Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 131 Gift
"Of course, because this is the first 'Dark Crusade', we need to consider it more for publicity purposes and try our best to expand the momentum and influence, so we chose to have the United Alliance attack Hua Mantian's Flower City. After making a name for ourselves, we can choose to launch attacks against those mercenary groups that are easier to deal with. This will not only remove the obstacles that hinder development, but also make a profit by selling the mercenary group's indicators. Anyway, what we launched is a disguised 'Dark Crusade'. It does not have system support, but it is also not subject to system-related restrictions and constraints. The method is more flexible. As long as it goes smoothly, its deterrent effect should not be inferior to the 'Bright Crusade' of the Church of Light."
We had gone through careful preparations, and had already taken into account the main issues, which were not something that Da Mo Fei Ying and Qiu Shui Chang Tian could refute and overturn in a hurry. I was once again in opposition to my usual attitude of being submissive and not expressing my opinions. I was very aggressive and strong, and I was determined to promote the Tong Xin Meng to attack Hua Du even if it meant breaking up. I responded tit-for-tat to the different opinions of some directors, and several directors who were attached to Long Xing Tian Xia and Qing Wu Fei Yang also spoke up to echo my proposal, and immediately gained the upper hand. In the absence of a more sufficient reason to refute at the moment, as A Feng estimated, Da Mo Fei Ying and Qiu Shui Chang Tian were probably unwilling to openly quarrel with me, and did not insist on opposing it. In the end, after Qing Wu Fei Yang also expressed his support, Long Xing Tian Xia, as the chairman of the council, made the final decision and passed the motion I proposed for Tong Xin Meng to attack Hua Du, achieving A Feng's goal.
A resolution was formed. We will start to prepare intensively. Although it is the Tongxin League, it is actually a "dark holy war". The Huadu Mercenary Group is relatively strong. It is very likely to get support from the Bright Senate. At least 20,000 expert players can be placed in the base, and a large number of people will be deployed to take charge of the outer defense. The resistance alliance must dispatch a large number of members to participate in the war. Moreover, even if we only want to destroy all the buildings in the base, we don't need to set aside time and manpower to attack the central meeting hall with the ability to increase or decrease the attributes of both parties by 30%. At least we must have more personnel or strength than the other party to be able to do it. In order to save money and cause greater losses to Huadu, we pay the minimum group battle deposit, which can only allow 10,000 players to enter the Huadu base. In this way, according to the relevant provisions of the group battle rules, Huadu base can only arrange a maximum of 10,000 players to garrison. We, the resistance alliance, plan before we act. The personnel who had been deployed early and were qualified to participate in the garrison battle were all expert players in the alliance. After Huadu received the notice of the group battle, it only had twelve hours to prepare, and it might not be able to mobilize all the experts to fight in time. As long as they performed well, they could completely achieve the goal of razing Huadu to the ground.
The most critical part of the whole operation is the performance of the 10,000 players who rushed into the Huadu garrison. Although the number of players on both sides is equal, Huadu has many defensive fortifications such as magic towers and arrow towers to help it, and the strength it exerts is definitely not comparable to that of ordinary 10,000 players. Of course, this 10,000 "suicide squad" selected with strength as the primary criterion is not an ordinary player. It is under the guise of the Tongxin League, but it is a dog meat. Only me, Afeng, Xue Wuxia, Yun Wuying and hundreds of other strongest members of the Tongxin League were selected, and the rest were all foreign aid, including Long Xing Tianxia, Damo Feiyang, Qingwu Feiyang, Qiu Shui Changtian and other masters of all the resistance forces alliance. Looking at "Tianxia", except for the Church of Light, I am afraid that no other force can organize a team of 10,000 people with such strength.
Of course, all the plans were carried out in secret to avoid leaks. Hua Mantian and the Church of Light were aware of our intentions and made preparations in advance. Except for the 30 directors of the Dark Council and a limited number of people such as Xue Wuxia and Yun Wuying of the Tongxin League, no one knew about the "Dark Holy War" for the time being. There was no general mobilization, and the tasks were divided and assigned. The relevant personnel were just asked to be on standby online for a certain period of time and wait for notification to act. There was no specific explanation of what to do. Even if the Church of Light and Hua Mantian received the news, they would never think that the resistance alliance would choose to attack Huadu in the form of a group battle.
The specific planning and preparation does not require me to work, I am not good at this aspect, my main responsibility is to seize the time to strengthen my strength as much as possible, so that I can play a greater role in the attack on Huadu. This battle is not only about killing people, but also about demolishing a large number of buildings, which is the strength of the Earthwalking Night Shadow. My current reserves are not enough, I must conquer more before the battle.
I had to put aside the matter of entering the "Bone Dragon Cemetery" to remove the second seal of the "Dead Scepter" for the time being, and enter the "Abyss" to subdue the Night Shadows. With my current strength, it is easy to subdue them without spending much time. There is still no news from the sacred place of the giant magician clan "Karamayi". Several days have passed, and no other group of giant magicians have come to worship, so I have no way to continue to expand the results of the battle and subdue more of these powerful long-range attack arms. It seems that it is not so easy to imagine monopolizing all giant magicians like the Hell Dragon.
However, I still gained a lot of useful information from the mouths of this group of troll mages that I have already conquered. Unlike the honest and well-behaved Bone Giants who live in their territories, the troll mages travel all day long and wander around without a fixed route. I wouldn't say that they have traveled all over the Lost Continent, but at least they can be called half "geographical experts" and have a certain understanding of many undead races.
I am no longer interested in understanding the weaker races, unless they have some rather strange abilities. I am generally concerned with the upper ninth level and those more powerful beings that surpass the ninth level. Most of these strong beings in the Lost Continent are relatively special races. Their number is not as large as that of the Black Bone Dragon. Generally, it is quite good to have more than a thousand of them, like the Giant Magician. The smallest race may even have only dozens of them. For example, the most mysterious Undead Ghost Phoenix clan is very rare. They have no fixed habitat and their whereabouts are uncertain. The strength of each individual is at least not lower than the upper ninth level. Their unique ability "rebirth after disaster" is similar to having an immortal body. Even if they are killed, they will not die. Instead, they will be reborn quickly after reducing one or two levels according to the degree of disability suffered by their bodies before death, and can return to the battle. The reduced level is only temporary. When enough energy is accumulated, they can restore their original level.
In addition to some information about the many undead races living in the Lost Continent, such as the Undead Ghost Phoenix, this group of giant magicians also learned about a mysterious area, which is likely to be the first forbidden area in the "Dead Space". There are not only many strange undead creatures living there, most of which are rarely seen in the outside world, and the levels are generally high, basically above level eight, and the natural environment is extremely dangerous. It was quiet the moment before, and suddenly there would be a strong wind, or heavy rain, and rocks flying... It is unpredictable. Unless you have attributes that match the natural environment, you will suffer from it if you are in it. For foreign undead creatures who are not familiar with the changes in the environment, this is definitely a deadly place. Even as strong as the giant magician, he will avoid it from a distance and dare not approach it. It's a pity that it's too far away, located in the deepest part of the Lost Continent. I've been busy with the unsealing of the "Dead Scepter" recently, and I can't spare the time to investigate and confirm it. Otherwise, according to the description of the giant magician, it's a gathering place for all kinds of undead with different attributes, which is just right for Wu Ma to choose and determine its second attribute through "superpower transformation". After resurrection, I returned to the base and hurried out of the room, but unexpectedly found Xiaoyue waiting outside. When she turned around and saw me, she immediately showed a happy expression on her face.
"Xiaoyue, are you waiting for me? If you have anything to say, just leave me a message or ask Afeng to tell me. There's no need to be so troublesome."
"I want to give you a gift. Waiting here can not only give you a surprise, but also show my sincerity. What? You don't have something urgent to deal with, do you?"
"You want to give me a gift? Why?" Xiaoyue's answer was a little unexpected to me, and I was stunned.
Xiaoyue smiled sweetly at me, "You first gave me a scroll to enter the 'Tianhe Secret Land', and then you helped me to successfully evolve Little White Dragon into a level nine wind unicorn. Have you forgotten all these things? I can't take advantage of you for nothing, but I couldn't find a suitable gift in return, so I kept it delayed until today."
"Oh, it's because of the evolution of Little White Dragon. Actually, it's nothing. It's just a piece of cake for me. Well, since you insist on giving it to me, I won't refuse it. I wonder what gift you are going to give me?" Xiaoyue's personality. She never likes to accept gifts from others for nothing or take advantage of others. After receiving help, she will always find a way to repay the other party afterwards. Usually, she can't refuse it, so she might as well just accept it.
"A pair of socks." Xiaoyue took out a pair of black socks from the "storage belt" and handed them over. The socks were emitting the three primary colors of red, yellow and blue holy light. It was obvious at a glance that it was a holy weapon.
I hurriedly thanked him. I took the socks. This kind of equipment can only be made by fashion designers in the living profession. It is impossible to drop it by killing monsters. What's more, this is a holy weapon. Even if it is only a low-level holy weapon, it is already quite rare.
I checked the properties of the socks - "Black Magic Socks", special equipment for necromancers, high-level holy weapon, increasing the upper limit of mental strength by 15%. Increase the upper limit of physical strength by 15%. Both properties are extremely useful for necromancers, and they are definitely popular items when sold on the market. They are very valuable, and high-level equipment made by professional players usually has fixed "connected households" responsible for purchasing them. Even if you have money, you may not be able to buy them. I don't know how Xiaoyue got them.
I originally thought that this pair of socks would only be a low-level holy weapon, but I didn't expect that I would be given a high-level holy weapon. I was really surprised. Although it was equipment that I urgently needed, it was too expensive. "Xiaoyue, this is a high-level holy weapon, it is worth a lot of money, it is too expensive, I dare not accept it, you should take it back and give me a more ordinary gift instead."
Xiaoyue's face suddenly turned serious. "You took the initiative to help me, so that the little white dragon evolved smoothly. This is a big favor. You deserve this gift. If I had given you something else, I would have thought it was too light. Don't worry, this was made by a sister of mine. She told me that she would only charge me the cost price. I don't know if it was you or I who was lucky, but I was lucky enough to make this pair of 'Black Magic Socks' without spending too much money. Otherwise, even if I wanted to, I wouldn't have that much money to buy them. If you don't accept it, it means you don't regard me as a friend. If I run into any trouble in the future, I won't dare to ask you for help."
Seeing Xiaoyue's resolute attitude, I couldn't refuse it anymore, so I could only accept this rather valuable gift, and wait until I need it in the future, I will find an opportunity to help her more. Although the matter was over, it was not good to just leave like that after receiving such a big gift, so I offered to treat her to a meal at Beijing Restaurant as a thank you, and she gladly accepted it. I rushed over first, and waited for her to send Long Kong away who was waiting outside, and then went to keep the appointment.
Equipping this pair of "Black Magic Socks" increases the upper limit of mental power by 15%. I can finally summon a ninth-level intermediate bone dragon or a four-armed giant magician when performing "Blood Transformation", which will be of greater help in the upcoming Battle of Flower City.
There is no time to lose. Since we have decided to launch the "Dark Crusade" and attack Hua Mantian's Huadu Mercenary Group, in order to avoid any unexpected changes, we cannot delay too long and must hurry up. After several days of intensive preparations, all members of the resistance alliance participating in the operation have received orders and have been deployed, ready to fight at any time. Then, according to the agreed time, Xue Wuxia convened a meeting of the core members of the Tongxin League to discuss matters related to launching a group war against Huadu. Anyway, all the funds needed for the group war will be paid by the resistance alliance. The Tongxin League is just standing in the front as a representative. Like other alliance members, they only need to put in a little effort and will not suffer any substantial losses. It is equivalent to an opportunity to earn seniority points and merits. Naturally, no one raised any objections and soon reached a consensus. The resolution to launch a group war against Huadu was passed.
After the meeting, Xue Wuxia, as the leader, immediately went to the Mercenary Union, submitted an application for a group battle against the Huadu Mercenary Group, and paid the minimum group battle deposit. Only 10,000 players can enter the Huadu base, and the application will be officially effective. The system issued a notice to notify the Huadu Mercenary Group. Twelve hours later, the Tongxin League’s battle against Huadu will officially begin. This action is also an excellent opportunity for Xue Wuxia to show her ability. Although she is the leader of the "No. 1 Mercenary Group in the World", her status is not low. However, according to the revised relevant regulations, as a new member of the Resistance Alliance, it is impossible to be promoted to the Dark Council all at once. There must be a probation period of at least three months. Moreover, she is not qualified to be a recommender, and the merits of the more than 10,000 members of the Tongxin League in private actions cannot be shared with her. It is quite disadvantageous in the competition for the position of director. However, this time the "Dark Crusade" against Huadu was launched by the Tongxin League, which is a great achievement in itself, and the first credit should naturally go to Xue Wuxia, the leader. As long as she can successfully achieve the goals of the plan and deal a heavy blow to Huadu and the light forces it represents, she should be able to accumulate a lot of merits and have the opportunity to compete for the position of director next month.
The news of the group battle was sent out. Huadu suddenly became nervous and hurriedly began to contact allies everywhere, strengthen vigilance and protection, and prepare for the battle. Everyone knows that the Tongxin Alliance has joined the resistance alliance. It is also the "public enemy of light". Without any scruples, it can act recklessly. If it dares to challenge Huadu, it must have the full support of the resistance alliance behind it. It has also suffered two "holy wars of light" and its base was razed to the ground. It is still being rebuilt. Choosing to launch it at this time is definitely not just an ordinary group battle. Therefore, not only Huadu's loyal allies such as Yamato Spirit's Sun Never Sets and other mercenary groups almost came out in full force to station at the periphery of Huadu to help defend, but even the Light Senate also mobilized immediately after emergency consultations. The Light Senators headed by Supreme Honor and Real Madrid led a group of light master players from the Western Continent to Huadu to rush to help - they have all been included in the official list of participants in the group battle. Before the group battle begins, as long as they do not take the initiative to cause trouble, they cannot attack.
If we can give Huadu enough time to prepare and gather all the friendly forces and the players of the light profession to join the battle, we can say that we have no chance of winning with 10,000 players attacking the large mercenary group station defended by 10,000 players. However, this "Dark Crusade" is nominally an ordinary group battle. There is only 12 hours of preparation time. Even if we can barely gather more than 10,000 players, they may not be in good condition in the rush. Moreover, the foreign aid is not familiar with the layout of the Huadu station, and they are implementing a decentralized defense. They are not subordinate to each other, and the command may not be so coordinated. Naturally, they cannot match our long-prepared, restful, concentrated to break the scattered, and strive to completely destroy all the buildings in the Huadu station. Moreover, Hua Mantian and his men do not know our specific purpose. According to the usual practice, they should concentrate the top players such as Supreme Honor, Real Madrid, Holy Heaven, Yamato Spirit, etc. to defend the meeting hall. Without their obstruction, it is more convenient for our sabotage.
According to the relevant group battle rules, the ratio of the number of players participating in the group battle inside and outside the station is 1:10 at most. That is to say, the garrison inside Huadu is 10,000, and the number of players stationed outside the station cannot exceed 100,000. In addition to the players who enter the Huadu station, the number of players participating in the battle outside the station on the Tongxin Alliance side must be equal to that of the defending side, and cannot exceed 100,000. All participants on both sides must report to the mercenary worker before the official battle...will enter the "non-war state" where they will not be attacked, and be protected by the system. After the group battle begins, they will only be harmed by the players participating in the group battle, and will not be attacked by unrelated third parties.
This group battle mobilized 110,000 players from the Church of Light represented by Huadu and the Alliance of Resistance represented by Tongxin League, with a total of 220,000 players. Most of the participants should be expert players. It can be said to be an unprecedented head-on confrontation under evenly matched conditions. It attracted the attention of many neutral players and forces. "Tian Media" also dispatched many reporters to report on this battle in a timely manner. The result is not only related to the two direct parties, Tongxin League and Huadu, but also will have a considerable impact on the Alliance of Resistance and the Church of Light, especially once our attack achieves the expected purpose. The banner of "Dark Holy War" will be publicly raised to further strengthen the deterrent effect on those forces that tend to the Church of Light. I believe it will cause a greater sensation in "Tianxia".
Before the group battle began, 100,000 players surrounded the Huadu garrison. They built a defensive position on the periphery. Outside, they were confronted by the 110,000-strong army of the resistance alliance, waiting for the official start of the group battle. According to the predetermined plan, after a full rest and refreshment, all the necromancers participating in the battle inside the garrison and the water magicians responsible for supplying us were the first group of players to go online to prepare, a full ten hours in advance. This means that we have to stay online for a maximum of 22 hours. Fortunately, those who can be selected are all professional masters. Long-term continuous combat under special circumstances is a necessary ability for them, and it will be no problem if they do it occasionally.
I, who possessed the "Touch of Death", was naturally the most convenient one. I only needed to arrange two water magicians to replenish my health. Without being disturbed, I could cast the "Summoning the Dead" almost every five minutes. However, in order to make the most of the "Blood Transformation" ability, I arranged several water magicians to replenish my mental power during my "Blood Transformation" period, which could shorten the time by one minute. I could summon a white bone dragon every four minutes or so, just before the battle. With four "Blood Transformation" opportunities, I summoned thirty-two level nine intermediate white bone dragons. Even in a normal state, I could summon two bone dragons and one green bone dragon, or sixteen level eight intermediate ground night shadows. In ten hours of preparation, I summoned more than a hundred bone dragons of various types, as well as six or seven hundred ground night shadows responsible for demolishing walls and breaking houses. The number was not the largest, but the overall strength was the strongest. Qiu Shui Changtian and Tian Xingdi, who were always considered to be the closest to me in strength, only had twenty or thirty green bone dragons wandering around them. Although it may not be all their possessions, and they have more mental power limit, the number of undead summoned by them far exceeds my level at the same time. However, in comparison, the gap between us can be said to be clear at a glance, and they can definitely not shake my position as the "world's number one undead wizard".
As for other strong necromancers, they are usually level 8 main job and level 5 secondary job. With the difficulty of the promotion task doubled, except for me who is extremely strong, no one's second job can successfully advance to level 6. The most they can subdue is the lower level 8 horror dragon knight. In the absence of suitable undead soldiers to replace them, participating in such a large-scale melee, the main combat force is still composed of horror ground dragon knights or blood wizards, and they still follow the route of human wave tactics, relying on more summons to defeat the enemy.
As the players from both sides gradually arrived, a large-scale decisive battle was about to begin. The elites of the resistance alliance gathered. Except for a few who had to stay in the periphery to command, most of the expert players joined the 10,000-man mopping-up team that attacked the garrison. However, our 10,000-man attack force did not gather in one place, but was evenly dispersed among the 100,000 troops surrounding the Huadu garrison, so as to prevent the other side from guessing our main attack direction and taking precautions in advance. We have no intention of fighting with Huadu's reinforcements in the field battle outside the garrison. The key to the team battle lies in the battle inside the garrison. If we win, we all win, and if we lose, we all lose. The 100,000 players on the periphery are only to protect our 10,000 elite members so that they can smoothly enter Huadu's garrison. They are based on defense and are responsible for resisting the attack of Huadu's 100,000 foreign aid. There is no need to fight to the death, and we must compete with them to determine the winner.
The group battle finally began. The resistance alliance army launched attacks from all four sides at the same time. Although the battle seemed equally fierce, in fact, the three sides were feinting and trying their best to delay the opponent. Only one side was the real main attack direction. A large number of players were invested in the full-scale attack, striving to break through the opponent's interception as soon as possible, open up a safe passage, and cover our 10,000-man commando team to enter the station in Huadu, and buy more time for the formal attack. The commandos scattered everywhere still remained on hold for the time being. When the war was still unclear, they did not rush to assemble in the main attack direction, so as not to expose our intentions too early. We, the necromancers, still seized the opportunity to summon the undead. Two hundred thousand players fought a bloody battle around the Huadu garrison. Every moment, dozens or even hundreds of players died. Under the situation of being surrounded on all sides, as the main attacker, we could choose any point to break through with a strong attack, which naturally gave us a greater advantage. After a stalemate, we quickly broke through the opponent's interception and killed our way out. Then we continued to send more players to participate in the battle here, forcing the opponent to both sides, breaking a gap in the enemy formation, and gradually opening up a safer passage. The situation was clear at this point, and our 10,000-man assault team quickly assembled here and rushed into the Huadu garrison in batches according to the predetermined plan and division of labor.
