Chapter 93 92 Ambitions Creeping in the Shadows [3260]
Chapter 93 92.The Ambition Creeping in the Shadows [3260
(Extra for brother ‘Huo整挺好'[17/20])
“Swish.”
A map was placed on the table in the tent.
It was labeled with the internal structure of the Blood Wyvern Cloister, and it was the information supported by Missy Femis on the side of the Witch Hunters, which was in turn transcribed into the hands of the little player.
Onboard Happy Stick was again rightfully chosen as the overall commander of the player army this time, and he gladly accepted and felt the heavy trust of his brothers and sisters.
But this time, he would have to come up with a basic tactical plan.
The few people in the small player’s family who had military experience were all pulled over, and a group of people gathered around this map in silence.
“Shit, is it this big?”
The all-risky half-timer who had been an engineer in his youth looked at the scale labeled below and couldn’t help but spit out:
“This is an underground building, right? The area actually takes up a third of the inner city? Doesn’t that mean that a small part of the entire city’s underground is suspended?
Outrageous!”
“Spiritual energy, ask is mysterious spiritual energy.”
Next to him, Shan Nan Hu Xiao hummed, he also served as a soldier, although his experience was not as outrageous as Happy Stick but he had participated in maneuvers, so his military experience was still a bit.
He looked at this map carefully and said to Happy Stick:
“Such a big place want to gather together to push through is not very realistic, the witch hunter side counting the war leader is only 31 people, both of us plus the NPCs together is only a hundred people, it’s impossible to take care of all the places.
That’s why we need to split up the troops!
Clear the small monsters, push the map, and we’ll be the ones to raid the BOSS.”
“Right! A brain surge up there definitely won’t work.”
Happy Stick hugged his arms and squinted his eyes as he said:
“According to our previous experience in playing groups, this game could never come up with such outrageously retarded stuff like ‘alert range’. That is to say, as long as we enter this place once we’re discovered, all the monsters inside will come to attack us in a brainstorm.
Creating a defense that can hold up is a must!
Since we’re aiming for 100% realism, a 400 year old vampire sanctuary is definitely not something we can fight in a day, I’m guessing at least two days.
It’ll even have to drag on longer.
Here!”
He said as his hand flicked across the map:
“The second hall at the entrance, great location and only one way forward, the enemy can only launch a denial counterattack against us through here as well, the width of the battlefield can’t be opened up in our favor with fewer men.
After maintaining the hold in the front battlefield, we can send our elites to execute the break-in decapitation combat, the witch hunters will definitely be the first to do so, and our side will have to select level 9 or above elite players to participate in it.”
“But to maintain the defense line from collapsing we’ll need a lot of manpower.”
All Risks Half Hanged shook his head, and after a few seconds, he said:
“It seems that we still need to mobilize NPCs, we also need to prepare a large number of long range weapons for consumption, and a bunch of crazy vampires fighting with knives is something we can’t even dare to think about now, before 40 people fighting 7 can be countered to kill 23, the gap is indeed a bit big.”
“I just went to look at the witch hunter’s arsenal.”
Happy Stick said with certainty:
“Weapons are absolutely enough, and they have been fighting vampires for years in this area of specialization is simply point full, plus the ones stored in the camp, regardless of attrition, the hold is absolutely enough.
But we have to have at least 100 NPC militia as manpower alternates, and have to be prepared to pay casualties.”
“All four of us have joined the Cadmanian Self-Rescue Army, and Lord Maxim’s side said they would support us fully!”
Yamanan Tigress patted her chest:
“The weaving over there is now expanded to 120 men, all militia with combat experience, and there’s no need to use the camp guards. So where will the elite troops have to break in from?”
“This!”
Beside Happy Stick, the leader of the Tiger Leopard Riders, “Pro”, pointed his finger at a narrow passage at the edge of the map and said:
“We’ve asked Lady Tris, this is a natural cavern underneath the city, she said that there is a dark river here, a secret known to only a few people, from here we can reach the servants’ quarters in the Blood Vulture Cloisters, and then all the way inwards we can reach the deep Scarlet Hall.
The Pool of Sacred Blood is there.
The final boss, Salokdar, is also there.
If everything goes well, we can find it in just a few minutes after the second stage, provided the development team doesn’t go crazy and add a few bosses and a lot of minions to the dark tunnel as well, and provided that the success of this combat is contingent on the defense line side being able to pull the enemy’s main force.
I don’t doubt the willpower of our players, the problem is the game time.
There are only six hours a day, and if it drags on too long I’m afraid the NPCs won’t be able to handle it.”
“Then let’s do it in sections.”
Fully Risky Half Hanging rolled his eyes and said:
“Fight for a day first, wait for both sides to get on top, then swoop in.
That said, aren’t those guys all crazy because they’ve been mentally shocked by the Astral Spirit Energy? I think they should be easy to get into, and then get some spiked blood to use as bait, just like the way we fought those brain-dead vampires.”
“Tactics are pretty much done at this point, we’ve still seen the scene after all, the next step is to prepare for battle.”
Happy Stick stretched his body and said:
“Tomorrow the other brothers of Tiger Leopard Ride will be able to resurrect, I’m going to let them take the new players for a spin in the sewers, at least before the copy starts, let them brush their level to level 6 or above, or else the basic skills are all introductory simply can’t fight a hard battle.
By the way, we can also get some equipment in the sewers.”
“Old brother, you really can’t get enough of that underground gangster lair.”
Full Risk Half Hanging skimmed his lips:
“This is a public weapon for private use, isn’t it? Borrowing the manpower of new players to help you raid the copy ah.”
“Bullshit copy, it’s just a challenge area.”
Happy Stick didn’t refute it at all as he grinned:
“Look, this way, the new players can brush up their equipment and practice their skills, I can get the gangster’s supplies to enrich the team, and Lord Murphy can get a group of trained soldiers. The best of both worlds, a three-way benefit, how can you call it a public weapon for private use?
That said, you a few when the official is also too cool, it is time to do back to the old profession of the player, together to join this pulling practice, to brush your level also a brush.
Don’t pull the crotch by the time the war can be a disgrace.”
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“Any member of the Cadmanian Self-Rescue Army can participate in this operation, my lord.”
In a wide and gloomy basement of the city’s ruins, Maxim, who had just finished fencing with Murphy to delight in five defeats, leaned on the ceremonial black blade in his hand and reported to Lord Murphy, who was honing his Shadow Elf Secret Swordsmanship in front of him:
“The guards from the survivor camp can also be mobilized there if we need to, Miriam has already informed the survivors of this matter, and the survivors reacted quite violently after learning that the members of the Blood Wyvern Clan are still entrenched underground and have been reduced to dangerous monsters.
They strongly urged us to eradicate those dangerous creatures.
Of course, it is unknown whether this is mixed with some hatred for their old patron, after all, the Blood Vulture Clan’s rule over this great land for the past 400 years can hardly be called successful indeed.”
“We don’t need to focus on those, just focus on the goal.”
Murphy’s figure flickered in and out of the darkness in a gliding stance, as hard to find as a falling leaf.
Deadly, graceful and dangerous was the essence of this Elven Secret Sword Art, and it really fit the racial traits of the vampire very well, he said to his loyal servant as he practiced the rather well used spectral steps:
“The witch hunters clearly intend to use our warriors as expendable cannon fodder, but I don’t think my warriors will be willing to do so, so might as well be bold this time. Put the militia under your command under their command!
You follow me and participate in a focused stranglehold on a dangerous enemy.
The best way for the Black Iron rank to unleash its potential as quickly as possible is to fight, and fight against strong enemies to put enough pressure on yourself.”
“I don’t doubt the courage of the warriors, but their ‘art of command’ is too wild .”
Maxim said with a bit of concern: “Wouldn’t it be too risky, in case it causes a lot of casualties it will affect the morale that the survivors have managed to build up under your leadership.”
“Think outside the box, Mark.”
Murphy said, shaking his head:
“If we fail and the Blood League Knights discover Missy’s forbidden secret, these people will have to die just the same. I’m sure Tris wouldn’t joke with us about such a thing, so this time it’s not just the pressure that’s been put on us, but their lives will have to be fought for on their own as well.
What’s more, we can’t just rely on my warriors if we want our territory to grow.
Their numbers are a big problem.
Shouldn’t it be the duty of those who live on this land to defend their territory and homes?
If they themselves are not willing to protect their homelands, then they can never feel a sense of belonging to us.”
“What you said is quite correct.”
Maxim nodded, no longer dwelling on the casualties, but he quickly asked in a low voice:
“My lord, why must you side with Missy? Allow me to do gloomy thinking, if we take the initiative to inform the Blood League Knights of this information, perhaps…”
“Tris was deeply involved in Sarokdar’s breaking of the taboo, that is a sin she cannot escape, and you mean for me to abandon Tris?”
Murphy interrupted, his tone turning a little colder.
Maxim was creeped out, knowing that he had touched the most untouchable topic in Lord Murphy’s heart.
He immediately explained:
“It’s me who thought too simply, of course Mrs. Tris can’t be abandoned, I mean”
“No, Mark, there is no need to explain, I can understand your loyalty as well as the fact that you are proposing this program out of my interest.
I don’t blame you.”
Murphy withdrew his sword as he said:
“There’s even less need to be so terrified, we’re master and servant in name, but the ones we’ve been through together are enough to forge a deeper friendship. I just I can’t give up on Tris, can you understand that? Perhaps it’s the mystical connection between the bloodline and the honored one that makes me embrace and favor her from the bottom of my heart.
But the truth is, she did give me a second life.
To give her up would be to give up all the principles I’ve accumulated so far; ambitions and desires are important, but if the price of exchanging them is that we become a mindless monster, then I might as well not have them, and content myself with being an underdog who laughs at life just fine.
I mean, this time, we have to fight!
The outcome of the Blood Vulture Cloister battle will directly determine whether or not our little group is capable of controlling this piece of earth beneath our feet, and if we want to own our turf in this age of war, this hurdle must be crossed!
If I wanted to run, to be honest, I would have followed Adele when she first said that she could take us to the hidden refuge next to the barren mountain.
But that’s not what I wanted!”
The vampire said as he moved his fingers in the darkness:
“I promised you that we would make a name for ourselves and a name for ourselves, and this is the first step! Just as I won’t be satisfied with being an ordinary member of the Blood Vulture Clan, I’m sure you won’t stop at being my heir.
We both have ambitions.
Even Miriam, who keeps her distance from us. Have you noticed? Miriam’s getting more comfortable in her role as camp director.
She never talks.
But I can identify that she’s beginning to enjoy and learn to use the little power in her hands.
We all have pursuits!
It’s something we’ve earned with our own two hands!
We will not allow it to be taken away from us, and whoever dares to put his claws out will be cut off!”
“But those witch hunters, my lord.”
Maxim lowered his voice again as he said:
“Do you really trust them? They have the upper hand, and after killing Salokdar, maybe even those of us who . It’s all by the way anyway. If I were one of those witch hunters, I don’t think I’d miss this opportunity.
The Blood Vulture Clan is in name only now, so why not give it a push to be buried in history for good?
They’re perfectly capable of doing this.”
“Of course they can do that, and odds are they will indeed do it.”
Murphy gave a subtle smile and said:
“Provided they make it back out of the Blood Wyvern Cloister alive.
That’s exactly what I’m going to say to you next, Missy and Tris both told me that there’s a self-destruct device in the Blood Wyvern Cloisters, a secret place that was set up by Salokdar over two hundred years ago during the Second Dark War to ensure the final dignity of the Pool of Sacred Blood and the Blood Wyverns.
When we start moving, you’ll have to detach yourself from us to get there with Adele.
Then strike at the critical moment!
Our warriors are not afraid to die, and their steadfastness will create the illusion that we can’t let the Blood League Knights find out we’re working with the Witch Hunters either.
That’s a cardinal sin of collaborating with the enemy.
Do you understand what I mean? This is something I don’t feel comfortable handing over to anyone else.”
“It will not be dishonored, my lord.”
Maxim accepted the task without hesitation and got the marked map recording the location of the self-destruct device from Murphy.
After he left the basement, Murphy re-drew his saber in the reassuring shadows, and with a flick of his wrist the whole man burst forward several steps as if in a flash, bending slightly in the darkness as he stood still.
“Swish.”
A pair of young but already massive blood batwings snapped open behind him, allowing the gathering wind to blow outward in all directions before closing like a shield in front of him.
For the blood vultures, the huge scarlet batwings were never just a tool for soaring in the sky!
They had their own set of tactics to use their wings wisely in battle, and both Missy and Jade had shown Murphy similar techniques.
In the sudden lift brought about by the rotation of the batwing, the sword style in Murphy’s hand changed, and the colder and more deadly Catacomb Sword Guards sword technique drew a scarlet and dark trajectory forward.
He was grasping the time to practice, but he was also making a deep calculation of gains and losses in his mind.
He had to take the Blood Vulture Corridor in order to completely stabilize his control over Cadman City and the surrounding area, so that his newborn territory could be secured to attract more residents to join him.
The number of players that he could get from the people joining him would increase rapidly, and a city of 30,000 people would be able to feed up to 900 people when it was at full capacity and had reached the prosperity stage, and this number would continue to increase as the territory expanded.
If he could take the entire Transylvania region in a short period of time and then expand outwards .
“Ah, an army of players that doesn’t fear death and grows quickly! That would be the 4th Heavenly Tribulation that would truly take shape.”
Murphy exclaimed in the darkness:
“Making a name for yourself and making a name for yourself? That’s just the beginning, my lovely players and I will become true legends and leave a mark in history, and that, too, is just the beginning!
Dear Otherworld, I’ve suddenly realized that my budding ambition is really big, so please bear with me for a while.”
(End of chapter)