novelODS Chapter 51: Four Men Defending the City
Chapter 51: Four Men Defending the City
Time passes little by little.
Big Business and Little Six continued to come to buy goods as usual, making two or three trips back and forth. Gradually, Li Hanqiang accumulated about fifty gold coins in his hands.
At 11 a.m., Li Hanqiang left Bibo Pool, ran to the Demon Mountain Cave to summon all the little demons, and then guarded the War Corridor.
With time running out and his friends still not arriving, Li Hanqiang grew anxious. He opened his friend list and contacted Fanwind Knight and Ignition Sword Saint.
"Coming soon, coming soon. After wandering for several days, we've finally arrived at a major regional city. Don't worry, we'll be entering the Chaos Temple soon," the Fan Knight replied.
"The enemy will arrive on the battlefield in thirty minutes, while our allies will only need five minutes!" the Ignite Sword Saint replied.
Li Hanqiang thought to himself that although the two who stirred up trouble were simple-minded, they were quite loyal in critical moments and were worth befriending.
Sure enough, in less than five minutes, the two of them bought tickets and teleported over, full of fighting spirit and eager to get started. However, their levels were a bit low, both only level 10.
Without saying a word, Li Hanqiang first gave each of the two men 10 gold coins, then took out a bright green tortoise shell and handed it to the Fan Knight, saying, "Buy more potions. You can use this tortoise shell first. After the siege begins, without the protection of the Chaos Stone Plate, this tortoise shell will make you more durable."
The Fan Knight quickly accepted it, quite excited, saying, "I used to look down on this equipment, but later I learned it's a divine artifact! This is fantastic! Now I have a tortoise shell too!"
The Ignition Sword Saint chimed in from the side, "I've said it before: the tortoise shell is a divine artifact. You won't know until you get hit. I wouldn't sell it for a thousand pieces of gold!"
He had a very profound understanding of the power of the tortoise shell.
A moment later, Dark Night Redemption arrived. He was now wearing a blue cloak, leather armor, a short dagger at his waist, and a longbow that glowed with blue light in his hand—he was clearly dressed in blue.
The two men, Fanfeng and Tiaohu, carefully examined Dark Night Redemption, their eyes practically glowing. To be able to assemble such a complete set of equipment, Dark Night Redemption was definitely no ordinary person.
Li Hanqiang handed the flaming orb directly to Dark Night Redemption, saying, "No need for further explanation, it's yours!"
Dark Night Redemption smiled slightly and gladly accepted.
After waiting a few more minutes, with the siege time approaching, but the big buyer still hadn't arrived, Li Hanqiang sent him a message to urge him on. Unexpectedly, the big buyer went offline.
"Whether someone is reliable or not can be determined by comparison."
Li Hanqiang instantly understood the meaning of this big deal and sighed inwardly.
To be honest, he didn't really expect this big deal to help him much. After all, he was just a professional businessman, and his attack power was probably terrible. Each player was just one unit, and the more people there were, the more insurance he would have.
Li Hanqiang could understand the "last-minute desertion" of this big deal. After all, if the defense of the city failed, it would mean that his level would be reset, which was a big risk. Moreover, he was not very familiar with this big deal, so why take the risk?
However, Li Hanqiang also realized that if he succeeded in defending the city this time, he would have to think twice before dealing with this big business again.
To Li Hanqiang's surprise, the big deal didn't come, but Xiao Liuzi did.
Xiao Liuzi is a lackey of Dark Night Redemption. He was summoned by Dark Night Redemption. He is low-level and poorly equipped, and he is just here to show his support.
Dark Night Redemption said, "I never expected there to be a siege at this time. Li Hanqiang, I don't know if your defensive towers can hold. It's a pity that I have a few friends who are busy exploring dungeons, otherwise I would have asked them to come and defend the city together."
Li Hanqiang cupped his hands and said, "I'm already very grateful that you came. As for whether we can hold the city... who knows what the siege will be like? As long as we have the will, we can start over."
Just as he finished speaking, Li Hanqiang suddenly received a system notification: "Ding, the attack and defense battle is about to begin. All non-barracks buildings and territories are closed. The entrance to Bibo Pool and the entrance to the Demon Mountain Cave are closed. Soldiers have been dispatched to the front line."
Immediately afterward, the entire sky darkened, and a regional announcement resounding throughout Chaos City rang out: "Chaos City #69 is launching an attack on the current Chaos City. The countdown to the opening of the spacetime wormhole is 5 minutes. The respawn points for defending players have been temporarily bound to the Heart of Chaos... The countdown to the opening of the spacetime wormhole is 4 minutes. Please prepare your defenses and begin generating war data tables!"
Li Hanqiang and the others looked up and saw a huge table appearing in the sky.
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Data of the defending side (Chaos City No. 68)
Number of defense towers: 16
Chaos City's troop strength: 130
Player's troop strength: 4/4
Defense time: 0/48
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Li Hanqiang glanced at the table and immediately understood that the so-called troop strength was calculated by headcount. He had recruited Fan Wind Knight, Ignition Sword Saint, and Dark Night Redemption, plus Xiao Liuzi, so the player's defensive troop strength was 4.
As for the Chaos City's troop strength being displayed as 130, that naturally represents the number of lesser demons from Demon Mountain.
The little demon's profession is "citizen," while the little wind's profession is "militia." As part of Chaos City, they naturally have to defend the city when it falls!
These little demons have now been teleported by the system to the side of the Heart of Chaos, and Little Drill Wind, with its green hair, is looking around curiously.
Li Hanqiang reviewed the rules of the attack and defense battle again. The success or failure of the attack and defense depended on the strength of the defending side. In that case, the four members of Dark Night Redemption and the little demons were the most important in this attack and defense battle. As long as they could hold out for 48 hours without dying, the defense would be considered a success.
"As for the ability to survive..."
Li Hanqiang knew that the little demons were all cowards; once the battle began, they would stay as far away as possible and would never volunteer to go to the front lines. However, if the situation required it, Li Hanqiang would have no choice but to drag them to the front lines as cannon fodder.
As for the three Dark Night Redemption members, they no longer need to stand on the Chaos Slab; they can stand in the War Corridor during the attack and defense battle.
At this moment, the three were ready for battle. They were about two hundred meters away from the spacetime wormhole. The Wind Knight and the Ignition Sword Saint, both equipped with bright green turtle shells, lay prone on the ground, one on the left and one on the right.
The two were glowing green, and the Wind Knight, with a whopping 4500 health points, said to Dark Night Redemption, "We'll tank in front, you attack from behind. Don't worry, we're incredibly durable!"
The Ignition Sword Saint, with 3300 health, said, "It's a pity we don't have a healer. If we had a healer to keep us alive, we'd be even tougher and last longer! City Lord, you need to control the defensive towers and prioritize eliminating the enemies attacking me. Don't worry about the Fan guy; he has more health than me."
Li Hanqiang nodded, thinking to himself that these two were just here to take the hits, which was really clever of them.
Dark Night Redemption's expression was strange. He looked at the two who were fanning the flames, but his eyes gradually brightened.
"Such high health, such high defense and magic resistance, if you could use this to block the boss in a dungeon..."
Thinking it over, Dark Night Redemption couldn't help but laugh and shouted, "Alright, let's cooperate."
At this moment, the regional announcement sounded again, indicating that there was only one minute left before the attack and defense battle began, and the space-time wormhole had already begun to slowly expand.
Above it, a data table also appeared.
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Data of the attacking side (Chaos City No. 69)
Siege Order Troops: 10000/10000
Chaos City's troop strength: 0
Player's troop strength: 625/625
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Li Hanqiang glanced at the city and saw that the attacking force of Chaos City was zero, which was exactly what he expected. He knew Chun Sanyue's family situation all too well.
However, there were a whopping 625 players attacking the city!
625 people isn't a lot, but it's not a small number either. Li Hanqiang estimated that the Emperor Guild and Chun Sanyue had probably done their best.