MTLNOVEL Chapter 611, Capturing Furious Lion City
Furious Lion City.
Inside the City Lord's Hall, the lights were still bright.
Atop the highest throne, sat an orc from the Furious Lion Clan.
The orc was not young, but his burly stature, like a lion's mane spread out, still gave an oppressive feeling as if facing a wild beast.
[Pure Mane Furious Lion - Tempsta (Orange Level 2 Hero)]
Tempsta, the City Lord of Furious Lion City and also the leader of the Furious Lion Clan, an orange Level 2 hero.
He was already very old, but the orange advancement had delayed his lifespan.
He was still the most powerful City Lord of Furious Lion City.
Tempsta scanned the hall with his gaze and asked in a deep voice, "Why has Effrey not returned? Wasn't he negotiating with the Fairy Clan? Why has it taken so long?"
After a brief silence,
Below, an orc responded, "City Lord Tempsta, I have already arranged for people to check the borders, and we should soon have news,"
Effrey, although full of faults, was among the few in the younger generation of the Furious Lion Clan who had become a hero.
As the City Lord, Tempsta had entrusted this 'risk-free' negotiation to Effrey.
But clearly, things had not gone as smoothly as planned.
Effrey had not returned, and not even a single soldier who was to relay messages had made it back to the city.
Tempsta's expression darkened as he guessed where the problem might have arisen.
Neither the Fairy Clan nor Tasgo City should have the courage to start a war directly with Furious Lion City.
So why hadn't they returned?
"My lord, there is no need to worry. Furious Lion City is some distance from the border, it's possible that young master Effrey might have been delayed by something on the way," someone continued.
"Useless fool," Tempsta cursed under his breath, suppressing his anger, and continued, "The conditions we proposed this time, the Fairy Clan is very likely to reject. Their alliance with Tasgo City has indeed increased their strength a bit."
Furious Lion City's terms were tough even by their own admission.
The Fairy Clan was very likely to reject them, and so, Furious Lion City would have to face the combined forces of the Fairy Clan and Tasgo City next.
Compared to before, this indeed added quite a bit of pressure.
However, Tasgo City still ranked below Furious Lion City in terms of power and military strength.
The people below began to speak out in turn.
"Even if they unite, they're no match for Furious Lion City; there's nothing to worry about."
"It's good that Tasgo City is getting involved. We can't invade Dreamy Forest, but we can use this opportunity to take over Tasgo City."
"I think, once Effrey returns, we can immediately gather our forces and attack Tasgo City, and then force the Fairy Clan's territory by pressing from both Tasgo and Furious Lion City to make them surrender."
"That's a good idea. The war with the Fairy Clan has lasted for decades now; it's time to end it."
"Indeed, when the time comes, the resources inside Dreamy Forest will be enough to compensate for our losses. Men can be made slaves, and the women can also be sold to human cities to make a good amount of money."
Everyone voiced their opinions one after another.
They seemed assured of their victory over the Fairy Clan.
Tempsta listened and nodded his head, feeling it was indeed feasible.
Since they couldn't invade the forest where the fairies resided, they would first occupy Tasgo City and squeeze the Fairy Clan's territory.
Force them to surrender.
"Hmm, very well, let's settle on that and no need to discuss the upcoming negotiations any further. In the next few days, prepare to dispatch troops and attack Tasgo City," Tempsta declared decisively.
"Yes, chief..."
Thump, thump, thump!!
Before the sound of voices had faded, a loud bell rang outside the room.
Everyone was startled and looked at the door with puzzled faces.
They knew it was an alarm bell, but the alarm bell of Furious Lion City had not rung for many years.
Suddenly hearing it left everyone somewhat confused and bewildered.
Soon after, a guard stumbled into the room,
shouting, "Massive numbers of the Undead have appeared on the eastern side of the city."
"What!" Tempsta suddenly stood up, his face drastically changing.
"An indefinable number of the Undead are approaching from that direction," the guard repeated.
"Quick, gather the troops, prepare for defense."
Having said that, he led a group of followers towards the door.
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in the sky ahead, they could see several massive figures approaching the city, and beams of black light
rained down on the top of the city walls, turning the soldiers who had just assembled into mere skeletons.
Bone Dragons!!
It was indeed the Undead; how could such a force be here.
The Bone Dragons began circling overhead.
Beams of black light fell intermittently, clearing out the orc soldiers who ran out of the buildings.
Following that, the Undead began their siege.
Swarming toward the base of the city walls.
The orcs, while trying hard to drive away and evade the Bone Dragons, also defended against the Undead attacking from below.
Due to the sudden turn of events, various siege engines couldn't even be deployed.
They could only maintain positions for defense.
When strands of golden sunlight spilled onto the earth,
the city walls were breached, and the city gates were opened.
The Undead, like a tidal wave, surged through the city gates, crashing against buildings and then spreading through the streets.
The city fell, and countless Undead began to enter.
Engaging in combat with the last resisting orcs.
…
Meanwhile, elsewhere.
At the border, Fort Santey.
Today was the day the first batch of personnel was returning, and Li Rong was on the list.
Dawn was just breaking.