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“Alright, listen up,” Adam told the squad of four archers and two swordsmen he’d gathered to him. Nearby, the other defenders were keeping the forlorn soldiers at bay while a rain of arrows from above slowed the dual-wielding swordsman by exclusively targeting his legs. “I need you six to pull the halberdier with you towards the northern part of the city. Don’t try to kill him, just keep antagonising him into following you. I will disable one of his legs, so he won’t be able to catch up.”
The elphin listened with rapt attention and he hoped they could accomplish what he wanted them to do. He’d actually gotten the idea from the zombie mode in a game he’d played several years back with some friends. One person would drag around a slow zombie while the rest of them worked on secondary objectives. Still, he wasn’t entirely sure this would work and he felt stupid for not asking Emelia how she planned on taking on the aristocrat while not losing the defence objective.
“Go!” he told them as he himself moved closer to the fray and sent his barrier out in a cone shape.
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