“Where did this poor Bai Yunkong get his soldiers from? ”
Xu Hu’s scalp tingled, and he cursed under his breath.
He had just plundered Bai Yunkong’s territory some time ago, and the other party had been utterly defenseless. Yet today, he was directly at his castle gates. This surge in military strength was utterly unreasonable.
“Defend! Quickly, damn it, defend! ”
Xu Hu roared, his voice distorted by shock.
He hastily commanded the mere two hundred Harpy guards in the castle to ascend and meet the enemy. Most of his soldiers had been sent to pressure that Dungeon Lord, which meant there weren't many defenders left in the castle, only these 200.
But it was fine.
There were still a large number of defensive towers in the castle. With these towers, he could at least hold out for a while.
At this stage, he just needed to churn out troops like crazy.
Xu Hu didn't hesitate, immediately ordering the War Mill to run at full capacity. At a time like this, even if it meant exhausting all resources, this wave of attacks had to be stopped.
Aerial units were different from ground units. Air forces had an advantage: they ignored city walls, and when they attacked, they swarmed in, without needing to consider formations.
Within the Feathered Race formation, a sharp whistle pierced the air.
“Charge! ”
Over a thousand Feathered Race warriors, like a white torrent, suddenly swooped down at extreme speed, accompanied by a sharp whistling of wind.
The defensive towers’ arrows were mostly deflected by wings or skillfully dodged. Some did hit the diving Feathered Race members, turning them into corpses that fell from the sky.
However, no matter how sharp the defensive towers’ arrows were, they couldn't kill off over a thousand Feathered Race members.
Although this charge incurred heavy casualties, it allowed them to break through the defensive towers’ blockade, and in a blink of an eye, they had already swept above the castle.
They instantly engaged the opposing Harpy guards in the air.
Collision! Slaughter!
The Feathered Race warriors outnumbered the defenders several times over. They cooperated seamlessly, working in groups of three, their long spears precise and ruthless.
Xu Hu’s scattered Harpies were almost instantly pierced through and struck down, like hay reaped by a scythe, falling from the sky with screams.
“Damn it.”
Xu Hu watched helplessly as his painstakingly accumulated forces were instantly dismantled, his eyes splitting with rage.
He never expected the other side to charge with such disregard for casualties.
Now, even if the War Mill kept replenishing troops, it was useless. In aerial combat, one faced not only enemies from the front, back, left, and right, but also from above and below. Once encircled like a sack by the enemy, the casualty rate would be extremely high.
“No, this can’t go on. Retreat quickly…”
Xu Hu immediately issued an order.
He commanded all Harpy guards to retreat into the castle, intending to use the castle’s terrain advantage to temporarily slow down the Feathered Race’s offensive.
The castle entrance was narrow enough.
As long as this entrance was blocked, these Feathered Race members wouldn’t be able to fully utilize their numerical advantage for now.
At the same time.
Xu Hu also anxiously called out to his subordinates, ordering them to return for emergency defense.
Harpies, as aerial units, flew very fast, but no matter how fast, it would still take some time for them to return from over there.
This period was the beginning of Xu Hu’s nightmare.
His calculation was indeed correct.
After hiding inside the castle, the Feathered Race members couldn’t fully utilize their numerical advantage and couldn’t inflict devastating damage on the Harpy guards as they had before.
However…
By doing this, Xu Hu was effectively abandoning the external land and structures.
The number of Feathered Race soldiers surrounding the castle entrance suddenly decreased. Just as Xu Hu breathed a sigh of relief, he heard the system message: 【xxx Defensive Tower has been destroyed.】
“Holy crap!”
Xu Hu had just started to curse when he heard another message: 【xxx Nest has been destroyed.】
【xxx Defensive Tower has been destroyed.】
【xxx Blacksmith Shop has been destroyed.】
【xxx Watchtower has been destroyed.】
…
One after another, notifications of destroyed buildings rang out. Hearing these sounds, Xu Hu’s face turned dark.
“Damn it!”
Xu Hu angrily kicked the wall, but the rebound force made him double over in pain.
“…My mother!”
It took Xu Hu a long time to recover.
He turned to look at his building page; the external buildings had been mostly demolished by those Feathered Race members.
Those were all resources.
The castle, built with countless efforts, was now ruined just like that.
Xu Hu’s heart ached immensely.
He immediately found Bai Yunkong’s contact information and sent a message: “Stop fighting, stop fighting! Make your subordinates stop, or else when my troops return, you’re dead.”
Bai Yunkong saw the message and pouted, “Alright, then I’ll just wait to die here, huh.”
After speaking.
He ordered his Feathered Race subordinates to demolish with even more force. In the end, he even wanted them to dismantle the War Mill. Even if they couldn't dismantle it, they should squat at the War Mill’s exit and kill anyone who came out.
Watching his losses, Xu Hu was so anxious he almost cried out.
He had clearly intended to make a fortune and firmly hold that treasure trove in his hands.
But why was he the one suffering heavy losses first…
Helpless, Xu Hu had no choice but to concede: “I was wrong. I shouldn’t have attacked you earlier. How about this… let’s draw a line. You say how you want compensation, and I’ll compensate you. Is that okay?”
For now, the only option was to concede and stabilize this guy, then figure out a way to deal with him later.
“I say how to compensate, and that’s how it will be?”
“Exactly!”
“Then transfer a few hundred magic crystals first, to show your sincerity.”
“…”
Xu Hu was stunned. No, I just said that casually, but you actually dare to ask for it!
Compensating with some resources was fine, but a few hundred magic crystals right off the bat!
Do you think a few hundred magic crystals are like a few hundred cabbages, that you can just take them out whenever you want?
If I really had a few hundred magic crystals, wouldn't it be better to just mass-produce troops and counterattack?
Xu Hu’s face darkened.
Despite his immense anger, he still forced himself to reply: “Isn’t that a bit too much? I don’t have that many magic crystals right now. How about I transfer some stone, wood, iron ingots, etc., as initial compensation?”
When he had plundered earlier, he had only taken these materials.
At most, he would just return all of them…
However, Bai Yunkong didn't buy it, “Your sincerity isn’t enough. This makes things very difficult.”
“No, don’t be like that… Let me gather some, I’ll give it to you right away.”
Turning around.
Xu Hu ran to the Witch Alliance to ask for help.
Save me!
Save me!
Save me…
Although the alliance’s teleportation array currently had a single cooldown time that only allowed for 100 allied troops at most.
But as long as he could find dozens of rare-grade troops to assist in battle, there was still a chance for a defensive counterattack. If he could also borrow a few hundred magic crystals, he might even be able to reverse the situation and attack the other side’s base.
However, in response to Xu Hu’s plea for help, not many people in the Witch Alliance paid attention to him; they all chose to ignore him.