Nicholas and Bai Xiaowen had a showdown in order to dispel Bai Xiaowen's concerns and learn more details.
And since Bai Xiaowen didn't need to conceal the identity of the visitor from another world, he was indeed able to reveal more details.
The two discussed for a long time.
Finally, Nicholas said:
"I agree in principle with your 'protective umbrella' plan. However, now is not the time to start it..."
Bai Xiaowen nodded to express his understanding. For example, Archbishop Arlo was a person that even Nicholas had to show courtesy to. His firm opposition would definitely attract a large number of people to his side.
Nicholas also has to consider his own future and cannot have his own way.
However, Nicholas granted Bai Xiaowen permission to act cheaply, and at Bai Xiaowen's request, a special warrant was issued.
"All activities undertaken by those holding this order are related to the survival of mankind. For this reason, they are specifically allowed to act at will on any occasion, no one may interfere, and every effort will be made to provide convenience. Nicholas Kane, November 29, 1021
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Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi said goodbye and left.
When Bai Xiaowen walked to the gate of the Lord's Mansion in Black Rock City, he found that a group of people were already waiting there.
"Dior, how is the situation? What is the attitude of His Highness the Prince?" Cecilia did not attend this high-level military meeting, but from other people's mouths, she had heard that "Baron Dio" had proposed a crazy plan.
, even Archbishop Arlo, who has always been kind, took a rare and clear stance against it.
"Same as the result discussed at the meeting, it will be put on hold for now." Bai Xiaowen said.
"So, what exactly does the plan look like?" Cecilia's eyes sparkled with curiosity. Even the white rose, which has always been aloof, can't hide the nature of a woman in front of her lover.
Bai Xiaowen looked around, and many people were looking forward to it.
"This is not the place to talk."
Bai Xiaowen took Cecilia and Li Shuyi back to his residence amidst everyone's denunciations, and then handed the folded parchment plan to Cecilia for viewing.
While Cecilia was reading the plan, Bai Xiaowen had already recalled Kitts, and then summoned him again.
With a bang, a disheveled Kitts appeared in the room, wearing only a pair of big pants, exposing his rough chest muscles...
"What happened?" Kitts looked around in confusion. One second he was enjoying the afterglow of happy time in bed, the next second he was locked in a small dark room, and the next second he appeared in the lord's room.
In front of the boss, this made Kitts a little confused.
"I summoned you back." Bai Xiaowen explained briefly.
"...Boss, can you use a gentler approach next time?" Kitts said with a bitter face.
"I don't have the patience to run through all the brothels and prostitutes in Black Rock City, both overt and covert..." Bai Xiaowen waved his hand and said, "Kits, I'll give you a task. Take this secret order and set off tonight to go to Red Leaf Collar..."
Kitz's work attitude was obviously much more positive than that of Dr. Zombie, and he was not annoyed by his sleep being interrupted. After Bai Xiaowen told him the content of the task, he patted his chest and promised to complete it, and then went to catch up on his sleep.
It is daytime now. In the daylight environment, Kitts, as a vampire, has a penalty of 20% reduction in all attributes. Moreover, although Black Rock City is not surrounded, there should be enemy scouts nearby. It is safer to leave at night.
It is the home ground of vampire Kitts.
At this time, Cecilia had already finished reading the plan. Her face, which was always calm and seldom surprised, was filled with shock.
"Dior, you...are everything written here true?"
"This is just the general content of the plan. Cecilia, remember to keep it a secret." Bai Xiaowen said.
"...But, is there no other way?" Cecilia said.
"Cecilia, you have to remember that even if there is a glimmer of hope left, I will not start this damn plan." Bai Xiaowen could only reiterate it.
"Although this is a very extreme plan, I am willing to believe you, Dio." Cecilia understood how strong the resistance against this plan was in Black Rock City, but she made her attitude clear.
The effect of the good friend-level favorability plus the love-level adoration is really powerful.
"Cecilia, if I am not a lord, or even a person from this continent or this plane world, what will you think of me?"
Bai Xiaowen thought about the problem of his own identity. Since Prince Nicholas can see through it, it is probably only a matter of time before others know that he is a visitor from another dimension.
In Bai Xiaowen's plan, it was only a matter of time before he told Cecilia the truth.
However, Cecilia seemed to have been mentally prepared for it. After a slight shock, she recovered her smile and said, "Dior, I love you as you are now, and it has nothing to do with your identity and origin."
Cecilia's two arms wrapped around Bai Xiaowen's neck, and her warm lips pressed against Bai Xiaowen's lips.
In fact, when Cecilia danced with Bai Xiaowen, she felt a trace of doubt. Bai Xiaowen almost didn't know how to dance at all, which was quite inconsistent with the rumored image of Baron Dior, the lord of Baishi Town, as a playboy...
"Ahem!" Li Shuyi coughed.
Bai Xiaowen came back to his senses, quickly let go of his hand holding Cecilia's waist, and laughed awkwardly: "I don't know when the next attack of the survivors will start. There are still some things that need to be improved in my plan.
Place. Cecilia, I need your help."
"Just ask," Cecilia said.
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After the war, the human coalition tried to send troops out to repair the arrow tower.
The remnant army spent a lot of money to destroy all the outer arrow towers. Of course, they could not just sit back and watch the human coalition repair them.
In the next two days, although no large-scale siege broke out, small-scale battles were quite intensive. In the end, under the interference of the remnant coalition, the human coalition only repaired a few arrow towers near the city gate.
That's all, the plan to reorganize the defense system has come to nothing.
The seventh day of the defense battle of Black Rock Fortress.
In the early morning, the alarm bell on the tower rang rapidly, waking up the people in their sleep.
"They...they're coming!"
"It's the undead! Countless undead!"
Climbing the tower, a group of high-level humans looked at it from a distance and were all shocked.
Before seeing the plague undead army with your own eyes, it is difficult to realize what an army of tens of thousands of undead looks like by just relying on your imagination.
Thousands of people fill the city, and tens of thousands fill the fields.
These undead plague armies, which moved slightly slowly and had expressionless faces, filled the entire wilderness.
"Woooooooo..."
The horn sounded, and behind the plague undead army, groups of elite survivors were fully armed and ready to attack the city.
"The enemy has entered range! Attack!" Lord Denton shouted loudly.
The trebuchets on the city wall began to roar, throwing out stone bullets. Teams of archers stood on the city wall, shooting arrows like rain.
But these rain of stones and arrows are like pebbles in front of the endless sea of the undead, unable to stir up any waves at all. Kill one or ten plague undead, and the next moment more plague undead will fill their vacancies.
.
"Archbishop Arlo! Can you use the magic again..." Many nobles were desperate and looked at Arlo asking for help.
Archbishop Arlo looked a little pale and shook his head slowly.
No matter how powerful Archbishop Arlo's forbidden spell is, it cannot cover a battlefield with a diameter of several kilometers. According to Bai Xiaowen's understanding, a senior spellcaster leader like him can play a decisive role in a local-scale battle, such as
Day one.
But now, the plague undead army has surrounded the Black Rock Fortress on all sides, filling the entire plain, and Archbishop Arlo is unable to save himself.
"This is only the first batch," Bai Xiaowen said to Nicholas, "If we wait until Black Rock City is breached before making a decision, it will be too late."
Nicholas's face was stiff and his expression could not be seen.
Li Shuyi tugged on Bai Xiaowen's clothes, pulled him aside, and asked in a low voice: "What if Nicholas doesn't agree in the end?"
Bai Xiaowen replied softly: "I will start directly before the city is broken."
Bai Xiaowen will not place all his hopes on the natives of the spiritual world. For him, the main mission "The War at Black Rock" must be completed. This is the prerequisite for all benefits in the second stage.
The reason why Nicholas's consent must be obtained is also very simple. Bai Xiaowen hopes that Nicholas can take the blame for him. The blame is too big, and Bai Xiaowen's head is too small.
Facing the dense rain of arrows, the Plague Undead Army rushed under the city wall.
The method of attacking the city wall was also quite willful. The plague undead who rushed to the front lay down directly under the root of the city wall... The ones who came after them followed suit and used their bodies to form a mound of the dead!
On the city wall, Archbishop Arlo and others were not unprepared. They poured diluted holy water instead of boiling oil downwards. Bai Xiaowen's eyes kept twitching as he watched. This was all Bai Huahua's merit!
Diluted holy water is indeed effective for the undead and is highly corrosive. The dead white skin of the plague undead festered in large areas, their health points dropped, and they died one after another.
However, under the control of the Lord of Plague, the undead of the plague are all warriors who are not afraid of death and have lost their sense of pain. No matter whether it is boiling oil or holy water poured on their heads, they are all unmoved and faithfully carry out the orders of the plague.
In accordance with the Lord's command, I used my body to fill the height of the city wall.
"We can't let them rush over anymore! Charge!"
The gates of Black Rock Fortress were opened, and Earl Denton and other powerful men led their troops to charge, trying to overwhelm the line of the plague undead.
The individual combat effectiveness of these plague undead is actually very weak, and they are basically basic ordinary templates.
Wherever the Imperial Cavalry led by Earl Denton went, the plague undead fell like wheat.
But this is of no use. Every time a plague undead dies, more plague undead rush up to fill the position. As for the cavalry under Earl Denton, if one of them is pulled off the horse accidentally, it is the result of being beaten.
Possibility of survival.
Although several charges killed scores of plague undead, it was of no significance to the entire battle.
The bodies of the plague undead, whether alive or dead, are placed at the foot of the city wall, constantly raising the "hill of the dead".
In the rear, the orcs' wolf cavalry and the troll's raptor hunter troops have all been set up in array. When the Hill of the Dead is level with the city wall, with the agility and speed of these elites, they can ignore the city wall and rush directly into Black Rock City!
"Your Highness, abandon the city!" the chief of staff and magic advisor advised one after another.
Nicholas glanced at Archbishop Arlo, who shook his head at him expressionlessly.
"...Dior! The umbrella plan is activated now!" Nicholas' face suddenly turned gloomy and cold, and he yelled through gritted teeth.
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Bai Xiaowen finally waited for this moment, and he waved his hand: "The city defense army retreated, and the Baishi Army dropped the 'Ultimate Plague Buster'..."
The city defense troops who were shooting arrows and pouring oil on the city top, with the consent of Prince Nicholas, retreated one after another to make way for the space. The White Stone Army soldiers who had been prepared for a long time appeared one by one carrying large wooden barrels and holding water pipes in their hands.
"The ultimate plague buster?"
All the human nobles were a little surprised. They had heard that the scholars under Bai Xiaowen had developed a series of plague killer drugs. Black Rock City was able to completely clean up the undead plague virus, thanks to the three basic, advanced and super plague killers brought by Bai Xiaowen.
Drug-like drugs.
However, I have never heard of the ultimate plague buster.
Could it be that Bai Xiaowen's "Umbrella Project" is to cure these plague undead? Isn't the plague killer drug only effective for humans who have not yet been transformed into undead?
With doubts, everyone looked at the White Stone Army soldiers, aiming their water pipes at the densely packed plague undead below, and spraying out streams of pale white solution.
These pale white solutions quickly penetrated into the bodies of each plague undead.
"It seems... there is no special effect." A group of people observed it carefully, and someone carefully gave an evaluation.
"roar!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a beast-like roar came from below the city wall.
The fallen plague undead suddenly stood up again! Even the plague undead that had been emptied of their health points and died were no exception.
These meaningless roars like wild beasts come from the mouths of the undead who have stood up again.
Compared with before, their body shape has not changed much, but their movements have become much stiffer, unknown liquid is flowing from the corners of their mouths, and they have become a bit more disgusting.
There were screams on the city wall, and one of the undead who stood up again turned around and pounced on his former companion. Before the other party could react, he bit him down hard!
The same action also appeared on other undead people who stood up again.
"Prepare the trebuchets!" Bai Xiaowen waved his hand and ordered. Each trebuchet was equipped with a special wooden barrel instead of a stone bullet, and swished into the distance, into the sea of plague undead.
"Now, let me explain to you the content of the Umbrella Plan, which is to spread a large number of 'Ultimate Plague Buster' across northern Xinjiang! The plague undead who come into contact with the ultimate plague nemesis, as well as the ordinary infected people who have not yet become the plague undead, will be forced to
Transformation," Bai Xiaowen said, pointing to the undead standing up one by one near the base of the city wall, "Now, they have a new name, called... zombies."