[{"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-425":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},1846278,2449,"Chapter 427: Waiting","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-425",425,"\u003Cp>Methum\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang Clang Clang\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elder blood cut through acid balls, before defending against the attacks of zombie warriors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fast as well as strong with good experience in dealing with the undead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have lost the battle; you should just give up. I promise; I will spare you and a few of your men,\" I offered before attacking him with Zorrin's Lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He moved his halberd swiftly and cut through the lighting without any effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had killed many Lv. 30+ with this spell, but he had effortlessly neutralized the spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The artifact, even if it is broken, is a powerful weapon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don't know what that bastard Bartram was thinking. He should have sent the artifact back to the island the moment he found it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It should be in the hands of people who could use them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why should I? When we are going to win this battle,\" the big man replied and tried to come at me, but the zombie warriors stopped him, and I attacked him right after.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have quite a confidence,\" I said, attacking him with another spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't reply to that, instead grinned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am aware that he isn't using everything. There are powerhouses hidden in the circle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is also a powerful ammunition they have not used yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They may even have one or more surprises, which are to be expected, and I am fully prepared to deal with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is a powerhouse inside that is ready to fight against the powerhouses of the enemies and powerful ammunition, they might throw at us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I even have people with powerful danger-sensing skills. I am also casting scrying spells every few minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have all the advantages, but I am being careful. Only, a fool becomes careless in the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there is a danger, I will know and will deal with it. I have enough forces, to deal with anything they could bring out. Even if it is another army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have orders to conquer the city and I will do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang Clang Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He broke through my Bone Lances and leaped toward me. I cast Dark Frost Shields and Haste on myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he finished with the bone walls. The distance between us went back to the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have the confidence to defeat the elder blood, but that doesn't mean, I will take the risks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I know how powerful these bastards are, especially the one, I am fighting. He is holding an artifact; that would tear through my defenses if I gave him the chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once dead. It might be truly over me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from conquering the city and taking control of the legacy. There is another mission, I have received.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is to find out, how they are stopping the soul from returning to the island.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, it was Lich Savais and then Necromancer Arza in the second battle. Lich Savais' soul should have returned to its phylactery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same happened with Necromancer Arza.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had prepared to turn into a Lich after death. Her soul should have returned to the island and prepared to go through the ceremony, but it didn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had truly passed away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It scares me because I too had made a preparation. If I die, I want to turn into a lich.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have a body ready and everything. It cost me a fortune, along with other resources, but it will give me a greater chance of success in the ceremony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why, I was so hesitant to come here, but since I had received the orders, I had to follow them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hun!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt the danger sense and saw him sending the arc of bronze energy at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I immediately cast the Bone Shield and Dark Frost Sheild, before casting Zorrin's Lightning to stop him from taking advantage to close the distance between us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy arc is as powerful as the spell and more damaging. Elder power is hard to deal with, once stuck to you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's better to not let it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stopped the Lightning as my shield stopped his arc. I didn't waste any time and sent Calidris Pulse and Bone Spikes\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elder blood moved and defended against Calidris Pulse, before Dodging Bone Spikes coming out of the ground, when I had hit him with another Calidris Pulse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which he defended with his halberd before dodging the attacks of my zombie warriors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's frustrating to see him defending against all my spells. They are not even reaching his body; he is stopping them at his halberd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at Wayne and Xander, both of them are busy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both of them are stronger than the energies they are fighting, but Paladin and Warrior are capable enough to keep them busy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought about bringing other powerhouses to help me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, I have not brought out every powerhouse. There are more, that are hiding. Like how they are hiding their own powerhouses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don't like to fight without support, but I will take the risk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elder blood is dangerous, but I am quite capable as well. There are many spells, I haven't used yet, powerful spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I won't use them till it is time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be great if I didn't have to and if I need to sacrifice thousands of undead to keep them hidden, I will not hesitate to do that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spells, the more hidden they are, the greater the effect they will bring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enemy will not be aware of them. One could use them, at the right time to surprise the enemy and finish them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over 90% of my spells are known; I am sure, the merchant bastards would have informed them about the spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are still some, I haven't revealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hun!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A minute passed, and I felt another of my officers dying. The fifth one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Till now, four had died on each side, but now, we had taken the lead. It was so different at the beginning of the battle; we had killed their two within seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I debated using my skill to enhance their strength but delayed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's not time; I will use them when they become desperate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They will become desperate; it is inevitable with a horde covering them from all sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, they are fighting with zeal, but as time passes. They will get tired, while our undead keep attacking them without feeling a shred of tiredness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, they will get stronger with every death on the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The victory is mine; it is guaranteed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing I have to do is wait. I didn't much care if my people weren't able to kill the powerhouses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This zeal will continue for an hour, two hours, three at most before they will begin to get tired. After that, I will pull back my powerhouses and let the undead swarm on them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is a tried and tested strategy, that worked almost every time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stone\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My halberd tore through the Dark Frost Shield, only to see two Zombies Warriors attacking me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang Clang Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I defended against their attacks when I sensed something and retreated fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sharp bones spurted out of the ground, where I had been. If I had stayed there, even a moment longer, they would have torn me apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had barely stopped when I saw the Zorrin's Lightning in front of me and moved my halberd forward to defend against the attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The necromancer is the most powerful opponent, I had ever fought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, the most experienced one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is barely giving me a chance to attack. Attacking me every second, with perfect timing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stopping me before, I could even take a step toward him, and when I managed to close some of the distance, the spells would intensify.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I would stop, while he would widen the distance between us once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is not even his full strength. He is not using, his most powerful spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had read about them in the intelligence, the merchants had sent us. It's clear, that he is hiding his strength. If I had been in his place, I would have done the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am doing the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My strength is only 10% greater than when I had fought against Wayne, seven months ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since then, I have improved by over 10%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While others are fighting with their full strength, we are not. We are saving it for the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waiting,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is waiting till the army gets tired, before swarming us with the undead. It might look like, we are being swarmed by the undead now, but we are not actually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the undead swarm. It's really hard to stop them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, he is maintaining the pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is more mental than a marshal. He wants to make it seem like the horde is unending. No matter how many, we kill; it wouldn't affect the horde.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It works.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have seen the armies losing their morale. Throwing their weapons and running away. Even if one doesn't run, morals affect energy, which affects the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is a classic strategy of undead, that rarely disappoints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he isn't the only one waiting. I am waiting too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waiting for Valentina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is a massive responsibility lying on her shoulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it had been anyone else, I wouldn't have even thought about it. I only agreed because it's her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman has amazing control over her spells, and that is what it requires.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She has a finesse even greater than Zela and that woman is obsessed with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The job requires a great finesse; a slight mistake and they will explode underground. Harming us more, than us undead. It might result in our defeat if that happens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's not my plan to use those things, but it's me, who had mentioned those things to Lord Silver when we were brainstorming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though, I can't fault his reasoning behind using it. If it worked, it would save a lot of lives and increase the chances of our victory by far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have seen those things once used successfully on the island and could never forget the destruction they had caused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I also didn't forget, the damage it did to our forces. I was barely able to survive in there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, I really hope; nothing goes wrong with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap on thebelow to read20Advanced Chapters.\u003C\u002Fp>",1730,"2026-06-09T06:54:39.599Z",1,"novelbin.me","556f222c2af425e04eb16bf090c700f43990e7563456ca3fdc99cc103d49a626","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-426","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-424",917,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcity-of-desire-kingdom-building-cover.jpg"]