24 Luan Defense Mission (1/2)
She rushed back to the Jade Dragon Pavilion, and saw a crowd of people waiting for the announcement. Seconds later, someone came out and everyone turned silent.
”Attention! this is a mission for all ranks, Luan City is in danger of a beast horde led by a unknown Rank 5. You do not have to worry about the Rank 5, we have already notified the higher-ups and they are currently sending in several experts to deal with it. Your task is to defend the city! If the mission is successful, you will be awarded with 1000 contribution points. Furthermore, anything you harvest from the corpses will be yours”, he said.
After finishing, numerous murmurs erupted throughout the crowd. The reward was quite nice but they were up against a beast horde. It was even had a rank 5 in it. After several minutes of discussion, a group of five walked forth and volunteered.
”Look! Its the Iron Fist Mercenaries, everyone there is at Black Turtle Rank, Their leader, Yan Jian, is extremely strong! He might reach White Tiger Rank in next year's ranking examinations”, said one person.
”If such a strong group is going, we will go as well”, another group also walked forward and many other groups joined as well.
Ming Yue saw this and also joined in but she did not join as a group, she signed as a independent member. After doing so, she immediately asked to see Meng Zhao, the receptionists allowed her in, knowing that she had a connection with him.
When she entered the office, Meng Zhao was seen looking through multiple documents, undoubtedly this was for the defense mission. If the beast horde did not include a rank 5, he would not have needed to do so much work. After all, a rank 5 had enough power to destroy multiple cities on its own, if not, the entire province. Only a team of Earth Realm cultivators could contend with them but they only had a slight chance of winning in a head on fight. They needed a fair amount of preparation before taking on a rank 5.
”When is the beast horde happening?” she asked.
”At least a week, the beast horde is still forming, it will take time to grow. At best, we have a month, before they attack”, he replied.
”At least a week”, she thought, ”But Luan City is 2 weeks from us, even if everyone rushes, we would barely arrive in one week.”
”I know what you're thinking”, said Meng Zhao, ”The team of experts have already been sent to deal with the Rank 5, furthermore, the city has already begun fortifying itself for the horde. Even if we don't make it, they should be able to hold on for another several days.”
”If you want to depart now, go down and ask for a sky boat, with it, you will reach the city in 3 days.”
After hearing this, she rushed out after thanking him. He looked at her with a worried face. This was the daughter of his benefactor and dear friend, it would do him no good to lose her too. He went back to his desk and finished his work quickly. Once he was done, he would immediately depart for Luan City.
In the sky was a silver boat holding a girl, It was Ming Yue and she was already heading out for the city. She had already spent some time traveling and waited impatiently.
”I hope that I'm not too late”, she thought.
Days later, she finally reached the city only to see that attack had begun! It hasn't been a week yet, but the beast horde had already charged out. In addition, the horde was almost double the size that the pavilion had predicted. Several thousand beasts rushed forth from very side, crashing into the walls. The boat descended down onto the southern side of the city but before it landed, Ming Yue jumped off and immediately rushed down the southern gates. This was the main gate as well as the side that had the most pressure.