Chapter 231: Escorting the Siege Ladder
“A few days ago I encountered it once, it was nothing, you can continue.”
“…Actually, his operational awareness isn’t that strong; he mainly relies on controlling skills for street engagements. Just now I was caught in a full set of control and couldn’t move.” Mo Ran said helplessly, thinking that if he had used Blink earlier, it wouldn’t have been so harsh. “Moreover, he seems to have completed quite a few tasks, and now the Shadow Lord is certainly inclined towards him. If we act here, it might provoke the NPCs to attack.”
No wonder he ran so fast.
“So what now? The battle outside has already started; we can’t just sit here and do nothing, right?” Fenghua frowned. If it were just her alone, she’d probably be causing trouble by now.
There are three directions of siege live streams on the forum, so she can clearly see the situation outside.
The Magic Crystal Cannons were bombarding the players and crossbowmen below with overwhelming energy.
Indiscriminate firing.
The players’ progression speed was greatly hindered; the current scene was just too chaotic, making it impossible to stand firm. Sometimes while fighting, teammates simply disappeared.
If we were to say who the current MVP for killing monsters is, it has to be… the Magic Crystal Cannons, indeed, it’s the Starlight Wood Soil.
Continuous interstellar explosions brought a series of damage above 10,000; she seemed to see the attack range of the cannonfire, always maintaining distance from the city wall.
Occasionally, after casting a skill in a dense area, he would immediately Blink back.
With strong fire support, Cloud’s Edge was surprisingly advancing the fastest and was almost at the wall!
“Protect the ladder!” Zhi You shouted.
Under his command, a team of knights pushed the ladder cart over, followed by a dozen priests.
Ah!
In the sky, a flash of purple demonic light appeared, and a Magic Crystal Cannonball fell with incredible energy, looking like it was about to hit them!
“Charge!”
As if in slow motion, a determined figure used Charge to slam against the side of the ladder, stowed his weapon, and climbed to the top of the siege ladder with a few heaves.
A silver-white shield flickered, and the phantom of the Guardian Shield appeared in the air.
Boom!
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The cannonfire was detonated prematurely, causing the ladder’s resilience to suddenly drop by 20%, and the player who had braced against the cannonball was knocked off by the powerful shockwave.
The knights below took a few thousand damage, but since they weren’t at the center of the explosion, no one died.
“Fortunately, I made it in time…” Endless Sea muttered as he fell to the ground. Seeing the ladder about to be hit, he had rushed over on impulse.
It wasn’t that he was concerned about the level of Cloud’s Edge players; to him, this was currently the most forward ladder, and he had to protect it.
As long as they could hold the first vehicle steady on the wall, they could destroy the Magic Crystal Cannon!
After that, building the ladder would be a matter of time.
“Is that you?” Zhi You ran over, shocked to see Brother Sea.
After all, they had just put a bounty on Endless Sea two days ago; he didn’t expect this person would help Cloud’s Edge.
“That’s right, it’s me. What about it? Do you want to fight?”
“…” Zhi You fell silent. Looking at his carefree demeanor, he indeed wanted to take out Endless Sea if he could.
However, this wasn’t the time for internal strife.
“It’s an important moment for the siege; I’ll let you go this time. We’ll deal with you for harming Little Yecao later.”
“What does that have to do with me? Forget it, I can’t be bothered to argue with you; just protect the ladder, we’ll need it later.” Endless Sea waved his hand and walked towards the other side.
“Vice Guild Leader, this guy is so arrogant, should we send someone to deal with him?” African Chieftain said indignantly.
“…No need, just these cannon fires are enough to give me a headache.” Zhi You shook his head. However, his suggestion did remind me.
“Let the knights switch out on the top of the ladder; when the cannonballs come, they should actively take the hits! Don’t let the ladder get directly blown down!”
“Yes!”
I must say, this method effectively reduced the speed of damage to the ladder. Moreover, engineers could follow beside the ladder to repair it. Although the recovery speed was pathetic, about 2% in a minute, it was better than nothing.
Other guilds followed suit.
…
Mo Ran also knew the situation outside. After hesitating for a moment, he said, “It looks like the ladder outside is about to be built… I’ll head out first to draw in the NPCs and that guy; you all take the chance to get on the city wall!”
The plan is feasible, but… won’t that affect your subsequent tasks? Starry asked.
“It’s fine, as long as I don’t actively attack the NPCs, there’s no problem. Just to buy time is pretty easy.”
“…Then it can only be that way.” Fenghua confirmed.
Time was pressing. If they delayed any longer, there would be no point in infiltrating. Destroying the Magic Crystal Cannons sooner would reduce player losses.
“Alright…” Mo Ran took a deep breath, mustering his courage and said, “I’m off then?”
“Wait, take this.” Fenghua called out to him, taking out a rice dumpling from her bag.
A faint aroma of glutinous rice wafted out.
“Rice dumpling…?”
“Homemade dish, eating it will give you a speed boost.”
After discovering a self-created skill, was there now a homemade dish? Although these things were common foods in reality.
“Okay.” Mo Ran nodded, but after fumbling with the knot for a while, he ended up tying it in a dead knot.
“…” Fenghua was a bit exhausted and held her forehead, saying, “Food can be used directly apart from eating!”
“There’s such an operation!? ” He exclaimed, and the next second, the rice dumpling disappeared and transformed into a buff.
“Then I’m off, you guys come out in three minutes.”
“Alright.”
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Outside the city, Endless Sea returned to the squad, reassuming his main role.
Their current position was between Cloud’s Edge and Haoxiao, which led to the earlier scene.
“Brother Sea, don’t run around; if it weren’t for Brother Memory reacting fast enough to pull the hate from 3 crossbowmen, Chuxue and Zimei would have already been down.” Brother Shiu scolded him as he returned.
“Sorry… I just instinctively ran over seeing the ladder in danger…” Endless Sea scratched his head awkwardly.
“Protecting it isn’t wrong, but remember to give a heads-up next time.” Nangong casually remarked as an Ice Feather Arrow knocked down a snowy monster.
“Ok, ok.”
“Are we going to use Cloud’s Edge’s ladder later? If so…” Wencheng asked, worried that that guy might act inappropriately.
“Don’t worry; at this time, internal strife would not benefit them.” Endless Sea responded, “If you’re really not at ease, you can turn on the recording system; if they dare to act, we will post the video on the forum.”
“Brother Sea is right; a guild of their scale needs a good reputation. People often won’t care about ordinary actions, but they definitely will get roasted if they act during such a critical moment!” Nangong affirmed.
“The little princess is scared; if they dare to hit you, your father will be the first to disagree!” Jiangxia held Wencheng’s small hand, his eyes filled with doting.
“Before being attacked, I’ll tire you out first!” Wencheng raised her healing staff and took a sip toward his head.
Ding!
“Sound good? A good sound means a good head.”
“Mm-mm, too much…!” Jiangxia fled, covering his head.
