Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 288 Favorable Situation
Only when there is a big reward, there will be brave men. Even in the virtual game world, there will not be many unrelated players willing to pay in vain without getting any benefits. Even if they belong to the same organization, most of them are usually combined with interests. At most, they will not work hard, and will not be paid accordingly. It is almost impossible to work too hard. A major battle like the attack on the Huadu Mercenary Group against the Vice Senate Chairman Hua Mantian is so sensitive, backed by the powerful Church of Light, and it is difficult to specifically predict and control the scale of the war. It is not something that any force can afford. It involves the top players of "Tianxia" and requires a high cost. If we rely on our Tongxin Alliance alone, it can be said that there is absolutely no chance of success. We have to find ways to rely on the power of the resistance alliance. For this reason, the resistance alliance has also made a lot of preparations and paid a lot. First, it reported to the system in the name of the Dark Council and listed the attack on Huadu as an important alliance task. Because it directly involves high-level hostile player forces such as the Vice Senate Chairman of the Light Senate, it applied for a fairly high task level and obtained more task rewards for distribution. Not only can those members who are mobilized everywhere and take on the task of confusing the enemy receive certain basic merit rewards and additional merit rewards after successfully completing the task according to their respective division of labor and importance, but also corresponding gold coin rewards. The one thousand elite commandos who specifically participate in the attack on the Huadu garrison can get rich rewards after successfully completing the task and completely destroying Huadu. Killing hostile players in the garrison, especially in the central meeting hall, or even destroying the buildings in the garrison can get certain professional merits. After completing the task, there are additional gold coins and merit value rewards. The cost invested by the resistance alliance for this has far exceeded the cost of attacking the Cathedral of Light in a main city, which is enough to make these one thousand commandos who are in charge of the battle fight for that benefit. Although they did not support our proposal at first. After all, the mission of the resistance alliance is only to destroy the Cathedral of Light in the thirty-six main cities on the east, south and north continents, and does not include the mercenary group of the light players. It is not necessary to destroy Hua Mantian's Huadu. However, once the decision was made, Long Xing Tianxia had to do his best to facilitate the successful completion of the attack on the Huadu Mercenary Group for the sake of his "career". He opened the door to convenience within his authority and won the most favorable conditions for this operation. This is the benefit of controlling real power, and it is also the temptation that the Desert Eagle has been trying to get involved in the position of Speaker.
Until the moment before the battle with the Huadu Mercenary Group, we still couldn't figure out how many top-level Light players were guarding the Huadu base besides Hua Mantian and Yamato Spirit. How many holders of the Light Artifacts, such as Supreme Honor, Real Madrid, Holy Heaven, Alice, and Olympia, would appear, and how strong the resistance would be. Even Afeng and Xue Wuxia were not sure about the final result. They had already made the worst plan. In the anxious pre-war waiting, they joked with each other and forced smiles to comfort each other. Of course, our 1,000 main combat commandos are still hiding aside and have been slow to show up in public, even giving up the advantage of the usual advance summoning of the Undead Wizards. I believe that this should not make the Senate of Light and even Hua Mantian feel too relaxed, and they may also be anxiously waiting for the outbreak of the war - whether in the east, south, or north continent, our alliance of resistance forces will certainly not carry out such a large-scale mobilization without a purpose, there will always be a real target of attack, it all depends on whether they can unravel the mystery and make the correct judgment in time.
After we formally submitted the group battle application to the Mercenary Guild, the twelve-hour preparation time has come. The group battle with the Huadu Mercenary Group is finally about to begin. In addition to the one thousand players stationed in the base, there are another ten thousand players outside the Huadu base defense barrier responsible for defense. The attackers must first break through the defense lines of these peripheral forces before they can rush into the Huadu base and start a real battle. Such a "cleaning" work naturally cannot be completed by the commandos, as that will prematurely deplete the strength of these main forces and be detrimental to the base battle. The attacking team will also be tasked with a team of peripheral players of equal number to break through the defense line. In order to confuse the Church of Light and Hua Mantian as much as possible, we rushed to the outer periphery of the Huadu base in advance. Although most of the ten thousand players assembled were not the main battle team of the resistance alliance, they were not randomly selected ordinary members to make up the numbers. They have all been carefully investigated and screened, and each selected player has at least one relatively powerful pseudo-artifact. Gather the most elite part of the people to launch an assault. As the active attacker, we have the advantage of breaking the scattered with the concentrated. In fifteen minutes, we should be able to forcefully break through the opponent's defense line. With the support of other members, we can completely protect our main assault team of 1,000 and smoothly rush into the station in Huadu. After all, according to the relevant settings of the group battle, the so-called battle outside the mercenary group is just to increase the difficulty of the attacker slightly. It is impossible to effectively resist the attack of the assault team. The life-and-death battle that really determines their respective fates must be carried out in the station of the Yueyue Group.
Everything went as we expected. Our troops deployed on the periphery gathered 2,000 people. With all of them using pseudo-artifacts, they quickly broke through the outer defense of Huadu Station and organized defense lines on both sides to resist the enemy's counterattack and opened up a fairly safe passage into Huadu Station. Our main assault team of 1,000 people had arrived and deployed in place in time before the battle with the cover provided by more than 10,000 companions on the periphery. They were lying in ambush nearby. At this time, they gathered together and quickly rushed through the safe passage opened up by the periphery troops, shattered the defense barrier, and entered Huadu Station. This is also an advantage of having a small number of attackers. Huadu Station is well developed and relatively large in area, which is enough to accommodate all of our 1,000 people to fight. Unlike the previous large-scale group battles, we had to enter in batches.
The 10,000 enemies outside the Huadu garrison can no longer threaten our 1,000 commandos who have already rushed into the garrison, and the overall strength of the 10,000 companions outside the garrison is not as good as the enemy. A hero does not suffer a loss in front of him. In order to avoid the casualties and losses of Yuanwei, let those Guangming players who rushed to Huadu to participate in the defense earn more professional merits and take advantage of it. Our auxiliary personnel who have completed the most important task can now leave the battle in time. Even if the team battle has not been declared over, as formal participants, they cannot go offline for the time being. As the active attacker, they can choose to evacuate to a safe area such as the garrison of the allied mercenary group to avoid being hunted down. Once slow-moving players such as magicians cannot get rid of the enemy's pursuit, they simply choose to die at the hands of their own people, and must not easily let the enemy get away.
After successfully breaking through the defense of the outer perimeter of the Huadu garrison, I felt a little more at ease. At least from the offensive situation of the outer perimeter troops, although the enemy's strength was stronger than ours, it did not reach the strongest combat power level that the Church of Light could exert, and it did not seem like they were fully committed to support. If we only gathered a part of the top players of Light, the absolute main force of our 1,000 strongest resistance alliance, with everyone fighting hard, we should still have a good chance of winning. In order to rush for time, I just summoned Taotao, who can be ridden instead of traveling, and rode it at full speed without slowing down. I summoned more undead men to help in the middle of the way. As soon as I rushed into the Huadu garrison, I immediately rushed to a secret place agreed near the defense barrier to check the information provided by the insider who had penetrated Huadu, to see which direction to choose as a breakthrough point, so that I could quickly rush to the central meeting hall and start the most important attack and defense battle of the meeting hall in the entire group battle as soon as possible - the more time I gained for attacking, the more hope I could have of winning.
This was not the credit of the resistance alliance, but was entirely arranged by Xue Wuxia. As early as after confirming Hua Mantian's true identity, she secretly made arrangements to let a friend join Huadu. Through his own efforts, coupled with the secret support of the Tongxin League, he has considerable strength and a high status in Huadu, which is enough to ensure that he is qualified to participate in such a group battle and will not be squeezed out because of the support of other top masters from other external forces. In order to ensure the safety of the inside line and avoid exposing his identity by arousing Huadu's suspicion, Xue Wuxia had not used him before, and even after the last destruction of Huadu, he continued to lurk until such a critical battle, when he provided the most important intelligence, allowing us to know the general situation of Huadu's garrison, so that we can attack its weaknesses and prepare in advance. Only Xue Wuxia, Yun Wuying, Afeng and I know about the inside story. In order to avoid causing unnecessary trouble to the parties involved, it must not be revealed to other people. Afeng and Xue Wuxia need to be responsible for organizing and coordinating the work and cannot be free for the time being. Yun Wuying is a shooter and his charging speed is too slow. I, who have a mount, am the most suitable candidate. It's a pity that the two hostile parties cannot communicate directly in a state of war, otherwise things would be much simpler, and more detailed intelligence could be provided. Now it simply marks the direction with the weakest defense in the Huadu garrison, and shows that the Church of Light has dispatched some top masters to participate in the defense. The good news is that the Church of Light is not fully supporting, but it cannot specify the specific number of participants, and whether it includes all the strongest few light players such as Supreme Honor, Holy Heaven, Real Madrid, etc. - in a medium-sized conference hall with 15% increase or decrease in the attack, defense and sensitivity attributes of both sides, a top master can be used as several masters, especially in some key or critical moments, it is usually easiest to play a role in turning the tide, and it should never be underestimated . Having one more person to help in the conference hall means a lot of trouble, which may delay us for a lot of time to deal with.
Of course, even if it is just such a simple piece of information, it has helped us a lot, and it can be said that it plays a vital role. As the attacker, we only have 1,000 people, which is equal to the number of defenders who have the advantage of terrain. This is already a great disadvantage. If we cannot seize the time, quickly break through the outer defense of the station, and retain as much strength as possible to break into the central meeting hall for competition, it is almost impossible to win this group battle. With the information provided by the insider who is familiar with the defense layout of Huadu, choosing a relatively easy route for assault not only reduces the casualties of personnel, but also saves time, which definitely has a great impact on the victory of the battle. Although the news that the Church of Light did not come to support with all its strength is a little vague, and we don’t know the specific facts and how much force it mobilized, it is also encouraging. At least it is confirmed that it is not the worst situation. Our painstaking design has not been in vain. The Church of Light has been effectively confused, and our resistance alliance should have a fighting force.
The news was quickly reported to Afeng and Xue Wuxia. After a brief emergency consultation with Long Xingtianxia, the specific main attack direction was determined. The team was immediately adjusted. In addition to arranging a small number of people to take on the task of luring the enemy and distracting the attention of the enemy, the main attack force was mobilized to rush to the designated location and set up an assault formation. In order to facilitate command, the 1,000-man assault team was divided into various teams. According to their respective divisions of labor, they were put into battle in batches and began to launch a fierce attack, destroying the fortifications and facilities along the way, and scrambled to open up a "safe passage" directly to the door of the central meeting hall.
After completing the task of checking the insider intelligence, I began to hurry up to summon the undead minions to fight. Not being able to prepare for the summoning in advance is definitely a huge limitation on the undead wizard's strength, but there are pros and cons. This can also more effectively command the few undead minions summoned, so that they can play a greater role in the battle. Otherwise, a large group of undead, seemingly very impressive, cannot fully exert their combat effectiveness due to the relationship between command and control, and many are wasted in the melee. Facing the dense fortifications in the garrison and the enemies hidden in them, the most suitable attacker is not the undead upstart Explosive Bone Snake, who has recently made a big splash in the battle to destroy the Cathedral of Light, nor is it the powerful minions with names such as Ebola and Guben. It should be the turn of another type of undead new soldier that has been recently transformed and cultivated - the Giant Mage Dragon Knight. Whether it is the giant magician or the black bone dragon, attacking these fortifications alone can be said to have certain limitations - the giant magician's ultra-long-range "Torch Stone Bomb" magic is suitable for attack, but after all, it can only reach a distance of 500 meters at most. It moves too slowly and it is difficult to keep up with the rhythm of the attack. Moreover, they are in the enemy's nest and adopt a desperate all-out assault tactic. They lack effective guards and are easily attacked by the Huadu garrison from all directions, resulting in casualties. They have to send people to strengthen protection. Although the flying black bone dragon is relatively fast and flexible, it is not as flexible as players or pets in close-range attacks on fortifications under the attack of enemies hidden inside, and the effect is also not very good. The giant magician dragon knight can attack from a distance, fight in close combat, and move flexibly. It can exert the greatest combat effectiveness in such an environment. Each of them has a certain self-protection power and does not need special protection. It can be said to be the most ideal attacking type. Fortunately, I have never relaxed the transformation, cultivation and training of the Giant Mage Dragon Knights. I have seized the time to carry out the work whenever I had spare time. Now I have a group of qualified Giant Mage Dragon Knights who can participate in actual combat. They can appear openly in the battle to attack the Huadu garrison and show their power, which will give Hua Mantian and his allies, as well as my colleagues such as Qiu Shui Changtian and Ye You an unexpected surprise.
I first cast the "Blood Transformation" and then used the "Undead Summoning" to summon the Giant Mage Dragon Knight to fight. Now I can summon fourteen upper-level ninth-level Undead minions at a time. A combination of a ninth-level six-armed giant mage and a black bone dragon has been modified and the system has set the level to exceed the ninth-level. The actual mental power required to summon them is only slightly greater than that of Khufu, who is also beyond the ninth-level, but slightly less than the mental power required to summon two upper-level ninth-level Undead minions. In this way, I can summon nine giant mage dragon knights at a time and quickly command them to join the mobile operations. After my rigorous training, I have basically adapted to the profession of rider. I can use the "Torch Stone Bomb" to attack the target at a super long distance from more than 300 meters away. The attack frequency and accuracy when running on the ground are similar to the original ones. The accuracy of air attacks is slightly lower, and the attack frequency is also half a beat slower. The ability of mid-air mobile operations is slightly weaker, but it is enough to deal with such battles, especially to attack fixed and relatively large-scale fortifications on the ground. It dares to break into some dangerous areas that are prone to attack, and provide favorable long-range firepower support to the front-line offensive forces. Its role is greater than that of magicians and shooters.
After the summoning was completed, I did not use the two "magic storage rings" to urgently summon the second time. The attack and defense of the meeting hall was the highlight, and the best things still needed to be kept there for use in case of emergency. I summoned Rossberg first. At present, this seventh-level taboo mage has replaced Duke Shaman as the second pet. Unless Shaman can become the blood-sucking fang prince, and needs to help me recruit the other three princes to play their strengths in joint attacks, otherwise, even if I don't have to retire, I'm afraid it will be difficult to regain the main position for the time being. Let Rossberg summon a tenth-level intermediate immortal ghost phoenix. It doesn't need to rush to the front line. Its main function is to pay attention to protecting me and Rossberg while replenishing the lost mental power, and quickly activate the "touch of death" to entangle it. This is a twelve-hour protracted battle. It has just begun now, and the arduous battle is still behind. I must seize every minute. It is related to Afeng and Xue Wuxia, so I need to work harder than other companions.
Not far away, followed by the Water Saint Mage, who is also a member of the Tongxin League. At least before rushing into the meeting room, she was responsible for accompanying me throughout the whole process, and there was no need to use the "transfer spirit" magic to replenish my mental power. The necromancer is a bottomless pit, and the supply of a water mage is definitely not enough to meet my needs for mental power. It is mainly for healing and restoring my health. If I fully activate the "Touch of Death", I can replenish my mental power in four or five minutes without external harassment. After casting the "Summon the Dead", I have to activate it again. Each use of the artifact consumes 10% of my health. It takes at least a few hours to rush into the meeting room. I have to be busy, and the consumption of health is also quite large, so her rescue is indispensable.
After two "blood changes" and an hour, I could only summon seven giant magician dragon knights each time under normal conditions. It took about two hours to summon more than a hundred giant magician dragon knights, which played a much stronger effect than the black bone dragon main combat arms summoned by other undead wizards. Probably only the earth attribute ninth-level upper-level undead produced in the "bottomless abyss" can be comparable to them in terms of the ability to attack fortifications. Moreover, it is easy to mobilize and it is easier to play the advantages of group attack. Hundreds of giant magician dragon knights formed a three-dimensional attack line of land and air, and it was still super long-range. Except for the archers in the "arrow tower", the magicians hiding in the "magic tower" could not hurt them at all. Moreover, with the black bone dragon mount as protection, they were not afraid of the melee raid of Huadu. The arrows shot over could be quickly dodged, and even the black bone dragon mount with stronger defense ability could bear it on their behalf, which more effectively protected the giant magician, who could concentrate on launching attacks as much as possible, performed extremely eye-catchingly, and was always active in the forefront of the attack. For the sake of Afeng and Xue Wuxia, I also gave it my all, willing to sacrifice some of my own strength, leading the way, and using crazy attacks to boost the morale of the entire commando team. Everyone was unwilling to fall behind, and they bravely moved forward and fought hard to strive to obtain more professional merit rewards.
Unfortunately, it is not easy to train the giant magician dragon knight. Many , but time is too tight. There are only more than 100 riders who are qualified to fight. The rest cannot meet the corresponding combat requirements. Not only are their combat effectiveness limited, but they are also more likely to suffer losses. Otherwise, continuing to summon more giant magician dragon knights can further strengthen the offensive and advance faster, saving us a little more time to reach the central conference hall. Now there is still a long way to go to the conference hall. We need to keep moving forward against the enemy's fierce interception and counterattack. In order to maintain a higher attack efficiency, it is temporarily unsuitable to summon normal giant magicians to fight. So I began to summon Yibo La, Gu Ben and other capable men one by one. I was not in a hurry to force the assault. I wandered around and patiently captured the opportunity. I attacked for a while when I found the opportunity, and then retreated back in time. The conference hall is the battlefield where they can play. Now I can't easily suffer damage and affect the combat effectiveness of these main forces. Then they used the Black Bone Dragons as the main force in the battle, regardless of the damage, only seeking a quick breakthrough, and not hesitating to use their sacrifices to create opportunities for other undead subordinates or companions, step by step approaching the central meeting hall of the Huadu headquarters.
Huadu's resistance was also quite tenacious. As expected of a large-scale mercenary group of 10,000 people, it had a solid foundation and rich experience. The various defensive fortifications were configured very reasonably. The "arrow tower" and "magic tower" cooperated with each other to form a dense crossfire network, with almost no blind spots for attack. There was also a "strike array" set up, which was suitable for melee professional players to launch counterattacks. When it was not used, generally no abnormality could be seen without careful observation. Once the opponent's players entered and launched it, it could increase their attack and defense capabilities by 15%, and weaken us who were on it by 15%. There were hidden bunkers or secret passages connected, and they could suddenly rush out to launch a surprise attack and harass our flanks and rear. We had to strengthen the protection of the shooters and magicians who were in the back and had weak melee capabilities. Fortunately, the "assault array" can only be used once within a certain period of time, and the player needs to start it first and wait for a short period of time before it can take effect. The secret passage can only be used by the opponent one by one, and multiple people cannot rush out at once. As long as you pay attention to vigilance, you will not be attacked by Huadu and cause serious damage. However, Huadu has set up a lot of "assault arrays" at a high cost, which has also played a certain role in restraining our advancement. We have to disperse some manpower for prevention, and we need to further strengthen reconnaissance and monitoring, which has delayed us for some time.
The ongoing attack also confirmed that the intelligence sent by the insider arranged by Xue Wuxia was accurate, which made me feel a little relieved. According to the intelligence observed from the high altitude of Huadu Station, Hua Mantian did not deploy too many counterattack forces in our direction. Compared with the other three directions, the settings of "Arrow Tower" and "Magic Tower" were similar, but the number of players used for "Strike Formation" was less. Many enemies came from other directions and attacked us through "Strike Formation". They were not ambushed in the bunkers or secret passages in advance, so it was easy for us to detect them in time and take precautions. It was difficult to cause too much damage, and it was easy to miss the opportunity. There was no way to better cooperate with "Arrow Tower" and "Magic Tower" to block our offensive. After all, Huadu only had a thousand people participating in the defense, and the area of the station was a little larger. Under consideration, we must focus on one side, rather than focusing on one side, seizing the relatively weak side and speeding up our assault.
