novelHire #203 - Chapter 203: Late and All-Rounded
#203 - Chapter 203: Late and All-Rounded
Just shortly after the Abyss Cult advanced.
At the connection point between Raven's Roost and the Abyss....
“Lord, our outermost defensive line has been breached.”
“Currently, our remaining demon forces have retreated to the vicinity of the second defensive line, preparing to regroup.”
The Pure Child, covered in wounds, arrived before Wu Wei, speaking with anger.
“This is all because that damned Fallen Angel broke her word!”
“Today is the third day, and this black-winged *itch hasn't brought any reinforcements.”
“Lord, it seems we can only rely on the help of the Imp Matriarch Caroline to stabilize the situation.”
Faced with Hel's complaints, Wu Wei frowned slightly.
To some extent, the Pure Child Hel was indeed correct.
It had been three days since the Fallen Angel Liz left.
In these three days, the pressure faced by Wu Wei's forces had been increasing.
Because the undead armies had gradually gathered over time.
Their attack speed was also getting faster and their attack frequency more frequent.
Relying solely on the number of Abyss Hatcheries Wu Wei possessed, he was unable to contend with the increasingly large undead armies.
This was the disadvantage of being a new lord.
As a new lord, Wu Wei's current lord level was not high.
This led to him having too few resources.
Wu Wei's only option was to send every demon he hatched to the front lines, throwing them into the endless war of attrition against the undead armies.
Although Wu Wei could perfectly control the battlefield with the powerful ability of War Sight,
the issue of troop numbers continued to constrain his abilities, preventing him from escaping the shadow of the undead armies.
But if it were a veteran lord, they wouldn't need to worry about troop numbers at all.
Because the accumulation of years was enough for them to have an extremely large army.
Even if the number of these armies wasn't large enough to directly confront such a large-scale undead army, they at least wouldn't be as foolish as Wu Wei, engaging in a war of attrition with the undead armies.
Faced with the invasion of the undead armies, they had other means.
Such as more advanced era weapons, more powerful magic, or simply calling for reinforcements.
But Wu Wei had none of these.
So he was so passive now.
“Don't worry.”
Wu Wei waved his hand, choosing to trust the Fallen Angel Liz one more time.
“Just after the outer defensive line was breached, I sent out all the Shadow Crawlers.”
“High-value targets in those undead armies are being killed one by one.”
“The current battlefield situation has been alleviated.”
“We now have at least two days of leeway to decide on subsequent matters.”
Wu Wei said this because the Shadow Crawlers, mutated from Shadow Panthers, possessed far stronger concealment and attack capabilities than Shadow Panthers.
When Wu Wei sent a large number of Shadow Crawlers to the battlefield, the originally collapsing battlefield was instantly reversed.
Because high-value targets in the undead armies, such as Skeleton Mages, Howling Banshees, and Death Knights, all died at the hands of these Shadow Crawlers.
Although the undead armies were endless, their threat level dropped sharply after losing the support of these high-value targets.
In addition, because Wu Wei abandoned the first defensive line, the undead armies, under the control of Ms. Sharapova, inevitably made mistakes when trying to advance.
So Wu Wei began to gradually reverse the decline by exploiting these mistakes.
But it was only a reversal.
In the face of the almost endless undead armies.
Wu Wei's methods could only delay, not fundamentally solve the problem.
However, just as Hel, as a demon, continued to belittle the annoying Fallen Angel in front of Wu Wei, a loud horn sounded suddenly, echoing in the ears of the undead armies and all the demons.
Perhaps to enhance her own dramatic effect, the Fallen Angel Liz and her first Abyss Cult army joined the battlefield shortly after breaking her word.
However, it was somewhat different from what Wu Wei had expected, and also somewhat different from what the Fallen Angel Liz had promised.
The number of Abyss Cult troops arriving on the battlefield this time was far from the exaggeration the Fallen Angel Liz had said.
Through War Sight, Wu Wei easily obtained the complete number of this army.
Two hundred thirty-four thousand seven hundred and one.
This seemingly large number was actually only a quarter of what Liz had promised!
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“Great Abyss Lord, I apologize for being late.”
The Fallen Angel Liz came to Wu Wei with a smile, bowing slightly, deliberately showing a large expanse of white beauty in front of Wu Wei.
But Wu Wei coldly ignored all of this and asked Liz.
“Liz, did you spend three days just to bring me two hundred thirty thousand troops?”
“Did your Fallen followers not completely conquer the Xiling Empire?”
In Wu Wei's impression, although the Xiling people reproduced slowly, as an empire.
Their population was at least in the tens of millions.
Although they had experienced a doomsday disaster, Wu Wei conservatively estimated that the number of people within the entire Xiling Empire was at least seven or eight million.
Such a number, but only produced two hundred thirty thousand troops, which was unacceptable no matter what.
You know, even if this group of Xiling people only contributed blood and flesh and souls, Wu Wei could use these resources to create an army several times larger than two hundred thirty thousand.
But facing Wu Wei's questioning, the Fallen Angel Liz did not panic at all.
A confident smile appeared on her beautiful face, and then she said.
“Lord, you misunderstood.”
“I did only send two hundred thirty thousand troops to support you, but that doesn't mean I only have these troops.”
“In fact, I divided the army into two batches.”
“The army supporting your battlefield is only a small part of all the troops.”
“Most of the Fallen Legion has been transferred to the main camp area of the undead army!”
“Those undead will never have thought.”
“That in the situation where they are fully engaged in battle with us, the already weakened Xiling Empire will give it a fatal blow in this way!”
Hearing this, Wu Wei was stunned.
He did not expect that the Fallen Angel Liz would directly choose such an aggressive way to join the battle.
“Great Abyss Lord, as an army loyal to you and fighting for you.”
“The first appearance of those Fallen followers will help you directly win this war!”
Hearing this, Wu Wei realized for the first time.
The Fallen Angel in front of him was not simply a thick-skinned “scum” angel.
As a member of the Abyss Cult, blessed by the Abyss Master, she was actually an all-rounder!
And this seemingly dangerous undead war ended in the hands of this all-rounder.