Chapter 575: Chapter 450, Blackstone Tribe_2
(Description: The riders always carry a plethora of peculiar items in their backpacks, which they would dump out once they arrived above a destination. )
The attributes of the Bat Knights, were quite admirable.
Their greatest advantage was their strong air-to-ground combat capability.
From the description, it was clear that Bat Knights could throw various items downward, not only limited to javelins.
For instance, toxic potions, or even the explosive devices at Fang Hao’s disposal.
These could all be hurled by the Bat Knights, and by then, the bombing effect would be much more significant than that of a Skeleton Giant Bat.
That counted as a decent flying unit.
Having completed recruitment of the airborne troops,
Fang Hao proceeded to recruit [Skeleton Trolls] and [Skeleton Minotaurs].
Due to a lack of unique materials, Fang Hao decided to forfeit the 7th-tier Cyclops and instead recruited normal Skeleton Trolls that were only 5th-tier.
Anyway, strength in numbers was the key to winning a battle, and those rare materials could be used for more advanced units later.
[100-fold Amplification activated, recruiting 101000 Skeleton Trolls.]
[100-fold Amplification activated, recruiting 101000 Skeleton Minotaurs.]
Great masses of skeleton-type units emerged.
“Go and standby outside East City.”
The skeletons immediately turned around and marched towards the city outskirts in perfect unison.
…
Upon completing recruitment at the transformation field, Fang Hao continued to the barracks.
At the barracks, he began large-scale recruitment.
[100-fold Amplification activated, recruiting 101000 Skeleton Warriors.]
[100-fold Amplification activated, recruiting 101000 Skeleton Spearmen.]
[100-fold Amplification activated, recruiting 101000 Skeleton Archers.]
[100-fold Amplification activated, recruiting 101000 Undead Mages.]
[100-fold Amplification activated, recruiting 101000 Barren Tomb Guards.]
(100-fold Amplification Activated, recruiting 101000 Skeleton Cavalry.]
Fang Hao didn’t put too much thought into the type of troops he wanted to recruit.
His military strength was multiple times that of the enemy, how he deployed his forces didn’t matter now.
As long as there were no significant oversights, he could overwhelm the enemy however he liked, hence, Fang Hao recruited 100000 of each kind.
Batch after batch of skeleton soldiers appeared incessantly.
According to the orders, they headed towards the city outskirts, standing in the rain in their respective troop types.
The original forces stationed outside the city had all been placed inside the Troop Hiding Cave.
Now 900,000 more troops gathered.
Crowded as far as the eye could see.
The incessant rain kept pouring down, washing over the skeletons’ bodies.
Having finished recruiting troops, Fang Hao continued to manufacture copious amounts of equipment.
Mountains of weapons and armor were piling up.
Meatfist and other leaders began to instruct the troops on equipping themselves, as they got ready for the final preparations.
Only when night fell, and the sky darkened even further,
were the soldiers suited up and ready.
After a few more words from Fang Hao,
Meatfist raised his hand and immediately all the troops activated, heading towards the Webweaver camp.
…
The next day, early morning.
Fang Hao sat up in bed, glanced at the time: 7.20AM.
Normally at this time, the sun should already be out.
Still, the outside world was dim, the thick clouds blocked out the sun, and the heavy rain continued to drone on.
However, the rain was quite lighter compared to the past two days.
It seemed like the rain would be letting up in a couple of days or so.
Fang Hao opened the regional channel to check on everyone else’s situation.
As soon as he opened it, he saw a constant stream of information scrolling down.
Being stuck inside due to the rain, everyone was just chatting.
“My city is turning into a bath, and the four city gates can hardly cope with the drainage.”
“My soldiers and farmers are all cooped up with me in the manor, we eat, drink, sleep, and do our business here, it’s disgusting.”
“You’re still lucky. On my side, many farmers have loyalty levels down to the 40s, I’m worried they might rebel.”
“The weather is too cold, I want to buy hot pot ingredients to beat the cold.”
Fang Hao reviewed the situation.
He reduced the prices of his clothes and hotpot ingredients listed for sale.
There’s not much he can do about this natural disaster.
His land had a drainage system that helped a lot, so it wasn’t too badly affected.
However, since the drainage system was part of the building blueprints, it couldn’t be sold and they would have to deal with this on their own.
Looking at the situation, the rainfall volume has been decreasing over these two days.
He estimated that the rainy weather would end soon.
All they had to do was to bear with it for a few more days.
After checking the regional channel, Fang Hao checked his sound-transmitting shell.
Meatfist hasn’t sent any messages back yet.
It seemed that the heavy rain last night did impact their march. They marched all night, but they still haven’t arrived.
Dressed up and got out of bed.
Exiting his room and walking downstairs, he saw a group of Blackfoot Cats waiting in the hall.
Upon seeing Fang Hao,
Lorrey immediately jumped up.
He went forward and reported: “My Lord, we’ve gathered 172 Blackfoot Cats here.”
Being small and nimble, the Blackfoot Cats were famously competent scouts among the Orcs.
However, due to their small size, their combat power was inferior compared to the muscular Orcs.
Except for Lorrey who was more relaxed, all the other Blackfoot Cats were standing in an orderly fashion.
Fang Hao glanced at them and said, “Hmm, did the old clan leader tell you about the operation?”
“He did, fighting the Blackstone Tribe, we’ve been wanting revenge for a long time.” Lorrey clenched her small fist and said loudly.
“Hmm, Blackstone Tribe’s forces have besieged one of our auxiliary camps. Your responsibility will be gathering intelligence and reconnaissance. You won’t need to fight directly, but you must guarantee the accuracy of the intelligence. Do you understand?” Fang Hao asked, looking at the Blackfoot Cats.
“Understood, don’t worry.” Lorrey was the first to guarantee.
The remaining Blackfoot Cats also nodded in comprehension.