Chapter 594: If We Fight, We May Yet Survive (2/2)

I was speechless. Peach Garden was a pretty powerful guild back in Floating Ice City. Now, they were just stuck between Purple Lily and Candle Dragon. Poor thing!

I hung up. Well, Purple Lily clearly couldn’t help us this time. Time to check another ally!

This time, I sought out Stranger of Three Lifetimes and sent her a call request—

”Hi, Momo! Long time no see!” I greeted her with a brilliant smile.

Stranger of Three Lifetimes was also smiling beautifully on the other side of the call. ”Lu Chen, you know the saying ‘One doesn't visit a temple without a cause’, right? Just tell me straight what you need already!”

”Okay. Hall of Immortality, Throne Seeker, and Rose of the Holy Domain just declared war on Dark Moon City. Wanna help out? They are some of the strongest guilds of Vanished God City, so I’m sure your guild knows them pretty well. Can you send someone over to kick their butts?”

”Ah?” Stranger of Three Lifetimes’ mouth fell open. ”What unfortunate timing, the third territory just spawned at Vanished God City. Fate, Dirge of War, and Hunting Moon Dynasty are all fighting over it. I just promised to help out Come See The Snow Tonight of Baidicheng, and I can’t really break my promise, can I? How about this: if this territory war turns out to be a lost cause, I’ll send aid to Sky City. Of course, that is if you manage to hold out until I arrive, which is at least 5 hours from now. Is that fine?”

I nodded. ”Sure, it’s better than nothing, right? I’ll give your guild teleportation access to Dark Moon City. Come help us as soon as can, Momo!”

”Yes, it’s a promise!”

”Thanks!”

”You’re welcome. We are allies, hehe~~”

……

I finally managed to wring a promise out of one of our allies, but the reliability of their aid was questionable to say the least. After all, they could only help us if we managed to stall the three-hundred-thousand-strong enemy forces. In the end, our performance would be the deciding factor of this war.

Gripping the Cyan Netherworld Sword, I walked around the territory until I saw Du Thirteen, Xue Lu, and Yamete standing together. I walked up to them and greeted them with a smile, ”Hi, Thirteen, Lulu, Mamate!”

Du Thirteen laughed. ”God damn, our bad luck is catching up to us, huh? I don’t think the fight against the three big guilds from Vanished God City will end well…”

I shot him a dumbfounded look. ”What the fuck, dude, can we get optimism in here?”

Yamete replied, ”We may as well pray and hope that the heavens strike down Bloodthirsty Battle Monarch, Emperor’s Equal, and Rose Thorn with a lightning bolt in that case. This is so annoying! By the way, isn’t the guild leader of Rose of the Holy Domain a pretty lady? I thought our Lu Chen was a casanova who attracts women of all ages, so why is Rose Thorn attacking him? It’s so strange…”

I retorted, ”Come on, I’m not even close to being that attractive, okay?! Did you forget that October Rain and Coldmoon Rose are two women who would very much like to see me dead? This Rose Thorn is just another person on the list. That being said, I admit that I’m impressed that a woman had single-handedly turned Rose of the Holy Domain into the titan it is today!”

Du Thirteen nodded in agreement. ”Yeah!”

Yamete’s features darkened. ”The ten guilds of Vanished God City have always been famous. It is common knowledge that Candle Dragon, Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls, and Snowy Cathaya are the three strongest guilds in the three major cities, but if we’re talking which major city is the strongest, then Vanished God City is the indisputable number one. One guild is bad enough, but today three guilds are working together to attack us. This is an unprecedented feat that will probably never happen again in the history of guild wars. What an ‘honor’…”

I smiled. ”Honored, my ass. I would rather not panic like an ant on a frying pan than having this honor!”

Xue Lu giggled. ”Calm down, Lu Chen. Is there anything Thirteen and I can do to help?”

”Yes.” I nodded and pointed at the teleportation formation not far away from us. ”Lulu, I want you to guard this location with a group of archers. Archers have great anti-scouting abilities, so I want you to use Volley on the nearby NPCs every three seconds or so. This is to check if there are enemy assassins in the area. The teleportation formation must be protected no matter what, or Snowy Cathaya, The Monarch Descends and the rest of our allies won’t be able to reinforce us at time.”

Xue Lu smiled sweetly. ”No problem, just leave it to me. I will station at least 500 archers around this area. No assassins will be able to slip past us!”

Du Thirteen also raised his sword and said, ”Don’t worry, brother. I will station a couple hundred elites around the teleportation formation as well. No one will be able to slip past us.”

I nodded strongly. ”Very well, I shall leave the city to you, Lulu and Mamate’s hands temporarily.”

”Wait, what? Are you going somewhere?” Mamate asked in surprise.

I gave him a smile before looking to the north with a kind of feverish flame in my eyes. ”Oh yes, it is our responsibility to welcome our guests from Vanished God City, is it not? If we hole up in the city and wait for them to come to us, the only fate that awaits us is certain defeat. After all, you cannot rejoin the territory war if you die close to the territory. But if we bring the fight to them first, then we may yet survive this battle! My plan is to lead our main forces and engage the united army outside the canyon! I’m going to prepare a great welcoming gift for them!”

Mamate couldn’t help but laugh. ”That sounds awesome! Ten thousand versus three hundred thousand? You are a man with balls for sure, Lu Chen…”

Du Thirteen also laughed. ”Is this our suicide mission?”