Nicholas and Bai Xiaowen had a showdown in order to dispel Bai Xiaowen's concerns and obtain more details.
Bai Xiaowen could reveal more details now that he no longer had to hide his identity as a visitor from another world.
The two of them discussed for a long time.
Finally, Nicholas said:
"I agree with your 'umbrella' plan in principle. However, now is not the time to start it … "
Bai Xiaowen nodded in understanding. For example, Archbishop Arlo was an existence that even Nicholas had to respect. His firm opposition would definitely attract a large number of people to stand on his side.
Nicholas also had to consider his own future and could not be stubborn.
However, Nicholas allowed Bai Xiaowen to act at his discretion. Under Bai Xiaowen's request, he even issued a special warrant.
"All activities undertaken by the holder of this warrant are related to the survival of the human race. For this reason, he is allowed to act at will in any situation. No one is allowed to interfere, and the holder must try his best to provide convenience. Nicholas Cain, November 29, 1021. "
Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi bid farewell and left.
When Bai Xiaowen reached the entrance of the Lord's Mansion in Black Rock City, he realized that a group of people was already waiting there.
"Dior, how did it go? How did His Royal Highness react? " Cecilia did not attend the high-level military meeting this time. However, she had heard from others that "Baron Dior" had proposed a crazy plan. Even the usually kind Archbishop Arlo had expressed his opposition, which was rare.
"The outcome is the same as what was discussed in the meeting. We will put it on hold for now," Bai Xiaowen said.
"Then, what is the plan like?" Cecilia's eyes sparkled with curiosity. Even the usually cold and aloof White Rose could not hide her feminine nature in front of her lover.
Bai Xiaowen looked around and saw that many people were waiting anxiously.
"This is not the place to talk."
Bai Xiaowen led Cecilia and Li Shuyi back to their residence under the silent criticism of the crowd. He then passed the folded parchment proposal to Cecilia.
While Cecilia was reading the plan, Bai Xiaowen had already summoned Keats back to her.
With a bang, a disheveled Kitts appeared in the room. He was only wearing a pair of large underpants, revealing his rough chest muscles …
"What happened?" Kitts looked around with a bewildered expression. Just a second ago, he had been lying on the bed, enjoying the aftertaste of pleasure. The next second, he had been locked in the little black room, and in the third second, he had appeared in front of his boss. This made Kitts a bit stupefied.
"I was the one who summoned you back," Bai Xiaowen explained briefly.
"… Boss, can you use a gentler method next time?" Kitts said with a bitter face.
"I don't have the patience to visit all the brothels in Black Rock City …" Bai Xiaowen waved his hand and said, "Keats, I have a mission for you. Take this secret order and set out tonight to Red Leaf Hill … "
Keats' work attitude was clearly much more enthusiastic than Zombie Doctor's, and he wasn't annoyed that his sleep had been interrupted. After Bai Xiaowen told him the contents of the mission, he patted his chest and promised to complete it, then went to catch up on his sleep.
It was daytime now, and as a vampire, Keats had all his attributes reduced by 20%. Moreover, although Black Rock City wasn't surrounded, there should be enemy scouts nearby. It would be safer to leave at night, as the night was the vampire Keats' home field.
At this moment, Cecilia had already finished reading the plan. She was usually calm and rarely surprised, but now her face was full of shock.
"Dior, you … is everything written here true?"
"This is only the rough outline 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, as long as there's a glimmer of hope, I won't start this damned plan." Bai Xiaowen could only reiterate.
"Although this is a very extreme plan, I'm willing to believe you, Dior." Cecilia understood how much resistance there was against this plan in Black Rock City, but she made her stance clear.
The effect of a good friend's affection and a love interest's affection was truly impressive.
"Cecilia, if I wasn't a lord, or even a person of this continent or plane of existence, what would you think of me?"
Bai Xiaowen remembered the problem of his identity. Since Prince Nicholas could see through it, then it was probably only a matter of time before others found out that he was a visitor from another plane.
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. After a slight shock, she recovered her smile and said, "Dior, I love you now, and it has nothing to do with your identity or origin."
Cecilia's two arms circled Bai Xiaowen's neck, and her warm lips pressed against Bai Xiaowen's.
In fact, when Cecilia and Bai Xiaowen danced, she felt a trace of doubt. Bai Xiaowen almost didn't know how to dance at all, and it was quite inconsistent with the rumored image of the Lord of White Stone Town, Baron Dior, as a playboy …
"Ahem!" Li Shuyi coughed.
Bai Xiaowen recovered from his shock and quickly let go of Cecilia's waist. He laughed awkwardly and said, "I don't know when the next attack of the remnant people will start. I still have some areas to improve on in this plan. Cecilia, I need your help. "
"Just say the word," Cecilia said.
… …
After the war, the Human Alliance Army tried to send troops out to repair the arrow towers.
The remnant army spent a lot of money to destroy all the arrow towers on the periphery. Of course, it was impossible for them to sit back and watch the Human Alliance Army repair them.
In the next two days, although there were no large-scale sieges, the small-scale battles were quite intense. In the end, under the interference of the remnant army, the Human Alliance Army only repaired a few arrow towers near the city gate, and the plan to reorganize the defense system fell through.
On the seventh day of the defensive battle of Black Rock Fortress.
In the early morning, the alarm bell on the city tower rang rapidly, waking people up from their sleep.
"They … they're coming!"
"It's the Undead! Countless Undead! "
Climbing up the city tower, a group of high-level human officials looked from afar and were shocked.
Before seeing the Undead Army of Plague with their own eyes, it was difficult to imagine what an army of tens of thousands of Undead looked like.
Thousands of people filled the city and tens of thousands of people filled the field.
These slow-moving, expressionless Pestilence Undead Army filled the entire field.
"Woo woo woo …"
The horn sounded, and behind the army of the Undead of Pestilence, a team of elite survivors was fully armed and ready to attack the city.
"The enemy has entered the shooting range! Attack! "Count Denton shouted loudly.
The catapults on the city wall began to roar and throw stone shells. Groups of archers stood on the city wall and shot arrows like rain.
However, these catapults and arrows were like pebbles in front of the endless sea of Undead. They could not make any waves at all. After killing one or ten Undead Army of Plague, more Undead Army of Plague would fill their empty positions in the next moment.
"Archbishop Arlo! Can you cast the theurgy again … "Many nobles were desperate and cast a pleading look at Arlo.
Archbishop Arlo's face was pale and he shook his head slowly.
No matter how powerful Archbishop Arlo's forbidden spell was, it could not cover a battlefield with a diameter of several kilometers. According to Bai Xiaowen's understanding, a high-level spellcaster leader like him could play a decisive role in a small-scale battle. For example, on the first day.
Now, the Undead army had already surrounded the Blackrock Fortress and filled up the entire plain. Even Archbishop Arlo could not do anything about it.
"This is only the first batch," Bai Xiaowen said to Nicholas. "It will be too late to make a decision after Black Rock City is conquered."
Nicholas' face was stiff and no expression could be seen.
Li Shuyi tugged at Bai Xiaowen's sleeve and pulled him aside. He asked softly, "What if Nicholas does not agree in the end?"
Bai Xiaowen replied softly, "I will start directly before the city is conquered."
Bai Xiaowen would not place all his hopes on the natives of the Spiritual Realm. To him, the main mission 'Flames of War in Black Rock City' had to be completed. This was the prerequisite for all the rewards in the second stage.
The reason why he had to get Nicholas' approval was simple. Bai Xiaowen hoped that Nicholas would take the blame for him. This blame was too big and Bai Xiaowen's head was too small.
Against the dense rain of arrows, the Undead Army of Plague charged to the bottom of the city wall.
The way they attacked the city wall was very willful. The Undead Army of Plague that charged to the front would lie down at the bottom of the city wall. The ones behind would also lie down and use their bodies to form a mound of the dead!
On the city wall, Archbishop Arlo and the rest were not unprepared. They used diluted holy water instead of boiling oil and poured it down. Bai Xiaowen's eyes twitched as he saw this. These were all shining white merit points!
The diluted holy water was indeed effective against the Undead. It was highly corrosive. Large patches of the Undead Army of Plague's dead white skin started to fester. Their health points dropped rapidly as they died.
However, under the control of the Lord of Pestilence, the Spirits of Pestilence were fearless and had lost their sense of pain. Regardless of whether boiling oil or holy water was poured over their heads, they remained unmoved. They faithfully carried out the Lord of Pestilence's orders and used their bodies to level the height of the city walls.
"We can't let them charge over! Charge! "
The gates of the Black Rock Fortress opened. Count Denton and the other powerful warriors led the army in an attempt to break through the Undead Army of Plague's defensive line.
The individual combat power of these Undead Army of Plague was actually very weak. They were basically beginner level.
Count Denton led the Imperial Army's cavalry. Wherever they went, the Undead Army of Plague would fall like wheat being harvested.
However, this was of no use. For every Undead Army of Plague that died, more Undead Army of Plague would rush forward to fill the position. As for Count Denton's cavalry, if one of them was pulled down from his horse, he would be surrounded and beaten up. There was no chance of survival.
Although a few charges had killed a large number of Undead Army of Plague, it was meaningless to the overall battle situation.
The bodies of the Undead Army of Plague, regardless of whether they were dead or alive, were used as cushions at the foot of the city wall.
Behind them, the orcs' Wolf Riders and the trolls' Velociraptor Hunters were already in formation. Once the Undead Army of Plague was level with the city wall, with the agility and speed of these elites, they could ignore the city wall and charge directly into Black Rock Fortress!
"Your Highness, let's abandon the fortress!" The chief of staff and the magic consultant advised.
Nicholas glanced at Archbishop Arlo. The latter shook his head at him expressionlessly.
"… Dior! Plan Umbrella, activate now! "Nicholas' expression suddenly became cold and gloomy. He gritted his teeth and roared.
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Bai Xiaowen had been waiting for this moment. He waved his hand and said, "City Defense Army, fall back. Whitestone Army, spray the 'Ultimate Plague Bane' …"
The City Defense Army, who had been shooting arrows and pouring oil on top of the city wall, all fell back and made way for them with Prince Nicholas' approval. The Whitestone Army soldiers, who had been preparing for a long time, appeared with large wooden buckets on their backs and water pipes in their hands.
"Ultimate Plague Bane?"
The human nobles were surprised. They had heard that the scholars under Bai Xiaowen had developed a series of Plague Bane drugs. The reason why Black Rock Fortress was able to completely eradicate the Undead Plague virus was all thanks to Bai Xiaowen's Beginner, Advanced and Super Plague Bane drugs.
However, they had never heard of the Ultimate Plague Bane before.
Could it be that Bai Xiaowen's "Plan Umbrella" was to cure these Undead Army of Plague? Weren't the Plague Bane drugs only effective on humans who had yet to turn into Undead?
With doubts in their minds, the crowd watched as the Whitestone Army soldiers aimed the water pipes at the Undead Army of Plague below and sprayed out streams of pale white liquid.
The pale white liquid quickly seeped into the bodies of the Undead Army of Plague.
"It doesn't seem … to have any special effects." The crowd observed carefully, and someone cautiously commented.
"Roar!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a beast-like roar came from below the city wall.
The Undead Army of Plague that had fallen suddenly stood up again! Even the Undead Army of Plague that had died because their Health Points had been depleted were no exception.
These beast-like, meaningless roars came from the Undead Army of Plague that had stood up again.
Compared to before, their bodies had not changed much, but their movements had become much stiffer. An unknown liquid flowed from the corners of their mouths, making them look even more disgusting.
Cries of surprise rang out from the city wall. One of the Undead Army of Plague that had stood up turned around and pounced on its former comrade. Before the comrade could react, the Undead Army of Plague bit down viciously!
The same action happened to the other Undead Army of Plague that had stood up again.
"Prepare the catapults!" Bai Xiaowen waved his hand and gave the order. The catapults were equipped with specially made wooden buckets to replace the stone bullets. With a whoosh, they were thrown into the sea of Undead Army of Plague in the distance.
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