[Third update. Continue to throw in the scattered monthly votes. I'm going to prepare for the fourth update.]
Lonely Star City was filled with songs and dances, which didn't match the atmosphere of an army surrounding the city at all. There were only 200,000 soldiers in the city, but the number of undead had already exceeded 500,000. The strange design of Lonely Star City allowed the undead to shoulder the heavy responsibility of defending the city.
There were three tall fortresses with large amounts of equipment on them. They were densely packed, and there were no gaps in the defense. This city was built against a mountain, and there was only one wide wall on one side. If they wanted to attack it, they couldn't attack from both sides like they did in other cities.
The defense of the city was given to 500,000 undead, and there were more than 200 necromancers in this city. In reality, it was impossible to control all of them. However, in the center of the city, in front of an eight-story Magic Tower, stood a towering tree that was over a hundred meters tall. This tree emitted a gloomy and cold aura of the Undead. Its branches were dense, and what grew on them were not green leaves, but gray filaments that swayed in the wind.
Between the gray threads, bloodied undead could be seen from time to time. These were Ainphent's powerful summoned creatures.
Necromancers were different from Elementalists. At the Magic Shooter level, their combat power didn't increase quickly, but the power of their summoned creatures increased rapidly. Ainphent's undead plant and flesh undead formed a huge undead space that could continuously summon undead. It was almost like a giant summoning array between the Undead Plane and the Undead Plane. In this summoning array, there were also a large number of coordinates of the Undead Plane.
Undead plants were extremely rare. In the Undead Plane, even the Undead Lord might not be able to get them. The crown of this 100-meter-tall undead plant covered the Magic Tower. There was a huge face on the thick tree trunk.
On the ferocious face, the undead plant's mouth spat out items one after another. Some were materials from the Undead Plane, and some were simply low-level undead. At the same time, the undead plant was also spitting out undead energy. With the Magic Tower as the center, this undead energy spread into the sky and was attracted to the undead on the city wall.
These hundreds of thousands of undead relied on the undead energy spat out by the undead plant every day to survive.
However, Ainphent wasn't inside the Magic Tower. Behind Lonely Star City, in a valley embedded into the mountain, there was an Elementalist Magic Tower. This was a Magic Tower that Rex had built at the last minute. It was nine stories tall, and it could monitor the surrounding mountains. It was almost impossible for the Skocania people to enter from the air.
Ernie was now in Rex's Mage Tower. Rex had given Neris the letter to Ernie.
Ainphent took the letter and scanned it. "Metatlin City didn't send an army?"
"Yes, it's a battalion." Rex looked at Ainphent and said, "Although you are Salin's subordinate in name, I know that you are also Salin's friend."
Ainel laughed dryly and did not reply. He naturally knew what Salin had asked him to do.
Ainphent also felt that Salin's decision was correct. Always accommodating Holy Rock City wasn't a solution. With the current situation of the continent, Qin Yin was suddenly isolated, and Salin's plan had come true.
Qin Yinren thought highly of himself and was arrogant. Yun Liu and Scochenya were already unhappy with him. The only reason they were willing to wait until a few years into the war was because they were worried about the strength of Qin Yin's army and the power of Alchemy City. Now that Yun Liu's people tried to attack, Alchemy City took a tolerant attitude. This immediately made the Skocania people excited.
"Ainphent, bring Neris into the city." Rex's smile was deep. Ainphent was not confident.
"Your Highness, you …"
"Hey, Salin sent Neris. It's definitely not just a battalion. Bring her in first. Don't let the enemy think that this is a strong army. Understand?"
"What's the price?"
"No matter the price," Rex replied. Neris's letter contained a secret message between her and Salin. Ainphent could not understand it. Rex, however, knew that there were 24 level-nine warriors hidden in the army that Salin sent. These level-nine warriors might not be as strong as Zola, but the difference in rank didn't exist.
If he were to lead these 24 level-nine warriors, he would definitely be able to break through the encirclement easily. He could even use these level-nine warriors to kill a large number of the enemy. Even the strong among the enemy couldn't do anything.
Salin was asking himself what decision he should make. If he still cared about Holy Rock City, then he would use these 24 strong level-nine warriors to defeat the Skocania people. That way, the Tanggulas Empire would immediately pull back their army and wouldn't be able to find an opportunity to feint attacks on three fronts.
Ainphent shook his head helplessly and replied to Neris. Although there were many strong people in the army outside, they weren't strong enough to stop this kind of teleportation portal.
Neris's reply was even simpler. She only wrote one word: Okay.
Only then did Ainphent leave Rex's Magic Tower to make arrangements to bring Neris back. Nelis was in a fortress in the north of Lone Star City, more than 100 kilometers away from Lone Star City.
Neris looked at Ainphent's letter and smiled so widely that her eyes became slits.
She had a full battalion. There were 10,000 regular soldiers and more than 10,000 auxiliary soldiers. She carried a bunch of things in small carts for the garrison of this fortress. There was a level-seven Magic Shooter in her army. Plus her spatial equipment, she didn't need any logistics vehicles at all.
The 8,000 demons in the 10,000 regular soldiers were the real problem. Lone Star City could provide the supplies for the humans.
Ainphent, Ainphent really thought that he was here to make up the numbers. Although Salin didn't want him to reveal the power of 24 Desolate Warriors, how could he let go of such a good opportunity? 8,000 demons was enough to sweep through the enemy's camp.
"Get ready to go!" Neris gave the order to the Battalion General of the Temple of God. The Battalion General read Ainphent's letter and wanted to make arrangements, but Neris stopped him and whispered a few words in his ear. The Battalion General of the Temple of God nodded repeatedly.
As expected of the scariest demon by Her Highness' side. How cruel.
Night fell quickly. A dozen necromancers summoned 200 Undead Knights and 1,000 Skeleton Soldiers outside the fortress and began to release the Undead Mist. This Undead Mist was a very low-level magic that could be easily dispelled. Even strong winds couldn't stop it.
The Skocania people claimed to have a million soldiers, but in fact, the main force didn't even have that many. Including the auxiliary soldiers, there were less than a million. Lone Star City was built on a mountain. With so many soldiers, they were divided into three parts. The north side had to defend against the troops stationed in the fortress two hundred kilometers away, so they set up a sturdy camp.
Neris's 20,000 soldiers contracted their formation. In front of them, there were 1,000 Undead shrouded in the mist, approaching the camp.
The Skocania people weren't weak. In fact, they were much stronger than the Cloud Flow people. Although the quality of their army wasn't as good as Qin Yin, their fighting strength wasn't bad. When the huge Undead Mist was ten kilometers away, there were already mages appearing at the edge of the camp and setting up two lines of defense.
Because they didn't know how many soldiers there were in the mist, the Skocania people didn't move out in large numbers. Instead, they sent out a small mercenary group to probe.
This small mercenary group had more than 100 people. A few hundred meters away from the mist, they started to sprinkle caltrops on the ground. Then, they took out their crossbows and spread out.
Neris saw all of this, but she didn't care. The front line was full of Undead. These crossbows without magic could still damage the skeletons, but not the Undead Knights.
Neris simply waved her hand. Seeing Neris's gesture, the camp commander of the Temple of God's army immediately asked the soldiers to blow the horn. The army's movement speed suddenly doubled, and they charged towards the enemy's camp.
They were already three kilometers away from the camp. The camp couldn't see anything in the mist, and they didn't want the mages to take the risk. These 100 mercenaries were completely useless. In the blink of an eye, the 100 mercenaries were swallowed by the mist. The crossbows they shot only killed dozens of skeletons. Then, they were chopped to death by the Undead Knights and trampled into meat paste.
The catapults in the camp hadn't been assembled yet. They were used to attack cities. At this time, they could only rely on the camp's tall walls and the densely packed crossbows.
The army covered the distance of three kilometers in the blink of an eye. Countless crossbow bolts flew out from the camp, but most of them were blocked by the Undead Knights. After the Undead Knights, it was the demons. These demons were all wearing magic armor. Each of them was five meters tall and held heavy shields. When the crossbow bolts hit the shields, they were directly bounced off and injured a few demons by accident.
Seeing that the army shrouded in mist had rushed 500 meters away from the camp, the mages in the camp, under the protection of the soldiers, released Gale.
Dozens of mages released Gale at the same time. The strong airflow immediately blew away the mist, revealing the hundreds of Undead in front of them.
Suddenly, a mage in a white robe appeared in the camp. He unfolded a scroll, and a strong light illuminated the night sky. Before the skeleton soldiers in the front row could reach the camp, they had already disintegrated. Their soul fires were illuminated by the holy light and simply evaporated.
The Undead Knights also emitted smoke and fell off their horses. The commander in the camp laughed loudly. The alliance with the Holy See allowed them to also have mages, so they were not so afraid of the Undead Army. There were so many Undead in the city, but none dared to attack. These Undead Knights, at most twenty thousand at most, dared to attack their camp?
As the Gale continued, the demons in the back finally revealed their ferocious faces. Neris transformed into a demon and rushed up with her more than 30 meters long spear.
The soldiers in the camp were stunned. In the firelight and moonlight, a demon more than 20 meters tall led a group of ferocious monsters and rushed forward. The arrows hit their bodies, but they couldn't penetrate their thick armor.
The distance was too close. The Skochinya people didn't want the mages to take the risk. At this distance, the camp's defense was useless. Neris crossed the camp wall in one step and swept her spear horizontally. Three watchtowers were destroyed by her spear.
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