Chapter 179: Battle to Seize the City (I)
Charlie Rex's declaration of war was delivered to the Bartles family's house two days ago (from another world).
In addition to formally launching a territorial war against the Bartles family, which owned the Innade territory, this declaration of war also included an additional piece of advice:
If the Bartles family is willing to surrender and peacefully hand over the territory of Innadri, then Charles Rex can guarantee that after Adela III abdicates, he will give the Bartles family enough time to sell their real estate and move away from Innadri with dignity. He only requires that the Bartles family never return.
Adela III slammed the table in anger at the time - what's the difference between this and exile in disguise!
Giving him time to sell his property but not promising to protect it from being infringed is tantamount to asking Adela III to stand still and wait for others to rob him!
This condition was unacceptable to the Third. The angry Viscount Bartles urged his butler Gould to transfer the property as soon as possible, and at the same time he urgently summoned the nobles in the city and asked each family to send out their private soldiers to resist the foreign enemies.
The nobles exchanged glances and did not resist the Third King's final order. Even Viscount Darcy, who was in two minds, called back the private soldiers stationed in his own manor...
The nobles, each with their own selfish ambitions, would certainly be unwilling to fight for the Bartles family, but they also knew very well that if they did not fully demonstrate their strength and make the ambitious illegitimate son fearful during the process of Charles Rex taking over Innadri, then it would be very troublesome for them to get along with the new lord in the future - this was an unscrupulous fellow who even dared to detain the earl's nephew for ransom. If he thought that the gentlemen were weak and could be bullied, who knew to what extent this disgraceful illegitimate son would be rampant.
After two days of intensive preparation by the local nobles of Innadri, Westram's undead army arrived as expected.
Wednesday, December 4, 7 p.m. Earth time.
After running like crazy for an hour and a half (game time)... after a long journey, the players who had long been separated from the NPC group saw from afar the towering West Gate of Innadli and the tall city walls on both sides that seemed to have no end.
"Oh my god! I didn't have a chance to see it last time I came here. It turns out that Innadeli City is so awesome?" Jialuo, who logged on at 5:30 just in time for the advance mission on the battlefield, was so excited that she grabbed a friend nearby and shook him vigorously, "Look, look, what a spectacular city wall!"
"I know, I know. I saw it, I saw it—" Tang Jia helplessly slapped away Jia Luo's claws, "Calm down, okay? I've seen the Iron Castle in the Monster Battlefield so many times, and I've never seen you so excited."
"It's different. The Iron Castle in Monster Battlegrounds is just a texture. This big city is in the main world of the game and you can go in and have a look!" Jialuo said excitedly. "Westham already has a lot of NPCs and streets. I don't know what a real main city looks like. Hey, do you think this game will replicate real cities like Assassin's Creed? The city walls are so large, I think it's very likely!"
When entering the city of Innadri to do the "Westham Financial Crisis" mission, in order to avoid exposing their identities, players had to act stealthily. Players like Miaobishenghua, who had makeup skill points, could at least take a quick look at one or two street scenes, but players like Gala, who didn't know how to put on makeup, had to squat in the sewer the whole time... It's a bit miserable to say.
"Then we went into the city and saw Renmin Road on this side and Zhongshan Road on the other side. After walking a few steps, we could see Bishuiyuan Community, Wanda Plaza and so on." Enbuteng told a cold joke in all seriousness.
"I'm still in Guangzhou Lane, Nanjing Road!" Miaobishenghua was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. "It's a Western fantasy game after all, can't you give the game setting some dignity?"
"I'm only considering one question." Qin Guan said with a sharp gaze, "After we take down this main city, will the city lord be allowed to be a player?"
The players in the advance mission group immediately made strange noises of "hmm" and "uh", and looked intently at the Western fantasy-style city that looked particularly spectacular from afar.
"It would be awesome if I could become the lord of such a big main city. How much land could I approve?" a player said excitedly.
"Boss Ouyou opened a store in Westham and made a lot of money from NPCs. If he could get some land in this city, wouldn't he make a fortune?" said a player excitedly.
"I feel that it's unlikely." Miaobishenghua said, "Forget about Westram and Exile Town. It's unlikely that such a big city would allow a player to become the Supreme Archon."
Entropy thought about it and nodded in agreement: "I think so too. This game seems to have a hidden setting that the more NPCs there are, the lower the degree of freedom. Although they are both player mayors, the authority of Mayor Westram is much smaller than that of Mayor Exile Town."
Hearing that entropy does not increase, the heavy players in the advance group looked at the mayor of Exile Town, Lahong, who was in the group, with resentment...
In the second round of player mayor competition that just ended, Ji Tang gained a huge amount of territory reputation for governing Westram and topped the player reputation rankings released on the official website.
Brother Lahong, the player mayor of the Exile Town, did not manage his territory much and wasted the whole time, but he accumulated a lot of materials by monopolizing the wild monster spawning teleportation point (residential land applied for by players can have a teleportation function), leaving Qin Guan and the rich new players who were trying to compete behind.
Lahong smiled and said shamelessly, "Brothers, if anyone is willing to play with us, our door is always open. We sincerely welcome new blood to join us. Once you come, we will arrange a fixed team for you. You can kill as many wild monsters in the depths of the Tarantan Wasteland as you want!"
Qin Guan rolled his eyes at him… He had the nerve to promote this disgusting practice of not allowing land approval without a blood alliance!
Ever since Brother Lahong discovered the benefits of being the mayor of Exile Town, he has never cared whether his method of using the land approval authority to lure people into the Blood Alliance would attract criticism - the bug that players with friendly reputation with the Undead Chamber of Commerce can obtain outdoor teleportation points by applying for residential/commercial land was originally discovered by their people, so what if he wants to monopolize the market?
The system is set up so that the land that the mayor of Exile Town can approve includes wild land with wild monsters. If you don’t agree, go and criticize the planner!
While chatting, the group of players arrived at the west gate of Innadri.
Today is not a market day, and it is noon when the sun is at its brightest, so the area around the West City Gate is rather deserted.
But no matter how deserted it is, there are still people coming and going.
The citizens who were carrying corn and wheat out of the city to find the mobile mill and the soldiers on duty at the city gate saw a large group of undead coming from the other side of the road from afar, and they all stopped where they were.
The Innadri territory is located in the southwestern part of the continent. The winter is short and comes late. The temperature does not start to drop until December. Although it is late autumn now, the sun is still very big and dazzling during the day.
Under the bright autumn sun, a large group of undead are running towards them... This scene is indeed a bit unrealistic.
The city gate officer who was sitting under the city gate to enjoy the cool air rubbed his eyes hard, then focused his attention and looked over again.
The undead were moving very fast, as fast as horses. In just a few blinks of an eye, the city gate officer could see the undead clicking their chins in excitement.
“It’s the undead aa ...
Some citizens who came to their senses screamed and turned to flee into the city.
Someone moved, and the others woke up as if from a dream. They cried out "Oh my God" in panic and turned around and ran away.
"Close the city gate! Close the city gate quickly!" The city gate officer jumped up as if his butt was on fire and yelled at the top of his lungs.
When the players saw the NPC was about to close the city gate, they ran faster.
"Damn, why react so strongly?"
"Hurry and see if you can rush into the city!"
"Don't close the door! We are good people!"
Fortunately, the soldiers at the city gate were well-trained and the noose had been lowered before the undead ran to the city gate . The heavy city gate, wrapped with several layers of iron sheets, blocked the doorway tightly.
"You're too stingy. You can't even let me go in and take a look!" Sister Jialuo was so angry that she kicked the city gate.
"Forget it, let's go in after we finish this battle." Yang Ying said disappointedly, "I thought I could take a look at what's inside before the battle starts. Last time I came, I didn't have a chance to see the scenery. I was just squatting in the waterway to kill monsters."
"Then we can only wait for those turtle NPCs to come over? That's too boring." Qin Guan was very unhappy.
"Or we can commit suicide and go back to play something else, and then you can pull us over when all the NPCs are here?" He said teasingly.
"I won't do that. Just leave me here waiting like a fool?" Qin Guan refused on the spot.
"Forget it, I'll just wait here with Vanilla." Miaobishenghua said, "Anyway, as long as you're online, you'll get time rewards, so it's not a loss."
"What do you mean by waiting with me? Everyone has to wait anyway!" Qin Guan said angrily.
A group of players muttered as they walked away from the city gate, wandering aimlessly to the empty mule and horse market square nearby.
"Why isn't there even a friendly NPC around here? At least give me a brick-moving task to kill time." Qin Guan looked around and didn't see even a ghost, which made him even more unhappy.
"This is enemy territory. How can friendly NPCs in enemy territory give you tasks?" Brother Lahong habitually stabbed Qin Guan.
Qin Guan didn't bother to pay attention to him and turned his face away.
Turning his head, Qin Guan discovered that... on another loess road next to the road they came from, there were a dozen NPCs on horseback heading towards the city gate.
As an old player, Qin Guan immediately used the identification skill like a gamer.
"Yellow name." After glancing at the words "Citizen of Innadeli City" that were identified, Qin Guan withdrew his gaze in boredom... Red names can be robbed, green names can be given tasks, and yellow-named NPCs are worthless.
When the group of horsemen got closer, they saw the group of undead squatting in the Mule and Horse Market Square. They were horrified and turned their horses around in panic.
Their running actually attracted the players' attention.
"Hey, why are those Huang Ming guys running away when they see us?"
"I'm afraid it's not an enemy?"
"Go, go, go, catch up and see!"
The players who were not too happy to wait around quickly reached a consensus and jumped up one after another...
