Chapter 461 Heavyweight Mage Boss
More than 2,000 disarmed professional soldiers and non-commissioned officers of the Barnes Alliance, more than 6,000 auxiliary soldiers, more than 1,000 war horses, and a mercenary spellcaster who was captured due to exhaustion and voluntarily accepted detention by the undead were the results of the battle achieved by the undead army while Lowell was in a deep sleep.
This victory was truly brilliant... The number of prisoners neatly arranged (they were arranged very neatly because they had been auctioned) on the open space in front of the Shiga garrison camp directly shocked the four thousand defenders.
The garrison officer almost dislocated his jaw when he learned of this amazing victory result early in the morning.
Even the lich Enwei was refreshed by the glorious military exploits achieved by this group of warlike aliens overnight. He said to Lowell with great emotion: "No wonder Yang was so diligent in stirring up trouble all over the continent without feeling tired. Just look at his compatriots and you will know how much the alien world where Yang came from worships war."
Compared to the shock of others, the undead's old friend Lowell just said calmly, "It's basic operation , don't be crazy."
This is just the beginning - when the Undead Army was only 3,000 strong, they dared to challenge the Solari Cult to a battle!
When he began to recover the prisoners and the horses and equipment that the undead didn't want (couldn't use), Lowell was able to calmly comment: "We only captured two colonel-level sergeants, and most of the captured soldiers were auxiliary soldiers. It seems that the commander of the coalition forces is a decisive person and issued an evacuation order in a timely manner."
Envy nodded in agreement.
After being recruited by Yang, the lich also gained a deeper understanding of the battle record of the undead... These aliens are very keen on capturing senior enemy generals and important figures alive. If the commander of the coalition forces had not decided to withdraw and made corresponding arrangements in the early stage of the battle, it would have been impossible for him to escape unscathed.
He gave the Undead Coins to Joyce Andre, and asked him to pay the Undead according to the number of prisoners (Yang Qiu would settle the reputation himself). Lowell took Enwei to accept the most important prisoner of this battle - the mercenary spellcaster who readily admitted defeat after being defeated and accepted the detention and custody of the Undead.
When he met Lady Karina, the black magician was surrounded by a group of undead.
Compared to the other captives who were stripped down to their underwear, Ms. Karina looked much more respectable.
Her hair was still neatly tied at the back of her head, and the robe with the self-cleaning enchantment on it had not been taken away (Yang Qiu stopped the player's rude behavior in time). Her hands and feet were tied with cable ties, and she sat on the grass with an expressionless face.
As for the rest of her gear, they were not saved... When Lowell and Envy arrived, Karina's shoes enchanted with Swiftness (speed up movement) and Feather Magic (lightness), her dragon bone staff that could amplify magic (the same model as Yang Qiu's), and herself were being auctioned off passionately by a group of players.
That's right... The first captured Mage BOSS and the first two heavyweight magic equipment snatched from the Mage BOSS caused a collective frenzy among online players. In order to maximize the benefits, the Lahongge Blood Alliance and the Qinguan Blood Alliance, who organized this battlefield event, discussed and allowed the players in the group to collect gold (game coins) first, and then bid after everyone had collected enough money...
Brother Lowell listened to the undead's increasingly high bids and took off the azalea badge expressionlessly.
Before taking off the badge, Rowell heard one of the undead pointed at him and shouted very rudely : "Look! The pretty boy has come to see the wizard boss in person! The value of this boss is absolutely amazing, bosses, give some help!"
Lowell took a deep breath - he was the one they invited to help in the battle, and he was a great hero in this battle, so he couldn't be beaten!
Forcefully ignoring the undead, Brother Lowell politely placed his hand on his chest and bowed slightly: "Good day, ma'am."
The lich Enwei saluted just as politely.
"Good day, monk." Ms. Karina, who was unable to stand up, nodded slightly while sitting. When her eyes fell on Enwei, she paused for a moment before she said uncertainly, "Good day... Enwei?"
The lich, who was accustomed to quietly distorting others' perception of themselves, smiled faintly.
"The undead have no sense of etiquette and have offended you." Brother Lowell said apologetically.
"I just accepted the loss." Ms. Carina said generously, "Compared to how they treated Barnes's sergeant, these undead were not too rude to me."
Everyone else was stripped down to their underwear by the undead and lined up like pigs and sheep to be slaughtered and then ignored. Only she was still dressed neatly and was protected by a group of undead. As long as she didn't know that the large group of undead surrounding her were doing something as stupid as auctioning off her as a captive, she didn't feel embarrassed at all.
Brother Lowell would never bring up the auction of these undeads. He said politely, "The invasion of the Barnes coalition has brought a lot of trouble to Shijia. For the sake of our country's security, please forgive us for not releasing you easily."
"I understand." Ms. Karina was still very generous. "I received a commission from the commander of the coalition forces to fight for Barnes. Now that the battle is lost, I will repay you by covering your retreat. I owe you nothing."
If it weren't for Ms. Karina sacrificing herself to cover the retreat, and if there were not a large number of auxiliary soldiers in the camp to be captured, the undead would not give up chasing the commander so easily - the enemy commander has already been captured several times by players, so naturally the wizard BOSS who has never been captured is more attractive.
"But I have to make it clear in advance." Ms. Karina looked directly at Rowell and said calmly, "It was the Tarantan Undead who defeated me. I refuse to provide services to any individual or force that is not qualified to command the Tarantan Undead."
The spellcaster's pride would not allow Ms. Karina to accept Brother Lowell's handing her over to Grand Duke Shida or the Church of Prosperity - if Brother Lowell did so, Ms. Karina made it clear that she would not give up and escape.
Anyway, black magicians are very good at escaping... She is now willing to be tied up with cable ties made of unknown materials that can be easily melted by her black magic just because she is willing to accept defeat. If she wanted to leave, she would have torn open the space barrier and sneaked into some dimensional demon world.
Brother Lowell gave a complex smile with mixed feelings.
If it were him from the past, he would probably try every possible means to persuade this black magician to serve the Grand Duke.
"Then I... can only invite you to stay as a guest in my fiefdom, ma'am." Brother Lowell said apologetically.
"I'm happy to serve you." Ms. Karina bowed again while sitting.
Brother Lowell put on the badge again. He was one of the people who knew the undead best. Before officially taking over this lady, he had to go through an indispensable procedure with the undead.
At this time, the auction for the "heavyweight wizard BOSS who was visited by the pretty boy in person" has also entered a white-hot stage.
Amidst the bloody bidding battle among a group of blood alliance bosses, RMB warriors, and local tycoon bosses, someone finally broke through the siege and captured this BOSS that even a blind man would know how to make a lot of money by taking a picture.
The person who made the bid is a well-known super boss among the players - the ceiling of casual players, the king of the SOLO world, the god of life professions, the first check-in target for new players after entering the game, Boss Ouyang!
“Why does Mr. European Sturgeon have so much money?!” The RMB warriors and rich second-generation players who lost in the last bid all held their heads in their hands.
The orange cat boss who gave up the offer in advance said in surprise: "Don't you know? Boss Ou has a store in every main city, specializing in selling his own solo materials and the products produced by practicing life professions. He has more cash (game coins) than me. I shut up when I didn't see him make an offer."
"Holy shit?!" everyone was shocked.
Ouyang stood up silently and walked calmly between the wizard boss and Lowell.
The European sturgeon, who is extremely famous among the players, is actually equally famous among the NPCs... Lowell, who had been in Westham for two years, knew this undead who was the first to rent a store in Westham to do business and supply affordable beast jerky, herbs, furs, and alchemical potions to civilians.
"Thank you for your outstanding contribution to the Principality of Shiga, respected Undead Warrior."
Lowell was very friendly to this undead who not only never disturbed the people but also silently dedicated himself to the civilians. He smiled and granted a town in the Lowell family's viscountship to Ouyou, and added a lord title to it - anyway, the number of lords that the Lowell family could confer had never been filled, and that small town had always lacked a lord to govern it.
"What the hell!!" Brother Lahong, who is the leader of the largest blood alliance in the game and has only managed to get the position of mayor of Exile Town, expressed his envy and jealousy with this roar.
"Boss Beluga is awesome!" The orange cat boss who became the lord of the knight territory stood up and applauded.
Qin Guan, Give Me Medicine and Miaobishenghua, the three leaders of the closed beta test who got nothing, looked dazed.
"Is this the world of the big guys? If they don't make a move, it's fine, but once they do, they're so fierce." Yang Ying, a poor guy who didn't even have the qualifications to participate in the auction, said enviously.
Lowell didn't care how much uproar his reward caused among the players. He paid a reward equal to the status of the prisoner according to the procedure and took Ms. Karina away from the encirclement of the undead.
Next... Lowell once again issued a task to the players who had not yet dispersed to assist in escorting the prisoners, and took away the Guardian Cavalry Regiment and thousands of prisoners in broad daylight.
He had already figured it out. Since the Grand Duke and the Holy Land of Prosperity did not support his ideas and were secretly causing trouble for him, he would do it himself - these prisoners could be used, so he would not leave them to others.
The news that the Barnes coalition had suffered a crushing defeat and the coalition commander had fled in a panic soon spread back to the capital of Shiga and the Holy Land of Prosperity.
Upon hearing that Lowell had summoned the army of the undead and won the victory overnight, the capital of Shiga and the Holy Land of Prosperity fell into a strange silence.
The biggest reason why the Principality of Shiga, which believes in the true God of the Life God system but is awkwardly surrounded by the true God of the Death God system, has never suffered the disaster of national destruction is the political protection provided by the western power that it relied on after the last war of gods.
That's right, the Principality of Shiga, which believes in the goddess of prosperity, needs to surrender to the western power that believes in the righteous god of the death pantheon in order to protect itself. Duke Shiga's title of duke also comes from this - otherwise, with the territory and population of the principality, it would not be a big problem for Duke Shiga to proclaim himself a royal family.
Believing in the same god does not mean that one can be as close as brothers. The internal conflicts among the royal dukes who worship the gods of the death god system in the Western Continent are no less than those in other places. In the years when the Kenya Empire started the war in the north and the Sokri Empire expanded , the fighting in the western parish of the gods of the death god system was also quite intense.
Of course, although the Principality of Shiga can exchange targeted grain exports for the protection of the western powers and avoid being besieged by western countries, territorial friction with its neighbors is still inevitable; the Barnes Alliance is the evil neighbor that has been harassing the border of the Principality of Shiga for hundreds of years.
The Barnes Alliance, whose full name is the Barnes Federation of the United States, is an alliance of more than 20 city-states adjacent to the Principality of Shiga. It believes in the Queen of Rest, a secondary god among the true gods of death.
Compared with the many countries in the western part of the Barron continent, the Barnes Alliance is in the middle and lower reaches, but its national strength must be far greater than that of the Principality of Yushga - although the internal organizational structure of the alliance is loose and it is no exaggeration to say that it is a loose United States, its population and territory are more than three times that of the Principality.
The biggest reason why the Barnes Alliance failed to swallow up the Principality of Shiga and split this precarious small country into several states within its own alliance was... that the Barnes Alliance was too fragmented.
Don't expect scattered political groups to be very organized. It is common practice for them to steal credit when things are going their way and sell out teammates when things are going against them... This is common sense that everyone on Earth who often reads international news can share.
The equally fragmented Nosk Federation is under pressure from the powerful Storm Church, and is inevitably plagued by civil strife and rebellion every year. Naturally, the situation of the Barnes Alliance is not much better.
In fact...the capital of Shega and the Holy Land of Prosperity both knew clearly that the Barnes coalition forces harassed the western border of the Principality of Shega every year, and their biggest purpose was actually to divert domestic conflicts.
But no matter how weak the internal situation is, the deterrent power of the Barnes coalition is still there... More than 10,000 troops are deployed to the border every year, and the western border of the principality has to be on full alert.
The Viscounty of the Lowell family is located in the western border, less than 200 kilometers away from the Taplin Highlands where wars have been fought every year.
The Prosperous Holy Land transferred the cavalry regiment that followed Lowell to meet the enemy head-on. Grand Duke Shida did not arrange for reinforcements from other western territories. He intended to use the offensive of the Barnes coalition to distract Brother Lowell's energy and wear down the "crazy ideas" that the monk brought back from traveling abroad for more than two years.
No one expected that Lowell could actually summon the Tarantan Undead to help in the battle, and the Barnes coalition forces couldn't even hold out for a day... The Great Duke of Shigat & the Pope of Prosperity, who were still planning to use the enemy's force to their advantage, were stunned.
