Chapter 126: Siege Begins

Ding~

System Announcement: The siege event at Wutong Town by the demon general is about to begin; all players not residing in Wutong Town will be promptly expelled by the town officials.

Just twenty minutes before the demon general's siege begins, a system announcement echoes in the sky above Wutong Town.

Su Sheng came to his senses, looked at the Demon Suppression Office Chief before him, and said, "Was it a good thing that I lured the demon general Ka Ke'er out early?"

"Haha, naturally it's a good thing."

The Demon Suppression Office Chief laughed loudly: "Within the Great Rift, the Demon Realm has set up various demonic measures; even we would find it hard to launch a strong assault on the Great Rift."

"That's why we assigned you the demon suppression mission."

Hearing this, Su Sheng nodded thoughtfully.

"If we let Ka Ke'er recover his wounds in the Great Rift and then gather the demon army to attack Wutong Town, the town might not be able to hold." The Demon Suppression Office Chief said with a hint of relief.

"Right now its wounds haven't healed, and moreover the demon soldiers' mobilization is far from complete; in this situation, facing the demon general's siege, the pressure would be much less."

After hearing the Demon Suppression Office Chief's words, Su Sheng fell silent for a moment, glanced around, and saw that the nearby troops were mostly NPC soldiers of levels 30 to 35.

There were also some players whose average level was between 20 and 21.

From the NPCs' standpoint, triggering the demon general's siege early does indeed have its advantages.

But from the players' perspective, the later the demon general's siege is triggered, the better, because as time passes, players' improvement speed is very fast.

You can't have both fish and bear's paw; nobody knows whether it's good or bad.

…

After the system announcement appeared.

Most players from other towns used return city scrolls or took the town's teleport array to go back to their own towns.

Of course, there were also some unwilling-to-give-up players who wondered if they could leech off the event.

These players were basically those who had previously moved out of Wutong Town.

However, at the last ten minutes, the system directly triggered a forced evacuation, sending them all back.

On the walls of Wutong Town, ranged profession players were packed tightly.

Click-click-click~

Uniform footsteps sounded.

After the players from other towns were teleported away, the NPC army of Wutong Town began to move.

Neatly aligned heavy-armored soldiers walked out beyond the city walls.

System Notification: The city gate is about to close.

Seeing this, Su Sheng directly followed behind those NPC soldiers out through the city gate.

For melee professions, if they don't go out now, once the siege begins, unless the situation collapses to a certain extent, melee players will likely only be able to watch from the city walls.

Only after the front line collapses to a certain point might they get a chance to participate.

But if even these level 30-35 NPC soldiers can't hold, then at this stage the players probably lack the strength to intervene.

Obviously it wasn't just Su Sheng who realized this; as Su Sheng followed the NPC regiment out,

"Qiancheng Muxue, advance!"

Qiancheng Muxue's thousand-strong team followed closely behind; of course they were all melee professions, while ranged professions had long been stationed on the walls.

At this point, the other players obviously reacted as well.

Then, dense masses of melee profession players all appeared in large groups outside the city.

Click-click-click~

When the siege countdown reached five minutes, the heavy gate of Wutong Town was shut.

All of Wutong Town's melee players were basically out on the plain outside the town, their dense numbers far surpassing the NPC army.

Except for some guild players who were neat and orderly, the solo players were in chaotic disorder.

Afterward, amidst everyone's anticipation.

Boom—rumble!

A thunderbolt from a clear sky!

Everyone's spirit was jolted!

They're here!

Siege countdown, zero!

System Announcement: The demon general's siege on Wutong Town has begun!

This siege will last six hours.

Objective: Crush Ka Ke'er's demon army.

Or hold out for six hours without the town's core at the lord's manor being destroyed.

Defeat penalty: Wutong Town will be largely destroyed; players residing in Wutong Town will lose their homes, all attributes reduced by thirty percent, monster attributes within Wutong Town increased by ten percent, and monster‑killing experience gain decreased by ten percent.

Victory reward: unknown (the less the town is damaged, the higher the defense success rating, and the greater the reward).

Additionally, personal contribution rewards: the higher an individual's defense contribution value, the greater the reward.

(Note: During the siege, Wutong Town's players must work together, and the town forbids players from attacking each other during this period.

Moreover, experience gained from killing monsters during the siege is increased by thirty percent.)

At the moment the siege countdown ended, a dense series of system notification sounds rang out.

"Ah?"

All the players were startled by the failure penalty.

At first everyone was only excited, not even considering the possibility of defense failure; now seeing the failure penalty, it almost instantly doused everyone with a bucket of cold water.

We must hold out!

Qiancheng Gongzi, standing at the forefront, muttered to himself, As long as we hold, this is definitely a great gift—experience gain increased by thirty percent, plus extra rewards.

But if we lose, Qiancheng Muxue might directly lose the qualification to compete for the top ten guilds.

After all, the punishment is too severe.

As for relocation, the system will definitely impose restrictions—if the defense fails, just relocate to avoid punishment? How could there be such a good thing.

Su Sheng glanced over at Qiancheng Muxue's side, but then did nothing.

Indeed, if this siege defense fails now, it would be like directly delivering a fatal blow to Qiancheng Muxue.

But hurting others by a thousand also hurts oneself by a thousand.

Qiancheng Muxue's guild is ruined, but my own, the Assassin Alliance, and even Huakai are pretty much ruined too.

There's no need for mutually destructive methods, and the system also restricts player PK during the siege.

However, the siege has already begun.

There's no time for the players of Wutong Town to think too much.

On the horizon beyond Wutong Town, a black demon energy slowly rose.

First wave: Demonic beasts!

A black line appeared on the horizon, rapidly approaching.

When the "black line" drew near, everyone saw clearly that it wasn't a line at all, but a dense mass of various beasts.

Chaotic and disorderly.

There were large ones like buffalo and wolves, and small ones even down to rabbits.

But without exception, they were all pitch black, with black demon energy rising from their bodies.

"These are ordinary beasts infected by demon energy; they're not strong, please, explorers, handle them."

From the high platform on the city wall, the voice of the Demon Suppression Chief spread throughout Wutong Town.

Su Sheng turned his head and glanced; obviously, this Demon Suppression Chief is not simple.

This is just the first wave; we don't yet need the NPCs of Wutong Town to act.

The players, even without the Demon Suppression Chief saying anything, are already clenching their fists.

Experience gain increased by thirty percent.