Chapter 282: Breaker (1/2)
Time trickled by as the situation became even more terrible than before. The Heaven-devouring Greedy Wolves’ Attack was just too high, absolutely not something players at the current stage of the game could bear.
I, along with Gui Guzi, He Yi, Chaos Moon, Xu Yang, and some other high-level warriors ran back and forth. We ran to places that had gaps in formation, pretty much wherever we were needed. Thanks to our joint efforts, Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls pulled off a successful defense every time a Heaven-devouring Greedy Wolf was about to break through.
When I saw the Heaven-devouring Greedy Wolves’ numbers slowly dwindling, I let out a breath of relief. ”Ah, so tiring…”
He Yi smiled. ”True true. How many waves do you think are left?”
”No clue…”
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A battle report came from afar—
The south part of Skull Castle had been successfully defended under Snowy Cathaya’s command. The losses were disastrous, however. Snowy Cathaya had lost about 50% of their troops and only had about 1000 elites left.
The north part of Skull Castle had also been successfully defended but this time it was by the combined efforts of Mad Dragon and Flower Room. It was just a pity that both guilds had been nearly decimated in the progress. Mad Dragon had less than 200 people while Flower Room seemed to not even reach 100.
Led by Indigo Collar, Peach Garden was to the west part of Skull Castle. Their resistance against the monster wave finally allowed us to completely wipe out the Heaven-devouring Greedy Wolf’s legion. Though it was regrettable that Peach Garden only had 500 left after the battle. Our losses were too heavy this time around.
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I checked the game interface at the top left corner of my view. There were only around 70k Floating Ice City players that had chosen the Violet Empire side. I doubt that this number could defend against the sixth monster wave!
He Yi and Murong Mingyue looked at me. The two girls could clearly see that the situation was not favorable as they asked the same question at almost the same time. ”What do we do?”
I sucked in a deep breath. ”We can’t fight this…”
He Yi turned and gazed into the distance. She smiled, her beautiful eyes flashing with intelligence. ”We have no other choice but to gather all of Floating Ice City’s forces. The player base will defend one direction and we’ll leave the other three to the NPCs. The Blood Dance Legion hasn’t made a move yet. They’re the main force of the army. We’re just passersby that are here to collect some points!”
”Alright, I’ll contact Snowy Cathaya! Sis, you make contact with Peach Garden!”
”Okay!”
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I opened my friend list and sent Lin Yixin a voice chat request.
”Beauty Yi!”
”Oh…” Lin Yixin sounded downcast.
”What’s wrong?”
”We lost too many…”
”Oh? How many people do Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls have left?”
”Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls and Bloody Mercenaries should have a total of 2000 or so people left. We still have most of our mages and archers so DPS shouldn’t be a problem. It’s just that too many of our melees died so it’ll be hard to hold out.”
Lin Yixin laughed: ”Got it. I’ll be there with my guys soon!”
”Mn!”
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I turned around and was greeted by Murong Mingyue’s smile. ”It’s settled. Even though Indigo Collar sounded really unwilling, he still decided to bring over Peach Garden’s 500 people due to our dire circumstances. Those are all elite players you know, the ones that can fight ten on one!”
I nodded. ”Mn. In fact, I’m also really strong. I can fight a hundred on one!”
”Big bro! Hold your chin up before your mouth runs away from you!!”
”Haha~~”
Not long after, the figure of a beautiful warrior appeared in the southern wilderness littered with mountains of corpses. Clad in silver armor, her war boots stepped past bloody puddles as her cape fluttered behind her. It was a sight to behold. Behind her, however, was a huge group of murderous-looking high-level players and floating above each one of their shoulders was Snowy Cathaya’s emblem!
”Mn, Snowy Cathaya’s here!” He Yi’s gaze swept over. ”Lin Yixin doesn’t seem to look all that happy…”
”Yeah, our casualties are just too high!”
Lin Yixin came over with Zi Chuanyu, Purple Marquis, Clear Perfume, and Shadow Chanel. When she saw Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls’ neat formation and sunshine morale, she couldn’t help exclaiming, ”Heavens, Lu Chen, those Heaven-devouring Greedy Wolves are so strong, how is your formation still this intact?”
I smiled. ”Nothing much, I’m just stronger!”
”Fuck!”
Lin Yixin rolled her eyes at me. ”Well, spit it out, what should we do for the next wave?”
I shot a glance at Snowy Cathaya’s 1000 or so people. They were actually relatively still orderly. Melee players numbered around 400, which was even a higher number than what Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls had. This violent little girl’s guild specialized in melee fighters. Fuck, she sure had some foresight. The main frontline force in future wars were precisely the close range combatants. Warriors could serve as the infantry defense line while magic knights and wanderers could serve as the cavalry that would break through enemy formations once they could ride mounts. It was a perfect assembly!
I looked at the giant beasts pounding war drums on the city walls and said, ”Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls has preserved the bulk of its attack power so it should fulfill the role of the central army. Snowy Cathaya can protect the left flank and the right flank will be left to Peach Garden, Gods of Destruction, Flower Room, and the rest. What do you think? Any problems?”
Lin Yixin nodded. ”You have the most troops so you have the final say!”
I couldn’t hide my smile. Talking to a pretty girl with brains really saves me so much trouble!
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