“Hmm?! What’s going on? How come there are so many new life signatures in this human castle?” Ludwig was still coldly watching the surging waves of his Skeleton Legion attacking the city walls.
But just then, his brow furrowed tightly; he suddenly realized something was amiss.
Yes, something was amiss.
He had already opened two ramps before, plus the super ramp formed by the current 3rd floor ramp. More of the Skeleton Legion had already begun to charge up the city walls, but it had been over ten minutes, almost half an hour, and all he saw was his Undead Legion still surging upwards, which meant there were no results at all.
This made him feel that something was wrong.
After all, although Ludwig was a Wood Elf, he had already received some information about Undead Monsters after being transformed into an Undead Monster, which was information directly instilled into him by the death spirit rules.
So he knew very well that these Undead Monsters, seemingly immortal and without stamina or morale limits, would, once they attacked, be like an endless, continuous tide.
They would exhaust the stamina of those creatures, reaching their limit in a short time, thereby rapidly decreasing the frequency and degree of their resistance.
“But why is it that at this moment, there’s still no movement on the city walls? How could those human defenders contend with so many of my Skeleton Legion? Even if there are still many soldiers waiting for reserve combat, the number of Skeleton in the Undead Legion that have died is already two to three thousand, or even more, right?”
Ludwig’s pale face, formed by negative energy, furrowed.
He really couldn’t understand.
Especially at this moment, he suddenly sensed that the vigorous life force belonging to living beings from the Deherim direction had become much denser and was rising steadily, even increasing by 1000 people, then another 1000 people, and continuing to add another 1000 people, with each increment of life energy appearing like an abundant gathering, which he sensed.
This brought a stir to his heart.
Although he had no heart, this did not prevent a stir from appearing in his mood.
His mood became more suppressed; after all, at such a time, Deherim, which he was attacking, was generating such vigorous life energy.
“But where did the reinforcements come from?” Ludwig asked softly, his mood growing heavier.
He truly didn’t understand why the life energy appearing in Deherim was so dense that it made him feel something was off.
Ludwig had never encountered such a situation before, not even when he was a Wood Elf.
It was originally just an ordinary town-type castle, a small-scale castle.
But with his siege, the life energy inside kept increasing, which meant that the defenders inside were also increasing. And now, as an Undead Monster, Ludwig could clearly sense that the vigorous life force within them also contained some eager, excited, and quite agitated emotions.
This indicates that these life energies are all individual soldiers, all professional soldiers who are not afraid of death or battle.
That is why they generate such positive feedback life fluctuations in their life energy.
“And the space-time transmission of the portal seems to have come to an end.” Ludwig frowned slightly at this moment, looking again at the Holy Light Torch Tower illuminated by holy light.
He could sense that the power of space-time that had opened earlier must have been a portal, and then some Wood Elf rushed out of it and began to fight in the Castle District.
The various negative energies emanating from there, including slaughter, bloody excitement, as well as pleading, cries for help, and other sorrowful and painful emotions, could also be perceived by him from a great distance.
So he knew very well that a tragic massacre was currently taking place in the Castle District.
Recalling the news that the Wood Elf Village, arranged by the Wood Elf Plane, had sent people to request cooperation, Ludwig could now imagine that the Wood Elf forces were definitely slaughtering the human forces.
After all, human forces were too weak. Ludwig was very clear that if it weren’t for the gods in the sky constantly protecting humans, such an excellent faith-based race.
Then if humans and elves were to oppose each other, even their Wood Elf race could directly destroy a major human power.
After all, the Wood Elf race’s heritage and combat capabilities were far beyond what humans could contend with.
“Next, the Wood Elf Plane should send another part of their elite to provide support, right?” Ludwig frowned slightly at this moment. He looked up in the direction of the Castle District. Although he also saw the figures appearing on the city wall, he didn’t care. Because he believed in the combat capability of the Wood Elf race.
After all, he was also a Wood Elf at that time, so as long as the Wood Elf took it seriously and carried out such a sudden surprise attack, the human forces would surely be massacred very badly.
And based on this result, Ludwig’s brows furrowed even tighter: “This is not good. I don’t want to sacrifice so many of my Skeleton Legion only to have them directly annihilated, and then when it’s time to divide the spoils, I only get a verbal promise of a small piece of the pie.”
The most crucial reason Ludwig came here was because he also knew that in the Castle District of Deherim, there was a magical plant containing a fragment of Natural Consciousness.
If he could obtain that magical plant and absorb the Natural Consciousness fragment within it, perhaps he could rely on the foundation and rationality he had accumulated to expel the negative energy from his body, and with the power of the Natural Consciousness fragment, restore his physical body and regain his Wood Elf identity.
Only in this way could he fully recover and no longer be controlled by the Skeleton King.
Especially when he thought about how he used to be manipulated by the Skeleton King, it was because he was completely eroded by the death spirit rules, and he completely became a puppet of the death spirit rules, and then he could be manipulated in body and mind by the Skeleton King, who was an incarnation of the death spirit rules.
If it weren’t for the death spirit rules, then even if Ludwig still couldn’t contend with the so-called Skeleton King, he would actually have the ability to protect himself.
One must know that at that time, Ludwig had already reached the ninth-ring level of a sword dancer.
He was also only half a step away from entering the legendary rank.
“My dear brother, I don’t think you know that even now, I still feel very young about that matter.”
Ludwig’s face showed a sneer at this moment, the soul fire in his eyes quickly burning and flickering, erupting with an extreme, suppressed pain: “In the past, I didn’t want to contend with you, and I would deliberately avoid you, just because you are my brother. But I really didn’t expect that during the End War, you chose to stand by and do nothing. This truly surprised me. If you were willing to lend me a hand, then I wouldn’t have fallen to my current state, my dear brother, can’t we, as brothers, unite?”
He hoped to unite, to exchange his forbearance for his brother’s unity, but his step-by-step retreat and withdrawal ultimately led to his current state.
Ludwig no longer wanted what was called unity; he finally understood that only by relying on his own strength being sufficient could he achieve peace and unity.
And this time, he was not going to give way again. If he could be the first to enter the legendary rank, his Wood Elf body would return, and he would be able to replace his own brother, who had no real ability, only knew schemes and tricks, and looked like a good-natured old man, to become the Great Elder of the Wood Elf Plane, and then lead the Wood Elf Plane to a better future.
Ludwig had no doubt about this point.
After all.
After being infused with negative energy by the death spirit rules, he was now not only a nine-ring sword dancer but also a nine-ring negative energy manipulator.
Or rather, being called a death spirit spellcaster was also perfectly fine.
The Spirit Realm has shattered. The various professions and levels that the Crystal Wall System once possessed have actually vanished with the shattering of the Crystal Wall System. Now, as long as they work hard, they can break through the upper limits of various professions that were once set within the Crystal Wall System.
After all, this is a brand new era.
And having arrived in the Blue Star World, they have also been partially altered by the blue star rules.
By leveraging this change, they can break through all previous constraints, and then, when the Blue Star World transforms into a Spirit Realm world, during the countless bug-like buffer periods created by the fusion of the two rules, they might be able to possess power comparable to demigods.
And if they can acquire more resources and more power, perhaps they can even seize the authority of the rules while the Blue Star World has just become a Spirit Realm Crystal Wall System and the various rule authorities have not yet been mastered by anyone.
He might suddenly seize the authority of that rule and perhaps even taste the honey of eternal life.
“This truly makes one excited just thinking about it.” Ludwig’s eyes also showed excitement at this moment, and then he gently shook his hand, and in his right hand, a slender elven longsword made of bone had quietly appeared at some unknown time.
It was adorned with black flower-like patterns and glowed with a faint green light.
Ludwig walked forward.
And at this moment, a light armor made of bones suddenly appeared on his body, resembling lamellar, plate, or even chainmail, fitting closely to his form.
The nine-ring sword dancer was now fully armed and ready to personally enter the battlefield for combat.
However, he did not act rashly.
Ludwig looked up at the remaining wave of the Skeleton Legion that had charged up. He hesitated for a moment, then raised his left hand again and crushed a dark halo.
Supernatural power surged out once more.
Then, in the darkness behind him, large expanses of black mist reappeared, and within these black mists, his Skeleton Legion from the Black Arrow Tower Seventh Dynasty, which he had summoned here, also appeared.
This time, he wasn't planning to go into battle himself, but rather to lead his legion in a full-scale assault.
And it was an all-out assault to completely crush this human force.
...
“Kill, kill, kill! Hold them! Everyone, hold them!”
Fatis suddenly felt the pressure on the city wall. He suddenly realized that, he didn’t know when, or perhaps it was just an instant ago, the defensive pressure on the eastern city wall had suddenly doubled.
Including the lower-tier soldiers who were currently fighting those Skeleton, namely the Swadian Militia and Swadian Recruit, they truly felt the pressure at this moment.
So much so that they began to cluster around the Swadian Sergeant and Swadian Infantry, as well as the Lake Rat Gang Destroyers, who were mixed in the middle.
Especially those Holy Tree Knight.
It was only with their help that they could barely hold on to the city wall, preventing the Skeleton from outside from breaching it.
“Lord Fatis, something is not quite right now. I think these low-level soldiers should be withdrawn from combat first, and let the higher-level soldiers who have rested briefly take over.”
So much so that even a Holy Tree Knight noticed that something was wrong and quickly came to report to Fatis and make his request: “If these low-level soldiers continue to resist here, I think it’s not just a matter of casualties; whether this section of the city wall can be defended is a very big problem.”
“I understand.” Fatis did not hesitate and immediately agreed to the Holy Tree Knight’s suggestion, while waving his hand to give his orders.
And those Lake Rat Gang Destroyers and Swadian senior soldiers who had already eaten briefly below the city wall immediately, upon receiving new orders, did not hesitate and all came to the city wall, joining the resistance against the increasingly surging attacks of the Skeleton Legion charging up the ramp.
At the same time, the city wall defense line, which had been impacted and began to twist, was re-stabilized.
Of course, the city wall defense line was indeed somewhat dangerous at this time.
Those low-level soldiers with cold sweat on their faces were also withdrawn from the front line of the city wall.
Now they didn't need to fight the Skeleton Legion on the city wall. After the tempering of this fierce battle, what they needed to do now was to quickly recover their stamina, and then continue their previous tasks.
That is, moving some knowledge, moving some siege defense materials, doing odd jobs, that's enough.
Just then, on the 3rd floor balcony of the castle main building in the Castle District.
Shen Mu frowned slightly.
“Hmm?”
Because right before his eyes, the mission symbolizing Stage 7 was announced complete with the death of the 2000th Skeleton.
This meant he had received a reward from the Mount & Blade System.
However, when he looked at the Stage 8 mission.
His expression changed.
【Stage 8 Mission Begins!】
【Mission Objective—Repel/Defeat/Kill the Vanguard Commander-in-Chief of the Black Arrow Tower Seventh Dynasty!】(End of Chapter)
