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Chapter 22 - Chapter 11: Battle of Seven Lakes (2)

 "But the dwarves have much higher technology..." While trying to console their own disheartened spirit upon witnessing the cruel reality that they might lose the AI king in this battle, the strategic manager choked up and couldn't even console himself when he saw the mages, who were suited for long-range attacks, casting great spells alternately!

 

Even though the technology is outdated, the power of a strong attack comparable to a cannon still exists.

The explosion boom is one of them. Moreover, mages can also cast explosion spells. However, according to game system they have to stand still and take 1 minute to cast the spell, and after casting, there is a 10-minute delay before they can cast it again.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, casting such a spell in a party battle is primarily to finish off the tank players on the opposing side who are extremely tough, with lots of health and strong armor.

Now, as for tanks, they also have tough armor and are very resilient.

But if there was a magician casting this spell casually, the strategy manager would not have such a stutter.

After the frontline chaos settled, they regrouped. After all, it was an AI equipped with war data and troop management strategies. Once they regrouped, they used tanks as the front line, approaching the wall, and raised the tank's gun barrels to fire simultaneously. 

The Sagittarius side, being hit against the wall, saw their standing soldiers get scattered and blasted away. Several sections of the wall collapsed, yet the soldiers did not break ranks. Sagittarius ordered the mages to stand arranged in lines: three layers on top of the wall and twenty-seven layers at the bottom.

The foremost layer prepared the spell and fired Explosion as soon as it was in range. After firing, they sat down to drink potions to replenish MP. As the first layer began to fire, the second layer began casting the spell. Once the first layer finished firing and all sat down, the second layer fired next!

At the bottom of the wall, they fired in an arc upwards to let it fall down."

 

Continuing in this manner, there would be a barrage of fire, with each set spaced no more than ten seconds apart.

The area would be devastated, sweeping away the tanks advancing at the forefront completely, but it only bought five minutes at best. There were still over twenty minutes remaining before the reinforcements could arrive.

The remaining tanks might be obstructed by the wreckage of the destroyed tanks, but the golems mixed in had two legs and could move more agilely, dodging and closing in on the city walls. Once within range, RPGs would be fired.

This time, the enemy moved much faster than the human city's forces. After the wizards had to wait for a delay before they could fire a second round, the golems braved the constant barrage of catapult fire, fired RPGs over the walls, discarded their launcher tubes upon reaching the city walls, and began to climb.

The mages had descended from the walls after firing all three rounds of explosions, and the tank knights had initially ascended the walls to prepare for defense. Thus, even when the golems climbed up, they would meet the defending tanks and assault units behind them attacking and pushing them down to the ground.

As for the tanks, it took several minutes to break through, which coincided with the delay being complete. The first row of mages, who had moved to the bottom of the wall, fired explosions once more..."

Boom!!! Boom!!! Boom!!!

Although previously, Sagittarius did not fight on the city walls, the four lords did!

And the battle clips of the four lords appeared all over social media, so how could Sagittarius not capitalize on it, making it even more spectacular?

The technique of firing in a line formation has been around since the era of Lord Oda Nobunaga (during Japan's Sengoku period, Nobunaga used a deep line formation technique with firearms, taking turns firing in a line, creating continuous fire and defeating Takeda's cavalry, which was considered the strongest in Japan). Sagittarius merely expanded its size, having soldiers line up along the entire city wall, utilizing all the forces they had, depleting their entire stock.

Simply put, if they were to lose, it would be hard for Sagittarius to recover.

But he was not worried about being betrayed by the four lords because the live broadcast had already been aired. How could they dare to retreat in shame?"

 

The image was also sent to the player who was beside the dwarf king.

Even though he didn't watch it live because he had to brainwash the king, there were messages from allies sent to him.

They were sent continuously since the image cut to the four lords deploying their forces to surround them.

The bunker fell, and with them rolling out and scrambling, it took over ten minutes after the news image cut to the four lords surrounding the area before the dwarves were able to help and get them out of the bunker.

The player exited the bunker, saw the warning message, opened it, turned pale, and quickly warned the dwarf king.

 

Sagittarius climbed up onto the city wall and saw that the other side had already realized. They retreated from the wall and were reorganizing their forces, preparing to face an attack from all directions.

In truth, the dwarves didn't have any TV. They shouldn't have known this quickly. Moreover, only fifteen minutes had passed, half the time of the planned siege. If left alone, with tanks and RPG-equipped golems, they could establish a stronghold that would be impossible to break.

Trainee Valkyrie Kara pointed to something far off, so far that it looked like tiny figures, almost indistinguishable. She said, "There's a human who has betrayed their race and joined the dwarves! That person must be aware of your plan."

All the players had realized this by now. The game news images were all showing Seven Lakes City.

Melon-chan furrowed her brows, then shook her head in frustration. "Because of the benefits, right? If a metropolis lord like Sagittarius, were defeated, the piece called Chandra City would fall to someone else."

Trainee Valkyrie Kara just shook her head without saying anything, lamenting the nature of humans.

However, Sagittarius seemed to have known from the beginning. If you listened closely to the CEO's speech at the launch event, that blond man slipped up and said, "There are players revealing the matters of the five metropolitan cities to the Dwarf King." So, it's not surprising that the other party would know the movements, just like the other players.

And it's not surprising that Sagittarius was confident that the Dwarf King would lead an army to attack the city of Seven Lakes after the auction of the Dwarven items. This is because players had informed the Dwarf King of things that NPCs in the game world shouldn't know.

Not just Sagittarius, whether it was Guhai Wubian, Myewku Mewku, Winter Solstice, or Guinevere 28, they all realized this. Otherwise, Guhai Wubian wouldn't have said, "It depends on Sagittarius to hold this army off until we arrive to break them."

This time, he climbed the city wall to tell Kara, "I'll have to trouble you, Kara. I'm leading the army out of the city to attack the forces that are retreating and forming up, preventing them from setting up their defense easily."

The Valkyrie trainee Kara immediately responded, "I'll go stall the central army!" She then jumped off the city wall at once.

Sagittarius ordered the city gates to be opened, turned to Melon-chan with a smile, and said, "This time, it's thanks to your fortune again, Melon-chan." Then, he descended from the city wall, leading the army out.

Melon-chan could only tilt her head in curiosity, following Sagittarius.

She was unaware that Sagittarius considered the worst-case scenario: the players with the Dwarf King reporting the military movements from the moment they arrived in the city, and the dwarves starting their attack as soon as the countdown began, awaiting the forces of the four metropolitan cities. However, Valkyrie trainee Kara hit her mark accurately, toppling the golems. By the time that player reported this to the Dwarf King, the four-city forces were already approaching.

But as Sagittarius descended the city wall, he received a report from the system saying...

 

[Player Robby tiger 0001 has suddenly declared a chain war against the city of Russell]

[Player Robby tiger 0001 has suddenly declared a chain war against the city of Russell]

[Player Robby tiger 0001 has suddenly declared a chain war against the city of Russell]

 

Russell City is a town that has Crystal Island as one of its territories.

An abrupt declaration of war, without giving time for negotiations and preparation, would reduce the credibility of the city lord because it does not give the other side a chance to brace themselves.

If he were the former city lord Rigel, and the other side brought hundreds of thousands of troops to confront the dwarves, it would be appropriate to use this credibility to attack immediately because there is a chance to capture the city.

The main forces have been conscripted to Seven Lakes City almost entirely, leaving the subordinate city with very few soldiers.

But is that really the case?

Sagittarius read the announcement from the system, dismissed it, shook his head slightly, and muttered, "I'd like to know if they will survive." Then he put the matter out of his mind and led his forces out of the city to hold off the dwarves for as long as possible.

 

Out in the middle of the sea but still within the territory of Sagittarius,

the combined forces of the city lords who were captured by Sagittarius after taking over Seven Lakes city, along with reinforcements from the behind-the-scenes group, appeared with a fleet of thirty warships.

Robby Tiger 0001 grinned. "Such a sweet moment, how can we not seize it!" Then he turned to the group of players and ordered, "Prepare to land!"

The players, paid in real-world currency, responded and worked diligently, preparing weapons and equipment as befit their wages.

But suddenly,

Boom!!

Out of nowhere, one of the ships on the left flank exploded and sank, billowing smoke.

Robby Tiger 0001 turned toward that side, but before he could think,

Boom!!

Another ship on the right flank sank. Hundreds of players drowned, respawning at the save point, bewildered as their levels dropped.

Robby Tiger 0001 looked around with a pale face and then remembered,

"No way!" he felt a chill of fear.

Recently, Sagittarius had managed to capture... a submarine. But sources said the dwarf submarine was too small for humans to operate...

Right!?