Zhan Long

Chapter 1226: Ambush

“Be careful of the sky!”

Fang Ge Que shouted in the crowd and the Legend cavalries lowered their heads. Their bodies also sunk down below their shield line. Numerous scavengers and Two-winged Demons dove down and the players dodged them. However, the NPCs failed and a few hundred Earth Ocean Army troops were beheaded. Fresh blood splattered and mixed with the snow.

Cannons continued to fire but the Hybrid Demon Army seemed endless. After the Shura Cavalries were killed, a bunch of Barbarian Wolf Cavalryman arrived. They charged at the players beneath the city walls. Fewer and fewer players were left and after four hours, only 20% were left. Many guilds started to retreat, they climbed the ladders up the walls.

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“Kacha!”

His sword was stabbed into the stomach of a Barbarian Wolf Cavalryman and Yan Zhao Warrior used Fire God Blade to insta kill that Barbarian Wolf Cavalryman. He looked around and saw that the corpses of Prague players had stacked up high. His eyes were red. Not only because of Prague’s losses, Changfeng Army suffered heavy losses too. After Baili Ning died, their losses were over half.

“Uncle retreat!” Yue Qing Qian led a bunch of Zhan Long players to assist.

Yan Zhao Warrior held his sword, his eyes were filled with rage and unwillingness, “Retreat!”

The moment Prague retreated, Legend, Hero Mound, Vanguard, Judgement etc guilds retreated too. The players under the city walls not only had to face the ground attacks, there were also the Two-winged Demons and Thousand Hand Monsters. This felt really bad. That wasn’t the main reason we were retreating, a giant body had appeared in the distance. The beast Sett was here once more!

“Brother Xiao Yao, what about us?” Wang Jian rode the horse and circled above as he asked.

I caught my boomerang blade and returned Gan Jiang to its sheath, “Retreat. All retreat, enter Dragon City!”

The last bit of troops we had beneath the walls retreated. Thousands of ladders led to Dragon City. Once we left, those ladders were broken. We couldn’t leave them for the Hybrid Demons or their attacks would be much simpler.

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“Pa ta…”

It landed nicely between Zhan Long and the Royal Army camp. Old K, One Second Hero, Death God’s Elegy etc looked like they were scooped out from a pool of blood. Xue Rou killed more than them but she was really skilled. Even when fighting she would move around so she didn’t have much blood on her. The white robe on her was still quite white.

“There are so many Hybrid Demons!” Xue Rou held her bloodstained Energy Returning Sword and sighed, “The Hybrid Demon Territory really went all out!”

Dancing Forest said, “Right, why can’t we finish them!”

The cannons continued to fire. Dragon City maintained a firepower suppression or the Hybrid Demons would have attacked already. Apart from that, the fire from Blade Mountain was huge too. Fortunately, we had their assistance or Dragon City wouldn’t be safe until now. Frost looked over and smiled at me. She was grateful that I had placed the Royal Army here to assist Dragon City.

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“Reassemble the lines and prepare for their attacks!” Q-Sword rode his horse around. Hero Mound was in charge of 50 meters of defence.

It wasn’t much but Q-Sword was really solemn and was arranging his defenses seriously. Fang Ge Que, Ye Lai, Mu Xuan, Misty Clouds etc were doing the same thing. No one dared to be too careless. The Hybrid Demon’s attacks were too fierce. We definitely couldn’t let Dragon City be destroyed or things would be over!

Slightly further from the city, Changfeng Army’s soldiers were resting. Uncle Yan Zhao stood there with his sword. When I walked over, a Changfeng Army Major cupped his fists and said respectfully, “The Executor you are here!”

I looked at him and nodded, “It has been tough.”

“I just want to win the Hybrid Demons, if I die I won’t have any regrets!”

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“Okay…”

Yan Zhao Warrior looked at me and his eyes were solemn, “Too tough, Changfeng Army had 12 majors and only 4 remain. Among them is me!”

I nodded and I looked at all the Lieutenants and Majors, “Now I appoint him as your general, he will arrange the troops and prepare to fight. Send the injured back to Tian Ling City to heal up and leave the battlefield.”

“Yes!” Everyone nodded their heads.

Since it was a war, I had the power to select generals. This was the time to use this power. Yan Zhao Warrior smiled at me gratefully, “Thank you Xiao Yao!”

“No worries, prepare to fight!”

“En!”

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A dense Hybrid Demon Army appeared once more and this time they were even fiercer. The plains in the north were pretty much covered by Hellfire Skeletons, Spirit Umbrella Bugs, Spirit Flower Bugs, Lamp Zombies. These four hybrid demons were quite problematic. The Hellfire Skeletons were both physical and magic and once they got up the walls they would deal with terrifying attacks. The Spirit Umbrella Bugs would dig the ground and enter the rock surface to attack from below. The Spirit Flower Bugs rested on the umbrellas and Lamp Zombies and dealt lethal damage too. As for Lamp Zombies, they were slow but once they got close they would summon Spirit Flower Bugs and zombies to attack!

“There are at least a million, so dense.”

Ye Lai held his axe and stepped on the outlines of the wall, “It is so cold, damn it is so hard to live. Players are still okay but the NPCs are about to be frozen!”

I nodded.

I looked around. The 150 thousand in Dragon Territory were still okay, they had adapted to the cold weather. Moreover, Zhi Shu prepared thick clothing for them and their armor had a layer under to fend off the cold. However, the million from Tian Ling City weren’t so easy. The weather outside Dragon City was really cold. Including Royal Army, many soldiers were shivering. Many had fevers and fallen sick. NPCs and players were different and they would fall sick and die. They were different from us who had undying bodies.

I felt heavier and heavier. I knew that players could continue to fight here but NPCs couldn’t. At the start they could rely on their hot blood to fight and ignore the cold but the longer it lasted, they wouldn’t be able to hold on.

“Where is the logistics officer?” I shouted, “Tell him to come over!”

Yes!” A Royal Army messenger troop left.

Not long later, a general in Tian Ling City uniform rode over, “The Executor, why are you looking for me?”

I pointed at the people, “Dragon City is cold and they are wearing such thin armor. We can’t last long. Return to the empire and ask them for thick clothing. Ensure that everyone can fend off the cold.”

A frustrated look appeared on his face, “The Executor, the empire has gone through seven years of warm winter and the coldest weather is above 10 degrees, there isn’t much cold wear. Even if there is, there are no more than 100 thousand. The empire has 2 million troops, why would we have so many?”

“Ah?”

My heart felt cold and I looked into the distance, “Ship them all over and give those soldiers fighting. Order them to make more and make as many as they can. Apart from that, order the logistics team to make ginger soup for each meal and ensure that each soldier has a bowl. If not they probably won’t be able to hold on.”

“Yes sir, I will buy more ginger and clothing. I will try my best!”

“Go.”

I didn’t make things tough on him as that was useless.

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“The Hybrid Demons are attacking!” In the distance, a bunch of people was shouting.

I flew over and as expected, a bunch of Spirit Umbrella Bugs and Lamp Zombies was in position and they started to climb the mountain. Apart from that, Sett was getting close. He gave out a terrifying roar. Damn, was this thing really unkillable? Baili Ning’s curse had hit it once and I slashed in its stomach for a while and it was still not dead?

“We can’t let Sett get close…” Mu Xuan said, “If not things would be tough. Which one of us is Sett’s match?”

Yan Zhao Warrior smiled, “Damn! Hybrid Demons are getting more and more cunning. They actually sent Sett to be cannon fodder, they really aren’t holding back at all.”

Lin Wan Er smiled, “Sett has thick skinned and is dumb so they can just use him.”

Yue Qing Qian looked worried, “There are too many of them, Dragon Crystal Cannons can’t finish them off at all!”

“Right…”

I looked at the Dragon Crystal Cannons around and the barrels were all red. The cold didn’t let the barrels cool down quickly. On Blade Mountain, the firing speeds of the Royal Army cannons had slowed down. There were even explosions there. War Hawk Knights reported that one cannon was too hot and it exploded. A few cannon unit soldiers were killed in the explosion. What a worrying night.

Frost pulled out her sword and said, “Dragonriders prepare to fight! We have to kill Sett or Dragon City is finished.”

“Wait.”

I pressed Frost’s arm and said, “Not time yet.”

“What?” She looked at me in shock.

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I sucked in a deep breath and looked toward Jing Yin, “Jing Yin, send a message to Han Yuan, tell him to explode our ambush!”

Jing Yin naturally knew what that was and smiled, “Yes sir!”