As soon as the words "cultivation resources" were spoken, every elder's mind shifted to Dark Source Crystals and the Alpha-level crystal core Orion carried. Then, each of them glanced up at the shining Arrow Towers standing tall upon the city walls, and they felt their blood boil with renewed passion, their fighting spirit rising.
Delilah secretly nodded, satisfied with the little trick she had just used. Illusions don't always have to be aimed at the enemy—sometimes they can be great for motivating your own people.
However, that collective passion and fighting will can't hold up forever. For half a month straight, the Dark Creatures outside continued to gather in greater numbers, showing no sign of launching an attack.
In contrast, the Spider Queen's little spiders, sent out time and again, had mostly failed to return and died out there in the field. Even before the real battle had started, they were suffering losses—that was not a good omen.
