âRest well, leave the rest to us.â
After helping Frost up on the bed, I slapped her shoulder and smiled, âDonât worry, Azure is injured too. He is just a frightened bird now and wonât fight back too strongly. You just need to focus on your rest, you donât have to worry about anything else.â
Right when I was about to turn and leave, Frost pulled my hand.
âIs it really⦠Okay?â Her voice was really soft.
I smiled and pointed at my rank, there were three vines and four golden purple flowers. That was a rank above that of commander in chief, âLook, I am The Executor, the most powerful person on the continent, trust me. I will help you defend Dragon City.â
âEn, be careful.â She nodded her head.
â¦â¦
I turned around and didnât turn back. There were many things outside that needed to be in charge of.
The moment I headed out, a cold wind blew into my face. Although much of the cold breeze had scattered, there was still some circling around Dragon City and that affected the combat strength of the players and the NPCs.
In the distance, the Dragon Crystal Cannons were still firing. Fang Ge Que, Q- Sword, Yan Zhao Warrior etc led a bunch of Tianling City players to kill some Demon Hall Cavalries and Spirit Umbrella Bugs. The Hybrid Demon Army didnât stop and we still had to defend against their attacks or that would be a problem. Especially since the playersâ stats were affected by the cold currents, we needed to focus our troops to deal with these Hybrid Demons. I didnât do all that as Tian Ling City had many experts. There was also Fang Ge Que, Q-Sword and Jian Feng Han.
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I stepped on the snow and walked forwards. I saw many Dragon City soldiers dragging frozen corpses and sending them towards the south. At the same time, many NPCs started to move in.
âHow are the losses?â I asked.
Dragonrider Captain Qing Luo held her dragon sword and said solemnly, âSir, Azureâs attack killed a total of 4000+ people, butâ¦â
âBut what?â
âButâ¦â Qing Luo gritted her silver teeth and said, âNot counting those that died in battle, without fully tabulating the numbers, we have over 100 thousand people who froze. Among them, over 20 thousand Dragon City soldiers had frozen and that number is still rising. This place is too cold and the bodies of mortals canât handle it. People are freezing each second. This cold would even prevent flames from burning. The deaths canât be controlled. Fire God Gaiaâs strength is sucked dry so it is hard for us to fight against the cold.â
I looked towards the south and Heaven Barrier Army started to move in. Although they were wrapped up but the moment they entered they shivered. This wasnât a good thing.
Lin Qiong walked over with his sword and he had a worried expression, âGeneral, Dragon City is a problem. If we defend it, we will freeze to death but if we donât, it will fall. What do we do?â
I sighed, âChoose 5000 people with strong cultivation to defend Dragon City. Those weaker ones can head down and not die here. Search for more flammable items and start a flame. Just donât burn the city down.â
âRight!â
Lin Qiong turned around to settle the matter while I looked at Jing Yin, âYou know what I want to ask, Blade Mountain⦠What is the situation?â
Her eyes were red and she was about to cry. She choked up, âSir⦠Major Qing Pu died and Autumn Leaf is badly injured. On Blade Mountain, 27 thousand Royal Army troops died to Azureâs strike. Three God Dragon Cannons and 93 Dragon Crystal Cannons have been destroyed. Royal Army has never suffered from such losses before.â
My heart hurt, âLeave the heavy cannon unit to defend Blade Mountain and the rest of you head back south.â
âRightâ¦â
â¦â¦
At this moment, a Prague player rode his horse over and said, âGuild Leader Xiao Yao, head over to Legendâs camp, the various guild leaders are discussing. I need you to head over.â
âEn.â
I returned my sword to my sheath and summoned the God Dragon Horse which I rode over. When I arrived I saw Fang Ge Que, Ye Lai, Mu Xuan etc all here. Apart from that, Rumor was here too. Wang Ze Cheng, Tyrant of West Chu and Flying Dragon was here. Although we had fought internally but in such a life and death battle everyone was quite united.
The moment I arrived, the meeting started. Fang Ge Que held his Heaven Arrogance Staff and said, âSo what should we do?â
Ye Lai placed his axe on his shoulder and said, âWhat do you mean what should we do? We have already lost so many people so letâs just continue. I donât believe that he can wipe us all out. I still have 50 thousand brothers down the mountain that can assist us, what is there to worry about?â
Yan Zhao Warrior said, âAgreed, I think we should swear to defend Dragon City!â
But there were still people that disagreed. Wang Ze Cheng held his spear and said, âI donât think so. All of you see that Azure summoned a frost current to cover the entire Dragon City and this has turned into a tomb. If we stay, our stats will be reduced. With our defence down by 40%, how can we still fight? Rather than die here for nothing why not just give it up and head back to Bahuang City to defend. At most, we will just try to get Dragon City back again!â
Rage rose up in my heart and I looked at him, âWang Ze Cheng, if you want to retreat then retreat, no one is stopping you but donât make others retreat. Once Dragon City is occupied, with Azure, Sif there who would be able to take it back. Can you?â
Flying Dragon tried to calm things down, âGuild Leader Xiao Yao donât be angry, we are just discussing, we havenât made a decision yet.â
He looked towards Rumor and said, âRumor, you are the Great Battle Axe, most of the members listen do you so what do you think we should do?â
Rumor still didnât get off his horse and looked at us from above, âI think we shouldnât give it up but we shouldnât defend it too.â
Fang Ge Que said, âWhat do you mean, please say it.â
Rumor said, âVery simple, if we defend here we will only suffer losses for nothing. Rather than that, why not gather some troops and use the ships to head to Dragonslayer Fortress. We will sneak attack their backline and maybe we can win. Look there have been examples of grain being burned.â
Liu Ying clapped, âGood idea, I didnât expect you to think of such an idea.â
What he meant was that a fool like Rumor wouldnât be able to think of such an idea. Rumor was obviously unhappy but he knew that Liu Ying was trying to praise him just that he wasnât good with words. He smiled, âGuild Leaders what do you all think. We donât need many troops just a hundred thousand. We can sneak attack through the night.â
Fang Ge Que kept silent.
Q-Sword rested on the wall and said, âToo risky, I think the people who go wonât be able to return.â
Rumor said, âIf we donât enter the lionâs den, how will we be able to capture the pup?â
Simple looked at me, âXiao Yao, what do you think?â
â...â
I kept silent for a few seconds before saying, âFirstly, they donât need supplies, they eat decomposed meat or absorb souls. What should we sneak attack? Burn the player corpses and bones? Even if we want to, how long will that take? We donât even have items to burn with so that is a problem.â
Rumor was annoyed, âSo you donât have a plan at all. Apart from this, what suggestions do you have? Say it or shut up.â
His attitude was bad and Ye Lai was furious because of it, âRumor if you donât know how to talk then shut up. Donât forget that we have been using Xiao Yaoâs strategy from the start and not yours.â
Rumor was even more furious but Fang Ge Que stopped him with his gaze.
Fang Ge Queâs power had been his greatest strength. He played both sides. He smiled, âXiao Yao tell me your thoughts?â
I nodded, âNormally speaking they donât need grain and they will just eat where they go so we canât burn their grain. However, we can stop their resources. All of you know that a large portion of them was summoned from hell and each hell entrance has monks. As long as we kill them we can break their tunnels. Apart from that, Azure opened a tunnel to summon the frost current. We can break that entrance too. I support sneak attacks but not to burn their grain. I support attacking the entrances.â
Ye Lai held his axe and said, âNo need to say anything, Judgement is willing!â
I nodded, âI will go with you!â
Fang Ge Que shook his head, âNo, Dragon City is still the focus and you are the highest ranked in the army system. You need to be here, send someone else.â
I looked at everyone, âWho is willing?â
Pragueâs Yan Zhao Warrior stood up and smiled, âIf I donât go then who will? Pragueâs 40 thousand are willing to sneak attack.â
Ye Lai said, âAdd the 50 thousand Judgement members!â
Misty Clouds smiled, âEnemies by the Gate can send 30 thousand so that is 120 thousand people.â
Not far away, Demon Mountain held his Fire God Spear and walked over. He was calm, âThe path from the east ocean is dangerous, I know the way so I can bring all of you there.â
Fang Ge Que smiled, âIs Demon Mountain really willing to help?â
Demon Mountain looked pained, âThe Dragonslayer Stronghold that I have spent so much effort to build is being destroyed in this battle. If I donât take revenge, I canât gain a footing in Nine Heavens City.
âGood!â