Global Game: I, the Necromancer, am the scourge

Chapter 641: Chapter 409: Monster Siege (Part 1) – Part 2

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The surprise attack was as precise as a strike of lightning; every hit was a guaranteed kill.

In just one short minute, four Alien Lords met their demise at his hands.

And as more of the Alien Lords fell, those who had come to wreak havoc and assassinate began to panic, fleeing in all directions with their various escape tactics.

But surrounded by the army of Spectral Dragons, fleeing was no easy feat.

Any Lord marked with the Aging Curse found not only their life force rapidly dwindling but their strength also declining quickly, making escape even harder.

Not to mention the Spectral Dragon’s true form, hidden within the Replicas, secretly casting necromantic Dragon language spells just like a certain someone.

With the aid of these delaying Spectral Dragons, Zi Liyuan’s hunting efficiency increased significantly.

And as the number of Alien Lords dwindled to a mere dozen, they finally grew bold, choosing not to flee but to explode directly instead.

Each one, like a Holy Warrior, turned themselves into living bombs, charging into the Spectral Dragon horde and then detonating with a resounding “boom,” leaving not a piece of bone behind.

This mutual destruction took Zi and the Spectral Dragon horde by surprise.

Zi Liyuan was unharmed by the explosion, but several Spectral Dragon Lord Bosses were killed.

What was more frustrating for Zi was that as the entire group of Alien Lords perished, a cave appeared on the ground.

Initially, there were formations and barriers outside the cave that could shield Zi’s Spirit perception, which did not show up on the map.

Yet at that moment, with the death of all the Alien Lords, the formations and barriers maintaining the exterior of the cave dissipated.

Then the map revealed the situation inside the cave.

Within a blood-painted true spell were placed no less than sixty-four puppet substitute dolls, each palm-sized.

“Damn!”

At that moment, Zi Liyuan finally understood that these Alien Lords had prepared an escape plan from the very beginning.

“Damn it, spending a huge cost to flee using substitute dolls, you just wait. Soon, Master Zi will come knocking to settle the score with all of you!”

While cursing inwardly, Zi Liyuan began examining the corpses he had just picked up.

Upon placing them into the Space Column, they were still fresh bodies, but upon review, they had all transformed into life-size ceramic dolls.

If they were silicone products, they could at least be repurposed and thrown into the trading market, where some oddball would have an interest.

But what use were ceramic dolls?

Were they to be taken as burial accompaniments for the spirit grave?

Zi Liyuan pulled out several ceramic dolls from his Space Column and smashed them into pieces, looking deep into the distance toward the four teleportation portals while simultaneously checking the system notifications.

[Ding, detected time acceleration within the area, all living beings in the region experience time flow doubled! This effect lasts for 3 hours!]

[Ding, detected time acceleration within the area, all living beings in the region experience time flow doubled! This effect lasts for 3 hours!]

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A total of fifteen notifications indicated that the space for a thousand miles around the castle was experiencing time acceleration by fifteen times!

This meant that the monster spawning rate would also increase by fifteen times.

Originally, each teleportation portal spawned monsters at a rate of ten per second, but now it had increased to one hundred and fifty!

With four portals, a total of six hundred monsters per second could be spawned.

The dense hordes of monsters surged toward the castle like a flood.

Outside the castle, the newly erected walls built by the Lords who had pledged alliance bore the brunt of these monsters’ attacks.

Fortunately, the strength of the initial waves of monsters was limited, all staying within the First Tier range. Even with the Alien Lords playing tricks and enhancing them, they were merely slightly larger ants.

With the combined force from twenty-one territories, the stationed troops on the wall skyrocketed to over eight thousand.

Though their combat strength varied, standing atop the walls and looking down at the monsters below allowed for effective hunting.

Especially with the archers and crossbowmen among the garrison, their accuracy was impeccable, even managing to bring down multiple targets with a single arrow.

If the Alien Lords could enhance their siege monsters, why couldn’t the Blue Star Lords amplify their troops’ combat strength?

Though their preparations weren’t as thorough as the Alien Lords, they didn’t necessarily need items or treasures.

Various auxiliary spells were cast upon the garrison, significantly boosting their strength at that moment.

Two thousand strong Crusader Corps, led by five melee Lords, opened the East Gate and charged out.

With their thick skins and high attack and defense, the Crusaders tore through the waves of First Tier monsters like a hot knife through butter.

They pierced into the monster horde like a steel blade, twisting and turning to create greater damage.

The Fourth Tier peak Lords acted as the sharp edge, followed closely by the two thousand Crusaders, mowing down batch after batch of wild monsters with no match.

While the wild monsters outside the East Gate were quickly slaughtered, those outside the other three gates gathered in increasing numbers.

Monster after monster, lacking siege machinery, could only climb by forming a wall of flesh.

However, stationed on the walls were over three thousand spearmen. Even though they were only First Tier troops, taking advantage of the wall and using their long spears, they skewered the monsters climbing up.

Both archers and crossbowmen were busy, their hands turning into blurs, bowstrings nearly sparking, as arrow after arrow was fired.

The more monsters killed, the more the Experience Value in the Experience Pool soared.

The Blue Star Lords, while using AOE skills to clear monsters, opened their Lord panels to continuously upgrade their troop levels.

Though initially in too much of a rush, only the mixed army prepared for Zi Liyuan had its level raised, while other troops were at the lowest point of the same tier.

With abundant Experience Value now, it was time to convert it into immediate combat strength.

Priority upgrades naturally went to the Crusader Warriors; as heavily armored infantry with high attack and defense, they made short work of the wild monsters outside the city.

Then the crossbowmen and archer groups were enhanced, serving as a long-range attack team, they played a vital role in siege warfare.

Upon raising their levels to the Second Tier, they could often take down a monster with a single arrow unless encountering a Boss monster.

Simultaneously, within the castle, the Skeleton Army, under the control of a certain someone, joined in the fray.

Led by the Skeleton King Lord Boss, thousands of Boss-level Skeletons drove tens of thousands of Skeletons, forming a vast undead sea that surged into the wild monsters outside the walls.

Even from a distance, watching the Skeleton Army’s performance, a certain someone couldn’t help but twitch his lips.

Cannon fodder was cannon fodder; even with overwhelming numbers, they were still outclassed three or four-to-one by the enemy.

However, once Zi Liyuan activated various amplification auras, the strength of the Skeleton Army immediately underwent a triple jump transformation!

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Especially the activation of the “Death Aura,” which originated from the [Death Epic Set] that Zi Liyuan wore.

Each additional set piece increased the effect by 10%.

Zi Liyuan had collected the entire 14-piece set, which could therefore amplify undead creatures’ overall attributes by 140%, while the coverage range was fourteen times the Soul Value!

With Zi’s current Soul Value over 71,000, it equaled a vast coverage of one million meters.

Thus, the entire castle and the battlefield outside were enveloped in his aura skills.

Under Zi’s enhancement, the Skeleton Army, originally outmatched three or four-to-one, evened the score with a one-to-one trade.

Through sheer numbers, they managed to achieve two-to-one exchanges.

Ultimately, the undead sea formed by the Skeleton Army rose to the occasion against First Tier wild monsters.

“Phantom King, lead the Specter Bosses and deal with the Boss monsters in the monster horde.”

The Skeleton Sea relied on numbers, but against equally tiered Bosses, they were slow to bring them down, having to wear them down gradually.

This was a clear sign of insufficient top-tier fighting power.

In that case, he dispatched a stronger, more mobile team to eliminate all those Boss monsters!

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