It was an overwhelming victory for the players at the east gate.
Zephyrwolf proved with results that his thod was a successful one. Instead of sending players to their deaths, he conserved their numbers.
After firing the Mana Shockwave, almost every player headed out of the city through the passages, including over half of the ranged players. It was an all-or-nothing mont! Affected by the Mana Shockwave, the monsters had all turned into practice targets for the players. Under Zephyrwolfs command, they focused their attacks on the red-eyed monoeyes while ranged attacks poured down from the city walls.
Just when Zephyrwolf was slaughtering monsters left and right, the system announced that the west gate had been breached and they had now entered the final countdown.
Everyone paused their actions for a brief mont, and so even wanted to turn around and help out the west gate.
Zephyrwolf was the quickest to recover from the news. He imdiately yelled via the city-wide channel, All east gate players! Do not look back! Forwards, kill the monsters! If we dont take full advantage of the Mana Shockwaves effects, well be done for too!
At the sa ti, he sent a ssage to the private chat channel between the commanders. Sasaki, support the west gate. Hades, were at a critical mont too. I cant send any more reinforcents over.
Back at the west gate, Hades didnt have the leisure to care about Zephyrwolf right now. As soon as the gate broke, monsters flooded into the city and wreaked havoc everywhere. They also sward the players who were still affected by the slowness debuff.
Hades closed his eyes in despair. Dispatched by the unknown strategist, the blue monoeyes which he used to look down on turned out to be the most devastating ones among the monsters.
Their greatest mistake was to station almost all ranged players at the east gate. With the red monoeyes and ravons nullifying their attacks, they barely made any impact on the battlefield. If they had been stationed at the east gate, the wolves wouldnt even have the chance to close in on the city walls under the bombardnt of arrows and spells.
Interesting, truly interesting!
Several thousand kilotres away, Phantasma Violet was observing the west gate with almost feverish eyes. Under his command, the monsters had finally breached the west gate! His pupils radiated a purple glow as he peered into the city from afar, his gaze piercing through the city walls as though they werent there at all.
What Hades didnt know was that no matter how they distributed their troops, Phantasma Violet would still co up with a strategy to counter theirs. Precisely because he could see through walls, he had noticed that the west gate was short on ranged players from the start, which was why he ca up with a strategy centred around blue monoeyes.
The light barrier which shrouded him and Heller shuddered like ripples tearing through a calm lake. Phantasma Violet imdiately raised his arms to surrender and said, Calm down, this much isnt violating the rules, right? I rely took a peek and ca up with a strategy. I dont have much troops anyways, cant really bla if they cant handle that much, no?
The barrier wavered, seemingly deep in thought. The next mont, it disappeared.
Heller who stood behind its master let out a long sigh, though it was still visibly terrified. Phantasma Violet, on the other hand, only snickered without saying anything before giving new orders to the monsters which had breached the west gate.
Hades pulled out his dagger from the corpse of a blue monoeye.
He really wanted to kill the blue monoeye commander, but just like its red-eyed counterpart, several dozens of monoeyes gathered together to create a barrier, just that it had a different effectslowness.
No matter how strong Hades was, he was still fundantally a lee-oriented player. And with the barrier in place, he simply couldnt get close enough.
Its over Hades muttered dispiritedly. He had never expected them to fail on the fourth wave.
Dont give up just yet! A familiar voice could be heard in the chat room. Hades, back in War of the Daemons, do you simply surrender when in a tough spot?
At the sa ti, loud footsteps were coming from within the city. Players from the west instinctively turned to look, and countless silhouettes ca into sight.
A spear-wielding masked man led the way in hurried footsteps. Behind him, several hundreds of emotionless soldiers donned in shiny, silver armour and equipped with standard issue longswords marched forwards in a neat rectangular formation. It was a sight to beholdespecially when the soldiers all emanated an air of deadliness.
Drako Yau gave a simple order. Kill every monster.
The Yoda guardsn imdiately rushed ahead to mingle with the monsters in a deadly battle. Players at the west gate cheered upon receiving the unknown reinforcents; they could finally let out a sigh after so long, though it was just for a brief mont as they were still fighting against the clock. While the blue barrier still stood, it was starting to fall short against such great numbers, and so soldiers were already engaging monsters within the barrier.
It seed like the worst was now over, but only Drako Yau knew that their situation was still dire.
A while back in the Castellans residence, Drako Yau who was sitting opposite to the Castellan heard the systems voice. Castellans Deal.
The chubby Castellan said slowly in a soft tone, I can lend you so troops. As for their numbers, dont try to bargain. I can only send a force which is proportional to the enemy, and you will be the ones who are responsible for achieving victory. Think of my troops as reinforcents to pin the enemy down. Also, theyll vanish right away after the waves over.
The alluring proposition didnt get into Drako Yaus head. His ability to stay calm and composed was one of his best traits. The price I have to pay, what is it?
A deal was no deal at all if there was no price to pay after all. The Castellan chuckled and gave Drako Yau a smile, a sly one no less. The price you have to pay You will have to undertake a task for in the future, but I cant tell you the details right now. Rest assured, I wont ask for the impossible.
Before Drako Yau could feel relieved, the Castellan followed with another chuckle and said, Itll be nearly impossible at most.
Drako Yau staggered for a monthis first reaction was to refuse the deal. He still very much valued his own life. It was to the extent that if things were beyond saving, he would imdiately brute force his way out of the city and live to fight another day, just not in Yoda but sowhere else.
Yet, the faces of Zephyrwolf. Hades, Sasaki, Soulsmith, and other familiar players flashed through his mind. Since when was he no longer alone?
Drako Yau was a calm and rational person. At the sa ti, his sense of responsibility was almost overly high. If not, he wouldnt have taken the risk of personally leading his own ga developnt team. If not, he wouldnt have sold the fruit of his fathers lifeti in fear that his employees would suffer because of his blunder.
Responsibility. It was such an intangible thing which drove him on.
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