“Bang!”
“Bang!”
“......”
Violent crashing sounds echoed from within the Lord’s Hall.
Each collision made the villagers waiting outside for orders tremble.
This commotion...
had been going on for a full day!
“Damn it!”
Inside the room, Long Tao furiously smashed the last wooden bowl to smithereens, then lay on the ground, panting.
In his vision,
the crimson notification made it difficult for him to calm his emotions.
“Your hero, Hogg, has died.”
“Epic-tier....”
“Epic-tier....”
Long Tao’s eyes were somewhat unfocused.
He had thought it would be foolproof for Hogg to subdue the Jackalweres tribe.
Who would have thought...
Hogg had messed up big time, completely unprepared, and just like that, he suddenly died that very night!
It directly cut off his crucial path to a strong early-game start.
“You.”
“Tell me again about last night’s situation.”
Long Tao looked towards the corner of the hall.
It was Liu Yi, who had feigned death and returned, having escaped mortal danger.
“Lord.”
Liu Yi knew the other party’s emotions were unstable at the moment, so he knelt on the ground trembling, reiterating the scene he had witnessed earlier.
“Spearmen....”
“Silver-armored female warrior.”
Long Tao frowned, taking a deep breath to calm his violently fluctuating emotions.
If Liu Yi’s description wasn’t mistaken,
in his impression, there was indeed a rare human troop type that fit the description—the Scarlet Tassel Spearman.
But...
this troop type had an average level of only 13 or 14, and they didn’t have a stat advantage against the Jackalweres.
It was impossible for them to wipe out the entire camp as if it were nothing.
Unless....
The silver-armored woman was an extremely terrifying hero who granted compatibility bonuses to those spearmen.
And she herself possessed formidable combat power.
That would match what Liu Yi said about the scene.
Hero....
Thinking of this,
Long Tao immediately felt a shiver from his soul.
“At least Saint Spirit-tier or above to possess such a bonus.”
“And having a hero means there’s another Lord behind the other party.”
“I’m still in the Trial Land...it’s impossible for an old Lord to exist. Could it be....”
Thinking of this,
the familiar and loathsome silhouette had already appeared in his mind.
“No!”
Long Tao shook his head abruptly, “It’s only been a few days. Rare troop training takes at least twenty-plus hours. He can’t possibly have an army of this scale.”
“Furthermore, judging by the coordination and combat intelligence of those people, they are not comparable to recruited NPC villagers....”
“There’s also another possibility......”
Just then,
a rush of footsteps came from outside the room.
“Lo-…Lord, there’s a skel-…skeleton outside who says he wants to talk to you.”
“Oh?” Long Tao’s eyes narrowed slightly, his guess in his heart becoming more certain. He said, “Let him in!”
Not long after,
a low-tier skeleton with mottled, cracked bones entered the Lord’s Hall.
It glanced at Long Tao at the conference table, its soul fire in its eye sockets flickering slightly, then it very naturally walked to the opposite side of him, pulled out a chair, and sat down.
“Undead Lord!”
Long Tao stared intently at the skeleton opposite him, and coldly snorted, “I didn’t expect you to find a way through the trial barrier. Aren’t you afraid I’ll spread the word?”
“A weak Undead, isolated and deep within human territory, I believe many people would be interested in your racial buildings.”
Hearing the threat, the skeleton indifferently wiggled the crooked vibrating plate on its throat.
“Caw...I...caw caw caw.”
“I am...caw caw, here to discuss a business deal.”
The skeleton seemed to have adjusted its frequency, and its speech began to flow smoothly. “I need a strong declaration of war that allows direct attack on Lin Yi.”
“As his staunch brother, a sworn brother in life and death, you should have a way.”
“What!”
Long Tao was immediately startled by the words.
If it were a Blue Star Lord, knowing his relationship with Lin Yi would be understandable.
But how did an alien Lord, who broke through the trial barrier to get here, get this information?
“Hehehe....”
The skeleton clearly knew what he was thinking, its pale fingertips lightly tapping the table, and it chuckled eerily, “You human ants have no secrets before me.”
After speaking,
the skeleton’s light blue soul fire suddenly flared intensely, and its skeletal body trembled along with it, creaking as if it would fall apart the next second.
Immediately after,
the Lord’s Hall was enveloped in a gray, deathly mist.
A lifelike white flower, encased in crystal, appeared out of thin air on the table.
“Death Qi Barrier!”
“Spatial Teleportation!”
A cold sweat immediately broke out on Long Tao’s back.
Damn it!
He had originally thought the other party was just an ordinary Skeleton Lord personally coming to discuss cooperation.
This was a high-tier Great Lich???
The skeleton before him was merely a vessel possessed by the other party’s consciousness.
Thinking of the Lich’s mysterious methods, even with his Rebirth memories, Long Tao felt a surge of fear.
If the Lich before him wanted to go on a rampage,
it was likely that none of the Blue Star Lords would survive until the end of the month!
It was just as he had suspected.
New Lords from higher worlds had descended into their trial area!
Behind that silver-armored female warrior, there might be an exotic human Lord.
“This....”
After Long Tao clearly saw the item on the table, he blurted out, “light twin flowers??”
“Interesting.”
The skeleton lightly raised a fingertip, and the flower was pulled before it by an invisible force.
However,
it seemed for some reason, it did not want to touch the crystal.
“Judging by your expression, you must know its function.”
“I only need your help to create a strong declaration of war, and it will be yours... For you, it’s very simple.”
The skeleton relaxed its posture, slowly leaning back in the chair, and slightly turned its head.
Even though it was just a husk, it still gave off a sense of languid elegance.
“Gulp....”
Long Tao’s fiery gaze was fixed on the white flower.
light twin flowers!
A high-tier light-element plant.
Aside from its healing effects,
what it was more widely known for was attracting Light Elves from other dimensions.
After tearing through space,
the unique aura of the twin flowers could allow Light Elves to temporarily stay in the territory.
At that time, the Lord could seize the opportunity to recruit them.
And Light Elves....
Even the lowest-tier ones were Mythic-tier existences.
If there was a combat-oriented Light Elf among them, the gain would be incomparable to a single Hogg.
“Your Excellency....”
Long Tao’s mouth was dry, and he tried to steady his racing heart. “You also know... Lin Yi is my dearest friend, my brother!”
“No?”
The soul fire in the skeleton’s eyes flickered slightly, and a hint of appreciation appeared in its gaze towards the former.
“In that case......”
“You’ll have to pay more!”
Seeing the other party’s butt already lifting from the chair, how could Long Tao remain calm?
“Oh.”
“Take it and get lost.”
The appreciation in the skeleton’s eyes vanished, replaced by intense disdain.
Through spatial teleportation, it tossed a building blueprint, a rare troop blueprint, and a bone shard onto the table, then said, “I’m only giving you 7 days. If I don’t get the declaration of war within 7 days,”
“My Calamity Legion will devour you!”
“When you’re ready, contact me with the bone shard.”
After speaking,
the skeleton, like a marionette with severed strings, lost control and fell to the ground, its decaying skeleton shattering into pieces.
The surrounding gray death qi that had isolated the outside world also vanished instantly.
“Hahaha!”
“Lin Yi!”
Long Tao excitedly held the three precious items, muttering to himself, “A Great Lich who dares not accumulate infamy! He must be an existence with the ambition to ignite divine sparks!”
“Although I don’t know how you provoked such a big shot, when heaven wants you dead, you have no choice but to die!”
“But... how should I plan this declaration of war....”
“.......”
However,
as he gleefully admired the items in his hand, he was completely unaware that a figure hidden outside the window had already passed through the barrier and heard everything.
