Chapter 253 - 252: The Siege Begins

Chapter 253: Chapter 252: The Siege Begins

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After assigning tasks to his Undead Team and seeing that all pre-battle preparations were deployed, Gu Su finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had a simple meal, then walked into his quarters and collapsed onto his bed to sleep.

After all, the siege was set to begin in the dead of night, so Gu Su had to be well-rested to command with a clear head and respond to any unforeseen circumstances.

While Gu Su rested, his Undead Team showed no signs of letting up. Inside the Graveyard Demon, they were all working feverishly on the final preparations for battle.

The Skeleton Warriors gripped their rusted yet sharp Bone Swords, carefully honing the blades and reinforcing the joints of their Armor to ensure no equipment failures would occur in the heat of battle.

The Death Knights gathered around the stables, applying final upgrades to their mounts.

The Corpse Witches brought out the various poisons they had long since prepared, fashioning them into Poison Gas Bombs or other concoctions that they hung from their bodies.

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Every Undead participating in the upcoming battle received a share of bizarre ingredients. It was up to them to decide which Attributes they wanted to temporarily boost.

Meanwhile, Gu Su had long since dispatched dozens of White Crows. Like silent spies, they scattered throughout the forests, rooftops, and railway tracks surrounding the town. They meticulously monitored every detail of the vicinity, closely tracking movements within the town and the patrol team’s route to prevent any surprises and ensure the siege would be flawless.

The night deepened.

Time quietly slipped by to around two in the morning. A low rumble echoed from the small train station in Trebot Town as the patrol’s steam train slowly started up. It moved along the tracks, leaving the town to follow its designated patrol route.

The train’s speed wasn’t particularly fast. The rhythmic clatter of its wheels on the rails sounded exceptionally clear in the dead of night.

Around two-thirty, as the train gradually moved further away, its distance from the town surpassed thirty kilometers—the pre-calculated safety threshold. The Graveyard Demon also received a signal from Jin Chang and his team.

Almost at the same time, the crow on watch flew to the window of his quarters right on schedule and let out a low caw, waking the sleeping Gu Su.

Gu Su was instantly awake. Without a moment’s hesitation, he quickly got up and composed himself.

By the time he walked out of his quarters, the Graveyard Demon had already activated on its preset command. Its engine emitted a low hum as it silently sped along the predetermined route toward the southeast corner of the town.

To completely hide its approach and avoid detection by the town’s guards, Gu Su kept the Graveyard Demon’s lights off. He even forcibly suppressed the faint glow emanating from the Deceitful Tree inside.

Its entire colossal body moved like a Ghost in the dark night, weaving swiftly through the forest.

On the way, Gu Su didn’t send any of his Undead ahead to clear a path. Instead, he directly controlled the Graveyard Demon, relying on its massive body and formidable Defense Power to simply crush the trees and bushes in its way, minimizing noise as much as possible.

Just as the Graveyard Demon was about to approach the town’s outer wooden wall, Gu Su looked through the Graveyard Demon’s Watchtower and saw Jin Chang and his group in the distance, already in hiding and prepared for battle.

It was clear that Jin Chang and his team had received word of the patrol’s departure even before Gu Su. At this moment, they were all in a state of combat readiness, at full strength and poised for action.

The initial setup for Death Knight players and Undead Mage players was actually the same: at Level 1, they had no choice in their Skills.

At Level 1, an Undead Mage player’s Skill is fixed and cannot be chosen freely; their only option is the Soul Summoning Technique.

Similarly, the Skill that Death Knight players unlock at Level 1 is always the basic core Skill, "Death Contract Technique."

Leveling up this Skill is somewhat similar to the Soul Summoning Technique, and it’s considered the foundation for a Death Knight.

At Level 1, they can summon their own exclusive death mount, which is usually a skeletal warhorse, entirely pitch-black and covered in frost, possessing both speed and Defense Power.

At Level 2, players can typically choose to unlock either Undead Armor or Netherworld Weapons to further enhance their combat power.

As their Level continues to increase, they can later unlock even more powerful Skills, like creating a path of ice or summoning an army of Ghouls.

But no matter what Skills they unlocked or how much their combat power increased, the death mount was undoubtedly a Death Knight player’s most crucial asset in the early stages.

It wasn’t just a means of transportation, but also an important combat support.

At this moment, Jin Chang and the other Death Knight players were all mounted securely on their respective death mounts.

Although the few of them stood side-by-side in hiding, their mounts’ heads were turned in different directions. The Soul Fire in their eye sockets flickered faintly, locked grimly onto the various entrances to the town.

One glance was enough to tell that each of them had already locked onto their respective combat targets.

And beside Jin Chang and his team, the Undead Mage players under Xi Yue’s command had gathered vast undead forces around them, a densely packed and formidable host.

Within this undead force, one could even spot Bosses with square banners and Minions with triangular pennants. This showed that these were not players starting from scratch.

The forces they had on hand were perhaps even much stronger than Gu Su’s own Undead Team.

No wonder they only assigned Gu Su three tasks. With forces like theirs, many tasks wouldn’t actually be too difficult.

Gu Su didn’t dwell on this. He controlled the Graveyard Demon, steering it slowly toward Jin Chang’s group and bringing it to a steady halt.

He then climbed onto the Graveyard Demon’s rampart. From his high vantage point, he looked down on the troops waiting in formation and observed the situation in the town.

Jin Chang, noticing Gu Su’s gaze, raised a hand and gestured toward the time, signaling for him to wait a moment longer to ensure their timing was precise.

Time trickled by, second by second.

When the time quietly reached two forty-five, Jin Chang abruptly raised his hand and made the signal to charge.

Almost at the same instant, Gu Su gave the command. The Graveyard Demon instantly accelerated, its engine’s hum suddenly roaring to life. Like a Giant Beast roused from a long slumber, it charged toward the nearby Trebot Town with unstoppable momentum.

As the Graveyard Demon charged forward, the doors of the Deployment Pod on its underside opened simultaneously, spewing out a thick Black Fog.

Gu Su’s Five Ghosts Combat Team charged out at the same time.

Five off-road vehicles charged out in the lead, followed by two vans, heading straight for their predetermined positions.

Next, Gu Su’s Death Knights leaped down from the ramparts, following close behind the Black Fog.

Following them were massive packs of Bone Dogs and the Corpse Rat Swarm.

At that moment, the Graveyard Demon activated its maximum acceleration, smashing head-on into the wall on the southeast corner of the town!