Chapter 1 A Sea of Skeletons

The skeleton army surrounded Krips Fortress until it was impenetrable. Except for a few steep mountain peaks nearby that they couldn't reach, everywhere was covered in white skeletons, like a white ocean.

Among these skeletons, some huge bone behemoths began to appear. They were massive, weighing thousands of pounds, and numbered in the tens of thousands. Qin Han didn't know where he got these terrifying large creatures from. Even Nie Yan had never seen them before.

Qin Han stood on a mountain peak directly opposite Krips Fortress, overlooking the earth. The skeletons covered the mountains and plains, seemingly about to completely submerge Krips Fortress.

He revealed a strange smile. The six million skeleton army would definitely leave Krips Fortress barren. After taking care of Krips Fortress, the Monet Financial Group's troops would begin to take over the territory of the Mad Rogue Tribe.

"Boss, when we formed the troops, we asked Guang'an Yongzui to be responsible for attacking several fortresses of the Mad Rogue Tribe in the south of the Greenland Empire, but Guang'an Yongzui was a bit evasive. I think there's something fishy about this," Shenjian Wushuang said beside Qin Han, carefully watching Qin Han's expression.

"You're saying he has some plans?" Qin Han's face looked a bit unsightly.

"I wouldn't dare to guess randomly," Shenjian Wushuang said. He didn't dare to speak too bluntly. "Before, the Mad Rogue Tribe sent people to harass us, and we and the Sacred Protectors suffered heavy losses, but the Guang'an Empire was unscathed."

Qin Han glared at Shenjian Wushuang, and Shenjian Wushuang immediately fell silent.

Qin Han hadn't doubted the Guang'an Empire. The news of several important meetings had mysteriously leaked out, and he was already suspicious of the Guang'an Empire. The spy he had planted in the Guang'an Empire had discovered some evidence, but at this critical moment, an internal strife would not be good. The Guang'an Empire had a total of more than 200,000 people, accounting for nearly a quarter of the total number of players in the Monet Financial Group's army. Once a problem occurred, it would affect the whole situation.

"Let the Guang'an Empire launch an attack. If we don't receive their news within three hours, let them know the consequences!" Qin Han said coldly.

Shenjian Wushuang revealed a subtle smile. He had successfully transferred the most difficult and tiring work to the Guang'an Empire, which would allow them to relax a lot and preserve their strength.

With a sharp, low whistle piercing the sky, the endless skeleton army surged towards Krips Fortress, and a magnificent siege battle began.

The walls of Krips Fortress were more than sixty yards high and very thick. Hundreds of ironclad catapults were placed on the walls, and countless iron bullets were thrown into the air, then screamed down, and patches of frost swept over.

Patches of magic exploded in the sky with dazzling light, sweeping past.

The skeletons' attacks could really be described as charging forward one after another. They were completely unaware of fear, stepping on the corpses of the skeletons in front of them, and approaching the city walls step by step. Those bone behemoths mixed in with the skeletons, relying on their extremely thick health, rushed to the bottom of the city walls, constantly hitting the city walls, creating cracks in the walls, and finally died under the dense magic.

It was still very difficult for Qin Han to dismantle Krips Fortress by force. The Godslayer Sword's catapult troops were heading this way, and were estimated to arrive here in at most an hour.

Nie Yan and the others stood on the city walls directing the defense. There were really too many skeletons outside, they were simply inexhaustible, and there were also many very difficult elite-level creatures among them.

Just as they used magic to strike down a wave, endless skeletons surged up again.

"Arrow towers, attack! Give them a good beating!"

Dense, rain-like arrows whistled down towards the skeleton army, and a large area near the city walls was immediately cleared.

Some bone behemoths used their long tusks to shovel some skeletons into the air, and one after another skeletons fell into Krips Fortress, immediately causing a commotion.

"Warriors, paladins, hold them back! Don't let them threaten the mages and priests!" Nie Yan shouted in the team chat.

"Understood!"

The warriors and paladins in the fortress surrounded the skeletons that flew in.

Qin Han made some adjustments to his tactics, added some configurations to his troops, and also thought of some ways to attack the fortress. Nie Yan clearly felt that the pressure to defend the fortress had increased a lot, but fortunately the defensive walls of Krips Fortress were strong enough, and they could definitely defend it for the time being.

"Mad Rogue Nie Yan, those bone behemoths are too difficult to deal with. Their health is too thick. We can't take them down," a player shouted anxiously.

Nearly ten thousand bone behemoths slowly approached Krips Fortress.

"Does anyone else have forbidden spells?" Nie Yan shouted in the team chat. The cooldown time of forbidden spells was extremely long, and it was not uncommon for them to take one or two months to cool down. Tang Yao, Xie Yao, Desire, and others had already used their area-of-effect forbidden spells, and they had not yet cooled down.

"I still have one," said Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan.

"I have one too," said Heise Di Yu.

"I also have one," said Mo Jiu, an elven elemental mage who had just joined the Mad Rogue Tribe.

There were only three left. Nie Yan thought for a moment and said, "Di Yu, you go."

Heise Di Yu nodded and walked towards the top of the city.

"Wait until they get closer!"

Heise Di Yu looked into the distance. A group of behemoths were slowly approaching. They had sharp fangs and unparalleled power. If they got close to the city walls, the city walls would be in danger.

A thousand yards, eight hundred yards, six hundred yards...

Heise Di Yu began to chant magic. After ten syllables, the sky suddenly shone with holy light. In the holy light, it seemed as if a magical door was slowly opening. A giant beam of light descended from the sky, covering an area within a radius of five hundred yards.

In the beam of light, countless undead creatures let out shrill screams.

This beam of light lasted for more than twenty seconds before slowly stopping. The players on Krips Fortress looked ahead, and a large area outside the city walls had been cleared. The bone behemoths that had been there just now could not even be found. They had all been purified.

Qin Han, who was on the distant hillside, couldn't help but curse when he saw this scene, "Damn it, another forbidden spell! Endless forbidden spells!"

There were really too many mages and divine priests in the Mad Rogue Tribe, so many that it was maddening.

"Keep attacking! I don't believe we can't take down a fortress like this!"

The skeletons continued to surge towards Krips Fortress, quickly filling in the area that Heise Di Yu's holy light had blasted out.

There were so many skeletons that they were truly inexhaustible.

Just as Nie Yan and the others were struggling to deal with the surging skeletons, he received a message from Guo Huai that the Godslayer Sword's ironclad catapult troops were only ten minutes away from Krips Fortress.

They're coming so fast!

A trace of imperceptible divine light appeared in Nie Yan's eyes. He had been waiting for a long time.

The distant skeleton army slowly separated to both sides. At the end of the plain, a team of hundreds of catapults advanced towards the direction of Krips Fortress. Although one hundred catapults was not a large number, if they were concentrated to attack one place on the city wall, it would be very easy to open a gap. Once a gap was opened, Krips Fortress would be in danger, and the tidal wave of skeletons would surge into Krips Fortress.

The slowly advancing catapults caused great pressure to the players of the Mad Rogue Tribe.

"Boss, what should we do? They have catapults coming over."

The players of the Mad Rogue Tribe all looked at Nie Yan.

Nie Yan smiled faintly and said, "I have my own arrangements. You can continue to focus on dealing with the skeletons below the city walls."

Nie Yan's calm smile slowly calmed their uneasy hearts.

On the distant mountain peak, Qin Han looked at the busy figures on the walls of Krips Fortress, and then looked at the slowly moving catapults below, revealing a cold smile. Mad Rogue Nie Yan, let's see what you do this time! These one hundred catapults are meant to be sacrificed. As long as they can blast open the city walls, their mission will be completed. No matter how many catapults the Mad Rogue Tribe hides in Krips Fortress, it's useless! They'll still be submerged in the sea of skeletons!

He carefully controlled the skeleton army, keeping them far away from the catapults, to avoid the skeletons and the players of the Godslayer Sword from colliding and causing a riot.

The one hundred catapults were getting closer and closer to Krips Fortress, only about a thousand yards away, and Krips Fortress would soon be within range.

Looking at the slowly approaching catapults in the distance, Nie Yan sent a message to Guo Huai saying, "Guo Huai, begin."

"Okay!"

At this time, many mage players appeared on the mountain peaks around the plains outside Krips Fortress. They were all members of the Mad Rogue Tribe. They haunted the jungles, looking down. On the plains below, the endless sea of skeletons was shocking. They were scattered everywhere. On the steep cliffs of these mountains, someone had created open platforms, and magic arrays were arranged on the open spaces of the platforms.

There were as many as two or three thousand platforms with magic arrays arranged like this on the surrounding mountains. Arranging these things was definitely a very huge project.

Before coming here, these mage players didn't know why this place would become like this.

Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan and Yu Wang Ran Zhi Qing Chun led the team, with as many as six or seven thousand archmages, and quickly dispersed.

"Five people in a group. You already know what to do, right?" Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan said in the group chat.

"Understood, Boss Huai Dan."

All the mages immediately started moving. They stood in groups of five on these platforms, and the positions they stood in perfectly embedded in the magic arrays. They held some scrolls as triggering items in their hands, and began to chant spells. Violent magic fluctuations occurred around the magic arrays.

One second, two seconds... After ten seconds, catapults appeared on these platforms, as many as a thousand catapults, appearing out of thin air.

Even the players who personally completed the teleportation magic couldn't believe that they had actually moved thousands of catapults to the mountainside. This was simply a miracle.