Chapter 570 - 536: Super City
World Tree Magma Space. The Thunder Fire Dragon Team, still expanding its territory, had to face a severe problem.
Lei Huolong approached Siriel and said seriously, "My lord, news from the front lines at the Pool of Radiance has arrived; we have been completely defeated. What should we do?"
Siriel was taken aback, "Defeated so quickly?"
Lei Huolong said gravely, "Yes, the Elf Kingdom enlisted the monster Leviathan."
Siriel couldn’t help but sneer with schadenfreude, "Just a lower species of spider demons. It’s only gotten this far thanks to its ability to climb walls. Now that it has failed, I am curious to see how it will face Lord Demon King’s wrath! In fact, when the Star of the Demon World, Agarlon, inexplicably perished at the Pool of Radiance, it already pushed the Demon King’s patience to the limit. Had this spider won the battle, the Demon King might have allowed it to fill the vacancy left by Agarlon. As for failure, heh!"
At this point, Siriel’s mood improved greatly, "Warrior, what are your next steps?"
Lei Huolong could only say, "I will carry out the mission to the end, but I would like to hear your opinion, my lord."
Siriel laughed heartily, "Exactly! That’s the talent Lord Demon King appreciates most. Those who fail, those who give up, they are all trash! Now that the main battlefield has failed, perhaps the Demon King will pin his hopes on us, or perhaps he will shift his strategic targets and forget about us. But in either case, as long as we achieve merit, we will give Lord Demon King a pleasant surprise, and the rewards will be unimaginable. Perhaps none of this matters anymore. What’s important is that this place allows me to grow continually stronger. When I grow stronger, it is the time for all of you to grow stronger as well. Do well!"
Lei Huolong sighed quietly, "Yes, my lord."
Honestly, Lei Huolong now deeply understood the feelings of the great spider at this moment, even though it was only an NPC. With the defeat in the Pool of Radiance battle, as the leader of the Dragon Slayer Hell Group and the planner of the entire strategy, causing such huge losses to the guild, what responsibilities would he bear, what punishment would he receive? A shared misery indeed.
Thinking of this, Lei Huolong felt empathetic and asked the team member staying at the Pool of Radiance, "How is the big spider doing?"
"Reporting to the team leader, we were blasted back to the city by Da Fei, and we have received no news of the big spider."
Lei Huolong said irritably, "How are you conducting your intelligence work? When did the spider retreat? And when were you blasted back to the city? What the hell have you been doing during such a big time gap?"
"Reporting to the team leader, we really didn’t see the big spider pass over us!"
Lei Huolong, in no good mood and looking for someone to vent on, somehow couldn’t muster the energy and could only sigh helplessly, "Even the undercover agents on Star’s side saw that the large group of spiders had retreated. How come you didn’t see such a big troop?"
"Team leader, we truly didn’t see it. Maybe it deserted?"
Desertion! What a thought—wait a second! Maybe it’s actually possible? Siriel had just said, with this failure, it’s definitely in for a bad outcome!
And just at that moment, the telephone on Lei Huolong’s office desk rang; it was the command center, "Team leader Lei Ren, please go to the meeting room at the command center on the fifth floor, the Guild leader wants to see you!"
Lei Ren’s heart shook. Is it my turn now? In an instant, a tremendous feeling of exhaustion and emptiness surged through his body, Lei Ren’s vision began to blur, and all his strength seemed to be drained in a flash.
Yeah, after staying up for three days and nights in a row, Lei Ren barely slept for less than an hour in between, entirely fueling himself by overdrafts of excitement, unaware of his limit until now. But now that he’s failed, the support pillar of his spirit has collapsed in an instant.
Crash! The phone slipped from his hand and he slumped unconsciously into the seat.
"Hello? Team leader Lei Ren? What was that sound just now? Hello? Hello?"
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At the Pool of Radiance, Da Fei continued to clean along the shore. After coordinating with the Dragon Slayer side, Da Fei felt exceptionally relaxed and happy.
After all, it’s all thanks to his own strength, otherwise, how could such good fortune come his way? Though it’s just for show, who’s to say it won’t become real? In any case, personal relations aside, one must always be vigilant. They are a large guild, they can withstand a fall, but I’m a lone wolf, a fall for me could mean the end.
As the cleaning operation proceeded, the morale of the troops on board the Flying soared like a rainbow. And just then, the battle took a sudden new turn!
— System Prompt: 39 Demon Child Generals request surrender due to fear of your military force, do you accept?
Holy crap, such a vast army and there are still those who surrender? Indeed, these defending troops and wild monsters are indistinguishable, they meet the conditions for surrender, hahaha! This is the soft power of my Grandmaster-level leadership diplomacy and my beauty team’s diplomacy!
But really, what do I need you for? If you surrender, won’t you be wiped out by the surrounding troops who didn’t surrender?
But then again, what’s the point in killing them? Troops without a hero’s command are no different from wild monsters; even if you kill a million, it won’t add to battle achievements, let alone it’s just low-level soldiers. A Demon Child is worth only 5 experience points and a Military Governor is worth only 10 experience points; would wiping out tens of thousands even net a million experience? And for Da Fei who’s raising five Vice Heroes, a million experience points might just level up the lowest, Elena, by one level at best. Compared to completing big missions for millions of experience points, it’s nothing for Da Fei.
Fine! I’ll accept the surrender, it’ll save me some ammunition—I’m starting to wonder if I’ll run out of ammo in the Gun Cabin after this barrage.
— System Prompt: You have accepted the surrender of 39 Demon Child Generals, and you have successfully occupied a section of the enemy’s city wall.
Da Fei was amusedly surprised, why didn’t I think of it, they’ve got a big use for occupying the city wall!
No more to be said, Da Fei immediately directed the surrendered Demon Child Generals to flee from the surrounding Demon Race troops and occupy the Arrow Towers along the cleaned city walls. Meanwhile, the Flying provided fire cover, preventing them from being slain by the Demon Army. Once these Demon Child Generals held the Arrow Towers, they could defend themselves.
Now, the surrender of the Demon Child Generals marked a good start, with more scattered low-level troops surrendering wherever the Flying went. Da Fei, of course, immediately moved the surrendered troops to safety below the occupied Arrow Towers. Then, with more troops surrendering, Da Fei’s forces grew like a rolling snowball. The gap in military strength continuously narrowed until at one point, a staggering 200 Demon Child Generals surrendered at once—an entire section of the city wall’s demons had laid down their arms without a fight!
Holy crap, worthy of the Demon Children, they sure know the score, hahahaha!
An hour later, after the Flying made a round, it accepted the last batch of surrendered troops. At this time, the number of Level 1 Demon Child Generals Da Fei had recruited was nearly 10,000, and a historic moment finally arrived:
— System Prompt: You have occupied the enemy’s city wall, and your territory is surrounded by the wall, reaching the condition for upgrading to a city area. Please repair the missing sections of the city wall to complete the city upgrade!
Da Fei laughed heartily, my superb Radiant City, I’ve been waiting for you for so long! (To be continued. If you like this work, you’re welcome to vote for it with recommendation tickets and monthly passes on Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)