Chapter 657: Aggroing The Enemy (2/2)
”Yes, we are!” Stranger of Three Lifetimes grasped her staff as she looked toward the city and said, ”I’ve prepared more than a thousand cloud ladders and a dozen siege towers for this battle. Hehe, I’m sure that we will be able to breach the walls in an hour and invade the city in two. We should be able to occupy the main hall within three hours of entering the city!”
I nodded my head and let out a relieved smile, ”Great! It’s good that we’re well-prepared. Let’s begin, shall we?”
”Okay!”
Strangers of Three Lifetimes smiled confidently and said, ”The fighting has been extremely fierce on the other three sides of the city. Hall of Immortality and Rose of the Holy Domain are currently busy dealing with Warsky Alliance. Since they are too busy to turn their attention to us, we’ll make use of this opportunity to avoid the attacks of their arrow towers and breach the city. By the time they mobilize their troops to stop us, it will be too late!”
”Okay! Let’s prepare to advance and attack!”
”Hold on.”
”What is it?”
Stranger of Three Lifetimes pointed behind her and said, ”We have a few hundred engineers here and all of them are carrying cloud ladders. However, I’m afraid that the attacks of the arrow towers might be too strong for my cavalry troops to defend against. Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls’ cavalrymen are renowned for their strength, could we trouble you to help us protect these engineers?”
I nodded my head and said, ”Alright, leave the engineers to me!”
Smiling, I turned toward the group of engineers and said, ”Comrades of the production classes, come with me! The riders of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls will protect all of you as we move forward!”
The group of engineers nodded their heads one by one.
I turned around and shouted, ”Gui Guzi, Heaven’s Rain, Diamond Dust, each of you gather a hundred riders and protect these engineers till they reach the city gates! Don’t mess this up! These guys are our friends from Blazing Hot Lips and it would be better for us to get hurt than them…”
Gui Guzi raised his sword and laughed, saying, ”Don’t worry, boss! Leave it to us!”
”I’ll advance with you guys. Reduce the speed of your mounts and advance slowly. I want everyone to put up their shields!”
”Yessir!”
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I also led a troop of four hundred riders forward. However, I activated Iron Wall VII instead of my Famous General Skill this time. My current Tactics stat was 419, so it increased the effectiveness of all my stratagems by 419%. As a result of that, this Iron Wall VII, which normally increased the Defense of all players in my party by 20%, now increased their Defense by a whopping 103.8%! Although this was nothing compared to Little Piglet’s Vajra, it was still extremely useful in situations like this. This was even more true for Famous Generals who had entered the Earthfire Realm, as their stratagems could be shared with four hundred other players! Being able to form large parties was truly the path to victory!
After we had finished assembling into our respective formations, our troops began to move forward. I hefted the Cyan Netherworld Sword over my shoulder as I summoned a new double and started trotting forward, the Phantom Wolf King prowling right behind me. I was protecting a middle-aged engineer, and we were chatting leisurely as we advanced toward the city.
”How old are you, uncle? It’s admirable for someone of your age to still be playing games. What’s it like playing as a production class?”
”It’s great actually! I do online marketing for a living and I have quite a bit of spare time, so I decided to play a production class in Heavenblessed. I’ll spend my time either farming or mining, and I enjoy it very much! Lu Chen, you’re really good at this game and many players in Heavenblessed idolize you!”
”Haha, I’m just alright…”
”By the way, my daughter is in her second year of university and has always idolized you. I have to ask. Lu Chen, do you have a girlfriend?”
Standing a few feet away from me, He Yi turned her head and glanced at me. I shivered slightly before replying with a sheepish smile, ”Yes, I do…”
”Oh, what a pity. My daughter is nineteen this year and she’s really beautiful…”
I let out an embarrassed cough before replying, ”Oh yes, that really is a pity…”
He Yi tore her eyes away from me and kept silent.
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It was at this moment that we entered the range of the arrow towers. We heard a loud twang as a storm of thick metal arrows flew toward us!
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The riders instantly raised their shields as the iron arrows bounced off them. However, I had no shield and I could only hold up my arm to protect myself. Murong Mingyue immediately started chanting and an AoE healing spell fell over our heads, instantly pulling our health back up.
”Weather the storm and push on!” I commanded in a loud voice.
The vanguard continued to advance slowly while the second battle line, consisting of Li Chengfeng, High Fighting Spirits, Chaos Moon, and Xu Yang, soon joined us. Once the ladders were in place, our people would be able to breach the city in no time.
As we entered the attack range of the enemy archers, He Yi’s sweet voice rang out, ”You and Yun, go and draw the enemy’s fire and soak up some damage!”
”Alright!”
Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun turned his head and signaled for his troops to follow him. Urging his mount forward, he activated Flying General, causing a bloody ring of light to start circling around him. He led a group of riders forward as they charged toward the city like streaking bolts of lightning! Even if my Armored Ice Qilin Horse was running at full speed, it still wouldn’t be able to keep up with them!
The row of archers and mages on the city walls turned pale with shock. ”We have a group of enemy players rushing toward us at an insane speed! We need to focus our fire on them! Quickly!”
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Arrows and spells started to pour down from the walls, but Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun and his troops were simply too quick. As a result, the enemy’s Spiraling Arrow Blades and Galaxy Storms simply missed their targets, landing behind them and exploding like firecrackers.
Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun continued to arrogantly pace in front of the city walls, as he continued to do a magnificent job of drawing in the enemy’s fire. Even then, he suffered extremely small losses as only a few dozen riders had died to that hail of metal arrows. The battle tactics of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls were indeed superior to that of many other guilds!