[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-city-of-desire-kingdom-building":3,"chapter-city-of-desire-kingdom-building-city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-422":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","City of Desire [Kingdom Building]",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1846275,2449,"Chapter 424: Target","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-422",422,"\u003Cp>Valentina\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Gently, gently,' I repeated in my heart as I started to bring those things from underground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are extremely sensitive and expensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The slightest mistake and they will explode, and we didn't want them to explode before they came out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I buried them last night and now bringing them out. Some would ask me, why we can't just throw them like the cannonballs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, we can't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are extremely sensitive and need to be handled with extreme care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It also gets quickly discovered by the skills and spells. Especially the Dengersense, which would start blaring in its presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had brought them close enough. That their skills should have started reacting, but they aren't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'It seemed like whatever Remus did to make it invisible to skills and spells is working.' I thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have a few guesses; some seemed preposterous. A few are illegal and some are in the realm of reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I pushed those thoughts away and focused on the task at hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remus said, I will have around forty-five minutes from the army entering the range. I will have to finish the task in that, or the enemy will sense it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had already been ten minutes. They have surrounded us, and we have around half an hour at most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those four things are the most expensive weapons Remus had brought. I myself had gone to the Meldhorn to pick it up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We had paid a massive price of two hundred and forty Grade II essence bottles for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had only got these things, after handing over the essences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I failed, all would go down the drain, but if I succeeded. The chances of our victory would increase by a huge percentage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have to finish it quickly. The longer it will take, the more casualties our army will suffer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could see the enemies had brought their cannons and powerhouse. Their numbers are really high, that people are hard-pressed against them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could hear cannonballs coming down from above, stopped only by the shields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are not only targeting those in the front, but also at the center. More cannonballs coming at the center than the front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are enough people protecting me, that I don't need to worry about any threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing, I have to worry about is my task.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orok Uram\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enemies grinned at me, seeing me walking toward them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially the necromancer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She is a tall human woman with purple hair and a grey robe around her. There is a script on her robes. It is not common, which I had learned to read, a few months ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don't like mages, no warrior does.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mages are the most dangerous opponents for us warriors, our bane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A same level mage could kill ten of us. If skilled enough and have good enough spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had never fought mages before coming here. I had heard about them from my father. He shuddered whenever he used to talk about them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought he was overestimating them until I saw their power myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, I would need to fight one myself and it is not the only one. There is also the warrior; a bald, bronze-skinned human of medium height.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sup Sup Sup!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had not even taken three steps when Bone Spears materialized in front of the necromancer and shot toward me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are ten of them; each one of them is sharp. So, much, they would be able to pierce through my body without any problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I reacted immediately and activated the skill from my main class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My speed increased with Wild Dash. Like all my skills, it is also suppressed in this environment, but this one is one of the less suppressed ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could use 80% strength of Wild Dash, which is the highest while only 25% of Rhythm Of Wild, the lowest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The speed is good, but spears are faster. I know I wouldn't be able to dodge them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, I turned and activated another skill. Wild Swing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ax moved fast and tore through the three Bone Spears, one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surprising the mage and the warrior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have a practice of dealing with magical attacks. A lot of monsters have them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The necromancer attacked again and this time, with bolts of energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dark Bolts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once more, I moved to dodge the attack, but they were fast and reached me before I could dodge them fully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I swung my ax with Wild Swing again and defended against four of the bolts when another attack came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This one isn't from the Necromancer, but from the bald warrior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His green saber, moved swiftly like a wind, with the promise of death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It will give me death. If I let it come close to anywhere near my head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't retreat against his attack, instead moved my ax forward at an odd angle. Which would have broken the bones of anyone, unless there is a skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is not a skill, but a flexibility, I had gained through a lot of hard work and a large number of nonik fruits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My ax clashed against his saber, and I used Parry. The skill from my Soldier Class, but so has he, and his is powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My Solider Class is at Lv. 9 while his is the main class which is close to Lv. 30. Despite, the powerful attributes, my parry isn't as strong as his Parry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He parried the attack and came at me. Opening himself to me, which he didn't think he had, but he did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The opening is big enough, that I could kill him with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hun!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was about to move at him when I saw Bone Spears coming toward me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I retreated immediately with the Wild Dash while moving my ax forward to defend against the attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I defended against the bolt, but the bald warrior's saber, cut through my arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cut is deep, reaching the bone. On top of that, there is pain skill attached to it, which brought tears to my eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have dodged it,\" said the bald man and came toward me with another attack. At the same time, the necromancer attacked me with another spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I retreated to dodge the attack; there was no option. If I clashed with the warrior, those bolts would have me. I rather not let that happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bald warrior isn't the one to let me retreat easily. He followed me with his speed skill, which is fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had to defend against its saber to not get decapitated. Giving the opportunity for two bolts to reach me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Survivors Protection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I activated my defensive skill, which covered me with the invisible protection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, energy bolts pierced through me. Giving me a sensation like, I had been swallowed by the dark cold water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could see the necromancer grinning, before launching another round of bolts, while I moved my ax to defend against the attack of the warrior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The protection wasn't able to stop the bolts fully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could feel the damage they were doing and another of my skills moving to heal it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Survivor's Healing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the sole skill, that kept me alive from the injuries that would have killed me, hundreds of times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, this is not a solution to my problem, which is the necromancer. I have to deal with her before she kills me, but she is a mage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are also the four special undead she had kept around herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as she kept attacking me. I wouldn't be able to deal with the warrior and they will eventually kill me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I cannot let that happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The necromancer had launched another attack, at the same time, the warrior had swung his saber at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His attack is much faster than before, with more power. I wanted to avoid it, but couldn't. Seeing more than half of the Bone Spears will hit me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That will give the opportunity to the bald warrior to finish me off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My ax stopped the attack, but the very next moment, those Bone Spears came at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Puch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I moved my body, but the spears still hit me. My armor was able to stop the two, but one pierced through my lower back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though not as deeply as the necromancer had expected, as the frown had appeared on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hun!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warrior attacked me again, when the Rhythm of Wild spiked again, in familiar fashion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I leaped into the air to avoid it despite knowing, it might make me a target in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I dodged the attack of the warrior, but I didn't leap for it. There is something more dangerous and painful. I have experienced it many times and don't want to do it anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment after, I dodged; the sharp bones spurted out of the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I had stayed there, I would have been porcupines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I remember well, what the spikes could do. Earless bone rats had the ability to create Bone Spikes from the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had suffered so deeply from them; that rhythm of them had imprinted in my mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The necromancer had failed in her attack, but now she had got me in the air. The place that restricts my mobility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn't waste any time and attacked me with the Bone Spears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They took all but a second to reach me, and I was ready.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I moved my ax to defend against them, but I know very well, that I couldn't defend against all, and I didn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I only defended against those, that could strike undefended parts of my body. I didn't defend against those that would be stopped by my armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The armor alone isn't enough to stop the attack, but there is also the defensive skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bone spears crashed against my armor. Dented it and hurt me, but wasn't able to pierce through it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The necromancer frowned but wasn't done. She had the Bone Spikes, ready on the place, I am about to land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So is the bald warrior with his saber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is a perfect trap that would be hard-pressed to get out of, but I am not without an option.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had taken the jump in the air, with all the options in the mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ariel Adjustment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I activated another of my skills from my main class and was able to adjust the landing spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From in front of the enemy to behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warrior reacted quickly and turned back to an attack, which I dodged with Wild Dash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though not successful, I received another cut. I would have been able to defend against it. If I had used the ax, but I didn't want to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He isn't my target; the necromancer is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as she is alive, I won't be able to fight him. They will kill me, like right, the attack coming at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I had moved to defend attacked them. Those Bone Spears would have skewed through me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap on thebelow to read20Advanced Chapters.\u003C\u002Fp>",1856,"2026-06-09T06:54:39.599Z",1,"novelbin.me","2424d17fb37fc6bee1831f34bd691da103954da5806e1164d8de802bf2e3bfab","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-423","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-421",917,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcity-of-desire-kingdom-building-cover.jpg"]