[{"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-439":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},1846292,2449,"Chapter 441: Null Zone II","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-439",439,"\u003Cp>'Null Zon'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stone's voice cut off before he could finish fully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Communication down,\" informed Shaun, I looked at others, and they nodded as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wayne didn't lie, after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rynra Throne activated 'Null Zone: Communication', covering the whole city, in it no communication spell or skill would work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had made us effectively blind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Communication is one of the most important elements of the battle. With one skill, she cut it off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Null Zone,' skills are extremely rare. They came in all types.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rynra Thrones 'Null Zone,' is a communication type, but there are also magic, spells, and skill type. There are even some specific types, like nulling offensive skills or spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is powerful, but we didn't have much information other than its name and what it could do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wayne didn't inform us, how long its runtime is and how it could be broken. It would have helped if he had done that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, Stone is expecting it to last for around three hours. As for breaking it, the most effective way would be killing the host of it or making her unconscious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We could also try to make her deactivate it on her own, but no way in hell, that would happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could see there was a faint panic in my people. Fear and uncertainty had filled their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Communication is important. Especially in city battles, which are chaotic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enemy could come from any side and any number. Without communication, it becomes harder to ask, for reinforcement or inform allies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't be intimidated. We had planned for this,\" I said to my company, with the Lord's Presence enveloping them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had become a powerful skill as my class reached Lv. 27. Powered by the charm at 20.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had started affecting even those of Lv. 30.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My words eased the worries, and we moved forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The communication is down, but other skills are working well. Dangersence, Enemy Presence, and every other skill is working fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This will be our biggest advantage, a thing that will help us with this battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The null zone had affected us, but also the enemy. This means, just like us, they will not be able to communicate with each other as we could not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention, the skills advantage had lessened with us having prior information regarding it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That doesn't mean, we won't get wiped out if we are not careful and fight with everything we have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yellow House, seven o'clock, has fifty-seven undead with three pillars and five civilians,\" said Lieutenant Krygis, before noting down the numbers on the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We didn't move inside to attack, nor did we cast any other spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could see many of my people want to go inside the house and deal with it, save the people inside, that are with the undead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn't and instead moved forward with me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are not the only ones who want to save the people. I wanted to barge into the house and kill all the undead and pillars controlling them, but we couldn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It will be deviating from the strategy. It will make us lose, the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We cannot lose the objective to save the few. We have to control our emotions to win this battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enemy is prepared. It wants us to come at them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since we entered the city earlier, a few groups of undead had engaged with us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of them had remained hidden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We won't be going to them. We will only attack when they attack us and they will because after the leader has used the skill, they are on the timeline like us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two hordes may be coming for us, but skill is also running.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is also safer for people if the undead attack us. They won't bring out the people out of houses. They will be a burden unless things become desperate for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A minute passed and another, no undead, attacked us. We continued moving through the area assigned to us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every unit, be platoon, company, or battalion, has an area assigned to it. We had to stay in our area and didn't have to move unless we needed to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is the most strategic battle we are fighting and, given the communication blockade, we won't know whether we are winning or not until the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few units might defeat the undead, only to find, that the rest of the army have been defeated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I pushed those thoughts away and moved on with the company.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I took a turn a moment, later and could see the company led by Captain Lor engaged with the undead, a couple of blocks away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is not the first battle we have seen. Many are visible, but there are more units like us, that are yet to fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I want to fight, but I will not hurry. I will move according to the plan Stone had decided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, over ten minutes passed and the undead had yet to attack us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The undead moved from the houses 55, 56, 61, and 64 and gathered at house 59,\" informed Lt. Ross.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I nodded and kept moving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is our advantage, people. Unlike the undead, where less than 5% of the army is living. Our whole army is living, which means every person has classes and skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of the skills are really useful in a battle like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These skills are what will give us the edge, that we require to win this battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We made a round of the area that had been assigned to use and calculated the number of undead in the area. There are a lot, but we would be able to deal with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stone had divided units such, that every unit would have people with skills, that would aid in the battle, directly and indirectly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is so different from the other battles we had fought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even during the first battle, when we had brought the enemy into the city, we had fought against them head-on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, it is a little different. More dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this city, there is no legacy to aid me or protect me. In every battle in Greltheaven, I always had the support of the legacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I knew, I could run away and enter the range of Legacy, where I will be safe, with the spells, I could command through it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the first battle, we have imprinted a massive number of spells on the legacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We didn't discriminate and imprint, that is considered the most useless or the most illegal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We have prisoners, and we have made complete use of them. We have a list of undead spells imprinted on the legacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, another enemy is coming to attack the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have enough confidence to know, that they will not be able to breach the city, but if they somehow did, they will bear the wrath of my legacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord, the enemy had started to gather on the streets,\" informed Shaun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Be ready, they might attack us, this time,\" I said to my men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a few minutes, the undead are gathering into the houses from the little tunnels they have made around them and now they have started to come out of the street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They first thought we would come at them. Like a few of our units did, before the skill, but it was a ploy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Their numbers have reached a thousand,\" said Shaun and a smile appeared on my face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To the enemy,\" I ordered and led the company toward the enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our plan is not to attack the enemy unless we are attacked, but that is when the enemy is hiding inside the houses with people and in small numbers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they are out in high numbers. They are open game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is a battle, after all, and we won't be winning it by just moving around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It will be won by killing the enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon we crossed the street and saw the enemy. The undead, filing the street, with many streams of it joining them from the different houses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Attack!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I roared, and the company moved toward the undead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of them had been waiting for it, and now, they got the chance, they were moving enemy battle spirit burning in their heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is not just the battle spirit; they have burning in their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is also hate and will liberate this city from the clutches of the undead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They have killed two-thirds of the city, nearly a hundred thousand people. Turned them into undead, some being family members of people fighting with me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of these undead might be them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could see the trepidation and fear in their heart, but also know, if they see the person they know. They will not break down, instead kill it and free them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The skills activated one after another, covering me and the entire company.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, their effect isn't as big as it used to be. My strength is increasing faster and unless the buffs are from someone of my level, it didn't affect me much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That doesn't mean, I won't take the buff. I will take, every bit of them, no matter how small they are.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I may not have much experience, but even with a little, I have. I understood very well, how every bit of increase helps in the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enemy reacted immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pillars attacked with the spells, while the undead moved to envelop us. Coming from every alley and street around us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only direction they are not coming from is from back, but they are moving to close that off too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The undead are needlessly worried. We have no intention to retreat, not until we wipe them out and we will, despite the disparity in the numbers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have two hundred and thirty-two people, while the enemy has over a thousand and more are gathering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am scared, but we had expected it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's not like, we are facing such odds for the first time. We had faced, even greater odds and came out winning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, too, it will be no different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap on thebelow to read20Advanced Chapters.\u003C\u002Fp>",1696,"2026-06-09T06:54:39.599Z",1,"novelbin.me","5ecd36d46b323c73ad4fdad95eddd92af7906d144fa80248728d4fee3b6ce66e","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-440","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-438",917,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcity-of-desire-kingdom-building-cover.jpg"]