather indifferent.
They were just here to put on a show and wouldn't really engage in the fight.
However, when they learned that Steven had an extremely rare spatial supernatural ability and could deflect flying weapons, they couldn't help but be a bit surprised.
Because that meant their heavy weapons couldn't be used.
Otherwise, with their numbers, if the shells were deflected back, who knows how many would die.
"Alright, let's set a time. At 2:30, we'll launch a coordinated attack from four directions!"
Emberwick Base and Silverlake Base coincidentally chose to approach Emerald Estate from the direction of Cox Town.
There were few cover objects around Emerald Estate.
To counter Steven's sniping, they had come up with a plan during their rest.
Without exception, they put the heaviest armored vehicles with thick steel plates at the front.
The less armored vehicles followed closely behind.
This way, they could prevent being picked off by Steven from a distance.
During their advance, they used snow fog or smoke grenades to interfere with Steven's line of sight.
Scared of his spatial deflection trick, they couldn't risk long-range artillery and had to move in close for the breakththrough.
When Steven noticed all this, he wasn't anxious.
He had anticipated this situation.
The enemy wasn't stupid; they wouldn't just charge in and let him pick them off one by one.
However, if the enemy wanted to attack, they would have to get out of their vehicles.
At that point, someone would have to expose themselves to him!
No need to rush; a good hunter needs patience.
Just then, Cindy's voice sounded in Steven's ear. "Steven, we've got hostiles coming in from the back mountain!"
Steven's eyes narrowed.
Cindy was stationed in the control room, using surveillance to relay information to everyone.
She moved quickly in the control room in a mechanical wheelchair crafted by Aubrey.
She transmitted the image of the back mountain to Steven.
After seeing the figures appearing on the back mountain, Steven relaxed.
"So it's them! You don't need to worry about these people; they're probably just trying to slack off."
The terrain of the back mountain was terrible, making it difficult to launch an effective charge.
If they tried to rush down the 500-foot-high, 70° to 80° slope, Steven wouldn't even need to intervene; they'd end up injuring themselves.
Sebastian's presence here made his intentions clear.
They were just here to slack off.
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