novelMaking Headway
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Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
"Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh—!"
"Bam! Bam!"
The Large-sized Iron Ballistae and catapults began to move, targeting the two men at the very front, Brother Windcloud Nine and Windcloud Overlord. They then launched a vicious attack.
Windcloud Overlord fell, and Brother Windcloud Nine's HP fell drastically. Thankfully, he managed to activate the Holy Shield Spell in the nick of time, and survived by a whisker.
The scaling ladder was put in place, and Brother Windcloud Nine rushed up the ladder on Cerberus' back.
"Dispel!"
Just as Brother Windcloud Nine was about to reach the city wall, a bolt of Holy Light came flying at him, dispelling his Holy Shield Spell.
At the bottom of the city wall, Fire Ice raised her staff high above her head, aiming straight at Brother Windcloud Nine. She was the one who had cast the Dispel Spell!
Countless spells crashed toward him. Even if Brother Windcloud Nine could evade more than 60% of the attacks, it was still useless. He was killed instantly...
His level was still too low, and his max HP was not high enough. Just a few hits was enough to send him on his way.
"The old dog is dead! Brothers, hang in there!"
Chen Yang roared loudly and merged with his Fire Elemental pet. He then rushed down the scaling ladder and used his Fire Fist to knock back every single one of the Western Continent players who were making their way up.
Unlike Necromancy or Sacrificial Summoning, Natural Summoning prioritized the cooperation between the master and their pet. The Compound Element involved the player turning into the pet they were currently summoning. They would also obtain their pet's attributes, with a multiplier between 1. 5 to 3. 0.
A Level 1 Compound Element had a 1. 5 multiplier. Once the skill reached Level 20, the maximum level, the attributes would be boosted by three times upon activating Compound Element. Although there was a time limit, the player would definitely be as powerful as a mini-boss during the duration of the Compound Element.
When Chen Yang was not in fusion mode, he only had 1, 200+ HP, and his pet had 5, 000 HP. When the Compound Element skill reached Level 20, his HP would rise to more than 20, 000 after fusion.
When in fusion mode, he could even use skills like Invincibility. Since it was an Elemental, he was even immune to many types of crowd control skills. In other words, other than having slightly shorter strides, the Natural Summoner was flawless.
Brother Windcloud Nine's death had caused a huge spike in the Eastern Continent players' morale. They kept the Western Continent players outside Shattered Frost City.
However, the Western Continent players did not back down. Instead, they rushed in even more fiercely. The fact that more than 50, 000 players could not take down a city had infuriated them to the core.
"Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill! Brother Nine's promised to award 1, 000 Gold for every person killed, and twice for two kills!"
"Kill—"
Money truly made the world go round. There was no end to the things it could do. The Western Continent players grew bolder the more they fought, until finally, one person managed to climb onto the city wall. He was immediately followed by the second, then the third... They arrived in hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands...
Chen Yang fell, Fire Ice fell. The East Gate had been scaled, followed by the other three gates. The Western Continent players swarmed into the city like a tide.
"Everyone, concentrate fire! Don't go solo!" Someone revived Brother Windcloud Nine, and he stood up again.
Like bandits, the Western Continent players killed everything in sight. Now that the average player level had increased, they could even kill the previously untouchable NPC soldiers. In fact, they barely lost any HP, even the NPC soldiers could not stand up to the sheer difference in numbers. There were more than 50, 000 players there, and they resurrected after they died. Even after such a long battle, the Western Continent players did not lose any manpower. Instead, they were boosted in ranks.
It was because many Western Continent players had heard the news and come here later...
"The enemy is much stronger, and we are weak. This is looking bad..." Chen Yang laid on the city wall as he sent Pretty Good Mood the latest battle report.
Chen Yang logged off and gave Li Yi a call.
"Hello." The call went through, but the voice that answered was a girl's.
Chen Yang paused for a moment and looked at the number he dialed. There was no mistake. He said, "I'm looking for Li Yi."
"He's playing a game now so he can't come to the phone. Please call again later."
"Beep..."
She hung up.
"A girl? Who?"
Chen Yang was stunned.
...
In Li Yi's room.
Li Yi was playing the game, wearing his helmet. Jiaojiao stood behind him, looking at the display as she kneaded his shoulders with her small hands, giving him a massage.
"Does that feel good? Do you like it?"
"It's okay. You're putting too much force into it, Gentler, gentler... Yeah, just like that, ooh..."
Li Yi played the game as he enjoyed Jiaojiao's service. It felt so good that he kept moaning until Jiaojiao's face turned slightly red.
Jiaojiao harrumphed and pinched him a few times, hard."Run faster, just look at that World Channel. Yikes, they're going to break into our Shattered Frost City."
"Don't worry, they can't conquer it." Li Yi was still full of confidence.
"When they do, we'll be in real trouble. Whoa, this won't do. I'm also a member of the Little Drunk Cat Guild, I need to log in and help as well."
Li Yi stopped her."You stay right here and give me a massage like a good girl. Just watch me."
Jiaojiao had just reached Level 40. Soon enough, he could carry her to do the Black Knight class change quest. If she dropped levels now, it would be a huge loss.
"Then why are you still running so slowly? Move faster." Jiaojiao watched Li Yi's game display, growing so anxious that she nearly wanted to help him with the controls herself.
"I want to you know. But right now I'm on the Western Continent, not the Eastern Continent. I'm surrounded by enemies everywhere. If I'm not careful, I won't be able to get back at all." Li Yi could not help it either.
"Hurry, hurry!" Jiaojiao pinched him even harder now.
She was just in the middle of pinching him when Li Yi's character bumped into 5 Western Continent players.
"Oh crap, you've been discovered!" Jiaojiao hugged Li Yi's neck anxiously, staring at the screen unblinkingly.
Li Yi turned around and ran. The five Western Continent players immediately gave chase.
Powered-Up Arrow!
"Creak-creak-creak-creak-creak-whoosh—"
The only reason Li Yi ran was so that he could lure the five players into forming a straight line. Now that he had achieved this aim, he immediately used a Powered-Up Arrow.
"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"
His one arrow penetrated 5 people at once, and each one sustained a Critical Hit. Without exception, all five were instantly killed."
"Damn, that was a godly shot." Jiaojiao was so excited that she choked Li Yi's neck.
"Ease up, ease up. Cough cough, I'm connected to the game here."
Li Yi coughed a few times before Jiaojiao loosened her grip.
Shattered Frost City's latest battle reports kept coming through the World Channel. Even Li Yi was growing anxious. Not only did he summon his Holy Light Warhorse and ride it, he even displayed the rainbow-colored title that the system had given him.
The rainbow-lettered title, I am Legend, increased the player's SPD by 5% and other attributes by 3% as long as it was displayed. Only players who possessed at least three Legendary items could obtain this title. There was only one of its kind in the entire server. Hence, the title went to whoever had the most Legendary items.
"A Holy Light Warhorse and a rainbow-colored title. Whoaa, Perverted Wing, that's bad*ss." Jiaojiao looked at Li Yi's character, her expression envious.
"Do you want it?"
"Sure do."
"You know what to do."
"My *ss, you can go and... Hmph-hmph."
"Your mind's in the gutter."
"You mean yours is, hmph-hmph."
...
"Anyone who dares to defy our Shattered Frost City will pay the price in blood!"
Leghar and Archiemonde stood side-by-side, protecting the Castellan's Residence with their lives.
The NPC soldiers had been wiped out, and more than half of Shattered Frost City's regular NPCs had died as well. Only a few super NPCs like Kelly survived; the rest had been killed.
It was a massacre, through and through. They left no stone unturned!
The Eastern Continent players could no longer rally together. They had fallen all over the ground, which was filled with corpses. The Iron Alliance had sustained some heavy casualties...
Brother Windcloud Nine stood in front of the Castellan's residence, gathering his men in preparation to deal this city the finishing blow.
If they could take the Castellan's residence and destroy the Castellan's seal, the current Castellan's Degree of Popular Support would be instantly halved.
"Victory is right ahead, brothers. We've killed all the soldiers in this city, and there are several tens of thousands of us! Are we scared of these two NPCs?" Windcloud Overlord rallied them up again. His equipment may not be as good as Brother Windcloud Nine's, but this was the man who single-handedly founded the Windcloud Clan.
Naturally, he was capable to a certain degree.
"Why should we fear them? We just need to deal them one hit each, and they're kaput."
"That's right. Guild Master Overlord, just say the word, and we'll move in."
When they saw that the raid of the city was about complete, the Western Continent players were unbelievably excited. This was the largest war in the history of King of Pantheon. All this time, the Western Continent players had been at a disadvantage. If they could finally turn the tables, could they be blamed for being excited?
Just to be on the safe side, Windcloud Overlord gathered more than 20, 000 people and had them surround the Castellan's residence.
They had witnessed the power of a Castellan-level Elite as well. The Windcloud Clan had attacked cities before, multiple times, in order to try and take down a city. However, every attempt ended in failure. After a few tries, the ridiculous power of NPC Castellan's had been imprinted indelibly in their minds.
"Go!"
Windcloud Overlord roared. The Western Continent players leaped into action. Leghar and Archiemonde also launched their attacks.
The two Castellans' attacks had a range of several dozen meters. Each blow from them would definitely take down several hundred players.
The Western Continent players surged toward the Castellan's residence like a tide. When one fell, their place would immediately be filled by another. They had the aura of an army that would not stop until their goal was achieved.
Brother Windcloud Nine and Windcloud Overlord did not join the fray. The two Castellans' ATK was too formidable. Even the two of them would not be able to withstand more than a couple hits. There was no special strategy to defeat them, so they had to rely on the power of the masses.
All Castellan-level NPCs had 90, 000, 000 HP and extremely high DEF. The players' attacks could only deal them damage worth single digits, and could not scratch their DEF at all.
"Put your back into it, you've already taken more than 10, 000, 000 of their HP..."
"Nobody panic! If you're dead, corpse-run. Advance like a bulldozer, and they'll be down in an instant..."
It was exactly like a swarm of ants trying to take down an elephant. Each player took a small bite out of their HP, and this continuous battle with several dozen thousand people looked extremely... tragic.
The corpses of the Western Continent players had been cramped into the tower the Castellan resided in. After all, this was not a dungeon, where the players' bodies could be stacked on top of each other. This was a real city battle, and the players' bodies were unstackable. The Castellan's residence was a tiny-*ss place that could only fit at most several thousand attackers at the same time. If they did not die, the ranged attackers right behind them could still put a few hits in. Any further, and all they would be able to do was watch.
If the players' bodies were stackable, they could have 20, 000 people attack at once. In that case, forget 90, 000, 000HP, the NPCs would not be able to survive it even if they had one more 0 at the end of their HP count.
This was in the interest of game fairness...
Of the two Castellan-level Elites, Leghar's power was middling, but Archiemonde was the cream of the crop, the most OP of monsters. Not only did he have ridiculous ATK, he also had a special skill called Unlimited Reinforcements. This skill was overpowered, because with one roar, he could summon several hundred NPC soldiers...
The two Castellans' terrifying ATK kept the Western Continent players on the verge of despair. When they went through hell just to bring the two Castellans' HP down to 5, 000, 000, another moment of despair was about to occur...
"Archie..."
Archiemonde's wife, the one who had constantly been kidnapped by the brigands, ran out of the residence. With a wave of her hand, a bolt of Holy Light enveloped Archiemonde and Leghar.
The two Castellans immediately regained all their HP!
In an instant, the Western Continent players burst into tears...
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