Volume 3 Containment Operation Chapter 33: An unexpectedly powerful enemy
The answer that I thought was a sure thing was denied by A Feng, "It's not a playboy. The person who signed the challenge letter is no one at night."
Not a playboy? I don't quite believe it. Attacking a mercenary group is no small matter. The high war deposit alone is not something that a small force can afford. Moreover, the investment in personnel and funds will not be small. If successful, it will certainly bring fame and fortune, and get a quota and a base for a mercenary group. If it fails, its reputation will plummet and it will suffer heavy losses. Moreover, no matter what the result is, even if the two sides have a grudge, there will inevitably be entanglements and constant frictions in the future. Without a good reason to support it, it will not be easy to launch a challenge.
"Maybe Playboy doesn't want to fight under the name of Hua Mantian, so he finds one of his subordinates or a force affiliated with him to come forward to paralyze us and relax our vigilance. He will then launch a strong attack and catch us off guard." The more I thought about it, the more I felt this was a possibility.
"I thought so at first, and even reminded Wuxia. However, the intelligence collected by Wuying and the news passed on by the Longteng Mercenary Group overturned my judgment, proving that there is no connection between Yeban Wu Ren and Hua Mantian." Afeng shook his head, seeming to find it a little difficult to understand.
"That's really strange. Who is this Yeban Wu Ren? How can you judge that he has no relationship with Hua Mantian? Maybe although they don't have any contact on the surface, they are secretly communicating with each other. Or maybe he is a member of the Yamato spiritual faction, and this is an action initiated by them in collusion?" The definition of a bad guy is that he is always related to bad things. I still think that Hua|Hua|Gongzi is the most suspicious.
"We have considered both of the situations you mentioned, but the conclusion is that it is unlikely. Ye Ban Wu Ren is a magic knight like Long Xing Tian Xia. He also participated in the individual competitions of the first three 'World Heroes Conferences', but his personal strength is slightly weaker and he lacks a little luck. He always encounters strong opponents in advance and is eliminated prematurely. In the first session, he encountered Long Xing Tian Xia in the group stage and was defeated. In the second session, he lost to Yamamoto Kyushu in the group stage by one move. In the last session, he barely qualified for the group stage, but met Ba Jiu Gao Ge and stopped in the top 128. He was really unlucky. He also organized a medium-sized force and participated in the team competition. However, without the support of top experts, it is still difficult to make a breakthrough. One time they lost to Long Xingtianxia and his team, and the last time they lost to Hua Mantian. Moreover, Ye Ban Wu Ren also led a team to participate in the mission of "Phoenix Feathers". They crossed the Dark Forest with several other small and medium-sized forces to reach the Howling Plains, and did not borrow the teleportation array of any mercenary group. All this shows that Ye Ban Wu Ren is a relatively independent medium-sized force, and should have no relationship with Hua Mantian, Yamato Spirit and other forces. In addition, no exchanges were found between their related groups, which further ruled out the possibility of someone playing a matchmaker and colluding. "It seems that the information collection is quite detailed, and the main deeds may have been verified. "Tianxia" has now developed professional intelligence dealers, who are quite efficient and accurate. It only costs a certain amount of money to inquire about these things, and it is not too difficult.
"What's more, ever since the 'Phoenix Feather' incident, we have been closely following the movements of Hua Mantian's newly formed 'Flower City' mercenary group and Yamato Spirit's 'Sun Never Sets' mercenary group. The report just now said that the activities of their members are relatively normal, and there are no signs of recruiting troops and gathering manpower for large-scale operations. They should not participate in this challenge." Afeng added, further clearing Hua|Hua|Gongzi of suspicion.
"Although our Tongxin League has few members and is not very strong, it is the first officially formed mercenary group in Tianxia after all. The base is rewarded by the system, and the defense capability is far superior to other mercenary groups such as the Never-Setting Sun and Blue Falun. No one is here at midnight and has no grudges against us. According to intelligence, his power is not that great. Why did he launch this challenge? Is it possible for him to succeed with his strength?" Since it has nothing to do with Playboy, I am even more puzzled. What reason does he have to choose our Tongxin League as his opponent, and what can he rely on to completely defeat us within twelve hours? War is not a joke. Once it starts, both sides will suffer considerable losses, especially the attacking side, which needs to invest ten or even a hundred times more manpower to win. This is all real money. Without compensation, who will work for you?
A Feng looked solemn. "Don't underestimate your opponent. It is said that Ye Ban Wu Ren's family is relatively wealthy. Recently, he has received strong support from several wealthy children who are unwilling to be lonely. He is financially strong. Moreover, he seems to pay more attention to improving the level of the members' Tian Xia Card. Although the professional level is not very high, they have completed many mercenary missions and can exchange a large number of gold coins through the Tian Xia Card to enter the game. With sufficient financial support, he can hire a large number of idle players to participate in the war. Just based on the exact data we have obtained so far, through hiring and the support of some forces that are friendly with him, at least nearly 10,000 players have been mobilized. Moreover, they have united together to form a powerful army that has passed through the Dark Forest and has appeared in the Howling Plains. It seems that they have planned it in advance and have been planning for a long time, otherwise they would not be able to act so quickly."
"As for the reason for the challenge, we are not sure. Perhaps they are ambitious and have set their sights on the reputation and base of our Tongxin Alliance. They want to replace us and become famous and powerful. Moreover, we only have a loose alliance with Longteng and do not have strong background support. The impact is relatively small and will not cause severe conflicts and retaliation afterwards."
"Don't we have an agreement with Long Xing Tianxia and the others? We can ask Long Teng for support in times of crisis." Hearing that the opponent was so powerful and I was unable to join the battle in time, I became more and more anxious.
"Longteng has already sent people to support us. Elites such as Long Xing Tian Xia, Ba Jiu Gao Ge, Bai Yun Jian, etc. have all come out. In addition to Longteng's own 100 formal members, they have also helped us recruit more than 400 peripheral members who are dependent on them. We didn't dare to recruit players whose backgrounds we didn't know to help us because we were afraid of spies. Therefore, we only recruited more than 200 people in a hurry, and there are only more than 800 people in total. Fortunately, we had the previous income of the "Hundred Man Order", which not only further strengthened the defense of the garrison, but also had surplus funds to hire some manpower. Otherwise, this battle would be impossible to fight because the gap in strength is too obvious. I originally thought that I could let you summon a few thousand skeleton archers to make up for the deficiency and defend the ceremony hall to withstand the twelve-hour battle time limit. I didn't expect that you would not be able to join the battle in time. Alas..." Afeng's words could not hide his disappointment and worry. It seems that the situation is indeed not optimistic.
I had no choice. I was so focused on subduing the Dark Knight that I didn't expect such an incident to happen. "The station is guarded by four 'Watcher' magic pillars, and we have also built several towers to strengthen the defense. In addition, the Ritual Hall is easy to defend but difficult to attack, so it shouldn't be that easy to break through."
"You have never experienced a similar group battle, so you think too simply. Generally speaking, the attacking party will only launch an attack when they think they have a good chance of winning. After all, if there is no grudge involved and it is purely from the perspective of interests, the cost of failure is too high, and no one will casually invest money in it. Therefore, what is shown on the surface may not be their full strength. There may be some means beyond our imagination. Our strength is obviously insufficient, and you cannot join the battle in time. It is already very difficult to deal with more than 10,000 players. If there are other means, it will be difficult to deal with. Alas, In fact, it was our fault for being too careless. We focused our attention on Hua Mantian and the Yamato spirit that allied with him, and temporarily ignored other ambitious forces, which led to insufficient preparation in a hurry. "A Feng felt quite guilty. Since the "Phoenix Feather" incident, he has been a staunch anti-Hua faction. He suggested that Xue Wuxia be careful to guard against Hua Mantian's revenge, which made the Tongxin League identify the Huadu Mercenary Group and its related forces as the key targets of defense, and increased the intelligence gathering efforts in this regard. In contrast, insufficient investment and attention were paid to other forces, which unexpectedly killed such a strong enemy.
"This is not your responsibility alone. You and I are on the same side, so I am not unconnected. Besides, this decision was discussed and decided within the alliance and recognized by everyone, which shows that it makes sense and is not simply influenced by our personal feelings. We can only say that man proposes, God disposes, and there was just a little accident." There are so many ambitious people everywhere who only pick on the weak. It is too difficult for people like us who lack a foundation to accomplish anything. Someone will jump out to make trouble and sabotage at any time.
Afeng forced himself to cheer up, "Now that things have come to this, we can only do our best. I'll go online first. You should have a good sleep and rest up. You'd better be prepared in the 'Dead Space'. Then you can suddenly rush out and catch the opponent off guard. Who knows, it may become a surprise weapon that turns the tide of the battle for us." Although he said so, it was more of a consolation. Let's not talk about what the battle would look like in the eight hours of delay. Even if I suddenly rush out, I can only summon more than 800 skeleton archers at a time. It is still unknown what impact it will have on the battle situation. It is better to prepare early and summon a large group of undead legions.
Just as Afeng was about to leave, I suddenly remembered someone, "Afeng, wait a minute, try to contact Skynet and see if they can help us."
"Skynet?" A Feng was a little confused at first, then he remembered, "Is it the undead wizard Skynet who helped Hua Mantian participate in the team competition?"
"Yes, didn't I also tell you that he is not from Hua Mantian? He is just helping out temporarily. With his ability, he should be able to help a little."
"With the little friendship between you and him, will he agree to help us? Besides, is he a reliable person? Has he joined the enemy camp? Don't let him betray you, or we will be in trouble."
Afeng's series of questions made me hesitate. After all, we had only met once and didn't know each other very well. These concerns were not unreasonable, but through that conversation I felt that Tianwang was a man of honest character and would not do such despicable things.
"I think even if he has joined the enemy camp he will definitely tell us the truth and will not do anything undercover. I have his call number here. You can take it back and discuss it with Xue Wuxia and the others. You may want to give it a try. Maybe we can get some strong help." I decided to trust my intuition.
A Feng looked at my determined expression and nodded, "You have met him. Since you trust him, I naturally believe you. OK, I will contact him."
Afeng had already entered the game. Although I had set the alarm, I was worried about the fate of the Tongxin Alliance. I tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep for a while. After tossing and turning for a long time, I finally couldn't resist the tiredness and fell into a drowsy dream.
As soon as it was past midnight, I quickly entered the game. Afeng and his team must have already started a battle with the enemy. I don't know how the battle is going now. Unfortunately, I can only stay in the "Dead Soul Space" for the time being and wait another four hours before I can be resurrected. I summoned Wu Ma and Hei Xing - these are the names I gave to the newly conquered Dark Knight. I checked their status. Black Star basically did not suffer too serious external injuries, but he was exhausted and his mental strength was sucked dry by me. After a few hours of rest, he has recovered most of his strength. When I am resurrected, he should be able to go out to fight. However, I have never summoned a complete Dark Knight, and I don't know if I can successfully summon it with my current mental value. Wu Ma's injuries are not serious, and he has almost recovered. He can be summoned, and he can also bring more than 200 skeleton archers, but he lacks horses and shields, and his combat effectiveness is limited when facing masters. If I can choose, I would rather summon Black Star to fight.
I was in no mood to bother with those low-level zombies and skeleton shooters, nor did I have time to provoke the higher-level black warriors or dark knights. I tried my best to calm down and communicate with Black Star and Wu Ma, trying to learn as much as possible about the dark knights, so as to grasp their advantages and disadvantages and make better use of them. Last time, I didn't ask about the mounts clearly, and was shocked by Wu Ma's performance during the battle. At the same time, I underestimated the status of mounts in the minds of knights. I didn't come up with the idea of using mounts to threaten knights earlier, which almost delayed the plan to conquer them.
Besides the issue of mounts, Wu Ma's round shield was broken, and his saber was already damaged. After the battle with Black Star, it was even more tattered. His armor was covered with mottled knife marks and had several holes. Although Black Star's weapons and armor were not seriously damaged, they were also a little worn. I wonder if there is any way to repair them. This is related to the endurance of the battle. If it cannot be repaired or the process is troublesome and time-consuming, after a few fierce battles, he will be eliminated or unable to fight continuously. In this way, the dark knight who has been conquered with great effort is too impractical.
