Chapter 32: The Early Christmas Presents (2/2)
To make sure that the enemies were not attacking from the sides, Brook commanded a couple of smart soldiers to check from the peak of the three mountains, just in case the enemies sent star ranked warriors to climb on the mountain to siege from the sides.
Fifteen more minutes passed by.
As time passed by, the atmosphere on the defensive wall changed.
Fei suddenly found out that some soldiers’ spirits started to relax. The grips on the weapons loosened and their stares were losing focus. If the previous condition of the soldiers was like a bow that was pulled to the max, they were now a bow that was not pulled at all.
The situation wasn’t good. The morale that Fei raised with a lot of effort was slowly depleting due to the enemy’s strange behaviour.
“Shit! Could this be the strategy of the enemy commander? If it is……”
Fei was nervous.
“If this is their plan, then we are in a lot of trouble.”
This revealed a lot of information. “The clearest point is that the enemy commander is way smarter and stronger than I expected. He can control himself and grasp people’s mind really well……” Morale was an interesting thing. If commanders used it to their advantage, it would literally determine the outcome of a battle.
“What should we do?”
After getting a grasp of the enemy’s intention, Fei couldn’t find a good counter-strategy.
It was obvious that the enemy commander played a dirty trick. Although his intention was discovered, the only way for Chambord to use the high morale to their advantage was to initiate the battle. However, for Chambord who had limited military power, giving up their terrain advantage to initiate the battle was like seeking their own death.
But if this continued and every soldier was continuously alert, they would have a breakdown under such pressure sooner or later.
After thinking for a moment, Fei called Brook aside and ordered him to divide the soldier into two groups. When the enemies were not sieging, one group would be guarding and observing the enemy’s actions and one group would be resting. They would rotate every twenty minutes to make sure every soldier‘s physical and mental strength was at a standard level……
This was the best plan Fei could come up with. After another twenty minutes, the sun had already risen up to the middle of the sky.
The sunlight was heating up. Thick armour, heavy weapons and the mental pressure from facing numerous enemies made the soldiers sweat.
Fei stood on the defensive wall and observed the enemies even more, but he felt like they still didn’t want to attack at all. He thought about it and decided to not wait like this.
Every minute and every second was precious to him. He had to enter the Diablo World as soon as possible to level up and increase his strength. It was way better than waiting like this.
He turned around and returned to the watchtower on the defensive wall. He let Pierce who was carrying the [King’s Sword] guard the entrance. Fei himself sat on a stone and closed his eyes. He concentrated as he tried to communicate with the cold, mysterious voice.
He got a quick response –
“Sufficient mental strength……Scanning soul wave…… confirmed……Entering Diablo world in 3……2……1……Ding, entering!”
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Fei chose the barbarian character again this time.
He appeared on the burial grounds on 【Cold Plains].
The corpse of 【Blood Raven] lied in front of him. Gold coins and items surrounded him. However, there was no time for him to pick them up; because he re-entered the world, the monsters on the burial ground had refreshed. Numerous 【Corrupt Rogues] and 【Fallen Shamans] started to attack as they saw someone appeared in their territory.
Another round of battle had begun. With some effort, Fei swept the monsters at the burial ground again. He finally had time to pick up the items and coins.
When he reached for the three blue magic items under 【Blood Raven]’s corpse, he moved the corpse a little bit. He suddenly saw some yellow light.
“Could it be……” Fei was excited because it was the color of rare items.
His hand shivered as he moved 【Blood Raven]’s corpse aside.
There were more than one rare item!
“Damn, I must’ve been good this year so Santa gave me some early Christmas presents!”
There were three rare yellow items. There was a shield that had black hooks on it, an oddly-shaped sword and a delicate bronze glove.
All three items were not identified, so Fei didn’t know what their actual capacities were.
After seeing the three yellow items, Fei didn’t care about the blue items anymore and threw them all into his 【Item Slot].
After he collected all the gold coins on the ground, he opened up his 【Character Status].
P.S.
Rank Item Type Item Color
Lowest Normal Items White
Magic Items Blue
Rare Items Yellow
Set Items Green
Highest Unique Items Gold