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antlers. With a strong plowing motion, Bilis impaled the two bandits in front of it.

The impaled bandits tried to break free, but their attempts to pull themselves off of the antlers only resulted in additional damage. They looked to their sides for help, but found that the other stag moose had performed the same attack and impaled three bandits. As the impaled bandits were raised to a higher elevation, they finally saw the source of the water arrows for a brief moment, before the numerous mounted Bowed Fishermen finished them off.

Laernea and Gandiva intentionally aimed for the ordinary bandits. Thanks to their stag moose’s high movement speed and agility, the Lioumereans easily weaved in and out of the trees and suddenly appeared in front of black ctenosaur riders. They attacked them with their longbows at almost point blank range. At this distance, the front riders couldn’t react in time, and the Lioumereans were accurately hitting their eyes.

However, this recklessness made them prone to attacks from the side. As the Brandals kept a close eye on the stag moose, they appeared from their blind side the next time they came around for an attack and slashed them with their swords. The stag moose's antlers tried to drive off the bandits while Laernea and Gandiva counterattacked with arrows. The Lioumereans would hastily retreat, but would get significantly injured in the process. Outside of the Acolytes’ reach, they used their advanced knowledge in Herbology and applied healing herbs to their wounds.

This impetuous attack slowed down the Brandals’ charge and made them hold their ground. The Lioumereans only appeared to be impulsive; their real plan was to keep the Brandals occupied until the southern Gate arrived, and have water arrows steadily dwindle their life bars. At this point, the surviving bandits in the western side of the forest were left with 60% on their life bars.

Meanwhile, on the eastern side of the forest, Sharanga and a hundred Bowed Fishermen prepared themselves to face four Brandal Captains and two hundred eighty of their underlings.

Sharanga stood some distance away from the mounted Bowed Fishermen. Aiming at the Brandal Captains, she released four poison arrows, wanting to draw their attention to her. The Captains promptly ordered the bandits to storm the lone Huntress.

SHRILL

A cry of a single falcon came from above the battlefield, and Ranga swiftly dropped Sharanga's five-trap system on one of the Captains.

FA-THUD

Immobilised, the targeted Brandal Captain dropped to the ground together with his black ctenosaur. Sharanga remained unperturbed despite seeing more than two hundred Brandals rushing towards her. She steadily kept attacking one of the Captains with her poison arrows, and lowered his life bar to 40%.

BTOOOM BTOOOM BTOOOM BTOOOM

Several exploding traps were triggered by the Brandals and sent many of them flying through the air, black ctenosaurs and riders alike. The explosives also killed Sharanga's targeted Captain and inflicted Burning status on all of the Brandals in the eastern side of the forest.

"Halt!" yelled one of the remaining two Brandal Captains, "I bet there are more traps in—" He wasn't allowed to finish as Sharanga fired several arrows into his throat and made him choke.

Unlike the Lioumereans, she didn't intend to wait for Sharur's southern Gate to arrive. She planned to finish off the Brandals by herself. As she still stood in the same spot, Sharanga continued with her arrow attacks, while the mounted Bowed Fishermen behind her kept up with her pace.

SHRILL

FA-THUD

The last surviving Captain and his black ctenosaur fell down, caught in Sharanga's five-trap system. She didn't have any fancy attacks, like the other core members; she only had Ranga and her traps to rely on. However, that didn’t make her any less effective in battle than others.

With the last of the Brandal Captains disabled, the bandits were indecisive about what they