"Duke of Aquitaine!" Wensary shouted at Li Huailin with tears of blood in his eyes. "I, Wensary, the second prince of the Dwarf Empire, swear that I will make you pay!"
"Oh, you are the Dwarf Prince." Li Huailin nodded. "Thank you for your help."
"Thank you … for my help?" Wensary asked curiously.
"Of course. If you hadn't blocked so many people from behind, how could I have caught up with them?" Li Huailin spread out his hands and said, "Thanks to you, my mission is complete."
The first step of Li Huailin's Unsheathed Sword had just been completed, and the system notification had come in. Originally, the mission of slaughtering the previous cities was almost complete. After all, the first step was only 100,000 people. Now, it was the second step, and the massacre this time was almost 40% complete.
"My help? Wasn't this your evil plan all along? " Wensary immediately said. "To drive them into the city and consume our food, wasn't this your plan?"
"Yes, it was also part of the plan," Li Huailin said. "But I really didn't expect the dwarves to be so hard-hearted." Li Huailin said. "They knew that they would die if we caught up with them, but they didn't let them in …"
"If we let them in, our country will be destroyed …" Wensary said. "Isn't it all because of you, the executioner?"
"Oh?" Li Huailin smiled. "You mean, for the preservation of the country's political power, even sacrificing the lives of hundreds of thousands of people is worth it? What an interesting theory … "
"If the country's political power is gone, how can the people be protected?" Wensary immediately said.
"What irresponsible words." Li Huailin sighed. "You don't have any protection, do you? And I think … if a country can't even protect its people, what's the point of it existing? If it's destroyed, then so be it. "
Wensary suddenly froze when he heard this. He did not know why, but he could not refute what Li Huailin said. The existence of a country was to protect its people, and a country that could not protect its people should not exist. Logically speaking, there was no flaw in this sentence at all.
"Your Highness! Your Highness! "General Azca, who was next to him, shouted when he saw Vensary suddenly freeze up.
"Ah? What? " Wensary had not recovered from his shock, and his thoughts were elsewhere. He turned his head in a daze when he heard Wensary's voice.
"Your Highness, it's not the time to discuss this. Let's defeat them first," Aska said immediately after noticing Vensary's hesitation.
"General Aska …" Vensary still looked like he did not know what to do.
"Your Highness!" Aska immediately shouted.
But before they could finish their discussion, the undead and human troops on this side began to retreat. Li Huailin didn't intend to attack the city. He just wanted to see if he could take advantage of the chaos to break through the city gate. As a result, the city was very strong. Hundreds of thousands of mobs couldn't break through. Li Huailin didn't bring any siege weapons. Although the corpses of the dwarves had piled up like a mountain, they only reached half the height of the city wall. The ten meters above the city wall couldn't allow the soldiers to climb it with their hands, so they had no choice but to retreat.
After retreating for about ten miles, the allied troops began to set up a temporary camp. This place was not far from the city, and it was a dangerous place. However, Li Huailin believed that the other party would not attack them at night. Li Huailin hoped that they would attack the camp instead. It would be easier to fight that way, but it was obvious that the other party was waiting for reinforcements to arrive.
"Marshal, this is not going to be easy." McCann looked at the situation and said, "The city wall of Loggerland is indeed sturdy. Although the other party has one-sixth of our troops, it will be very difficult to take it down, especially in three days."
The second legion's current siege power was indeed weak. Although the engineering team could build siege weapons, they did not have the time to do so. The more complicated weapons, such as catapults and railings, could not be completed in three to four days. The only thing they could build was ladders. However, the city wall was so tall that it was even taller than the trees nearby. As a result, ladders had to be connected to each other in order to reach the top of the city wall.
The requirements for scaling ladders were a bit high. After all, when attacking a city, everyone climbed up in a row, not one after the other. Therefore, the longer the scaling ladder, the more soldiers climbed up at the same time. If two scaling ladders were connected, there would be a problem with their sturdiness. This caused even ordinary scaling ladders to take a lot of time to make.
"In any case, you're saying that no matter what we do, it will be very difficult for us to take this city in three days?" Li Huailin heard a lot from McCann. In any case, this was what he was getting at.
"Yes, Marshal. If the other party is determined to defend the city, three days should not be a problem," McCann said.
"Even if we can't go around it?" Li Huailin asked.
"Yes, Marshal. To the south is a mountainous area. Not to mention the fact that we have so many spoils of war with us, even if we don't, it will take us a few days to cross the mountains. If we get lost in the mountains, it will take even longer. After all, we don't have a map of that area," McCann said. "It's the same to the north. There are no roads to go through. That's why Loggerland is called the last fortress."
"That's so troublesome …" Li Huailin facepalmed. This was really a headache. "Oh, right."
"Marshal, you've thought of a way. So, we can still lure the enemy out?" McCann saw that Li Huailin seemed to have thought of a way and immediately said.
"Huh? No, I just remembered that I have a new skill. I'm going to try it out, "Li Huailin said.
"Huh?" McCann was stunned. "Marshal, how should we attack the city?"
"Uh, I haven't thought of that yet." Li Huailin said. "In that case, no matter what, let's build the siege weapons first. I'll think about it and see if I can think of anything."
"This … Yes, Marshal." McCann couldn't think of any good ideas either. As long as the other party refused to come out, there was nothing they could do. So, they could only listen to his orders.
Currently, the people in the barracks were busy building a temporary camp. Li Huailin found an empty space and prepared to try out his new skill. The reason why he found an empty space was because it was a skill from the Divine Sword, so he had to equip it when he used it. Li Huailin was afraid that he would burn the humans around him to death, so he chose a place close to the Undead.
System Notification: You have completed the S-rank Divine Artifact Quest: Deathbringer -1. Weapon leveled up. Divine Artifact Skill 2, Descent of the Black Beast unlocked.
System Notification: You have accepted the S-rank Divine Artifact Quest: Deathbringer -2.
Deathbringer -1: Kill 1000000 creatures. Current Completion Rate: 396771/1000000.
Quest Reward: Weapon leveled up. Divine Artifact Skill 2 unlocked.
The second stage of the quest required him to kill a million people. This made Li Huailin a little worried. It wasn't that he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to complete it this time. After all, he had to kill a million Dukes along the way. The problem was that the progression of the quest was a little off. The first quest only required 100,000 people, and the second quest required one million people. What about the third, fourth … Could it be that the fifth quest required him to kill every living thing on the continent except for the Undead?
Li Huailin decided to ignore this damning quest for now. Instead, he looked at Dim Light's Attributes. Based on his previous experience with Devouring God, not only would he gain a Godly Skill after unsealing it, but the weapon's Attributes would also change.
Death Sword — Dim Light (Legendary): Two-handed sword, Attack: 1460-1710, Strength + 33%, Agility + 9%, Constitution + 15%, Spirit + 12%, Attack Lifesteal 25%. After successfully hitting a target, it prevents the target from recovering their HP for 6 seconds.
Divine Artifact Skill 1: Undead Aura: All living targets within 120 yards of you lose 4% of their HP every second, and all their attributes decrease by 20%. Undead targets gain 4% of their HP every second, and all their attributes increase by 20%.
Divine Artifact Skill 2: Black Beast's Descent: Player dies immediately after use, and summons a black beast from within their body to fight. Lasts for 1 minute. Every living creature killed during battle increases the duration of the skill by 10 seconds. There is no upper limit for stacking. After the skill ends, player revives immediately and recovers all HP and MP. Instant Cast. Skill Consumption: All MP. Cooldown Time: 45 minutes.
Divine Artifact Skill 3: Locked.
Divine Artifact Skill 4: Locked.
Divine Artifact Skill 5: Locked.
Note: One of the six godly swords that were born at the beginning of the world. No one knows its origin, but everyone knows that wherever this sword appears, it will bring death to that place.
"Heh?" Just as Li Huailin had expected, the sword's Attributes had increased a lot. However, Li Huailin hadn't expected Undead Aura to have leveled up as well. Not only had its effective range doubled, but the rate at which it lost HP had also increased. The Undead's Attribute Points had also increased. Could it be that Undead Aura would become stronger every time it was unlocked?
"4% damage per second. In other words, even the strongest person can only last 25 seconds against me. As expected of a Divine Artifact sword," Shi Feng said. This thing was getting better and better. However, if it could directly burn him to death, it would be even more useful to Li Huailin. Unfortunately, it could only heal Li Huailin.
After looking at the other parts of Gloom's upgrade, the only thing left was this new skill. This gave Li Huailin a slight headache. Li Huailin couldn't quite understand the effect of this skill.
"Let's give it a try? It better not be a trap, "Li Huailin said.
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