Chapter 1001: Range Standoff (1/2)

Some time had passed since the rescuing of Gods of Destruction. The enemy’s remaining Black Marsh Catapults had come close enough to fire at White Rose Fortress, and more than once had the deadly rocks crashed against our walls and caused a massive explosion. The good news was that Gui Guzi, Heaven’s Rain and Diamond Dust had charged them several times and stopped them from being able to fire at one point of the wall with impunity.

The bad news was that the walls would fall in just a couple more rotations. Some of the cracks on the walls had grown to a finger wide. It looked scary to say the least.

Standing on the eastern wall, Dominating Heaven Blade stared at the sea of Purple Gr.a.p.e City players in poorly concealed shock while exclaiming, ”Holy shit! Ancient Sword, The Monarch Descends and Blazing Hot Lips are not even at full strength, and you managed to hold out against this army?”

”We had to. It’s not like we can conjure an army out of thin air,” I said with a grim smile.

Dominating Heaven Blade clenched his fists. ”During territory wars, the amount of players packed into the defending city is like ducks in a duck farm, all on top of each other, with barely any space to move. But in Nation Wars, the same numbers go poof in a single battle. F.u.c.k.i.n.g hell, how do they expect a single guild, even one as strong as Ancient Sword, to hold out against this many enemies?”

Xu Yang pointed to the west. ”That’s not all. Red Maple and the God’s Domain are lodged in our sides like a poisonous thorn. There will be no restful sleep until we finally eliminate them.”

”Yeah…”

Dominating Heaven Blade echoed the sentiment. ”We’re lucky Floating Ice City doesn’t count as China’s domain anymore, or many of our players wouldn’t be able to rejoin this battle. Do you have a plan, Lu Chen?”

I leaned against a wall with the Purple Ying Sword hanging loosely in my grip, ”A plan? Of course I do. In fact, I’ve thought up at least a hundred plans in the past couple hours or so. Unfortunately, they all require one key element to execute, and that is an army big enough to keep the fortress defended during them. Again, I don’t have the ability to conjure an army out of thin air, so all I can do is to wait here until something happens.”

”What about Wind City? Where is Candle Dragon, Purple Lily and Peach Garden? We’re fighting a full-blown war here; they should’ve shown up already.”

”Wind City has their own battles to fight, so it makes sense that they’re delayed somewhat,” I said with a frown. ”Also, Sky City has more or less the same amount of players as Purple Gr.a.p.e City. There is no reason to believe that we cannot defeat them by ourselves.”

Suddenly, Hot and Sour Noodles messaged me: ”Lu Chen!”

”What is it, uncle? When is Righteousness going to arrive?” I said hopefully.

However, the news he brought wasn’t a good one. ”Unfortunately, we were intercepted midway. That bastard Red Maple deployed almost a hundred thousand cavalrymen against our forces and dealt massive damage. We’ve lost a large majority of our key units as well. The silver lining is that we’ve managed to retreat out of Frost Forest and escape their pursuit. The bad news is that we cannot break through God’s Domain’s defense line and reach you!”

Hot and Sour Noodles adopted a calmer tone and replied, ”Calm down, Lu Chen. You know that not everyone has Dragonlight Cavalry. I saw with my own eyes a 5000-man guild charging God’s Domain’s formation only to be annihilated in five minutes. Five! No matter how I hate to admit it, most of us simply don’t possess the power to fight them.”

”Well shit, what do we do now?”

”We wait.”

”For what?’

”We wait for Candlelight Shadow and his Viper Dragoons to save us. They’re scheduled to arrive in half an hour. I’m sure we’ll be able to tear apart God’s Domain’s defense with everyone’s cooperation and Candlelight Shadow’s leadership.”

I s.u.c.k.e.d in a deep breath before saying, ”I leave it to you then, uncle.”

”Mn.”

After the call was over, I sat on the wall and stared at the sea of scheming Purple Gr.a.p.e City players. I felt like a rock was sitting at the bottom of my heart. Never did I imagine that I would one day have to rely on Candlelight Shadow of all people to break open a conundrum.

……

I clenched my fists and gritted my teeth. ”Brothers and sisters, prepare for battle!”

Xu Yang said with deep helplessness, ”They have a ton of siege weapons, while we have none. This battle is simply impossible…”

I punched the arrow loop beside me and sent smithereens flying. ”Doesn’t matter if it’s impossible or not! We cannot retreat even if we lose every last one of our Dragonlight Cavalry! Behind us is our homeland, and it is every warrior’s duty to protect their homes be it in reality or virtual world!”

Chiang chiang chiang...

Everyone began unsheathing their weapons. The battle could begin at any moment.

Suddenly, we heard a clamor from the south side of the fortress. Then, a group of players emerged from the fortress passages. For a second I thought our enemy had somehow slipped into our ranks, but they looked a bit too familiar.

”What’s going on?” I shouted.

A Bloody Mercenaries warrior answered me with a laugh, ”Vice leader, it’s Chaos Moon riding in with our trump card!”

”What?!”

I was happy to see her, but I was also very confused. Xu Yang voiced my doubts for me and asked, ”Didn’t Red Maple have White Rose Fortress completely surrounded? How on earth did you get in, Chaos Moon?”

She curled her lips and humphed. ”Hmph, didn’t you know that White Rose Fortress is connected to Dragon Bone Mountain Range? We used a secret passage through the forest to get here. You have no clue how tiring it is to push the White Marsh Catapults up a mountain!”

”You brought the White Marsh Catapults!?” My smile grew wider.

”Yep!”

”Wonderful! Have them assembled right away and prepare for bombardment!”