Loopbound Death Reversal Chapter 27: Chapter 26: Picking A Place

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Henrik thought to himself. Now, that he had listen a little and calm down a little, he tries to craft a plan in his head, trying to think what the higher ups are doing. But right now, he could not see the general plan. And so, he decided not to think too much about it. “Step by step” he mutters to himself. He looks around and he could see the battle going on all over. Some fight on the hills. Some fight while climbing up the hill and some fight while climbing down. Some are more uneven and some are more even. “So, some routes are breached and some are not and still is defended” it is only now, when he sees things from this vantage point that Henrik could see that the rebel army is not entirely losing. There are many small battlefields all over this hilly area. Seeing it from this point he could see that the entire terrain is like a zigzag. No wonder this is the rear Henrik see also that this area is important. There are a few routes that is being blocked by rebel soldiers. And these soldiers are more “elite” the reason why Henrik thought of this is because unlike some of the other rebel soldiers, they have weapons and armour. And now they are guarding the passes. “Around five passes” Henrik mutters and Miklos nodded. Benedek who is standing on Henrik right said “You want to join one of them?” Henrik nodded “We join them and held out until evening” Henrik remembers that most retreat are called at evening. There is rarely a fight until the night. Because nobody could see anything. Even with a torch you could hardly see people. All three of them is looking at the passes and look at the composition of the army there. Henrik does have an idea. He could choose five of them and fight on that pass and see which one is safe. But one of the things that Henrik is always worried about is that of his death loop has a number. He fears that he has a set of lives. And once he uses that up, he could no longer come back to life. The mechanism of this death loop did not tell him anything and he could only guess. What if he has like ninety-nine lives and the moment he uses up, he would die. Or maybe, his death loop is infinite and the only way to escape it is to die of a peaceful way. There is too much he does not know and before he knows any of this question, he would try not to waste his life. “What about that pass?” someone suddenly come in front of Henrik and pointed toward one of the passes. The one that come in front of him is Matthias. That weird kid. Henrik however did not care much and look at the pass that Mathias pointed. And Henrik narrows his eyes. The pass lies between two uneven hills. The ground dips and tightens “A crooked corridor of earth and stone” Matthias suddenly said and Henrik nodded. The way he looks at this kid suddenly change “A bright kid” Henrik thought to himself. “It is not wide. A perfect area for blocking the entrance as long as there is archer stationed on both side of the uneven side of the hill to prevent anyone from tyring to bypass that choke point” Benedek suddenly offers his wisdom Benedek might not learn strategy from nobles but he also understands simple things like this. After all, strategy is nothing more than just creative ways of solving a problem. And in desperations, everyone could become creative, “Steel slopes on both sides, there is loose rocks and we could even use the rocks as weapon. Twisting paths, will make visibility is limited” Henrik added “Limited visibility means we could station ambush forces there. Even if the lords’ soldiers pass the main force, if we wait there, then we could ambush any forces that dares to pass through that line” Miklos and Benedek nodded There is not only twisting path, there is also scattered boulders and scrubs. The boulders would be perfect place for cover. This is basically natural cover for the archers The scrubs would be the perfect place to hide. “There are also small side paths” Matthias suddenly said from behind and Henrik look at the point that Matthias