As more and more intelligence comes back from the frontline positions, a shadow can't help but flash across everyone's heart!
"The Skull Crusher"...this name is well-known in the world of Fostel!
As a powerful bandit group with unknown origins, they have been well known from the first day they appeared!
What is especially unbelievable is that...the main "bully target" of this large bandit group is actually a veteran with a much stronger national power than Solna and is stronger than Garswood!
Various videos of burning, killing and looting in Garswood once made the name "Skull Crusher" a notorious presence in the game!
Especially as more and more players gather on the border, some players even claim to have been captured by these guys~
It's a pity that there is no conclusion yet, and even so, the Skull Crusher is one of the few in the Fostel Basin that is so cruel that it can even cause lung tissue~
I really don’t know how these gangsters who smashed, smashed, and looted got in touch with the Bone Guild from Garswood this time.
Could it be that...
Are players colluding with NPCs?
This seems to be a rather rare scene~
Strictly speaking, since players enter the game world, they have been constantly interacting with NPC forces. This "interaction" is actually a kind of "collusion" in a certain respect.
NPC superiors or rich and capable guys issue tasks and instructions. In short, they let players run various errands and then give them certain rewards.
But this kind of interaction has an obvious superior-subordinate relationship~
And this superior-subordinate relationship has continued to this day, and even to this day. Players have not been able to truly become the masters in the game world.
There is no cooperation between players and NPCs under equal circumstances, but the examples are much rarer than the previous use of superiors and subordinates~
After all, players are always a vulnerable group. They generally lack strength and financial resources, and it is difficult to attract NPCs with sufficient strength to commit themselves to cooperation [Those who are not strong enough, that is, those below the spiritual level, generally do not have similar intelligent behaviors].
However, the "collusion" that the Desolate Bone Society is currently demonstrating with actual actions has taught all players who understand this scene a vivid lesson!
This game can actually be played like this...
Exactly how the people of the Bone Society got involved with the Skullbreakers, a bandit group, is unknown~
From the perspective of the assassin players who were responsible for tracking and monitoring on the periphery, the two groups apparently met smoothly, and then...
Instead of continuing their journey, they settled down and started logging wood on a large scale!
“Mining wood???
Fuck~
These guys...are they trying to build siege machinery? Like catapults or something?"
I don’t know who it was in the command channel, but he muttered something in a low voice, but everyone’s hearts jumped in shock!
If that's the case...then this battle seems to be in trouble~
The reason why everyone dared to be so confident in the first place was because of the solid defense of the third-level city wall and the fact that the other party was helpless against the rock-hard city wall?
If the opponent can really rush out a batch of catapults, the situation will be reversed in an instant... At least the absolute advantage of Dark City will be suppressed to a certain extent...
"Let the people following you see clearly who are those who are chopping wood."
While everyone was discussing uneasily, a cold and clear female voice suddenly sounded in the command channel, and everyone subconsciously looked at the name displayed on the chat bulletin board...
Bloody waves!
Is Xuelan finally online?
"Everyone, please calm down.
Does it make any difference to us who the enemy is and who he colludes with?
When one enemy comes, we kill, and when a hundred enemies come, we kill. The only difference is that the latter allows us to kill more happily~
The Plague Alliance has not experienced an actual flag-sacrifice battle since its establishment. Today, everyone should be more energetic and take advantage of the dark moon and high winds to give our Plague Alliance a resounding name that is invincible to outsiders!
I am now sorting out the last batch of support materials here in Plague City. The situation in the City of All Things is almost the same and will be over soon~
Before that, I will contact you through the friend channel, and the action instructions will also be issued one by one through the friend channel~
As soon as she finished speaking, Xue Lan exited the command channel. When everyone subconsciously searched for her personal information, they found that Xue Lan had run back to the Plague City again. The speed was so fast that everyone felt speechless.
~
"This...boss. What should we do now?"
Mabuse was also a little confused and had no choice but to ask about the Dark Justice.
"Nonsense, didn't you understand Miss Xuelan's order? Immediately ask someone to confirm and see who those people are collecting wood."
The Dark Duke rolled his eyes speechlessly and repeated Xue Lan's orders to his subordinates.
After receiving the confirmation from the boss, the younger brother at the bottom immediately took action, and countless assassins who were sneaking began to rush towards the enemy's wood resource mining direction bit by bit...
In the land of ghosts, stones are always easier to find than wood~
Generally speaking, the territory's wood resources come from the underground world or from finding dead forests and harvesting them.
But no matter what the situation is, for the ghost tribe, even if wood is not their main resource, it will become quite difficult once there is a shortage~
The amount of wood used in city defense and construction is actually not large. As long as the territory breaks through the restrictions of the village and town levels, the main material used in city defense construction will change from wood to stone~
However, in terms of war machinery and other aspects, generally speaking, except for emergency tents, they are mainly made of wood, and things such as hand crossbows, crossbow arrows, etc. are more practical to be made of wood. Once there is a shortage of wood due to certain circumstances, for
It is actually a very troublesome thing for the lord.
As a general resource, wood can be collected by mercenaries or slowly collected by territorial labor. If a craftsman technician with professional "logging" skills is in charge, the mining efficiency is even faster than that of players~
And as the invisible scouts of the Dark Duke approached the dead woods of all sizes...
Damn it!
Judging from the movement speed of the NPCs who are logging... these guys are actually NPC craftsmen with professional skills!
There are no less than hundreds of NPC craftsmen!!!
"So many??? Are you sure you read it correctly?"
Hearing the reply from the Dark Duke, Xue Lan, who was far away in the Plague City, couldn't help but be stunned~
She originally just wanted to habitually confirm how many players the other party would send to collect wood, and she wanted to use this to evaluate the level of war the other party might prepare or the number of catapults they planned to build. However, she did not expect that the first information sent back was
Exceeded her expectations~
It's not the players who are logging, but... it's the NPCs?
"Yes, Miss Xuelan, I'm sure the information is correct, because the amount of information sent back from each collection point is about the same. The harvesters are all skeletons. Compared with ordinary skeletons, the individuals are larger, but they are not wearing equipment.
..... Even if the player's appearance can change after changing his race, there is no reason why the system would allow streaking, right?
These guys should definitely be craftsmen~"
"If you are a craftsman...
Can you try a sneak attack?
If they are all craftsmen, their value will still be quite high, and the lumberjacks can also make arrows and repair wooden instruments. If they can be killed in advance, it should be of great help to our subsequent battles~"
"I tried it... Six people died without even touching each other's fingers~
The opponent has deployed considerable manpower around each resource point to defend against our sneak attacks.
Every time our people appear, they will be completely killed by them immediately. It is good to be able to hold on for five seconds. If you want to sneak attack and kill the opponent's craftsmen... unless you spend all your money to kill them forcefully
, otherwise it would probably be too much."
"Then... let's send out the flying lion group to try.
Don't fight too hard, test the enemy's reaction, and follow up with the wizard troops. If the enemy takes obvious warning actions, withdraw your troops immediately and don't make unnecessary sacrifices."
"Yes. Got it~"
Soon, dozens of flying lion cavalry fluttered into the sky in the dark city that was under full martial law~
There are not many players who are qualified to own "War Cavalry", and most of them are warriors. As long as possible, the various lords in the Plague Alliance will try their best to absorb such precious resources locally~
As long as these people have passed the probation period and are confirmed to stay in the territory to serve, the lizard people on Liu Yifei's side will help catch a six-legged flying lion to use as a combat rider.
There are only a small number of such players in the entire Plague Alliance. Except for Liu Yifei, a pervert who has the conditions and financial resources to expand his reputation, the other lords only have a squadron to a brigade.
Such a powerful player must be subsidized every day. Otherwise, with his strong strength, he will go to other territories to hang out, even if it is to hang out with a high-level NPC lord.
It's not a big problem to do things, so why are you wandering around in the Dark City?
However, such players are definitely the elites in the hands of various lords in the Plague Alliance!
Although Liu Yifei transferred the "local guards" that everyone had on hand before, Liu Yifei still did not touch the elite among these elites. After all, when it comes to flying lion knights, he himself also has more powerful lizard man archers and dwarves on hand.
It is more practical to leave these players' flying lion cavalry to the bosses to protect them just in case~
But this time, the Flying Lion Brigade has become an excellent way to test the enemy's attitude...
The flying lions here soared into the sky, roaring like yellow rolling thunder and rushing towards the place where the opponent gathered. Just when they saw the enemy's stronghold in the distance, an amazing scene happened!
Almost at the same time when they noticed the approach of the Flying Lion Group, a large number of undead souls in the team of the Desolate Bone Society actually took off together. Then, in cooperation with the "Skull Crusher" bandit group, several spirit-level heroes actually headed toward the Flying Lion Group.
The troops rushed over!
This is......
mercenary?
Damn it~
How come so many NPC mercenaries suddenly appeared in the crowd of the Desolate Bone Society?
The key is that the formation is too neat and uniform. You can tell from the appearance that it is a regular army. It is not at all a collection of small batches of undead mercenaries hired by players~
If they were an undead force cobbled together, their equipment must be of various kinds. However, right now...their general appearance and complete and neat armaments prove that the origins of these undead are unknown.
....I'm afraid there is a hidden secret behind the whole thing!
"Report to the superior lord immediately!"
After receiving the information feedback from the other party, Xue Lan immediately asked the Dark Lord to report the news and save lives, but...
"No, Sister Xuelan, at this point, if those NPCs don't accept guests, we're afraid we won't be able to see anyone if we go there, otherwise we'll have to wait until dawn..."
"Waiting for dawn?
Ha~
Do you think the other party will give us this opportunity?
They dare to act in a big way tonight. They must have already determined that we won't have enough backup~
But this time...
Haha~
I would rather disappoint them..."
Following the undead mercenaries, there are also many vampire creatures in the enemy's army that have transformed into the sky!
If you were still feeling lucky after seeing so many undead mercenaries, then after seeing so many vampires, all the hidden scouts secretly arranged around you couldn't help but become even more silent!
This time... what is the enemy's purpose in invading the Plague Alliance's forces?
At the same time, what kind of "identity" does the Skull Crusher Group have to mix with each other?
All this seems to be intertwined into a web of conspiracy, gradually covering the entire Dark City...
As the situation reaches a stalemate, more surprising and unexpected situations keep happening one after another!
All the famous bandit groups, large and small, that traverse the Great Basin of Fostel have all gathered together inexplicably!
Gathered into the team of the Desolate Bone Society on the opposite side...
Seeing more and more bandit organizations gathering around, an extremely nervous mood spread throughout the entire Dark City!
It seems like dark clouds are pressing down on the city, it seems like the city is about to be destroyed, it seems like Mount Tai is about to collapse~
They didn't understand what was happening in front of them, why these bandits gathered together so inexplicably, and why they found them in Dark City.
Is it really because of spying on their territory?
When the situation has evolved into players and numerous bandit organizations collaborating to kill each other, even an idiot will not think that things are as simple as they appear...
But what should we do?
This is the question that everyone wants to know the answer to right now!
The situation suddenly turned into the worst situation in just half an hour. Even with a three-level city wall protection, the firepower support of three powerful turrets, and many war machines guarding the city. But for this
Everyone has become confused and unsure of whether they can win this battle.
Is this battle... just like what everyone joked about before? Is it just a venting act of suicide by the enemy?
Before the fight started, countless people laughed and said that the people of the Desolate Bone Society were simply crazy because they were worried about the subsequent retaliation from the Plague Alliance due to the previous "war of spirits".
I’ll give it a try when I’m not here~
However, looking at the current situation, it seems that the one who wins has suddenly become the side of Dark City. The one who wins is whether they can hold on to the powerful territory they have worked so hard to slowly build up...
Just when everyone was surprised and uncertain, and the atmosphere in the city became increasingly depressed and silent, the teleportation array in the center suddenly shone with brilliance~
It's Xuelan!
Xuelan is coming!
And...he actually brought an army with him!!!
The teleportation array at this moment is like a monster with a huge appetite, constantly spitting out the neatly arranged army of dwarves!
These short warriors, who were neatly dressed in heavy armor, holding warhammers, and hanging axes on their waists, were like heavily armored iron monsters. They walked out of the teleportation array in neat steps. In a short time, almost half of the people were packed with them.
A dark city!
Gulu~
Countless Dark City players who saw this scene swallowed hard subconsciously, almost thinking that they were hallucinating...
"Ah~
Miss Xuelan?
Are you finally here?
This...you are..."
Looking at the dense crowd of thousands of dwarf warriors behind Xuelan's blanket, even though the Dark Duke had already expected it, he couldn't help but sigh heavily~
This flowing cloud, this city of plague, this terrifying uncrowned king... is really so powerful that it makes people feel desperate...
As one of Liu Yifei's important allies at the moment, the Dark Lord is naturally aware that Liu Yifei has a strange multi-racial fighting force.
Even when the town of Puni was upgraded to a first-level city, he and many other allies enjoyed the extremely relaxed city defense battle led by Liu Yifei~
And in that battle...these dwarves were not as numerous as before!
In the past, Liu Yifei would only bring a thousand dwarf warriors at most once, but before...didn't he already bring a large number of them to the Xeris Fortress to support the border battle?
Why are there such a large group of people here again?
The matter about village chief George old gathering a large number of scattered dwarf tribes around the Sighing Mountains is naturally one of the secrets that need to be kept strictly confidential in Plague City!
Although dwarves often appear in twos and threes on the streets of Plague City, and sometimes some dwarf NPCs will even get drunk in the tavern and brag to passing players, but how many such dwarf warriors does Liu Yifei have? So far,
Still no one can tell an accurate number~
Xue Lan naturally knew this number.
There is a huge "free market" foundation composed of more than 40,000 dwarves. Among the dwarves, both men and women have a very powerful basic strength that is comparable to the first-order soldiers and spearmen of the human race. As long as they are combined with appropriate combat
Armor weapon, the entire dwarf tribe can recruit at least more than 70% of the effective combat units in an instant!
The group in front of us only numbered six thousand, and they were a real dwarf army composed of the most elite warriors from each dwarf tribe~
Their strength is not weak to begin with, but the difficult life and various high-intensity battles in the Sighing Mountains have made their levels reach the minimum level eighty or above!
Most importantly, as a semi-free NPC dwarf tribe, it is difficult to determine how to calculate their current rank. But Liu Yifei tried.
With the same weapons, these dwarf warriors can easily challenge a third-order and first-grade undead of the same level. However, if they are singled out, even if they face a fourth-order and first-grade vampire of the same level, they will have thick defenses.
The dwarves, who are like heavily armored turtles, can knock out the teeth of every vampire...
The strength of these free people dwarves is difficult to calculate, considering that they do not have magic skills after all. In the end, Liu Yifei defaulted to them as a fourth-level combat unit!
And the appearance of a fourth-order and first-class melee force with a number of up to 6,000...especially when it appears on the defensive side of a city defense battle with sufficient long-range firepower, is enough to change the outcome of a battle...
...
"No need to worry, Mr. Dark Duke~
For Liu Yun’s most loyal and important ally, even if Liu Yun is not here, we in Plague City will do our best to support our allies and defend the rights that you deserve~
This is our vanguard support force. With them here, I think they should be able to give Mr. Dark Archduke a lot of confidence, right?
Of course, if necessary, follow-up troops can also arrive quickly~
But on the basis of ensuring that just in case, I don’t think we need to unduly increase the burden on the teleportation array, right?
After all, there is a price for using the teleportation array. I think we should try to save some unnecessary expenses. Even if it is given to the players under our command as a benefit, it is better than wasting it in vain~"
Xue Lan nodded politely and said calmly to the Dark Duke who was smiling apologetically.
The Duke of Darkness actually doesn't care about the cost of purchasing gem crystals to maintain the teleportation array. He has invested a lot of money in the game anyway, so he doesn't care about the extra money. But since Xue Lan said so, he naturally agreed.
It should be accompanied by a smile.
After initially settling the garrison positions of the dwarf warriors, Xue Lan unexpectedly wanted to go to the front line to explore in person...
And unlike the previous tentative contact, this time she was ready to test how strong the enemy was~
After all, the information coming back from the front line is nothing but repeated reminders of which bandits have joined the opponent's team. It is not even known how many spiritual-level combatants are hidden in the opponent's team~
And to say that this group of bandits numbering tens of thousands of people doesn’t even have a single spirit-level combatant is something Xue Lan wouldn’t believe~
Xue Lan suddenly suggested risking his life, which frightened the Dark Lord so much that he almost thought that this "flower vase woman" wanted to show that he was crazy~
It's like trying to persuade him subconsciously.
However, before the Dark Duke could say a few more words, Xue Lan, who was aware of the Dark Duke's intentions, just nodded slightly and smiled, apologizing, and then summoned his Manticore mount to soar into the sky~
"Why!
This woman!
Why don't you stop?
That pervert Nima Liuyun is a psychopath, and few of his subordinates seem to be normal!"
The Dark Lord smiled helplessly and cursed, and then he could only light up all the players in the Dark City who could fly and fly away together~
Although it is possible that if everyone goes together, it will just die, or even increase the sacrifice in vain...
But you can’t just watch Liu Yun’s guy’s woman being hacked to death by the enemy, right?
If Liu Yun finds out about this... Although he has always seemed to be easy to talk to, who knows if he will be so angry that he uproots the entire Dark City~
When it comes to things like anger turning into beauty, it is a classic plot that has been repeated again and again in various virtual online games over the years~
Especially for world-class and super-famous players like Liu Yun, women are more like their business cards. No matter what, this business card cannot be scratched, otherwise it will slap them in the face.
....
Following closely behind Xue Lan, many players in the Dark City soared into the sky~
However, what is surprising is... the more they fly, the more they find that the distance to the blood stream in front of them is not getting closer, but is getting farther and farther!
Not long after, when they arrived at the area above the enemy group, the gap between them had widened to almost twice the distance before departure!
This... what kind of manticore is this woman riding? How can she fly so fast???
Seeing the enemy approaching from the outside, air soldiers once again stood up to meet the enemy among the increasingly large group of bandits~
It's just that this time the undead and vampire legions belonging to the Desolate Bone Society seemed to have no intention of getting involved, and they were more of just mixed air soldiers gathered from the other major bandit groups.
The main ones are corpse witches or skeleton warriors riding corrupted flying dragons. There are also some vampires and undead from time to time. The remaining few are shining with brilliance. It is obvious that the existences with high quality equipment are among the enemy groups.
Some heroes and generals.
"Yo~
Actually a dark witch from a dungeon?
Haha~
You female witches are hiding underground and studying your boring magic skills. Why are you here on the land of our ghost tribe?"
It seemed that he felt the strange and unsettling smell on Xue Lan's body. The nearest corpse shaman saw Xue Lan approaching and didn't say much. He just asked curiously.
"What to do?
This is really a good question...
But I don’t know why you have mobilized so much to surround my small property?
The city not far from here is my friend's property, and it can also be regarded as a party to the agreement under our cooperation alliance. You have launched such a large-scale siege, which really frightened my allies. I don't know...
....Can you give me an explanation?"
Xue Lan frowned, but asked casually.
"Oh? So you, the beautiful and powerful witch lady, are actually the owner of this place?
Okay then~
In that case. I have a good suggestion here~
That is, Miss, you and your allies had better immediately remove all armed defenses in your territory, and then leave here voluntarily~
Otherwise, I'm afraid that none of you will be able to leave here alive today~"
The corpse witch opened and closed his jaw wildly, but then uttered a "cruel word" that would choke the person to death!
Was this guy a "policeman" during his lifetime?
Actually, even the rhetoric of asking people to lay down their weapons and voluntarily surrender is the same?
This proposal seemed to be a "very interesting" proposal to show off their strength to many NPCs present, so some people kept laughing and sneering~
But for this absolutely retarded suggestion, Xue Lan's reply was...a wild lightning bolt that shot through the sky!
This arcane lightning seems to go from being condensed to being released in an instant~
It was as if Xuelan's hands were inexplicably lit up one moment, and the next moment, the corpse witch's eyes and soul fire were filled with only a silvery white that covered the field of vision in front of him!
Then~
The roar of lightning suddenly exploded, but it only drowned the corpse witch in an angry roar!
"The despicable dark witch actually dares to resist in the face of our combined army?
Today I will let you know what the power gap is!"
A skeleton riding a corrupt flying dragon and holding a huge bone sword in his hand roared, and then urged the corrupt flying dragon to rush towards the blood~
Facing the enemy's charge, Xue Lan suddenly closed his hands, then opened them into claws...
The jumping cyan blue arcs danced on Xue Lan's left and right fingertips like moving and twisted silver snakes~
One way, two ways, three ways...
As Xue Lan waved his hands one after another, the dense electric snakes were like an electric grid and instantly enveloped the skeleton...the corrupt flying dragon beneath him!
"Thunder Flash!"
Xue Lan's clear and beautiful voice suddenly shouted loudly. The electric grid surrounding the corrupted flying dragon instantly seemed to turn into a bone-breaking sharp blade and crisscrossed into the body of the corrupted flying dragon...
A moment!
Just a moment~
The corrupt flying dragon stared fiercely in the air, and the next moment it suddenly turned into countless smelly and rotten pieces of meat, scattered in the air like a rain of blood, and the skeleton on its back also suddenly fell down with an unwilling roar.
.....
"A spiritual-level hero rides an ordinary corrupt flying dragon... Humph~
You deserve to be unable to fly for the rest of your life~"
Seeing the arrogant skeleton roaring and falling into the dust, Xuelan looked on coldly and snorted disdainfully~
And just when Xuelan was threatening enemies from all directions in the sky, there were two people in the army not far away on the ground, just like the surrounding ground units, looking up at Xuelan.
"Mr. Bloody Moon Heiyun, is this... the guy named Liuyun you mentioned before?"
An NPC dressed as a black warrior slowly rubbed the blade of the sword in his hand with a sharp dark gray stone, but asked lightly.
"Uh...hehe~
No no no~
This one is named Xue Lan, and the one named Liu Yun is actually hers... her lord, and he is much more powerful than her~
But among our group of adventurers, this woman is also quite famous.
how?
What does Lord Parona think of her strength?"
"she?
Hum~
A little strange, but not worth mentioning~
Now I just hope that guy named Liuyun will stop being so boring, otherwise...this mission will be too boring~"
With the flash of silver light in the hand of the black warrior named Parona... The huge sword in his hand had turned around and a moon arc would sweep past the black clouds of the blood moon and bowed his head.
Where he stood... a huge rock next to him was cut in half!
The incision is as smooth as a mirror, and it seems to be able to reflect a human figure!
The blood-moon black cloud next to him, who didn't dare to move a bit, looked at the soul of the dead, but he couldn't help but curse in his heart!
This idiot npc!!! If it wasn't for the sake of teaching Liu Yun a lesson, why would I be so humiliating to this guy? Damn npc! A mentally retarded npc...
"This... Lord Parona~
Although you have brought a large 'army' as you promised before, will this army... be a little more mixed?
And if we recruit so many bandits to join our mission, will it affect His Majesty's next plan..."
"Hmph~
Do you want to use your majesty to suppress me?
Ignorant fool!
When I was working loyally for Your Majesty, you didn’t know that the wind was blowing in the cracks between the rocks! Is it your turn to remind me?
Don't worry~
Although these guys seem to be undisciplined and difficult to control, as long as they master a few tricks, they are an elite fighting force that is much more powerful than ordinary soldiers...
how?
no?
OK~
Then let’s make a bet~
Guess, how many people can the witch named Xuelan in the sky stand up to?"
Palona waved his hand, and hundreds more of the ground legions suddenly took off... Looking around, they were all densely packed with vampires!
However, what is slightly different from ordinary vampires is that...the bloodthirsty madness in these guys' eyes is much more terrifying...
And the next moment, before the Dark Duke and others rushed forward with a tiger roar, all the vampires roared and rushed towards the blood wave that was already entangled in the field!
The blood shadow flashes and the sharp claws fly~
At this moment, bloodthirsty fangs flashed in the night sky, and the night-shadow-like nobles swooped towards the delicious prey they had locked...
