The Medallion novel Chapter 1589

Everyone relished the serene and soothingly calm night in the Tiger Whisker Pass since it came only once in a blue moon. But the relaxing moment was suddenly interrupted by a series of deafening roars that came out of nowhere.

"Commander Wang, we have some bad news!" Deputy Commander Ma came rushing into Tucker's camp with a frightened look on his face.

"What happened?" Startled, Tucker, who had been almost sleepless the whole night, immediately got up from his seat.

"The spiritual race has sent out more than ten Human-shaped Giant Beasts to attack the city!" Deputy Commander Ma reported in a hurry.

"What?" Tucker's eyes rounded in shock. He wasted no time and rushed towards the city wall along with the deputy commander.

As soon as they climbed up the city wall, they were greeted with the sight of a dozen strong mountainous spiritual beasts nearing the edge of the wall. At this point, it was only a matter of minutes before they would attack the walls of the Tiger Whisker Pass.

These gigantic beasts had always been the spiritual race's trump card when attacking fortified cities. In their war against the human race, they were almost impossible to defeat. Without the help of enough brave spirit warriors, the Tiger Whisker Pass would be decimated into ruins in a matter of hours.

"Defend the city! Don't let these giant beasts approach the wall!" Tucker immediately ordered his troops after assessing the situation.

The archers shot a volley of fire arrows.

But it wasn't enough to penetrate the thick, armor-like skin of the Human-shaped Giant Beasts.

They could only helplessly watch as the towering creatures grew closer and closer towards the wall. In a few short moments, the beasts were now only a dozen meters from them.

"Where is Basil?" Feeling hopeless and agitated, Tucker began to look for Rocky. But much to his surprise, Rocky was nowhere to be seen at such a critical moment.

"I don't know either," Deputy Commander Ma replied with an anxious look on his face.

"Send someone to look for him! Quick!" Tucker shouted in a desperate bid to still try and save the city.

"There's no need." A figure appeared out of the blue and landed on the city wall with numerous syringes filled with anesthetics in his hands. No matter how huge a spiritual beast was, as long as it was injected with Rocky's refined anesthetics, it would be rendered unconscious.

The next moment, Rocky flew down from the city wall towards the outside of the pass. Even though he was attacked from all sides by the soldiers who protected the towering creatures, he still managed to tranquilize them.

Soon, Rocky's anesthetics were all used up.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

After a few minutes, the beasts fell over one after another, crushing their allies beneath them.

The deputy commander in charge of protecting the Human-shaped Giant Beasts couldn't believe what he saw. He couldn't fathom what kind of sorcery Rocky did to the towering creatures to defeat them in such a manner. Helpless and confused, he and the remainder of his troops ran away, leaving the spiritual beasts.

Seeing this, Tucker was quick to command his men to kill their incapacitated opponents.

"Commander Wang, don't kill them. They could be useful for our cause." Rocky stepped forward and stopped the commander at once.

"What? How could we possibly use these vile creatures? If we kill them, then we won't have to worry about facing against them anymore." Tucker, who still feared the power of the gigantic spiritual beasts, was adamant to kill them off.

"Please trust me, Commander Wang," Rocky pleaded with a slight frown.

"Yes. I'm afraid that if we fight this battle head-on we'll surely lose due to the sheer size of their army." Rocky confirmed the number of the Heaven Army's troops. Cold sweat dripped from the commander's forehead upon hearing this, as he knew that it would be almost impossible to win.

"But if we retreat, it would be the same as serving the Tiger Whisker Pass to the enemy on a silver platter," Tucker asked once again.

"If we let them put their guard down, we might have a chance to know what their real goal is." Since the start, Rocky suspected that the spiritual race's army had a bigger goal than just to conquer the Tiger Whisker Pass. Even if they did succeed in doing so, they would quickly crumble without any outside support. Especially if they were besieged by the human army who just took control of the Celestial Gate Position. He couldn't understand why the spiritual race's army would risk their lives to venture so far into the hinterland.

"What if the spiritual race's army continue to move forward and enter the Ethereal Region after taking the walled city?" That was what worried Tucker the most.

"Don't worry, they won't. They know journeying deeper would be a one-way trip. They are not that stupid. It's certain that they are plotting a much bigger scheme." Rocky calmly answered without a hint of doubt.

Hearing his words, the commander hesitated whether to believe him or not.

"Commander Wang, please make a decision as soon as possible. We haven't gotten much time," Rocky reminded Tucker.

"Are you sure?" He knew that giving up the city would surely taint his reputation as a commander. He might even lose his position.

"Of course." The powerful spirit warrior nodded with much conviction.

"Well, it's decided then. Let's retreat from the Tiger Whisker Pass." Tucker knew that since they had already taken the first step, there was no reason for them not to go on. Besides, he knew what Rocky said was right. As long as they avoided a direct confrontation with the spiritual race's army, they still had a chance to win. But if they were to hold their ground and guard the Tiger Whisker Pass, they would all die for nothing.

What was more, if Rocky hadn't come back in time, he would have been caught off guard by the enemy's attack.

Following Rocky's suggestion was the only way they could fight for another day.