Chapter 408: Chapter 376 Ambush!

The crew member pointed behind him, and the Void Magic Warrior reacted extremely quickly, not only spinning around instantly but also raising his long sword and chopping down without even looking.

However, he was still a step too late…

A moment later, the Void Magic Warrior’s raised sword froze in mid-air as his chest was already impaled. The sharp long sword had thrust through his armor and chest, protruding from his back.

After piercing the Void Magic Warrior with a single blow, Liliya kicked the corpse to the ground with her foot and then turned her gaze to the crew members inside the cargo hold…

At the same moment, on another cargo ship, a Void Magic Warrior was inspecting the cabin when he approached a door, it suddenly burst open. A hiding Void Magic Warrior swung his sword out instantly.

But the response of the other was just as quick. Faced with this sudden attack, he quickly sidestepped to avoid it by a hair’s breadth. However, before he could counterattack, the door behind him was also slammed open, and another Void Magic Warrior appeared and, with a sweeping strike, cleanly severed his head.

Simultaneously, the Void Magic Warriors who had entered the cargo ships for inspection were ambushed, and the Void Magic Squad dispatched by Lapaton suffered severe losses. Both squads of Void Magic Warriors lost over half of their numbers in the sudden onslaught of attacks!

“Little Jerry!”

“Duke!”

“Berg! Respond! What’s happening!”

As neither had anticipated any danger, the two squad leaders outside the ship were shocked and dismayed when they lost contact with their teammates or simply heard their screams.

But before they could react, they heard several cracking sounds–the hulls of several cargo ships were smashed open, and hidden Void Magic Warriors suddenly burst out!

“Enemy attack! We’re under attack!”

Realizing that those rushing out of the cargo ships were not their own men, the two squad leaders reacted quickly, understanding that they were under attack, and charged straight into it.

However, despite their quick response, the two squad leaders were too few in numbers. The Void Magic Warriors surging out of the cargo ships numbered at least a dozen! And among them was Karina, clad in top Armor, so although the two leaders confronted the enemy immediately, one was targeted by Karina while Monte, Sandro, and Liliya jointly held back the other. The remaining unopposed Void Magic Warriors charged directly at the surrounding warships!

At this moment, both Lapaton, standing on the bow of the flagship, and others on the warships finally realized that they had fallen into an ambush!

Yes, they had indeed walked into an ambush, one cunningly devised by Rocky, Karina, and Berg!

This ambush, dubbed the ‘Sparrow Plan’ by the trio, had been arranged as soon as they decided to attack the merchant fleet.

Rocky, Karina, and Berg were no fools: Rocky and Karina were battle-hardened, and Berg was a merchant shrewder than a monkey. So, when they collaborated to attack the merchant fleet, their first thought wasn’t how to attack, but how to make a clean getaway.

Once they had decided on ambushing the caravan, a question arose: how would they retreat after the attack?

They believed they would have ample time to flee after a successful ambush, since neither the caravan itself nor Chenxiu City should be able to react promptly. But what then?

If they were to head straight back to their respective Sky Cities, it might seem as if they had escaped, but when the reinforcements from Chenxiu City arrived at the battlefield, they would surely identify them by the battle debris. In this way, although they might seem to have fled, their identities would be exposed, and they would inevitably face pursuit from the Rebel Army.

This was not an outcome any of the three wished to see.

Therefore, they came up with a plan: after attacking the caravan, they would continue to lie in ambush, ready to devour the reinforcements Chenxiu City sent as well!

As long as they could eliminate the reinforcement troops, the pressure would shift to Chenxiu City’s side. Given the casualties the enemy would find it difficult to continue sending troops for investigation in the short term.

Although Chenxiu City, as a large Sky City, certainly had an ample number of troops, one must not forget that the caravan was not the only one ‘bleeding’ them; in fact, many caravans sent by the Chamber of Commerce were transporting goods to the city every day. To ensure the safety of these caravans, the majority of Chenxiu City’s forces were designated as the Escort Fleet.

After losing both the Escort Fleet and the reinforcement troops in succession, if Chenxiu City were to dispatch more soldiers, it would mean increasing their military strength, possibly sending out a massive fleet composed of hundreds of warships. However, they were simply not in a position to do this, as they did not have that many idle troops at their disposal.

Thus, Rocky and his companions would have ample time, enough to carry out the next step of their plan and to cause even greater commotion.

So, they devised the “Yellow Sparrow Plan,” aiming to be both the mantis stalking the cicada and the yellow sparrow that follows.

In executing this plan, the three of them were fully committed. They chose to abandon the more than twenty ships’ worth of goods at hand, using the twenty-plus cargo ships as bait.

Moreover, they sent out all of their Void Magic Warriors, with Karina herself joining the fray, deploying four squads of Void Magic Warriors inside the cargo ships.

This move was quite daring, for no one knew when the enemy reinforcements would arrive. During this time, they could only wait–and wait on land, no less, with the risks of such an act being self-evident.

In fact, during their wait, Demons visited them more than once, and on several occasions even clambered onto the deck of the cargo ships. Fortunately, the crew had been locked inside the cargo hold, and since the Demons were large and unable to descend into the cabins, no premature troubles arose.

Fortunately, the plan was ultimately successful, achieving even better results than anticipated. Rocky and his companions had not expected the enemy to send all their Void Magic Warriors to investigate the cargo ships, which worked out extremely well for them.

With a greater number of Void Magic Warriors on Rocky’s side, at least two warriors were assigned to each cargo ship. With a two-to-one advantage and the element of surprise, the enemy’s two Void Magic Squads were swiftly annihilated, leaving only the two team leaders outside.

Once all the Void Magic Warriors were eliminated, the enemy’s warships lost their only protection. More importantly, as Lapaton had not anticipated such an ambush, he had already allowed the warships to close in on the cargo ships, now encircling them completely.

Consequently, the Void Magic Warriors emerging from the cargo ships were almost instantly next to the surrounding warships. To these Void Magic Warriors, the nearby warships were like undressed young maidens, utterly at their mercy!

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