Chapter 603 (1/2)
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”Hi, my beloved little skeleton, your sword is extremely worn and battered, so it'll cost you 12987 gold coins to repair it! Don't you worry, I'm going to use a special method to repair it to make sure that it won't lose any of its maximum durability!” a blacksmith who was swaddled in a thick cloak said. As he moved his arms to pour molten metal into a cast, I realized that those ”arms” were made up entirely of bones. I shuddered inwardly at the sight.
This blacksmith had a sharp eye and he had realized who I was the moment I stepped into his shop, but he still decided to gouge me on repair fees. The entire Dark Moon City was on a war footing, so the NPCs wouldn't even give their city lord a discount right now! Ah, the hypocrisy of this world!
Just the repair cost of my Cyan Netherworld Sword was more than ten thousand gold. Just forking over the money made me feel like puking blood. However, this made me recognize just how badly I needed to earn more money! If I didn't keep grinding away, I wouldn't even have enough cash to repair my own d.a.m.n weapon!
After that, I got the eerie blacksmith to repair the rest of my equipment. I cried tears of blood as I paid him more than thirty thousand gold. The only good thing about this entire affair was that I had most definitely made the repair cost back and more! Any event that wore my equipment down this much was always a highly profitable one. The diversion at the valley had also been one such event! Even though everyone had ended up dying, all of the core fighters had an inventory full of great items that the enemy players had dropped. The players from the Hall of Immortality weren't poor or low-level, so we had picked up more Outstanding Purple Gold and Dark Gold–grade items than we could even count. If we threw all of our spoils of war into Sky City's auction, even the worst of the bunch would sell for a thousand gold. We would already cover our repair and potion cost once we sold a dozen of these items.
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After I finished repairing my items, I immediately walked over to the city walls. As a Rank 6 castle, Dark Moon City's walls were rather solid, and they had all been carved from a kind of hard black rock. Our gate towers were around twenty meters tall and three meters wide, and six to ten archers could fit inside one tower. Right now, the walls were already lined with archers and Beiming Xue and the best archers in our guild were all gathered in the tallest arrow tower in Dark Moon City.
Height determined an archer's damage and the impact of their arrows. Shooting from high ground also extended the range of their arrows. Given Beiming Xue's insane attack power and her OP Famous General Skill, our archers would most certainly leave their mark on this battle.
Once I ascended the steps of the city walls, I peered into the distance. After that, I yelled, ”Their hors.e.m.e.n will enter the range of our vision in fifteen minutes or less!”
Gui Guzi held his Rainbow in hand and asked, ”Boss Broken Halberd, was their cavalry troop very strong?”
I chuckled at those words.
Li Chengfeng quickly replied on my behalf, ”Little Gui, their Ghost Rider cavalry division is around seven thousand men strong. The mounts they are riding on are Level 120 Dark Gold Rank mounts. We killed around two thousand of them in the Dragonbone Mountain Range, so there should only be about five thousand of them left. However, they still have enough numbers to pose a significant threat to us. You just asked if they were strong. The only thing I can tell you is that both Lu Chen and I died to their cavalry charge. So why don't you tell me if you think they're strong?”
Gui Guzi's eye instantly started burning with excitement and raged. He roared with laughter before he said, ”This is great! Our Cyan Tiger Cavalry finally has a foe worthy enough to face us in battle! Little Rain, You and Yun, let's prepare to move out!”
”Okay!”
Both Heaven's Rain and Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun drew their blades as they prepared to sally forth to battle. Heaven's Rain's weapon was a broadblade, a type of sword commonly used by magic knights. As she walked past me, she shot me a grin. ”Big bro Lu Chen, don't you worry! Our Cyan Tiger Cavalry is super strong! We'll definitely avenge you! Just stay in the city and watch us go to work!”
”Okay!” I replied as I gave a heavy nod of my head. After that, I chuckled and said, ”Little Rain, all of you still need to be careful. I think that these Ghost Riders will reach the city walls before the rest of their troops arrive. You can take advantage of that to give them one h.e.l.l of a welcome first. But remember this! I don't want any of you to get too engrossed in fighting! The moment their main force starts to arrive, I want all of you to immediately retreat back to the city! We will use the archers and mages stationed on our walls to hara.s.s them first and the rest of us foot soldiers will come down and support you as well.”
Heaven's Rain's smile grew even sweeter. She nodded her head repeatedly as she said, ”Okay, okay, I got it, big bro! Little Rain definitely won't let you down! Alright, Little Gui and I are going to head out!”
Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun spoke up indignantly, ”Then what about your big brother You and Yun?”
”I got it, Uncle You and Yun!”
”Ptooey!” Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun practically vomited blood. He was so angry that he tripped and fell down the stairs. He landed on his back and started cursing angrily, but at least he had saved himself the effort of climbing down the stairs.
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Soon, all of the riders belonging to our main guild had gathered at the city gates. Every single one of them was riding a Cyan Battle Tiger mount. They gathered under the banners of Gui Guzi, Heaven's Rain, and Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun as they drew their weapons and waited for battle. Everyone was quietly staring into the distance and just as expected, we soon started to see many tiny dots appear on the horizon! Those were the Ghost Riders who had decimated two thousand of our elites in the Dragonbone Mountain Range!
Gui Guzi's gaze turned fevered as he raised his Rainbow high in the air. His lips curled up into a grin as he laughed and said, ”Brothers and sisters, the invaders have arrived! Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls has never offended any guild in Vanished G.o.d City, but the Hall of Immortality, Throne Seeker, and Rose of the Holy Domain chose to challenge us in spite of that! As heroes, we would rather die than surrender! We will never allow Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls to be subjected to this sort of humiliation! Brace yourselves, everyone! It's our turn to show the Hall of Immortality's Ghost Riders who the strongest cavalry troop truly is! Charge!”
After he finished his speech, Gui Guzi used Rainbow to whip the side of his battle tiger. The fierce beast below him let out an angry roar as it shot to the head of the pack! The halo of his Famous General Skill appeared underneath the battle tiger's paws. He had activated Knight G.o.d! Heaven's Rain also spurred her mount into action as she activated her Famous General Skill—Knight General! Even though Knight General wasn't as powerful as Knight G.o.d, it was still an exceedingly useful skill, and if we managed to get a few more players with this skill, our cavalry troops would really become unrivaled under the heavens!
As he saw the Cyan Tiger Cavalry sprint toward the enemy riders, Li Chengfeng let out an appreciative whistle. ”Hot d.a.m.n! Gui Guzi and Heaven's Rain are about to rip them a new one! That counts as some sort of revenge, eh.”