Chapter 88: Attacking the City

2nd of the Harvest Month.

At 6:30 in the morning, Gao De got up on time.

Since coming to this world, he had developed the good habit of going to bed early and getting up early.

Who made this world have no "mobile phones"! After waking up, he first did half an hour of simple exercise as usual, then took a shower, and began to prepare today's breakfast:

"Otherworldly version of vegetable porridge" boiled with wheat and some vegetables.

After eating breakfast, Gao De looked at the time on his pocket watch; it was not even 8 o'clock, and it was still an hour away from his working time.

He simply began to calculate the things he needed to prepare for his journey to Saint Xi En City.

After much thought, the best choice at the moment was still to go by water.

Although there was no direct waterway connecting Bremen City and Saint Xi En City, requiring crossing different water systems and land, at least five or six cities had to be transferred.

Considering factors such as season, water flow, wind direction, and stops along the way, the entire journey would take at least several months.

But compared to land routes, it was at least much safer and less prone to accidents.

It was just that a journey of such a long duration was clearly not something that could be done just by saying so; full preparations had to be made.

Dang dang dang! Dang dang dang! Dang dang dang! Just as Gao De was still buried in his calculations, a burst of urgent alarm sounds sounded abruptly, echoing back and forth throughout the city, interrupting his contemplation.

Hearing this sound, he couldn't help but be taken aback.

This was a city-wide alarm sound.

"What happened?"

He opened the door, trying to observe the situation on the street.

He found that most of the people in the surrounding houses were the same as him, opening their doors to observe.

Everyone was very confused.

Because they didn't find any abnormalities and couldn't understand why the alarm bell was ringing.

But everyone's doubts were soon answered.

Strange mechanical birds, like clockwork toys, had already been sent out from the city center the moment the alarm sounded.

They scattered in all directions, flying to every corner of the city.

The mechanical birds spread their wings shining with light and swept across every street and every alley at a very fast speed at low altitude.

The bodies of these mechanical birds emitted a cold and clear voice like a machine:

"Around Hogen City, earth veins are newly born, earth-vein creatures are rioting, and they are attacking surrounding cities. There is now a large group of Dire Bats attacking Bremen City."

"All residents outside, please return home as soon as possible, close your doors tightly, and do not go out until you receive official notice, otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences!"

"Additionally, we sincerely summon all magic users in Bremen City who have mastered attack spells to defend together against the attack of Dire Bats."

"Anyone who participates in the defense, apprentice magic users, regardless of conditions, can receive a reward of 5 gold coins, and 1st Circle magic users a reward of 20 gold coins."

"In addition, for every Dire Bat killed, there is an extra reward of 1 gold coin! Those interested can immediately go to each city wall to register and wait for dispatch!"

The instructions were concise and powerful, like an invisible spell.

First, it made those who heard it fall into a tense silence, and then it made them like frightened rabbits, instantly scattering and rushing back to their homes, closing their doors and windows tightly!

Gao De looked at the street that was empty in the blink of an eye, and the doors and windows of the houses on both sides of the entire street that were tightly closed, and took a deep breath.

It really happened.

Earth vein rebirth.

Even Bremen City, which was so far away from Hogen City, was about to encounter an attack from earth-vein creatures.

One could imagine what kind of terrifying offensive Hogen City, which was adjacent to the newly born earth vein, had to experience.

Standing at the door, Gao De hesitated for a moment, and then made his decision.

He closed the door.

But he didn't go back into the room; instead, he headed straight for the nearest city wall.

That's right, Gao De was going to respond to the summons from Bremen City and participate in the defense.

Not to mention the principle of "when the lips are gone, the teeth are cold," the generous conditions alone were attractive enough. As a magic user, just participating in the defense meant 5 gold coins unconditionally, and there would be extra rewards for participating in killing earth-vein creatures.

Most importantly, the earth-vein creatures attacking were a large group of Dire Bats, the same type of earth-vein creature.

This meant that he was highly likely to obtain a bit of new origin in this defensive battle. As for the possible danger... letting him go out of the city to hunt earth-vein creatures, Gao De would indeed have to think twice.

Now, just defending on the city wall with a bunch of magic users, with real magic users in front, the danger was actually already extremely low.

Gao De also didn't think that as the largest city in the Bremen region, Bremen City wouldn't be able to handle the attack of a batch of earth-vein creatures.

This kind of opportunity absolutely didn't come often.

There was no reason not to participate!

When Gao De arrived at the city wall nearest to the Kamengde District, he found that many people were already queuing up at the entrance of the stairs to the city wall.

They were all magic users in the city who had come to participate in the defense, basically all apprentice magic users, who were accepting the review of Bremen City's official staff and receiving rewards.

That 5 gold coin reward was actually issued before the battle!

It could be seen that the official sincerity was sufficient.

Gao De observed for a while on the side and found that the so-called review was very loose.

Everyone stepped forward to the registration staff and registered their magic user level; they didn't even have to specifically reveal the attack spells they had mastered, and they would directly receive 5 gold coins.

Then, according to the staff's assignment, they were incorporated into various teams.

The captains of each team were served by official magic users.

"It is expected that in another thirty minutes, the Dire Bats will attack. Magic users who want to participate in the defense, hurry up!" The leading manager shouted loudly.

Gao De didn't hesitate anymore and immediately joined the queuing team.

After a while, it was his turn.

"Name?"

"Google Ditu."

"Magic user level?" The registration staff asked without raising his head.

"Second-Rank Apprentice."

"Alright, you go to the Seventh Team." The staff handed over 5 gold coins and arranged a place for Gao De.

5 gold coins were immediately in hand, and the specific arrangement was also completed. The whole process took no more than ten seconds, which could be described as clean and neat.

Gao De put away the 5 gold coins and, following the guidance of another staff member, joined a team of more than a dozen people gathered on the side.

It should be the Seventh Team.

Very coincidentally, his joining made the Seventh Team just right.

Seeing that the personnel had been gathered, one of them, wearing a uniform and clearly belonging to an official magic user, spoke: "Everyone, from now on, I am the captain of this temporary team. You will follow my command in future actions. My name is Lilo."

"Including me, there are seventeen people in this team, six Third-Rank Apprentice Magic Users, eleven Second-Rank Apprentice Magic Users, and we need to defend a 100-meter section of the west city wall."

"Any questions?"

"No questions." Everyone answered in unison, very cooperative.

Although this captain was also just a Third-Rank Apprentice Magic User, there were five other people in this team at the same level as him.

But whether it was his identity as an official magic user or the sharp temperament he exhibited, he could completely suppress the scene.

And everyone wasn't a fool; they knew that in such a scene, it wasn't the time to show off their personality. Following the command of someone with experience was definitely safer.

"If there are no questions, follow me!"

Lilo led the group along the inner path of the city wall, climbed onto the city wall, and arrived at the section of the city wall they were responsible for defending.

On the city wall, fully armed city guards had already prepared everything, including defensive works, waiting for the arrival of the Dire Bats.

They were the main defensive force in this battle.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 89 =====