Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 89: Unexpected Reinforcements
After confirming that the information provided by Temur was basically true, according to the agreement, I had to command the army of corpse witches to withdraw from the occupied territory and give it, the blood lich, some face. After all, it is the new emperor who has inherited the throne, lacks prestige, and has an unstable foundation. If it blindly compromises with foreign tribes and is bullied, it will easily deepen the dissatisfaction of the alien forces in the tribe, causing unnecessary troubles, or even threatening its ruling position. And the relationship of "blood change" can also be used as a means to check and balance the bat demon Tika. At least for now, I can't let Temur have any "accidents".
After "appeasing" Temur, I just issued the order to withdraw. Looking at the large group of blood witches in front of me, I suddenly had a little doubt. According to the information provided to me by the bat demon Dika, the "blood pool" area where the holy land is located should be the largest territory of the blood witch clan, gathering the largest number of blood witches. However, looking at the blood witches surrounded and compressed by me, there is no way that there are more than 100,000 of them. The former blood lich Douglas and the former fourth witch king Gravison colluded with each other. In addition to absorbing the Yin Qi of heaven and earth and naturally nurturing blood witches, they also used the special function of the "blood pool" and used the corpse witch king as "raw materials" to "artificially" catalyze a lot of blood witches. Their power expanded very quickly, and the number of populations should be far more than that of other blood witch royal families. But how could the blood king Dada Benon, whose strength is only equivalent to that of Temur, have nearly 50,000 blood witches in his territory? This is simply too abnormal. Could it be that it also "plotted" against the previous Blood Emperor from afar like Temur, and inherited his huge power? According to my observation, there are not many Blood Witches in the territory that Qiushui Changtian and Tianxing are preparing to attack, and there should be far less than 50,000. I thought I had taken advantage before, but now it seems that there is another mystery.
Generally speaking, undead creatures cannot lie, but some individuals with higher intelligence can choose to conceal and make reserved statements. Maybe they have ulterior motives. I have been dealing with them for a long time. Sometimes, I have to be more careful. I immediately threw the question to Temur to see if it can give me a reasonable explanation.
"It's like this. The former Blood Emperor Delma of that Blood Witch Territory has always had a bad relationship with Douglas. He was extremely opposed to Douglas' collusion with the fourth Witch Emperor Gravison to use the 'Blood Pool' to catalyze the Blood Witch. He believed that it violated the tradition of the Blood Witch Clan and was against the will of heaven. It might bring great disaster to the Blood Witch Clan. He even wanted to unite with other Blood Witch royal families to form an 'Anti-Demon Alliance' to overthrow Douglas' rule. Unfortunately, Douglas took the initiative and colluded with Dada Benon, the great blood witch in Delma's territory, to launch a riot and kill Delma. Dada Benon replaced him and supported him vigorously, replenishing the number of blood witches he lost in the war for the throne, and became an ally of Douglas in the blood witch tribe. In addition, I have always been at odds with Douglas in the tribe, and have had many conflicts with his direct subordinates, and there is a deep resentment. After I killed Douglas and succeeded as the blood lich, his direct army did not suffer any losses, and most of them fled the territory. There should be many who will surrender to Dada Benon, so there are so many blood witches in his territory, and the forces he controls do not match his personal strength. "
" You should have known all this a long time ago, why didn't you tell me?"
"You didn't ask about these things. After all, it is a matter between our Blood Witch Clan and the Blood Witch King. It is not convenient to disclose them to outsiders easily."
I couldn't help but feel angry. Even though I was "under someone's roof", he was still so stubborn. He would tell me whatever I asked and would never reveal anything that he could keep to himself. He didn't know how to please me. If possible, I should just take him as my subordinate. He would be obedient and selfless, which would save me a lot of trouble. However, the relationship of the Blood Witch Clan was really complicated. There were many factions and internal struggles. Even the royal family lived in fear. Without a little bit of scheming and means, there was no hope of sitting firmly on the throne.
After some careful questioning, I found out about Dadabenon's background. Although Temur only knew about some situations during Douglas' reign, he had cut off contact with Dadabenon since he ascended the throne. I don't know if there have been any new changes recently, but it is still of reference value and can help me formulate tactics more reasonably.
In the territories governed by other blood witch royal families, there is no large-scale "blood protection" provided by the holy land "Blood Pool", and the population is not too large. In order to more effectively resist foreign invasion, the terrain that gives them shelter is very complex. There are large plains around, but the territory is ups and downs. There are also many earth piles and stone pillars that can be used for hiding. With the long-range magic attack of the blood witch, it is definitely easy to defend and difficult to attack. If we simply use the terror knights to launch an assault from the ground like attacking the corpse witch clan, the effect will definitely not be too ideal. Moreover, after the battle against the "law enforcer" Aristotle, my terror knights lost a lot and have not been able to get effective supplements. I am afraid that they are not strong enough to fight against 50,000 blood witches. Therefore, the most reasonable tactic should be that the terror knights cooperate with the corpse witch army to harass the periphery and mobilize the blood witches to find the specific location of the blood emperor Dada Benon. I personally led an elite formation of terrifying ground dragon knights, especially terrifying flying dragon knights, together with Khufu, Taotao and other capable subordinates, to launch , striving to gain the greatest benefit with the least loss.
After some consideration, in addition to the undead wizards of the Moonlight Treasure Box, the Country is Possessed, the Mountains and Rivers are Here, and the End of the World, I decided to find the undead wizards of the Light Dance Flying to participate in the action. It's not that I don't have the confidence to seize the throne of Dada Benon alone. Just as Long Xing Tianxia, Xue Wuxia, and Afeng reminded me, many times, don't act too "alone". After all, no matter how powerful a person's ability is, his role is limited. It is impossible to become a "savior". The fight against the Church of Light still depends on the collective strength. The Qiushui Changtian and Tianxing departments have begun to cooperate closely, and the effect is very obvious. The benefits they have gained are far greater than the period when they fought alone. I should also unite some undead wizards, so that they can also share some benefits from me, and develop with everyone, so that they are worthy of the praise of "the world's number one undead wizard". I will be the main force of the attack, and they can wave flags and shout on the periphery, exerting greater pressure on the blood wizards, so as to mobilize them more effectively and facilitate my raid. After the success, I will get the "Blood Emperor Robe" and succeed the Blood Emperor. Each of them can also get hundreds or even thousands of blood wizards according to their contributions, which will further strengthen our relationship and enhance my influence among the necromancers. It can be said to be a "win-win" situation. I guess Qiu Shui Chang Tian and Tian Xing must have won people's hearts in this way. I don't want to be known as a selfish and stingy person who "loves to eat alone".
The strength of the individual blood witches varies, with a few of them only at level 5, and most of them are at the middle level of level 6. This is just right for most undead wizards to subdue, and some of the elites directly under the royal family can even reach the lower level of level 7. However, except for the blood lich territory, which has the assistance of the "blood pool", Douglas is determined to "cultivate" a large number of blood witches, the territories of other blood witch royal families are unlikely to have too many blood witches at level 7, which is just right for me and Qingwu Feiyang who are capable of subduing them to share.
After careful planning and taking action at the same time, Qingwu Feiyang and Desert Eagle have led their teams to successfully destroy the rebuilt Cathedral of Light in the City of Love and the Prairie City, and they just have time to participate in the action I planned. The undead wizards who once participated in the siege of Douglas were all interested in the blood wizards who could cast "Death Ripple" and "Blood Shadow Dark Killing Bomb" and had strong magic attack capabilities. It was just because I had an agreement with the bat demon Dika and Temur that I had to completely bring the "Blood Pool" area under my control and did not allow them to enter it to conquer it. I set an example myself, and there was no blood wizard under my command, so I suppressed their idea of playing with blood wizards. Now there is such a good opportunity, naturally everyone is eager to participate - the horror knights with similar strength cooperate with the blood wizards, and the diversified arms will further enhance their combat effectiveness.
The key to victory in this war is to locate the Blood Emperor Dada Benon as soon as possible, and then Khufu, Dizang and other capable men on foot will lead the Horror Land Dragon Knights to rush in and attract the attention of its guards. The real attack will be launched by me personally leading the Horror Dragon Knights, Taotao, Qitlei and Shaman, and strive to kill Dada Benon in one fell swoop, so we must monitor all parts of the Blood Witch territory. Before the troops move, the scouts go first, not only the ghost banshee Feiying and dozens of ghost kings under my command, but also the ghost kings of Qingwu Feiyang and Xinbi Tiangao have been transferred one after another, all over the territory, monitoring the actions of the blood witches.
Terror Knights, Corpse Witches... Undead armies gathered one after another and set out on the journey. Almost at the same time as we took action, Tianxing and Qiushui Changtian, who helped the Desert Eagle complete the task of destroying the Cathedral of Light in the Prairie City, also began to mobilize their men to attack the territory of Blood Emperor Biqi, as if they were competing with us. I naturally couldn't let them go. While mobilizing my men to rush to the front line, I could also split myself and go elsewhere with the help of "Death Control", and seize the time to subdue a few more Terror Dragon Knights to increase the chances of a successful surprise attack on Dada Benon.
Once the "Undead War" with the Blood Witches breaks out, we cannot log off at will. It may last for 20 to 30 hours. First, we must assemble the various armies at different locations outside the Blood Witches' territory according to the division of labor in advance. Then, after a sufficient rest and refreshment, we will go online together and press on from all sides. When we approached the distance of the Death Touch and began to suffer fierce attacks from the Blood Witches, the prelude to another "Undead War" was finally opened.
The harassment tactics implemented by Qingwu Feiyang and his men on the periphery were very simple, relying on a larger number of corpse wizards to provide long-range fire support. Once they found an opportunity, the Terror Knights would launch an assault, rushing over and hacking and killing, disrupting their defenses, constantly increasing the pressure on them, and then withdrawing. They did not rush forward to avoid the blood wizards shrinking their defenses and increasing obstacles to my surprise attack.
A battle that is not aimed at killing a large number of enemies is actually quite boring. In addition to commanding my Horror Knights and Corpse Wizards to act on the periphery, most of my attention is on contacting Feiying and others, accurately grasping the deployment and distribution of the Blood Wizards. Combined with the intelligence reconnaissance by Qingwu Feiyang and others, I analyzed the possible location of Dada Benon and prepared to lead the Horror Land Dragon Knights and Wing Dragon Knights to launch a surprise attack.
After more than ten hours of tug-of-war, constantly "startling the enemy", and attacking and testing, I finally determined the possible hiding place of Dada Benon. Although I haven't found the Blood Emperor's eye-catching figure, the blood witches in this area are rarely mobilized, and they are the calmest group. They are also of high level, and there are quite a few who look like the elite blood witches of the lower level of level 7 that I have fought before. After exchanging opinions with Qingwu Feiyang and combining the relevant information I learned from Temur, I finally decided to launch a surprise attack on that area, gamble on my luck, and kill as few blood witches as possible - if I force my way in with absolute force like Qiu Shui Changtian and Tianxing, it will be time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the benefits after the war will not be too great.
After designing the attack route, Khufu led the way, leading Dizang, Gonzalez, Silando, Hader and five thousand terrifying dragon knights, and rushed into the blood witch's territory, rushing towards the possible habitat of Dada Benon. I rode on Taotao's back, and flew to the sky above that area with Qitlei, Guben, the blood bat couple and a hundred terrifying dragon knights, looking for an opportunity to launch a surprise attack.
With Khufu's strength, unless dozens or hundreds of blood witches concentrated their attacks on him, scattered magic damage would not have much effect on him. Once he rushed into the blood witch group, he would be like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, unstoppable. Under the fire bone staff, anyone who touched it would die, and anyone who was scratched would be injured. There was no one who could stand up to it. Dizang, Gonzalez and the others also worked very hard, commanding the terrifying earth dragon knights to advance quickly, breaking through several lines of defense, and getting closer and closer to Dada Benon.
What? Seeing that the situation was very good and everything was going according to plan, I suddenly received a message from Qingwu Feiyang through the "Witch Crown" - the sentries she arranged on the periphery discovered a large number of blood witches, and the estimated number was at least no less than 10,000. They were rushing towards Dada Benon's territory quickly and were expected to arrive here soon.
What's going on? Temur's territory was surrounded by me, and it's impossible for his men to sneak out quietly. It's definitely not friendly forces coming. Could it be reinforcements from Dadabenon? After Douglas's fall, it has climbed up to another ally? I hurriedly asked Qingwu Feiyang for details. Judging from the body shapes of the blood witches coming to help, they are relatively average, without weak individuals, and even found a small formation that looks very much like an elite blood witch. The only conclusion drawn from the analysis is that the most likely coming is another blood witch force supporting Dadabenon.
It is true that man's plans are not as good as God's plans. Just when success was in sight, something happened to disrupt the situation. Therefore, the attack was only on the territory of the Blood Witch, and the focus of reconnaissance was placed on the interior. We did not expect that a third party would intervene, and we did not pay much attention to the vigilance of the surrounding areas. The number of 10,000 Blood Witches is not too large, but it was discovered too late, and there was no time to adjust the deployment and "keep the enemy out of the country." What's more troublesome is that once Dada Benon senses the danger of destruction, if he is a little less courageous and abandons his territory and takes his men to "surrender" to other royal families, it will be easy for him to be surrounded by the additional 10,000 Blood Witches. If I miss this opportunity, I will not be able to achieve my goal of "seeking to usurp the throne" - according to Temur's introduction, in order to maintain the small population and better reproduce, the different populations of the Blood Witch Clan can choose to "merge" for the sake of survival. After the crisis, we can separate them. No wonder Dadabenon was so patient. It was obvious that it had been surrounded. We had been putting pressure on it continuously, but it had not shown up yet. The Guards had not been mobilized at all. After nearly twenty hours, we had only guessed its approximate location. We could only wait for the opportunity and could not launch a surprise attack.
The reinforcements will arrive soon. Most of the blood witches are fighting on their own. At most, there should be only 10,000 blood witches responsible for protecting Dadabenon. Regardless of whether the reinforcements are led by another blood witch royal family, it means at least 10,000 more blood witches will be protecting Dadabenon. Not to mention whether we can find the exact location of Dadabenon, even if we find it, can we seize the opportunity to successfully kill it? Once the raid is blocked and the goal cannot be achieved smoothly, Taotao and I, who have the ability to fly, will be able to escape easily, but it will be very dangerous for Khufu and others who are alone in the long-distance raid. Not all of them may be able to break out. If it turns into a bloody battle, it will go against my original intention.
However, I was unwilling to give up. On the one hand, such a large-scale operation ended in disgrace. I didn't want to be laughed at by Qiu Shui Chang Tian and Tian Xing. On the other hand, there were still many things waiting for me to solve in both the human world and the "Dead Soul Space". Giving up the action would be a waste of the previous period of time. Time is running out and there is no time to delay. After weighing the pros and cons, I gritted my teeth and asked Qing Wu Fei Yang to notify the undead wizards guarding the periphery to open the passage and not to block it, so as to avoid excessive damage and let the reinforcements enter Dada Benon's territory smoothly. It is estimated that Dada Benon may take action at that time. As long as I find its traces before the reinforcements meet up, I will immediately launch a surprise attack. If I can kill it in a short time and succeed the position of the Blood Emperor in time, the situation will be under my control again.
