"Cover the wounded and retreat, everyone else hold the line!"

After injuries occurred on the front line, Warner Son began to direct the casters' specific battle tactics.

In the current Hamano, every mature fighting force is an extremely valuable presence.

Therefore, under the premise of what can be done, he strives to ensure the safety of each caster's life. As long as these people handle their injuries at the rear, they can later become front-line warriors against the Lin Yin City's army.

Orders issued, personnel on the dock immediately began to move.

Two casters with enhanced physical abilities dashed forward under their companions' spell cover, then carried their heavily injured comrades on their backs, forcibly retreating back across the defensive line.

These individuals, dispatched from the city, were elites whose coordination in action was highly tacit.

It took no more than two minutes.

The two injured were safely moved to the rear, and the overall battle line did not collapse as a result.

Yet even so, the summoned creatures from the ship used the opportunity to advance quite a distance.

Compared to when they were resisted at the beach landing position earlier, within two minutes the battle line was pushed over fifteen meters forward, a result far exceeding what was gained through desperate charges previously.

The summoned creatures quickly noticed this.

They roared among themselves, conveying the discovery, and the following attack adjusted accordingly.

These seemingly fearless summoned creatures finally ended their chaotic scramble down from the ships. The strongest among them gathered, leading the majority to launch a targeted assault at a defender on the dock.

This change came abruptly.

While the defensive casters made preemptive plans.

Compared to the attackers' swiftly shifting directions, these defenders found aiding their comrades considerably harder.

And in the targeted direction.

That caster soon, as expected, struggled to maintain support.

"Alas—"

Upon witnessing this, Warner Son realized the dock's defensive line couldn't hold.

For Hamano usually, they could easily handle this level of summoned creature attack. But unfortunately, most elite casters had to face the siege of Lin Yin City's army.

It's truly difficult to extract enough forces to deal with these ship-borne summoned creatures.

Warner Son's original plan was to confront these enemies with three phased attacks, using tactical strategies against these not-so-intelligent, or rather, brute-force-prone summoned creatures.

Now, since these guys quickly regrouped and adopted a concentrated attack method giving them an advantage.

Warner Son's original plan is no longer applicable.

Affected by pessimism, Warner Son turned to look at Ronald and Catherine beneath the forest.

According to the introduction letter from Dalman, these two were highly powerful casters. But under such an overwhelming assault, even if he lowered his pride to ask for their assistance, it wouldn't reverse the current dire situation.

The only option now is to employ the more conservative pre-planned strategy.

"Haina! Inform the craftsmen in the back to retreat into the city!"

"Everyone else, cover each other and shift the defensive line backward."

The orders issued at that moment were prepared by Warner Son when arranging for the casters in battle preparation.

The already tense and fearful casters due to the summoned creatures' impact welcomed these decisions and promptly executed a formation shift.

However, amidst this panic, someone inevitably made a mistake.

A caster dominated by fear rushed out of the cover before other comrades could support him with spells during the retreat, hastily running toward the rear.

Such action equated to exposing his unguarded back to the enemy's attack.

Swish—

A pale bone spear unsurprisingly pierced the air and then penetrated the caster's chest.

The next second, as blood began soaking into clothing, the caster also 'thudded,' flipping onto the ground.

For a caster, perhaps such an injury could still be salvaged.

But even with comrades again covering his retreat, with a bone spear piercing through his body, escaping back to the line as planned was impossible.

Not long after, this caster was overwhelmed by the summoned creatures' figures.

Besides death, no other fate awaited him.

"Ah—"

At this time, a white light shot out from among Hamano's casters, accompanied by a sorrowful curse and shout.

—It was the fallen caster's friend making a desperate strike.

Unable to save his comrade from the summoned creatures, he could only, with all his might, attack, delivering a eulogy after his death.

Meanwhile, Warner Son continued directing casters for the retreat backward.

The craftsmen originally in safe positions all escaped to safety at the onset, and other frontline casters, under Warner Son's excellent command, gradually reached the forest interior.

Although a few encountered mishaps during the retreat.

Overall, the Hamano defenders suffered minimal loss, reserving their remaining forces.

And this situation.

Persisted until everyone retreated into the forest.

The invading summoned creatures prepared to continue their pursuit with cruel smiles.

As they stepped into the forest, an arched barrier suddenly appeared, incinerating the leaders into a mass of wreckage, the explosive magic power instinctively causing everyone to retreat!

"Barrier!"

"It's Hamano's city defense barrier!"

Several summoned creatures recognized the origin of the barrier before them, instantly stuck in an awkward stop-and-go position.

Previously, while battling shore casters, they had a numerical advantage, naturally undefeatable; now facing Hamano's casters with a geographical advantage. Similarly, an impassable situation began troubling these attacking enemies.

Beneath a distant tree canopy, Catherine shook her head:

"They could have initially used the city defense barrier for resistance, choosing to retreat after casualties occurred is truly too sluggish."

Ronald pointed toward the coast, addressing Catherine's confusion:

"Since Warner Son prepared a retreat plan in advance, it shows he understood the defense couldn't hold."

"The reason for choosing such a decision is due to their unwillingness to abandon the ships meticulously built over an entire day for escape."